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PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-198| Senate 
| Updated: 1/22/2025
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (11)
Rick Scott (Republican)Eric Schmitt (Republican)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James C. Justice (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill aims to impose stringent sanctions on the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, holding them accountable for maintaining a system that provides payments, salaries, and benefits to terrorists and their families. The legislation asserts that this system incentivizes and supports acts of terrorism, noting its persistence despite previous U.S. efforts like the Taylor Force Act. The bill mandates the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons and entities involved in this compensation system, including individuals in leadership roles and specific organizations facilitating these payments. Sanctions include the blocking of property within U.S. jurisdiction and rendering individuals ineligible for U.S. visas or admission , with existing visas subject to revocation. Additionally, the legislation targets foreign financial institutions that knowingly process transactions related to these terror payments or engage in significant financial dealings with sanctioned persons. Such institutions would face prohibitions or strict conditions on maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States. The sanctions imposed by this Act would only be terminated if the Secretary of State certifies that the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority's system of compensating terrorists and their families has completely ceased.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-4779
PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2024
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jan 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 27, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1710
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-4779
    PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2024


  • January 22, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 22, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


  • February 27, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1710
    Introduced in House

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1710: PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025

PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-198| Senate 
| Updated: 1/22/2025
This bill aims to impose stringent sanctions on the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, holding them accountable for maintaining a system that provides payments, salaries, and benefits to terrorists and their families. The legislation asserts that this system incentivizes and supports acts of terrorism, noting its persistence despite previous U.S. efforts like the Taylor Force Act. The bill mandates the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons and entities involved in this compensation system, including individuals in leadership roles and specific organizations facilitating these payments. Sanctions include the blocking of property within U.S. jurisdiction and rendering individuals ineligible for U.S. visas or admission , with existing visas subject to revocation. Additionally, the legislation targets foreign financial institutions that knowingly process transactions related to these terror payments or engage in significant financial dealings with sanctioned persons. Such institutions would face prohibitions or strict conditions on maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States. The sanctions imposed by this Act would only be terminated if the Secretary of State certifies that the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority's system of compensating terrorists and their families has completely ceased.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-4779
PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2024
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jan 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 27, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1710
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-4779
    PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2024


  • January 22, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 22, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


  • February 27, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1710
    Introduced in House
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (11)
Rick Scott (Republican)Eric Schmitt (Republican)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Tim Scott (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James C. Justice (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1710: PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted