Representative Kustoff Introduces Bill Urging Biden to Confirm No Aid Will Go to Hamas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Representatvies David Kustoff (R-TN), Max Miller (R-OH), and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced the Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act in the House of Representatives. This bill will ensure that no American taxpayer dollars will be authorized to Gaza until President Joe Biden ensures Congress these funds will not benefit terrorist organizations, such as Hamas.

“It is imperative that no American taxpayer dollars fall in the hands of terrorists, such as Hamas, who call for the destruction of the State of Israel,” said Congressman Kustoff. “I urge President Biden to confirm with Congress that no aid going to Gaza will end up in the hands of Hamas.”

Background:
The Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act will:

• Prohibit funds from being authorized for expenditure in the territory of Gaza until the president certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that U.S. funds can be expended without benefitting organizations and persons who are members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other terrorist organization as identified by U.S. law, nor controlled or influenced by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other terrorist organization as identified by U.S. law.
• Ensures U.S. funds are not authorized for expenditure in the territory of Gaza through any United Nations entity or office that the President cannot certify is not encouraging or teaching anti-Israel and anti-Semitic ideas and propaganda.

This legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Rick Scott (F-FL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Mile Braun (R-IN).

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