Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian Proxies Act

Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian Proxies Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Defense from making federal funds available to specified entities that are backed by Iran.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7330 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7330

 To require annual reports on the military capabilities of Iran-backed 
   entities and the impact of lifted sanctions on such capabilities, 
 prohibit the availability of Federal funds to such entities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2022

  Mr. Jackson (for himself, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Ms. Salazar, Mr. 
Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, 
    Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Rodgers of 
  Washington, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. C. 
 Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Allen, Mr. Mann, Mr. Carl, Mr. Fallon, 
 Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Meijer, and Mr. Rutherford) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
   addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require annual reports on the military capabilities of Iran-backed 
   entities and the impact of lifted sanctions on such capabilities, 
 prohibit the availability of Federal funds to such entities, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Israel Safe from Iranian 
Proxies Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON IRANIAN TERRORIST PROXIES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report that includes a detailed 
description of--
            (1) improvements to the military capabilities of Iran-
        backed entities, including Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, 
        Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of 
        Palestine, Asa'ib ahl al-Haq, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, 
        Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, Kata'ib 
        Hezbollah, the Badr Organization, the Fatemiyoun, the 
        Zainabiyoun, and Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis); and
            (2) the direct or indirect impacts that the imposition or 
        revocation of unilateral United States economic sanctions on 
        Iran may have on the military capabilities of entities 
        described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER TO IRANIAN TERRORIST PROXIES.

    No Federal funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Defense may be made available, directly 
or indirectly, to any Iranian-backed entity listed in section 2(1).
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