End Financing to ISIL Act
Bill Number:
H.R. 5463
Bill Status:
Bill Location:
Date of Last Action:
Monday, September 15, 2014
Country(s):
Iraq
Syria
Relevant Text:
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 5463 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5463
To suspend military assistance to countries that harbor persons that
provide material or financial support to the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 15, 2014
Mr. Collins of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To suspend military assistance to countries that harbor persons that
provide material or financial support to the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant, 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 ``End Financing to ISIL Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON PERSONS THAT PROVIDE MATERIAL OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
ISIL.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the
following:
(1) An identification of each person that provides,
directly or indirectly, material or financial support to ISIL,
including purchasing oil or other materials that provide
funding for ISIL or other terrorist organizations operating in
the region.
(2) An identification of the country in which such person
is located and a description of actions taken by the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to notify the
government of such country that--
(A) such person is located in such country; and
(B) such person is providing material or financial
support to ISIL or other terrorist organizations
operating in the region.
(3) A description of actions taken by the government of
such country to restrict such person from providing material or
financial support to ISIL.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) may be submitted
in classified form to the extent necessary.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate.
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--The President shall suspend the provision of
assistance described in subsection (b) to the government of a country
that is identified in the report submitted under section 2 if the
President determines that the government of such country has not taken
actions to restrict each person that is located in such country from
providing material or financial support to ISIL by not later than the
date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the
Treasury or the Secretary of State (as the case may be) has notified
the government of the country as described in section 2(a)(2).
(b) Assistance Described.--Assistance described in this subsection
is assistance under the following provisions of law:
(1) Section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2761) (relating to Foreign Military Sales authorizations).
(2) Section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2763) (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program).
(c) Notification.--The President shall submit to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate a
notification of suspension of the provision of assistance described in
subsection (b) to the government of a country under subsection (a) and
the reasons therefor.
SEC. 4. TRANSACTIONS WITH COUNTRIES HARBORING PERSONS THAT PROVIDE
MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
Chapter 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2771 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 40B. TRANSACTIONS WITH COUNTRIES HARBORING PERSONS THAT PROVIDE
MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
``(a) In General.--Except to the extent inconsistent with the
purposes of this section, the prohibitions contained in subsections (a)
and (b) of section 40 of this Act shall apply in the case of a country
described in subsection (b) to the same extent and in the same manner
as such prohibitions apply in the case of a country described in
subsection (d) of such section.
``(b) Country Described.--
``(1) In general.--A country described in this subsection
is a country the government of which the Secretary of State
determines has knowledge of any persons that are located within
the territory of the country that provide material support for
terrorist organizations, including the selling of materials
that produce income for terrorist organizations.
``(2) Person defined.--In this paragraph, the term `person'
has the meaning given the term in section 5 of the End
Financing to ISIL Act.
``(c) Applicability of Other Provisions.--Except to the extent
inconsistent with the purposes of this section, the provisions of
subsections (e), (f), (g) (other than paragraph (2) of such
subsection), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l) (other than paragraphs (1),
(4), and (5) of such subsection) of section 40 of this Act shall apply
with respect to the application of this section to the same extent and
in the same manner as such provisions apply with respect to the
application of such section 40.''.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ISIL.--The term ``ISIL'' means any terrorist
organization referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant, as well as any successor organization.
(2) Person.--
(A) In general.--The term ``person'' means--
(i) a natural person;
(ii) a corporation, business association,
partnership, society, trust, financial
institution, insurer, underwriter, guarantor,
and any other business organization, any other
nongovernmental entity, organization, or group,
and any governmental entity operating as a
business enterprise; and
(iii) any successor to any entity described
in clause (ii).
(B) Application to governmental entities.--The term
``person'' does not include a government or
governmental entity that is not operating as a business
enterprise.
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