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1 H.R. 2712, Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2017 1 (2017)

handle is hein.congrec/palerosuv3953 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE December 8, 2017 H.R. 2712 Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2017 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 15, 2017 H.R. 2712 would expand federal sanctions and reporting requirements related to illicit interactions with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). It would direct the President to identify in a report to the Congress and impose sanctions on foreign people and entities that have assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support to designated individuals and entities that are members or agents of Hamas or PIJ, or to individuals and entities that support the activities of the two terrorist organizations. The bill also would direct the President to identify and impose sanctions on individuals who engage in significant transactions with designated individuals and entities within Hamas and PIJ's nexus. Additionally, the bill would direct the President to identify in a report and impose sanctions on foreign governments that have provided material support to international terrorism and specifically to Hamas and PIJ. Finally, the bill would require a report to the Congress on the activities of foreign countries intended to disrupt the global fundraising, financing, and money laundering activities of Hamas and PIJ. Using information about the costs of similar activities, CBO estimates that administering the sanctions and preparing the reports would cost less than $500,000 over the 2018-2022 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Enacting H.R. 2712 would increase the number of people and entities that would be subject to civil or criminal penalties and the number of people who would be denied visas by the Department of State. Penalties are recorded in the budget as revenues and a portion of those penalties can be spent without further appropriation. Most visa fees are retained by the department and spent without further appropriation, but some fees are deposited into the Treasury as revenues. Pay-as-you-go procedures apply to this legislation because enacting it would affect direct spending and revenues. However, CBO estimates that implementing the proposed sanctions would have insignificant effects on both revenues and direct spending because it would affect very few people or entities and because of the broad scope of restrictions and sanctions in existing laws and regulations that address illicit activities involving Hamas, PIJ, and their affiliates.

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