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1 H.R. 3542, Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act 1 (2017)

handle is hein.congrec/hamush3954 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE December 8, 2017 H.R. 3542 Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 15, 2017 H.R. 3542 would require the President to identify and impose sanctions on foreign people or entities affiliated with Hamas that he determines have used civilians as human shields or have provided, tried to provide, or facilitated the provision of material support to that terrorist organization. The bill also would require the President to direct the United States' Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States to secure support at the United Nations Security Council for multilateral sanctions against Hamas for their use of human shields. Using information about the costs of similar requirements, CBO estimates that administering the sanctions 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. 3542 would increase the number of people who would be denied visas by the Department of State and the number who would be subject to civil or criminal penalties. Most visa fees are retained by the department and spent without further appropriation, but some fees are deposited into the Treasury as revenues. Penalties also are recorded as revenues and a portion of those penalties can be spent without further appropriation. Because enacting the bill would affect direct spending and revenues pay- as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that implementing those sanctions would affect very few additional people and thus have insignificant effects on both revenues and direct spending. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3542 would not significantly affect net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028. H.R. 3542 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA).

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