HR 5959: GAZA Act

Congress: 118 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel

Data (JSON) — machine-readable record of this bill (identifiers, sponsor, classification, actions, and the member-by-member vote breakdown).

Official record on Congress.gov — full text, actions, and cosponsor history for HR 5959.

Sponsor: Tiffany, Thomas P. (R-Wisconsin)

Editorial Explainer

The bill would bar all people holding Palestinian Authority passports from entering the United States, obtaining US visas, or receiving parole or other immigration benefits. No exceptions or waivers are provided.

Why it matters

This targets Palestinians as a group for exclusion from US entry based on citizenship status in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The bill applies collective restrictions without reference to individual conduct, freezing out an entire nationality from US immigration access.

Cosponsors (24)

• Ogles, Andrew (R-Tennessee)
• Perry, Scott (R-Pennsylvania)
• Banks, Jim (R-Indiana)
• Bishop, Dan (R-NC)
• Brecheen, Josh (R-Oklahoma)
• Burlison, Eric (R-Missouri)
• Donalds, Byron (R-Florida)
• Greene, Marjorie (R-GA)
• Nehls, Troy E. (R-Texas)
• Norman, Ralph (R-South Carolina)
• Owens, Burgess (R-Utah)
• Santos, George (R-NY)
• Wilson, Joe (R-South Carolina)
• Biggs, Andy (R-Arizona)
• Hageman, Harriet M. (R-Wyoming)
• McClintock, Tom (R-California)
• Tenney, Claudia (R-New York)
• Gooden, Lance (R-Texas)
• Grothman, Glenn (R-Wisconsin)
• Higgins, Clay (R-Louisiana)
• Babin, Brian (R-Texas)
• Weber, Randy K. Sr. (R-Texas)
• Smith, Christopher H. (R-New Jersey)
• Lesko, Debbie (R-AZ)