Congress: 118 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Issa, Darrell (R-California)
The bill directs the FBI to add senior leaders of HAMAS and Palestine Islamic Jihad to its Most Wanted terrorism list and authorizes the FBI and State Department to offer rewards for information leading to their arrest or conviction. It expresses Congress's sense that the U.S. Attorney General should prosecute these leaders for the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, including charges related to American deaths and hostages.
This codifies congressional backing for prosecuting specific HAMAS and Palestine Islamic Jihad figures and signals U.S. commitment to treating their leadership as international fugitives. It has no direct budget or aid implications but reinforces the legal and diplomatic framing of these organizations as terrorist entities accountable for the October 7 attack.