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Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] · R–TN
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-07 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would let the President penalize foreign government representatives who reject requests to admit Palestinians from Gaza on humanitarian grounds. Its measures include freezing covered assets and restricting entry to the United States. It would also allow suspension of foreign assistance and certain countries’ designation as major non-NATO allies. Israel and Israeli nationals would be exempt. These are proposed powers in the introduced bill; the supplied record does not establish enactment.
the President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person included in the most recent list submitted pursuant to subsection (b).
a list of foreign persons charged with representation of a foreign government who have rejected a request from the President to grant humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of the person
(i) inadmissible to the United States; (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States;
3. Suspension of major non-nato ally designation and foreign assistance (a) In general The President may suspend a designation made pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(a)(1)) and suspend any and all forms of foreign assistance, to include security assistance
Nothing in this Act may be construed to apply to Israel or any national of the State of Israel.
Section 1 would name the bill the “Make Gaza Great Again Act.” Its stated purpose is to secure cooperation from Middle Eastern states other than Israel in offering humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza. This is a declared purpose, not evidence that cooperation would result.
This Act may be cited as the “Make Gaza Great Again Act”. (b) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to specifically ensure the cooperation of Middle Eastern states, excluding the State of Israel, in offering humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
Section 2(a) would authorize, rather than require, the President to impose its sanctions on foreign persons on the latest required list. The authorization would apply notwithstanding other provisions of law. Section 2(c)(2), however, describes listed persons categorically as inadmissible and ineligible for immigration benefits; the supplied text does not clearly reconcile those formulations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person included in the most recent list submitted pursuant to subsection (b).
A foreign person included in the most recent list submitted pursuant to subsection (b) is— (i) inadmissible to the United States; (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
Within 60 days after enactment, the President would have to send the designated congressional committees a list of foreign persons representing foreign governments who rejected the President’s request to grant humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of foreign persons charged with representation of a foreign government who have rejected a request from the President to grant humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
The bill would require an updated list within 180 days after enactment and annually thereafter for five years, or as new information becomes available. The initial list would be unclassified but could include a classified attachment.
The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)— (A) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 5 years; or (B) as new information becomes available.
The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
The asset sanction would freeze covered property and prohibit transactions involving it when the property is in or enters the United States, or is held or controlled by a United States person. The President would use powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, with the bill expressly excluding that law’s section 202 requirements. The referenced law is not supplied, so the scope of those excluded requirements cannot be established here.
The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act shall not apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of the person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.
The immigration provision says a foreign person on the latest list would be inadmissible to the United States and ineligible to receive a visa or other entry document. It also says listed persons would be ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
A foreign person included in the most recent list submitted pursuant to subsection (b) is— (i) inadmissible to the United States; (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
Listed foreign persons would also face revocation of existing visas and entry documents regardless of when they were issued. A revocation would take effect immediately and automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry document in that person’s possession.
A foreign person described in subparagraph (A) is also subject to the following: (i) Revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. (ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall take effect immediately and automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the foreign person’s possession.
Existing penalties under specified parts of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act would apply to violations of regulations implementing the sanctions authority. They would also cover attempts, conspiracies and causing a violation. The bill does not reproduce the penalty amounts or terms.
The penalties provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person who violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations promulgated to carry out subsection (a) to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person who commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act.
Section 2 sanctions would not apply to activities subject to title V reporting requirements under the National Security Act of 1947, or to authorized United States intelligence or law enforcement activities.
The following activities shall be exempt from sanctions under this section: (1) Activities subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). (2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforcement activities of the United States.
The President could waive any sanction or requirement under section 2 case by case upon determining that a waiver serves the United States’ national interest. The waiver provision also requires classified reports on use of that authority within 120 days after sanctions are imposed and every 120 days afterward until the section’s termination date.
The President may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the imposition of any sanction or any requirement under this section if the President— (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and (2) not later than 120 days after the date on which the President imposes the sanctions described in subsection (a), and every 120 days thereafter until the date of termination under subsection (g), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a classified report on the extent to which the President has used the waiver authority under paragraph (1) during the period covered by that report.
The authority to impose section 2 sanctions would end five years after enactment. This clause addresses the authority to impose sanctions; it does not expressly state that sanctions already imposed would end then.
The authority to impose sanctions under this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Lists, reports and notices addressed to the bill’s “appropriate congressional committees” would go to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In this Act, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
Section 3 would let the President suspend a country’s major non-NATO ally designation and any or all foreign assistance, including security assistance, if its government declined the President’s humanitarian-entry request. Although the stated purpose focuses on Middle Eastern states, this authority says “any country,” subject to the bill’s Israel exemption. The referenced designation statute is not supplied, so the full consequences of suspending that designation are not established here.
3. Suspension of major non-nato ally designation and foreign assistance (a) In general The President may suspend a designation made pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(a)(1)) and suspend any and all forms of foreign assistance, to include security assistance, for any country whose government has declined a request by the President to offer humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
The purpose of this Act is to specifically ensure the cooperation of Middle Eastern states, excluding the State of Israel, in offering humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
Nothing in this Act may be construed to apply to Israel or any national of the State of Israel.
The President could end a section 3 suspension while simultaneously giving written notice to the designated congressional committees. Section 3 contains no fixed expiration date; section 2’s five-year limit expressly concerns sanctions authority under that section.
The President may, concurrent with written notice to the appropriate congressional committees, terminate any suspension made pursuant to subsection (a).
The authority to impose sanctions under this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Section 4 would exempt Israel and every Israeli national from the entire bill, not just from one sanction or assistance restriction.
Nothing in this Act may be construed to apply to Israel or any national of the State of Israel.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated June 11, 2026, records introduction in the House on February 7, 2025, and referral that day to the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees. It supplies no later action.
Source snapshot updated 2026-06-11T05:06:22Z.
2025-02-07: Introduced in House
2025-02-07: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-07. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy rider attached to appropriations was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials; formal earmark disclosures are not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
Findings to examine
A narrow exemption is identified in the supplied introduced text. This classification describes preferential treatment without judging its justification.
Israel and Israeli nationals would receive a blanket exemption from the bill’s sanctions and assistance-suspension framework. This is a specific carve-out from measures otherwise directed at foreign government representatives and countries that reject the President’s requests concerning humanitarian entry for Palestinians from Gaza.
Nothing in this Act may be construed to apply to Israel or any national of the State of Israel.
a list of foreign persons charged with representation of a foreign government who have rejected a request from the President to grant humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
The President may suspend a designation made pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(a)(1)) and suspend any and all forms of foreign assistance, to include security assistance, for any country whose government has declined a request by the President to offer humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza.
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