H.R. 7645

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7645 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7645

To prohibit the use of United States-origin defense articles in the 
West Bank and Gaza unless certain conditions are met, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 23, 2026

Mr. Casten (for himself, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Mr. 
Deluzio, Ms. Balint, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
Garamendi, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. 
Thompson of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Tran, Ms. 
Randall, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Takano, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Pingree, 
Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Castro of Texas) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To prohibit the use of United States-origin defense articles in the 
West Bank and Gaza unless certain conditions are met, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Ceasefire Compliance Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On October 7, 2023, Hamas conducted a brutal and 
horrific attack against the people of Israel, killing more than 
1,200 people, the vast majority of whom were civilians, and 
took more than 250 individuals hostage.
(2) Following the attack, the United States assisted 
directly with the defense of Israel, including through 
defensive air capabilities, weapons, equipment, and related 
assistance to counter and deter regional threats, demonstrating 
the United States commitment to Israel's security.
(3) Hamas has been severely degraded militarily and 
currently lacks the ability to conduct a sustained attack 
against Israel similar in scope to October 7, but still 
maintains a presence in Gaza and recruited new militants during 
the Israel-Hamas war.
(4) The best path forward to make a weakened Hamas no 
longer able to rule Gaza or threaten Israel is by replacing it 
with an alternative security and governance mechanism that 
benefits the civilians of Gaza.
(5) Israel's military operations in and policies toward 
Gaza between October 2023 and February 2026 have killed over 
70,000 Palestinians, a majority of whom were civilians, and 
created an acute humanitarian crisis, including famine in parts 
of the territory in 2025.
(6) The United States helped negotiate a ceasefire and 
hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas on October 
10, 2025, that freed the remaining hostages, provided much 
needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and laid the 
groundwork for a broader regional peace through a 20-point 
plan.
(7) Violence and instability in the West Bank, including 
settler violence, acts of de facto annexation, such as the 
establishment of illegal outposts and their retroactive 
legalization by the Israeli government, and broad threats of de 
jure annexation, undermine the foreign policy objectives of the 
United States, threaten to derail the ceasefire in Gaza, are 
detrimental to Israel's security, and harm prospects for 
broader regional peace and a future Palestinian state.
(8) Settler violence in the West Bank directed against 
Palestinians, including attacks on civilians and property 
destruction, reached record high levels in 2025.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States--
(1) to use all diplomatic tools to maintain the October 10, 
2025, ceasefire agreement and advance the steps outlined in the 
20-point plan to ensure security, freedom, and dignity for 
Israelis and Palestinians alike;
(2) to affirm that sustained compliance by Hamas with the 
October 10, 2025, ceasefire agreement is essential, including 
by ceasing attacks, rearmament, and the rebuilding of military 
infrastructure, agreeing to a plan for step-by-step disarmament 
and refraining from conduct that undermines the ceasefire;
(3) to support the United Nations, ceasefire mediators, and 
the broader international community in fully implementing 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803, and to oppose 
the use of the Board of Peace to undermine or replace the role 
of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and 
security;
(4) to support an immediate and continued surge in 
humanitarian assistance, provided by organizations that adhere 
to the core humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, 
neutrality, and independence, as well as to ensure sufficient 
access to aid within Gaza to alleviate the humanitarian crisis 
in the Gaza Strip;
(5) to help facilitate credible and transparent Palestinian 
governance and security institutions in the Gaza Strip that can 
act as viable alternatives to Hamas and lead to its 
disarmament;
(6) to bring about conditions for a viable negotiated two-
state solution and preclude activities that harm such 
prospects, including the permanent reoccupation of the Gaza 
Strip, forced displacement of Palestinian civilians from Gaza, 
annexation of the West Bank, or continued settler violence in 
the West Bank;
(7) to help defend Israel against credible threats of 
terrorism and military attacks, including by mobilizing missile 
defense systems; and
(8) to ensure United States-origin defense articles are 
used in compliance with United States law.

SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the United States 
from--
(1) defending against an attack on the United States or its 
personnel or facilities in other countries;
(2) collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence, 
including with Israel and other countries as appropriate; or
(3) assisting Israel and other countries--
(A) in taking defensive measures to protect their 
territory from terrorist and other external threats;
(B) in responding to contingencies that impact 
regional security or stability; or
(C) by providing material for missile defense 
articles and systems, including Iron Dome, David's 
Sling, and Arrow 3 maintenance and resupply.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON SALE, EXPORT, OR TRANSFER OF UNITED STATES-
ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTICLES TO ISRAEL AND RESTRICTION ON 
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED ARTICLES.

(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress and make publicly 
available a report that certifies that during the reporting 
period--
(A) the Government of Israel has not engaged in 
military operations in the Gaza Strip in violation of 
the ceasefire agreed to on October 10, 2025;
(B) the Government of Israel has engaged 
constructively in negotiations to fully implement the 
20-point plan outlined in the October 10 agreement;
(C) the Government of Israel has ensured unimpeded 
humanitarian aid is being sent to and granted entry 
into the Gaza Strip, in quantities sufficient to meet 
civilian humanitarian needs and at a minimum consistent 
with those of the January 19, 2025, agreement, 
including by--
(i) predictably allowing the range of 
necessary aid to enter, including diversified, 
nutrition-based foods; medicines; shelter; and 
a combination of commercial goods as well as 
humanitarian assistance;
(ii) granting necessary registrations, 
visas, and other permissions to NGOs and 
entities able to provide aid without excessive 
burden;
(iii) ensuring safe passage for aid workers 
through IDF controlled areas and continued 
deconfliction; and
(iv) allowing rehabilitation of 
infrastructure, rehabilitation of hospitals and 
bakeries, and entry of necessary equipment to 
remove debris, perform demining operations, and 
open roads;
(D) the Government of Israel has ensured that--
(i) no civilians are forced to leave the 
Gaza Strip against their will;
(ii) civilians who wish to leave the Gaza 
Strip are free to do so; and
(iii) civilians who have left since October 
7, 2023, or will leave the Gaza Strip are free 
to return;
(E) the Government of Israel has ensured that there 
will be no permanent occupation or annexation of 
territory in the Gaza Strip;
(F) the Government of Israel has halted all aerial 
and artillery bombardment and withdrawn all Israeli 
Defense Forces to the agreed-upon line, and that battle 
lines continue to remain frozen until conditions are 
met for the complete staged withdrawal, in accordance 
with the United States 20-point plan for Gaza announced 
on September 29, 2025;
(G) the Government of Israel has taken verifiable 
steps to cooperate with Arab and other international 
partners to allow a temporary transitional government 
in the Gaza Strip consisting of a technocratic, 
Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the 
day-to-day running of public services and 
municipalities for the people in Gaza and to ultimately 
ensure a pathway for a reformed Palestinian Authority 
to assume the governance of the Gaza Strip, in 
accordance with the United States 20-point plan for 
Gaza announced on September 29, 2025;
(H) the Government of Israel has not served as an 
impediment to the establishment and deployment of a 
temporary International Stabilization Force that will 
train and provide support to Palestinian police forces 
in the Gaza Strip, which will become the long-term 
internal security solution in Gaza, in accordance with 
the United States 20-point plan for Gaza announced on 
September 29, 2025;
(I) the Government of Israel has committed and 
continues to ensure that there will be no de facto or 
de jure annexation of territory in the West Bank; and
(J) the Government of Israel has taken material 
steps to enforce the law in the West Bank and prevent 
attacks by settlers on Palestinians and has enforced 
procedures that prevent IDF troops from escorting and 
enabling settlers committing attacks.
(2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(G), the 
phrase ``has taken verifiable steps to cooperate with Arab and 
other international partners and allow a temporary transitional 
government in the Gaza Strip consisting of a technocratic 
Palestinian committee'' means that the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
National Intelligence, determines and certifies that the 
Government of Israel has--
(A) taken affirmative steps within its control to 
facilitate the deployment and functioning of such 
committee, including through the issuance of necessary 
permits, provision of safe passage, and facilitation of 
the movement into and within the Gaza Strip of 
personnel, equipment, and financial resources necessary 
for the committee to perform its functions;
(B) refrained from actions that materially 
obstruct, delay, or undermine the establishment or 
operation of such committee, including the arbitrary 
denial of access or the imposition of conditions 
inconsistent with the 20-point plan described in 
paragraph (1)(B); and
(C) not directly or indirectly financed, 
facilitated, or enabled any person or organization, 
including through intermediaries, third-party pass-
throughs, or other covert or informal channels, for the 
purpose of materially obstructing, delaying, 
undermining, or sabotaging the October 10, 2025, 
ceasefire, the 20-point plan, or the establishment or 
operation of the transitional governance and security 
arrangements described in paragraphs (1)(G) and (H).
(b) Determination as Basis for Certification.--The certification in 
subsection (a) shall be based on an interagency assessment led by the 
Secretary of State and conducted in coordination with the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense regarding Israel's 
progress toward meeting the conditions described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (J) of subsection (a)(1). In preparing the certification, the 
Secretary of State shall consider all relevant information, including 
intelligence reporting and credible public reporting.
(c) Form.--The reports required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(d) Prohibitions.--
(1) In general.--If the certification in subsection (a) 
concludes that the Government of Israel is in violation of any 
of the conditions described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of 
subsection (a)(1)--
(A) the United States shall not authorize or permit 
the sale, export, or transfer of any United States-
origin defense articles to Israel, provided through any 
source or existing authority, for end use in the West 
Bank or Gaza;
(B) the sale, export, or transfer of any defense 
article to Israel shall only take place pursuant to a 
Letter of Offer and Acceptance or export license that 
requires that the Government of Israel will not use 
such articles in the West Bank or Gaza; and
(C) the Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall establish an agreement with the 
Government of Israel that any United States-origin 
defense articles sold, exported, or transferred to 
Israel prior to the date of the submission of the 
certification described in subsection (a) are 
prohibited from being used in the West Bank or Gaza.
(2) Sunset.--The prohibitions in paragraph (1) shall remain 
in effect until a certification in subsection (a) concludes 
that Israel has come into compliance with all conditions 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of subsection 
(a)(1).
(e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

SEC. 5. END USE MONITORING GROUP.

(a) Establishment.--Immediately after the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Director of National Intelligence, shall take such steps as may 
be necessary to establish an end use monitoring group that shall serve 
to monitor whether United States-origin defense articles are being used 
in the West Bank or Gaza.
(b) Report.--During such time as the prohibitions described in 
section 4(d) are in force, the end use monitoring group established by 
subsection (a) shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report every 60 days that certifies whether Israel is using United 
States-origin defense articles in the West Bank or Gaza.
(c) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--If the report in subsection (b) concludes 
that Israel is using United States-origin defense articles in 
the West Bank or Gaza, then the United States shall not 
authorize the sale, export, or transfer of any United States-
origin defense articles to Israel.
(2) Waiver.--
(A) In general.--The President may waive the 
prohibition in paragraph (1) for a specific sale, 
export, or transfer of defense articles to Israel only 
if the President--
(i) determines and certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that such 
waiver is vital to the national security of the 
United States; and
(ii) not fewer than 15 days before 
authorizing such sale, export, or transfer, 
submits such certification, to--
(I) the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of 
Representatives; and
(II) the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate.
(B) Form.--A certification under this paragraph 
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex, and shall include--
(i) a detailed description of the nature, 
quantity, and estimated value of the defense 
articles to be transferred;
(ii) a description of the specific national 
security interests of the United States that 
would be directly and materially advanced by 
the waiver; and
(iii) an explanation of why no feasible 
alternative to the waiver exists to achieve 
those interests.
(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
be construed to limit the obligation or expenditure of any 
funds appropriated for air defense systems, including Iron 
Dome, David's Sling, and Arrow 3 systems.
(4) Sunset.--The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall remain 
in effect until a certification in subsection (b) concludes 
that Israel is not using United States-origin defense articles 
in the West Bank or Gaza.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate.

SEC. 6. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PEACE.

(a) Limitation on Administrative and Operating Support.--Nothing in 
this Act, the October 10, 2025, ceasefire agreement, the 20-point plan, 
or any related framework may be construed to authorize the obligation 
or expenditure of funds by, for, or on behalf of the Board of Peace for 
its administrative expenses, operating costs, or personnel support, or 
to authorize any Federal department or agency to obligate or expend 
funds for such administrative expenses, operating costs, or personnel 
support, except as expressly authorized by an Act of Congress and 
provided in advance in an appropriations Act.
(b) No Displacement of the United Nations or Other Authorities.--
Nothing in this Act, the October 10, 2025, ceasefire agreement, the 20-
point plan, or any related framework may be construed to grant the 
Board of Peace authority that supersedes the role or authorities of the 
United Nations under the Charter of the United Nations or otherwise 
supersedes any applicable provision of United States or international 
law.
(c) Preservation of Assistance for Gaza.--Nothing in this Act may 
be construed to limit the obligation or expenditure of funds for 
humanitarian assistance, stabilization, reconstruction, or other 
assistance for Gaza that is otherwise authorized by law and provided in 
an appropriations Act.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION.

The authorities provided by this Act shall cease to have effect on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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