{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sens-scott-cotton-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-sanction-palestinian-leadership-and-institutions-that-reward-terrorism/", "Sens. Scott, Cotton, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Sanction Palestinian Leadership and Institutions That Reward Terrorism", "2024-07-25", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", "timscott", "https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/jsf/jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act. This legislation would impose sanctions on foreign persons and entities that provide payments to terrorists and their families as part of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority\u2019s (PA) system of terror compensation.\n\nSenators Scott and Cotton were joined by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in cosponsoring the legislation.\n\nCongressmen Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) plan to introduce the companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\n\u201cFor years, the Palestinian Authority has incentivized brutal attacks against Israelis\u2014and even American citizens\u2014through its horrific \u2018pay for slay\u2019 policies. Strong words and failed negotiations aren\u2019t enough to stop these acts of terror,\u201d said Senator Scott. \u201cWe need to actually use the authorities at our disposal to impose real economic pain against those who support and facilitate so-called \u2018martyr payments,\u2019 and I am proud to partner with Senator Cotton and our Republican colleagues to do just that.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe PA continues to support terrorism against Israel by providing hundreds of millions of dollars per year in its reprehensible \u2018pay-for-slay\u2019 program. Anti-Semitic Palestinian terrorists know they can expect payment as a reward for killing Israelis and Americans\u2014with thousands of Palestinian terrorists tied to October 7 eligible for these terror payments. Our bill will ensure that the PA, PLO and their institutions that reward acts of terrorism are punished,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nThe full text of the bill can be found here.\n\nIn 2018, Senator Scott partnered with a group of bipartisan colleagues to combat the pay-for-slay practice through passage of the Taylor Force Act. In the aftermath of Hamas\u2019 brutal terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, Senator Scott and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nev.) introduced the Stop Support for Hamas Act, which aims to strengthens provisions within the Taylor Force Act to prevent any U.S. funding from directly or indirectly benefiting the PA until it ends its pay for slay program.\n\nThe PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act would impose sanctions on:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sens-scott-cotton-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-sanction-palestinian-leadership-and-institutions-that-reward-terrorism/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5300819650292397, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}