The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 176 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Tom McClintock (R)

No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025

Bars Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad members, and October 7 attack participants from entering or staying in the US.

Tradeoff

Blocks immigration benefits for people linked to Hamas attacks on Israel. Creates a new annual reporting requirement for .

What's in it

See official bill text

Reduces direct spending by an amount too small to quantify; administrative costs for reporting are estimated under $500,000 over 2025-2030.

The bill's federal cost is negligible (under $500,000 to administer reporting) — the policy's real effect is excluding identified Hamas members from U.S. entry and federal benefits like emergency .

H.R. 176, No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025 · May 2025

Passed the House by on December 1, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 3, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on the Judiciary(Jan 3, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Feb 26, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-27.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 1, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on the Judiciary(Dec 2, 2025)