# 119-s-198: PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025

119-s-198, PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-198
- Congress: 119
- Title: PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Targets foreign persons and financial institutions that support the PLO/PA’s system of payments to terrorists with U.S. sanctions.** The bill would create a sanctions framework aimed at pressuring the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to end payments, salaries, and benefits the text says incentivize terrorism, and it conditions the law on a written certification from the Secretary of State that those payments have ceased. - PLO/PA officials and named organizations would be exposed to U.S. asset blocking and would be ineligible for visas or admission; current visas could be revoked and the President is directed to act within 90 days. - Foreign financial institutions that process or facilitate those payments or transact with sanctioned persons would face prohibitions or strict conditions on opening or maintaining U.S. correspondent or payable-through accounts. - Congress could request determinations and receive classified or unclassified reports within 30 days, and the President would use authorities such as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) with regulations due within 60 days.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Visa bans and automatic revocations: cost, medium. If enacted, aliens who meet the bill's criteria would be inadmissible to the United States. They would be ineligible for visas, entry documents, admission, or parole. Any current visa or entry document could be revoked immediately and would cancel other valid documents. The bill also allows civil p…
- Banking and sanctions on PLO/PA actors: cost, medium. If enacted, the President would have to impose sanctions within 90 days and on an ongoing basis. The bill would let the President use emergency economic powers and must issue implementing rules within 60 days. It would block property and bar or tightly limit U.S. correspondent and payable-through a…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-s-198 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/198)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-198 (as of 2026-04-21).