1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reviewing Qatar’s Major Non-NATO Ally Status Act of 2024 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) On October 8, 1997, the Secretary of State designated Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya ( Hamas ) as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). (2) In 2012, the State of Qatar allowed Hamas to open a political office in Doha. (3) On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists operating from Gaza attacked Israel, resulting in the death of more than 1,200 individuals and the kidnapping of more than 240 individuals, including the death of more than 30 and kidnapping of more than a dozen United States citizens. (4) Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas’s political bureau, resides in Qatar, as do Khalil al-Hayya, head of Hamas’s communications office, and Khaled Mashal, Hamas’s former political chief and current head of the group’s diaspora office. (5) On January 6, 2024, in a meeting with a bipartisan, bicameral delegation of United States lawmakers, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani assured the delegation that since day 1, Qatar has been strong arming Hamas to get the hostages back . (6) At the end of January 2024, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani asserted publicly that Qatar has no leverage over Hamas in hostage negotiations. (7) On February 17, 2024, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani urged a ceasefire in Gaza without preconditions, undercutting negotiations for the release of hostages, including United States citizens, at the Munich Security Conference. (8) As of April 2024, Hamas continues to hold 5 United States citizens hostage in Gaza, as well as the bodies of 3 United States citizens believed to be killed on or shortly after October 7, 2023. (9) The March 10, 2022, designation of the State of Qatar as a major non-NATO ally is a privilege which must be continuously earned.