GOP Seeks to Revoke Tax Exemptions From Nonprofits Materially Supporting Hamas, Other Terrorist Groups

The legislation would allow the secretary of the Treasury to revoke the tax exemptions of organization that provide ’material support' to terrorism.

House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Ranking Member Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) (R) speak ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to give the Trump administration the power to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations that support terrorist groups like Hamas.

In the draft text of tax reform legislation—intended for the “budget reconciliation” process underway in Congress—the House Ways & Means Committee has included amendments that would revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations that support terrorism.