Bill
S 2667
Authorizes sanctions on foreign actors enabling West Bank violence, blocking assets, banning U.S. entry, and restricting aid to deter violence and push toward peace.
Note: The materials you provided appear to mix multiple, different bills all labeled “S 2667” (a federal Senate bill introduced by Sen. Cory Booker concerning the West Bank, a state-level bill titled about restraints on pregnant/incarcerated people, and a Massachusetts Senate document numbered 2667). These are distinct measures. Below I summarize the two primary, conflicting items in your packet separately and identify procedural points so you can confirm which you want a single, consolidated summary for.
1) Federal S.2667 — “West Bank Violence Prevention Act of 2025” (Cory Booker, primary sponsor)
- Purpose / Intent
- To prevent violence in the West Bank and to authorize targeted sanctions against foreign persons whose actions threaten U.S. national security and undermine prospects for a two‑state solution by committing illegal violent acts in the West Bank.
- Key provisions
- Authorizes the President to designate foreign persons for sanctions if they are responsible for, complicit in, or have directly/indirectly engaged in actions that threaten peace, security, or stability of the West Bank. Covered acts include violence or threats against civilians, coercive acts causing displacement, destruction or seizure of property, and terrorism-related activity.
- Sanctions tools (subsection (b)):
- Asset blocking under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA): block and prohibit transactions in all property and interests in property in the U.S. or controlled by U.S. persons.
- Prohibitions include making or receiving contributions, funds, goods, or services to or from designated persons.
- Ineligibility for U.S. visas, admission, or parole; mandatory revocation of existing visas/entry documents, with immediate effect.
- Exceptions:
- Authorized U.S. intelligence activities and reporting requirements.
- Humanitarian assistance (agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices) explicitly excluded from sanctions.
- Exception to visa sanctions where admission is necessary to comply with certain international obligations (e.g., U.N. Headquarters Agreement) or important U.S. law enforcement objectives.
- Waiver/termination:
- Presidential national security waiver permitted.
- President may terminate sanctions (text truncated in packet — further details likely in remaining sections).
- Who is affected
- Foreign individuals, leaders, officials, entities, or those providing material assistance to designated actors tied to violence/terrorism or property dispossession in the West Bank; also secondary effects on entities or persons doing business with designated parties.
- Procedural / timeline
- Introduced Aug 1, 2025; read twice and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sponsors include Cory Booker (primary) and many Senate cosponsors (e.g., Mark Warner, Amy Klobuchar, Michael Bennet, Jeanne Shaheen, etc.). Further committee actions and enactment timeline depend on committee consideration and floor action.
2) State-level / other S.2667 (title you supplied): “Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogation”
- Note on source and available text
- You supplied only the bill title and committee referral (REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION) but no bill text. Therefore the summary below is based strictly on the title and standard legislative practice; specific statutory language, definitions, exceptions, penalties, enforcement, or effective dates are not available in the materials you provided.
- Likely Purpose / Intent
- To prohibit the use of physical restraints (e.g., shackles) on incarcerated people who are in labor and to prohibit restraints on pregnant persons during custodial interrogation, except in narrowly defined “extraordinary circumstances.”
- Likely Key provisions (expected, not text-verified)
- Definitions: “restraints,” “incarcerated individual,” “custodial interrogation,” “pregnant person,” and “extraordinary circumstances.”
- Prohibition: Ban on routine shackling/restraint of people in labor and pregnant persons during interrogation.
- Exceptions: May allow restraints where an immediate risk of flight, violence, or safety exists and less restrictive measures are insufficient; likely requirement of supervisory authorization and written justification for restraint use.
- Remedies / enforcement: Potential civil remedies, administrative penalties, training requirements for correctional and law enforcement staff, and reporting/recordkeeping obligations.
- Who is affected
- Incarcerated pregnant people, correctional institutions and staff, law enforcement officials conducting custodial interrogations, courts, and potentially health-care providers in detention settings.
- Procedural / timeline
- Listed as REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (dates in the packet include Jan 22, 2025 referrals). Further action depends on committee hearings and votes; no enacted text provided.
Other document: Massachusetts Senate No. 2667 (2025–2026) in your packet appears to be a committee Order to study certain licensure-related bills and is unrelated substantively to either of the above measures.
Next steps
- Which of these do you want a single, expanded comprehensive summary for? If you want the restraint bill summarized precisely, please provide the bill text or confirm jurisdiction (state name) and I will produce a complete, text‑accurate summary. If you want only the federal “West Bank Violence Prevention Act,” I can expand the summary, list anticipated implementation steps, and extract additional details from the truncated sections.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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