I 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 789 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 1, 2017 Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. MEADOWS, Mrs. BLACK, and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Bonuses for Ter- 5 rorists Act''. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:22 Feb 07, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H789.IH H789 2 1 2 3 4 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 5 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding 6 at the end the following new section: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ``SEC. 620N. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. ``(a) LIMITATIONS.-- ``(1) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.--In addition to the limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority described in sections 620K and 620L, assistance may be provided under this Act to the Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. ``(2) PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.-- Assistance may be provided under this Act to the Palestine Liberation Organization only during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. ``(b) CERTIFICATION.--A certification described in 23 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) is a certification sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS 24 submitted by the Secretary of State to Congress that con25 tains a determination of the Secretary that the Palestinian 26 Authority, including any ministry, agency, or instrumen·HR 789 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:22 Feb 07, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H789.IH H789 3 1 tality or any official acting on behalf of any such ministry, 2 agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Liberation 3 Organization, as the case may be, has ceased the payment 4 of any bonuses, financial compensation, or any other ben5 efit not generally or otherwise available to the Palestinian 6 population at large to the families of Palestinians killed 7 in connection with-- 8 9 10 11 or ``(2) the commission of an act of terrorism. ``(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.--Not later than 90 days ``(1) conspiring to commit an act of terrorism; 12 after the date on which the Secretary of State submits 13 to Congress an initial certification under subsection (b) 14 and every six months thereafter-- 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ``(1) the Secretary shall submit to Congress a recertification that the conditions described in subsection (b) are continuing to be met; or ``(2) if the Secretary is unable to make such a recertification, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that contains the reasons therefor. ``(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.--Assistance 22 made available under this Act to the Palestinian Authority 23 or the Palestine Liberation Organization may not be prosradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS 24 vided until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 25 of State has provided notice thereof to the appropriate ·HR 789 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:22 Feb 07, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H789.IH H789 4 1 congressional committees in accordance with the proce2 dures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 3 section 634A(a). 4 ``(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME.--If 5 the Secretary of State is unable to submit a certification 6 to Congress under subsection (b) or a recertification under 7 subsection (c), funds made available under this Act for 8 assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine 9 Liberation Organization that otherwise would have been 10 provided to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine 11 Liberation Organization shall, notwithstanding any other 12 provision of law, be transferred and made available to the 13 Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the Govern14 ment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome de15 fense system to counter short-range rocket threats. 16 ``(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.--The Secretary of State 17 shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional 18 committees a report on the amount of any bonuses, finan19 cial compensation, or any other benefit described in sub20 section (b) that have been disbursed by the Palestinian 21 Authority, including by any ministry, agency, or instru22 mentality or any official acting on behalf of any such min23 istry, agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Libsradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS 24 eration Organization in the preceding 12-month period. 25 ``(g) DEFINITIONS.--In this section: ·HR 789 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:22 Feb 07, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H789.IH H789 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS ``(1) ACT OF TERRORISM.--The term `act of terrorism' means an act dangerous to human life that would violate the criminal laws of the United States if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States that appears to be intended to-- ``(A) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; ``(B) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; ``(C) affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; or ``(D) impair Israel's existence as a Jewish, democratic state within its current territorial boundaries. ``(2) APPROPRIATE TEES.--The CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- term `appropriate congressional com- mittees' means-- ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and ``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 24 ·HR 789 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:22 Feb 07, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H789.IH H789 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ``(3) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.-- The term `foreign terrorist organization' means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). ``(4) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.--The term `Palestinian Authority' means the interim Palestinian administrative organization that governs part of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any successor Palestinian governing entity), including the Palestinian Legislative Council.''. 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