Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations to oppose admission to the United Nations of a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state or formal recognition by the United Nations of such a state.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2938 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2938
To prohibit United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a
Palestinian state is declared unilaterally, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 26, 2000
Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a
Palestinian state is declared unilaterally, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Middle East Peace Process Support
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) it is only through direct negotiations between the
parties that progress toward peace has been and can be achieved
in the Middle East;
(2) the process that began with the signing of the Oslo
accords in 1993 has created an important negotiating framework
between Israel and the Palestinians that has produced the
promise of an end to the conflict;
(3) as part of the Oslo accords, Palestinian Chairman
Arafat committed that ``all outstanding issues relating to
permanent status will be resolved through negotiations'';
(4) the repeated Palestinian threat to declare an
independent state unilaterally after September 13, 2000, is
contrary to both the spirit and letter of the Oslo accords;
(5) the unilateral declaration of an independent
Palestinian state will inevitably lead to violence and the end
of the negotiating process;
(6) the United States agreed to provide assistance to the
Palestinians only after the Oslo accords were signed in order
to help advance the cause of peace;
(7) on March 11, 1999, the Senate overwhelmingly adopted
Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, and on March 16, 1999, the
House of Representatives adopted House Concurrent Resolution
24, both of which resolved that: ``any attempt to establish
Palestinian statehood outside the negotiating process will
invoke the strongest Congressional opposition''; and
(8) on July 25, 2000, Palestinian Chairman Arafat and
Israeli Prime Minister Barak issued a joint statement agreeing
that the ``two sides understand the importance of avoiding
unilateral actions that prejudice the outcome of negotiations
and that their differences will be resolved in good-faith
negotiations.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the period
beginning on the date on which a Palestinian state is unilaterally
declared and ending on the date on which such unilateral declaration of
Palestinian statehood is rescinded--
(1) No funds made available by any provision of law may be
provided directly or indirectly to the Palestinian Authority or
to any successor or related entity; and
(2) No funds made available by any provision of law may be
used to extend United States recognition to such a
unilaterally-declared Palestinian state, including, but not
limited to, funds for the payment of the salary of any
ambassador, consul, or other diplomatic personnel to such a
state, or for the cost of establishing, operating, or
maintaining an embassy, consulate, or other diplomatic facility
in such a state.
SEC. 4. OPPOSITION TO UNITED NATIONS ADMISSION OR RECOGNITION.
The President shall instruct the United States representative to
the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States to oppose, in the United Nations Security Council, General
Assembly, or any other United Nations body, admission to the United
Nations of a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state or formal
recognition by the United Nations of such a state.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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