Palestinian Peace Promotion and Ant-Incitement Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not lived up to its agreements with Israel to end incitement and should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make funds available for the PA only during a period for which a certification or a recertification is in effect that contains a determination by the President that the PA: (1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel, and (2) is engaged in activities aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel.
Requires that: (1) recertifications with related reports be made every six months and transmitted to Congress; and (2) if unable to make such a recertification, the President report the reasons to Congress.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3868 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3868
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the
Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 14, 2014
Mr. Royce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the
Palestinian Authority, 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 ``Palestinian Peace Promotion and
Anti-Incitement Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived up to its
prior agreements with Israel to end incitement; and
(2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to prepare the
Palestinian people for peace with Israel.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.
``(a) Limitation.--Funds made available under chapter 4 of part II
of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to the
Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification
described in subsection (b) or a recertification described in
subsection (c) is in effect.
``(b) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection
is a certification transmitted by the President to the appropriate
congressional committees that contains a determination of the President
that the Palestinian Authority--
``(1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against
the United States or Israel; and
``(2) is engaged in peace preparation activities aimed at
promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel.
``(c) Recertifications.--Not later than 90 days after the date on
which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional
committees an initial certification under subsection (b), and every six
months thereafter--
``(1) the President shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a recertification that the
requirements contained in subsection (b) are continuing to be
met; or
``(2) if the President is unable to make such a
recertification, the President shall transmit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the
reasons therefor.
``(d) Report.--
``(1) In general.--Whenever the President transmits a
certification under subsection (b) or a recertification under
subsection (c), the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that details the
justification for the certification or recertification, as the
case may be, the purposes for which the funds will be spent,
and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds
are properly disbursed.
``(2) Additional matters.--Such report shall also detail
the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest
terrorists, confiscate weapons, and dismantle the terrorist
infrastructure.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
``(2) Incitement.--The term `incitement' means--
``(A) statements, media, communication, or other
activities against any religion, ethnicity, or
nationality,
``(B) advocacy, endorsement, or glorification of
violence, martyrdom, or terrorism, or
``(C) endorsement, glorification, honor, or other
memorialization of any person or group that has
advocated, sponsored, or committed acts of terrorism,
including the naming after or dedication to such person
or group of any school, community center, camp,
stadium, public square, street, land, landmark,
waterway, or other facility,
that is sponsored, supported, or directed by officials or
employees of the Palestinian Authority or Palestinian
Authority-controlled, sponsored, or supported electronic,
broadcast, and print media, schools, mosques, or institutions.
``(3) 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.
``(4) Peace preparation activities.--The term `peace
preparation activities' means Arabic-language communications
and educational activities sponsored by the Palestinian
Authority that are communicated or administered via electronic,
broadcast and print media, schools, mosques, and statements by
government officials that may include the following:
``(A) Public acknowledgments of the State of
Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
``(B) Firm public commitments to and endorsements
of peaceful co-existence with the Jewish State of
Israel.
``(C) Production, distribution, and public display
via all media platforms, schools, mosques, educational
materials and elsewhere of maps that show the State of
Israel existing as `Israel' side-by-side with
`Palestine' and halting all production, distribution,
or public display of maps that do not include a state
of Israel.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with
respect to funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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