Taylor Force Act

Taylor Force Act

(Sec. 4) This bill prohibits certain FY2018-FY2023 economic support assistance that directly benefits the Palestinian Authority (PA) from being made available for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Department of State certifies that the PA, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and any successor or affiliated organizations:

• are taking steps to end acts of violence against U.S. and Israeli citizens perpetrated by individuals under their jurisdictional control, such as the March 2016 attack that killed former Army officer Taylor Force;
• have revoked any law, decree, or document authorizing or implementing a system of compensation for imprisoned individuals that uses the sentence or incarceration period to determine compensation;
• have terminated payments for acts of terrorism against U.S. and Israeli citizens to any individual who has been fairly tried and imprisoned for such acts, to any individual who died committing such acts, and to family members of such an individual; and
• are publicly condemning such acts of violence and are investigating such acts.

This assistance limitation shall not apply to: (1) the East Jerusalem Hospital Network, (2) wastewater projects, and (3) children's vaccination projects.

Withheld funds shall remain available for up to two years before being reallocated.

(Sec. 5) The bill prescribes initial and annual reporting requirements.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1164 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1164

   To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the 
  Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli 
                               citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2017

Mr. Lamborn (for himself and Mr. Zeldin) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the 
  Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli 
                               citizens.

    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 ``Taylor Force Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.

    Funds appropriated or otherwise made available for assistance under 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2346 et seq.; relating to the Economic Support Fund) and available for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza may only be made available for 
such purpose if the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the Palestinian Authority--
            (1) is taking credible steps to end acts of violence 
        against United States and Israeli citizens that are perpetrated 
        by individuals under its jurisdictional control, such as the 
        March 2016 attack that killed former United States Army officer 
        Taylor Force, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan;
            (2) is publicly condemning such acts of violence and is 
        taking steps to investigate or is cooperating in investigations 
        of such acts to bring the perpetrators to justice; and
            (3) has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against 
        United States and Israeli citizens to any individual who has 
        been imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for such 
        acts of terrorism and to any individual who died committing 
        such acts of terrorism, including to a family member of such 
        individuals.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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