# Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987

Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 originated in the 100th United States Congress as four articles of anti-terrorism legislation. The United States House of Representatives bill H.R. 2587 was endorsed by eighty cosponsors while the United States Senate bill S. 1203 was endorsed by forty-nine cosponsors of the 100th United States Congress. The Act of Congress established prohibitions concerning the preoccupation of the Palestine Liberation Organization as a terrorist organization creating instability and meddling in the diplomatic relations of the Arab League and Middle East.
The Anti-Terrorism Act is an affiliate of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1988 and 1989. The Foreign Relations Authorization Act was codified as Public Law 100-204 bound as statute 101 Stat. 1331. The United States House bill H.R. 1777 was authorized by the 100th United States Congress and enacted into law by Ronald Reagan on December 22, 1987.

## History
### United States Foreign Policy Statute of 1969

Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, (Pub. L. 91–175, 22 U.S.C. ch. 32, subch. I § 2221}), was a United States federal statute enacted into law by the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon on December 30, 1969. The Act of Congress was the first United States legislative article to acknowledge the Palestine Liberation Organization as a militant force venerating the tactics of terrorism in the Fertile Crescent and Levant geographies of the Eastern Mediterranean or Mediterranean Basin.

#### 22 U.S.C. § 2221 ~ Palestine Refugees; Conditions for Furnishing Assistance

   International Organizations and Programs
   No contributions by the United States shall be made to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East except on the condition that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency take all possible measures to assure that no part of the United States contribution shall be used to furnish assistance to any refugee who is receiving military training as a member of the so-called Palestine Liberation Army or any other guerrilla type organization or who has engaged in any act of terrorism.
       — Thomas E. Morgan, United States House Representative of Pennsylvania
          91st United States Congress - 83 Stat. 805 ~ H.R. 14580
          October 29, 1969

## Declaration of the Act

Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 was penned as five sections establishing reprehensible conditions with regards to Palestine Liberation Organization relations and conducting anarchist activities within the United States. The public law is declared as Title X - Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987.
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 as short title - 101 Stat. 1406 § 1001
Determinations and Findings - 101 Stat. 1406-1407 § 1002
* By 1985, sixty percent of Middle East terrorism accounted for total international terrorism ― Patterns of Global Terrorism
* Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) assisted activities in the Achille Lauro hijacking of October 7, 1985
* Palestine Liberation Organization implicated in the fatality of United States ambassador to Lebanon Francis E. Meloy Jr.
* PLO and constituent groups implicated in the fatality of dozens of American citizens abroad
* Palestinian National Covenant issues a governing truth of armed struggle to liberate Palestine
* During April 1987 in Algiers, Palestinian National Council meeting reaffirmed the ideology of the struggle in all its armed forms
* United States Attorney General affirms that various elements of the Palestine Liberation Organization and its allies and affiliates are in the thick of international terror
Determinations - 101 Stat. 1407 § 1002
    United States Congress determines the Palestine Liberation Organization and affiliates are a terrorist organization. The anarchist organization poses a peril threat to the interests of the United States, its allies, and international law. The Palestine Liberation Organization should not benefit from operating in the United States.
Prohibitions Regarding the PLO - 101 Stat. 1407 § 1003
    For the purpose of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, it is unlawful to further the interests of the Palestine Liberation Organization, any constituent groups, any successor to any of those, and any agents thereof;
       (1) To receive anything of value except informational material from the PLO or any of its constituent groups, any successor thereto, or any agents thereof;
       (2) To expend funds from the PLO or any of its constituent groups, any successor thereto, or any agents thereof;
       (3) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to establish or maintain an office, headquarters, premises, or other facilities or establishments within the jurisdiction of the United States at the behest or direction of, or with funds provided by the Palestine Liberation Organization or any of its constituent groups, any successor to any of those, or any agents thereof.
Enforcement - 101 Stat. 1407 § 1004
    United States Attorney General shall institute the necessary legal action to effectuate the policies and provisions of this title
    Any district court of the United States for a district in which a violation of this title occurs shall have authority, upon petition of relief by the United States Attorney General, to grant injunctive and such other equitable relief as it shall deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this title
Effective Date - 101 Stat. 1407 § 1005
    Provisions of this title shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act
Termination - 101 Stat. 1407 § 1005
    Provisions of this title shall cease to have effect if the President certifies in writing to the' President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that the Palestine Liberation Organization, its agents, or constituent groups thereof no longer practice or support terrorist actions anywhere in the world