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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5303 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the 

Palestinian Authority. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2012 

Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, 

Mr. CHABOT, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. POE of Texas, and Mr. 

ROTHMAN of New Jersey) 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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Palestinian Peace Pro5 motion and Anti-Incitement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived 

2 up to its prior agreements with Israel to end incite3 ment; and 

4 (2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to 

5 prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel. 

6 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 

7 AUTHORITY. 

8 Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 

9 of 1961 is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating the second section 620J 

11 (as added by section 651 of Public Law 110–161) 

12 as section 620M; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES15 TINIAN AUTHORITY. 

16 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—No funds may be 

17 provided under this Act to the Palestinian Authority. 

18 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in sub19 section (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writ20 ing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 

21 President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees 

22 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

23 Foreign Relations of the Senate that waiving such prohibi24 tion is important to the national security interests of the 

25 United States. 


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1 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pur2 suant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall 

3 submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela5 tions of the Senate a report detailing the justification for 

6 the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, 

7 and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the 

8 funds are properly disbursed. Such report shall also detail 

9 the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 

10 terrorists, confiscate weapons, and dismantle the terrorist 

11 infrastructure. 

12 ‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

13 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

14 State shall certify and report to the Committees on For15 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and Foreign 

16 Relations of the Senate prior to the obligation of funds 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(1) the Palestinian Authority has established a 

19 single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority 

20 financing and all financing mechanisms flow through 

21 this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist 

22 outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury ac23 count, and there is a single comprehensive civil serv24 ice roster and payroll; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) the Palestinian Authority no longer en2 gages in a pattern of incitement against the United 

3 States or Israel and is engaged in peace preparation 

4 activities aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish 

5 State of Israel. 

6 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) INCITEMENT.—The term ‘incitement’ 

8 means any of the following that is sponsored, sup9 ported, or directed by officials or employees of the 

10 Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Authority-con11 trolled, sponsored, or supported electronic, broad12 cast, and print media, schools, mosques, and institu13 tions: 

14 ‘‘(A) Statements, media, communication, 

15 or other activities against any religion, eth16 nicity, or nationality. 

17 ‘‘(B) Advocacy, endorsement, or glorifi18 cation of violence, martyrdom, or terrorism. 

19 ‘‘(C) Endorsement, glorification, honor, or 

20 other memorialization of any person or group 

21 that has advocated, sponsored, or committed 

22 acts of terrorism, including the naming after or 

23 dedication to such person or group of any 

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1 lic square, street, land, landmark, waterway, or 

2 other facility. 

3 ‘‘(2) PEACE PREPARATION ACTIVITIES.—The 

4 term ‘peace preparation activities’ means Arabic-lan5 guage communications and educational activities 

6 sponsored by the Palestinian Authority, which are 

7 communicated or administered via electronic, broad8 cast and print media, schools, mosques and state9 ments by government officials that may include the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(A) Public acknowledgments of the State 

12 of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. 

13 ‘‘(B) Firm public commitments to and en14 dorsements of peaceful co-existence with the 

15 Jewish State of Israel. 

16 ‘‘(C) Production, distribution, and public 

17 display via all media platforms, schools, 

18 mosques, educational materials and elsewhere of 

19 maps that show the State of Israel existing as 

20 ‘Israel’ side-by-side with ‘Palestine’ and halting 

21 all production, distribution, or public display of 

22 maps that do not include a state of Israel; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) renouncing any and all future rights 

2 or claims to commit acts of violence against 

3 Israel.’’. 

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