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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3007

To provide for measures in response to a unilateral declaration of the

existence of a Palestinian state.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 6, 2000

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr.

SANTORUM, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. FITZGERALD, and Mr. MOYNIHAN) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To provide for measures in response to a unilateral

declaration of the existence of a Palestinian state.

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 ‘‘Unilateral Palestinian

5 Statehood Disapproval Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress makes the following findings:
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1 (1) As part of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Pales2 tinian Chairman Arafat committed to resolving all

3 outstanding issues with Israel through negotiations.

4 (2) On July 25, 2000, at the conclusion of the

5 last round of the Camp David negotiations, Prime

6 Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat issued a state7 ment agreeing on the importance of ‘‘avoiding uni8 lateral action that prejudice the outcome of negotia9 tions’’.

10 (3) A critical ingredient to the success of the

11 peace process thus far has been the commitment by

12 both sides to refrain from unilateral actions that un13 dermine the peace process.

14 (4) Upon his return to Gaza following the con15 clusion of the recent Camp David negotiations, Pal16 estinian Chairman Arafat stated that the agreement

17 to continue negotiations with Israel lasted only until

18 September 13, ‘‘the date for declaring our inde19 pendent state with Jerusalem as its capital whether

20 people like it or not’’.

21 (5) A unilateral declaration of a Palestinian

22 state will most likely undermine the peace process.

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

24 In this Act:
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1 (1) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—The term

2 ‘‘humanitarian assistance’’ includes the provision of

3 food, medicine, medical supplies, or medical equip4 ment.

5 (2) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—The term

6 ‘‘United States assistance’’ means—

7 (A) any assistance under the Foreign As8 sistance Act of 1961 (including programs under

9 title IV of chapter 2, relating to the Overseas

10 Private Investment Corporation), other than—

11 (i) assistance under part I of that

12 Act;

13 (ii) assistance under chapter 8 of part

14 II of that Act;

15 (iii) assistance for refugees; and

16 (iv) humanitarian assistance not cov17 ered by clause (iii);

18 (B) sales, or financing on any terms, under

19 the Arms Export Control Act;

20 (C) the provision of agricultural commod21 ities, other than food, under the Agricultural

22 Trade Development and Assistance Act of

23 1954; and

24 (D) financing under the Export-Import

25 Bank Act of 1945.
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1 SEC. 4. NONRECOGNITION POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—It should be the policy of the

3 United States not to recognize—

4 (1) a unilaterally declared Palestinian state; or

5 (2) any document or other instrument of a uni6 laterally declared Palestinian state, including any

7 passport or postage.

8 (b) DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO DENY RECOGNI9 TION.—It is the sense of Congress that the President and

10 the Secretary of State should use all diplomatic means to

11 work with the allies of the United States in the European

12 Union, Japan, and other countries to not extend recogni13 tion to a unilaterally declared Palestinian state.

14 (c) DOWNGRADE IN STATUS OF PALESTINIAN OF15 FICE IN THE UNITED STATES.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that, should there be a unilaterally declared Pales17 tinian state, the President should instruct the Secretary

18 of State to downgrade the status of the Palestinian office

19 in the United States to an information office, the status

20 it held prior to the Oslo Accords, including the commensu21 rate reclassification and treatment of United States-Pales22 tinian diplomatic contacts, travel, and communication.

23 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

25 may be made available for the provision of any United

26 States assistance for a unilaterally declared Palestinian
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1 state, except for cooperation on security and antiterrorism

2 matters.

3 SEC. 6. UNITED STATES POLICY ON PALESTINIAN MEMBER4 SHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS OR OTHER

5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

6 It is the sense of Congress that the President should

7 direct the United States Permanent Representative to the

8 United Nations to oppose and vote against—

9 (1) the recognition or membership of a unilater10 ally declared Palestinian state at the United Na11 tions, or any affiliated agency or organization of the

12 United Nations or any other international organiza13 tion or commission; and

14 (2) the provision of any economic, technical, or

15 other assistance for a unilaterally declared Pales16 tinian state from the United Nations or any affili17 ated agency or organization of the United Nations,

18 except for humanitarian assistance and cooperation

19 on security and antiterrorism matters.

20 SEC. 7. UNITED STATES OPPOSITION TO PALESTINIAN

21 MEMBERSHIP IN OR ASSISTANCE FROM

22 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

23 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the

24 Treasury should instruct the United States Executive Di25 rector to each appropriate international financial institu-
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1 tion to oppose, and vote against, the membership or rec2 ognition of a unilaterally declared Palestinian state in any

3 of the international financial institutions and the exten4 sion by such institution of any loan or financial or tech5 nical assistance to a unilaterally declared Palestinian

6 state.

7 SEC. 8. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL SECURITY RELATIONS.

8 (a) REVIEW OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL STRATEGIC

9 RELATIONS.—Congress urges the President to expedite

10 and upgrade his ongoing review of strategic relations be11 tween the United States and Israel.

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date

13 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub14 mit a report to Congress regarding Israel’s security needs

15 in the new security environment that would be created by

16 a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.

17 SEC. 9. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.

18 The President may waive the provisions of section 5,

19 6(2), or 7 of this Act if the President determines and so

20 reports to Congress that to do so is in the national interest

21 of the United States or advances the peace process.

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