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One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

An Act

Entitled the ‘‘Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993’’.

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 ‘‘Middle East Peace Facilitation

Act of 1993’’.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that—

(1) the Palestine Liberation Organization has recognized

the State of Israel’s right to exist in peace and security; accepted

United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338;

committed itself to the peace process and peaceful coexistence

with Israel, free from violence and all other acts which endanger

peace and stability; and assumed responsibility over all Palestine Liberation Organization elements and personnel in order

to assure their compliance, prevent violations, and discipline

violators;

(2) Israel has recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the representative of the Palestinian people;

(3) Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed

a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government

Arrangements on September 13, 1993, at the White House;

(4) the United States has resumed a bilateral dialogue

with the Palestine Liberation Organization; and

(5) in order to implement the Declaration of Principles

on Interim Self-Government Arrangements and facilitate the

Middle East peace process, the President has requested flexibility to suspend certain provisions of law pertaining to the Palestine Liberation Organization.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the President may suspend any provision of law specified in subsection (d). Any such

suspension shall cease to be effective on January 1, 1994, or such

earlier date as the President may specify. (b) CONDITIONS.— (1) CONSULTATION.—Before exercising the authority pro- vided in subsection (a), the President shall consult with the

relevant congressional committees.

(2) PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION.—The President may exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) only if the President certifies to the relevant congressional committees that—
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(A) it is in the national interest of the United States

to exercise such authority; and

(B) the Palestine Liberation Organization continues

to abide by all the commitments described in paragraph

(4).

(3) REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUING PLO COMPLIANCE.—Any

suspension under subsection (a) of a provision of law specified

in subsection (d) shall cease to be effective if the President

certifies to the relevant congressional committees that the Palestine Liberation Organization has not continued to abide by

all the commitments described in paragraph (4).

(4) PLO COMMITMENTS DESCRIBED.—The commitments

referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) are the commitments

made by the Palestine Liberation Organization—

(A) in its letter of September 9, 1993, to the Prime

Minister of Israel;

(B) in its letter of September 9, 1993, to the Foreign

Minister of Norway; and

(C) in, and resulting from the implementation of, the

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government

Arrangements signed on September 13, 1993.

(c) EXPECTATION OF CONGRESS REGARDING ANY EXTENSION OF

PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.—The Congress expects that any extension of the authority provided to the President in subsection (a)

will be conditional on the Palestine Liberation Organization—

(1) renouncing the Arab League boycott of Israel;

(2) urging the nations of the Arab League to end the

Arab League boycott of Israel; and

(3) cooperating with efforts undertaken by the President

of the United States to end the Arab League boycott of Israel.

(d) PROVISIONS THAT MAY BE SUSPENDED.—The provisions that

may be suspended under the authority of subsection (a) are the

following:

(1) Section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22

U.S.C. 2227) as it applies with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it.

(2) Section 114 of the Department of State Authorization

Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) as

it applies with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization

or entities associated with it.

(3) Section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization

Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5202).

(4) Section 37 of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act (22

U.S.C. 286w) as it applies to the granting to the Palestine

Liberation Organization of observer status or other official status at any meeting sponsored by or associated with the International Monetary Fund. As used in this paragraph, the term

‘‘other official status’’ does not include membership in the International Monetary Fund.

(e) RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—This section supersedes

section 578 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–87).

(f) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—As used

in this section, the term ‘‘relevant congressional committees’’

means—
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on

Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on

Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee

on Appropriations of the Senate.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.