IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 622 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the national 

security interests of the United States and its allies and partners with 

respect to the Palestinian Authority. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2014 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. ROE

of Tennessee, Mr. LATTA, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. POSEY, 

Mr. BARTON, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BARR, 

and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the national security interests of the United States 

and its allies and partners with respect to the Palestinian 

Authority. 

Whereas Israel as a strategic partner and ally of the United 

States has made significant breakthroughs in advancing 

peace with its neighbors as exemplified with the Peace 

Treaties with Egypt and the Kingdom of Jordan, and 

demonstrated its complete determination and willingness 

to fully establish peace with the Palestinians; 

Whereas since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, the 

United States has committed more than $5,000,000,000 


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in bilateral assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the 

hopes of encouraging a permanent peace treaty with the 

State of Israel; 

Whereas since 2007, the Gaza Strip has been ruled by the 

designated foreign terrorist organization, Hamas, which 

has launched 10,000 rockets against Israel; 

Whereas the Palestinian Authority has administered Palestinians residing in the West Bank, Judea and Samaria, with 

Fatah as the leading Palestinian political party and the 

largest faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization 

(PLO); 

Whereas President Barack Obama, then Senator, said in his 

speech on June 4, 2008, ‘‘The long road to peace requires Palestinian partners committed to making the 

journey. We must isolate Hamas unless and until they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and 

abide by past agreements. There is no room at the negotiating table for terrorist organizations.’’; 

Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 

has bypassed United States efforts to achieve peace between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, and is engaged in— 

(1) formation of a unity government with Hamas 

and his own party, Fatah; 

(2) pursuing statehood unilaterally at the United 

Nations, including applications and memberships to international institutions outside direct negotiations with 

Israel; 

(3) promoting anti-United States incitement, as well 

as, anti-Israel incitement, such as the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement against Israel; and 


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(4) withholding reforms to advance religious freedom 

and recognition for all religions and ethnicities, and reforms to open the political process through fair and responsible elections, ensuring the freedom of speech, the 

press, and political assembly; 

Whereas today the Palestinian Authority is characterized by 

rampant corruption, as a single-party police organization 

ruled by Presidential degree, non-tolerance of internal debate and criticism, masters of internal oppression, antidemocracy and religious freedom, including the absence 

of national elections following the expiration of the current presidential term in January 2009, and therefore in 

the event of a creation of a Palestinian state under the 

current Palestinian Authority it would be autocratic and 

totalitarian; 

Whereas the Palestinian Authority’s Law of the Prisoner 

mandates and authorizes the payment of salaries and 

other forms of compensation to convicted terrorists or 

any other recipient designated by a power of attorney, 

and the Ministry of Prisoners and programs of such Ministry compensate and recognize convicted terrorists in 

Israeli prisons and those of whom that have been released; 

Whereas the more carnage these terrorists inflict, the greater 

is their compensation; 

Whereas the Palestinian Authority’s highly advertised terrorist salary program incentivizes killings and bombings 

against innocent civilians, which includes the murder of 

at least 54 United States citizens since 1993 and more 

than 83 injured; 


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Whereas no aid is permitted for a power-sharing Palestinian 

Authority government that includes Hamas as a member, 

or that results from an agreement with Hamas and over 

which Hamas exercises ‘‘undue influence’’, unless the 

President certifies that the Palestinian Authority government, including all ministers, has accepted the following 

two principles described in section 620K(b)(1) of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 

2(b)(2) of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 

(Public Law 109–446))— 

(1) recognition of ‘‘the Jewish state of Israel’s right 

to exist’’; and 

(2) acceptance of previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements; 

Whereas annual appropriations legislation routinely contains 

conditions, limitations, and restrictions on United States 

assistance to the Palestinian Authority, including— 

(1) not permitting assistance for Hamas or a powersharing government that includes Hamas as a member; 

(2) personnel located in Gaza; 

(3) if the Palestinian Authority government is 

Hamas-controlled; and 

(4) if the Palestinians obtain the same standing as 

member states or full membership as a member in the 

United Nations or any specialized agency thereof, except 

the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

Organization (UNESCO), outside an agreement negotiated between Israelis and Palestinians; and 

Whereas Hamas and Fatah unification stands in contravention with United States laws: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives— 


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1 (A) reaffirms United States law and an2 nual appropriations legislation routinely con3 taining conditions, limitations, and restrictions 

4 on United States assistance and cooperation to 

5 the Palestinian Authority; 

6 (B) reaffirms the United States commit7 ment to a sustainable democratic framework for 

8 peace decided through direct negotiations be9 tween Israeli and Palestinian leadership, with10 out the interference of Hamas, in keeping with 

11 United States commitments to democracy, free12 dom, and the rights of peoples of all faiths and 

13 religions; and 

14 (C) calls on the United States Department 

15 of State to work closely with European partners 

16 and allies to support the simultaneous imple17 mentation of all necessary measures on sus18 pending multilateral assistance and security co19 operation to the Palestinian Authority; and 

20 (2) it is the sense of the House of Representa21 tives that— 

22 (A) since Hamas and Fatah have unified, 

23 regardless of the unity government being made 

24 up of technocrats from Hamas and Fatah, the 

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1 ment is not dissolved, designate the Palestinian 

2 Authority and such unity government as a for3 eign terrorist organization, and redesignate the 

4 Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as a 

5 foreign terrorist organization; and 

6 (B) it is in the national security interests 

7 of the United States and its allies and partners 

8 that the following objectives and conditions 

9 should be achieved with respect to the Pales10 tinian Authority, including— 

11 (i) the Palestinian Authority dis12 solving the unity government with Hamas, 

13 a long designated a foreign terrorist orga14 nization, and for the Palestinian Authority 

15 to immediately renounce violence, outlaw 

16 terrorist groups, and re-enter into bilateral 

17 negotiations with the State of Israel; 

18 (ii) the Palestinian Authority formally 

19 and publically issuing recognition of ‘‘the 

20 Jewish state of Israel’s right to exist’’ and 

21 accepting previous Israeli-Palestinian 

22 agreements, and ending all anti-United 

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1 vestment, and Sanctions) movement 

2 against Israel; 

3 (iii) repealing the Law of the Prisoner 

4 and abolishing the Ministry of Prisoners 

5 and programs of such Ministry relating to 

6 compensation and recognition of convicted 

7 terrorists and those of whom that have 

8 been released; 

9 (iv) rescinding the names and the 

10 naming of public institutions and civil 

11 projects, such as schools, streets, sports 

12 teams, and children camps after convicted 

13 terrorist and murders; 

14 (v) ending all efforts to circumvent 

15 the statehood process at the United Na16 tions, including applications and member17 ships to international institutions outside 

18 direct negotiations with Israel; 

19 (vi) enacting reforms to advance reli20 gious freedom, and recognition for all reli21 gions and ethnicities, ensuring the freedom 

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1 tions without any influence or participation 

2 by Hamas; and 

3 (vii) abiding by all United States laws 

4 on foreign assistance to the Palestinian 

5 Authority. 

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