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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4411 

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

Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 

Mr. BUDD 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 and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Iron Dome Reinforce5 ment Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 

2 AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIBERA3 TION ORGANIZATION. 

4 Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 

5 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 620N. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES8 TINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIB9 ERATION ORGANIZATION. 

10 ‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—In addition to 

12 the limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Au13 thority described in sections 620K and 620L, assist14 ance may be provided under this Act to the Pales15 tinian Authority only during a period for which a 

16 certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. 

17 ‘‘(2) PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

18 Assistance may be provided under this Act to the 

19 Palestine Liberation Organization only during a pe20 riod for which a certification described in subsection 

21 (b) is in effect. 

22 ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 

23 this subsection is a certification submitted by the Sec24 retary of State to Congress that contains a determination 

25 of the Secretary that the Palestinian Authority, including 

26 any ministry, agency, or instrumentality, or any official 


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1 acting on behalf of any such ministry, agency, or instru2 mentality, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, as 

3 the case may be, has ceased the payment of any bonuses, 

4 financial compensation, or any other benefit not generally 

5 or otherwise available to the Palestinian population at 

6 large to the families of Palestinians killed in connection 

7 with— 

8 ‘‘(1) conspiring to commit an act of terrorism; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(2) the commission of an act of terrorism. 

11 ‘‘(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 90 days 

12 after the date on which the Secretary of State submits 

13 to Congress an initial certification under subsection (b) 

14 and every six months thereafter— 

15 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

16 recertification that the conditions described in such 

17 subsection are continuing to be met; or 

18 ‘‘(2) if the Secretary is unable to make such a 

19 recertification, the Secretary shall submit to Con20 gress a report that contains the reasons therefor. 

21 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 

22 made available under this Act to the Palestinian Authority 

23 or the Palestine Liberation Organization may not be pro24 vided until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 

25 of State has provided notice thereof to the appropriate 


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1 congressional committees in accordance with the proce2 dures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 

3 section 634A(a). 

4 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME.—If 

5 the Secretary of State is unable to submit to Congress 

6 a certification under subsection (b) or a recertification 

7 under subsection (c), funds made available under this Act 

8 for assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Pal9 estine Liberation Organization that otherwise would have 

10 been provided to the Palestinian Authority and the Pal11 estine Liberation Organization shall, notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, be transferred and made available 

13 to the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the 

14 Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron 

15 Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket 

16 threats. 

17 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of State 

18 shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional 

19 committees a report on the amount of any bonuses, finan20 cial compensation, or any other benefit described in sub21 section (b) that have been disbursed by the Palestinian 

22 Authority, including by any ministry, agency, or instru23 mentality or any official acting on behalf of any such min24 istry, agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Lib25 eration Organization in the preceding 12-month period. 


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1 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘act of 

3 terrorism’ means an act dangerous to human life 

4 that would violate the criminal laws of the United 

5 States if committed within the jurisdiction of the 

6 United States that appears to be intended to— 

7 ‘‘(A) intimidate or coerce a civilian popu8 lation; 

9 ‘‘(B) influence the policy of a government 

10 by intimidation or coercion; 

11 ‘‘(C) affect the conduct of a government by 

12 mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; 

13 or 

14 ‘‘(D) impair Israel’s existence as a Jewish, 

15 democratic state within its current territorial 

16 boundaries. 

17 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

21 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

24 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

25 Senate. 


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1 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.— 

2 The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ means an 

3 organization designated as a foreign terrorist organi4 zation by the Secretary of State in accordance with 

5 section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 

7 ‘‘(4) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—The term 

8 ‘Palestinian Authority’ means the interim Pales9 tinian administrative organization that governs part 

10 of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any 

11 successor Palestinian governing entity), including 

12 the Palestinian Legislative Council.’’. 

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