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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3868 

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

Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2014 

Mr. ROYCE 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 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 ‘‘Palestinian Peace Pro5 motion and Anti-Incitement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived 

9 up to its prior agreements with Israel to end incite10 ment; and 


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1 (2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to 

2 prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel. 

3 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 

4 AUTHORITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For6 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES9 TINIAN AUTHORITY. 

10 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Funds made available under 

11 chapter 4 of part II of this Act may be obligated or ex12 pended to provide assistance to the Palestinian Authority 

13 only during a period for which a certification described 

14 in subsection (b) or a recertification described in sub15 section (c) is in effect. 

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

17 this subsection is a certification transmitted by the Presi18 dent to the appropriate congressional committees that con19 tains a determination of the President that the Palestinian 

20 Authority— 

21 ‘‘(1) no longer engages in a pattern of incite22 ment against the United States or Israel; and 

23 ‘‘(2) is engaged in peace preparation activities 

24 aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish State of 

25 Israel. 


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

2 after the date on which the President transmits to the ap3 propriate congressional committees an initial certification 

4 under subsection (b), and every six months thereafter— 

5 ‘‘(1) the President shall transmit to the appro6 priate congressional committees a recertification that 

7 the requirements contained in subsection (b) are 

8 continuing to be met; or 

9 ‘‘(2) if the President is unable to make such a 

10 recertification, the President shall transmit to the 

11 appropriate congressional committees a report that 

12 contains the reasons therefor. 

13 ‘‘(d) REPORT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the President 

15 transmits a certification under subsection (b) or a 

16 recertification under subsection (c), the President 

17 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com18 mittees a report that details the justification for the 

19 certification or recertification, as the case may be, 

20 the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and 

21 the accounting procedures in place to ensure that 

22 the funds are properly disbursed. 

23 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Such report shall 

24 also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority has 


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1 taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons, and 

2 dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

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

4 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

8 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

9 ‘‘(2) INCITEMENT.—The term ‘incitement’ 

10 means— 

11 ‘‘(A) statements, media, communication, or 

12 other activities against any religion, ethnicity, 

13 or nationality, 

14 ‘‘(B) advocacy, endorsement, or glorifi15 cation of violence, martyrdom, or terrorism, or 

16 ‘‘(C) endorsement, glorification, honor, or 

17 other memorialization of any person or group 

18 that has advocated, sponsored, or committed 

19 acts of terrorism, including the naming after or 

20 dedication to such person or group of any 

21 school, community center, camp, stadium, pub22 lic square, street, land, landmark, waterway, or 

23 other facility, 

24 that is sponsored, supported, or directed by officials 

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1 tinian Authority-controlled, sponsored, or supported 

2 electronic, broadcast, and print media, schools, 

3 mosques, or institutions. 

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

5 ‘Palestinian Authority’ means the interim Pales6 tinian administrative organization that governs part 

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

8 successor Palestinian governing entity), including 

9 the Palestinian Legislative Council. 

10 ‘‘(4) PEACE PREPARATION ACTIVITIES.—The 

11 term ‘peace preparation activities’ means Arabic-lan12 guage communications and educational activities 

13 sponsored by the Palestinian Authority that are 

14 communicated or administered via electronic, broad15 cast and print media, schools, mosques, and state16 ments by government officials that may include the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(A) Public acknowledgments of the State 

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

20 ‘‘(B) Firm public commitments to and en21 dorsements of peaceful co-existence with the 

22 Jewish State of Israel. 

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

24 display via all media platforms, schools, 

25 mosques, educational materials and elsewhere of 


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1 maps that show the State of Israel existing as 

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

3 all production, distribution, or public display of 

4 maps that do not include a state of Israel.’’. 

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

6 subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act and applies with respect to funds made avail8 able under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal 

9 year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years. 

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