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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 789 

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 

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 

Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. MEADOWS, Mrs. BLACK, and Mr. 

GOHMERT) 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 ‘‘No Bonuses for Ter5 rorists Act’’. 


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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 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) is a certification 

24 submitted by the Secretary of State to Congress that con25 tains a determination of the Secretary that the Palestinian 

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1 tality or any official acting on behalf of any such ministry, 

2 agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Liberation 

3 Organization, as the case may be, has ceased the payment 

4 of any bonuses, financial compensation, or any other ben5 efit not generally or otherwise available to the Palestinian 

6 population at large to the families of Palestinians killed 

7 in connection 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 sub17 section (b) 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 a certification 

6 to Congress under subsection (b) or a recertification under 

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

8 assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine 

9 Liberation Organization that otherwise would have been 

10 provided to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine 

11 Liberation Organization shall, notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, be transferred and made available to the 

13 Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the Govern14 ment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome de15 fense system to counter short-range rocket threats. 

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

17 shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional 

18 committees a report on the amount of any bonuses, finan19 cial compensation, or any other benefit described in sub20 section (b) that have been disbursed by the Palestinian 

21 Authority, including by any ministry, agency, or instru22 mentality or any official acting on behalf of any such min23 istry, agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Lib24 eration Organization in the preceding 12-month period. 

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


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

2 terrorism’ means an act dangerous to human life 

3 that would violate the criminal laws of the United 

4 States if committed within the jurisdiction of the 

5 United States that appears to be intended to— 

6 ‘‘(A) intimidate or coerce a civilian popu7 lation; 

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

9 by intimidation or coercion; 

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

11 mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; 

12 or 

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

14 democratic state within its current territorial 

15 boundaries. 

16 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 House of Representatives; and 

22 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

23 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 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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