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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2457 

To restrict funds for the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2011 

Mr. WALSH of Illinois (for himself, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 

WESTMORELAND, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. WEST, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. 

ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. CANSECO, Mr. 

GOHMERT, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 

LONG, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 

STUTZMAN, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. KLINE, 

and Mr. OLSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To restrict funds for 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 Account5 ability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF THE TERM ‘‘PALESTINE’’ 

2 IN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOCU3 MENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—No United States Government 

5 document may refer to the areas controlled by the Pales6 tinian Authority as ‘‘Palestine’’ until the Secretary of 

7 State certifies to Congress that the Palestinian Authority, 

8 at a minimum— 

9 (1) does not manipulate or inappropriately in10 fluence in any way the outcome of presidential or 

11 legislative elections in areas controlled by the Pales12 tinian Authority; 

13 (2) is advancing democratic ideals by actively 

14 promoting human rights and ending government cor15 ruption through increased efficiency and trans16 parency in all government agencies and initiatives; 

17 (3) regularly and strongly condemns terrorism; 

18 (4) has taken, and plans to continue to take, 

19 tangible steps to disavow terrorism, dismantle ter20 rorist infrastructures, confiscate unauthorized weap21 ons, arrest and bring terrorists to justice, consoli22 date and control the Palestinian security organiza23 tions, and end the incitement to violence and hatred 

24 in the Palestinian media, educational institutions, 

25 mosques, and other institutions; 


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1 (5) has ceased to participate in any economic, 

2 educational, cultural, or other boycott of Israel, its 

3 citizens, its products, or its services; 

4 (6) has worked, and plans to continue to work, 

5 actively with the Government of Israel to implement 

6 the steps and adhere to the principles set out in the 

7 Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two8 State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict of 

9 2003 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Roadmap to 

10 Peace’’) (or any successor to such) to bring security, 

11 peace, and reconciliation between Israel and the Pal12 estinians; 

13 (7) recognizes Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish 

14 state and conducts diplomatic relations with the 

15 State of Israel in the same manner and to the same 

16 extent as it conducts diplomatic relations with any 

17 other country; and 

18 (8) has either excluded Hamas from partici19 pating in a unity government or, if not, has required 

20 Hamas to explicitly and publicly support the require21 ments of paragraphs (1) to (7) of this subsection. 

22 (b) NONWAIVABILITY.—The prohibition under sub23 section (a) may not be waived for any purpose. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES FUNDS TO THE 

2 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds available to any United 

4 States Government department or agency to carry out the 

5 provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist6 ance Act of 1961 for any fiscal year may be obligated or 

7 expended with respect to providing funds to the Pales8 tinian Authority unless with respect to such fiscal year— 

9 (1) an independent audit of the budget of the 

10 Palestinian Authority is conducted by a United 

11 States nongovernmental or private organization or 

12 entity and the Secretary of State submits the audit 

13 to Congress; and 

14 (2) the Secretary of State certifies to Congress 

15 that the Palestinian Authority, at a minimum, meets 

16 the requirements of paragraphs (1) to (8) of section 

17 2(a) of this Act. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

20 respect to funds available for fiscal year 2012 and subse21 quent fiscal years. 

22 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 

23 TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section 5, 

25 no funds available to any United States Government de26 partment or agency for any fiscal year may be obligated 


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1 or expended with respect to making contributions to the 

2 United Nations if the United Nations or any United Na3 tions entity declares or recognizes statehood for the Pales4 tinian territories unless with respect to such fiscal year 

5 the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the Pales6 tinian Authority, at a minimum, meets the requirements 

7 of paragraphs (1) to (8) of section 2(a) of this Act. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

10 respect to funds available for fiscal year 2012 and subse11 quent fiscal years. 

12 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 

13 TO UNRWA. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds available to any United 

15 States Government department or agency for any fiscal 

16 year may be obligated or expended with respect to making 

17 contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works 

18 Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 

19 (UNRWA) unless with respect to such fiscal year— 

20 (1) an independent audit of the budget of 

21 UNRWA is conducted by a United States non22 governmental or private organization or entity and 

23 the Secretary of State submits the audit to Con24 gress; and 


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1 (2) the Secretary of State certifies to Congress 

2 that UNRWA, at a minimum, meets the require3 ments applicable to the Palestinian Authority under 

4 paragraphs (1) to (3), (5), and (7) of section 2(a) 

5 of this Act, except that for purposes of meeting the 

6 requirements of paragraph (1) of such section, the 

7 term ‘‘Palestinian Authority’’ shall be deemed to be 

8 ‘‘UNRWA’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

11 respect to funds available for fiscal year 2012 and subse12 quent fiscal years. 

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