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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 Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assist-
ance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Bonuses for Ter-
rorists Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIBERA-
TION ORGANIZATION. 
Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 620N. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIB-
ERATION ORGANIZATION. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—In addition to 
the limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Au-
thority described in sections 620K and 620L, assist-
ance may be provided under this Act to the Pales-
tinian Authority only during a period for which a 
certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. 
‘‘(2) PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
Assistance may be provided under this Act to the 
Palestine Liberation Organization only during a pe-
riod for which a certification described in subsection 
(b) is in effect. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) is a certification 
submitted by the Secretary of State to Congress that con-
tains a determination of the Secretary that the Palestinian 
Authority, including any ministry, agency, or instrumen-
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tality or any official acting on behalf of any such ministry, 
agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Liberation 
Organization, as the case may be, has ceased the payment 
of any bonuses, financial compensation, or any other ben-
efit not generally or otherwise available to the Palestinian 
population at large to the families of Palestinians killed 
in connection with— 
‘‘(1) conspiring to commit an act of terrorism; 
or 
‘‘(2) the commission of an act of terrorism. 
‘‘(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of State submits 
to Congress an initial certification under subsection (b) 
and every six months thereafter— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
recertification that the conditions described in sub-
section (b) are continuing to be met; or 
‘‘(2) if the Secretary is unable to make such a 
recertification, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report that contains the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 
made available under this Act to the Palestinian Authority 
or the Palestine Liberation Organization may not be pro-
vided until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of State has provided notice thereof to the appropriate 
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congressional committees in accordance with the proce-
dures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 
section 634A(a). 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME.—If 
the Secretary of State is unable to submit a certification 
to Congress under subsection (b) or a recertification under 
subsection (c), funds made available under this Act for 
assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine 
Liberation Organization that otherwise would have been 
provided to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine 
Liberation Organization shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, be transferred and made available to the 
Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the Govern-
ment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome de-
fense system to counter short-range rocket threats. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of State 
shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the amount of any bonuses, finan-
cial compensation, or any other benefit described in sub-
section (b) that have been disbursed by the Palestinian 
Authority, including by any ministry, agency, or instru-
mentality or any official acting on behalf of any such min-
istry, agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization in the preceding 12-month period. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘act of 
terrorism’ means an act dangerous to human life 
that would violate the criminal laws of the United 
States if committed within the jurisdiction of the 
United States that appears to be intended to— 
‘‘(A) intimidate or coerce a civilian popu-
lation; 
‘‘(B) influence the policy of a government 
by intimidation or coercion; 
‘‘(C) affect the conduct of a government by 
mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; 
or 
‘‘(D) impair Israel’s existence as a Jewish, 
democratic state within its current territorial 
boundaries. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
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‘‘(3) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ means an 
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organi-
zation by the Secretary of State in accordance with 
section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(4) PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY.—The term 
‘Palestinian Authority’ means the interim Pales-
tinian administrative organization that governs part 
of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any 
successor Palestinian governing entity), including 
the Palestinian Legislative Council.’’. 
Æ 
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