Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall, not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, develop and initiate a comprehensive 
process for the Department of State to facilitate the reso-
lution and settlement of covered claims. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS.—The 
comprehensive process developed under subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Department of State shall 
publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying 
the method by which a national of the United 
States, or a representative of a national of the 
United States, who has a covered claim, may contact 
the Department of State to give notice of the cov-
ered claim. 
(2) Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, or a 
designee of the Secretary, shall meet (and make 
every effort to continue to meet on a regular basis 
thereafter) with any national of the United States, 
or a representative of a national of the United 
States, who has a covered claim and has informed 
the Department of State of the covered claim using 
the method established pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
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discuss the status of the covered claim, including the 
status of any settlement discussions with the Pales-
tinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation. 
(3) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, or a 
designee of the Secretary, shall make every effort to 
meet (and make every effort to continue to meet on 
a regular basis thereafter) with representatives of 
the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization to discuss the covered claims iden-
tified pursuant to paragraph (1) and potential settle-
ment of the covered claims. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of State 
shall, not later than 240 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives a report describing activities 
that the Department of State has undertaken to comply 
with this section, including specific updates regarding 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b). 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) covered claims should be resolved in a man-
ner that provides just compensation to the victims; 
(2) any final judgment awarded to any national 
of the United States under section 2333 of title 18, 
United States Code, against the Palestinian Author-
ity or the Palestine Liberation Organization should 
be resolved and settled in favor of the victim to the 
fullest extent possible; 
(3) the United States Government should take 
all practicable steps to facilitate the resolution and 
settlement of all covered claims, including engaging 
directly with the victims or their representatives and 
the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization; and 
(4) the United States Government should 
strongly urge the Palestinian Authority and the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization to commit to good- 
faith negotiations to resolve and settle all covered 
claims. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
claim’’ means any pending action by, or final judgment 
in favor of, a national of the United States, or any action 
by a national of the United States dismissed for lack of 
personal jurisdiction, under section 2333 of title 18, 
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United States Code, against the Palestinian Authority or 
the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
SEC. 303. MODIFICATION TO CONSENT OF CERTAIN PAR-
TIES TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION. 
Section 2334 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(e)(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) in the case of a defendant benefitting 
from a waiver or suspension of section 1003 of 
the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 (22 U.S.C. 
5202) after the date that is 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this subparagraph, makes 
any new application in order to obtain the same 
standing as member states or full membership 
as a state in the United Nations or any special-
ized agency thereof outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; or’’. 
Æ 
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