IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4681 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2006 
Received 
MAY 25, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To promote the development of democratic institutions in 
areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian 
Authority, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Palestinian Anti-Ter-
rorism Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States— 
(1) to support a peaceful, two-state solution to 
end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians 
in accordance with the Performance-Based Roadmap 
to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli- 
Palestinian Conflict (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Roadmap’’); 
(2) to oppose those organizations, individuals, 
and countries that support terrorism and violence; 
(3) to urge members of the international com-
munity to avoid contact with and refrain from finan-
cially supporting the terrorist organization Hamas 
or a Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority until 
Hamas agrees to recognize Israel, renounce violence, 
disarm, and accept prior agreements, including the 
Roadmap; 
(4) to promote the emergence of a democratic 
Palestinian governing authority that— 
(A) denounces and combats terrorism; 
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(B) has agreed to and is taking action to 
disarm and dismantle any terrorist agency, net-
work, or facility; 
(C) has agreed to work to eliminate anti- 
Israel and anti-Semitic incitement and the com-
memoration of terrorists in Palestinian society; 
(D) has agreed to respect the sovereignty 
of its neighbors; 
(E) acknowledges, respects, and upholds 
the human rights of all people; 
(F) implements the rule of law, good gov-
ernance, and democratic practices, including 
conducting free, fair, and transparent elections 
in compliance with international standards; 
(G) ensures institutional and financial 
transparency and accountability; and 
(H) has agreed to recognize the State of 
Israel as an independent, sovereign, Jewish, 
democratic state; and 
(5) to continue to support assistance to the Pal-
estinian people. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the second section 620G 
(as added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 
(110 Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(e), assistance may be provided under this Act to the Pal-
estinian Authority only during a period for which a certifi-
cation described in subsection (b) is in effect. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
this subsection is a certification transmitted by the Presi-
dent to Congress that contains a determination of the 
President that— 
‘‘(1) no ministry, agency, or instrumentality of 
the Palestinian Authority is controlled by a foreign 
terrorist organization and no member of a foreign 
terrorist organization serves in a senior policy mak-
ing position in a ministry, agency, or instrumentality 
of the Palestinian Authority; 
‘‘(2) the Palestinian Authority has— 
‘‘(A) publicly acknowledged Israel’s right 
to exist as a Jewish state; and 
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‘‘(B) recommitted itself and is adhering to 
all previous agreements and understandings by 
the Palestine Liberation Organization and the 
Palestinian Authority with the Government of 
the United States, the Government of Israel, 
and the international community, including 
agreements and understandings pursuant to the 
Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent 
Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian 
Conflict (commonly referred to as the ‘Road-
map’); and 
‘‘(3) the Palestinian Authority has taken effec-
tive steps and made demonstrable progress toward— 
‘‘(A) completing the process of purging 
from its security services individuals with ties to 
terrorism; 
‘‘(B) dismantling all terrorist infrastruc-
ture, confiscating unauthorized weapons, arrest-
ing and bringing terrorists to justice, destroying 
unauthorized arms factories, thwarting and pre-
empting terrorist attacks, and fully cooperating 
with Israel’s security services; 
‘‘(C) halting all anti-Israel incitement in 
Palestinian Authority-controlled electronic and 
print media and in schools, mosques, and other 
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