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ganization during any period for which a certification de-
scribed in section 620K(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (as added by section 2(b)(2) of this Act) is not 
in effect with respect to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall take the necessary steps and institute the 
necessary legal action to effectuate the policies and 
provisions of subsection (a), including steps nec-
essary to apply the policies and provisions of sub-
section (a) to the Permanent Observer Mission of 
Palestine to the United Nations. 
(2) RELIEF.—Any district court of the United 
States for a district in which a violation of sub-
section (a) occurs shall have authority, upon petition 
of relief by the Attorney General, to grant injunctive 
and such other equitable relief as it shall deem nec-
essary to enforce the provisions of subsection (a). 
(c) WAIVER.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The President may waive the 
application of subsection (a) for a period of 180 
days if the President determines and certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that such 
waiver— 
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(A) is vital to the national security inter-
ests of the United States and provides an expla-
nation of how the failure to waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the vital national security interests of the 
United States; and 
(B) would further the achievement of the 
requirements outlined in the certification de-
scribed in section 620K(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 
2(b)(2) of this Act). 
(2) RENEWAL.—The President may renew the 
waiver described in paragraph (1) for successive 
180-day periods if the President makes the deter-
mination and certification described in such para-
graph for each such period. 
SEC. 9. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States that the United States Executive Di-
rector at each international financial institution shall use 
the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to pro-
hibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless a cer-
tification described in subsection (b) is in effect with re-
spect to the Palestinian Authority. 
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(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification transmitted by the President 
to Congress that contains a determination of the President 
that the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)(A), 
(B), (C), and (E) of section 620K(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 2(b)(2) of this 
Act) are being met by the Palestinian Authority. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘inter-
national financial institution’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial 
Institutions Act. 
SEC. 10. DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH PALESTINIAN TER-
ROR ORGANIZATIONS. 
It shall be the policy of the United States that no 
officer or employee of the United States Government shall 
negotiate or have substantive contacts with members or 
official representatives of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 
Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, or any other Palestinian ter-
rorist organization, unless and until such organization— 
(1) recognizes Israel’s right to exist; 
(2) renounces the use of terrorism; 
(3) dismantles the infrastructure necessary to 
carry out terrorist acts, including the disarming of 
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militias and the elimination of all instruments of ter-
ror; and 
(4) recognizes and accepts all previous agree-
ments and understandings between the State of 
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and 
the Palestinian Authority. 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on International Rela-
tions 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. 
(2) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Pal-
estinian Authority’’ has the meaning given the term 
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in section 620K(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (as added by section 2(b)(2) of this Act). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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