IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 622 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the national 
security interests of the United States and its allies and partners with 
respect to the Palestinian Authority. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2014 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. ROE 
of Tennessee, Mr. LATTA, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. POSEY, 
Mr. BARTON, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BARR, 
and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the national security interests of the United States 
and its allies and partners with respect to the Palestinian 
Authority. 
Whereas Israel as a strategic partner and ally of the United 
States has made significant breakthroughs in advancing 
peace with its neighbors as exemplified with the Peace 
Treaties with Egypt and the Kingdom of Jordan, and 
demonstrated its complete determination and willingness 
to fully establish peace with the Palestinians; 
Whereas since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, the 
United States has committed more than $5,000,000,000 
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in bilateral assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the 
hopes of encouraging a permanent peace treaty with the 
State of Israel; 
Whereas since 2007, the Gaza Strip has been ruled by the 
designated foreign terrorist organization, Hamas, which 
has launched 10,000 rockets against Israel; 
Whereas the Palestinian Authority has administered Palestin-
ians residing in the West Bank, Judea and Samaria, with 
Fatah as the leading Palestinian political party and the 
largest faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization 
(PLO); 
Whereas President Barack Obama, then Senator, said in his 
speech on June 4, 2008, ‘‘The long road to peace re-
quires Palestinian partners committed to making the 
journey. We must isolate Hamas unless and until they re-
nounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and 
abide by past agreements. There is no room at the nego-
tiating table for terrorist organizations.’’; 
Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 
has bypassed United States efforts to achieve peace be-
tween the Palestinian Authority and Israel, and is en-
gaged in— 
(1) formation of a unity government with Hamas 
and his own party, Fatah; 
(2) pursuing statehood unilaterally at the United 
Nations, including applications and memberships to inter-
national institutions outside direct negotiations with 
Israel; 
(3) promoting anti-United States incitement, as well 
as, anti-Israel incitement, such as the BDS (Boycott, Di-
vestment, and Sanctions) movement against Israel; and 
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(4) withholding reforms to advance religious freedom 
and recognition for all religions and ethnicities, and re-
forms to open the political process through fair and re-
sponsible elections, ensuring the freedom of speech, the 
press, and political assembly; 
Whereas today the Palestinian Authority is characterized by 
rampant corruption, as a single-party police organization 
ruled by Presidential degree, non-tolerance of internal de-
bate and criticism, masters of internal oppression, anti- 
democracy and religious freedom, including the absence 
of national elections following the expiration of the cur-
rent presidential term in January 2009, and therefore in 
the event of a creation of a Palestinian state under the 
current Palestinian Authority it would be autocratic and 
totalitarian; 
Whereas the Palestinian Authority’s Law of the Prisoner 
mandates and authorizes the payment of salaries and 
other forms of compensation to convicted terrorists or 
any other recipient designated by a power of attorney, 
and the Ministry of Prisoners and programs of such Min-
istry compensate and recognize convicted terrorists in 
Israeli prisons and those of whom that have been re-
leased; 
Whereas the more carnage these terrorists inflict, the greater 
is their compensation; 
Whereas the Palestinian Authority’s highly advertised ter-
rorist salary program incentivizes killings and bombings 
against innocent civilians, which includes the murder of 
at least 54 United States citizens since 1993 and more 
than 83 injured; 
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Whereas no aid is permitted for a power-sharing Palestinian 
Authority government that includes Hamas as a member, 
or that results from an agreement with Hamas and over 
which Hamas exercises ‘‘undue influence’’, unless the 
President certifies that the Palestinian Authority govern-
ment, including all ministers, has accepted the following 
two principles described in section 620K(b)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 
2(b)(2) of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–446))— 
(1) recognition of ‘‘the Jewish state of Israel’s right 
to exist’’; and 
(2) acceptance of previous Israeli-Palestinian agree-
ments; 
Whereas annual appropriations legislation routinely contains 
conditions, limitations, and restrictions on United States 
assistance to the Palestinian Authority, including— 
(1) not permitting assistance for Hamas or a power- 
sharing government that includes Hamas as a member; 
(2) personnel located in Gaza; 
(3) if the Palestinian Authority government is 
Hamas-controlled; and 
(4) if the Palestinians obtain the same standing as 
member states or full membership as a member in the 
United Nations or any specialized agency thereof, except 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
Organization (UNESCO), outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israelis and Palestinians; and 
Whereas Hamas and Fatah unification stands in contraven-
tion with United States laws: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
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(A) reaffirms United States law and an-
nual appropriations legislation routinely con-
taining conditions, limitations, and restrictions 
on United States assistance and cooperation to 
the Palestinian Authority; 
(B) reaffirms the United States commit-
ment to a sustainable democratic framework for 
peace decided through direct negotiations be-
tween Israeli and Palestinian leadership, with-
out the interference of Hamas, in keeping with 
United States commitments to democracy, free-
dom, and the rights of peoples of all faiths and 
religions; and 
(C) calls on the United States Department 
of State to work closely with European partners 
and allies to support the simultaneous imple-
mentation of all necessary measures on sus-
pending multilateral assistance and security co-
operation to the Palestinian Authority; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that— 
(A) since Hamas and Fatah have unified, 
regardless of the unity government being made 
up of technocrats from Hamas and Fatah, the 
Secretary of State should, if the unity govern-
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