(c) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General shall 
conduct an audit of the status of the implementation of 
the recommendations contained in the report required 
under subsection (a)(1)(B). 
(d) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—
(1) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
of State should withhold from United States con-
tributions to the regular assessed budget of the 
United Nations for a biennial period amounts that 
are equal to the amounts of such budget that are ex-
pended by any United Nations affiliated or special-
ized agency for assistance directly to the Palestinian 
Authority. 
(2) VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall withhold from United States 
contributions to the voluntary budget of the United 
Nations for a biennial period amounts that are equal 
to the amounts of such budget that are expended by 
any United Nations affiliated or specialized agency 
for assistance directly to the Palestinian Authority. 
(3) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘amounts of such budget that are ex-
pended by any United Nations affiliated or special-
ized agency for assistance directly to the Palestinian 
Authority’’ does not include—
(A) amounts expended during any period 
for which a certification described in section 
620K(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(as added by section 2(b)(2) of this Act) is in 
effect with respect to the Palestinian Authority; 
or 
(B) amounts expended for assistance of 
the type of assistance described in section 
104(c), 104A, 104B, or 104C of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b, 
2151b–2, 2151b–3, or 2151b–4) and which 
would, if provided by the Government of the 
United States, be permitted under such sec-
tions, or under chapter 4 of part II of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) to carry out the pur-
poses of such sections, by reason of the applica-
tion of section 104(c)(4) of such Act. 
SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF TERRITORY CONTROLLED BY THE 
PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
AS 
TERRORIST 
SANCTUARY. 
It is the sense of Congress that, during any period 
for which a certification described 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, the territory controlled by the Pal-
estinian Authority should be deemed to be in use as a 
sanctuary for terrorists or terrorist organizations for pur-
poses of section 6(j)(5) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(5)) and section 140 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f). 
SEC. 6. DENIAL OF VISAS FOR OFFICIALS OF THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A visa shall not be issued to any 
alien who is an official of, affiliated with, or serving as 
a representative of the Palestinian Authority during any 
period for which a certification described 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) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply—
(1) if the President determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees, on a case-
by-case basis, that the issuance of a visa to an alien 
described in such subsection is important to the na-
tional security interests of the United States; or 
(2) with respect to visas issued in connection 
with United States obligations under the Act of Au-
gust 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 756) (commonly known as 
the ‘‘United Nations Headquarters Agreement 
Act’’). 
SEC. 7. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON OFFICIALS AND REP-
RESENTATIVES OF THE PALESTINIAN AU-
THORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIBERATION 
ORGANIZATION STATIONED AT THE UNITED 
NATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. 
The President shall restrict the travel of officials and 
representatives of the Palestinian Authority and of the 
Palestine Liberation Organization who are stationed at 
the United Nations in New York City to a 25-mile radius 
of the United Nations headquarters building during any 
period for which a certification described 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. 
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REP-
RESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, it shall be unlawful to establish or maintain 
an office, headquarters, premises, or other facilities or es-
tablishments within the jurisdiction of the United States 
at the behest or direction of, or with funds provided by, 
the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Or-
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—
(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.
(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
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
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:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4681
AN ACT 
To promote the development of democratic institu-
tions in areas under the administrative control of 
the Palestinian Authority, and for other pur-
poses.