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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3977 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the 
Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Mr. BUDD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assist-
ance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iron Dome Reinforce-
ment Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIBERA-
TION ORGANIZATION. 
Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 620N. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE PALESTINE LIB-
ERATION ORGANIZATION. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—In addition to 
the limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Au-
thority described in sections 620K and 620L, assist-
ance may be provided under this Act to the Pales-
tinian Authority only during a period for which a 
certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. 
‘‘(2) PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
Assistance may be provided under this Act to the 
Palestine Liberation Organization only during a pe-
riod for which a certification described in subsection 
(b) is in effect. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
this subsection is a certification submitted by the Sec-
retary of State to Congress that contains a determination 
of the Secretary that the Palestinian Authority, including 
any ministry, agency, or instrumentality, or any official 
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acting on behalf of any such ministry, agency, or instru-
mentality, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, as 
the case may be, has ceased the payment of any bonuses, 
financial compensation, or any other benefit not generally 
or otherwise available to the Palestinian population at 
large to the families of Palestinians killed in connection 
with— 
‘‘(1) conspiring to commit an act of terrorism; 
or 
‘‘(2) the commission of an act of terrorism. 
‘‘(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of State submits 
to Congress an initial certification under subsection (b) 
and every six months thereafter— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
recertification that the conditions described in such 
subsection are continuing to be met; or 
‘‘(2) if the Secretary is unable to make such a 
recertification, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report that contains the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 
made available under this Act to the Palestinian Authority 
or the Palestine Liberation Organization may not be pro-
vided until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of State has provided notice thereof to the appropriate 
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congressional committees in accordance with the proce-
dures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 
section 634A(a). 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME.—If 
the Secretary of State is unable to submit to Congress 
a certification under subsection (b) or a recertification 
under subsection (c), funds made available under this Act 
for assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization that otherwise would have 
been provided to the Palestinian Authority and the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization shall, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, be transferred and made available 
to the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the 
Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron 
Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket 
threats. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of State 
shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the amount of any bonuses, finan-
cial compensation, or any other benefit described in sub-
section (b) that have been disbursed by the Palestinian 
Authority, including by any ministry, agency, or instru-
mentality or any official acting on behalf of any such min-
istry, agency, or instrumentality, and the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization in the preceding 12-month period. 
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‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘act of 
terrorism’ means an act dangerous to human life 
that would violate the criminal laws of the United 
States if committed within the jurisdiction of the 
United States that appears to be intended to— 
‘‘(A) intimidate or coerce a civilian popu-
lation; 
‘‘(B) influence the policy of a government 
by intimidation or coercion; 
‘‘(C) affect the conduct of a government by 
mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; 
or 
‘‘(D) impair Israel’s existence as a Jewish, 
democratic state within its current territorial 
boundaries. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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. 
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‘‘(3) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ means an 
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organi-
zation by the Secretary of State in accordance with 
section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(4) PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY.—The term 
‘Palestinian Authority’ means the interim Pales-
tinian administrative organization that governs part 
of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any 
successor Palestinian governing entity), including 
the Palestinian Legislative Council.’’. 
Æ 
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