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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2390 
To strengthen prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2017 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. 
MEADOWS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To strengthen prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation 
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 ‘‘PLO Accountability 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Palestine Liberation Organization 
(PLO) Mission office, representing the PLO, and by 
extension, the Palestinian Authority (PA), in Wash-
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ington, DC, was opened in 1994 in order to imple-
ment the Oslo Accords, which initiated direct nego-
tiations between the PLO and the Government of 
Israel. 
(2) Section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 
1987 (Public Law 100–204; 22 U.S.C. 5202), 
makes it unlawful to ‘‘establish or maintain an of-
fice, 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 Palestine Liberation Organization or 
any of its constituent groups, any successor to any 
of those, or any agents thereof’’. 
(3) Using various authorities, the executive 
branch has waived the provisions of section 1003 of 
the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987. 
(4) Article XXXI, clause 7, of the Israeli-Pales-
tinian Interim Agreement on the Status of the West 
Bank and the Gaza Strip (September 28, 1995) 
states that ‘‘Neither side shall initiate or take any 
step that will change the status of the West Bank 
and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of the per-
manent status negotiations’’. 
(5) In January 2009, the PLO sent a declara-
tion to the International Criminal Court under Arti-
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cle 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International 
Criminal Court on behalf of the Palestinian Author-
ity. 
(6) On October 31, 2011, the United Nations 
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 
(UNESCO) voted to admit the ‘‘State of Palestine’’ 
as its 195th full member. Since being admitted, the 
Palestinians have used UNESCO to pass anti-Israel 
resolutions, including a recent effort to deny the his-
torical connection of the Jewish people to holy sites 
including the Temple Mount and Western Wall in 
Jerusalem. 
(7) On November 29, 2012, the United Nations 
General Assembly voted to accord the ‘‘State of Pal-
estine’’ status as a nonmember observer State at the 
United Nations. 
(8) On April 2, 2014, the PLO joined the Gene-
va Conventions as well as 13 other organizations. 
(9) On January 2, 2015, the PLO acceded to 
the Rome Statute, and on January 16, 2015, the 
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court 
opened a ‘‘preliminary examination of the situation 
in Palestine’’ after accepting jurisdiction of the 
International Criminal Court over ‘‘alleged crimes 
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