I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1856 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Palestinian Anti- 
Terrorism Act of 2006 to further promote the development of democratic 
institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian 
Authority, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2007 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
MCCAUL of Texas, and Mr. BURTON of Indiana) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on the Judiciary and Financial Services, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Pales-
tinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 to further promote 
the development of democratic institutions in areas under 
the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority, 
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 ‘‘Palestinian Anti-Ter-
rorism Act Amendments of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 620K of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(e), assistance may be provided under this Act to the Pal-
estinian Authority only during a period for which a certifi-
cation described in subsection (b) is in effect. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
this subsection is a certification transmitted by the Presi-
dent to Congress that contains a determination of the 
President that— 
‘‘(1) no ministry, agency, or instrumentality of 
the Palestinian Authority is controlled by a foreign 
terrorist organization and no member of a foreign 
terrorist organization serves in a senior policy mak-
ing position in a ministry, agency, or instrumentality 
of the Palestinian Authority; 
‘‘(2) the Palestinian Authority has— 
‘‘(A) publicly acknowledged Israel’s right 
to exist as a Jewish state; and 
‘‘(B) recommitted itself and is adhering to 
all previous agreements and understandings by 
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the Palestine Liberation Organization and the 
Palestinian Authority with the Government of 
the United States, the Government of Israel, 
and the international community, including 
agreements and understandings pursuant to the 
Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent 
Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian 
Conflict (commonly referred to as the ‘Road-
map’); and 
‘‘(3) the Palestinian Authority has taken effec-
tive steps and made demonstrable progress toward— 
‘‘(A) completing the process of purging 
from its security services individuals with ties to 
terrorism; 
‘‘(B) dismantling all terrorist infrastruc-
ture, confiscating unauthorized weapons, arrest-
ing and bringing terrorists to justice, destroying 
unauthorized arms factories, thwarting and pre-
empting terrorist attacks, and fully cooperating 
with Israel’s security services; 
‘‘(C) halting all anti-Israel incitement in 
Palestinian Authority-controlled electronic and 
print media and in schools, mosques, and other 
institutions it controls, and replacing these ma-
terials, including textbooks, with materials that 
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promote tolerance, peace, and coexistence with 
Israel; 
‘‘(D) ensuring democracy, the rule of law, 
and an independent judiciary, and adopting 
other reforms such as ensuring transparent and 
accountable governance; and 
‘‘(E) ensuring the financial transparency 
and accountability of all government ministries 
and operations. 
‘‘(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the President transmits to Con-
gress an initial certification under subsection (b), and 
every six months thereafter— 
‘‘(1) the President shall transmit to Congress a 
recertification that the requirements contained in 
subsection (b) are continuing to be met; or 
‘‘(2) if the President is unable to make such a 
recertification, the President shall transmit to Con-
gress a report that contains the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 
made available under this Act to the Palestinian Authority 
may not be provided until 15 days after the date on which 
the President has provided notice thereof to the appro-
priate congressional committees in accordance with the 
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procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
under section 634A(a) of this Act. 
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
TO
SUPPORT
THE
MIDDLE 
EAST
PEACE
PROCESS.—Subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to assistance to the Office of the 
President of the Palestinian Authority for non-secu-
rity expenses directly related to facilitating a peace-
ful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if the 
President transmits to Congress a certification that 
contains a determination of the President that— 
‘‘(A) such assistance is critical to facili-
tating a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Pales-
tinian conflict; 
‘‘(B) the President of the Palestinian Au-
thority is not a member of or affiliated with a 
foreign terrorist organization and has rejected 
the use of terrorism to resolve the Israeli-Pales-
tinian conflict; 
‘‘(C) such assistance will not be used to 
provide funds to any individual who is a mem-
ber of or affiliated with a foreign terrorist orga-
nization or who has not rejected the use of ter-
rorism to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 
and 
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‘‘(D) such assistance will not be retrans-
ferred to any other entity within or outside of 
the Palestinian Authority. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Assistance 
described in paragraph (1) may be provided only if 
the President— 
‘‘(A) determines that the provision of such 
assistance is important to the national security 
interests of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 30 days prior to the ob-
ligation of amounts for the provision of such as-
sistance— 
‘‘(i) consults with the appropriate con-
gressional committees regarding the spe-
cific programs, projects, and activities to 
be carried out using such assistance; and 
‘‘(ii) submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a written memo-
randum that contains the determination of 
the President under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(2) 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)). 
‘‘(3) 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.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY TO UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 620K of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended by subsection (a), applies with respect to unex-
pended funds obligated for assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to the Palestinian Authority before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(c) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
contains a review of the proposed procedures by which 
United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 will be audited 
by the Department of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, and all other relevant depart-
ments and agencies of the Government of the United 
States and any recommendations for improvement of such 
procedures. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should be guided by the principles 
and procedures described in section 620K of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by subsection (a), in 
providing direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority 
under any provision of law other than the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961. 
SEC. 3. UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. 
(a) REVIEW AND REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall— 
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(A) conduct an audit of the functions of 
the entities specified in paragraph (2); and 
(B) transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report containing rec-
ommendations for the elimination of such enti-
ties and efforts that are duplicative or fail to 
ensure balance in the approach of the United 
Nations to Israeli-Palestinian issues. 
(2) ENTITIES
SPECIFIED.—The entities re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A) The United Nations Division for Pales-
tinian Rights. 
(B) The Committee on the Exercise of the 
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 
(C) The United Nations Special Coordi-
nator for the Middle East Peace Process and 
Personal Representative to the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization and the Palestinian Au-
thority. 
(D) The NGO Network on the Question of 
Palestine. 
(E) The Special Committee to Investigate 
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of 
the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the 
Occupied Territories. 
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(F) Any other entity the President deter-
mines results in duplicative efforts or funding 
or fails to ensure balance in the approach to 
Israeli-Palestinian issues. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION
OF RECOMMENDATIONS
BY 
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations shall use 
the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at 
the United Nations to seek the implementation of 
the recommendations contained in the report re-
quired under subsection (a)(1)(B). 
(2) WITHHOLDING
OF
FUNDS.—Until the 
President certifies to the Congress that such rec-
ommendations have been implemented, the Secretary 
of State shall withhold from United States contribu-
tions to the regular assessed budget of the United 
Nations for a biennial period amounts that are pro-
portional to the percentage of such budget that are 
expended for such entities. 
(c) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an audit of the status of the 
implementation of the recommendations contained in the 
report required under subsection (a)(1)(B). 
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(d) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO 
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.— 
(1) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
of State shall withhold from United States contribu-
tions 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 expended by 
any United Nations affiliated or specialized 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 amended by section 2(a) of this Act) is in 
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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. 4. DESIGNATION OF TERRITORY CONTROLLED BY THE 
PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
AS 
TERRORIST 
SANCTUARY. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—During any period for 
which a certification described in section 620K(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as amended by section 
2(a) of this Act) is not in effect with respect to the Pales-
tinian Authority, it shall be the policy of the United States 
to designate the territory controlled by the Palestinian Au-
thority to be in use as a sanctuary for terrorists or ter-
rorist organizations for purposes of section 6(j)(5) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
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2405(j)(5)) and section 140 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 
2656f). 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 4 of the Palestinian Anti-Ter-
rorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 
2378b note) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 5. DENIAL OF VISAS FOR OFFICIALS OF THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), 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 cer-
tification described in section 620K(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (as amended by section 2(a) of this 
Act) is not in effect with respect to the Palestinian Au-
thority. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The restriction under 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-
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gust 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 756) (commonly known as 
the ‘‘United Nations Headquarters Agreement 
Act’’). 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 5 of the Palestinian Anti-Ter-
rorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 
2378b note) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 6. 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. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 de-
scribed in section 620K(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (as amended by section 2(a) of this Act) is not 
in effect with respect to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 6 of the Palestinian Anti-Ter-
rorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 
2378b note) is hereby repealed. 
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SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND 
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION REP-
RESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Subsection (a) of section 7 of the 
Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
446; 22 U.S.C. 2378b note) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
the Palestine Liberation Organization’’ after ‘‘Palestinian 
Authority’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (b)(1) of such sec-
tion is amended by adding at the end before the period 
the following ‘‘, including steps necessary to apply the poli-
cies and provisions of subsection (a) to the Permanent Ob-
server Mission of Palestine to the United Nations’’. 
(c) WAIVER.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(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 
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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 and amended by section 2(a) 
of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act Amend-
ments of 2007). 
‘‘(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.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘AND PALESTINE 
LIBERATION
ORGANIZATION’’ after ‘‘PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY’’. 
SEC. 8. 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-
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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 the appropriate congressional committees that contains 
a determination of the President that the requirements of 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)(A), (B), (C), and (E) of sec-
tion 620K(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
amended by section 2(a) 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. 
(d) REPEAL.—Section 8 of the Palestinian Anti-Ter-
rorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 
2378b note) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 9. DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH PALESTINIAN TER-
ROR ORGANIZATIONS. 
Section 9 of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–446; 22 U.S.C. 2378b note) is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘or have substantive contacts’’ after ‘‘nego-
tiate’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization’’ after ‘‘State of 
Israel’’. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 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. 
(2) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Pal-
estinian Authority’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 620K(f)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (as amended by section 2(a) of this Act). 
Æ 
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