I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4681 
To 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 
FEBRUARY 1, 2006 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WELLER, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MACK, Ms. 
BEAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
CHANDLER, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. 
KING of New York, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. POE, Mr. ROYCE, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. 
NADLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on 
the Judiciary and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To 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 of 2006’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to promote the emergence of a demo-
cratic Palestinian governing authority that— 
(1) denounces and combats terrorism; 
(2) has agreed to and is taking action to disarm 
and dismantle any terrorist agency, network, or fa-
cility; 
(3) has agreed to work to eliminate anti-Israel 
and anti-Semitic incitement and the commemoration 
of terrorists in Palestinian society; 
(4) has agreed to respect the boundaries and 
sovereignty of its neighbors; 
(5) acknowledges, respects, and upholds the 
human rights of all people; 
(6) conducts free, fair, and transparent elec-
tions in compliance with international standards; 
(7) ensures institutional and financial trans-
parency and accountability; and 
(8) has agreed to recognize the State of Israel 
as an independent, sovereign, Jewish, democratic 
state. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating the second section 620G 
(as added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 
(110 Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Assistance may be provided 
under this Act or any other provision of law to the Pales-
tinian 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 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
with the Government of the United States, the 
Government of Israel, and the international 
community, including agreements and under-
standings pursuant to the Performance-Based 
Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution 
to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (commonly 
referred to as the ‘Roadmap’); 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 
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 or any other provision of 
law to the Palestinian Authority may not be provided until 
15 days after the date on which the President has pro-
vided notice thereof to the Committee on International Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
in accordance with the procedures applicable to re-
programming notifications under section 634A(a) of this 
Act. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 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)). 
‘‘(2) 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.’’. 
(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 extent to which United States as-
sistance to the Palestinian Authority under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law is 
properly audited by the Department of State, the United 
States Agency for International Development, and all
other relevant departments and agencies of the Govern-
ment of the United States. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK 
AND GAZA. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.), as 
amended by section 2(b)(2) of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 620L. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST 
BANK AND GAZA. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Assistance may be provided 
under this Act or any other provision of law to nongovern-
mental organizations for the West Bank and Gaza only 
during a period for which a certification described in sec-
tion 620K(b) of this Act is in effect with respect to the 
Palestinian Authority. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
with respect to the following: 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
TO
MEET
BASIC
HUMAN 
HEALTH
NEEDS.—The provision of food, water, 
medicine, sanitation services, or other assistance to 
meet basic human health needs. 
‘‘(2) OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—The pro-
vision of any other type of assistance if the Presi-
dent—
‘‘(A) determines that the provision of such 
assistance will further the national security in-
terests of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 45 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). 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘appropriate congressional committees’ 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. 
‘‘(c) MARKING REQUIREMENT.—Assistance provided 
under this Act or any other provision of law to nongovern-
mental organizations for the West Bank and Gaza shall
be marked as assistance from the Government of the 
United States unless the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development determines 
that such marking will endanger the lives or safety of per-
sons delivering such assistance. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 
made available under this Act or any other provision of 
law to nongovernmental organizations for the West Bank 
and Gaza may not be provided until 15 days after the date 
on which the President has provided notice thereof to the 
Committee on International Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with the 
procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
under section 634A(a) of this Act.’’. 
(b) OVERSIGHT AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) OVERSIGHT.—For each of the fiscal years 
2007 and 2008, the Secretary of State shall certify 
to the appropriate congressional committees not 
later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of 
amounts for assistance to nongovernmental organi-
zations for the West Bank or Gaza under the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision 
of law that procedures have been established to en-
sure that the Comptroller General of the United 
States will have access to appropriate United States 
financial information in order to review the use of 
such assistance. 
(2) VETTING.—Prior to any obligation of 
amounts for each of the fiscal years 2007 and 2008 
for assistance to nongovernmental organizations for 
the West Bank or Gaza under the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or 
through any individual or entity that the Secretary 
knows, or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, 
sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist ac-
tivity. The Secretary shall, as appropriate, establish 
procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car-
rying out this paragraph and shall terminate assist-
ance to any individual or entity that the Secretary 
has determined advocates, plans, sponsors, or en-
gages in terrorist activity. 
(3) PROHIBITION.—No amounts made available 
for fiscal year 2007 or 2008 for assistance to non-
governmental organizations for the West Bank or 
Gaza under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
any other provision of law may be made available for
the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring in-
dividuals who commit, or have committed, acts of 
terrorism. 
(4) AUDITS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall ensure that independent audits 
of all contractors and grantees, and significant 
subcontractors and subgrantees, that receive 
amounts for assistance to nongovernmental or-
ganizations for the West Bank or Gaza under 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any 
other provision of law, are conducted for each 
of the fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to ensure, 
among other things, compliance with this sub-
section. 
(B) AUDITS BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
USAID.—Of the amounts available for each of 
the fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for assistance to 
nongovernmental organizations for the West 
Bank or Gaza under the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 or any other provision of law, up 
to $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year may be 
used by the Office of the Inspector General of 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment for audits, inspections, and other ac-
tivities in furtherance of the requirements of 
subparagraph (A). Such amounts are in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 4. UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE REVIEW
AND RE-
PORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall— 
(A) conduct an audit of the functions of 
the entities specified in paragraph (2); and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report containing rec-
ommendations for the elimination of such dupli-
cative entities and efforts. 
(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. 
(F) Any other entity the Secretary 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 President shall direct 
the United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States at the United Nations to seek 
the implementation of the recommendations con-
tained in the report required under subsection 
(a)(1)(B). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Until such rec-
ommendations have been implemented, the United 
States 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 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.—The United States shall 
withhold from United States contributions to the regular 
assessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial pe-
riod amounts that are proportional to the percentage of 
such budget that are expended for any United Nations af-
filiated or specialized agency that provides assistance di-
rectly to 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. 
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 if the 
President determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, that the 
issuance of a visa to an alien described in such subsection 
is vital to the national security interests of the United 
States.
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. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall restrict the travel of officials and rep-
resentatives of the Palestinian Authority and of the Pal-
estine 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 pe-
riod 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). 
(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). 
SEC. 9. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The President shall direct the 
United States Executive Director at each international fi-
nancial institution to use the voice, vote, and influence of 
the United States to prohibit assistance to the Palestinian 
Authority during any period for which a certification de-
scribed in section 620K(b) of the Foreign Assistance of 
1961 (as added by section 2(b)(2) of this Act) is not in 
effect with respect to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) 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. 
No funds authorized or available to the Department 
of State or any other United States Government agency 
may be used for or by any officer or employee of the 
United States Government to negotiate, attend official 
meetings, or have official 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 terrorist orga-
nization, 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 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). 
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