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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
TITLE III—JUSTICE FOR UNITED 
STATES VICTIMS OF PALES-
TINIAN TERRORISM 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for United 
States Victims of Palestinian Terrorism Act’’. 
SEC. 302. FACILITATION OF THE SETTLEMENT OF TER-
RORISM-RELATED CLAIMS OF NATIONALS OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE 
RESOLUTION
OF ANTI-TERRORISM ACT CLAIMS.—The 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall, not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, develop and initiate a comprehensive 
process for the Department of State to facilitate the reso-
lution and settlement of covered claims. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS.—The 
comprehensive process developed under subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
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(1) Not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Department of State shall 
publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying 
the method by which a national of the United 
States, or a representative of a national of the 
United States, who has a covered claim, may contact 
the Department of State to give notice of the cov-
ered claim. 
(2) Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, or a 
designee of the Secretary, shall meet (and make 
every effort to continue to meet on a regular basis 
thereafter) with any national of the United States, 
or a representative of a national of the United 
States, who has a covered claim and has informed 
the Department of State of the covered claim using 
the method established pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
discuss the status of the covered claim, including the 
status of any settlement discussions with the Pales-
tinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation. 
(3) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, or a 
designee of the Secretary, shall make every effort to 
meet (and make every effort to continue to meet on 
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a regular basis thereafter) with representatives of 
the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization to discuss the covered claims iden-
tified pursuant to paragraph (1) and potential settle-
ment of the covered claims. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of State 
shall, not later than 240 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives a report describing activities 
that the Department of State has undertaken to comply 
with this section, including specific updates regarding 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b). 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) covered claims should be resolved in a man-
ner that provides just compensation to the victims; 
(2) covered claims should be resolved and set-
tled in favor of the victim to the fullest extent pos-
sible and without subjecting victims to unnecessary 
or protracted litigation; 
(3) the United States Government should take 
all practicable steps to facilitate the resolution and 
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settlement of all covered claims, including engaging 
directly with the victims or their representatives and 
the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization; and 
(4) the United States Government should 
strongly urge the Palestinian Authority and the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization to commit to good- 
faith negotiations to resolve and settle all covered 
claims. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
claim’’ means any pending action by, or final judgment 
in favor of, a national of the United States, or any action 
by a national of the United States dismissed for lack of 
personal jurisdiction, under section 2333 of title 18, 
United States Code, against the Palestinian Authority or 
the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
SEC. 303. MODIFICATION TO CONSENT OF CERTAIN PAR-
TIES TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18.—Section 2334 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
subsection (e)(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) beginning on the date that is 180 
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
paragraph, makes, renews, promotes, or ad-
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vances any application in order to obtain the 
same standing as a member state in the United 
Nations or any specialized agency thereof, or 
accepts such standing, outside an agreement 
negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
or 
‘‘(B) beginning on the date that is 15 days 
after the date of enactment of the Justice for 
United States Victims of Palestinian Terrorism 
Act— 
‘‘(i) continues to maintain any office, 
headquarters, premises, or other facilities 
or establishments in the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) establishes or procures any of-
fice, headquarters, premises, or other fa-
cilities or establishments in the United 
States.’’; and 
(2) And by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) DEFENDANT DEFINED.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term ‘defend-
ant’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Palestinian Authority; 
‘‘(B) the Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion; 
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‘‘(C) any organization or other entity that 
is a successor to or affiliated with the Pales-
tinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization; or 
‘‘(D) any organization or other entity— 
‘‘(i) identified in subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C); and 
‘‘(ii) that self-identifies as, holds itself 
out to be, or carries out conduct in the 
name of, the ‘State of Palestine’ or ‘Pal-
estine’ in connection with official business 
of the United Nations. 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AND 
LOCATIONS.—In determining whether a defendant 
shall be deemed to have consented to personal juris-
diction under paragraph (1)(B), a court may not 
consider— 
‘‘(A) any office, headquarters, premises or 
other facility or establishment used exclusively 
for the purpose of conducting official business 
of the United Nations; or 
‘‘(B) any activity undertaken exclusively 
for the purpose of conducting official business 
of the United Nations. 
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‘‘(5) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Notwith-
standing any other law (including any treaty), any 
office, headquarters, premises, or other facility or es-
tablishment within the territory of the United States 
that is not specifically exempted by paragraph 
(4)(A) shall be considered to be in the United States 
for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 
(1)(B).’’. 
(b) PRIOR CONSENT NOT ABROGATED.—The amend-
ments made by this section do not abrogate any consent 
deemed to have been given under section 2334(e) of title 
18, United States Code, as in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 401. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro- 
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vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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