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 Pal-
estinian 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 Au-
thority. 
(b) WAIVER.—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 de-
scribed in such subsection is important 
to the national security interests of the 
United States; or 
(2) with respect to visas issued in 
connection with United States obligations 
under the Act of August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 
756) (commonly known as the ‘‘United Na-
tions Headquarters Agreement Act’’). 
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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. 
The President shall restrict the travel of 
officials and representatives of the Pales-
tinian Authority and of the Palestine Libera-
tion 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 cer-
tification 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 provision of law, it shall be unlawful to 
establish or maintain an office, headquarters, 
premises, or other facilities or establishments 
within the jurisdiction of the United States at 
the behest or direction of, or with funds pro-
vided by, the Palestinian Authority or the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization during any pe-
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riod for which a certification described in sec-
tion 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 
General shall take the necessary steps 
and institute the necessary legal action 
to effectuate the policies and provisions 
of subsection (a), including steps nec-
essary to apply the policies and provi-
sions of subsection (a) to the Permanent 
Observer Mission of Palestine to the 
United Nations. 
(2) RELIEF.—Any district court of the 
United States for a district in which a 
violation of subsection (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 necessary to enforce the provisions 
of subsection (a). 
(c) WAIVER.— 
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(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 appro-
priate 
congressional 
committees 
that 
such waiver is vital to the national secu-
rity interests of the United States and 
provides an explanation of how the fail-
ure to waive the application of sub-
section (a) would be inconsistent with the 
vital national security interests of the 
United States. 
(2) 
RENEWAL.—The 
President 
may 
renew the waiver described in paragraph 
(1) for successive 180-day periods if the 
President makes the determination and 
certification described in such paragraph 
for each such period. 
SEC. 9. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It shall be the 
policy of the United States that the United 
States Executive Director at each inter-
national financial institution shall use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
to prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Au-
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thority during any period for which a certifi-
cation described in section 620K(b) of the For-
eign 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 
‘‘international 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. 
It shall be the policy of the United States 
that no officer or employee of the United 
States Government shall negotiate or have 
substantive 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 organization, un-
less and until such organization— 
(1) recognizes Israel’s right to exist; 
(2) renounces the use of terrorism; 
(3) dismantles the infrastructure nec-
essary to carry out terrorist acts, includ-
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ing the disarming of militias and the 
elimination of all instruments of terror; 
and 
(4) recognizes and accepts all pre-
vious agreements and understandings be-
tween the State of Israel and the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization and the 
Palestinian Authority. 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(A) 
the 
Committee 
on 
Inter-
national Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate. 
(2) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.—The term 
‘‘Palestinian 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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Union Calendar No. 258 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4681 
[Report No. 109–462, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To promote the development of democratic institu-
tions in areas under the administrative control of 
the Palestinian Authority, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 15, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment 
MAY 15, 2006 
Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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