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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7527 
To limit assistance to Jordan until the Government of Jordan recognizes 
the validity of the 1995 extradition treaty between the two countries, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2022 
Mr. STEUBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To limit assistance to Jordan until the Government of Jor-
dan recognizes the validity of the 1995 extradition treaty 
between the two countries, 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 ‘‘Recognition of the 
1995 Jordan Extradition Treaty with the U.S. Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Attorney General filed criminal charges 
against Ahlam al Tamimi, a Jordanian national who 
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participated in the 2001 suicide bombing of a Jeru-
salem pizza restaurant that killed 15 people, includ-
ing two Americans, in 2013. 
(2) Those charges were unsealed in early 2017. 
(3) Al Tamimi is on the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation’s Most Wanted Terrorist List. 
(4) The United States requested Ahlam Al 
Tamimi’s extradition in 2017, but Jordan’s Court of 
Cassation ruled that the extradition treaty was in-
valid. 
(5) In November 2019, the Secretary of State 
said that ‘‘the United States regards the extradition 
treaty as valid’’. 
(6) The United States and Jordan signed a 
Memorandum of Understanding on United States 
foreign assistance to Jordan, the third such agree-
ment between the United States and Jordan, com-
mitting 
the 
United 
States 
to 
providing 
$1,275,000,000 per year in bilateral foreign assist-
ance over a five-year period, for a total of 
$6,375,000,000 between fiscal years 2018 and 2022. 
(7) This latest memorandum of understanding 
represents a 27-percent increase in the United 
States commitment to Jordan above the previous 
iteration and is the first five-year memorandum with 
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the kingdom. The previous two agreements had each 
been in effect for three years. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to pursue justice for the victims of Ahlam 
al Tamimi; and 
(2) to withhold foreign assistance from the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan until Jordan recog-
nizes the Extradition Treaty between the Govern-
ment of the United States of America and the Gov-
ernment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 
signed at Washington on March 28, 1995, and en-
tered into force on July 29, 1995. 
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, no funds authorized to be appro-
priated or otherwise made available for any program, 
project, or activity in Jordan may be obligated or ex-
pended unless the President determines that the Govern-
ment of Jordan has recognized the validity of the Extra-
dition Treaty between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL FROM MEMORANDUM OF UNDER-
STANDING.—The United States shall withdraw from the 
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memorandum of understanding described in section 2(4) 
unless the President makes the determination described 
in subsection (a). 
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