Title: A bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill prohibits certain assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being made available for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Department of State certifies that the Palestinian Authority: (1) is taking steps to end acts of violence against Israeli citizens perpetrated by individuals under its jurisdictional control; and (2) has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens to any individual who has been convicted and imprisoned for such acts, to any individual who died committing such acts, and to family members of such an individual.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 474 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 474

   To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the 
  Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli 
                               citizens.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2017

 Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Cruz, 
    Mr. Burr, Mr. Thune, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the 
  Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli 
                               citizens.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.

    Funds appropriated or otherwise made available for assistance under 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2346 et seq.; relating to Economic Support Fund) and available for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza may only be made available for 
such purpose if the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the Palestinian Authority--
            (1) is taking credible steps to end acts of violence 
        against Israeli citizens that are perpetrated by individuals 
        under its jurisdictional control; and
            (2) has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against 
        Israeli citizens to any individual who has been imprisoned 
        after being fairly tried and convicted for such acts of 
        terrorism and to any individual who died committing such acts 
        of terrorism, including to a family member of such individuals.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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