Palestinian Peace Promotion and Anti-Incitement Act

Bill: 113-hr-3868
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2014-01-14
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations

Congressional oversight

Foreign aid and international relief

International law and treaties

Israel

Middle East

Palestinians

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Palestinian Peace Promotion and Ant-Incitement Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not lived up to its agreements with Israel to end incitement and should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel.</p> <p> Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make funds available for the PA only during a period for which a certification or a recertification is in effect that contains a determination by the President that the PA: (1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel, and (2) is engaged in activities aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel.</p> <p>Requires that: (1) recertifications with related reports be made every six months and transmitted to Congress; and (2) if unable to make such a recertification, the President report the reasons to Congress.</p> </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3868 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2014 Mr. Royce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Palestinian Peace Promotion and Anti-Incitement Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived up to its prior agreements with Israel to end incitement; and (2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel. 3. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority (a) In general Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 620N. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority (a) Limitation Funds made available under chapter 4 of part II of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to the Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) or a recertification described in subsection (c) is in effect. (b) Certification A certification described in this subsection is a certification transmitted by the President to the appropriate congressional committees that contains a determination of the President that the Palestinian Authority— (1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel; and (2) is engaged in peace preparation activities aimed at promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel. (c) Recertifications Not later than 90 days after the date on which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional committees an initial certification under subsection (b), and every six months thereafter— (1) the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees 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 the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the reasons therefor. (d) Report (1) In general Whenever the President transmits a certification under subsection (b) or a recertification under subsection (c), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that details the justification for the certification or recertification, as the case may be, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed. (2) Additional matters Such report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons, and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) Incitement The term incitement means— (A) statements, media, communication, or other activities against any religion, ethnicity, or nationality, (B) advocacy, endorsement, or glorification of violence, martyrdom, or terrorism, or (C) endorsement, glorification, honor, or other memorialization of any person or group that has advocated, sponsored, or committed acts of terrorism, including the naming after or dedication to such person or group of any school, community center, camp, stadium, public square, street, land, landmark, waterway, or other facility, that is sponsored, supported, or directed by officials or employees of the Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Authority-controlled, sponsored, or supported electronic, broadcast, and print media, schools, mosques, or institutions. (3) Palestinian authority The term Palestinian Authority means the interim Palestinian 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. (4) Peace preparation activities The term peace preparation activities means Arabic-language communications and educational activities sponsored by the Palestinian Authority that are communicated or administered via electronic, broadcast and print media, schools, mosques, and statements by government officials that may include the following: (A) Public acknowledgments of the State of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. (B) Firm public commitments to and endorsements of peaceful co-existence with the Jewish State of Israel. (C) Production, distribution, and public display via all media platforms, schools, mosques, educational materials and elsewhere of maps that show the State of Israel existing as Israel side-by-side with Palestine and halting all production, distribution, or public display of maps that do not include a state of Israel. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years.