3.0.0 1060 2023-01-11T13:36:30Z 2023-01-11T13:36:30Z Senate S 2017-05-04 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-04T19:58:28Z PLO Accountability Act of 2017 115 2390 HR 2017-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. Related bill CRS 2017-05-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N International Affairs Arab-Israeli relations Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad District of Columbia International organizations and cooperation Israel Middle East Palestinians Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Terrorism Trade restrictions United Nations International Affairs 00 2017-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-18T21:14:01Z PLO Accountability Act of 2017

This bill amends the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 to authorize the President to waive for up to six months the prohibition against establishment or maintenance of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) offices, headquarters, premises, or other facilities within U.S. jurisdiction if the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinians have entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased hostilities against, Israel or that:

  • the Palestinians have not, on or after January 1, 2017, obtained state standing in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians;
  • the Palestinians have officially ceased to be International Criminal Court (ICC) members and have withdrawn from the Rome Statute of the ICC;
  • any ICC investigation against Israel initiated by, or on behalf of, the Palestinians has been withdrawn and terminated;
  • the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) no longer provide financial awards, payments, salaries, or benefits to Palestinians who have committed terrorist attacks, their families, or the families of those who died committing acts of terrorism; and
  • the PLO and the PA have ceased to engage in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel.
]]> PLO Accountability Act of 2017 Display Title PLO Accountability Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced PLO Accountability Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1060is/xml/BILLS-115s1060is.xml 2017-05-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.