[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5522 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5522

To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinian Authority and 
   for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2000

   Mr. Weiner (for himself, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Rogan, Mr. 
   Crowley, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Ms. 
 Berkley, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
   Kingston, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Berman, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. 
Waxman, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Talent) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinian Authority and 
   for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
              AUTHORITY AND THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, United States 
assistance (other than humanitarian assistance) may not be provided 
directly or indirectly to the Palestinian Authority (or to any 
successor or related entity) or for programs, projects, and activities 
to the West Bank or Gaza unless the President determines and certifies 
to the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
that--
            (1) the leadership of the Palestinian Authority--
                    (A) has publicly renounced violence as a means of 
                political expression; and
                    (B) has taken all actions within its capacity to 
                bring an end to the violence which commenced in early 
                October 2000 in the West Bank and Gaza; and
            (2) the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has subsided.
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