[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3624 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3624

      To prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority and any 
             instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2002

  Mr. Cantor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
      To prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority and any 
             instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Peace With Security Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat continues 
        to demonstrate his belief that he can achieve through violence 
        what he was unable to achieve at the negotiating table.
            (2) The manner in which Chairman Arafat has employed 
        terrorism as a legitimate policy instrument suggests that his 
        aims include not only the establishment of a Palestinian state 
        but also the complete elimination of Israel as the home of the 
        Jewish people.
            (3) The Palestinian Authority embraces the policy of 
        releasing terrorists shortly after they are jailed, a policy 
        that has become known as Chairman Arafat's notorious revolving 
        door system of justice.
            (4) After rejecting former Israeli Prime Minister Barak's 
        far-reaching proposal at Camp David, Chairman Arafat further 
        undermined the essence of the Oslo process.
            (5) The Palestinian Authority and its Chairman Yasser 
        Arafat allow terrorist organizations to operate freely under 
        its jurisdiction.
            (6) Chairman Arafat has done little to prevent acts of 
        terrorism, and his inaction has in fact led to escalation of 
        violence and terrorism against innocent Israelis, including 
        women and children.
            (7) Chairman Arafat preaches hostile and odious anti-
        Semitic propaganda against the State of Israel and refuses to 
        stop terrorist attacks and inciteful rhetoric by organizations, 
        individuals, and groups under his control.
            (8) Chairman Arafat's Fatah group has claimed 
        responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks on innocent 
        Israeli civilians, including the November 29, 2001, bus bomb 
        killing three people and wounding nine people.
            (9) The leader of Chairman Arafat's Fatah faction justified 
        the recent terrorist attacks, and threatened innocent Israelis 
        by stating that Israeli policy against Palestinians in the 
        territory is likely to bring about, in the final analysis, 
        responses that Israeli people have not yet encountered.
            (10) The Palestinian Authority was responsible for the 
        voyage of the Karine A freighter, captured by Israel in the Red 
        Sea on January 3, 2002, carrying 50 tons of weapons.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND ITS 
              INSTRUMENTALITIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to any Federal department or 
agency for a fiscal year may not be used for any form of assistance 
directly or indirectly to the Palestinian Authority or any 
instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority.
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition contained in 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year if the President certifies in writing 
to Congress that such waiver is in the national security interests of 
the United States.
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