[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3743 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3743

To provide for restrictions on travel by diplomatic representatives of 
 the Palestine Liberation Organization while in the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2002

 Mr. Engel (for himself and Mr. Saxton) introduced the following bill; 
     which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for restrictions on travel by diplomatic representatives of 
 the Palestine Liberation Organization while in the United States, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``No More Terror in New York Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Yasser Arafat, in a letter sent to then Israeli Prime 
        Minister Rabin on September 9, 1993, stated that the PLO 
        ``renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence and 
        will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel 
        in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations, and 
        discipline violators''.
            (2) During the last 18 months of the ``Intifada'' hundreds 
        of Israelis have been killed in numerous terrorist attacks 
        committed by terrorists belonging to Palestinian extremist 
        organizations.
            (3) The Department of State report of April 2001 on 
        Palestinian compliance with the Oslo Accords details the 
        involvement of the PLO's Fatah faction and Tanzim militant 
        units in terrorism and violent incitement, stating ``Elements 
        of Fatah, a PLO faction, and members of the PA's [Palestinian 
        Authority's] security forces instigated and directly 
        participated in anti-Israel violence. . .''.
            (4) According to the Israeli Government, more than 70 
        percent of terrorist attacks in Israel have been committed by 
        the Fatah, Tanzim and its military brigades, and by Force 17, 
        Yasser Arafat's Presidential Guard.
            (5) The PLO recently attempted to smuggle more than 50 tons 
        of arms from Iran into PLO-controlled territory.
            (6) President Bush said ``Ordering up weapons that were 
        intercepted on a boat headed for that part of the world is not 
        part of fighting terror [. . .] That's enhancing terror.''.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING UNITED STATES POLICY.

    The Congress--
            (1) finds that the PLO is in violation of the Oslo Accords 
        under which the organization made a commitment to abandon and 
        renounce terrorism;
            (2) urges the President to withdraw or terminate any waiver 
        by the President of the requirements of section 1003 of the 
        Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 
        1989;
            (3) urges the Secretary of State to designate the PLO, 
        appropriate constituent groups (including Fatah and Tanzim), 
        and appropriate groups operating as arms of the Palestinian 
        Authority (including Force 17) as a foreign terrorist 
        organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act;
            (4) urges the President to direct the United States 
        Representative to the United Nations to take all appropriate 
        measures to ensure termination of the permanent observer status 
        of the PLO at the United Nations;
            (5) calls upon the United Nations General Assembly to 
        revoke the permanent observer status of the PLO; and
            (6) calls upon the United Nations General Assembly to 
        revoke any status relating to the United Nations under which 
        the PLO is able to maintain an office in New York City.

SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY MEMBERS OF PLO UNITED NATIONS 
              MISSION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
alien admitted to the United States with diplomatic status as a 
representive of the PLO shall be subject to restrictions on travel 
while in the United States under this section.
    (b) Restricted Travel Area.--PLO representatives in the United 
States shall be restricted to travel within a 25 mile radius of the 
United Nations Headquarters Building.
    (c) Prior Approval Required for Other Travel.--PLO representatives 
shall submit a written request to the Department of State concerning 
travel in the United States outside of the area designated under 
subsection (b). Each request shall be accompanied by such information 
as the Secretary of State shall require. PLO representatives must 
obtain approval of travel not later than 48 hours prior to the 
initiation of travel. Any necessary tickets for transportation and 
accommodations during such travel shall be arranged through the Office 
of Foreign Missions of the Department of State.

SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) PLO Involvement With Terrorism.--Beginning 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report on the PLO's involvement with 
acts of terror and terrorist groups to the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate.
    (b) PLO Travel.--Beginning 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report on travel by PLO diplomatic representatives in the 
United States outside of the restricted travel area to the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Oslo Accords'' means all agreements signed 
        between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation 
        Organization or Palestinian Authority since September 13, 1993.
            (2) The term ``PLO'' means Palestine Liberation 
        Organization.
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