[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2036 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2036

  To make unlawful the establishment or maintenance within the United 
  States of an office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2005

   Mr. Weiner (for himself, Mr. Norwood, and Mr. Burton of Indiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make unlawful the establishment or maintenance within the United 
  States of an office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

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

SECTION 1. DOWNGRADE IN STATUS OF PLO OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall withdraw or terminate any waiver by the President of 
the requirements of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act of 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5202) (prohibiting the establishment or 
maintenance of a Palestinian information office in the United States), 
and such section shall apply so as to prohibit the operation of a 
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or Palestinian Authority office 
in the United States from carrying out any function other than those 
functions carried out by the Palestinian information office in 
existence prior to the Oslo Accords.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 604(a) of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228), is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
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