[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3868 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3868

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the 
             Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2014

  Mr. Royce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the 
             Palestinian Authority, 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 ``Palestinian Peace Promotion and 
Anti-Incitement Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Palestinian Authority has not fully lived up to its 
        prior agreements with Israel to end incitement; and
            (2) the Palestinian Authority should do more to prepare the 
        Palestinian people for peace with Israel.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Limitation.--Funds made available under chapter 4 of part II 
of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to the 
Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification 
described in subsection (b) or a recertification described in 
subsection (c) is in effect.
    ``(b) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection 
is a certification transmitted by the President to the appropriate 
congressional committees that contains a determination of the President 
that the Palestinian Authority--
            ``(1) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against 
        the United States or Israel; and
            ``(2) is engaged in peace preparation activities aimed at 
        promoting peace with the Jewish State of Israel.
    ``(c) Recertifications.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the President transmits to the appropriate congressional 
committees an initial certification under subsection (b), and every six 
months thereafter--
            ``(1) the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a recertification that the 
        requirements contained in subsection (b) are continuing to be 
        met; or
            ``(2) if the President is unable to make such a 
        recertification, the President shall transmit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the 
        reasons therefor.
    ``(d) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Whenever the President transmits a 
        certification under subsection (b) or a recertification under 
        subsection (c), the President shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report that details the 
        justification for the certification or recertification, as the 
        case may be, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, 
        and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds 
        are properly disbursed.
            ``(2) Additional matters.--Such report shall also detail 
        the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 
        terrorists, confiscate weapons, and dismantle the terrorist 
        infrastructure.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            ``(2) Incitement.--The term `incitement' means--
                    ``(A) statements, media, communication, or other 
                activities against any religion, ethnicity, or 
                nationality,
                    ``(B) advocacy, endorsement, or glorification of 
                violence, martyrdom, or terrorism, or
                    ``(C) endorsement, glorification, honor, or other 
                memorialization of any person or group that has 
                advocated, sponsored, or committed acts of terrorism, 
                including the naming after or dedication to such person 
                or group of any school, community center, camp, 
                stadium, public square, street, land, landmark, 
                waterway, or other facility,
        that is sponsored, supported, or directed by officials or 
        employees of the Palestinian Authority or Palestinian 
        Authority-controlled, sponsored, or supported electronic, 
        broadcast, and print media, schools, mosques, or institutions.
            ``(3) Palestinian authority.--The term `Palestinian 
        Authority' means the interim Palestinian administrative 
        organization that governs part of the West Bank and all of the 
        Gaza Strip (or any successor Palestinian governing entity), 
        including the Palestinian Legislative Council.
            ``(4) Peace preparation activities.--The term `peace 
        preparation activities' means Arabic-language communications 
        and educational activities sponsored by the Palestinian 
        Authority that are communicated or administered via electronic, 
        broadcast and print media, schools, mosques, and statements by 
        government officials that may include the following:
                    ``(A) Public acknowledgments of the State of 
                Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
                    ``(B) Firm public commitments to and endorsements 
                of peaceful co-existence with the Jewish State of 
                Israel.
                    ``(C) Production, distribution, and public display 
                via all media platforms, schools, mosques, educational 
                materials and elsewhere of maps that show the State of 
                Israel existing as `Israel' side-by-side with 
                `Palestine' and halting all production, distribution, 
                or public display of maps that do not include a state 
                of Israel.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years.
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