Palestinian Peace Promotion and Ant-Incitement Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not lived up to its agreements with Israel to end incitement and should do more to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with Israel.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance to the PA.
Waives such prohibition if the President certifies to Congress that the waiver is important to U.S. national security interests. Directs the Secretary of State, upon the exercise of such waiver and prior to the obligation of funds, to certify to Congress that the PA: (1) has established a single treasury account for all PA financing and all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist, and there is a single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll; and (2) no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel and is engaged in peace preparation activities aimed at promoting peace with Israel.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5303 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5303
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to the
Palestinian Authority.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 27, 2012
Mr. Royce (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Engel, Mr. Burton of Indiana,
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Poe of Texas, and Mr. Rothman
of New Jersey) 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.
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.
Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is
amended--
(1) by redesignating the second section 620J (as added by
section 651 of Public Law 110-161) as section 620M; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.
``(a) Prohibition of Funds.--No funds may be provided under this
Act to the Palestinian Authority.
``(b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall not
apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the
Committees on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and
Foreign Relations of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is
important to the national security interests of the United States.
``(c) Report.--Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection
(b) is exercised, the President shall submit to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing the justification
for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and the
accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are properly
disbursed. Such report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian
Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons, and
dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
``(d) Certification.--If the President exercises the waiver
authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall certify
and report to the Committees on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and Foreign Relations of the Senate prior to the
obligation of funds that--
``(1) the Palestinian Authority has established a single
treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and
all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority
treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil
service roster and payroll; and
``(2) the Palestinian Authority no longer engages in a
pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel and
is engaged in peace preparation activities aimed at promoting
peace with the Jewish State of Israel.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Incitement.--The term `incitement' means any of the
following 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, and
institutions:
``(A) Statements, media, communication, or other
activities against any religion, ethnicity, or
nationality.
``(B) Advocacy, endorsement, or glorification of
violence, martyrdom, or terrorism.
``(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.
``(2) Peace preparation activities.--The term `peace
preparation activities' means Arabic-language communications
and educational activities sponsored by the Palestinian
Authority, which 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; and
``(D) renouncing any and all future rights or
claims to commit acts of violence against Israel.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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