Foreign
Relations Bill VI
S. 1087
A BILL
To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, United States assistance (other than humanitarian assistance) may not be provided directly or indirectly to the Palestinian Authority (or to any successor or related entity) or for programs, projects, and activities to the West Bank or Gaza unless the President determines and certifies to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that--
(1) the leadership of the Palestinian Authority--
(A) has publicly renounced violence as a means of political expression; and
(B) has taken all actions within its capacity to bring an end to the violence which commenced in early October 2000 in the West Bank and Gaza; and
(2) the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has subsided.