US Congress House Bill 2390 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

PLO Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 to authorize the President to waive for up to six months the prohibition against establishment or maintenance of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) offices, headquarters, premises, or other facilities within U.S. jurisdiction if the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinians have entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased hostilities against, Israel or that: the Palestinians have not, on or after January 1, 2017, obtained state standing in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; the Palestinians have officially ceased to be International Criminal Court (ICC) members and have withdrawn from the Rome Statute of the ICC; any ICC investigation against Israel initiated by, or on behalf of, the Palestinians has been withdrawn and terminated; the PLO and the Palestinian Authority (PA) no longer provide financial awards, payments, salaries, or benefits to Palestinians who have committed terrorist attacks, their families, or the families of those who died committing acts of terrorism; and the PLO and the PA have ceased to engage in a pattern of incitement against the United States or Israel.

PLO Accountability Act of 2017

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]

Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]

Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
2017-05-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-05-04	House	Introduced in House

SB1060 (Related) 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2390/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2390/BILLS-115hr2390ih.pdf