References in Text
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (d)(3), is Puspan. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424. Chapter 4 of part II of the Act is classified generally to part IV (§ 2346 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 32 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Taylor Force Act, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Findings
Puspan. L. 115–141, div. S, title X, § 1002, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1143, provided that: “Congress makes the following findings:“(1) The Palestinian Authority’s practice of paying salaries to terrorists serving in Israeli prisons, as well as to the families of deceased terrorists, is an incentive to commit acts of terror.
“(2) The United States does not provide direct budgetary support to the Palestinian Authority. The United States does pay certain debts held by the Palestinian Authority and funds programs for which the Palestinian Authority would otherwise be responsible.
“(3) The United States Government supports community-based programs in the West Bank and Gaza that provide for basic human needs, such as food, water, health, shelter, protection, education, and livelihoods, and that promote peace and development.
“(4) Since fiscal year 2015, annual appropriations legislation has mandated the reduction of Economic Support Fund aid for the Palestinian Authority as a result of their payments for acts of terrorism including, in fiscal year 2017, a reduction ‘by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent to the amount expended by the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and any successor or affiliated organizations with such entities as payments for acts of terrorism by individuals who are imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts of terrorism and by individuals who died committing acts of terrorism during the previous calendar year’.”
Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined
Puspan. L. 115–141, div. S, title X, § 1007, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1147, provided that: “In this title [see Short Title of 2018 Amendment note set out under section 2151 of this title], the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means—“(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
“(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”
