Palestinian Accountability Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Palestinian Accountability Act - Prohibits any U.S. government document from referring to the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) as Palestine until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the PA: (1) does not inappropriately influence elections in PA-contolled areas; (2) is promoting human rights and ending government corruption; (3) has taken steps to dismantle terrorist infrastructures and arrest terrorists, control Palestinian security organizations, and end the incitement to violence and hatred in the Palestinian media, educational institutions, and mosques; (4) has ceased to participate in any boycott of Israel; (5) works with Israel to implement the Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict of 2003 (the Roadmap to Peace); (6) recognizes Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state; and (7) has excluded Hamas from participating in a unity government or has required Hamas to publicly support such requirements.
Prohibits certain Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 funds from being made available to the PA unless: (1) a U.S. nongovernmental or private entity audits the PA budget and the Secretary submits the audit to Congress, and (2) the Secretary certifies to Congress that the PA meets specified requirements.
Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for U.S. contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) if a Palestinian state is recognized as a U.N. member state unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that the PA meets specified requirements.
Prohibits funds from from being obligated or expended for U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) unless: (1) a U.S. nongovernmental or private entity audits the UNRWA budget and the Secretary submits the audit to Congress, and (2) the Secretary certifies to Congress that UNRWA meets specified requirements.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2013 to Jul 10, 2014; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Mar 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Original | Mar 21, 2013 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Mar 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Original | Mar 21, 2013 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Mar 21, 2013 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Mar 21, 2013 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Mike Pompeo | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Nov 13, 2013 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Nov 13, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Nov 13, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Nov 14, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Nov 18, 2013 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Dec 2, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Jun 17, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jul 10, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1826.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43614 | Membership in the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies Archived | Report | Jun 19, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restrict funds for the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Palestinian Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Accounting and auditing
- Arab-Israeli relations
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Gaza Strip
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Israel
- Middle East
- Palestinians
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Sanctions
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Terrorism
- Trade restrictions
- United Nations
- West Bank
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
