US Congress Senate Bill 474 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-2)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens. This bill prohibits certain assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being made available for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Department of State certifies that the Palestinian Authority: (1) is taking steps to end acts of violence against Israeli citizens perpetrated by individuals under its jurisdictional control; and (2) has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens to any individual who has been convicted and imprisoned for such acts, to any individual who died committing such acts, and to family members of such an individual.

A bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens.

Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]
Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB1164 (Related) 2017-12-07 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 278.
SB1697 (Related) 2017-09-06 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 211.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/474/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s474/BILLS-115s474is.pdf