Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority

Assistance may be provided under this chapter to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. A certification described in subsection (a) is a certification transmitted by the President to Congress that contains a determination of the President that— no ministry, agency, or instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority is effectively controlled by Hamas, unless the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority has— the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority has made demonstrable progress toward— Not later than 90 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress an initial certification under subsection (b), and every six months thereafter— Assistance made available under this chapter to the Palestinian Authority may not be provided until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice thereof to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 2394–1(a) of this title. Subject to paragraph (2), the President may waive subsection (a) with respect to— The President may only exercise the waiver authority under paragraph (1) after— certifying to the appropriate congressional committees that— Not later than 10 days after exercising the waiver authority under paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing how the funds provided pursuant to such waiver will be spent and detailing the accounting procedures that are in place to ensure proper oversight and accountability. For purposes of this subsection, the certification required under paragraph (2)(B) shall be deemed to be a notification under section 2394–1 of this title and shall be considered in accordance with the procedures applicable to notifications submitted pursuant to that section. In this section: The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— The term “foreign terrorist organization” means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 1189(a) of title 8. The term “Palestinian Authority” means the interim Palestinian administrative organization that governs part of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any successor Palestinian governing entity), including the Palestinian Legislative Council.