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S. 2194 (107th)

Arafat Accountability Act

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Introduced

18 April 2002

Last action

18 April 2002 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sponsors

Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA], Sen. Carnahan, Jean [D-MO], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH], Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY], Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL], Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]

Subjects

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10 February 2026

Summary

Arafat Accountability Act - Expresses the support of Congress for the President's efforts to achieve comprehensive peace in the State of Israel. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should urge an immediate and unconditional cessation of all terrorist activities and the commencement of a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians; (2) the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) should immediately surrender to Israel for detention and prosecution those Palestinian extremists wanted by Israel for the assassination of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Zeevi; and (3) Yasser Arafat and the PLO must take immediate and concrete action to publicly condemn all acts of terrorism, confiscate and destroy the infrastructures of terrorism, and end (and urge all Arab nations to end) financial support for terrorism. Prohibits the Secretary of State (Secretary) and the Attorney General, respectively, from issuing a visa or admitting to the United States any member of the PLO or official of the PA. Permits the President to waive this prohibition in the national security interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prohibit the operation of a PLO or PA office in the United States from carrying out any function other than those carried out prior to the Oslo Accords. Requires the Secretary to impose travel restrictions on the senior official of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine. Requires the Secretary and the Attorney General to identify and freeze United States assets of the PLO, the PA, and Yasser Arafat. Requires the President to report to specified congressional committees on PLO terrorist activities.

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Timeline

  1. 18 April 2002

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 April 2002

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2952-2953)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 April 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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