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Existing Law and Aid Reductions
Since FY2015, annual appropriations legislation has provided for "dollar-for-dollar" reduction
of Economic Support Fund (ESF) aid for the PA in relation to terrorism-related payments.
Section 7041(l)(3) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-31), reduces ESF
for the PA by the amount the Palestinians provide 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."
In practice, ESF aid for the West Bank and Gaza includes
Budget support for the PA that is provided directly to PA creditors (namely, Israeli utility
companies and private hospitals) to defray PA debts.
Project assistance for various purposes including humanitarian aid, and improving
infrastructure and other social services. This assistance is administered by non-governmental
organizations and overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
To date, executive branch reporting to Congress regarding reductions made to ESF aid for the
PA in relation to these payments has been classified. In July 2017, former U.S. Ambassador to
Israel Daniel Shapiro testified at a congressional hearing that, beginning in FY2015, the Obama
Administration reduced "the overall [annual] assistance program from about $400 million to
about $260 million."
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Zanotti, Jim & Sharp, Jeremy M. Taylor Force Act: Palestinian Terrorism-Related Payments and U.S. Aid, report, December 12, 2017; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1094439/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.