| Shorttitle: | Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993 |
| Longtitle: | An Act entitled the "Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993". |
| Enacted By: | 103rd |
| Effective Date: | October 28, 1993 |
| Introducedin: | Senate |
| Introducedby: | Claiborne Pell (D–RI) |
| Introduceddate: | September 23, 1993 |
| Committees: | Senate Foreign Relations, House Foreign Affairs, House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs |
| Passedbody1: | Senate |
| Passeddate1: | September 29, 1993 |
| Passedvote1: | Passed Voice Vote |
| Passedbody2: | House |
| Passeddate2: | October 12, 1993 |
| Passedvote2: | Passed Voice Vote |
| Passedbody3: | Senate |
| Passeddate3: | October 15, 1993 |
| Passedvote3: | Agreed Voice Vote |
| Signedpresident: | William J. Clinton |
| Signeddate: | October 28, 1993 |
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-125, S.1487) was signed by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1993, a month after the signing of the Oslo Accords, an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). In the act, the United States' Congress gave the President the conditional authority to lift sanctions against the PLO and ordered the U.S. State Department to monitor the PLO's compliance with the Accords.[1] This was designed to provide aid funding to the Palestinians in hopes of promoting the Middle East Peace Process.
For hundreds of years, the Middle East has been a hotbed of violent disagreement, extremist tactics and nearly continual upheaval. Discord between Jews and Muslims in the region containing their holiest of sites seems like a problem without a solution.[2] In spite of this there have been a long series of attempted solutions to the problem of the Holy Land, from European powers, from the United Nations and eventually the United States. One of the earliest American solutions was the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993. An attempt to use the economic and financial might to promote the post-Oslo peace, the Act is a fascinating example of the American domestic policy process and how it can effect the nature of world events. Ultimately, the Peace Act would not save the fragile peace planted in the early 1990s, but it would create a precedent of American aid to both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which continues today.
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993 was established as three sections endorsing United States presidential authority to suspend specified determinations of law confining foreign and United Nations assistance to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1993 as short title - 107 Stat. 1309 § 1
Findings of 103rd Congress - 107 Stat. 1309 § 2
Authority to Suspend Certain Provisions - 107 Stat. 1309-1311 § 3
Consultation
Presidential Certification
Requirement for Continuing PLO Compliance
PLO Commitments Described
Reconciliation of Arab League boycott of Israel
Member states of the Arab League to end the boycotts of Israel
Cooperating with efforts undertaken by the President of the United States to end the Arab League boycott of Israel
Section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227)
Section 114 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287e note)
Section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5202)
Section 37 of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act (22 U.S.C. 286w)[3] ― Bretton Woods system
| Date of Enactment | Public Law No. | U.S. Statute | U.S. Bill No. | U.S. Presidential Administration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2, 1995 | P.L. 104-17 | William J. Clinton | |||
| August 14, 1995 | P.L. 104-22 | William J. Clinton | |||
| September 30, 1995 | P.L. 104-30 | William J. Clinton | |||
| November 13, 1995 | P.L. 104-47 | William J. Clinton | |||
| February 12, 1996 | P.L. 104-107 | William J. Clinton |