Congress: 105 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: neutral
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Sponsor: Dingell, John D. (D-MI)
Amends the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1955, as contained in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1996, and as amended by other Federal law, to increase from 18 months to 24 months the President's period of authority to suspend certain provisions of law with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.
This bill extends the President's power to temporarily suspend certain legal restrictions on the PLO and Palestinian Authority from 18 months to 24 months. The suspension allows the President to waive laws that would otherwise prohibit or limit U.S. engagement with these entities during a longer negotiation window.
The bill maintains presidential flexibility to engage Palestinian entities in peace negotiations by extending the duration of legal waivers. The classification reflects that the text is structural and neutral on its face; the directional impact depends on how administrations use the extended authority, which falls outside the bill's own language.