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HCONRES 163 105th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not provide assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or to the Palestinian Broadcasting…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not provide assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).

Introduced: October 1, 1997 See on congress.gov
International Affairs American economic assistanceCrime and Law EnforcementGovernment Operations and PoliticsJournalistic ethics
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Middle East and North AfricaPalestiniansRadio broadcastingReporters and reportingScience, Technology, CommunicationsState-sponsored terrorismTerrorism
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This resolution expired with the 105th Congress
It was not agreed to before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 1, 1997
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 Latest action October 1, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the United States: (1) should not provide assistance to any organization affiliated with the Palestinian Authority that advocates destruction of the United States and supports acts of terrorism or to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation; and (2) should support a system of independent journalists in the Middle East who observe a code of professional journalism similar to the code adopted by the Voice of America.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Oct 1, 1997
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Oct 1, 1997
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 1, 1997
QUINN, JACK
· Oct 1, 1997
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 1, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 163: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not provide assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-163/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 163: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not provide assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-163/.
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H. Con. Res. 163, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-163/.
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[H. Con. Res. 163: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not provide assistance to terrorist organizations affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-163/)
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