PUBLIC LAW 107-228—SEPT. 30, 2002 116 STAT. 1395 (3) Congress has provided authorities to the President to suspend certain statutory restrictions relating to the PLC, subject to Presidential certifications that the PLC has continued to abide by commitments made. SEC. 603. REPORTS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The President shall, at the times specified President, in subsection (b), transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on compliance by the PLC or the Palestinian Authority, as appropriate, with each of the commitments specified in section 602(1). The report shall include, with respect to each such commitment, the determination of the President as to whether or not the PLO or the Palestinian Authority, as appropriate, has complied with that commitment during the period since the submission of the preceding report or, in the case of the initial report, during the preceding six-month period. In the event that the President imposed one or more sanctions under section 604 during the period covered by the report, the report shall include a description of each such sanction imposed. (b) TRANSMISSION. — The initial report required under subsection Deadline. (a) shall be transmitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Each subsequent report shall be submitted on the date on which the President is next required to submit a report under the P.L.O. Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (title VIII of Public Law 101-246) and may be combined with such report. SEC. 604. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—I f, in any report transmitted pursuant to section 603, the President determines that the PLO or the Palestinian Authority, as appropriate, has not complied with each of the commitments specified in section 602(1), or if the President fails to make a determination with respect to such compliance, the President shall, for a period of time not less than the period described in subsection (b), impose one or more of the following sanctions: (1) DENIAL OF VISAS TO PLO AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OFFICIALS. —The Secretary shall direct consular officers not to issue a visa to any member of the PLO or any official of the Palestinian Authority. (2) DOWNGRADE IN STATUS OF PLO OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall withdraw or terminate any waiver by the President of the requirements of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5202) (prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of a Palestinian information office in the United States), and such section shall apply so as to prohibit the operation of a PLO or Palestinian Authority office in the United States from carrying out any function other than those functions carried out by the Palestinian information office in existence prior to the Oslo Accords. (3) DESIGNATION AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.— The Secretary shall designate the PLO, or one or more of its constituent groups (including Fatah and Tanzim) or groups operating as arms of the Palestinian Authority (including Force 17), as a foreign terrorist organization, in accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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