§ 5201. — Findings; determinations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC5201]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 61--ANTI-TERRORISM--PLO
Sec. 5201. Findings; determinations
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that--
(1) Middle East terrorism accounted for 60 percent of total
international terrorism in 1985;
(2) the Palestine Liberation Organization (hereafter in this
chapter referred to as the ``PLO'') was directly responsible for the
murder of an American citizen on the Achille Lauro cruise liner in
1985, and a member of the PLO's Executive Committee is under
indictment in the United States for the murder of that American
citizen;
(3) the head of the PLO has been implicated in the murder of a
United States Ambassador overseas;
(4) the PLO and its constituent groups have taken credit for,
and been implicated in, the murders of dozens of American citizens
abroad;
(5) the PLO covenant specifically states that ``armed struggle
is the only way to liberate Palestine, thus it is an overall
strategy, not merely a tactical phase'';
(6) the PLO rededicated itself to the ``continuing struggle in
all its armed forms'' at the Palestine National Council meeting in
April 1987; and
(7) the Attorney General has stated that ``various elements of
the Palestine Liberation Organization and its allies and affiliates
are in the thick of international terror''.
(b) Determinations
Therefore, the Congress determines that the PLO and its affiliates
are a terrorist organization and a threat to the interests of the United
States, its allies, and to international law and should not benefit from
operating in the United States.
(Pub. L. 100-204, title X, Sec. 1002, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1406.)
Effective Date and Termination
Section 1005 of title X of Pub. L. 100-204 provided that:
``(a) Effective Date.--Provisions of this title [enacting this
chapter] shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 22, 1987].
``(b) Termination.--The provisions of this title shall cease to have
effect if the President certifies in writing to the President pro
tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House that the Palestine
Liberation Organization, its agents, or constituent groups thereof no
longer practice or support terrorist actions anywhere in the world.''
Short Title
Section 1001 of title X of Pub. L. 100-204 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Anti-Terrorism Act of
1987'.''
