Taylor Force Act

Taylor Force Act

Long title	To condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens.
Codification
Acts amended	Foreign Assistance Act
U.S.C. sections amended	22 U.S.C. § 2346
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1164 by Doug Lamborn on February 16, 2017 Committee consideration by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs Passed the House on December 5, 2017 (Voice vote) Passed the Senate on March 23, 2018 (Amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 65–32) Signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 23, 2018

The Taylor Force Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress to stop American economic aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until the PA ceases paying stipends through the Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund to individuals who commit acts of terrorism and to the families of deceased terrorists.^[1][2][3] The Act was signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump on March 23, 2018, which will cut about a third of US foreign aid payments to the PA.^[4] On August 24, 2018, the United States cut more than $200 million in direct aid to the PA.^[5] Also in August 2018, the United States stopped giving aid to UNRWA, representing an aid cut of US$300 million.^[6]

In February 2019, the US confirmed it stopped all USAID to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, in a step linked to new anti-terrorism legislation. The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATCA, P.L. 115–253), passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump on October 3, 2018, came into force in February 2019, and allows Americans to sue in US courts those receiving US foreign aid over alleged complicity in "acts of war". The US has stopped providing more than $60m in annual funds for the Palestinian security services at the request of the PA because of a fear of such lawsuits.^[7] The stopping of funding for security services has raised some concerns.^[8]