Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§5202 Prohibitions regarding PLO

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 61— - ANTI-TERRORISM—PLO › § 5202

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

On or after the law's effective date, it is illegal to help promote the interests of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), its member groups, their successors, or their agents by doing certain things. You may not accept anything of value from them except for informational material. You may not spend money that comes from them. You may not set up or keep an office, headquarters, or other facility in the United States that they started, control, or pay for.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §5202

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It shall be unlawful, if the purpose be to further the interests of the Palestine Liberation Organization or any of its constituent groups, any successor to any of those, or any agents thereof, on or after the effective date of this chapter—
(1)to receive anything of value except informational material from the PLO or any of its constituent groups, any successor thereto, or any agents thereof;
(2)to expend funds from the PLO or any of its constituent groups, any successor thereto, or any agents thereof; or
(3)notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to establish or maintain an office, headquarters, premises, or other facilities or establishments within the jurisdiction of the United States at the behest or direction of, or with funds provided by the Palestine Liberation Organization or any of its constituent groups, any successor to any of those, or any agents thereof.

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For the

Effective Date

of this chapter, referred to in text, as being 90 days after Dec. 22, 1987, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 100–204, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 5201 of this title.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Memorandum of President of the United States, July 21, 2010, 75 F.R. 43795, provided: Memorandum for the Secretary of State By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to you the following functions and authorities: • The function to make the specified reports to the Congress under 22 U.S.C. 2291–4(c). • The function and authority to waive the provisions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 (22 U.S.C. 5202) upon making certain determinations and certifications under section 7034(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) and any subsequently enacted provision of law that is the same or substantially the same. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. Barack Obama.

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22 U.S.C. § 5202

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73