PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 489 such period, the President satisfies the requirements of subsection (b). Any suspension shall cease to be effective after 6 months, or at such earlier date as the President may specify, (b) CONDITIONS.— (1) CONSULTATION.— Prior to each exercise of the authority provided in subsection (a), the President shall consult with the relevant congressional committees. The President may not exercise that authority until 30 days after a written policy justification is submitted to the relevant congressional committees. (2) PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION. —The President may exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) only if the President certifies to the relevant congressional committees each time he exercises such authority that— (A) it is in the national interest of the United States to exercise such authority; and (B) the Palestine Liberation Organization continues to abide by all the commitments described in paragraph (4). (3) REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUING PLO COMPLIANCE.— Any suspension under subsection (a) of a provision of law specified in subsection (c) shall cease to be effective if the President certifies to the relevant congressional committees that the Palestine Liberation Organization has not continued to abide by all the commitments described in paragraph (4). (4) PLO COMMITMENTS DESCRIBED.—The Commitments referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) are the commitments made by the Palestine Liberation Organization— (A) in its letter of September 9, 1993, to the Prime Minister of Israel; in its letter of September 9, 1993, to the Foreign Minister of Norway to— (i) recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security; (ii) accept United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338; (iii) renounce the use of terrorism and other acts of violence; (iv) assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators; (v) call upon the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to take part in the steps leading to the normalization of life, rejecting violence and terrorism, and contributing to peace and stability; and (vi) submit to the Palestine National Council for formal approval the necessary changes to the Palestinian National Covenant eliminating calls for Israel's destruction, and (B) in, and resulting from, the good faith implementation of, the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self- Government Arrangements signed on September 13, 1993. (5) EXPECTATION OF CONGRESS REGARDING ANY EXTENSION OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY. — The Congress expects that any extension of the authority provided to the President in subsection (a) will be conditional on the Palestine Liberation Organization— (A) renouncing the Arab League boycott of Israel;
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