PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF ISRAEL-ONLY PASSPORTS.

SEC. 129. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF ISRAEL-ONLY PASSPORTS. (a) Purpose.—It is the purpose of this section— (1) to direct the Secretary of State to seek an end to the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports, and denying entrance visas to persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the holder has visited Israel, and to secure the adoption of policies that assure that travel to such Arab League nations by persons who have visited Israel shall not be unreasonably impeded; and (2) to prohibit United States Government acquiescence in the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting Israel by rejecting passports of, and denying entrance visas to, persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the holder has visited Israel, especially with respect to travel by officials of the United States. (b) Negotiations.—The Secretary of State shall immediately undertake negotiations to seek an end to the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, and denying entrance visas to, private persons and officials of all nations whose passports or other documents reflect that the holder thereof has visited Israel. (c) Report to Congress.—The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. The report shall describe the status of efforts to secure an end to the passport and visa policy of the majority of Arab League nations as described in subsection (a), and describe the prospects that such efforts would be successful within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Prohibition on the Issuance of Israel-Only Passports.— (1) Prohibition.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State shall not issue any passport that is designated for travel only to Israel. 105 STAT. 662 (2) Cancellation.—Not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations for the cancellation not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act of any currently valid passport which is designated for travel only to Israel. (e) Policy on Nonacquiescence.— (1) Requirement of single passport.—The Secretary of State shall not issue more than one official or diplomatic passport to any official of the United States Government for the purpose of enabling that official to acquiesce in or comply with the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, or denying entrance visas to, persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the person has visited Israel. (2) Implementation of policy of noncompliance.—The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to ensure that officials of the United States Government do not comply with, or acquiesce in, the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, or denying entrance visas to, persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the person has visited Israel. (3) Effective date.— (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (B) If the report under subsection (c) is not submitted within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, this subsection shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.