1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Middle East Security Coordination Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Peace, stability, and security in Israel and the West Bank are in the national security interest of the United States. (2) Peace, stability, and security in Israel and the West Bank depend upon effective coordination and deconfliction between the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Authority Security Forces. (3) The professionalism and capacity of Palestinian Authority Security Forces is an important factor for safety and stability in Israel and the West Bank and critical to counterterrorism efforts. (4) Examples of security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority include intelligence sharing and operational coordination, deconfliction mechanisms and communication during Israel Defense Forces (IDF) activity in the West Bank, joint counterterrorism initiatives and training, facilitation of Palestinian Authority Security Forces movement through Areas B and C, and the Palestinian Authority Security Forces safely returning Israelis from Area A to the Israel Defense Forces. (5) Israeli security experts have attested that professionally trained and equipped and effective Palestinian Authority Security Forces would reliably decrease Israel Defense Forces incursions and interventions into Area A and increase stability and security for Israelis and Palestinians. (6) The core functions of the office of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC) are to execute transparent and successful coordination between Israeli security forces and Palestinian Authority Security Forces and to raise the effectiveness of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces. (7) Senior Israeli officials, including former defense ministers and IDF chiefs of staff, have credited USSC-championed security coordination with the Palestinian Authority Security Forces as being responsible for eroding the ability of organized terror groups to carry