Sec. 101. Limitation on assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds made available to any Federal department or agency may be used to provide foreign assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan. The limitation on foreign assistance in paragraph

(1)shall not apply to agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices, except that the aggregate value of such assistance in any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000,000. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the limitation on foreign assistance in subsection

(a)may not be waived with respect to a country specified in subsection

(a)unless the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees at least 45 days before the proposed waiver would take effect a report certifying that there has been a fundamental change in the policies of the government of such country, including— information relating to such government’s assurances of— free and democratic elections without pressure from such government or any organization affiliated with such government; freedom of religious belief and practice; and freedom of speech and expression; information relating to such government’s attempts and successes to date with regard to eradicating the trafficking of— persons; weapons of mass destruction or components to facilitate the creation of such weapons; illicit narcotics; and any financial instrument used to facilitate the trafficking of any persons described in clause (i), weapons or components described in clause (ii), or illicit narcotics described in clause (iii), if such trafficking originates, passes through, or is destined for such country or any entity under that country’s jurisdiction; information relating to such government’s attempts and successes to date with regard to eradicating— gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including torture; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; prolonged detention without charges; causing the disappearance of a person by the abduction and clandestine detention of such person; or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of a person; information relating to such government’s attempts and successes to date with regard to eradicating child exploitation, abuse, or forced conscription into military or paramilitary services; information relating to such government’s attempts and successes to date with regard to eradicating admissions biases based on gender, religion, disability, or other similar biases at institutions of learning that are funded by the government of such country; information relating to such government’s denouncement of the damage or destruction by mob action of United States property within such country, provision of appropriate measures to prevent a recurrence thereof, and provision of adequate compensation for such damage or destruction; and information relating to such government’s assurances that it— is not currently engaged in violence against its own citizens, residents, or inhabitants; has publicly and appropriately expressed the State of Israel’s right to peacefully exist; is not supporting acts of international terrorism and has provided assurances it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future; is taking a public, active role in eradicating any element of international terrorism within its borders; and if such country does not possess a nuclear weapon as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is not engaged in a nuclear weapons development program. The limitation on foreign assistance in subsection

(a)may not be waived with respect to a country specified in subsection

(a)if Congress, within 45 days after receipt of a report under paragraph (1), enacts a joint resolution the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That the proposed waiver of the limitation on foreign assistance with respect to ____ as contained in the report submitted to Congress under section 101(b) of the Foreign Assistance Under Limitation and Transparency Act on ____ is hereby prohibited. , the first blank to be completed with the name of the country and the second blank to be completed with the appropriate date. A joint resolution described in paragraph

(1)and introduced within the appropriate 45-day period shall be considered in the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with paragraphs

(3)through

(7)of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (as contained in Public Law 98–473 ), except that references in such paragraphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be deemed to be references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, respectively. The President may waive, for a period of 120 days, the limitation on foreign assistance in subsection

(a)with respect to providing humanitarian assistance to a country specified in subsection

(a)if— prior to waiving such prohibition, the President submits to Congress a report that contains a determination of the President that the people residing within the country— have been affected by a natural disaster, limited to fire, famine, earthquake, drought, hurricane, typhoon, tsunami, tropical storm, flood, landslide and debris flow, widespread disease, or volcano eruption; or face imminent threat from exposure to radioactive or toxic elements due to the failure of any power source or other machinery directly involved with radioactive or toxic material; and the humanitarian assistance to be provided will not be provided to or through the government of the country. At the end of the 120-day waiver period specified in paragraph (1), the President may extend the waiver for additional 90-day periods if the President submits, not less than 10 days prior to the start of each 90-day period, a comprehensive status report to the appropriate congressional committees on— the extent to which further humanitarian assistance is needed; the manner in which the humanitarian assistance has been administered; and the effectiveness of the humanitarian assistance. The aggregate value of humanitarian assistance provided under this subsection in any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000,000. This section takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds made available to any Federal department or agency for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2013.

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Sec. 101

Limitation on assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan

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