Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: Foreign assistance is an important tool utilized to facilitate diplomacy by making investments in infrastructure and basic human needs abroad. United States taxpayer dollars should be used prudently and appropriately, and should not be distributed to those who seek to do harm to Americans or our allies. Failure to cooperate with the United States as it carries out its foreign policy objectives should necessarily lead to restricted or terminated United States foreign assistance.
Once foreign assistance to a country is restricted, Congress reserves the right to reinstate any such foreign assistance based on substantive changes in rhetoric or action of that country, and on a case-by-case basis. The countries of Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan have engaged in activities that undermine the security and foreign policy objectives of the United States or compromise regional and international stability.