Sec. 7041.

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Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for Egypt may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be made available for assistance for the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is— sustaining the strategic relationship with the United States; and meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.

Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund , up to $75,000,000 may be made available for assistance for Egypt, of which not less than $35,000,000 should be made available for higher education programs including not less than $15,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian students with high financial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of higher education: , That such funds shall be made available for democracy programs, and for development programs in the Sinai:

Provided , That such funds may not be made available for cash transfer assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Egypt is taking consistent and effective steps to stabilize the economy and implement market-based economic reforms. Provided further The Secretary of State shall withhold from obligation funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund for assistance for Egypt, an amount of such funds that the Secretary determines to be equivalent to that expended by the United States Government for bail, and by nongovernmental organizations for legal and court fees, associated with democracy-related trials in Egypt until the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has dismissed the convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012 , and has not subjected the defendants to further prosecution or if convicted they have been granted full pardons.

None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading Economic Support Fund may be made available for a contribution, voluntary or otherwise, to the Civil Associations and Foundations Support Fund , or any similar fund, established pursuant to Law 70 on Associations and Other Foundations Working in the Field of Civil Work published in the Official Gazette of Egypt on May 29, 2017.

Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program , up to $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, may be made available for assistance for Egypt: , That such funds may be transferred to an interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided , That $300,000,000 of such funds shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt is taking sustained and effective steps, which are in addition to steps taken during the previous calendar year for such purposes, to— Provided further advance democracy and human rights in Egypt, including to govern democratically and protect religious minorities and the rights of women; implement reforms that protect freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, including the ability of civil society organizations, human rights defenders, and the media to function without interference; release political prisoners and provide other detainees with due process of law; hold Egyptian security forces accountable, including officers credibly alleged to have violated human rights; investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances; provide regular access for United States officials to monitor such assistance in all areas where the assistance is used; and comply with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270 and other such resolutions regarding North Korea: , That the certification requirement of this paragraph shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act under such heading for counterterrorism, border security, and nonproliferation programs for Egypt.

Provided further The Secretary of State may waive the certification requirement in subparagraph

(A)if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important to the national security interest of the United States, and submits a report to such Committees containing a detailed justification for the use of such waiver and the reasons why any of the requirements of subparagraph

(A)cannot be met: , That the report required by this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied by a classified annex. Provided The Secretary of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of funds made available by this subsection for assistance for Egypt. Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees assessing the efforts by the Government of Egypt to provide fair compensation to American citizen April Corely for injuries and losses sustained during an attack by Egyptian armed forces on her tour group on September 13, 2015. Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Diplomatic Programs , Economic Support Fund , and Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs shall be used by the Secretary of State— to support the United States policy to prevent Iran from achieving the capability to produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; to support an expeditious response to any violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions or other efforts that advance Iran’s nuclear program; to support the implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran for support of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and weapons proliferation; and for democracy programs for Iran, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State. The terms and conditions of section 7041(c)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74 ) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the semi-annual report required by section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4) ), as added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–17 ). Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq for— bilateral economic assistance and international security assistance, including for the Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund; stabilization assistance at not less than the amounts specified for such purpose in the table under this subsection in the report accompanying this Act; humanitarian assistance, including in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and programs to protect and assist religious and ethnic minority populations in Iraq. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $1,525,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which: not less than $1,082,400,000 shall be made available under the heading Economic Support Fund , of which not less than $745,100,000 shall be made available for budget support for the Government of Jordan; and not less than $425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program . None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Security Forces

(ISF)or the Lebanese Armed Forces

(LAF)if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement and Foreign Military Financing Program that are available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available for programs and equipment for the ISF and the LAF to address security and stability requirements in areas affected by the conflict in Syria, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund that are available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–228 ; 22 U.S.C. 2346 note). In addition to the activities described in paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program for assistance for Lebanon may be made available only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen border security and combat terrorism, including training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, and to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701: , That funds may not be obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of State submits to the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan, including actions to be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is only used for the intended purposes, except such plan may not be considered as meeting the notification requirements under section 7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted not later than September 1, 2019: Provided , That any notification submitted pursuant to such sections shall include any funds specifically intended for lethal military equipment. Provided further Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for stabilization assistance, including border security: , That the limitation on the uses of funds for certain infrastructure projects in section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Provided Public Law 113–76 ) shall apply to such funds. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is cooperating with United States Government efforts to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the attack on United States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: , That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made available for the purpose of protecting United States Government personnel or facilities. Provided Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program that are available for assistance for Morocco may only be used for the purposes requested in the Congressional Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2017. Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund , International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement , and Peacekeeping Operations shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for non-lethal assistance for Syria, of which not less than $150,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for stabilization assistance. Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Syria shall be made available, on an open and competitive basis, to continue to strengthen the capability of Syrian civil society organizations to address the immediate and long-term needs of the Syrian people in Syria in a manner that supports the sustainability of such organizations in implementing Syrian-led humanitarian and development programs: , That funds made available by this paragraph shall be administered by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State. Provided None of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Syria may be made available for a project or activity that supports or otherwise legitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign terrorist organizations (as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 )), or a proxy of Iran in Syria. Funds made available pursuant to this subsection may only be made available following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $165,400,000 shall be made available for assistance for Tunisia. Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance is to— advance Middle East peace; improve security in the region; continue support for transparent and accountable government institutions; promote a private sector economy; or address urgent humanitarian needs. None of the funds appropriated under the heading Economic Support Fund in this Act may be made available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of enactment of this Act— the Palestinians obtain the same standing as member states or full membership as a state in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; or the Palestinians initiate an International Criminal Court

(ICC)judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians. The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in clause

(i)of this subparagraph resulting from the application of subclause

(I)of such clause if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States, and submits a report to such Committees detailing how the waiver and the continuation of assistance would assist in furthering Middle East peace. The President may waive the provisions of section 1003(1) and

(2)of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 ( Public Law 100–204 ) if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees that it is important to the national security interest of the United States or the conduct of diplomacy: , That such waiver shall be effective for no more than a period of six months at a time. Provided Upon written certification to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees, the President may waive the provisions of section 1003(3) of Public Law 100–204 . Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza to— promote the integration of the Palestinian economy into the international business system through private sector engagement between Palestinian entrepreneurs and businesses and the private sector in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East; and support exchanges, cooperation, dialogue, shared community-building, and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. Funds made available pursuant to subparagraph

(A)shall be administered by the United States Agency for International Development, and may be made available for a Palestinian Partnership Fund to be established and managed by USAID: , That the USAID Administrator shall seek additional contributions for such Fund from other international donors, including from the Middle East. Provided None of the funds made available pursuant to subparagraph

(A)may be made available for— assistance for the Palestinian Authority; and assistance for any individual or group that the USAID Administrator, in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, determines to be involved in, or advocating, terrorist activity or a member of a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). The reporting requirements in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 ( Public Law 110–252 ) shall apply to funds made available by this Act, including a description of modifications, if any, to the security strategy of the Palestinian Authority. Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing assistance for the West Bank and Gaza appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs by fiscal year, account, and program that are withheld from obligation or disbursement, the specific reason for such withholding, and the impact of such withholding on the welfare of the Palestinian people and the national interests of the United States, Israel, and Jordan: , That such report shall also include a description of any policy review on assistance for the West Bank and Gaza undertaken by the Department of State, USAID, or any other Federal entity, including the date on which the review was initiated, the participants in the review, any consultations by such participants with foreign or nongovernmental entities, and the findings of the review, if concluded. Provided Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made available for assistance for the Western Sahara: , That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the planned uses of such funds: Provided , That nothing in this Act shall be construed to change the policy of the United States to support the United Nations-led process to monitor the ceasefire and bring about a peaceful, sustainable, and mutually agreed upon solution for the Western Sahara. Provided further Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund , not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for stabilization assistance for Yemen.

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