Sec. 7041.
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It is the sense of the Congress that— the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa; the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; all Arab League states should normalize relations with their neighbor Israel; the President and the Secretary of State should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into consideration the participation of any recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell weapons to said country; and the President should report to Congress annually on specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply.
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 headings Development Assistance and Economic Support Fund , up to $102,500,000 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: Provided , That such funds shall be made available for democracy programs, and for development programs in the Sinai:
Provided further , That such funds may not be made available for cash transfer assistance or budget support. 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 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, may be made available for assistance for Egypt: Provided , 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 further , That 20 percent 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, on a sustained and effective basis, the steps enumerated under this section in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided further , 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. The Secretary of State may waive the certification requirement in subparagraph
(A)with respect to 95 percent of the amount withheld from obligation pursuant to such subparagraph 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 includes in such report a detailed justification for the use of such waiver and the reasons why any of the certification requirements of subparagraph
(A)cannot be met: Provided , That the report required by this paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied by a classified annex. The remaining 5 percent may only be made available for obligation if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has completed action to provide fair and commensurate compensation to American citizen April Corley for injuries suffered by Egyptian armed forces on September 13, 2015: Provided , That none of the funds withheld pursuant to subparagraph
(A)shall be transferred to the interest bearing account referenced in subparagraph
(A)until the determination in the preceding sentence has been provided to the Committees on Appropriations. 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 activities described under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 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 ). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— the status of United States bilateral sanctions on Iran; the reimposition and renewed enforcement of secondary sanctions; and the impact such sanctions have had on Iran’s destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East. Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq for economic, stabilization, and humanitarian programs described under this section in the report accompanying this Act. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Government of the United States to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement between the United States and 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 $745,100,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading Economic Support Fund shall be for budget support for the Government of Jordan and of which not less than $425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program . Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Lebanon— under the headings International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement and Foreign Military Financing Program may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Security Forces
(ISF)and the Lebanese Armed Forces
(LAF)to address security and stability requirements in areas affected by the conflict in Syria, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees; under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program may be used 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: Provided , 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 include any funds specifically intended for lethal military equipment: Provided further , That such spend plan shall be submitted not later than September 1, 2020; shall not be made available for the ISF or the LAF if these entities fall under control by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ); and under the heading Economic Support Fund 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). Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for stabilization assistance for Libya, including border security: Provided , 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 Public Law 113–76 ) shall apply to such funds. Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available by this Act for assistance for Libya, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations that all practicable steps have been taken to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of 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: Provided , That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made available for the purpose of protecting United States Government personnel or facilities. Funds appropriated under the headings Development Assistance and Economic Support Fund in this Act shall be made available for assistance for the Western Sahara: Provided , 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 proposed uses of such funds. 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. None of the funds appropriated by this Act should be used to support the sale of nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund , International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement , and Peacekeeping Operations may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance for Syria, including for emergency medical and rescue response and chemical weapons use investigations. Funds made available pursuant to paragraph
(1)of this subsection— may not be made available for a project or activity that supports or otherwise legitimizes the Government of Iran, the Government of the Russian Federation, 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; and should not be used in areas of Syria controlled by a government led by Bashar al-Assad or associated forces. Prior to the obligation of any funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such assistance inside 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 $191,400,000 shall be made available for assistance for Tunisia. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund shall be made available for stabilization assistance for Yemen.
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