Sec. 5. Limitation on security assistance
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Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, all amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) or chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, and made available to provide assistance to Ethiopia’s security forces shall be suspended from obligation and expenditure until the date that is 30 days after the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the conditions described in subsection
(b)are met. The conditions described in this subsection are the following: The Government of Ethiopia has ceased all offensive military operations associated with the civil war and other conflicts in Ethiopia. The Government of Ethiopia has taken steps toward negotiations and a legitimate, inclusive national dialogue. The Government of Ethiopia has implemented measures to better protect human rights and ensure adherence to international humanitarian law. The Government of Ethiopia has continuously allowed unfettered humanitarian access. The Government of Ethiopia has cooperated with independent investigations of credible allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights abuse carried out in the course of the civil war and other conflicts in Ethiopia. The suspension of amounts under subsection
(a)shall not include amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for law enforcement, border security, including land, sea, and air ports of entry, or other activities conducted in coordination with the Government of Ethiopia that are in support of United States national security objectives. Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive list of all assistance suspended in compliance with the limitation on assistance required by subsection
(a)as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The President may, subject to congressional notification requirements under other applicable provisions of law, waive the limitation on assistance required by subsection (a), if the President— determines that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notice of and justification for the waiver not later than 15 days after the exercise of the waiver, including an explanation as to why the waiver is in the national interest of the United States.