Sec. 12. Limitation on humanitarian assistance that could benefit foreign terrorist organizations
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Before obligating funds described in subsection
(b)for assistance in or for Afghanistan and Pakistan or any other country in which organizations designated by the Secretary of State as foreign terrorist organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ) hold territory or wield substantial economic or political power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through— any individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that the Secretary knows, or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity; or any private entity or educational institution that has, as a principal officer or member of the governing board or governing board of trustees of the entity or institution, any individual who has been determined to be— involved in or advocating terrorist activity; or a member of a foreign terrorist organization. Funds described in this subsection are funds appropriated under the heading Economic Support Fund , Development Assistance , Global Health , Transition Initiatives , or International Humanitarian Assistance in an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs or making supplemental appropriations. The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall, as appropriate— establish procedures to specify the steps to be taken in carrying out subsection (a); and terminate assistance— to any individual, entity, or educational institution that the Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity; or that could benefit such an individual, entity, or educational institution. In establishing procedures under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to steps to be taken to ensure that assistance is not provided to individuals, entities, or institutions described in subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that the recipients and subrecipients of assistance from the United States Agency for International Development and their contractors and subcontractors are included.
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Limitation on humanitarian assistance that could benefit foreign terrorist organizations
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