Sec. 17. Cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and Abraham Accords countries and Negev Forum countries
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Section 106(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151d(e) ) is amended to read as follows: There is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to finance cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and Abraham Accords countries, Negev Forum countries, and key partners in regional integration (as those terms are defined in the Regional Integration and Normalization Act of 2023 ) that identify and support local solutions that address sustainability challenges relating to water resources, agriculture, and energy storage, including for the following activities:
Establishing public-private partnerships. Supporting the identification, research, development testing, and scaling of innovations that focus on populations that are vulnerable to environmental and resource-scarcity crises, such as subsistence farming communities. Seed or transition-to-scale funding. Clear and appropriate marking, branding, and marketing of United States-funded assistance. Accelerating demonstration or application of local solutions to sustainability challenges, or the further refinement, testing, or implementation of innovations that have previously effectively addressed sustainability challenges. .
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the feasibility and advisability of expanding to Abraham Accords countries, Negev Forum countries, and key partners in regional integration the projects described in section 106(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151d(e) ), as amended by subsection (a), including projects involving multilateral cooperation among the United States, Israel, and Negev Forum countries, observers, and key partners in regional integration to promote development in Africa.
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
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Cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and Abraham Accords countries and Negev Forum countries
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