Sec. 7039. assistance for the west bank and gaza

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## SEC. 7039 assistance for the west bank and gaza ###

(a)Oversight For fiscal year 2018, 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures have been established to assure the Comptroller General of the United States will have access to appropriate United States financial information in order to review the uses of United States assistance for the Program funded under the heading “Economic Support Fund” for the West Bank and Gaza. ###

(b)Vetting Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Economic Support Fund” for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 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 nor, with respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated foreign terrorist organization: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institution which the Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. ###

(c)Prohibition ####

(1)Recognition of acts of terrorism None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program may be made available for— #####

(A)the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism; and #####

(B)any educational institution located in the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an individual who the Secretary of State determines has committed an act of terrorism. ####

(2)Security assistance and reporting requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this or prior appropriations Acts, including funds made available by transfer, may be made available for obligation for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been established for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. ###

(d)Oversight by the United States Agency for International Development ####

(1)The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, among other things, compliance with this section. ####

(2)Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development for audits, investigations, and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: * Provided*, That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes. ###

(e)Comptroller General of the United States Audit Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2018 under the heading “Economic Support Fund”, and such audit shall address— ####

(1)the extent to which such Program complies with the requirements of subsections

(b)and (c); and ####

(2)an examination of all programs, projects, and activities carried out under such Program, including both obligations and expenditures. ###

(f)Notification Procedures Funds made available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. ###

(g)Report Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations updating the report contained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13).

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Sec. 7039

assistance for the west bank and gaza

Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-13

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