Sec. 7073. gaza oversight
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## SEC. 7073 gaza oversight ###
(a)Certification The Secretary of State shall certify and report to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that— ####
(1)oversight policies, processes, and procedures have been established by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, and are in use to prevent the diversion to Hamas and other terrorist and extremist entities in Gaza and the misuse or destruction by such entities of assistance, including through international organizations; and ####
(2)such policies, processes, and procedures have been developed in coordination with other bilateral and multilateral donors and the Government of Israel, as appropriate. ###
(b)Oversight Policy and Procedures The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, concurrent with the submission of the certification required in subsection (a), a written description of the oversight policies, processes, and procedures for funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Gaza, including specific actions to be taken should such assistance be diverted, misused, or destroyed, and the role of the Government of Israel in the oversight of such assistance. ###
(c)Requirement to Inform The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Gaza have been diverted, misused, or destroyed, to include the type of assistance, a description of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the response of the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate. ###
(d)Third Party Monitoring Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for third party monitoring of assistance for Gaza, including end use monitoring, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. ###
(e)Report Not later than 90 days after the initial obligation of funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Gaza, and every 90 days thereafter until all such funds are expended, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the amount and purpose of such assistance provided during each respective quarter, including a description of the specific entity implementing such assistance. ###
(f)Assessment Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2025, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and other heads of elements of the intelligence community that the Secretary considers relevant, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing whether funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza have been diverted to or destroyed by Hamas or other terrorist and extremist entities in the West Bank and Gaza: * Provided*, That such report shall include details on the amount and how such funds were made available and used by such entities: * Provided further*, That such report may be submitted in classified form, if necessary. ###
(g)Consultation Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of funds made available by this Act for humanitarian assistance for Gaza, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the amount and anticipated uses of such funds. other matters(including rescissions of funds)7074.(a)Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for programs to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation, and for related purposes, may only be made available for the purpose of countering such efforts by foreign state and non-state actors abroad, including through programs of the Global Engagement Center established pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note): * Provided,*That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of funds made available for the Global Engagement Center, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the steps taken by the Department of State to resolve each of the 18 recommendations detailed in the Office of Inspector General, Department of State, report “Inspection of the Global Engagement Center” (ISP I-22-15).(b)None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of the United States Department of State other than the—(1)United States flag;(2)Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 154.2-1;(3)POW/MIA flag;(4)Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursuant to section 904 of title 36, United States Code;(5)flag of a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia at domestic locations;(6)flag of an Indian Tribal government;(7)official branded flag of a United States agency; or(8)sovereign flag of other countries.(c)Funds may be transferred to the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, from Federal or non-Federal entities, to study, design, construct, operate, and maintain treatment and flood control works and related structures, consistent with the functions of the United States Section: * Provided*, That such funds shall be deposited in an account under the heading “International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico”, to remain available until expended.(d)During fiscal year 2024, section 614(a)(4)(A)(ii) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(4)(A)(ii)) shall be applied by substituting “$500,000,000” for “$250,000,000”.(e)(1)Of the unobligated balances from amounts in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, established by section 9705 of title 31, United States Code, $260,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024.(2)Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available by section 104A(m) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4703a(m)), $50,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.(3)Of the unobligated balances in the “Nonrecurring Expenses Fund” established in section 223 of division G of Public Law 110-161, $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. rescissions(including rescissions of funds)7075.(a)Millennium Challenge Corporation.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading “Millennium Challenge Corporation” from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $475,000,000 are rescinded.(b)Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading “Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance” from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $224,000,000 are rescinded.(c)International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement” from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $50,000,000 are rescinded.(d)Economic Support Fund.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading “Economic Support Fund” from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $152,496,000 are rescinded.(e)Consular and Border Security Programs.—Of the unobligated balances available in the “Consular and Border Security Programs” account, $902,340,000 are rescinded.(f)Export-Import Bank.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading “Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation” for tied-aid grants from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $114,130,000 are rescinded.(g)Restriction.—No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. This division may be cited as the “Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024”. ### DIVISION G OTHER MATTERS # TITLE I EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
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- Pub. L. 103-325
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