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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1922 

To limit assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2013 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To limit assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and 

Pakistan, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Foreign Assistance Under Limitation and Transparency 

6 Act’’ or ‘‘FAULT Act’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 


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Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 101. Limitation on assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and 

Pakistan. 

Sec. 102. Limitation on assistance to other countries. 

Sec. 103. Limitation on assistance to private voluntary organizations. 

Sec. 104. Statement of policy on assistance to foreign terrorist organizations. 

Sec. 105. Report on unobligated funds available for sanctioned countries and 

organizations under this Act. 

Sec. 106. Inapplicability of other provisions of law. 

TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND OTHER PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Termination of designation of Egypt and Pakistan as major nonNATO allies. 

Sec. 202. Annual foreign assistance report to Congress. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Foreign assistance is an important tool uti4 lized to facilitate diplomacy by making investments 

5 in infrastructure and basic human needs abroad. 

6 (2) United States taxpayer dollars should be 

7 used prudently and appropriately, and should not be 

8 distributed to those who seek to do harm to Ameri9 cans or our allies. 

10 (3) Failure to cooperate with the United States 

11 as it carries out its foreign policy objectives should 

12 necessarily lead to restricted or terminated United 

13 States foreign assistance. 

14 (4) Once foreign assistance to a country is re15 stricted, Congress reserves the right to reinstate any 

16 such foreign assistance based on substantive changes 


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1 in rhetoric or action of that country, and on a case2 by-case basis. 

3 (5) The countries of Iran, North Korea, Syria, 

4 Egypt, and Pakistan have engaged in activities that 

5 undermine the security and foreign policy objectives 

6 of the United States or compromise regional and 

7 international stability. 

8 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term 

11 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 

12 such term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 

13 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 

14 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap16 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

18 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

19 of the House of Representatives; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

21 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

22 Senate. 

23 (3) COVERED COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 

24 country’’ means a country with respect to which the 


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1 limitation on foreign assistance under section 101(a) 

2 of this Act is in effect. 

3 (4) EMERGENCY INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AS4 SISTANCE.—The term ‘‘emergency international dis5 aster assistance’’ means short-term assistance in the 

6 immediate aftermath of a disaster that includes— 

7 (A) infrastructure repairs and improve8 ments; 

9 (B) mitigating the effects of the disaster; 

10 (C) assisting internally displaced persons; 

11 (D) harboring refugees; 

12 (E) providing agricultural commodities; 

13 (F) providing medicine; and 

14 (G) providing medical devices. 

15 (5) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT.—The term ‘‘fi16 nancial instrument’’ means any direct cash payment, 

17 cash transfer, or monetary instrument. 

18 (6) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

19 assistance’’ has the meaning given such term in sec20 tion 634(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

21 (22 U.S.C. 2394(b)). 

22 (7) GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘government’’ 

23 means, with respect to a foreign country, any cen24 tralized state, provincial, or municipal government of 

25 the country. 


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1 (8) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—The term 

2 ‘‘humanitarian assistance’’ means— 

3 (A) disaster relief assistance, including any 

4 assistance under chapter 9 of part I of the For5 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et 

6 seq.) (relating to international disaster assist7 ance); and 

8 (B) refugee assistance, including any as9 sistance under the Migration and Refugee Act 

10 of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (relating to 

11 international refugee and migration assistance). 

12 (9) MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY.—The term ‘‘major 

13 non-NATO ally’’ means a country that is designated 

14 as a major non-NATO ally pursuant to section 517 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

16 2321k), as amended by section 201(a)(2) of this 

17 Act. 

18 (10) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de19 vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 

20 section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos21 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 

22 (11) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 

23 meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 

24 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

25 321). 


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1 (12) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the 

2 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

3 (13) PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION.— 

4 The term ‘‘private voluntary organization’’ has the 

5 meaning given such term in section 259(12) of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

7 2214a(12)). 

8 (14) UNITED STATES ALLY.—The term 

9 ‘‘United States ally’’ means— 

10 (A) a NATO member state (other than the 

11 United States); or 

12 (B) a major non-NATO ally. 

13 TITLE I—LIMITATIONS ON 

14 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

15 SEC. 101. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO IRAN, NORTH 

16 KOREA, SYRIA, EGYPT, AND PAKISTAN. 

17 (a) LIMITATION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, no funds made available to any 

20 Federal department or agency may be used to pro21 vide foreign assistance to Iran, North Korea, Syria, 

22 Egypt, and Pakistan. 

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1 cept that the aggregate value of such assistance in 

2 any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000,000. 

3 (b) GENERAL WAIVER.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, the limitation on foreign assistance 

6 in subsection (a) may not be waived with respect to 

7 a country specified in subsection (a) unless the 

8 President submits to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees at least 45 days before the proposed 

10 waiver would take effect a report certifying that 

11 there has been a fundamental change in the policies 

12 of the government of such country, including— 

13 (A) information relating to such govern14 ment’s assurances of— 

15 (i) free and democratic elections with16 out pressure from such government or any 

17 organization affiliated with such govern18 ment; 

19 (ii) freedom of religious belief and 

20 practice; and 

21 (iii) freedom of speech and expression; 

22 (B) information relating to such govern23 ment’s attempts and successes to date with re24 gard to eradicating the trafficking of— 

25 (i) persons; 


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1 (ii) weapons of mass destruction or 

2 components to facilitate the creation of 

3 such weapons; 

4 (iii) illicit narcotics; and 

5 (iv) any financial instrument used to 

6 facilitate the trafficking of any persons de7 scribed in clause (i), weapons or compo8 nents described in clause (ii), or illicit nar9 cotics described in clause (iii), if such traf10 ficking originates, passes through, or is 

11 destined for such country or any entity 

12 under that country’s jurisdiction; 

13 (C) information relating to such govern14 ment’s attempts and successes to date with re15 gard to eradicating— 

16 (i) gross violations of internationally 

17 recognized human rights, including torture; 

18 (ii) cruel, inhuman, or degrading 

19 treatment or punishment; 

20 (iii) prolonged detention without 

21 charges; 

22 (iv) causing the disappearance of a 

23 person by the abduction and clandestine 

24 detention of such person; or 


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1 (v) other flagrant denial of the right 

2 to life, liberty, and the security of a per3 son; 

4 (D) information relating to such govern5 ment’s attempts and successes to date with re6 gard to eradicating child exploitation, abuse, or 

7 forced conscription into military or paramilitary 

8 services; 

9 (E) information relating to such govern10 ment’s attempts and successes to date with re11 gard to eradicating admissions biases based on 

12 gender, religion, disability, or other similar bi13 ases at institutions of learning that are funded 

14 by the government of such country; 

15 (F) information relating to such govern16 ment’s denouncement of the damage or destruc17 tion by mob action of United States property 

18 within such country, provision of appropriate 

19 measures to prevent a recurrence thereof, and 

20 provision of adequate compensation for such 

21 damage or destruction; and 

22 (G) information relating to such govern23 ment’s assurances that it— 


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1 (i) is not currently engaged in violence 

2 against its own citizens, residents, or in3 habitants; 

4 (ii) has publicly and appropriately ex5 pressed the State of Israel’s right to peace6 fully exist; 

7 (iii) is not supporting acts of inter8 national terrorism and has provided assur9 ances it will not support acts of inter10 national terrorism in the future; 

11 (iv) is taking a public, active role in 

12 eradicating any element of international 

13 terrorism within its borders; and 

14 (v) if such country does not possess a 

15 nuclear weapon as of the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, is not engaged in a nu17 clear weapons development program. 

18 (2) DISAPPROVAL OF GENERAL WAIVER.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The limitation on for20 eign assistance in subsection (a) may not be 

21 waived with respect to a country specified in 

22 subsection (a) if Congress, within 45 days after 

23 receipt of a report under paragraph (1), enacts 

24 a joint resolution the matter after the resolving 

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1 posed waiver of the limitation on foreign assist2 ance with respect to llll as contained in 

3 the report submitted to Congress under section 

4 101(b) of the Foreign Assistance Under Limita5 tion and Transparency Act on llll is 

6 hereby prohibited.’’, the first blank to be com7 pleted with the name of the country and the 

8 second blank to be completed with the appro9 priate date. 

10 (B) HOUSE AND SENATE PROCEDURES.— 

11 A joint resolution described in paragraph (1) 

12 and introduced within the appropriate 45-day 

13 period shall be considered in the Senate and the 

14 House of Representatives in accordance with 

15 paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) 

16 of the Department of Defense Appropriations 

17 Act (as contained in Public Law 98–473), ex18 cept that references in such paragraphs to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

20 Representatives and the Senate shall be deemed 

21 to be references to the Committee on Foreign 

22 Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 

24 respectively. 

25 (c) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

2 for a period of 120 days, the limitation on foreign 

3 assistance in subsection (a) with respect to providing 

4 humanitarian assistance to a country specified in 

5 subsection (a) if— 

6 (A) prior to waiving such prohibition, the 

7 President submits to Congress a report that 

8 contains a determination of the President that 

9 the people residing within the country— 

10 (i) have been affected by a natural 

11 disaster, limited to fire, famine, earth12 quake, drought, hurricane, typhoon, tsu13 nami, tropical storm, flood, landslide and 

14 debris flow, widespread disease, or volcano 

15 eruption; or 

16 (ii) face imminent threat from expo17 sure to radioactive or toxic elements due to 

18 the failure of any power source or other 

19 machinery directly involved with radio20 active or toxic material; and 

21 (B) the humanitarian assistance to be pro22 vided will not be provided to or through the 

23 government of the country. 

24 (2) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER RENEWAL.—At the 

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1 graph (1), the President may extend the waiver for 

2 additional 90-day periods if the President submits, 

3 not less than 10 days prior to the start of each 90- 

4 day period, a comprehensive status report to the ap5 propriate congressional committees on— 

6 (A) the extent to which further humani7 tarian assistance is needed; 

8 (B) the manner in which the humanitarian 

9 assistance has been administered; and 

10 (C) the effectiveness of the humanitarian 

11 assistance. 

12 (3) LIMITATION.—The aggregate value of hu13 manitarian assistance provided under this subsection 

14 in any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000,000. 

15 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

17 respect to funds made available to any Federal depart18 ment or agency for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2013. 

19 SEC. 102. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COUN20 TRIES. 

21 (a) LIMITATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

23 provision of law, no funds made available to any 

24 Federal department or agency may be used to pro25 vide foreign assistance to any country unless the 


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1 government of such country provides assurances in 

2 writing to the head of the Federal department or 

3 agency that the government of such country will not 

4 provide assistance (other than assistance described 

5 in paragraph (2)) to a covered country. 

6 (2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation on foreign as7 sistance in paragraph (1) shall not apply to agricul8 tural commodities, medicine, medical devices, or 

9 emergency international disaster assistance. 

10 (3) SUBMISSION OF ASSURANCES.—The head of 

11 such Federal department or agency shall submit to 

12 the appropriate congressional committees a copy of 

13 the assurances described in paragraph (1) as soon as 

14 practicable after the date on which the government 

15 of the country provides the assurances to the head 

16 of such Federal department or agency. 

17 (b) PENALTIES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—A country that provides for19 eign assistance to a covered country in violation of 

20 subsection (a) shall be ineligible to receive further 

21 foreign assistance during the period— 

22 (A) beginning on the date on which the 

23 head of the Federal department or agency de24 termines the violation occurred; and 


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1 (B) ending on the date that is not less 

2 than 5 years but not more than 12 years after 

3 the date described in subparagraph (A). 

4 (2) NOTIFICATION.—The head of such Federal 

5 department or agency shall submit to the appro6 priate congressional committees a notification con7 taining the name of the country that is ineligible to 

8 receive further foreign assistance as determined 

9 under this subsection and the time period of ineligi10 bility for such foreign assistance as determined 

11 under this subsection. 

12 (c) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive, 

14 for a period of 120 days, the limitation on foreign 

15 assistance in subsection (a) with respect to providing 

16 humanitarian assistance to a country specified in 

17 subsection (a) if— 

18 (A) prior to waiving such prohibition, the 

19 President submits to Congress a report that 

20 contains a determination of the President that 

21 the people residing within the country— 

22 (i) have been affected by a natural 

23 disaster, limited to fire, famine, earth24 quake, drought, hurricane, typhoon, tsu25 nami, tropical storm, flood, landslide and 


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1 debris flow, widespread disease, or volcano 

2 eruption; or 

3 (ii) face imminent threat from expo4 sure to radioactive or toxic elements due to 

5 the failure of any power source or other 

6 machinery directly involved with radio7 active or toxic material; and 

8 (B) the humanitarian assistance to be pro9 vided will not be provided to or through the 

10 government of the country. 

11 (2) HUMANITARIAN WAIVER RENEWAL.—At the 

12 end of the 120-day waiver period specified in para13 graph (1), the President may extend the waiver for 

14 additional 90-day periods if the President submits, 

15 not less than 10 days prior to the start of each 90- 

16 day period, a comprehensive status report to the ap17 propriate congressional committees on— 

18 (A) the extent to which further humani19 tarian assistance is needed; 

20 (B) the manner in which the humanitarian 

21 assistance has been administered; and 

22 (C) the effectiveness of the humanitarian 

23 assistance. 


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1 (3) LIMITATION.—The aggregate value of hu2 manitarian assistance provided under this subsection 

3 in any fiscal year may not exceed $50,000,000. 

4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

6 respect to funds made available to any Federal depart7 ment or agency for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2013. 

8 SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE VOL9 UNTARY ORGANIZATIONS. 

10 (a) LIMITATION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, no funds made available to any 

13 Federal department or agency may be used to pro14 vide foreign assistance to any private voluntary orga15 nization unless the private voluntary organization 

16 provides assurances in writing to the head of the 

17 Federal department or agency that the private vol18 untary organization— 

19 (A) will not provide assistance (other than 

20 assistance described in paragraph (2)) to any 

21 covered country; and 

22 (B) will not enter into any contract or sub23 contract to provide assistance (other than as24 sistance described in paragraph (2)) to any cov25 ered country. 


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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation on foreign as2 sistance in paragraph (1) shall not apply to agricul3 tural commodities, medicine, medical devices, or 

4 emergency international disaster assistance. 

5 (3) SUBMISSION OF ASSURANCES.—The head of 

6 such Federal department or agency shall submit to 

7 the appropriate congressional committees a copy of 

8 the assurances described in paragraph (1) as soon as 

9 practicable after the date on which the private vol10 untary organization provides the assurances to the 

11 head of such Federal department or agency. 

12 (b) PENALTIES.—Whoever, acting on behalf of a pri13 vate voluntary organization, shall willfully violate any of 

14 the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction, be 

15 fined not more than $50,000, or, if a natural person, im16 prisoned for not more than 20 years, or both, and the offi17 cer, director, or agent of any private voluntary organiza18 tion who knowingly participates in such violation shall be 

19 punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

22 respect to funds made available to any Federal depart23 ment or agency for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2013 


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1 SEC. 104. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ASSISTANCE TO FOR2 EIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

3 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds it immoral and coun4 terproductive to lend any type of foreign assistance to any 

5 organization that has used violence or threatens violence 

6 against the United States, the State of Israel, or any other 

7 United States ally. 

8 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress— 

9 (1) reaffirms, in accordance with section 2339B 

10 of title 18, United States Code, no funds made avail11 able to any Federal department or agency may be 

12 used to provide foreign assistance to any foreign ter13 rorist organization as described in such section; and 

14 (2) affirms that contracts facilitating foreign 

15 assistance transfers, such as Limited Scope Grant 

16 Agreements and Strategic Objective Grant Agree17 ments, and all other similar documents and con18 tracts used to facilitate the transfer of monies for 

19 foreign assistance, must contain language that spe20 cifically prohibits any monies from being transferred, 

21 directly or indirectly, to any foreign terrorist organi22 zation. 


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1 SEC. 105. REPORT ON UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AVAILABLE 

2 FOR SANCTIONED COUNTRIES AND ORGANI3 ZATIONS UNDER THIS ACT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub6 mit to the specified congressional committees a report de7 tailing and accounting for all unobligated funds available 

8 for assistance for countries and organizations described in 

9 subsection (b) for purposes of providing for the rescission 

10 of such funds. 

11 (b) COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED.— 

12 Countries and organizations referred to in subsection (a) 

13 are— 

14 (1) covered countries under this Act; 

15 (2) countries with respect to which the limita16 tion on foreign assistance under section 102(a) is in 

17 effect; and 

18 (3) private voluntary organizations with respect 

19 to which the limitation on foreign assistance under 

20 section 103(a) is in effect 

21 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘specified 

22 congressional committees’’ means— 

23 (1) the appropriate congressional committees; 

24 and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap3 propriations of the Senate. 

4 SEC. 106. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 

5 LAW. 

6 The provisions of this title may not be waived under 

7 any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.) (other than chapter 9 of part I of 

9 such Act), the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 

10 et seq.), any other Act authorizing foreign assistance, or 

11 any Act making appropriations for the Department of 

12 State, foreign operations, or related programs. 

13 TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND 

14 OTHER PROVISIONS 

15 SEC. 201. TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION OF EGYPT AND 

16 PAKISTAN AS MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES. 

17 (a) EGYPT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act— 

20 (A) the designation of Egypt as a major 

21 non-NATO ally pursuant to subsection (b) of 

22 section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

23 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k) shall be deemed to 

24 have been terminated by the President pursuant 

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1 of the requirement to notify Congress pursuant 

2 to such section; and 

3 (B) the President may not issue a separate 

4 designation of Egypt as a major non-NATO 

5 ally pursuant to section 517(a)(1) of such Act 

6 or any other provision of law. 

7 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

8 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

9 U.S.C. 2321k(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Egypt,’’. 

10 (b) PAKISTAN.—Effective beginning on the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act— 

12 (1) the designation of Pakistan as a major non13 NATO ally pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 

14 517(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

15 U.S.C. 2321k(a)) (Presidential Determination No. 

16 2004–37; 69 Fed. Reg. 38797) shall be deemed to 

17 have been terminated by the President pursuant to 

18 paragraph (2) of such section irrespective of the re19 quirement to notify Congress pursuant to such sec20 tion; and 

21 (2) the President may not issue a separate des22 ignation of Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally pur23 suant to section 517(a)(1) of such Act or any other 

24 provision of law. 

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1 (1) EGYPT.—Subsection (a) shall be effective 

2 for the period beginning on the date of the enact3 ment of this Act and ending on the date on which 

4 the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 

5 congressional committees that the Government of 

6 Egypt has drafted a new constitution, held a na7 tional referendum to approve the new constitution 

8 and scheduled a date for national democratic elec9 tions to elect a new government under the new con10 stitution. 

11 (2) PAKISTAN.—Subsection (b) shall be effec12 tive for the period beginning on the date of the en13 actment of this Act and ending on the date on which 

14 the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees that the Government of 

16 Pakistan has drafted a new constitution, held a na17 tional referendum to approve the new constitution 

18 and scheduled a date for national democratic elec19 tions to elect a new government under the new con20 stitution. 

21 (3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

22 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

24 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

3 Senate. 

4 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion shall be construed to authorize the President to issue 

6 a separate designation of Egypt or Pakistan as a major 

7 non-NATO ally of the United States pursuant to section 

8 517(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

9 period during which subsection (a) or subsection (b), as 

10 the case may be, is in effect. 

11 SEC. 202. ANNUAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REPORT TO CON12 GRESS. 

13 Section 634(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

14 (22 U.S.C. 2394(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para18 graph (14); and 

19 (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol20 lowing new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(12) with respect to each private voluntary or22 ganization (as such term is defined in section 

23 259(12)) that receives United States foreign assist24 ance, a determination and accounting of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) how the organization allocates its 

2 funds, including dollar amounts disbursed for 

3 foreign assistance, dollar amounts expended for 

4 salaries and bonuses for such organization’s 

5 founders, managers, and other employees, and 

6 dollar amounts expended for administrative 

7 purposes of such organization; and 

8 ‘‘(B) whether or not such organization pro9 vides any assistance directly or indirectly to a 

10 covered country (as such term is defined in sec11 tion 3(2) of the Foreign Assistance Under Lim12 itation and Transparency Act), and if any as13 sistance was provided either directly or indi14 rectly to a covered country, a determination and 

15 accounting of the type of such assistance; 

16 ‘‘(13) with respect to each country that receives 

17 United States foreign assistance, whether bilaterally 

18 or otherwise, a determination and accounting of 

19 whether or not the country provides any assistance 

20 directly or indirectly to a covered country (as such 

21 term is defined in section 3(2) of the Foreign Assist22 ance Under Limitation and Transparency Act), and 

23 a determination and accounting of the type of such 

24 assistance; and’’. 

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