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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 696 

To prohibit United States military assistance for Egypt and to express the 

sense of Congress that the amount of military assistance that would 

have been provided for Egypt for a fiscal year should be provided in 

the form of economic support fund assistance. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2009 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit United States military assistance for Egypt and 

to express the sense of Congress that the amount of 

military assistance that would have been provided for 

Egypt for a fiscal year should be provided in the form 

of economic support fund assistance. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Egyptian Counterter5 rorism and Political Reform Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY AS2 SISTANCE FOR EGYPT. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, for fiscal year 2010 and subsequent fiscal 

5 years, United States military assistance may not be pro6 vided for Egypt. 

7 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica8 tion of subsection (a) for a fiscal year if the President 

9 determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the na10 tional security interests of the United States to do so. 

11 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

12 It is the sense of Congress that— 

13 (1) the amount of United States military assist14 ance that would have been provided for Egypt for a 

15 fiscal year but for the application of section 2(a) 

16 should be provided for Egypt for such fiscal year in 

17 the form of economic support fund assistance under 

18 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961 and further that such assistance should be 

20 in addition to economic support fund assistance al21 ready proposed to be provided for Egypt for such 

22 fiscal year; 

23 (2) funds for economic support fund assistance 

24 for Egypt should not be used by the Armed Forces 

25 of Egypt; 


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1 (3) 30 days prior to the initial obligation of 

2 funds for economic support fund assistance for 

3 Egypt for a fiscal year, the President should certify 

4 to Congress that procedures have been established to 

5 ensure that the Comptroller General will have access 

6 to appropriate United States financial information in 

7 order to review the uses of such funds; and 

8 (4) the agreement among the United States, 

9 Egypt, and Israel to decrease the overall amount of 

10 United States foreign assistance for both countries 

11 should continue. 

12 SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 

13 In this Act, the term ‘‘United States military assist14 ance’’ means— 

15 (1) assistance for nonproliferation, anti-ter16 rorism, demining and related programs and activi17 ties, including assistance under chapter 8 of part II 

18 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to 

19 anti-terrorism assistance) and assistance under 

20 chapter 9 of part II of such Act, section 504 of the 

21 FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms 

22 Export Control Act, or the Foreign Assistance Act 

23 of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 

24 unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, 

25 and related activities; 


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1 (2) assistance under section 541 of the Foreign 

2 Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international 

3 military education and training); and 

4 (3) assistance under section 23 of the Arms Ex5 port Control Act (relating to the ‘‘Foreign Military 

6 Financing’’ program). 

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