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That such third-country training shall be clearly 
identified in the report submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 656 of such Act. 
COUNTERING THE FLOW OF FENTANYL AND OTHER 
SYNTHETIC DRUGS 
SEC. 7036. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $175,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to counter the flow of 
fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs 
into the United States: Provided, That such funds shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such 
purposes. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to support— 
(1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl 
precursors, and other synthetic drugs and their pre-
cursor materials to the United States from and 
through the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mex-
ico, and other countries; 
(2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity 
building efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling 
transnational criminal organizations involved in the 
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production and trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl pre-
cursors, and other synthetic drugs; 
(3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging 
Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Last-
ing Results Act (part 7 of subtitle C of the James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117–263); and 
(4) engagement, including through multilateral 
organizations and frameworks, to catalyze collective 
action to address the public health and security 
threats posed by fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
other synthetic drugs, including through the Global 
Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies 
and not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailing and assessing the 
cooperation of the PRC in countering the flow of 
fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic 
drugs, and describing actions taken by the United 
States in coordination with other countries to engage 
the PRC on taking concrete and measurable steps to 
stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
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other synthetic drugs from the PRC to other coun-
tries: Provided, That such report shall be updated 
and resubmitted quarterly thereafter until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees de-
tailing how assistance for Mexico is strategically 
aligned to address the proliferation of fentanyl, 
fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs from 
Mexico to the United States. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
and 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
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of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
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OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WEST BANK AND 
GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2025, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller 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 Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port 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 edu-
cational 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 gov-
erning board of trustees any individual that has been de-
termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 
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or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter-
rorist 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 edu-
cational 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 com-
mitted 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 deter-
mines has committed an act of terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—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 obli-
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gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on— 
(A) the benchmarks that have been estab-
lished for security assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian com-
pliance with such benchmarks; and 
(B) the steps being taken by the Pales-
tinian Authority to end torture and other cruel, 
inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, 
including by bringing to justice members of 
Palestinian security forces who commit such 
crimes. 
(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 Pro-
gram, 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 $1,400,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
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tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, investigations, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(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 pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2025 
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, in-
cluding 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 
the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 
place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
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tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
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ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with 
the 
principles 
contained 
in 
section 
620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
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vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government. 
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $1,425,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for Egypt, of which— 
(A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be 
made available from funds under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’; and 
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be 
made available from funds under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be transferred to 
an interest bearing account in the Federal Re-
serve Bank of New York. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—In 
addition to amounts made available pursuant to 
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paragraph (1), not less than $75,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Egypt. 
(3) DIRECTIVE.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(A) shall include support for 
higher education programs for scholarships for 
Egyptian students with high financial need to attend 
not-for-profit institutions of higher education in 
Egypt that are currently accredited by a regional ac-
crediting agency recognized by the United States 
Department of Education, or meets standards equiv-
alent to those required for United States institu-
tional accreditation by a regional accrediting agency 
recognized by such Department, democracy pro-
grams, and for development programs in the Sinai. 
(4) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 
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certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 
be made available— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s 
nuclear program; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, 
human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and 
weapons proliferation; and 
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