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if at least 15 days prior to the obligation of such funds, 
the Secretary of State provides to the Committees on Appro-
priations a list of those individuals who have been credibly 
alleged to have ordered or carried out extrajudicial and po-
litical killings that occurred during the March 1997 grenade 
attack against the Khmer Nation Party. 
(e) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide assistance to 
any tribunal established by the Government of Cambodia. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 5055. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided to sup-
port a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that—
(1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 
entity has been democratically elected through credible 
and competitive elections; 
(2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales-
tinian state—
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 
peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures;
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(C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu-
rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 
Israeli and other appropriate security organiza-
tions; and 
(3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
body 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 acknowledgement 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 secure 
and recognized boundaries free from threats or 
acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and
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(E) a framework for achieving a just settle-
ment of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the newly elected governing entity should enact a con-
stitution assuring the rule of law, an independent judici-
ary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 
should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans-
parent and accountable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines that it is important to the national security 
interests 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 a 
newly elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 
requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi-
sions of section 5050 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 
to the Palestinian Authority’’). 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 5056. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION 
REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made avail-
able as follows:
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(1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated prior to a determination and certification by 
the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated only after the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that: 
(A) The Commander General of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces is suspending from the 
Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 
who, according to the Minister of Defense or the 
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have been 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations. 
(B) The Colombian Government is vigor-
ously investigating and prosecuting those mem-
bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever 
rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 
committed gross violations of human rights, in-
cluding extra-judicial killings, or to have aided 
or abetted paramilitary organizations, and is 
promptly punishing those members of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces found to have committed such
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violations of human rights or to have aided or 
abetted paramilitary organizations. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in cooperating with 
civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 
such cases (including providing requested infor-
mation, such as the identity of persons sus-
pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 
and cause of the suspension, and access to wit-
nesses, relevant military documents, and other 
requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in severing links (in-
cluding denying access to military intelligence, 
vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 
ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera-
tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 
levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe-
cially in regions where these organizations have 
a significant presence. 
(E) The Colombian Government is disman-
tling paramilitary leadership and financial net-
works by arresting commanders and financial 
backers, especially in regions where these net-
works have a significant presence.