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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 $1,500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
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 
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West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2024 
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. 
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 
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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-
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 
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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-
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. 
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(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-
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.— 
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for Egypt— 
(A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be made 
available from funds under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, of which not less than $40,000,000 
should be made available for higher education pro-
grams, including not less than $15,000,000 for 
scholarships for Egyptian students with high finan-
cial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of high-
er education in Egypt that are currently accredited 
by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the 
United States Department of Education, or meets 
standards equivalent to those required for United 
States institutional accreditation by a regional ac-
crediting agency recognized by such Department: 
Provided, That such funds shall be made available 
for democracy programs, and for development pro-
grams in the Sinai. 
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 
available from funds under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to an interest bearing ac-
count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 
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(2) ADDITIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—In addi-
tion to funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), 
not less than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall 
be made available for assistance for Egypt. 
(3) 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 
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 by the Secretary of State— 
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(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 
(D) for democracy programs in support of 
the aspirations of the Iranian people. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the semi-annual report re-
quired by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 
added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agree-
ment Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 
(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
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the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on— 
(i) the status of United States bilat-
eral sanctions on Iran; 
(ii) the reimposition and renewed en-
forcement of secondary sanctions; and 
(iii) the impact such sanctions have 
had 
on 
Iran’s 
destabilizing 
activities 
throughout the Middle East. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be— 
(A) used to implement or enforce a future 
agreement with the Government of Iran relating 
to the nuclear program of Iran, or a renewal of 
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action adopt-
ed on October 18, 2015, until such agreement 
is transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 
135 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act 
of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 2160e) and such agreement 
is subject to the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate as a treaty and has received the concur-
rence of two-thirds of Senators concurring; 
(B) made available to any foreign entity or 
person that is subject to United Nations or 
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United States bilateral sanctions with respect to 
the Government of Iran or an entity organized 
under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to 
the jurisdiction of such government; or 
(C) used to revoke the designation of the 
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a For-
eign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189). 
(c) IRAQ.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
for assistance for Iraq for— 
(A) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
national security assistance, including in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(B) stabilization assistance; 
(C) programs to support government 
transparency and accountability, judicial inde-
pendence, protect the right of due process, and 
combat corruption; 
(D) humanitarian assistance, including in 
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(E) programs to protect and assist reli-
gious and ethnic minority populations; and 
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