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(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the waiver 
authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must certify 
and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obliga-
tion of funds that the Palestinian Authority has established a 
single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and 
all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority 
treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil service 
roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority is acting to 
counter incitement of violence against Israelis and is supporting 
activities aimed at promoting 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 agreement with 
Hamas and over which Hamas exercises undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), assist-
ance may be provided to a power-sharing government only 
if the President certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such government, including all of its min-
isters 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 Appropriations within 120 days of the cer-
tification and every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equivalent 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: Provided, That the report shall also detail the 
amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certification 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 assistance for the Palestine 
Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are available for assistance for Egypt may be 
made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
restricting assistance 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
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Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations 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. 
(2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $125,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Egypt, of which not less than $40,000,000 should be made 
available for higher education programs, including not less 
than $15,000,000 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 
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 
accrediting agency recognized by such Department: Provided, 
That such funds shall be made available for democracy pro-
grams, and for development programs in the Sinai. 
(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
(A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, should be made available for assistance for Egypt: 
Provided, That such funds may be transferred to an interest 
bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 
following consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, and the uses of any interest earned on such funds 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
$225,000,000 of such funds shall be withheld from obliga-
tion until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
of Egypt is taking sustained and effective steps to— 
(i) strengthen the rule of law, democratic institu-
tions, and human rights in Egypt, including to protect 
religious minorities and the rights of women, which 
are in addition to steps taken during the previous 
calendar year for such purposes; 
(ii) implement reforms that protect freedoms of 
expression, 
association, 
and 
peaceful 
assembly, 
including the ability of civil society organizations, 
human rights defenders, and the media to function 
without interference; 
(iii) hold Egyptian security forces accountable, 
including officers credibly alleged to have violated 
human rights; 
(iv) investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial 
killings and forced disappearances; 
(v) provide regular access for United States offi-
cials to monitor such assistance in areas where the 
assistance is used; and 
(vi) comply with the requirement under this section 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).
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(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
certification requirement in subparagraph (A) if the Sec-
retary determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such funds are necessary for counterter-
rorism, border security, or nonproliferation programs or 
that it is otherwise important to the national security 
interest of the United States to do so, and submits a 
report to such Committees containing a detailed justifica-
tion for the use of such waiver and the reasons why any 
of the requirements of subparagraph (A) cannot be met: 
Provided, That the report required by this paragraph shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied 
by a classified annex. 
(C) In addition to the funds withheld pursuant to 
subparagraph (A), $95,000,000 of the funds made available 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be withheld from obliga-
tion until the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
of Egypt is making clear and consistent progress in 
releasing political prisoners, providing detainees with due 
process of law, and preventing the intimidation and harass-
ment of American citizens. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’ shall be made available for the programs and activi-
ties described under this section in House Report 117–401. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations the semi- 
annual report required by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by 
section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement 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 the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on— 
(i) the status of United States bilateral sanctions 
on Iran; 
(ii) the reimposition and renewed enforcement of 
secondary sanctions; and 
(iii) the impact such sanctions have had on Iran’s 
destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East. 
(c) IRAQ.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq 
for— 
(A) bilateral economic assistance and international 
security assistance, including in the Kurdistan Region of 
Iraq; 
(B) stabilization assistance, including in Anbar Prov-
ince; 
(C) programs to support government transparency and 
accountability, support judicial independence, protect the
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right of due process, end the use of torture, and combat 
corruption; 
(D) 
humanitarian 
assistance, 
including 
in 
the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(E) programs to protect and assist religious and ethnic 
minority populations; and 
(F) programs to increase United States private sector 
investment. 
(2) BASING RIGHTS.—None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the 
Government of the United States to enter into a permanent 
basing rights agreement between the United States and Iraq. 
(d) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
$3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel which 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that 
funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel 
under this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and 
Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not 
less than $775,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 
Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research 
and development. 
(e) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Jordan, of which not less than $845,100,000 
shall be made available for budget support for the Government 
of Jordan and not less than $425,000,000 shall be made available 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(f) LEBANON.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Leb-
anon: Provided, That such funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available not-
withstanding section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 
2346 note). 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are made 
available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
for programs and equipment for the Lebanese Internal 
Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces 
(LAF) to address security and stability requirements in 
areas affected by conflict in Syria, following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are made avail-
able for assistance for Lebanon may only be made available 
for programs to— 
(i) professionalize the LAF to mitigate internal 
and external threats from non-state actors, including 
Hizballah; 
(ii) strengthen border security and combat ter-
rorism, including training and equipping the LAF to 
secure the borders of Lebanon and address security