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true in the past, officers and employees of the United 
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 
contacts, and have incidental discussions. 
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. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2011, 
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-
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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 
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) 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 avail-
able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon-
oring individuals who commit, or have committed 
acts of terrorism. 
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this or prior ap-
propriations act, including funds made available by 
transfer, may be made available for obligation for se-
curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 
established for security assistance for the West 
Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales-
tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) 
shall ensure that Federal or non-Federal audits of 
all contractors and grantees, and significant sub-
contractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank 
and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an an-
nual basis to ensure, among other things, compliance 
with this section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 
$500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 
General of USAID for audits, inspections, and other 
activities in furtherance of the requirements of this 
subsection: Provided, That such funds are in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes. 
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(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, 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 2011 
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) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 
and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations updating the report con-
tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 
Law 109–13. 
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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 interests 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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