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(1) A detailed political-strategic analysis of po-
tential dangers such sales and financing might pose 
to the integrity of the NATO alliance. 
(2) A list of any abuses or incidents involving 
such sales and financing to countries potentially hos-
tile to the NATO alliance. 
(3) An analysis of the potential for such sales 
and financing made during the past five years to the 
Russian Federation to adversely affect the long-term 
solidarity of the NATO alliance. 
(b) NATO COOPERATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall seek the cooperation and input of NATO’s Economic 
Secretariat in preparing the report required under sub-
section (a). 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form (including as much 
detail as possible), but may contain a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representative and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
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(2) the congressional defense committees (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States 
Code). 
SEC. 1041A. REPORT ON TASK FORCE FOR BUSINESS AND 
STABILITY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of Defense, and in coordination with 
the Administrator for the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that contains a detailed plan 
to provide for the transition of the activities of the Task 
Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan 
from the Department of Defense to the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representative and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the congressional defense committees (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States 
Code). 
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TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 1101. ELIMINATION OF EAST-WEST CENTER. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of State may not 
use any amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
to fund, make a grant to, provide assistance to, or otherwise 
support the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 
Between East and West (commonly referred to as the ‘‘East- 
West Center’’). 
(b) REPEAL.—The Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960 (chapter 
VII of the Mutual Security Act of 1960; Public Law 86– 
472) is repealed. 
SEC. 1102. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE GLOBAL FUND. 
Section 202(d)(5) of the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 
(22 U.S.C. 7622(d)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(ii) all reports of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Global Fund, without editing, re-
striction, or limitation, and in a manner 
that is consistent with the Policy for Disclo-
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sure of Reports of the Inspector General, ap-
proved at the 16th Meeting of the Board of 
the Global Fund, including a certification 
that no changes have been made to the Pol-
icy that would restrict the Inspector Gen-
eral’s ability to disclose the results of his or 
her work and the discretion and authority 
of the Inspector General in executing the 
functions of the Office has not been limited, 
reduced, or minimized;’’; and 
(B) in clause (iv), strike ‘‘to the Board’’ 
and insert ‘‘to the Board, including Office of the 
Inspector General Progress Reports’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(D) is maintaining a fully independent, 
well-staffed, and sufficiently resourced Office of 
the Inspector General that— 
‘‘(i) reports directly to the Chair of the 
Board of the Global Fund; 
‘‘(ii) compiles regular, publicly pub-
lished audits and investigations of finan-
cial, programmatic, and reporting aspects 
of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, 
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sub-recipients, contractors, suppliers, and 
LFAs; 
‘‘(iii) documents incidents of harass-
ment, undue pressure, and interference in 
its work and evidence of reprisal or retalia-
tion, so that appropriate corrective action 
may be taken; and 
‘‘(iv) maintains a robust mandate to 
conduct in-depth investigations and pro-
grammatic audits, free from undue restric-
tion, interference, harassment, and efforts to 
undermine its authority;’’. 
SEC. 1103. ANTIBOYCOTT PROVISIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Antiboycott Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of United States firms that have 
commercial ties with Israel, are an impediment to in-
vestment, trade, economic development, and peace in 
the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) it is in the common interest of the people of 
Israel and the Arab states that the Arab League boy-
cott be terminated, that the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel be closed, and that Arab League 
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states normalize relations with their neighbor Israel; 
and 
(3) the President, the Secretary of State, and the 
Secretary of Commerce should continue to vigorously 
oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and use the 
authorities enacted into law by Congress to take con-
crete steps to seek an end to the Arab League boycott. 
(c) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts 
fostered or imposed by foreign countries against other 
countries friendly to the United States or against any 
United States person; 
(2) encourage and, in specified cases, require 
United States persons engaged in the export of goods 
or technology or other information to refuse to take 
actions, including furnishing information or entering 
into or implementing agreements, which have the ef-
fect of furthering or supporting the restrictive trade 
practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any for-
eign country against a country friendly to the United 
States or against any United States person; and 
(3) foster international cooperation and the de-
velopment of international rules and institutions to 
assure reasonable access to world supplies. 
(d) PROHIBITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.— 
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(1) PROHIBITIONS.—In order to carry out the 
purposes set forth in subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Commerce (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall issue regulations prohibiting any 
United States person, with respect to that person’s ac-
tivities in the interstate or foreign commerce of the 
United States, from taking or knowingly agreeing to 
take any of the following actions with intent to com-
ply with, further, or support any boycott fostered or 
imposed by a foreign country against a country that 
is friendly to the United States and is not itself the 
object of any form of boycott pursuant to United 
States law or regulation: 
(A) Refusing, or requiring any other person 
to refuse, to do business with or in the boycotted 
country, with any business concern organized 
under the laws of the boycotted country, with 
any national or resident of the boycotted coun-
try, or with any other person, pursuant to an 
agreement with, or requirement of, or a request 
from or on behalf of the boycotting country. The 
mere absence of a business relationship with or 
in the boycotted country with any business con-
cern organized under the laws of the boycotted 
country, with any national or resident of the 
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boycotted country, or with any other person, 
shall not indicate the existence of the intent re-
quired to establish a violation of regulations 
issued to carry out this subparagraph. 
(B) Refusing, or requiring any other person 
to refuse, to employ or otherwise discriminate 
against any United States person on the basis of 
the race, religion, sex, or national origin of that 
person or of any owner, officer, director, or em-
ployee of such person. 
(C) Furnishing information with respect to 
the race, religion, sex, or national origin of any 
United States person or of any owner, officer, di-
rector, or employee of such person. 
(D) Furnishing information about whether 
any person has, has had, or proposes to have any 
business relationship (including a relationship 
by way of sale, purchase, legal or commercial 
representation, shipping or other transport, in-
surance, investment, or supply) with or in the 
boycotted country, with any business concern or-
ganized under the laws of the boycotted country, 
with any national or resident of the boycotted 
country, or with any other person which is 
known or believed to be restricted from having 
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any business relationship with or in the boy-
cotting country. Nothing in this subparagraph 
shall prohibit the furnishing of normal business 
information in a commercial context as defined 
by the Secretary. 
(E) Furnishing information about whether 
any person is a member of, has made a contribu-
tion to, or is otherwise associated with or in-
volved in the activities of any charitable or fra-
ternal organization that supports the boycotted 
country. 
(F) Paying, honoring, confirming, or other-
wise implementing a letter of credit that con-
tains any condition or requirement the compli-
ance with which is prohibited by regulations 
issued pursuant to this paragraph, and no 
United States person shall, as a result of the ap-
plication of this paragraph, be obligated to pay 
or otherwise honor or implement such letter of 
credit. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Regulations issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1) may provide exceptions for— 
(A) compliance, or agreement to comply, 
with requirements— 
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(i) prohibiting the import of items 
from the boycotted country or items pro-
duced or provided, by any business concern 
organized under the laws of the boycotted 
country or by nationals or residents of the 
boycotted country; or 
(ii) prohibiting the shipment of items 
to the boycotting country on a carrier of the 
boycotted country or by a route other than 
that prescribed by the boycotting country or 
the recipient of the shipment; 
(B) compliance, or agreement to comply, 
with import and shipping document require-
ments with respect to the country of origin, the 
name of the carrier and route of shipment, the 
name of the supplier of the shipment, or the 
name of the provider of other services, except 
that, for purposes of applying any exception 
under this subparagraph, no information know-
ingly furnished or conveyed in response to such 
requirements may be stated in negative, black-
listing, or similar exclusionary terms, other than 
with respect to carriers or route of shipment as 
may be permitted by such regulations in order to 
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comply with precautionary requirements pro-
tecting against war risks and confiscation; 
(C) compliance, or agreement to comply, in 
the normal course of business with the unilateral 
and specific selection by a boycotting country, or 
a national or resident thereof, of carriers, insur-
ers, suppliers of services to be performed within 
the boycotting country, or specific items which, 
in the normal course of business, are identifiable 
by source when imported into the boycotting 
country; 
(D) compliance, or agreement to comply, 
with export requirements of the boycotting coun-
try relating to shipment or transshipment of ex-
ports to the boycotted country, to any business 
concern of or organized under the laws of the 
boycotted country, or to any national or resident 
of the boycotted country; 
(E) compliance by an individual, or agree-
ment by an individual to comply, with the im-
migration or passport requirements of any coun-
try with respect to such individual or any mem-
ber of such individual’s family or with requests 
for information regarding requirements of em-
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ployment of such individual within the boy-
cotting country; and 
(F) compliance by a United States person 
resident in a foreign country, or agreement by 
such a person to comply, with the laws of the 
country with respect to the person’s activities ex-
clusively therein, and such regulations may con-
tain exceptions for such resident complying with 
the laws or regulations of the foreign country 
governing 
imports 
into 
such 
country 
of 
trademarked, trade-named, or similarly specifi-
cally identifiable products, or components of 
products for such person’s own use, including the 
performance of contractual services within that 
country. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
EXCEPTIONS.—Regulations 
issued pursuant to paragraphs (2)(C) and (2)(F) 
shall not provide exceptions from paragraphs (1)(B) 
and (1)(C). 
(4) ANTITRUST AND CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS NOT AF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this subsection may be con-
strued to supersede or limit the operation of the anti-
trust or civil rights laws of the United States. 
(5) EVASION.—This section applies to any trans-
action or activity undertaken by or through a United 
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