I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2544 
To limit United States economic assistance and to oppose World Bank and 
International Monetary Fund assistance to the Government of Egypt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2013 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. LONG, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. ROD-
NEY DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. DESANTIS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit United States economic assistance and to oppose 
World Bank and International Monetary Fund assistance 
to the Government of Egypt. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conditioning Economic 
Assistance and Support to Egypt Act’’ or ‘‘CEASE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES ECONOMIC ASSIST-
ANCE AND OPPOSITION TO WORLD BANK 
AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AS-
SISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT. 
(a) UNITED STATES ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—No 
loan, credit guarantee, insurance, financing, or other as-
sistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.; relating to economic assist-
ance) or under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635 et seq.) may be provided to the Government 
of Egypt unless the President certifies to Congress that 
the Government of Egypt has met the conditions described 
in subsection (c). 
(b) WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive 
Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any assistance to the Government of 
Egypt unless the President certifies to Congress that the 
Government of Egypt has met the conditions described in 
subsection (c). 
(c) INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY
FUND
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at the International 
Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any loan agreement for the Government 
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of Egypt unless the President certifies to Congress that 
the Government of Egypt has met the conditions described 
in subsection (c). 
(d) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The conditions re-
ferred to in subsections (a), (b), and (c) are the following: 
(1) The Government of Egypt has adopted and 
implemented legal reforms to protect the political, 
economic, and religious freedoms and human rights 
of the citizens and residents of Egypt. 
(2) The Government of Egypt is not acting to 
restrict the political, economic, or religious freedoms 
and human rights of the citizens and residents of 
Egypt. 
(3) The Government of Egypt is continuing to 
demonstrate a commitment to free and fair elections 
and is not taking any steps to interfere with or un-
dermine the credibility of such elections. 
(4) The Government of Egypt is abiding by and 
implementing all measures of the agreements set out 
in the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, including es-
tablishing full diplomatic relations through the ex-
change of ambassadors. 
(5) The Government of Egypt is taking all nec-
essary action to eliminate smuggling networks and 
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