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ernment of the United States to enter into a perma-
nent basing rights agreement between the United 
States and Iraq. 
(d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
$1,000,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
Jordan. 
(e) LEBANON.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Se-
curity Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed Forces 
(LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a for-
eign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant 
to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ that are available for assistance for Lebanon 
may be made available for programs and equipment 
for the ISF and LAF to address security and sta-
bility requirements in areas affected by the conflict 
in Syria, following consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
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(3) In addition to the activities described in 
paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 
border security and combat terrorism, including 
training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 
borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 
use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 
and to implement United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 
obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec-
retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a detailed spend plan, including actions to 
be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF 
is only used for the intended purposes, except such 
plan may not be considered as meeting the notifica-
tion requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 
under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2016: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in-
clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili-
tary equipment. 
(f) LIBYA.— 
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(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the Government of Libya 
(GOL) if the GOL is controlled by a foreign ter-
rorist organization, as designated pursuant to sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the GOL 
unless the Secretary of State reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that such government is co-
operating with United States Government efforts to 
investigate and bring to justice those responsible for 
the attack on United States personnel and facilities 
in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: Provided, 
That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply 
to funds made available for the purpose of pro-
tecting United States Government personnel or fa-
cilities. 
(3)(A) Any notification required for assistance 
for Libya for funds appropriated under title IV of 
this Act shall include a detailed justification for such 
assistance, and a description of the vetting proce-
dures used for any individual or unit receiving such 
assistance. 
(B) Any notification required for assistance for 
Libya for funds appropriated under title III of this 
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Act shall include a detailed description of how reg-
ular oversight will be provided by the Department of 
State or the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under title III that are available for assistance for Morocco 
shall also be made available for any region or territory 
administered by Morocco, including the Western Sahara: 
Provided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the requirements de-
scribed under this section in the report accompanying this 
Act. 
(h) SYRIA.— 
(1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be made available notwithstanding 
any other provision of law for non-lethal assistance 
for programs to address the needs of civilians af-
fected by conflict in Syria, and for programs that 
seek to— 
(A) establish governance in Syria that is 
representative, inclusive, and accountable; 
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(B) expand the role of women in negotia-
tions to end the violence and in any political 
transition in Syria; 
(C) develop and implement political proc-
esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad-
here to the rule of law; 
(D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian 
opposition through cross-border programs; 
(E) develop civil society and an inde-
pendent media in Syria; 
(F) promote economic development in 
Syria; 
(G) document, investigate, and prosecute 
human rights violations in Syria, including 
through transitional justice programs and sup-
port for nongovernmental organizations; 
(H) counter extremist ideologies; and 
(I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 
has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 
complete higher education requirements at re-
gional academic institutions. 
(2) Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act and made available for assistance 
for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all prac-
ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 
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for monitoring, oversight, and control of such assist-
ance inside Syria: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
promptly inform the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of any instance in which assistance provided 
pursuant to the authority of this subsection has been 
compromised, to include the type and amount of as-
sistance affected, a description of the incident and 
parties involved, and an explanation of the Depart-
ment of State’s response. 
(3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to 
the authority of this subsection may only be made 
available after the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of relevant United States Govern-
ment agencies, submits, in classified form if nec-
essary, an update to the comprehensive strategy re-
quired in section 7041(i)(3) of Public Law 113–76. 
(4) Funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section may only be made available following con-
sultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
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under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 
is to— 
(A) advance Middle East peace; 
(B) improve security in the region; 
(C) continue support for transparent and 
accountable government institutions; 
(D) promote a private sector economy; or 
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 
Act may be made available for assistance for 
the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 
enactment of this Act— 
(i) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an 
agreement negotiated between Israel and 
the Palestinians; or 
(ii) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court judicially author-
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ized investigation, or actively support such 
an investigation, that subjects Israeli na-
tionals to an investigation for alleged 
crimes against Palestinians. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if 
the President determines and certifies in writ-
ing to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, 
and the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Palestinians have not, after the date of 
enactment of this Act, obtained in the United 
Nations or any specialized agency thereof the 
same standing as member states or full mem-
bership as a state outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians, and 
the Palestinians have not, after the date of en-
actment of this Act, initiated or actively sup-
ported an International Criminal Court inves-
tigation against Israeli nationals for alleged 
crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the 
President is unable to make the certifi-
cation pursuant to clause (i), the President 
may waive section 1003 of Public Law 
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100–204 if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, the President 
pro tempore of the Senate, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Pal-
estinians have entered into direct and 
meaningful negotiations with Israel: Pro-
vided, That any waiver of the provisions of 
section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 under 
clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 
previous provisions of law must expire be-
fore the waiver under the preceding sen-
tence may be exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this sub-
paragraph 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. 
(3) FUNDING REDUCTION.—If the requirements 
for the obligation of assistance in subsection 7040(f) 
of this Act are met, the Secretary of State shall re-
duce the amount of assistance made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
for the Palestinian Authority by an amount the Sec-
retary determines is equivalent to that expended by 
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the Palestinian Authority in payments to individuals 
and the families of such individuals that are impris-
oned for acts of terrorism or who died committing 
such acts during the previous calendar year: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the amount reduced 
for fiscal year 2016 prior to the obligation of funds 
for the Palestinian Authority: Provided further, That 
the report in the previous proviso shall also include 
steps taken to prevent any such payments. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.— 
Funds made available by this Act for assistance for the 
Central African Republic shall be made available for rec-
onciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activi-
ties to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and 
local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against 
humanity. 
(b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act, not less than $69,821,000 
should be made available for the Trans-Sahara Counter- 
terrorism Partnership program, and not less than 
$24,150,000 should be made available for the Partnership 
for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program. 
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(c) LORD’S
RESISTANCE
ARMY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available for programs 
and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 
Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Re-
sistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recov-
ery Act (Public Law 111–172), including to improve phys-
ical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early- 
warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, de-
mobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat-
ants, especially child soldiers. 
(d) NATURAL RESOURCE TRANSPARENCY.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance 
for Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, 
Ghana, and the countries participating in the Congo Basin 
Forest Partnership should be made available to promote 
and support transparency and accountability in relation 
to the extraction of timber, oil and gas, cacao, and other 
natural resources, including by strengthening implementa-
tion and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative and the Kimberley Process Certification 
Scheme. 
(e) NIGERIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for Nigeria— 
(1) shall be made available for assistance for women 
and girls who are targeted by the terrorist organization 
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