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of the United States Government may continue to meet in Jeru-
salem 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 otherwise 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 2009, 30 days prior 
to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and 
Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that procedures have been established to 
assure the Comptroller 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 Program 
funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 
Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assist-
ance 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 educational 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 edu-
cational institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the 
entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees any indi-
vidual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating 
terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated 
foreign terrorist organization. The Secretary of State shall, as appro-
priate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in 
carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any 
individual, entity, or educational institution which she has deter-
mined 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 available for the purpose of recognizing 
or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
mitted acts of terrorism. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
the funds made available by this or prior appropriations act, 
including funds made available by transfer, may be made avail-
able for obligation for security assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been estab-
lished for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 
and reports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such 
benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS.—
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(1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall ensure that Federal or non- 
Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant 
subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and 
Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual 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 the Inspector General of the 
United States Agency for International Development for audits, 
inspections, and other activities in furtherance of the require-
ments of this subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses 
of all funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, 
including all funds provided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal 
year 2009 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The 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, including both obligations 
and expenditures. 
(f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 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 contained in section 2106 of 
chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109-13. 
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 provisions 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 President 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 pursuant to sub-
section (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations detailing 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. The report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons 
and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.