(B) for a country that would not otherwise 
qualify for certification under subparagraph 
(A), the vital national interests of the United 
States require that the assistance withheld pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1) be provided, that the 
United States not vote against multilateral de-
velopment bank assistance for that country pur-
suant to subsection (a)(2), and that subsection 
(a)(3) not apply to that country. 
(2) INFORMATION
TO
BE
INCLUDED
IN
NA-
TIONAL INTEREST CERTIFICATION.—If the President 
makes a certification with respect to a country pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(B), the President shall in-
clude in such certification—
(A) a full and complete description of the 
vital national interests placed at risk if United 
States bilateral assistance to that country is 
terminated pursuant to this section, multilateral 
development bank assistance is not provided to 
such country, and special measures are imposed 
under subsection (a)(3) with respect to that 
country; and 
(B) a statement weighing the risk de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) against the risks 
posed to the vital national interests of the
United States by the failure of such country to 
cooperate fully with the United States, or to 
take adequate steps on its own, to terminate 
the provision of financial support for domestic 
terrorism or international terrorism, as the case 
may be. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—Subsection (d) shall 
apply if, within 30 calendar days after receipt of a certifi-
cation submitted under subsection (b) at the time of sub-
mission of the report required by section 1, the Congress 
enacts a joint resolution disapproving the determination 
of the President contained in such certification. 
(d) CONSEQUENCES
FOR
COUNTRIES
DECERTI-
FIED.—If the President does not make a certification 
under subsection (b) with respect to a country or the Con-
gress enacts a joint resolution disapproving such certifi-
cation, then until such time as the conditions specified in 
subsection (e) are satisfied—
(1) funds may not be obligated for United 
States assistance for that country, and funds pre-
viously obligated for United States assistance for 
that country may not be expended for the purpose 
of providing assistance for that country; 
(2) the requirement to vote against multilateral 
development bank assistance pursuant to subsection
(a)(2) shall apply with respect to that country, with-
out regard to the date specified in that subsection; 
and 
(3) subsection (a)(3) shall apply with respect to 
that country. 
(e) RECERTIFICATION.—Subsection (d) shall apply to 
a country described in that subsection until—
(1) the President, at the time of submission of 
the report required by section 1, makes a certifi-
cation under subsection (b)(1)(A) or (b)(1)(B) with 
respect to that country, and the Congress does not 
enact a joint resolution under subsection (d) dis-
approving the determination of the President con-
tained in that certification; or 
(2) the President, at any other time, makes the 
certification described in subsection (b)(1)(B) with 
respect to that country, except that this paragraph 
applies only if either—
(A) the President also certifies that—
(i) that country has undergone a fun-
damental change in government; or 
(ii) there has been a fundamental 
change in the conditions that were the rea-
son—
(I) why the President had not 
made a certification with respect to 
that 
country 
under 
subsection 
(b)(1)(A); or 
(II) if the President had made 
such a certification and the Congress 
enacted 
a 
joint 
resolution 
dis-
approving the determination contained 
in the certification, why the Congress 
enacted that joint resolution; or 
(B) the Congress enacts a joint resolution 
approving the determination contained in the 
certification under subsection (b)(1)(B). 
Any certification under subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
(2) shall discuss the justification for the certification. 
(f) SENATE
PROCEDURES.—Any joint resolution 
under this section shall be considered in the Senate in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the Inter-
national Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act 
of 1976. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘financial 
support’’ includes funds, currency or monetary in-
struments or financial securities, and financial 
sources. 
(2) TERRORISM.—The terms ‘‘domestic ter-
rorism’’ and ‘‘international terrorism’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2331 of title 
18, United States Code.
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