with designing and building the first suicide bomb 
belts; 
(4) in 2006, the United States Embassy in Bos-
nia discovered that a recipient of grant assistance 
from the United States Agency for International De-
velopment in Bosnia had been on a terrorism ‘‘watch 
list’’ since May 1997; 
(5) it has been reported that the United States 
Agency for International Development distributed 
aid to a man in Pakistan who was later sentenced 
to four years in prison for making false statements 
regarding his ties to a follower of Osama bin Laden, 
the leader of the terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda; 
(6) it has been reported that the United States 
Agency for International Development distributed 
funds to the Islamic American Relief Agency, a do-
mestic charity which was later identified by the De-
partment of the Treasury as a specially designated 
global terrorist organization that had engaged in 
transactions for the benefit of terrorists affiliated 
with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban; 
(7) measures to prevent the territory, resources, 
and financial services of the United States from 
being used to commit terrorist acts and to protect 
them from such acts should include a system for the 
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vetting of recipients and subrecipients to ensure that 
United States foreign assistance is not distributed to 
persons who are affiliated with or support foreign 
terrorist organizations or who otherwise commit or 
support acts of international terrorism; and 
(8) an inspector general’s audit of USAID West 
Bank/Gaza, monitoring the implementation of Exec-
utive Order 13324 (relating to blocking property and 
prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support acts of international 
terrorism), revealed that improved vetting proce-
dures, and the consistent use of antiterrorism 
clauses and certifications would effectively safeguard 
United States foreign assistance funding distributed 
through the United States Agency for International 
Development from reaching persons who are affili-
ated with or support foreign terrorist organizations 
or who otherwise commit or support acts of inter-
national terrorism. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) combating the financing of acts of inter-
national terrorism is essential to safeguarding the 
interests of the territory of the United States, its 
citizens, and its interests abroad; 
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(2) threats of acts of international terrorism 
committed by foreign terrorists, including the ter-
rorist attacks committed on September 11, 2001, in 
New York and Pennsylvania and against the Pen-
tagon, acts recognized and condemned in United Na-
tions Security Council Resolutions 1269 (October 
19, 1999) and 1368 (September 12, 2001), and the 
continuing and immediate threat of further attacks 
on United States citizens and the United States con-
stitute a threat to United States national security; 
(3) the Secretary of State should certify that 
United States foreign assistance is secured from dis-
bursement to persons who are affiliated with or sup-
port foreign terrorist organizations or who otherwise 
commit or support acts of international terrorism; 
and 
(4) securing United States taxpayer funds from 
disbursement to persons who are affiliated with or 
support foreign terrorist organizations or who other-
wise commit or support acts of international ter-
rorism requires— 
(A) a system for the vetting of persons and 
entities that are receiving or administering 
United States foreign assistance funds to en-
sure that such persons and entities are not af-
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filiated with or do not support foreign terrorist 
organizations or do not otherwise commit or 
support acts of international terrorism; 
(B) certifications by persons and entities 
receiving or administering United States foreign 
assistance funds that such persons and entities 
will not commit or support acts of international 
terrorism; and 
(C) inclusion of antiterrorism clauses in 
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. 
(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to protect the people, property, and terri-
tory of the United States against acts of international ter-
rorism through the implementation of a system to verify 
that persons who receive United States foreign assistance 
funds do not commit or support acts of international ter-
rorism. 
SEC. 3. VETTING SYSTEM FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN 
ASSISTANCE. 
Part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new chapter: 
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‘‘CHAPTER 4—VETTING SYSTEM FOR 
UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
‘‘SEC. 671. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) ACT
OF
INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.— 
The term ‘act of international terrorism’ means an 
act— 
‘‘(A) which is violent or dangerous to 
human life, property, or infrastructure; and 
‘‘(B) which appears to be intended— 
‘‘(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian 
population; 
‘‘(ii) to influence the policy of a gov-
ernment by intimidation or coercion; or 
‘‘(iii) to affect the conduct of a gov-
ernment by mass destruction, assassina-
tion, kidnapping, or hostage-taking. 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ means an 
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organi-
zation by the Secretary of State in accordance with 
section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(4) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means any 
individual, organization, or other private or govern-
ment entity, and includes a partnership, institution, 
association, corporation, or other organization, 
group, or subgroup. 
‘‘(5) PERSON WHO RECEIVES UNITED STATES 
FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS.—The term ‘person 
who receives United States foreign assistance funds’ 
means a person who is a grantee, subgrantee, con-
tractor, subcontractor, awardee or sub-awardee, or 
any other person, including international organiza-
tions, as determined by the Secretary of State, who 
is receiving United States foreign assistance funds. 
‘‘(6) SUPPORT.—The term ‘support’ means, 
with respect to an act of international terrorism, the 
provision of material support or resources, including 
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