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(4) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ shall be made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor for programs to promote human 
rights by expanding open and uncensored access to information 
and communication as identified in the Department of State’s 
Internet freedom strategy: Provided, That funds made available 
by this paragraph should be matched by sources other than 
the United States Government, as appropriate: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of State shall coordinate the develop-
ment and uses of circumvention and secure communications 
technologies with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development and the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
the circumvention technologies and programs supported by 
funds made available by this Act, shall undergo a review, 
to include an assessment of the protection against such tech-
nologies being used for illicit purposes. 
(5) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
to promote democracy and human rights shall also be made 
available to support freedom of religion, especially in the Middle 
East and North Africa. 
(i) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated in this Act or any 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be used by the Sec-
retary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID), as appropriate, to support 
the development and implementation of a Partner Vetting System 
(PVS) pilot program: Provided, That such pilot program shall be 
implemented not later than September 30, 2012: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
jointly submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 30 days after completion of the pilot program on the 
estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the PVS for expan-
sion. 
(j) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DIPLOMATIC 
MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of 
State shall implement section 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–457): Provided, That in determining whether to suspend 
the issuance of A–3 or G–5 visas to applicants seeking to work 
for officials of a diplomatic mission or international organization, 
the Secretary shall consider whether a final court judgment has 
been issued against a current or former employee of such mission 
or organization (and the time period for a final appeal has expired) 
or whether the Department of State has requested that immunity 
of individual diplomats or family members be waived to permit 
criminal prosecution: Provided further, That the Secretary should 
continue to assist in obtaining payment of final court judgments 
awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa holders, including encouraging the 
sending states to provide compensation directly to victims: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall include, in a manner the Secretary 
deems appropriate, all trafficking cases involving A–3 or G–5 visa 
holders in the Trafficking in Persons annual report for which a 
final civil judgment has been issued (and the time period for final 
appeal has expired) or the Department of Justice has determined 
that the United States Government would seek to indict the dip-
lomat or a family member but for diplomatic immunity.
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(k) MODIFICATION OF AMENDMENT.—Section 620J of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (Limitation on Assistance to Security Forces) 
is amended as follows: 
(1) by redesignating the section as section 620M; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘evidence’’ and inserting 
‘‘information’’ and by striking ‘‘gross violations’’ and inserting 
‘‘a gross violation’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘measures’’ and inserting 
‘‘steps’’; and 
(4) by adding the following subsection: 
‘‘(d) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall establish, 
and periodically update, procedures to— 
‘‘(1) ensure that for each country the Department of State 
has a current list of all security force units receiving United 
States training, equipment, or other types of assistance; 
‘‘(2) facilitate receipt by the Department of State and 
United States embassies of information from individuals and 
organizations outside the United States Government about 
gross violations of human rights by security force units; 
‘‘(3) routinely request and obtain such information from 
the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, 
and other United States Government sources; 
‘‘(4) ensure that such information is evaluated and pre-
served; 
‘‘(5) ensure that when vetting an individual for eligibility 
to receive United States training the individual’s unit is also 
vetted; 
‘‘(6) seek to identify the unit involved when credible 
information of a gross violation exists but the identity of the 
unit is lacking; and 
‘‘(7) make publicly available, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the identity of those units for which no assistance 
shall be furnished pursuant to subsection (a).’’. 
(l) SECTIONS REPEALED.—Sections 494, 495, and 495B through 
495K of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 are hereby repealed. 
(m) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 
(22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2012’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 
U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2012. 
(3) The authority contained in section 1115(d) of Public 
Law 111–32 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2012. 
(4) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 
30, 2012’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 
(5) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘September 30, 2012’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 
(6) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2012’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(7) The authority contained in section 1603(a)(2) of Public 
Law 109–234, as amended, shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2012.
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(8) The authority provided by section 1113 of Public Law 
111–32 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2012: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be used to implement phase 3 of such 
authority. 
(n) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 133(d) of Public Law 87–195; 
section 807 of Public Law 98–164; section 704(c) of Public Law 
101–179; section 104 of Public Law 102–511; section 560(g) of 
Public Law 103–87; section 514(a) of Public Law 103–236; section 
605(c) of Appendix G, Public Law 106–113; sections 3203 and 3204(f) 
of division B of Public Law 106–246; section 564(g)(4) of Public 
Law 106–429; sections 694(a), 694(b), 704 and 1321 of Public Law 
107–228; and section 409(c) of Public Law 108–447 are hereby 
repealed. 
(o) GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES.—Funds appropriated under 
title III and under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ in this Act should not be made available 
for assistance for any government for programs or activities in 
fiscal year 2013 if the Secretary of State or the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development has 
credible information that such government is reducing its own 
expenditures for such programs or activities as a result of the 
assistance provided and for reasons that are inconsistent with the 
purposes of such assistance. 
(p) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of State 
may withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
assistance for the central government of any country that the Sec-
retary determines is not taking appropriate steps to comply with 
the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduc-
tions, done at the Hague on October 25, 1980: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
within 15 days of making any such determination. 
(q) REDESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) The position of Advisor established pursuant to section 
699B of division J of Public Law 110–161 shall, within 45 
days of enactment of this Act and notwithstanding the require-
ments of such section, be moved to the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID): Provided, That the 
Advisor shall hereafter be appointed by the USAID Adminis-
trator and shall report directly to the Administrator: Provided 
further, That the responsibilities of the Advisor enumerated 
in section 699B(b) shall remain in full force and effect. 
(2) The position of Coordinator established pursuant to 
section 664 of division J of Public Law 110–161 shall, within 
45 days of enactment of this Act and notwithstanding the 
requirements of such section, be moved to the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID): Provided, That 
the Coordinator shall hereafter be appointed by the USAID 
Administrator and shall report directly to the Administrator: 
Provided further, That the responsibilities of the Coordinator 
enumerated in the first sentence of section 664(c) shall remain 
in full force and effect: Provided further, That the limitation 
in the second sentence of such section shall hereafter no longer 
apply to the Coordinator.
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(r) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public 
Law 101–167) is amended— 
(1) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2011, and 2012’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘June 1, 2011’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2012’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, 
is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States 
investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly termi-
nated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel imme-
diately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 
their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue 
to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and 
find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for 
example, taking into consideration the participation of any 
recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress annually on 
specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 
Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel 
to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott 
of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses 
that do comply. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be provided 
to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful 
co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism 
and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, 
including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and 
is cooperating with appropriate Israeli and other appro-
priate security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of 
a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in 
the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 
lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will