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(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $6,500,000 shall be made avail-
able for forensic anthropology assistance related 
to the exhumation of mass graves and the iden-
tification of victims of war crimes, genocide, 
and crimes against humanity, including in Iraq, 
Guatemala, Colombia, El Salvador, Syria, and 
Sri Lanka, which shall be administered by the 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$6,000,000 shall be made available for DNA fo-
rensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America and Mexico. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
PRISON
CONDITIONS.— 
Section 7065 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2018. 
(5) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 
mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 
other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 
as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(6) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex-
pended during fiscal year 2017, by country and pur-
pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’. 
(7) FOREIGN
MILITARY
SALES
AND
FOREIGN 
MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ for the general costs 
of administering military assistance and sales 
shall be made available to increase the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of programs authorized 
by Chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act: 
Provided, That prior to the obligation of funds 
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for such purposes, the Secretary of State shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(B) QUARTERLY
STATUS
REPORT.—Fol-
lowing the submission of the quarterly report 
required by section 36 of Public Law 90–629 
(22 U.S.C. 2776), the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
status report that contains the information de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, from this or any other Act, may be made available 
as a general contribution to the World Food Programme. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 
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authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES AND 
TRIBUNALS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be made available as contribu-
tions to establish and maintain memorial sites of 
genocide, subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Of the amount 
made available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’, not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
be used to make grants to carry out the activities of 
the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 
(4) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards: Provided, 
That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 10 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2018: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this para-
graph the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means 
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the provision of funding on a competitive basis 
that— 
(A) encourages and rewards the develop-
ment of solutions for a particular, well-defined 
problem related to the alleviation of poverty; or 
(B) helps identify and promote a broad 
range of ideas and practices facilitating further 
development of an idea or practice by third par-
ties. 
(5) REPORT.—The report required by section 
502(d) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115–31) 
shall be provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator may initiate a partner vetting pro-
gram to mitigate the risk of diversion of foreign assist-
ance, or make significant modifications to any existing 
partner vetting program, only following consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary and Administrator should provide a direct vet-
ting option for prime awardees in any partner vetting pro-
gram initiated after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2018, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author-
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ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 
to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc-
tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
withholding funds under this subsection. 
(h) CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT DETER-
MINATION.—None of the funds appropriated in titles I and 
III of this Act may be used for the preservation of reli-
gious sites unless the Secretary of State or the USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that such sites are his-
torically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the 
purpose of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit 
the free exercise of religion, and that the project is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 
merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For-
eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex-
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pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs’’ for fiscal year 2018, except for 
funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later than the end of 
the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such 
funds are available for the purposes for which appro-
priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 
be transferred. 
(j) GREEN CLIMATE FUND PROHIBITION.—None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any 
other payment to the Green Climate Fund. 
(k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT
FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 
Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
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111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2018. 
(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV-
ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘October 
1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(4) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2017, and 
2018’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2017’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2018’’; and 
(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 
in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’. 
(5) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
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Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
(6) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, and 2019’’. 
(l) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE
AND
THE UNITED 
STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
Prior to implementing any reorganization of the Depart-
ment of State or USAID, including any action taken pur-
suant to the March 13, 2017 Executive Order 13781 on 
a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive 
Branch, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on such reorga-
nization: Provided, That such report shall include— 
(1) a detailed justification and analysis for each 
major element of such reorganization plans, includ-
ing any proposals to— 
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(A) eliminate or consolidate covered de-
partments, agencies, or organizations, including 
bureaus and offices within such departments, 
agencies, or organizations, with duplicative or 
overlapping programs or missions; 
(B) expand, reconfigure, eliminate, or con-
solidate the United States official presence 
overseas, including through the disposal of ex-
cess property, at bilateral, regional, or multilat-
eral embassies and missions; 
(C) reduce, modernize, or otherwise modify 
the workforce of the Department of State and 
USAID, including Civil Service and Foreign 
Service, eligible family members, and locally 
employed staff; and 
(D) improve the efficiency, effectiveness, 
performance, and accountability of the Depart-
ment of State and USAID, including through 
modernizing information technology platforms 
and streamlining administrative functions; and 
(2) projections of cost savings and efficiencies 
achieved through implementation of each element, 
an analysis of the impact of any such change on the 
ability to advance the national interests of the 
United States through diplomacy and development 
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and to conduct adequate monitoring and oversight of 
foreign assistance programs, and any legislative 
change necessary to implement such proposals. 
(m) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may be made 
available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 
survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 
the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 
the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) shall be exer-
cised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, 
USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non- 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budg-
et justification an accounting of budgetary resources, dis-
bursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 
fund. 
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(n) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees 
for Jordan, Ukraine, Iraq, Egypt, and Tunisia, which are 
authorized to be provided: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this paragraph for the costs of such guar-
antees shall not be considered assistance for the purposes 
of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees, and the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That amounts made available pur-
suant to this subsection from prior Acts that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, are designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act and shall be available only 
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if the President subsequently so designates all such 
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
(o) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter- 
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American Investment Corporation, the North Amer-
ican Development Bank, the European Bank for Re-
construction and Development, the African Develop-
ment Bank, the African Development Fund, and the 
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(4) SOUTHERN KORDOFAN REFERENCE.—Any 
reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other 
Act making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs shall 
be deemed to include portions of Western Kordofan 
that were previously part of Southern Kordofan 
prior to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan. 
(5) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—Unless otherwise provided 
for in this Act, for the purposes of this Act the 
terms ‘‘under this heading’’, ‘‘under the heading’’, 
‘‘under the headings’’, or similar phrases mean 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under such heading or headings in all titles of this 
Act: Provided, That the term ‘‘under the heading in 
this title’’ or similar phrases means funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available only in such 
title. 
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(7) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals and cri-
teria for measuring progress and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; and 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count. 
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 com-
mercial 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 regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize re-
lations with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 
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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 an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ-
ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 
the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
nesses from complying with the boycott and penal-
izing 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 determines 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; 
and 
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(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 appropriate 
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 ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
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(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 
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of any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 
Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con-
sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet-
ings between officers and employees of the United States 
and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel- 
PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con-
ducting official United States Government business with 
such authority should continue to take place in locations 
other than Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been 
true in the past, officers and employees of the United 
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem 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 other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
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other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2018, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller 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 Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance 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 edu-
cational 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 educational institutions, those that have as a 
principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov-
erning board of trustees any individual that has been de-
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termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 
or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter-
rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 
terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu-
cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 
be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 
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 in-
dividuals who commit, or have committed acts of 
terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds made available by this or 
prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
available by transfer, may be made available for obli-
gation 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 established for security assistance for 
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the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent 
of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(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 Pro-
gram, 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 Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, inspections, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES AUDIT.—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 
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West Bank and Gaza Program, including any funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2018 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 
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, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) 
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Funds 
made 
available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after enact-
ment 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 the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 
2005 (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 provi-
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sions 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 Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest 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 pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing 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: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
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propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
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government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 
(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government. 
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(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(2) REPORT ON GOVERNANCE.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2018, the Secretary of 
State shall report to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees on steps taken by the Gov-
ernment of Egypt to— 
(i) advance democracy and human 
rights in Egypt, including to govern demo-
cratically and protect the rights of reli-
gious minorities and women; 
(ii) implement reforms that protect 
freedoms of expression, association, and 
peaceful assembly, including the ability of 
civil society organizations and the media to 
function without interference; and 
(iii) improve the transparency and ac-
countability of security forces. 
(B) The report required by subparagraph 
(A) may be provided in classified form if nec-
essary. 
(3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 
(A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, not less than $150,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Egypt, sub-
ject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees and the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations and section 634A of the Foreign As-
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sistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such 
funds may be made available for democracy 
programs and for development programs in the 
Sinai: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be made available for cash transfer assist-
ance or budget support unless the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the Government 
of Egypt is taking consistent and effective steps 
to stabilize the economy and implement market- 
based economic reforms. 
(B) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of 
State shall withhold from obligation funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Egypt, 
an amount of such funds that the Secretary de-
termines to be equivalent to that expended by 
the United States Government for bail, and by 
nongovernmental organizations for legal and 
court fees, associated with democracy-related 
trials in Egypt until the Secretary certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Government of Egypt has dismissed 
the convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal 
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Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution 
Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’. 
(4) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, shall be made available for assistance for 
Egypt, which may be transferred to an interest bear-
ing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on any plan to restructure military 
assistance for Egypt. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’ shall be used by the Secretary of State— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
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(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action or United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2231; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic 
missile and weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs for Iran, to 
be administered by the Assistant Secretary for 
Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(2) CONTINUATION
OF
PROHIBITION.—The 
terms and conditions of paragraph (2) of section 
7041(c) in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2018. 
(3) REPORTS.— 
(A) The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations the semi-an-
nual report required by section 2 of the Iran 
Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)). 
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