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State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees detailing steps taken by the 
Palestinian Authority to counter incitement of vio-
lence against Israelis and to promote peace and co-
existence with Israel. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION AS-
SISTANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ for the central government of a country in the 
African Great Lakes region may be made available only 
for Expanded International Military Education and Train-
ing and professional military education until the Secretary 
of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that such government is not facilitating or 
otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a 
neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed 
groups. 
(b) BOKO HARAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for Cameroon, 
Chad, Niger, and Nigeria— 
(1) shall be made available for assistance for 
women and girls who are targeted by the terrorist 
organization Boko Haram, consistent with the provi-
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sions of section 7059 of this Act, and for individuals 
displaced by Boko Haram violence; and 
(2) may be made available for counterterrorism 
programs to combat Boko Haram. 
(c) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds made 
available by this Act for assistance for the Central African 
Republic shall be made available for reconciliation and 
peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote 
inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and 
for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. 
(d) LORD’S
RESISTANCE
ARMY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available for programs 
and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 
Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Re-
sistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recov-
ery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), including to im-
prove physical access, telecommunications infrastructure, 
and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disar-
mament, demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA 
combatants, especially child soldiers. 
(e) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $56,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Malawi, of which $10,000,000 shall be made available 
for higher education programs. 
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(f) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
(1) STRATEGY
UPDATE.—Not later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, shall submit an update to the strategy re-
quired in section 7042(i) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 
115–31). 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for assistance 
for the central Government of South Sudan may be 
made available until the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such government is taking effective steps to— 
(A) end hostilities and pursue good faith 
negotiations for a political settlement of the 
conflict; 
(B) provide access for humanitarian orga-
nizations; 
(C) end the recruitment and use of child 
soldiers; 
(D) protect freedoms of expression, asso-
ciation, and assembly; 
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(E) reduce corruption related to the ex-
traction and sale of oil and gas; 
(F) establish democratic institutions; 
(G) establish accountable military and po-
lice forces under civilian authority; and 
(H) investigate and prosecute individuals 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including at the Terrain 
compound in Juba, South Sudan on July 11, 
2016. 
(3) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitation of paragraph 
(2) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance to support South Sudan 
peace negotiations or to advance or implement 
a peace agreement; and 
(C) assistance to support implementation 
of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 
Peace Agreement and mutual arrangements re-
lated to such Agreement. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the initial obliga-
tion of funds made available for the central Govern-
ment of South Sudan pursuant to paragraphs (3)(B) 
and (C), the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the intended 
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uses of such funds, steps taken by such government 
to advance or implement a peace agreement, and 
progress made by the Government of South Sudan 
in meeting the requirements in paragraph (2). 
(g) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for 
assistance for the Government of Sudan. 
(B) LOANS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for 
the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 
loans and loan guarantees held by the Govern-
ment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, re-
ducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 
United States, and modifying concessional 
loans, guarantees, and credit agreements. 
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of para-
graph (1) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs; 
(C) assistance for the Darfur region, 
Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 
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