millions of ordinary citizens affected by this conflict 
can assist in building support for lasting peace. 
(6) Working together, the United States, coun-
tries around the world, and the private sector can, 
and often seek to support opportunities that, help 
sustain support for peace with the establishment and 
funding of an independent International Fund for 
Israeli-Palestinian Peace (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘International Fund’’), to promote and support 
contact, cooperation, dialogue, shared community 
building, peaceful coexistence, joint economic devel-
opment, and reconciliation between Israelis and Pal-
estinians. 
(7) United States and international support for 
grassroots people-to-people efforts can help serve as 
an antidote to false propaganda by terrorist groups 
and the growing issue of incitement. 
(8) The International Fund shall serve as a co-
ordinating entity offering expertise and support, ad-
hering to best practices for governance, trans-
parency, assessment and accountability. The Inter-
national Fund will be an ongoing presence and cata-
lyst for rejecting violence and building broad public 
support for sustaining peace in the region. The 
International Fund is not intended to be a political 
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forum, but a grant-making body to facilitate endur-
ing people-to-people relationships and sustained joint 
economic development. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
(1) To urge the President to make every effort, 
in conjunction with the Government of Israel, the 
Palestinian Authority, regional governments, and the 
international community to establish a non-political, 
mutually acceptable International Fund to promote 
and support contact, cooperation, dialogue, shared 
community building, peaceful coexistence, joint eco-
nomic development, and reconciliation between 
Israelis and Palestinians. 
(2) To provide for United States contributions 
to consist of amounts made available to carry out 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq. (relating to the 
Economic Support Fund)) for payment to the Inter-
national Fund to carry out the activities described in 
paragraph (1), in addition to overhead costs of the 
establishment of said fund and the function of its 
oversight board. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE. 
Congress urges the President to make every effort, 
in conjunction with the Government of Israel, the Pales-
tinian Authority, and the international community, to es-
tablish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian 
Peace governed by a board of the constituent parties to 
carry out the purposes described in section 2(b). 
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTER-
NATIONAL FUND FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN 
PEACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available 
for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq. (relating to the Economic Support 
Fund)), $50,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for 
United States contributions to the International Fund fol-
lowing the committee of jurisdictions agreement to the 
structure of the fund and its board. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Amounts author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) are in addition to amounts otherwise au-
thorized to be appropriated for such purposes; and 
(2) are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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SEC. 5. CONDITIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ISRAELI-PALES-
TINIAN PEACE. 
(a) SUPPORT
AND PROMOTION
OF PURPOSES.— 
United States contributions to the International Fund 
provided for in section 4 may be used only to support and 
promote the purposes described in section 2(b). 
(b) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.—The restrictions 
described in section 531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346(e)) shall apply to United States 
contributions to the International Fund provided for in 
section 4 to the same extent and in the same manner as 
such restrictions apply to amounts made available to carry 
out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. The United States contributions shall be man-
aged and dispersed through existing USAID mechanisms. 
(c) UNITED STATES REPRESENTATION ON BOARD 
OF INTERNATIONAL FUND.—The United States shall pro-
vide two representatives from different political parties to 
the Board of the International Fund. The function of the 
board is to provide recommendations for programmatic 
support and direction on promoting contact, cooperation, 
dialogue, shared community building, peaceful coexistence, 
joint economic development, and reconciliation between 
Israelis and Palestinians. The board should oversee and 
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contain an expertise in program integrity, monitoring and 
evaluation and assessment. 
SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At the end of each fiscal year in 
which the United States Government makes any contribu-
tion to the International Fund in accordance with this Act, 
the President shall transmit to Congress a written report 
on the extent to which the International Fund and United 
States contributions to the International Fund have con-
tributed to promoting and supporting contact, coopera-
tion, dialogue, shared community building, peaceful coex-
istence, joint economic development, and reconciliation be-
tween Israelis and Palestinians. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The reports re-
quired under subsection (a) shall also include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Information on contributions pledged to, 
contributions (including donations from the private 
sector) received by, and projects funded by the 
International Fund, and the mechanisms established 
for transparency and accountability in the grant- 
making process. 
(2) A description of the International Fund’s 
operations, activities, budget, receipts, and expendi-
tures for the preceding 12-month period, including 
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an audited report of the International Fund’s fi-
nances, including statements of financial position, 
operations, and cash flows, in accordance with the 
United States generally accepted government audit-
ing standards as prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral. 
(3) Insights gleaned from what drives the effi-
cacy of people-to-people relationships in addition to 
a description of potential strategies for getting to 
sustainability for civic institutions that the fund cre-
ates or supports including novel financing mecha-
nisms. 
Æ 
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