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Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ-
ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre-
vention Board, or any successor entity: Provided, That the 
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and 
Human Rights, Department of State, shall be responsible 
for providing the strategic policy direction for, and policy 
oversight of, funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section to the Bureaus of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State: Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this subsection are in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(d) 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, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
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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 
authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available by title I of this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 
may be made available for grants pursuant to sec-
tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 
facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, 
and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for 
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grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural An-
tiquities 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 2019: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this para-
graph the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means 
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) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961, as amended, (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 
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2451 et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking 
process pursuant to the Administrative Procedure 
Act and notwithstanding the exceptions to such rule-
making process in such Act: Provided, That funds 
made available for such purpose shall only be made 
available after consultation with, and subject to the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations, regarding how any proposed 
modification would affect the public diplomacy goals 
of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States. 
(6) 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; 22 
U.S.C. 254a note) shall be provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(7) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 
partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds 
made available pursuant to this paragraph may only 
be made available following prior consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees, and the 
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regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, or making significant changes to the 
scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2019, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author-
ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(h) 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. 
(i) 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 
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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. 
(j) 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-
pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, except for funds des-
ignated 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 appropriated: Provided, That not 
more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 
(k) AUTHORITY TO COUNTER EXTREMISM.—Funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ to counter extremism may be made avail-
able notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting 
assistance to foreign countries, except sections 502B and 
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, 
That the use of the authority of this subsection shall be 
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subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees, and the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(l) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES 
OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. 
(m) 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, 
2019’’ 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 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2019. 
(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, 2019’’ for ‘‘October 
1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
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(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI-
TATION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in 
subparagraph (B), the authority provided by 
section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re-
main in effect through September 30, 2019. 
(B) The authority described in subpara-
graph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible 
member of the Foreign Service (as defined in 
section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a local-
ity-based comparability payment (stated as a 
percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the 
amount of the locality-based comparability pay-
ment (stated as a percentage) that would be 
payable to such member under section 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 
official duty station were in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
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(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, and 
2019’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2018’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 
in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2019’’. 
(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
REVIEW
BOARDS.—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 
for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
2019, except that the notification and reporting re-
quirements contained in such section shall include 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
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(8) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after the 
date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on 
the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever oc-
curs first, shall acquire competitive status for ap-
pointment to any position in the competitive service 
for which the employee possesses the required quali-
fications. 
(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2019. 
(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
of the Department of State may waive the provisions 
of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 
case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 
the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 
to the same constraints and in the same manner by 
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which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv-
er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec-
tion. 
(11) EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO 
ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency 
Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 
(Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended 
under the heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 
(A) in the matter preceding the first pro-
viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’; and 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’. 
(n) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for monitoring and 
evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appropriate, 
be made available for the regular collection of feedback 
obtained directly from beneficiaries on the quality and rel-
evance of such assistance: Provided, That the Department 
of State and USAID shall establish procedures for imple-
menting partners that receive funds under such headings 
for regularly collecting and responding to such feedback, 
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informing the Department of State and USAID of such 
procedures, and reporting to the Department of State and 
USAID on actions taken in response to the feedback re-
ceived: Provided further, That the Department of State 
and USAID shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure 
that such feedback is regularly collected and used by im-
plementing partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness 
and utility of such assistance. 
(o) 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 108–447) 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 108–447) 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 
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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. 
(p) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) 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 Egypt, 
Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 
to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph for the costs of such 
guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 
a country. 
(2) 
DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
were previously designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
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rorism 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. 
(3) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees, and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(q) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available for Local Works pursuant to 
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), 
which may remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
(2) For the purposes of section 7080 of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
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Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 
Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible entities’’ shall be de-
fined as small local, international, and United 
States-based nongovernmental organizations, edu-
cational institutions, and other small entities that 
have received less than a total of $5,000,000 from 
USAID over the previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, 
That departments or centers of such educational in-
stitutions may be considered individually in deter-
mining such eligibility. 
(r) 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. 
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(6) 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, criteria 
for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(7) UNITED
STATES
AGENCY
FOR
GLOBAL 
MEDIA.—References to the ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, International Broadcasting Operations’’ 
account in any provision of law shall be construed to 
include the ‘‘United States Agency for Global 
Media’’ account in Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs: Provided, That references to the 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ or ‘‘BBG’’ in 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
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lated programs shall be construed to include the 
‘‘United States Agency for Global Media’’ or 
‘‘USAGM’’. 
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 
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 
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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 
(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 
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(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; 
(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 
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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 
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-
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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 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2019, 
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 
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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-
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-
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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— 
(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
mitted acts of terrorism; and 
(B) any educational institution located in 
the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 
individual who the Secretary of State deter-
mines has committed an act 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) OVERSIGHT 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 $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, investigations, 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 all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2019 
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. 
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-
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 
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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-
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 
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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 and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(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 
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. 
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(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. 
(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.— 
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(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) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 
(A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, up to $112,500,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Egypt, of which not 
less than $35,000,000 should be made available 
for higher education programs including not 
less than $10,000,000 for scholarships for 
Egyptian students with high financial need to 
attend not-for-profit institutions of higher edu-
cation: Provided, That such funds shall be made 
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available for democracy programs, and for de-
velopment programs in the Sinai: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may not be made avail-
able for cash transfer assistance or budget sup-
port unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees 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 
Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution 
Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’, and has not 
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subjected the defendants to further prosecution 
or if convicted they have been granted full par-
dons. 
(C) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 
made available for a contribution, voluntary or 
otherwise, to the ‘‘Civil Associations and Foun-
dations Support Fund’’, or any similar fund, es-
tablished pursuant to Law 70 on Associations 
and Other Foundations Working in the Field of 
Civil Work published in the Official Gazette of 
Egypt on May 29, 2017. 
(3) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military 
Financing 
Program’’, 
up 
to 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, may be made available for as-
sistance for Egypt: Provided, That such funds 
may be transferred to an interest bearing ac-
count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
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York, following consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
$300,000,000 of such funds shall be withheld 
from obligation until the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Government of Egypt is tak-
ing sustained and effective steps to— 
(i) advance democracy and human 
rights in Egypt, including to govern demo-
cratically and protect religious minorities 
and the rights of women, which are in ad-
dition to steps taken during the previous 
calendar year for such purposes; 
(ii) implement reforms that protect 
freedoms of expression, association, and 
peaceful assembly, including the ability of 
civil society organizations, human rights 
defenders, and the media to function with-
out interference; 
(iii) release political prisoners and 
provide detainees with due process of law; 
(iv) hold Egyptian security forces ac-
countable, including officers credibly al-
leged to have violated human rights; 
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(v) investigate and prosecute cases of 
extrajudicial killings and forced disappear-
ances; and 
(vi) provide regular access for United 
States officials to monitor such assistance 
in areas where the assistance is used: 
Provided further, That the certification require-
ment of this paragraph shall not apply to funds 
appropriated by this Act under such heading 
for counterterrorism, border security, and non-
proliferation programs for Egypt. 
(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the certification requirement in subpara-
graph (A) if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
to do so is important to the national security 
interest of the United States, and submits a re-
port to such Committees containing a detailed 
justification for the use of such waiver and the 
reasons why any of the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A) cannot be met, and including an 
assessment of the compliance of the Govern-
ment of Egypt with United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2270 and other such resolu-
tions regarding North Korea: Provided, That 
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the report required by this paragraph shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may be ac-
companied by a classified annex. 
(4) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure 
that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, over-
sight, and control of funds made available by this 
subsection for assistance for Egypt. 
(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—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 Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, 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; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
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cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s 
nuclear program; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of nuclear weapons development, 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 section 7041(c)(2) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I 
of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect dur-
ing fiscal year 2019. 
(3) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the semi-annual report re-
quired by section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by 
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(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
for assistance for Iraq for— 
(A) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
national security assistance, including for the 
Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund; 
(B) stabilization assistance at not less than 
the amounts specified for such purpose in the 
table under this subsection in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(C) humanitarian assistance, including in 
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and 
(D) programs to protect and assist reli-
gious and ethnic minority populations in Iraq. 
(2) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used by the Government of the 
United States to enter into a permanent basing 
rights agreement between the United States and 
Iraq. 
(d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $1,525,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which: not 
less than $1,082,400,000 shall be made available under 
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the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, of which not less 
than $745,100,000 shall be made available for budget sup-
port for the Government of Jordan; and not less than 
$425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(e) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb-
anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 
is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ that are available for as-
sistance for Lebanon may be made available for pro-
grams and equipment for the ISF and the LAF to 
address security and stability requirements in areas 
affected by the conflict in Syria, following consulta-
tion with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance for 
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Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding 
section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 
U.S.C. 2346 note). 
(4) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—In addition to the activities described in 
paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 
border security and combat terrorism, including 
training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 
borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 
use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 
and to implement United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 
obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec-
retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a spend plan, including actions to be taken 
to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is only 
used for the intended purposes, except such plan 
may not be considered as meeting the notification 
requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 
under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep-
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tember 1, 2019: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in-
clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili-
tary equipment. 
(f) LIBYA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
for stabilization assistance for Libya, including bor-
der security: Provided, That the limitation on the 
uses of funds for certain infrastructure projects in 
section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76) 
shall apply to such funds. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Prior to the initial obliga-
tion of funds made available by this Act for assist-
ance for Libya, the Secretary of State shall certify 
and report to the Committees on Appropriations 
that all practicable steps have been taken to ensure 
that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, over-
sight, and control of such funds. 
(3) COOPERATION ON THE SEPTEMBER 2012 AT-
TACK ON UNITED STATES PERSONNEL AND FACILI-
TIES.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
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Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is cooperating with 
United States Government efforts to investigate and 
bring to justice those responsible for the attack on 
United States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, 
Libya in September 2012: Provided, That the limita-
tion in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made 
available for the purpose of protecting United States 
Government personnel or facilities. 
(g) MOROCCO.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY
AND
CONSULTATION
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act shall be made available for assistance for 
the Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 
90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the 
obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
the proposed uses of such funds. 
(2) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that 
are available for assistance for Morocco may only be 
used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 
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(3) assistance to support South Sudan peace 
negotiations or to advance or implement a peace 
agreement; and 
(4) assistance to support implementation of 
outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement and mutual arrangements related to such 
agreement: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
assistance for South Sudan, not less than $7,000,000 
shall be made available for conflict mitigation and rec-
onciliation programs: Provided further, That prior to the 
initial obligation of funds made available pursuant to 
paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary of State shall con-
sult with the Committees on Appropriations on the in-
tended uses of such funds and steps taken by such govern-
ment to advance or implement a peace agreement. 
(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-
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