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(II) the Palestinians initiate an International 
Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investiga-
tion, or actively support such an investigation, that 
subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged 
crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 
in clause (i) of this subparagraph resulting from the 
application of subclause (I) of such clause if the Secretary 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 
so is in the national security interest of the United States, 
and submits a report to such Committees detailing how 
the waiver and the continuation of assistance would assist 
in furthering Middle East peace. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provisions of section 
1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204) if the President 
determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of 
the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Palestinians have not, after the date of enactment 
of this Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or any special-
ized agency thereof the same standing as member 
states or full membership as a state outside an agree-
ment negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
and 
(II) initiated or actively supported an ICC inves-
tigation against Israeli nationals for alleged crimes 
against Palestinians. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the President is unable 
to make the certification pursuant to clause (i) of this 
subparagraph, the President may waive section 1003 of 
Public Law 100–204 if the President determines and cer-
tifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Palestinians have 
entered into direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel: 
Provided, That any waiver of the provisions of section 
1003 of Public Law 100–204 under clause (i) of this 
subparagraph or under previous provisions of law must 
expire before the waiver under the preceding sentence may 
be exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subparagraph 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. 
(3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall reduce the 
amount of assistance made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority 
by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent to the 
amount expended by the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine 
Liberation Organization, and any successor or affiliated 
organizations with such entities as payments for acts of ter-
rorism by individuals who are imprisoned after being fairly 
tried and convicted for acts of terrorism and by individuals 
who died committing acts of terrorism during the previous 
calendar year: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to
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the Committees on Appropriations on the amount reduced for 
fiscal year 2018 prior to the obligation of funds for the Pales-
tinian Authority. 
(4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting requirements in sec-
tion 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 
Law 110–252) shall apply to funds made available by this 
Act, including a description of modifications, if any, to the 
security strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 
(5) INCITEMENT
REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
steps taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incitement 
of violence against Israelis and to promote peace and coexist-
ence with Israel. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION ASSISTANCE 
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 Edu-
cation and Training and professional military education until the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations 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 provisions 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) ETHIOPIA.— 
(1) FORCED EVICTIONS.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 
Ethiopia may not be made available for any activity that 
supports forced evictions. 
(B) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the 
United States executive director of each international 
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to support projects in Ethiopia only if such projects 
are developed and carried out in accordance with the 
requirements of section 7029(b)(2) of this Act. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Programs and activities to improve 
livelihoods shall include prior consultation with, and the partici-
pation of, affected communities, including in the South Omo 
and Gambella regions.
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(3) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the report under this subsection in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, 
Niger, and Nigeria should be made available, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations, for— 
(1) democracy programs, including to protect freedom of 
expression, association, assembly, and religion, including sup-
port for independent journalists, civil society, and democratic 
political parties; 
(2) assistance for governments of such countries to 
strengthen accountability and the rule of law, including within 
the security forces; and 
(3) health and development programs. 
(f) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appropriated 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 Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda 
Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), including to improve 
physical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early- 
warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobiliza-
tion, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child 
soldiers. 
(g) 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 up 
to $10,000,000 shall be made available for higher education pro-
grams. 
(h) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
(1) STRATEGY UPDATE.—Not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the USAID Administrator, shall submit an update to the 
strategy required 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 appropriated 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 Appropria-
tions 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 organizations; 
(C) end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; 
(D) protect freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly; 
(E) reduce corruption related to the extraction and 
sale of oil and gas; 
(F) establish democratic institutions; 
(G) establish accountable military and police forces 
under civilian authority; and 
(H) investigate and prosecute individuals credibly 
alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights,
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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 negotia-
tions or to advance or implement a peace agreement; and 
(C) assistance to support implementation of out-
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
and mutual arrangements related to such Agreement. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds 
made available for the central Government of South Sudan 
pursuant to paragraphs (3)(B) and (C), the Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
intended 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). 
(i) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the Government of 
Sudan. 
(B) LOANS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Govern-
ment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, 
or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modi-
fying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agree-
ments. 
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (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, other marginalized areas and popu-
lations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation of out-
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 
mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues 
associated with such Agreement, or any other internation-
ally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(j) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any extension 
by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Govern-
ment of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to 
promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and 
title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available for assistance for the central