123STA T . 33 68PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C. 16 , 2 0 0 9(1)None o fth ef u n dsap p r opr i ated in tit l es I II throu g h V I of this Ac t m a yb e obligated for salaries of personnel of the P alestinian Authority located in G a z a or may be obligated ore x pended for assistance to H amas or any entity effecti v ely controlled by Hamas or any po w er - sharing government of which Hamas is a member . ( 2 ) Notwithstanding the limitation of subsection (1) , assist- ance may be provided to a power-sharing government only if the President certifies and reports to the C ommittees on Appropriations that such government, including all of its min- isters or such e q uivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying with the principles contained in section 6 2 0K (b)(1)(A) and ( B ) of the F oreign Assistance Act of 1 9 61, as amended. ( 3 ) T he President may exercise the authority in section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act as added by the Pales- tinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public L aw 109 –4 46) with respect to this subsection. (4) W henever the certification pursuant to paragraph (2) is exercised, the S ecretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the cer- tification and every quarter thereafter on whether such govern- ment, including all of its ministers or such equivalent are continuing to comply with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(l)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended
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d, That the report shall also detail the amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance provided pursuant to the abovementioned certification 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 assistance for the Palestine Liberation O rganization. SAUDI A R A B IA S EC . 7 041. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia: Provided, That the Secretary of State may waive this section if the Secretary determines that to do so is in the national interest of the U nited States. N EAR EAS T SEC. 7042. (a) EGYP T. — (1) Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $ 1,295,200,000 shall be made available for assistance for Egypt. (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘ ‘Economic Support Fund ’ ’ for assistance for Egypt, up to $50,000,000 may be made available for an endowment to fur- ther the shared interests of the United States and Egypt, consistent with the purposes and requirements for which such funds are requested in the fiscal year 2010 congressional budget j ustification materials and appropriated under such heading: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the establishment of such an endowment, and any funds to be used for such an endow- ment shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. Consulta t i on .N oti f i c ation. W ai ver aut h orit y . D eter m ination. R e p orts. Dea d line. P resident. Certification. Reports.
