I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 696 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 2009 Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit United States military assistance for Egypt and to express the sense of Congress that the amount of military assistance that would have been provided for Egypt for a fiscal year should be provided in the form of economic support fund assistance.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Egyptian Counterterrorism and Political Reform Act.

2.

Prohibition on United States military assistance for Egypt

(a)

Prohibition

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2010 and subsequent fiscal years, United States military assistance may not be provided for Egypt. (b)

Waiver

The President may waive the application of subsection (a) for a fiscal year if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so.

3.

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that— (1)the amount of United States military assistance that would have been provided for Egypt for a fiscal year but for the application of section 2(a) should be provided for Egypt for such fiscal year in the form of economic support fund assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and further that such assistance should be in addition to economic support fund assistance already proposed to be provided for Egypt for such fiscal year; (2)funds for economic support fund assistance for Egypt should not be used by the Armed Forces of Egypt; (3)30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for economic support fund assistance for Egypt for a fiscal year, the President should certify to Congress that procedures have been established to ensure that the Comptroller General will have access to appropriate United States financial information in order to review the uses of such funds; and (4)the agreement among the United States, Egypt, and Israel to decrease the overall amount of United States foreign assistance for both countries should continue.

4.

Definition

In this Act, the term United States military assistance means— (1)assistance for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, including assistance under chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to anti-terrorism assistance) and assistance under chapter 9 of part II of such Act, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related activities; (2)assistance under section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international military education and training); and (3)assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program).