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 121 STAT. 2298 Egypt. Grants.

Jordan.

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Certification.

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07:12 Jan 26, 2009

PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007

to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $415,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic and democratic reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Provided further, That with respect to the provision of assistance for Egypt for democracy, human rights and governance activities, the organizations implementing such assistance and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made available for project assistance, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, human rights and governance programs and not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education programs, of which not less than $10,000,000 should be made available for scholarships for Egyptian students with high financial need to attend United States accredited institutions of higher education in Egypt: Provided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading should be made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $363,547,000 shall be made available only for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for assistance for Jordan, up to $40,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’ for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of reducing or cancelling amounts owed to the United States or any agency of the United States by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading not more than $218,500,000 may be made available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses of the United States Agency for International Development, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, to carry out programs in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided further, That if the President exercises the waiver authority under section 650 of this Act, of the funds made available under this heading for assistance to the Palestinian Authority, not more than $100,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian Authority may be obligated for such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Palestinian Authority has established a single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow through this account, has eliminated all parallel financing mechanisms outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and has established a single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian Authority may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the

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