Congress: 108 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: neutral
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Sponsor: Weiner, Anthony D. (D-NY)
Egyptian Counterterrorism and Political Reform Act - Prohibits military assistance to Egypt unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national security interests to provide assistance for a given fiscal year. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) funds that would have been provided for military assistance should be given in the form of economic support fund assistance and not used by the armed forces of Egypt; (2) the President should certify the establishment of procedures to ensure access by the Comptroller General to appropriate financial information in order to review the use of these funds; and (3) the agreement among the United States, Egypt, and Israel to decrease the overall amount of U.S. foreign assistance for both countries should continue.
The bill makes military aid to Egypt conditional on the President certifying each year that it serves U.S. national security interests. It calls for redirecting military aid money to economic support instead, requires the Comptroller General to audit how Egypt uses U.S. funds, and expresses support for the U.S.-Egypt-Israel agreement to gradually reduce total U.S. aid to both countries.
Egypt receives over $1 billion annually in U.S. military aid under a Cold War–era agreement. This bill introduces a national security test that could restrict that flow, while the call to shift funds from military to economic assistance and reduce overall aid amounts would reshape a three-decade funding relationship tied to the Camp David Accords.