S.Amdt. 2023

1. Adds SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT.

   Inserted: (a) Prohibition.--No amounts may be obligated or expended to provide any direct United States assistance to the Government of Egypt unless the President certifies to Congress that--

   Inserted: (1) the Government of Egypt is not holding, detaining, prosecuting, harassing, or preventing the exit from Egypt of any person working for a nongovernmental organization supported by the United States Government on the basis of the person's association with or work for the nongovernmental organization;

   Inserted: (2) the Government of Egypt is not holding any property of a nongovernmental organization described in paragraph (1) or of a person associated with such a nongovernmental organization; and

   Inserted: (3) the Government of Egypt--

   Inserted: (A) has dropped all charges against the persons described in paragraph (1);

   Inserted: (B) is no longer seeking the arrest of such persons; and

   Inserted: (C) is no longer seeking the extradition of such persons to Egypt for trial.

   Inserted: (b) Rescission of Funds.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), of any amounts previously appropriated for direct United States assistance to the Government of Egypt and available for obligation as of the date of the enactment of this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby rescinded.

   Inserted: (2) Certification.--If the President certifies to Congress the total amount of funds paid by the United States Government, nongovernmental organizations supported by the United States Government, and individuals working for such nongovernmental organizations to obtain the release of persons working for nongovernmental organizations detained by the Government of Egypt, the amount rescinded under paragraph (1) shall instead be the amount so certified.

   Inserted: (3) Insufficient funds.--If the President certifies to Congress that the amount of funds required to be rescinded under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is greater than the amount of funds available to be rescinded, the President shall withhold from future funding available for direct United States assistance to the Government of Egypt an amount equal to the difference between the amount required to be rescinded and the amount available to be rescinded and transfer such amount to the Treasury of the United States to be used for deficit reduction.

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