[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3907 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3907

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations 
 for certain cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and 
             developing countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2023

   Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida (for herself and Mr. Wilson of South 
  Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations 
 for certain cooperative projects among the United States, Israel, and 
             developing countries, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Israel International 
Development Cooperation Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) shared international development cooperation between 
        the United States and Israel benefits the development efforts 
        of the United States through the sharing of Israel's unique 
        expertise as seen in the work done by Israel's Agency for 
        International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) as well as 
        Israel's humanitarian programs and robust civil society sector;
            (2) since the signing of a memorandum of understanding for 
        global development cooperation between the United States Agency 
        for International Development and MASHAV on August 21, 2019, 
        the United States and Israel have collaborated on a number of 
        initiatives in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America across 
        such sectors as water technology, agriculture, and education;
            (3) this ongoing cooperation harnesses the strengths of the 
        United States and Israel in carrying out projects in developing 
        countries and demonstrates the shared commitment of both the 
        United States and Israel to international development, thereby 
        furthering the policy of the United States to expand prospects 
        for engagement and normalization between Israel and other 
        countries; and
            (4) the United States should continue to partner with 
        Israel to advance common goals on energy, agriculture, food 
        security, democracy, human rights, governance, economic growth, 
        trade, education, environment, global health, water, and 
        sanitation, with a focus on strengthening mutual ties and 
        cooperation with other countries throughout the world.

SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE PROJECTS AMONG THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL, AND 
              DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    Section 106(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151d(e)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$4,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``2021 through 2023'' and inserting ``2024 
        through 2026''.

SEC. 4. USAID REPORT TO CONGRESS ON EXPANDING DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION.

    Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
shall prepare and submit, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate, a written report on--
            (1) the feasibility and advisability of expanding 
        development projects under section 106(e) of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 to include multilateral cooperation 
        among the United States, Israel, and regional Arab partners 
        that promote new development projects, including in Africa; and
            (2) the need for additional resources to do so.
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