[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2240

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2023

 Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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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 evidenced by--
                    (A) the work done by Israel's Agency for 
                International Development Cooperation; and
                    (B) Israel's humanitarian programs and robust civil 
                society sector;
            (2) since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding 
        for Global Development Cooperation Between the United States 
        Agency for International Development and MASHAV--The Agency for 
        International Development Cooperation of the State of Israel on 
        August 21, 2019, the United States and Israel have collaborated 
        on several initiatives in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin 
        America across many sectors, including water technology, 
        agriculture, and education;
            (3) this ongoing bilateral cooperation--
                    (A) harnesses the strengths of the United States 
                and Israel in carrying out projects in developing 
                countries;
                    (B) demonstrates the shared commitment of the 
                United States and Israel to international development; 
                and
                    (C) furthers 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--
                    (A) to advance common goals regarding energy, 
                agriculture, food security, democracy, human rights, 
                governance, economic growth, trade, education, 
                environment, global health, water, and sanitation; and
                    (B) to 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), by 
striking ``$2,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2023'' and 
inserting ``$4,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2026''.

SEC. 4. USAID REPORT ON EXPANDING DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall submit a written report to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives regarding--
            (1) the feasibility and advisability of expanding 
        development projects authorized under section 106(e) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by section 3, 
        including multilateral cooperation among the United States, 
        Israel, and regional Arab partners that promote new development 
        projects, including projects in Africa; and
            (2) the need for additional resources to carry out the 
        projects described in paragraph (1).
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