123STA T .879PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 09 (m)AUTHORI T Y.—Fundsap p ro pr i a te dorot h er w ise made a v ai l- a b leb y title I IIo f the D epartment of S tate , Forei g n O perations, and R elated P rograms Appropriations A c t, 20 0 8 (division J of Public L aw 1 10 – 1 6 1) under the heading ‘ ‘ E conomic Support Fund ’ ’ that are available for a competitively awarded grant for nuclear security initiatives relating to N orth K orea shall be made available notwith- standing any other provision of law. (n) M I D D LE E AS T FOU N DATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts for a Middle East Foundation shall be sub j ect to the regular notification procedures of the C ommittees on Appro- priations. (o) G LO B AL FOOD SE C URITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi- sion of law, to include minimum funding re q uirements or funding directives, funds made available under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act and prior Acts ma k ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available to address critical food shortages, subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria- tions. ARAB LEA G UE BOYCOTT O F ISRAEL SEC. 7 0 35 . It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to U nited States investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably reinstated in 1 9 97, should be immediately and publicly termi- nated, and the Central Office for the B oycott of Israel imme- diately disbanded; (3) all Arab League states should normali z e relations with their neighbor Israel; ( 4 ) the President and the Secretary of State should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for e x ample, taking into consideration the participation of any recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell weapons to said country; and (5) the President should report to Congress annually on specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading part- ners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply. P ALESTINIAN STATEHOOD SEC. 7036. (a) LI M ITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds appropriated under titles III through V I of this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter- mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that— (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state— Det e rmina ti o n .C erti f i c ation. N otification. Notification. G rant s . N u c l ear securit y . Nort hK orea.
