123STA T .8 83 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9(e)CERTIF I CA TI ON.—Ifth e Pr e sid e n te x er c ises the wa i v er a u th o rit y under su b section (b) , the S ecretary of State m ust certify and re p ort to the Committees on A ppropriations prior to the ob l i g a - tion of funds that the Palestinian Authority has established a single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll. (f) PRO H I B ITION.— ( 1 ) N one of the funds appropriated in titles III through V I of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in G a z a or may be obligated or expended for assistance to H amas or any entity effectively controlled by Hamas or any power-sharing government of which Hamas is a member unless the President certifies in writing and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Hamas has accepted and is complying with the principles contained in section 620K (b)(1)(A) and ( B ) of the F oreign Assistance Act of1 9 61, as amended. (2) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine L iberation O rganization. BROA D CA S TIN G TRANS P ARENC Y SEC. 7 0 4 1. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘ ‘International Broadcasting Operations ’ ’ for M iddle E ast Broadcasting Networ k s, 10 percent of the funds shall not be available for obligation until the Broadcasting Board of Gov- ernors reports to the Committee on Appropriations on— (1) T he results of the independent outside evaluation of Alhurra programming to examine its j ournalistic integrity and adherence to standards and principles of the U nited States International Broadcasting Act
and (2) W hether the directives in the explanatory statement accompanying the D epartment of State, Foreign Operations, and R elated Programs Appropriations Act, 200 8 (division J of Public Law 110 – 161) regarding Alhurra have been imple- mented and are operational. (b) The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall monitor adherence to the standards of the Journalistic Code of Ethics of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, as updated in May 2007. IRA Q SEC. 7042. (a) ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for assistance for Ira q , except funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ for the removal and disposal of landmines and other unexploded ordnance, small arms and light weapons in Iraq. (b) MATCHING REQ U IRE M ENT.—The terms and conditions of sec- tion 1402(e)(1), (2), ( 3 ) and (4) of Public Law 110–2 5 2 shall apply to assistance for Iraq in fiscal year 2009. (c) TRANSITION P L AN.—Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with relevant Deadlin e .R e ports . C lassi f ied infor m ation. A ppli c a b ilit y . Reports. Certification.
