,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #a1        
#bjag,mr4 ,meadows introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,senegal from      
receiving certain forms of development  
assistance for a two-year period and    
make available such assistance to       
,rwanda and ,uganda1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,aid to ,allies     
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,the ,united ,states  
established diplomatic relations with   
,senegal in #aifj1 when it gained       
independence from ,france and after the 
disbanding of the ,mali ,federation4    
7#b7 ,as of #bjad1 the ,united ,states  
had provided ,senegal with a cumulative 
total of #b1ejj1jjj1jjj in foreign      
assistance4  7#c7 ,in #bjji1 ,senegal   
signed a compact with the ,millennium   
,challenge ,corporation that spanned    

from #bjaj to #bjae and provided        
#edj1jjj1jjj to support large-scale     
transportation and water infrastructure 
projects4  7#d7 ,in ,december #bjae1 the
 ,millennium ,challenge ,corporation    
selected ,senegal as eligible to develop
 a second compact4  7#e7 ,the           
,administration's fiscal year #bjag     
budget request for bilateral assistance 
to ,senegal totaled #ajc1ajj1jjj1       
including-- 7,a7 #ef1jjj1jjj for global 
health programs2  7,b7 #dd1hjj1jjj for  
development assistance2  7,c7 #a1jjj1jjj
 for international military education   
and training2  7,d7 #a1jjj1jjj for      
nonproliferation1 antiterrorism1        
demining and related programs2 and  7,e7
 #cjj1jjj for foreign military          
financing4  7#f7 ,on ,december #bc1     
#bjaf1 ,senegal was one of four         
co-sponsors of ,united ,nations         
,security ,council ,resolution #bccd    
7#bjaf71 which described the ,israeli   
neighborhoods in the ,west ,bank as     
illegally occupied4 ,the resolution was 

adopted by a vote of #ad-j with the     
,united ,states abstaining4  #c4 ,sense 
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that--  7#a7 in periods of    
constrained resources and when the      
national debt is nearly                 
#bj1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj1 all budget items   
deserve scrutiny1 especially foreign aid
 dollars2  7#b7 rather than continuing  
to assist foreign governments that      
undermine our foreign allies1 those     
dollars would be better spent in        
countries that support and defend the   
shared interests of the ,american       
people2 and  7#c7 the ,board of the     
,millennium ,challenge ,corporation     
should not enter into any compact with  
,senegal under section #fji of the      
,millennium ,challenge ,act of #bjjc    
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ggjh7 until the ,chief  
,executive ,officer of the ,millennium  
,challenge ,corporation submits to      
,congress a report regarding the        
eligibility of ,senegal to meet the     
criteria specified in section #fjg7;b7  

of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ggjf7;b77  
that considers the impact on such       
eligibility of-- 7,a7 ,senegal's        
co-sponsorship of ,united ,nations      
,security ,council ,resolution #bccd    
7#bjaf72 and  7,b7 other governance     
issues with respect to ,senegal4  #d4   
,limitation on expenditures through     
development assistance programs  7a7 ,in
 general ,for the two-year period       
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 no funds may be obligated 
or expended for assistance to ,senegal  
authorized under part ,i of the ,foreign
 ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb         
,u4,s4,c4 #baea et seq47 except for     
assistance through a program described  
in subsection 7c74  7b7 ,reprogramming  
of withheld funds ,funds withheld by    
reason of subsection 7a7 may be made    
available for assistance to ,rwanda or  
to ,uganda authorized under part ,i of  
the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #baea et seq471 in       
accordance with the procedures          

applicable to reprogramming             
notifications under section #fcd;,a of  
such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcid-a74  7c7 
,excepted programs ,the programs        
described in this subsection are the    
following3  7#a7 ,the ,president's      
,malaria ,initiative4  7#b7 ,the ,feed  
the ,future program4  7#c7 ,the         
,president's ,emergency ,plan for ,,aids
 ,relief4