Limitations on certain security assistance

(a) In general No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for Foreign Military Financing, Foreign Military Sales, or other security assistance programs for the Government of Turkey may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Turkey— (1) has taken demonstrable and sustained steps to reduce the number of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, including by releasing individuals detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights; (2) has ceased the misuse of counterterrorism and disinformation laws to criminalize peaceful expression, association, and political participation; (3) is taking concrete steps to comply with binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, including in cases concerning Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtas; and (4) has ceased, or is no longer systematically engaging in, acts of transnational repression targeting individuals abroad for exercising their fundamental freedoms. (b) Waiver The Secretary of State may waive the application of subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such waiver is in the vital national security interest of the United States, and includes a justification for the waiver and a description of efforts to promote the reforms described in subsection (a).