any other provision of law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act. Strategy, review and country transition plan 7069. (a) National diplomacy and development strategy (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Diplomatic and Consular Programs , $10,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State submits the strategy required by paragraph (2). (2) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the heads of other relevant department and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a National Diplomacy and Development Strategy (NDDS) of the United States: Provided , That the NDDS shall be coordinated with, and support, the most recent national security strategy report submitted pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3043 ), and be integrated and coordinated with the strategic plans of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, including the current National Defense Strategy required by section 941 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ): Provided further , That the NDDS shall include the information specified under this section in the report accompanying this Act. (3) Beginning in