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(2) an assessment of the risks associated with the conduct 
of such program to intended beneficiaries and implementers, 
including steps to support and protect such individuals; and 
(3) the funding requirements to initiate and sustain such 
program in fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years, as 
appropriate: 
Provided, That for the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘non-
democratic or democratic transitioning country’’ shall have the same 
meaning as in section 2104(6) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act 
of 2007. 
(h) COMMUNICATION AND REPORTS.— 
(1) INFORMING
THE
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOC-
RACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State, and the Assistant Adminis-
trator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 
USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endowment for 
Democracy of democracy programs that are planned and sup-
ported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) FUNDING INSTRUMENTS.—Not later than September 
30, 2018, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
a report detailing the use of contracts, grants, and coopera-
tive agreements in the conduct of democracy programs 
with funds made available by the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31), which shall 
include funding level, account, program sector and sub-
sector, and a brief summary of purpose. 
(B) PROGRAM CHANGES.—The Secretary of State or the 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall report to the 
appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of 
a decision to significantly change the objectives or the 
content of a democracy program or to close such a program 
due to the increasingly repressive nature of the host 
country government: Provided, That the report shall also 
include a strategy for continuing support for democracy 
promotion, if such programming is feasible, and may be 
submitted in classified form, if necessary. 
(i) PROTECTION
OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
AND JOURNAL-
ISTS.— 
(1) PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a diplomatic and programmatic action 
plan to support and protect civil society activists and journalists 
who have been threatened, harassed, or attacked for peacefully 
exercising their rights of free expression, association, or 
assembly: Provided, That the Assistant Secretary for Democ-
racy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), Department of State, 
shall develop such action plan in coordination with the relevant 
bureaus and offices of the Department of State and USAID. 
(2) FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs
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and activities to implement the action plan described in para-
graph (1): Provided, That such funds may only be made avail-
able following consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That such funds shall be allocated 
to, and administered by, DRL and relevant bureaus and offices 
of the Department of State and USAID, and are in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE AND 
SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ shall be made 
available for the Office of International Religious Freedom, 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
of State, the Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for Inter-
national Religious Freedom, and the Special Envoy to Promote 
Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East 
and South Central Asia, as authorized in the Near East and 
South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–161), including for support staff at not less than 
the amounts specified for such offices in the table under such 
heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(2) CURRICULUM.—Funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and designated for the 
Office of International Religious Freedom shall be made avail-
able for the development and implementation of an inter-
national religious freedom curriculum in accordance with sec-
tion 708(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4028(a)(2)). 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROGRAMS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’ and available for the Human Rights and Democracy 
Fund, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
international religious freedom programs: Provided, That the 
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses 
of such funds. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PROGRAMS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted religious 
minorities: Provided, That a portion of such funds shall be 
made available for programs to investigate the persecution 
of such minorities by governments and non-state actors and 
for the public dissemination of information collected on such 
persecution, including on the Department of State Web site. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available 
for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted reli-
gious minorities, including victims of genocide designated by 
the Secretary of State and other groups that have suffered 
crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, to—
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(A) facilitate the implementation of an immediate, 
coordinated, and sustained response to provide humani-
tarian assistance; 
(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, including 
those facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecu-
tion because of their faith or ethnicity; and 
(C) improve access to secure locations for obtaining 
humanitarian and resettlement services. 
(4) TRANSITIONAL
JUSTICE, 
RECONCILIATION, 
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for the Relief and Recovery Fund, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to support 
transitional justice, reconciliation, and reintegration programs 
for vulnerable and persecuted religious minorities, including 
in the Middle East and North Africa regions: Provided, That 
such funds shall be matched, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, from sources other than the United States Government. 
(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Funds made available by 
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the responsibility of the Ambas-
sador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in consulta-
tion with other relevant United States Government officials. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors, Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available for pro-
grams related to international religious freedom, including reporting 
on the condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
(d) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to prevent atroc-
ities, including to implement recommendations of the Atrocities 
Prevention Board: Provided, That the Under Secretary for Civilian 
Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Department of State, 
shall be responsible for providing the strategic policy direction 
for, and policy oversight of, funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection to the Bureaus of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(e) FUNDING CLARIFICATION.—Funds made available pursuant 
to subsections (b) and (d) are in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purposes. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND 
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of 
this Act that are made available for victims of war, displaced 
children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons 
and assist victims of such trafficking, may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY.— 
(1) CHILD
SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
should not be used to support any military training or oper-
ations that include child soldiers.
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(2) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, 
ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for 
foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peace-
ful expression, association, or assembly in countries undergoing 
democratic transition. 
(3) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION.— 
Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J 
of Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2018. 
(4) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $8,000,000 
shall be made available for forensic anthropology assistance 
related to the exhumation and identification of victims 
of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, 
which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to 
funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for assistance for countries. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, not less than $6,000,000 shall be made available 
for DNA forensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America and Mexico. 
(5) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Section 7065 of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2018. 
(6) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—In pro-
viding assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under 
section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support 
for a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 
support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national 
entity emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging 
from instability. 
(7) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report on funds obli-
gated and expended during fiscal year 2017, by country and 
purpose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(8) FOREIGN
MILITARY
SALES
AND
FOREIGN
MILITARY 
FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
for the general costs of administering military assistance 
and sales shall be made available to increase the efficiency 
and effectiveness of programs authorized by Chapter 2 
of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided, That prior to 
the obligation of funds for such purposes, the Secretary 
of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions.