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cal years, and include specific recommendations of 
short- and long-term steps such government should 
take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided fur-
ther, That the annual report shall include a detailed 
description of how funds appropriated by this Act 
are being used to improve fiscal transparency, and 
identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency: 
Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That a description of the uses of such 
funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans-
parency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
the Secretary of State has credible information 
have been involved in significant corruption, in-
cluding corruption related to the extraction of
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natural resources, or a gross violation of human 
rights shall be ineligible for entry into the 
United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify officials of for-
eign governments and their immediate family 
members about whom the Secretary has such 
credible information without regard to whether 
the individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible if entry into the United States would further 
important United States law enforcement objectives 
or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 
its obligations under the United Nations Head-
quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from 
United States Government obligations under applica-
ble international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) with respect to an indi-
vidual, and only if the Secretary determines that the 
waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 
that the circumstances which caused the individual 
to be ineligible have changed sufficiently.
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(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report, including a classified annex if nec-
essary, to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Committees on the Judiciary describing the informa-
tion related to corruption or violation of human 
rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Sec-
retary designated or identified pursuant to para-
graph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the 
application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers 
provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 
for each waiver. 
(5) POSTING
OF
REPORT.—Any unclassified 
portion of the report required under paragraph (4) 
shall be posted on the Department of State website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the records of the De-
partment of State and of diplomatic and consular of-
fices of the United States pertaining to the issuance 
or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 
and the amendments made by such section, and to 
prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and provide 
technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
natural resource management. 
(2) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
form the management of the international fi-
nancial institutions, and post on the Depart-
ment of the Treasury website, that it is the pol-
icy of the United States to vote against any as-
sistance by such institutions (including any 
loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any coun-
try for the extraction and export of a natural 
resource if the government of such country has 
in place laws, regulations, or procedures to pre-
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vent or limit the public disclosure of company 
payments as required by United States law, and 
unless such government has adopted laws, regu-
lations, or procedures in the sector in which as-
sistance is being considered for— 
(i) accurately accounting for and pub-
lic disclosure of payments to the host gov-
ernment by companies involved in the ex-
traction and export of natural resources; 
(ii) the independent auditing of ac-
counts receiving such payments and public 
disclosure of the findings of such audits; 
and 
(iii) public disclosure of such docu-
ments as Host Government Agreements, 
Concession Agreements, and bidding docu-
ments, allowing in any such dissemination 
or disclosure for the redaction of, or excep-
tions for, information that is commercially 
proprietary or that would create competi-
tive disadvantage. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 
building the capacity of such government to 
meet the requirements of this subparagraph.
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(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as-
sistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies fund-
ed under this Act shall provide such information on for-
eign assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen-
tral Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $2,400,000,000 
shall be made available for democracy programs. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available 
for democracy programs under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ pursuant to 
paragraph (1), not less than $89,540,000 shall be
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mittees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID to comply with the require-
ments of this subsection. 
(e) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT
PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit-
ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec-
ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 
agreements in implementing such programs: Provided, 
That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to af-
fect the ability of any entity, including United States small 
businesses, from competing for proposals for USAID- 
funded civil society and political competition and con-
sensus building programs. 
(f) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 
Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu-
manitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the 
National Endowment for Democracy of democracy pro-
grams that are planned and supported by funds made 
available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs.
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(g) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND 
JOURNALISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘De-
mocracy Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Human Rights Defenders Fund to sup-
port and protect civil society activists who have been 
threatened, harassed, or attacked, consistent with the ac-
tion plan required by section 7032(i)(1) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115– 
141): Provided, That such funds may only be made avail-
able following consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That such funds shall be allo-
cated to, and administered by, the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, in con-
sultation, as appropriate, with relevant bureaus and of-
fices 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 FREE-
DOM OFFICE AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall
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be made available for the Office of International Re-
ligious Freedom, Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 
Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Re-
ligious Minorities in the Near East and South Cen-
tral 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 report accom-
panying this Act. 
(2) CURRICULUM.—Funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and designated 
for the Office of International Religious Freedom 
shall be made available for the development and im-
plementation of an international religious freedom 
curriculum in accordance with section 708(a)(2) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4028(a)(2)). 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRO-
GRAMS.—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
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international religious freedom programs: Provided, 
That the Ambassador-at-Large for International Re-
ligious Freedom shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on the uses of such funds. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted reli-
gious minorities: Provided, That a portion of such 
funds shall be made available for programs to inves-
tigate the persecution of such minorities by govern-
ments and non-state actors and for the public dis-
semination of information collected on such persecu-
tion, including on the Department of State website. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for hu-
manitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted 
religious 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 im-
mediate, coordinated, and sustained response to 
provide humanitarian assistance; 
(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, 
including those facing a dire humanitarian cri-
sis and severe persecution because of their faith 
or ethnicity; and 
(C) improve access to secure locations for 
obtaining humanitarian and resettlement serv-
ices. 
(4) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, RECONCILIATION, 
AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated 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 tran-
sitional justice, reconciliation, and reintegration pro-
grams for vulnerable and persecuted religious mi-
norities, including in the Middle East and North Af-
rica regions: Provided, That such funds shall be 
matched, to the maximum extent practicable, from 
sources other than the United States Government. 
(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Funds made 
available by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the re-
sponsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for Inter-
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national Religious Freedom, in consultation with 
other relevant United States Government officials. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’ shall be made available for programs related to 
international religious freedom, including reporting on the 
condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
(d) FUNDING CLARIFICATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to subsection (b) are in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purposes. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, 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 notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ-
ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre-
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vention Board: Provided, That the Under Secretary for Ci-
vilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Depart-
ment of State, shall be responsible for providing the stra-
tegic 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 funds made available pur-
suant to this subsection are in addition to amounts other-
wise made available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, from this or any other Act, may be made available 
as a general contribution to the World Food Programme, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as
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authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available by title I of this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 
may be made available for grants pursuant to sec-
tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 
facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, 
and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for 
grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural An-
tiquities Task Force. 
(4) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards: Provided,
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That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 10 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2019: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this para-
graph the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means 
the provision of funding on a competitive basis 
that— 
(A) encourages and rewards the develop-
ment of solutions for a particular, well-defined 
problem related to the alleviation of poverty; or 
(B) helps identify and promote a broad 
range of ideas and practices facilitating further 
development of an idea or practice by third par-
ties. 
(5) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961, as amended, (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 
2451 et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking 
process pursuant to the Administrative Procedure 
Act and notwithstanding the exceptions to such rule-
making process in such Act: Provided, That funds 
made available for such purpose shall only be made
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available after consultation with, and subject to the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations, regarding how any proposed 
modification would affect the public diplomacy goals 
of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States. 
(6) REPORT.—The report required by section 
502(d) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115–31; 22 
U.S.C. 254a note) shall be provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(7) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
made available for private sector partnerships, up to 
$100,000,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2022: Provided, That funds made available pur-
suant to this paragraph may be reprogrammed after 
September 30, 2021 for other purposes following 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, or making significant changes to the 
scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec-
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retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That USAID partner vetting shall be considered to 
meet any other requirement to establish, maintain, or im-
plement a partner vetting or similar program. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES AND EVACUATIONS.— 
(1) During fiscal year 2019, the President may 
use up to $125,000,000 under the authority of sec-
tion 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(2) Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
available for Worldwide Security Protection under 
the ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ heading in 
the Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division B of Public Law 114–254), up to 
$301,200,000 may be used to develop and imple-
ment emergency evacuation contingency plans: Pro-
vided, That such amounts are designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this paragraph shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular
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notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 
to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc-
tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
withholding funds under this subsection. 
(h) CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT DETER-
MINATION.—None of the funds appropriated in titles I and 
III of this Act may be used for the preservation of reli-
gious sites unless the Secretary of State or the USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that such sites are his-
torically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the 
purpose of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit 
the free exercise of religion, and that the project is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 
merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For-
eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex-
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pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, except for funds des-
ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 
the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not 
more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 
(j) AUTHORITY TO COUNTER EXTREMISM.—Funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ to counter extremism may be made avail-
able notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting 
assistance to foreign countries, except sections 502B and 
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, 
That the use of the authority of this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees, and the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES 
OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2019.
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(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT
FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 
Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2019. 
(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV-
ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘October 
1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI-
TATION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in 
subparagraph (B), the authority provided by 
section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re-
main in effect through September 30, 2019. 
(B) The authority described in subpara-
graph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible 
member of the Foreign Service (as defined in
865 
section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a local-
ity-based comparability payment (stated as a 
percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the 
amount of the locality-based comparability pay-
ment (stated as a percentage) that would be 
payable to such member under section 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 
official duty station were in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, and 
2019’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2018’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 
in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2019’’.
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(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
REVIEW
BOARDS.—The 
authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 
for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
2019, except that the notification and reporting re-
quirements contained in such section shall include 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(8) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after the 
date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on 
the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever oc-
curs first, shall acquire competitive status for ap-
pointment to any position in the competitive service 
for which the employee possesses the required quali-
fications.
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(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2019. 
(m) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for monitoring and 
evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appropriate, 
be made available for the regular collection of feedback 
obtained directly from beneficiaries on the quality and rel-
evance of such assistance: Provided, That the Department 
of State and USAID shall establish procedures for imple-
menting partners that receive funds under such headings 
for regularly collecting and responding to such feedback, 
informing the Department of State and USAID of such 
procedures, and reporting to the Department of State and 
USAID on actions taken in response to the feedback re-
ceived: Provided further, That the Department of State 
and USAID shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure 
that such feedback is regularly collected and used by im-
plementing partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness 
and utility of such assistance.
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(n) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made 
available for pharmaceuticals and other products for other 
global health and child survival activities to the same ex-
tent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, 
subject to the terms and conditions in such section: Pro-
vided, That the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the For-
eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be 
exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global 
Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such 
non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of State shall include in the congressional 
budget justification an accounting of budgetary resources, 
disbursements, balances, and reimbursements related to 
such fund. 
(o) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’
869 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Jordan, 
Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized to be 
provided: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph for the costs of such guaran-
tees shall not be considered assistance for the pur-
poses of provisions of law limiting assistance to a 
country. 
(2) 
DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
were previously designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
such Act. 
(3) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of
870 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees, and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(p) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available for Local Works pursuant to 
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), 
which may remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
(2) For the purposes of section 7080 of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 
Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible entities’’ shall be de-
fined as small local, international, and United 
States-based nongovernmental organizations, edu-
cational institutions, and other small entities that 
have received less than a total of $5,000,000 from 
USAID over the previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, 
That departments or centers of such educational in-
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stitutions may be considered individually in deter-
mining such eligibility. 
(3) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the USAID Administrator shall post on the 
USAID website— 
(A) a description, with illustrative exam-
ples, of how Local Works is used to promote lo-
cally owned and led development efforts that 
have as their primary goal the sustainability of 
results; 
(B) the criteria for qualifying for Local 
Works funding; 
(C) simple guidance for submitting pro-
posals for Local Works funding, including unso-
licited proposals; and 
(D) a copy of the report and strategy re-
quired under the heading ‘‘Local Sustainability 
Awards Program’’ in Senate Report 115–152, 
which shall be retitled ‘‘Local Works’’. 
(q) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of State may waive the provisions of subsections 
(a) through (d) of section 824 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a case-by-case basis for an 
annuitant reemployed by the Inspector General on a tem-
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porary basis, subject to the same constraints and in the 
same manner by which the Secretary of State may exercise 
such waiver authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such 
section. 
(r) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the
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International Monetary Fund, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter- 
American Investment Corporation, the North Amer-
ican Development Bank, the European Bank for Re-
construction and Development, the African Develop-
ment Bank, the African Development Fund, and the 
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(4) HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—For pur-
poses of funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
are made available for assistance for Afghanistan, 
Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, the term ‘‘humani-
tarian assistance’’ includes creating conditions where 
locally legitimate authorities and systems can peace-
ably manage conflict and prevent violence. 
(5) SOUTHERN KORDOFAN REFERENCE.—Any 
reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other 
Act making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs shall 
be deemed to include portions of Western Kordofan 
that were previously part of Southern Kordofan 
prior to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan.
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(6) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(7) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 
for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(8) STABILIZATION ASSISTANCE.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘stabilization assistance’’ has the same 
meaning as defined by the Stabilization Assistance 
Review in ‘‘A Framework for Maximizing the Effec-
tiveness of U.S. Government Efforts to Stabilize 
Conflict-Affected Areas, 2018’’. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that—
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(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize re-
lations with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 
League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 
demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 
into consideration the participation of any recipient 
country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ-
ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 
the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
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nesses from complying with the boycott and penal-
izing businesses that do comply. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
and 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the
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context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so.
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(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 
of any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 
Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con-
sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet-
ings between officers and employees of the United States 
and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel- 
PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con-
ducting official United States Government business with
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such authority should continue to take place in locations 
other than Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been 
true in the past, officers and employees of the United 
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 
contacts, and have incidental discussions. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2019, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza.
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(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 
any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 
entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 
principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov-
erning board of trustees any individual that has been de-
termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 
or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter-
rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 
terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu-
cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 
be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West
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Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 
for— 
(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
mitted acts of terrorism; and 
(B) any educational institution located in 
the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 
individual who the Secretary of State deter-
mines has committed an act of terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds made available by this or 
prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
available by transfer, may be made available for obli-
gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks 
that have been established for security assistance for 
the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent 
of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 
(d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors
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and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 
to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, investigations, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 
in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 
treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2019 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 
audit shall address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 
and
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(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) 
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Funds 
made 
available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
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(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 
the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 
place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.—
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(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 
(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State
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shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government. 
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State
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certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 
(A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, up to $75,000,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Egypt, of which not 
less than $35,000,000 should be made available 
for higher education programs including not 
less than $15,000,000 for scholarships for 
Egyptian students with high financial need to 
attend not-for-profit institutions of higher edu-
cation: Provided, That such funds shall be made 
available for democracy programs, and for de-
velopment programs in the Sinai: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may not be made avail-
able for cash transfer assistance or budget sup-
port unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that the Government of Egypt is taking 
consistent and effective steps to stabilize the
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economy and implement market-based economic 
reforms. 
(B) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of 
State shall withhold from obligation funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Egypt, 
an amount of such funds that the Secretary de-
termines to be equivalent to that expended by 
the United States Government for bail, and by 
nongovernmental organizations for legal and 
court fees, associated with democracy-related 
trials in Egypt until the Secretary certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Government of Egypt has dismissed 
the convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal 
Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution 
Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’, and has not 
subjected the defendants to further prosecution 
or if convicted they have been granted full par-
dons. 
(C) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be
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made available for a contribution, voluntary or 
otherwise, to the ‘‘Civil Associations and Foun-
dations Support Fund’’, or any similar fund, es-
tablished pursuant to Law 70 on Associations 
and Other Foundations Working in the Field of 
Civil Work published in the Official Gazette of 
Egypt on May 29, 2017. 
(3) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military 
Financing 
Program’’, 
up 
to 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, may be made available for as-
sistance for Egypt: Provided, That such funds 
may be transferred to an interest bearing ac-
count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York, following consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
$300,000,000 of such funds shall be withheld 
from obligation until the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Government of Egypt is tak-
ing sustained and effective steps, which are in
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addition to steps taken during the previous cal-
endar year for such purposes, to— 
(i) advance democracy and human 
rights in Egypt, including to govern demo-
cratically and protect religious minorities 
and the rights of women; 
(ii) implement reforms that protect 
freedoms of expression, association, and 
peaceful assembly, including the ability of 
civil society organizations, human rights 
defenders, and the media to function with-
out interference; 
(iii) release political prisoners and 
provide other detainees with due process of 
law; 
(iv) hold Egyptian security forces ac-
countable, including officers credibly al-
leged to have violated human rights; 
(v) investigate and prosecute cases of 
extrajudicial killings and forced disappear-
ances; 
(vi) provide regular access for United 
States officials to monitor such assistance 
in all areas where the assistance is used; 
and
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(vii) comply with United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolution 2270 and other 
such resolutions regarding North Korea: 
Provided further, That the certification require-
ment of this paragraph shall not apply to funds 
appropriated by this Act under such heading 
for counterterrorism, border security, and non-
proliferation programs for Egypt. 
(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the certification requirement in subpara-
graph (A) if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
to do so is important to the national security 
interest of the United States, and submits a re-
port to such Committees containing a detailed 
justification for the use of such waiver and the 
reasons why any of the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A) cannot be met: Provided, That 
the report required by this paragraph shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may be ac-
companied by a classified annex. 
(4) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure 
that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, over-
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sight, and control of funds made available by this 
subsection for assistance for Egypt. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees assessing the efforts by the Government of 
Egypt to provide fair compensation to American cit-
izen April Corely for injuries and losses sustained 
during an attack by Egyptian armed forces on her 
tour group on September 13, 2015. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 
be used by the Secretary of State— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolutions or other efforts that advance 
Iran’s nuclear program; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support
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of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, 
human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and 
weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs for Iran, to 
be administered by the Assistant Secretary for 
Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(2) CONTINUATION
OF
PROHIBITION.—The 
terms and conditions of section 7041(c)(2) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I 
of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect dur-
ing fiscal year 2019. 
(3) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations the semi- 
annual report required by section 135 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 
added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement 
Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 
(c) IRAQ.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for 
Iraq for—
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(1) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
national security assistance, including for the Marla 
Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund; 
(2) stabilization assistance at not less than the 
amounts specified for such purpose in the table 
under this subsection in the report accompanying 
this Act; 
(3) humanitarian assistance, including in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and 
(4) programs to protect and assist religious and 
ethnic minority populations in Iraq. 
(d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $1,525,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which: not 
less than $1,082,400,000 shall be made available under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, of which not less 
than $745,100,000 shall be made available for budget sup-
port for the Government of Jordan; and not less than 
$425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(e) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb-
anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF
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is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ that are available for as-
sistance for Lebanon may be made available for pro-
grams and equipment for the ISF and the LAF to 
address security and stability requirements in areas 
affected by the conflict in Syria, following consulta-
tion with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance for 
Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding 
section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 
U.S.C. 2346 note). 
(4) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—In addition to the activities described in 
paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen
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border security and combat terrorism, including 
training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 
borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 
use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 
and to implement United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 
obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec-
retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a spend plan, including actions to be taken 
to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is only 
used for the intended purposes, except such plan 
may not be considered as meeting the notification 
requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 
under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2019: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in-
clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili-
tary equipment. 
(f) LIBYA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 
$30,000,000 shall be made available for stabilization 
assistance, including border security: Provided, That 
the limitation on the uses of funds for certain infra-
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structure projects in section 7041(f)(2) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of 
Public Law 113–76) shall apply to such funds. 
(2) COOPERATION ON THE SEPTEMBER 2012 AT-
TACK ON UNITED STATES PERSONNEL AND FACILI-
TIES.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is cooperating with 
United States Government efforts to investigate and 
bring to justice those responsible for the attack on 
United States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, 
Libya in September 2012: Provided, That the limita-
tion in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made 
available for the purpose of protecting United States 
Government personnel or facilities. 
(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
that are available for assistance for Morocco may only be 
used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 
Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 
2017. 
(h) SYRIA.—
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(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’ shall be made available, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for non-lethal assistance for 
Syria, of which not less than $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be made avail-
able for stabilization assistance. 
(2) SYRIAN
ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for as-
sistance for Syria shall be made available, on an 
open and competitive basis, to continue to strength-
en the capability of Syrian civil society organizations 
to address the immediate and long-term needs of the 
Syrian people in Syria in a manner that supports 
the sustainability of such organizations in imple-
menting Syrian-led humanitarian and development 
programs: Provided, That funds made available by 
this paragraph shall be administered by the Bureau 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act for assistance for Syria may be 
made available for a project or activity that supports
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or otherwise legitimizes the Government of Iran, for-
eign terrorist organizations (as designated pursuant 
to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in Syria. 
(4) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to this subsection 
may only be made available following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees, and 
shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $165,400,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Tunisia. 
(j) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 
is to— 
(A) advance Middle East peace; 
(B) improve security in the region; 
(C) continue support for transparent and 
accountable government institutions;
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(D) promote a private sector economy; or 
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A)(i) None of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
in this Act may be made available for assistance 
for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date 
of enactment of this Act— 
(I) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an 
agreement negotiated between Israel and 
the Palestinians; or 
(II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 
authorized investigation, or actively sup-
port such an investigation, that subjects 
Israeli nationals to an investigation for al-
leged crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re-
sulting from the application of subclause (I) of 
such clause if the Secretary certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is
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in the national security interest of the United 
States, and submits a report to such Commit-
tees detailing how the waiver and the continu-
ation of assistance would assist in furthering 
Middle East peace. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003(1) and (2) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 
and 1989 (Public Law 100–204) if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 
appropriate congressional committees that it is 
important to the national security interest of 
the United States or the conduct of diplomacy: 
Provided, That such waiver shall be effective for 
no more than a period of six months at a time. 
(ii) Upon written certification to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 
appropriate 
congressional 
committees, 
the 
President may waive the provisions of section 
1003(3) of Public Law 100–204. 
(3) 
PRIVATE
SECTOR
PARTNERSHIP
PRO-
GRAMS.—
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(A) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic 
Support 
Fund’’ 
not 
less 
than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza to— 
(i) promote the integration of the Pal-
estinian economy into the international 
business system through private sector en-
gagement 
between 
Palestinian 
entre-
preneurs and businesses and the private 
sector in the United States, Europe, and 
the Middle East; and 
(ii) support exchanges, cooperation, 
dialogue, shared community-building, and 
reconciliation between Palestinians and 
Israelis. 
(B) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds 
made available pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
shall be administered by the United States 
Agency for International Development, and may 
be made available for a Palestinian Partnership 
Fund to be established and managed by 
USAID: Provided, That the USAID Adminis-
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trator shall seek additional contributions for 
such Fund from other international donors, in-
cluding from the Middle East. 
(C) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds 
made available pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
may be made available for— 
(i) assistance for the Palestinian Au-
thority; and 
(ii) assistance for any individual or 
group that the USAID Administrator, in 
consultation with the heads of relevant 
Federal agencies, determines to be involved 
in, or advocating, terrorist activity or a 
member of a foreign terrorist organization, 
as designated pursuant to section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189). 
(4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 
apply to funds made available by this Act, including 
a description of modifications, if any, to the security 
strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 
(5) OBLIGATIONS AND DISBURSEMENTS.—Not 
later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the
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Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report detailing assist-
ance for the West Bank and Gaza appropriated in 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams by fiscal year, account, and program that are 
withheld from obligation or disbursement, the spe-
cific reason for such withholding, and the impact of 
such withholding on the welfare of the Palestinian 
people and the national interests of the United 
States, Israel, and Jordan: Provided, That such re-
port shall also include a description of any policy re-
view on assistance for the West Bank and Gaza un-
dertaken by the Department of State, USAID, or 
any other Federal entity, including the date on 
which the review was initiated, the participants in 
the review, any consultations by such participants 
with foreign or nongovernmental entities, and the 
findings of the review, if concluded. 
(k) WESTERN SAHARA.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for assistance 
for the Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act and prior to the obliga-
tion of such funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the USAID Administrator, shall consult with the
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Committees on Appropriations on the planned uses of such 
funds: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to change the policy of the United States to sup-
port the United Nations-led process to monitor the 
ceasefire and bring about a peaceful, sustainable, and mu-
tually agreed upon solution for the Western Sahara. 
(l) YEMEN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for stabilization 
assistance for Yemen. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION AS-
SISTANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ for the central government of a country in the 
African Great Lakes region may be made available only 
for Expanded International Military Education and Train-
ing and professional military education until the Secretary 
of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that such government is not facilitating or 
otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a 
neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed 
groups. 
(b) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds made 
available by this Act for assistance for the Central African
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Republic shall be made available for reconciliation and 
peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote 
inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and 
for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. 
(c) ETHIOPIA.— 
(1) FORCED EVICTIONS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act for assistance for Ethiopia may not be 
made available for any activity that supports forced 
evictions. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Programs and activities 
to improve livelihoods shall include prior consulta-
tion with, and the participation of, affected commu-
nities, including in the South Omo and Gambella re-
gions. 
(d) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, 
following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations, for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, 
Niger, and Nigeria for— 
(A) democracy, development, and global 
health programs; 
(B) assistance for individuals who are tar-
geted by foreign terrorist organizations, includ-
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ing Boko Haram, consistent with the provisions 
of section 7059 of this Act; 
(C) assistance for individuals displaced by 
violent conflict; and 
(D) counterterrorism programs. 
(2) PERSONNEL.—Funds appropriated under 
the headings ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II and 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ in title III of this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs shall be made 
available to increase the number of United States 
Agency for International Development personnel, in-
cluding contractors, in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, 
including to establish or increase the size of each re-
spective USAID mission, as applicable, to effectively 
manage democracy and development programs made 
available pursuant to this Act: Provided, That not 
later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the 
USAID Administrator, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees detailing steps taken 
as of such date, and steps planned to be taken, to 
increase the presence of USAID personnel, including
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United States Direct Hire personnel, in Cameroon, 
Chad, and Niger. 
(e) COUNTER LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs and activities in areas af-
fected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) consistent 
with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disar-
mament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–172), including to improve physical ac-
cess, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warn-
ing mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobi-
lization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, es-
pecially child soldiers. 
(f) SOUTH SUDAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for the central Gov-
ernment of South Sudan may only be made available, fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, for— 
(1) humanitarian assistance; 
(2) assistance to support South Sudan peace 
negotiations or to advance or implement a peace 
agreement; and 
(3) assistance to support implementation of 
outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace
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Agreement and mutual arrangements related to such 
agreement: 
Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act for assist-
ance for South Sudan that are made available for 
peacebuilding and conflict mitigation shall be made avail-
able at not less than the fiscal year 2017 levels: Provided 
further, That prior to the initial obligation of funds made 
available pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations on the intended uses of such funds and steps 
taken by such government to advance or implement a 
peace agreement. 
(g) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for 
assistance for the Government of Sudan. 
(B) LOANS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for 
the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 
loans and loan guarantees held by the Govern-
ment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, re-
ducing, or canceling amounts owed to the
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United States, and modifying concessional 
loans, guarantees, and credit agreements. 
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of para-
graph (1) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs; 
(C) assistance for the Darfur region, 
Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 
other marginalized areas and populations in 
Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation 
of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 
Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements related 
to post-referendum issues associated with such 
Agreement, or any other internationally recog-
nized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(h) ZIMBABWE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available for assistance for Zimbabwe fol-
lowing consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees: Provided, That such funds may only be made 
available for assistance for the central Government of 
Zimbabwe if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to such committees that such Government has—
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(1) restored the rule of law, including respect 
for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of 
expression, association, and assembly; 
(2) taken steps to publicly disclose revenues 
from the extraction of natural resources; and 
(3) held free and fair presidential and par-
liamentary elections: 
Provided further, That the limitation of the previous pro-
viso shall not apply to funds made available for health and 
education programs. 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) ECONOMIC
SUPPORT
FUND.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 
Burma may be made available notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except for this sub-
section, and following consultation with the ap-
propriate congressional committees. 
(B) USES.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for Burma— 
(i) 
shall 
be 
made 
available 
to 
strengthen civil society organizations in
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Burma and for programs to strengthen 
independent media; 
(ii) shall be made available for com-
munity-based organizations operating in 
Thailand to provide food, medical, and 
other humanitarian assistance to internally 
displaced persons in eastern Burma, in ad-
dition to assistance for Burmese refugees 
from funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’; 
(iii) shall be made available for pro-
grams to promote ethnic and religious tol-
erance and to combat gender-based vio-
lence, including in Rakhine, Shan, Kachin, 
and Karen states; 
(iv) shall be made available to pro-
mote 
rural 
economic 
development 
in 
Burma, including through microfinance 
programs; 
(v) shall be made available to increase 
opportunities for foreign direct investment 
by strengthening the rule of law, trans-
parency, and accountability;
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(vi) shall be made available for pro-
grams to investigate and document allega-
tions of ethnic cleansing and other gross 
violations of human rights committed 
against the Rohingya people in Rakhine 
state: Provided, That such funds shall be 
made available for civil society organiza-
tions in Bangladesh and Burma for such 
purposes: Provided further, That prior to 
the obligation of such funds, the Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State, shall en-
sure the establishment of a standard docu-
mentation format and documentation pro-
cedures for use by such organizations, and 
shall identify an appropriate repository for 
such information: Provided further, That 
such sums shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for such pur-
poses; 
(vii) shall be made available for pro-
grams to investigate and document allega-
tions of gross violations of human rights 
committed in Burma, particularly in areas 
of conflict: Provided, That such funds shall
914 
be made available for civil society and 
international organizations, including those 
in countries bordering Burma; 
(viii) may not be made available to 
any individual or organization if the Sec-
retary of State has credible information 
that such individual or organization has 
committed a gross violation of human 
rights, including against Rohingya and 
other minority groups, or that advocates 
violence against ethnic or religious groups 
or individuals in Burma; 
(ix) may not be made available to any 
organization or entity controlled by the 
armed forces of Burma; 
(x) may be made available for ethnic 
groups and civil society in Burma to help 
sustain ceasefire agreements and further 
prospects for reconciliation and peace, 
which may include support to representa-
tives of ethnic armed groups for this pur-
pose; and 
(xi) may only be made available for 
programs 
to 
support 
the 
return 
of 
Rohingya, Karen, and other refugees and
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internally displaced persons to their loca-
tions of origin or preference in Burma if 
such returns are voluntary and consistent 
with international law. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 
Burma: Provided, That the Department of State 
may continue consultations with the armed forces of 
Burma only on human rights and disaster response 
in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal year, 
and following consultation with the appropriate con-
gressional committees. 
(3) CERTIFICATION AND WAIVER.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 
subsection, of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ that are made available for assistance 
for Burma, 15 percent may not be obligated 
until the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Burma—
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(i) has terminated military coopera-
tion with North Korea; 
(ii) is respecting human rights and 
the rule of law, including the arrest and 
prosecution of journalists; 
(iii) is revising, updating, or repealing 
colonial-era and other oppressive laws that 
are used in such prosecutions, including 
the Unlawful Associations Act; and 
(iv) is credibly investigating the mur-
der of U Ko Ni, and is taking steps to pro-
tect and defend the security and safety of 
other activists. 
(B) The Secretary of State may waive the 
requirements of this paragraph if the Secretary 
determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that do so is in the national in-
terest. 
(4) PROGRAMS, POSITION, AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
(A) Any new program or activity in Burma 
initiated in fiscal year 2019 shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees.
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(B) Section 7043(b)(7) 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 2019. 
(C) The United States Chief of Mission in 
Burma, in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State, shall be respon-
sible for democracy and human rights programs 
in Burma. 
(b) CAMBODIA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for 
the Government of Cambodia may be obligated 
or expended unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such Government is taking effec-
tive steps to— 
(i) strengthen regional security and 
stability, particularly regarding territorial 
disputes in the South China Sea and the 
enforcement of international sanctions with 
respect to North Korea; and
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(ii) respect the rights and responsibil-
ities enshrined in the Constitution of the 
Kingdom of Cambodia as enacted in 1993, 
including through the— 
(I) restoration of the civil and 
political rights of the opposition Cam-
bodia National Rescue Party, media, 
and civil society organizations; 
(II) restoration of all elected offi-
cials to their elected offices; and 
(III) release of all political pris-
oners, including journalists, civil soci-
ety activists, and members of the op-
position political party. 
(B) Funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act for assistance for Cambodia shall be 
made available for— 
(i) democracy programs, including re-
search and education programs associated 
with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, ex-
cept that no funds for such purposes may 
be made available to the Extraordinary 
Chambers in the Court of Cambodia; and
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(ii) programs in the Khmer language 
to counter the influence of the People’s Re-
public of China in Cambodia. 
(C) Section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be deemed to apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act and made avail-
able for assistance for Cambodia, except the 
Secretary of State may waive the requirement 
of this paragraph if the Secretary certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Government of Cambodia has held free 
and fair elections. 
(2) VISA
RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated 
under title I of this Act shall be made available to 
continue to implement the policy announced by the 
Department of State on December 6, 2017, to re-
strict the issuance of visas to enter the United 
States to individuals involved in undermining democ-
racy in Cambodia, including the family members of 
such individuals, as appropriate: Provided, That not 
later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees describing the 
implementation of such policy.
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(c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made 
available for democracy; economic governance and trade; 
natural resource security, energy, and governance; and, 
law enforcement and security programs to support the im-
plementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, as follows— 
(1) $65,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’; 
(2) $50,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’; 
(3) $30,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’; 
and 
(4) $15,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available for such purposes. 
(d) LAOS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’, not less than 
$40,000,000 shall be made available to continue to clear 
unexploded ordnance in Laos. 
(e) NORTH KOREA.—
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(1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
for assistance for the central government of a coun-
try the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees engages in 
significant transactions contributing materially to 
the malicious cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Gov-
ernment of North Korea: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall submit the report required by 
section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 
U.S.C. 9229), as amended, to the Committees on 
Appropriations in the manner described in subpara-
graph (2)(A) of such section: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of State may waive the application of 
the restriction in this paragraph with respect to as-
sistance for the central government of a country if 
the Secretary determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that to do so is im-
portant to the national security interest of the 
United States, including a description of such inter-
est served.
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(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 
broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not 
less than the prior fiscal year. 
(3) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ should be made available for assistance for 
refugees from North Korea, including protection ac-
tivities in the People’s Republic of China and other 
countries in Asia. 
(4) HUMAN
RIGHTS
PROMOTION, DATABASE, 
AND LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 
made available for the promotion of human 
rights in North Korea: Provided, That such 
funds shall be administered by the Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State: Provided further, 
That the authority of section 7032(b) of this 
Act shall apply to such funds.
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(B) DATABASE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under title III shall be made available 
to maintain a database of prisons and gulags in 
North Korea, in accordance with section 
7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 
76). 
(C) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ may be made available 
for assistance for the Government of North 
Korea. 
(f) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
matic Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for processing licenses for the export of sat-
ellites of United States origin (including commercial 
satellites and satellite components) to the People’s 
Republic of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in 
advance, the Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied of such proposed action. 
(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms 
and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assist-
ance projects or activities of the People’s Liberation 
Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such projects or 
activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 
by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able pursuant to this Act may be used to finance 
any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with 
the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State 
has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA. 
(3) COUNTER INFLUENCE PROGRAMS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act for public diplomacy under 
title I and for assistance under titles III and IV 
shall be made available to counter the influence of 
the PRC, in accordance with the strategy required 
by section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 
76), following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(4) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—The uses of funds made 
available by this Act for the promotion of de-
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mocracy in the PRC, except for funds made 
available under subsection (f), shall be the re-
sponsibility of the Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for trilateral 
programs conducted with the PRC shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) PHILIPPINES.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for 
counternarcotics assistance for the Philippines, except for 
drug demand reduction, maritime law enforcement, or 
transnational interdiction. 
(h) TIBET.— 
(1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 
States executive director of each international finan-
cial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to support financing of projects in 
Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 
the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 
Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti-
926 
betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 
are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 
self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti-
betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef-
fective monitoring. 
(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 
(A) TIBET
AUTONOMOUS
REGION.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be made available to non-
governmental organizations to support activities 
which preserve cultural traditions and promote 
sustainable development, education, and envi-
ronmental conservation in Tibetan communities 
in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other 
Tibetan communities in China. 
(B) INDIA AND NEPAL.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic 
Support 
Fund’’, 
not 
less 
than 
$6,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, 
development, and the resilience of Tibetan com-
munities in India and Nepal, and to assist in 
the education and development of the next gen-
927 
eration of Tibetan leaders from such commu-
nities: Provided, That such funds are in addi-
tion to amounts made available in subpara-
graph (A) for programs inside Tibet. 
(C) TIBETAN GOVERNANCE.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$3,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to strengthen the capacity of Tibetan in-
stitutions and governance. 
(i) VIETNAM.— 
(1) DIOXIN
REMEDIATION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 
available for activities related to the remediation of 
dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be 
made available for assistance for the Government of 
Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes. 
(2) HEALTH AND DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 
$12,500,000 shall be made available for health and 
disability programs in areas sprayed with Agent Or-
ange and otherwise contaminated with dioxin, to as-
928 
sist individuals with severe upper or lower body mo-
bility impairment or cognitive or developmental dis-
abilities. 
(3) UNEXPLODED
ORDNANCE.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
available to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in 
Vietnam, including to conduct UXO surveys. 
(4) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ that are made available for assist-
ance for Vietnam, not less than $2,500,000 shall be 
made available for forensic assistance related to the 
identification of remains from conflict, regardless of 
the affiliation of such remains with North or South 
Vietnam. 
(5) FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ 
and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for Fulbright 
University Vietnam, which shall not be used for con-
struction activities.
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SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.— 
(A) EMBASSY
BRANCH
OFFICE.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Em-
bassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 
may be made available to reestablish and main-
tain one or more Embassy Branch Offices in 
Afghanistan, following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations and subject to 
the regular notification procedures of such 
Committees. 
(B) EMBASSY AIR.—The requirements of 
section 7052(c) of this Act relating to reim-
bursement for aircraft use by Federal and non- 
Federal personnel supporting Department of 
State and United States Agency for Inter-
national Development programs and activities 
in Afghanistan may include less than full cost 
recovery if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that such action is important to safeguard
930 
the welfare and security of United States per-
sonnel in Afghanistan. 
(2) ASSISTANCE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 
Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
Act shall be made available to implement the South 
Asia Strategy, the Revised Strategy for United 
States Engagement in Afghanistan, and the United 
States Agency for International Development Coun-
try Development Cooperation Strategy for Afghani-
stan: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 
are made available for the Fulbright program for Af-
ghanistan shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated in title I of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’. 
(3) OVERSIGHT AND ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
(A) OVERSIGHT.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for as-
sistance for Afghanistan, up to $2,800,000 may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
931 
propriated in title II of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for au-
dits, investigations, and other activities for the 
purposes of conducting effective oversight of as-
sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That any 
such funds transferred are in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
(B) ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES.— 
(i) Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for 
Afghanistan may not be made available to 
any Afghan individual, organization, or 
government entity if the Secretary of State 
has credible information that such indi-
vidual, organization, or entity is knowingly 
involved in acts of grand corruption, illicit 
narcotics production or trafficking, or has 
committed a gross violation of human 
rights: Provided, That such requirement 
shall not apply to any United States cit-
izen or lawful permanent resident associ-
ated with such organization or entity. 
(ii) The Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction shall update 
the assessment of the implementation of
932 
the Afghanistan National Strategy for 
Combatting Corruption by the Government 
of Afghanistan, including efforts to pros-
ecute individuals alleged to be involved in 
corrupt or illegal activities. 
(4) TAXATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan 
may be made available for direct government-to-gov-
ernment assistance unless the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that— 
(A) the United States Government and the 
Government of Afghanistan have in place the 
agreements necessary to ensure compliance with 
the principles set forth in section 7013 of this 
Act; and 
(B) United States companies and organiza-
tions that are implementing United States as-
sistance programs in Afghanistan in a manner 
consistent with United States laws and regula-
tions are not subjected by the Government of 
Afghanistan to taxes or other fees in contraven-
tion of the agreements referenced in subpara-
graph (A), and are not subjected to retaliation 
by the Government of Afghanistan for the non-
933 
payment of such taxes or fees imposed in the 
past: Provided, That not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations an assessment of the dollar value of 
improper taxes or fees levied by such govern-
ment against such companies and organizations 
in fiscal year 2018. 
(5) AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
title III through VI that are made available for 
assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail-
able— 
(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 
this Act or any similar provision of law 
and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961; 
(ii) for reconciliation programs and 
disarmament, 
demobilization, 
and 
re-
integration activities for former combat-
ants who have renounced violence against 
the Government of Afghanistan, including 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related
934 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 112–74), except that 
no such funds may be made available for 
direct monetary payment to demobilized 
combatants; and 
(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I 
of Public Law 112–74) shall apply to funds ap-
propriated by this Act for assistance for Af-
ghanistan. 
(6) PRIOR ACTS.—Funds appropriated by prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs and 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan shall 
be made available pursuant to this subsection. 
(7) AFGHAN ALLIES.—It is the sense of the 
Senate that the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa pro-
gram is important to the national interests of the 
United States, and that the Department of State 
should develop a system of prioritization for the 
processing of Afghan Special Immigrant Visas. 
(b) NEPAL.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than
935 
$121,730,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Nepal, including for earthquake recovery and re-
construction programs. 
(2) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
shall only be made available for humanitarian and 
disaster relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal, 
and in support of international peacekeeping oper-
ations: Provided, That such funds may only be made 
available for any additional uses if the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the Government of Nepal is inves-
tigating and prosecuting violations of human rights 
and the laws of war, and the Nepal Army is cooper-
ating fully with civilian judicial authorities in such 
cases. 
(c) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ for assistance for Paki-
stan may be made available only to support 
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capa-
bilities in Pakistan.
936 
(B) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 
days after enactment of this Act, and prior to 
the submission of the report required by section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the amount 
of funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
that is anticipated to be subject to the January 
2018 policy decision of the United States to 
suspend security assistance for Pakistan, or any 
subsequent policy decision affecting such assist-
ance: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
promptly inform the appropriate congressional 
committees in writing of any changes to such 
policy, the justification for such changes, and 
the progress made by the Government of Paki-
stan in meeting the counterterrorism objectives 
described under this section in Senate report 
115-282. 
(C) 
REPROGRAMMING.—Funds 
appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
937 
gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan that are 
withheld from obligation or expenditure by the 
Department of State may be reprogrammed by 
the Secretary of State, except that no such 
funds may be reprogrammed that are required 
to complete payment on existing and previously 
approved contracts: Provided, That such re-
programming shall be subject to the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(2) BILATERAL
ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
RE-
PORT.—Prior to the obligation of funds made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance for the central Govern-
ment of Pakistan, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees detailing— 
(A) the amount of financing and other 
support, if any, provided by the Government of 
Pakistan to schools supported by, affiliated 
with, or run by the Taliban or any domestic or 
foreign terrorist organization in Pakistan; 
(B) the extent of cooperation by such gov-
ernment in issuing visas in a timely manner for 
United States visitors, including officials and
938 
representatives of nongovernmental organiza-
tions, engaged in assistance and security pro-
grams in Pakistan; 
(C) the extent to which such government is 
providing humanitarian organizations access to 
detainees, internally displaced persons, and 
other Pakistani civilians affected by conflict in 
Pakistan and the region; and 
(D) the extent to which such government is 
strengthening democracy in Pakistan. 
(3) AUTHORITY AND USES OF FUNDS.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act for as-
sistance for Pakistan may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex-
cept for section 620M of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act for as-
sistance for Pakistan that are made available 
for infrastructure projects shall be implemented 
in a manner consistent with section 507(6) of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 
(C) The authorities and directives of sec-
tion 7044(d)(4) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public
939 
Law 113–235) regarding scholarships for 
women shall apply to funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance for Pakistan, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’ that are made available 
for assistance for Pakistan shall be made avail-
able to interdict precursor materials from Paki-
stan to Afghanistan that are used to manufac-
ture improvised explosive devices and for agri-
culture extension programs that encourage al-
ternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers 
to decrease the dual use of fertilizer in the 
manufacturing of improvised explosive devices. 
(E) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are made 
available for assistance for Pakistan, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for 
border security programs in Pakistan, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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(F) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
that are made available for assistance for Paki-
stan, not less than $19,500,000 shall be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds made avail-
able in title I of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’ for the Fulbright program for Pakistan: 
Provided, That such transfer and merge shall 
take place not later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act. 
(4) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 
available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 
shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from 
prison and cleared of all charges relating to the as-
sistance provided to the United States in locating 
Osama bin Laden. 
(5) PROHIBITION ON ENTRY.—Section 7031(c) 
of this Act shall be applied to officials of the Gov-
ernment of Pakistan about whom the Secretary of 
State has credible information have been involved in 
the wrongful imprisonment of Aasiya Noreen, known
941 
as Asia Bibi, who was sentenced to death for alleg-
edly violating Pakistani blasphemy laws. 
(d) SRI LANKA.— 
(1) BILATERAL
ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.—Of 
the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Sri Lanka for economic develop-
ment and democracy programs, particularly in areas 
recovering from ethnic and religious conflict: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be made available for 
programs to assist in the identification and resolu-
tion of cases of missing persons. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance for the central Government of 
Sri Lanka, except for funds made available for hu-
manitarian assistance and victims of trauma, may be 
made available only if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Government of Sri Lanka is— 
(A) repealing laws that do not comply with 
international standards for arrest and detention 
by security forces, and ensuring that any suc-
cessor legislation meets such standards; 
(B) increasing accountability and trans-
parency in governance;
942 
(C) investigating allegations of arbitrary 
arrest and torture, and supporting a credible 
justice mechanism in compliance with United 
Nations Human Rights Council Resolution (A/ 
HCR/RES/30/1) of October 2015; 
(D) returning military occupied lands in 
former conflict zones to their rightful owners or 
compensating those whose land was confiscated 
without due process, and which is in addition to 
steps taken during the previous calendar year; 
(E) establishing a functioning office of 
missing persons and assisting its investigations 
of cases of missing persons from Sri Lanka’s 
internal armed conflicts with the cooperation of 
the armed forces of Sri Lanka; and 
(F) substantially reducing the presence of 
the armed forces in former conflict zones and 
implementing a plan for restructuring the 
armed forces to adopt a peacetime role that 
contributes to post-conflict reconciliation and 
regional security. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act that 
are available for assistance for Sri Lanka shall be 
subject to the following conditions—
943 
(A) funds under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ may only be 
made available for programs to support human-
itarian and disaster response preparedness and 
maritime security, including professionalization 
and training for the navy and coast guard; and 
(B) funds under the heading ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ may only be made avail-
able for training and equipment related to 
international peacekeeping operations and im-
provements to peacekeeping-related facilities, 
and only if the Government of Sri Lanka is tak-
ing effective steps to bring to justice Sri 
Lankan peacekeeping troops who have engaged 
in sexual exploitation and abuse. 
(e) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ for assistance for Afghanistan and 
Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law that restricts assistance to 
foreign countries, for cross border stabilization and 
development programs between Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, or between either country and the Central 
Asian countries.
944 
(2) SECURITY
AND
JUSTICE
PROGRAMS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for assistance for countries in South and Cen-
tral Asia shall be made available to accelerate the re-
cruitment and enhance the retention and profes-
sionalism of women in the judiciary, police, and 
other security forces. 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.—Of the funds 
appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, 
$515,465,000 should be made available for assistance for 
countries in Central America to implement the United 
States Strategy for Engagement in Central America: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be provided under the same 
terms and conditions contained in section 7045(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 
Law 115–141), except that— 
(1) no funds shall be made available for the 
Award for Extraordinary Progress; and 
(2) the funding limitation of this subsection and 
similar limitations in prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs shall not apply to 
funds made available for humanitarian, food secu-
945 
rity, and anti-corruption programs for countries in 
Central America. 
(b) COLOMBIA.—Of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act, not less than $391,253,000 
shall be made available for assistance for Colombia: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be provided under the same 
terms and conditions contained in section 7045(b) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(c) CUBA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 
programs for Cuba. 
(d) HAITI.—The Government of Haiti shall be eligi-
ble to purchase defense articles and services under the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for 
the Coast Guard. 
(e) MEXICO.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
made available for assistance for Mexico, not less than 
$18,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ and made available to proc-
ess the asylum applications of Central Americans in Mex-
946 
ico: Provided, That of such funds, not less than 
$3,000,000 shall be made available for assistance to im-
prove the capacity of the Comisio´n Mexicana de Ayuda 
a Refugiados to process such applications: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, 
Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, shall con-
sult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses 
of such funds. 
(f) VENEZUELA.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $20,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to promote democracy and the rule of law in Ven-
ezuela. 
EUROPE AND EURASIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) GEORGIA.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$125,325,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Georgia. 
(2) UKRAINE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$425,700,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Ukraine.
947 
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for assistance for a govern-
ment of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 
if such government directs any action in violation of the 
territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 
Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as 
those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That except as otherwise provided in section 
7067(a) of this Act, funds may be made available without 
regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 
determines that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States: Provided further, That prior to exe-
cuting the authority contained in the previous proviso, the 
Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on how such assistance supports the na-
tional security interest of the United States. 
(c) SECTION
907 OF
THE
FREEDOM
SUPPORT 
ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 
U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to— 
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 
(22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the 
Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act 
of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation as-
sistance;
948 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
acting within his or her official capacity; 
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 
(5) any financing provided under the Export- 
Import Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
(d) TURKEY.— 
(1) 
PROLONGED
DETENTION
OF
UNITED 
STATES
CITIZENS
IN
TURKEY.—The Secretary of 
State shall identify senior officials of the Govern-
ment of Turkey with respect to whom the Secretary 
has credible information are knowingly responsible 
for the wrongful or unlawful prolonged detention of 
citizens or nationals of the United States currently 
held in Turkey: Provided, That the Secretary may 
not issue to any such officials a visa to enter the 
United States: Provided further, That the restriction
949 
in this paragraph shall not apply to individuals de-
scribed in section 7031(c)(2) of this Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the applica-
tion of this paragraph if the Secretary determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that to do so is in the national interest or 
that the circumstances which caused the individual 
or individuals to be denied a visa have sufficiently 
changed: Provided further, That not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the report regarding Americans held 
under wrongful or unlawful prolonged detention in 
Turkey under this heading in Senate report 115- 
282, in classified form if necessary. 
(2) TURKISH
PRESIDENTIAL
PROTECTION
DI-
RECTORATE.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale 
of defense articles or defense services to the Turkish 
Presidential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under 
chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2761 et seq.), unless the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that members of the TPPD that 
are named in the July 17, 2017 indictment by the
950 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and 
against whom charges are pending, have returned to 
the United States to stand trial in connection with 
the offenses contained in such indictment or have 
otherwise been brought to justice: Provided, That 
the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to 
the use of fund made available by this Act for bor-
der security purposes, for North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization or coalition operations, or to enhance the 
protection of United States officials and facilities in 
Turkey. 
(3) RESTRICTION
ON
FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, may be made available to transfer, 
or to facilitate the transfer of, F–35 aircraft to Tur-
key, including any defense articles or services related 
to such aircraft, until the Secretary of State certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
Government of Turkey is not purchasing the S–400 
missile defense system from Russia and will not ac-
cept the delivery of such system.
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS 
SEC. 7047. (a) If the President determines that doing 
so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 
to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 
Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 
the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 
Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 
Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola-
tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 
in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina-
tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de-
terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
section shall be made available subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for a United States contribution to the 
International Criminal Court: Provided, That funds may 
be made available for technical assistance, training, assist-
ance for victims, protection of witnesses, and law enforce-
ment support related to international investigations, ap-
prehensions, prosecutions, and adjudications of genocide,
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crimes against humanity, and war crimes: Provided fur-
ther, That the previous proviso shall not apply to Amer-
ican service members and other United States citizens or 
nationals, or to nationals of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization (NATO) or major non-NATO allies initially 
designated pursuant to section 517(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961. 
UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’ and ‘‘International Or-
ganizations and Programs’’ that are available for 
contributions to the United Nations (including the 
Department of Peacekeeping Operations), any 
United Nations agency, or the Organization of 
American States, 15 percent may not be obligated 
for such organization, department, or agency until 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the organization, 
department, or agency is— 
(A) posting on a publicly available website, 
consistent with privacy regulations and due 
process, regular financial and programmatic au-
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dits of such organization, department, or agen-
cy, and providing the United States Govern-
ment with necessary access to such financial 
and performance audits; 
(B) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures which reflect best prac-
tices for the protection of whistleblowers from 
retaliation, including best practices for— 
(i) protection against retaliation for 
internal and lawful public disclosures; 
(ii) legal burdens of proof; 
(iii) statutes of limitation for report-
ing retaliation; 
(iv) access to independent adjudicative 
bodies, including external arbitration; and 
(v) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation; and 
(C) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures on the appropriate use 
of travel funds, including restrictions on first 
class and business class travel. 
(2) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or 
pursuant to paragraph (1) may be waived on a case- 
by-case basis if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations
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that such waiver is necessary to prevent or respond 
to a humanitarian crisis. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA-
TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGA-
TIONS.—None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay expenses for any United 
States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or 
commission of the United Nations if such agency, 
body, or commission is chaired or presided over by 
a country, the government of which the Secretary of 
State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) 
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as contin-
ued in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of State as a contribution to any 
organization, agency, commission, or program within 
the United Nations system if such organization, 
agency, commission, or program is chaired or pre-
sided over by a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, or 
any other provision of law, is a government that has 
repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
terrorism. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the restriction in this subsection if the Sec-
retary determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that to do so is in the national inter-
est of the United States, including a description of 
the national interest served. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN-
CY.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations on whether UNRWA 
is— 
(1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 
West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to 
inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any in-
appropriate use; 
(2) acting promptly to address any staff or ben-
eficiary violation of its own policies (including the 
policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 
and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
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(3) implementing procedures to maintain the 
neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 
no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec-
tions of its installations, to ensure they are only 
used for humanitarian or other appropriate pur-
poses; 
(4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 
to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con-
ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the 
Department of State on actions it has taken to en-
sure conformance with such conditions; 
(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all 
educational materials currently taught in UNRWA- 
administered schools and summer camps is con-
sistent with the values of human rights, dignity, and 
tolerance and does not induce incitement; 
(6) not engaging in operations with financial in-
stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 
United States law, and is taking steps to improve 
the financial transparency of the organization; and 
(7) in compliance with the United Nations 
Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 
is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec-
ommendations.
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(d) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NA-
TIONS MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 
Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 
arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations 
or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chap-
ter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
the costs for participation of another country’s delegation 
at international conferences held under the auspices of 
multilateral or international organizations. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 
fiscal year 2019 for contributions to any organization, de-
partment, agency, or program within the United Nations 
system or any international program that are withheld 
from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall update such report 
each time additional funds are withheld by operation of 
any provision of law: Provided further, That the re-
programming of any withheld funds identified in such re-
port, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior
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consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(f) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE-
KEEPING OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to implement section 
301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of State should withhold assistance to any unit of 
the security forces of a foreign country if the Sec-
retary has credible information that such unit has 
engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including 
while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping op-
eration, until the Secretary determines that the gov-
ernment of such country is taking effective steps to 
hold the responsible members of such unit account-
able and to prevent future incidents: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall promptly notify the government 
of each country subject to any withholding of assist-
ance pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees of such 
withholding not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination to withhold such assistance is made: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max-
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imum extent practicable, assist such government in 
bringing the responsible members of such unit to 
justice. 
(g) 
ADDITIONAL
AVAILABILITY.—Funds 
appro-
priated under titles I and V of this Act which are returned 
or not made available due to the implementation of sub-
section (a) or the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Con-
tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ of 
such title shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
(h) 
NATIONAL
SECURITY
INTEREST
WITH-
HOLDING.— 
(1) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State 
shall withhold 5 percent of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’ for a specialized agen-
cy or other entity of the United Nations if the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the United States Am-
bassador to the United Nations, determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
agency or entity has taken an official action that is 
against the national security interest of the United 
States or an ally of the United States, including 
Israel.
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(2) RELEASE
OF
FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the United States Am-
bassador to the United Nations, may release funds 
withheld pursuant to paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such agency or entity is taking steps 
to address the action that resulted in the with-
holding of such funds. 
(3) REPROGRAMMING.—Should the Secretary of 
State be unable to make a determination pursuant 
to paragraph (2) regarding the release of withheld 
funds, such funds may be reprogrammed for other 
purposes under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’. 
(4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, 
may waive the requirements of this subsection if the 
Secretary determines that to do so in the national 
interest. 
(i) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS.—Sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles I 
and III through V of this Act, which are returned or not 
made available for organizations and programs because of
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the implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the requirement 
to withhold funds for programs in Burma under section 
307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7049. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 
and accountability of civilian police authority 
through training and technical assistance in human 
rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance, in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 
respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 
and foster improved police relations with the com-
munities they serve. 
(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.—
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(A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
ualty training and equipment. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
bat casualty care training and equipment as a 
component of any package of lethal assistance 
funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 
Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un-
less the Secretary determines that such country 
has in place, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat-
ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on 
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur-
ther, That any such training and equipment for 
combat casualty care shall be made available 
through an open and transparent process. 
(3) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.—
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(A) 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 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: Pro-
vided, 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 operations, and related programs 
for assistance for countries. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for DNA fo-
rensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America and Mexico. 
(4) FOREIGN
MILITARY
SALES
AND
FOREIGN 
MILITARY
FINANCING
PROGRAM.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ for the general costs of 
administering military assistance and sales shall be
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made available to increase the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of programs authorized by Chapter 2 of the 
Arms Export Control Act: Provided, That prior to 
the obligation of funds for such purposes, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(5) TRAINING
RELATED
TO
INTERNATIONAL 
HUMANITARIAN LAW.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ that are 
made available for lethal assistance shall include an 
offer by the Secretary of State for training related 
to the requirements of international humanitarian 
law as a component of such assistance, except that 
this paragraph shall not apply to a country that— 
(A) is a member of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO); 
(B) is a major non-NATO ally initially 
designated pursuant to section 517(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or 
(C) the Secretary of State determines is 
complying with international humanitarian law. 
(6) SECURITY FORCE PROFESSIONALIZATION.— 
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law
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Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, not 
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to in-
crease the capacity of foreign security forces to oper-
ate in accordance with appropriate standards for 
human rights and the protection of civilians: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be made available to in-
crease partner capacity to collect, track, and analyze 
civilian casualty data caused by such operations, in-
cluding to apply lessons learned to future operations, 
and to enhance investigate capacity and transparent 
accountability mechanisms: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated 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. 
(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
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Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2019. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
PRISON
CONDITIONS.— 
Section 7065 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 2019: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be made available to implement such section. 
(4) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, and 2020’’. 
(5) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—For the purposes of 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
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eign operations, and related programs that are made 
available for assistance for units of foreign security 
forces, the term ‘‘to the maximum extent prac-
ticable’’ in section 620M(d)(7) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) means that the 
identify of such units shall be made publicly avail-
able unless such disclosure would endanger the safe-
ty of human sources or reveal sensitive intelligence 
sources and methods. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 
(A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment 
available to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of 
State and used in support of the clearance of 
landmines and unexploded ordnance for human-
itarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 
basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe.
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(B) CLUSTER
MUNITIONS.—No military 
assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni-
tions, no defense export license for cluster mu-
nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 
or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
(i) the submunitions of the cluster 
munitions, after arming, do not result in 
more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 
across the range of intended operational 
environments, and the agreement applica-
ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 
such cluster munitions or cluster munitions 
technology specifies that the cluster muni-
tions will only be used against clearly de-
fined military targets and will not be used 
where civilians are known to be present or 
in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 
transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 
or permanently disposing of such cluster 
munitions. 
(3) CROWD
CONTROL
ITEMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, 
small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other
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items for crowd control purposes for foreign security 
forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful ex-
pression, association, or assembly in countries that 
the Secretary of State determines are undemocratic 
or are undergoing democratic transitions. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) VETTING REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on foreign assistance 
cases submitted for vetting for purposes of sec-
tion 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 during the preceding fiscal year, includ-
ing— 
(i) the total number of cases sub-
mitted, approved, suspended, or rejected 
for human rights reasons; and 
(ii) for cases rejected, a description of 
the steps taken to assist the foreign gov-
ernment in taking effective measures to 
bring the responsible members of the secu-
rity forces to justice, in accordance with 
section 620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961.
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(B) FORM.—The report required by this 
paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may be accompanied by a classified 
annex. 
(2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 
656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 
‘‘military training provided to foreign military per-
sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 
military training provided by foreign governments 
with funds appropriated to the Department of De-
fense or the Department of State, except for train-
ing provided by the government of a country des-
ignated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 
non-NATO ally. 
DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7050. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
shall be made available for programs and activities admin-
istered by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment to address the needs and protect and promote 
the rights of people with disabilities in developing coun-
tries, including initiatives that focus on independent living, 
economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employ-
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ment, transportation, sports, and integration of individ-
uals with disabilities, including for the cost of translation. 
(b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL 
SUPPORT.—Of the funds made available pursuant to this 
section, 5 percent may be used for USAID for manage-
ment, oversight, and technical support. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart-
ments of the United States Government who are stationed 
in the United States, at any single international con-
ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 
is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con-
ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa-
tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov-
ernments, international organizations, or nongovern-
mental organizations. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior
972 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 
Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 
used for any other program and in any region. 
(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 
in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 
programmatic purposes in the designated country or re-
gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft pur-
chased or leased by the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be co-
ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 
Chief of Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may 
be used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel
973 
supporting Department of State and USAID pro-
grams and activities: Provided further, That official 
travel for other agencies for other purposes may be 
supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim-
bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 
Provided further, That funds received by the Depart-
ment of State in connection with the use of aircraft 
owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of 
State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund 
of the Department and shall be available for ex-
penses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 
chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities 
of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the 
primary purpose of which is the transportation of 
personnel. 
(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 
To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 
by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of
974 
Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in subsection 
(f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’. 
ARMS TRADE TREATY 
SEC. 7054. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses within the United States not authorized before the 
date of the enactment of this Act by Congress: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to 
carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Pub-
lic Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note). 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 7056. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec-
tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 
to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies
975 
for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equip-
ment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft 
having possible civilian application), if the President deter-
mines that there are compelling foreign policy or national 
security reasons for those defense articles being provided 
by commercial lease rather than by government-to-govern-
ment sale under such Act. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 
to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency 
for International Development to hire and employ individ-
uals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap-
pointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 
and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3948 and 3949). 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.—
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(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2020. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
should only be used to the extent that an equivalent num-
ber of positions that are filled by personal services contrac-
tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 
are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account 
to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 
relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 
this section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Op-
erating Expenses’’. 
(e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi-
viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 
available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations
977 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may 
be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 
the limitation set forth in such section. 
(f) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 
employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to 
carry out programs in response to natural disasters, or 
man-made disasters subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 
Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be 
used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services con-
tractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, in-
terim support for new or expanded overseas programs and
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activities managed by the agency until permanent direct 
hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not 
more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any 
bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 
available only for personal services contractors assigned 
to the Office of Food for Peace. 
(h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 
the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 
such contracts when the order is placed with any category 
of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT-
MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro-
vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be 
assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or Paki-
stan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs.
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GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 
for global health programs including activities relating to 
research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, 
HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law except for provisions under the 
heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as 
amended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act, not less than $595,050,000 shall be 
made available for family planning and reproductive 
health activities, including in areas where population 
growth threatens biodiversity and endangered species. 
(b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act that are available for a contribution to the Global 
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 
Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation until 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Global Fund is— 
(1) maintaining and implementing a policy of 
transparency, including the authority of the Global 
Fund Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to pub-
lish OIG reports on a public website;
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(2) providing sufficient resources to maintain 
an independent OIG that— 
(A) reports directly to the Board of the 
Global Fund; 
(B) maintains a mandate to conduct thor-
ough investigations and programmatic audits, 
free from undue interference; and 
(C) compiles regular, publicly published 
audits and investigations of financial, pro-
grammatic, and reporting aspects of the Global 
Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, 
and Local Fund Agents; 
(3) effectively implementing and enforcing poli-
cies and procedures which reflect best practices for 
the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, in-
cluding best practices for— 
(A) protection against retaliation for inter-
nal and lawful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting re-
taliation; 
(D) access to independent adjudicative 
bodies, including external arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation:
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Provided, That such withholding shall not be in ad-
dition to funds that are withheld from the Global 
Fund in fiscal year 2019 pursuant to the application 
of any other provision contained in this or any other 
Act. 
(c) 
CONTAGIOUS
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
OUT-
BREAKS.— 
(1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that an international in-
fectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 
spreading internationally, or that it is in the na-
tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer-
gency of International Concern, funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 
Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made available 
to combat such infectious disease or public health 
emergency, and may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under such headings for 
the purposes of this paragraph.
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(2) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available by this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(d) REPURPOSED FUNDS.— 
(1) USES.—Of the unobligated balances avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance’’ in title IX of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235)— 
(A) $27,450,000 shall be for programs to 
accelerate the capabilities of targeted countries 
to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious 
disease outbreaks; and 
(B) the remaining balances shall be made 
available for the Emergency Reserve Fund es-
tablished pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division J of Public Law 115–31) and shall be 
made available under the same terms and con-
ditions of such section: Provided, That the sec-
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ond proviso of such paragraph is amended by 
striking ‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting in 
lieu thereof ‘‘Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development’’. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available by this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(3) TRANSFER
BETWEEN
ACCOUNTS.—Funds 
made available pursuant to this subsection under the 
headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under such 
headings: Provided, That such transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law. 
(4) DESIGNATION.—The amounts repurposed 
under this subsection are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be 
available only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such des-
ignations to the Congress.
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GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen-
der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 
development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 
participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 
worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available for programs specifically designed 
to increase leadership opportunities for women in coun-
tries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to 
law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for 
women’s political status, expanding women’s participation 
in political parties and elections, and increasing women’s 
opportunities for leadership positions in the public and 
private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 
shall be made available to implement a multi-year 
strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based vio-
lence in countries where it is common in conflict and 
non-conflict settings.
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(B) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 
judicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 
where appropriate, prevention and response to gen-
der-based violence and trafficking in persons, and 
shall promote the integration of women into the po-
lice and other security forces. 
(2) Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development gender pro-
grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to com-
bat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, in-
cluding child marriage, rape, female genital cutting 
and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 
forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non- 
conflict settings. 
(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 
available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 
improve coordination of, United States Government ef-
forts to empower women as equal partners in conflict pre-
vention, peace building, transitional processes, and recon-
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struction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in po-
litical transition, and to ensure the equitable provision of 
relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. 
(e) WOMEN
AND GIRLS
AT RISK FROM EXTRE-
MISM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support women 
and girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and 
for the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 
115–141): Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 
purposes, and shall be made available following consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION
AND HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, up to $515,000,000 may be 
made available for assistance for basic edu-
cation, and such funds may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law that
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restricts assistance to foreign countries: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall also be used for 
secondary education activities: Provided further, 
That the USAID Administrator, following con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, may reprogram such funds between coun-
tries. 
(B) If the USAID Administrator deter-
mines that any unobligated balances of funds 
specifically designated for assistance for basic 
education in prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs are in excess of the ab-
sorptive capacity of recipient countries, such 
funds may be made available for other pro-
grams authorized under chapter 1 of part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwith-
standing such funding designation: Provided, 
That the authority of the previous proviso shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act for assistance for basic education 
programs, not less than $90,000,000 shall be
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made available for a contribution to multilateral 
partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than 
$235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for higher education: Provided, That such funds may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries, and shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of such amount, not less than 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for human and 
institutional capacity building partnerships between 
higher education institutions in the United States 
and developing countries, of which not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be for new partnerships which 
should be competed and awarded not later than one 
year after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed 
uses of funds for such partnerships. 
(3) MCCAIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ that are
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made available for the Benjamin Gilman Inter-
national Scholarships Program shall also be made 
available for the McCain Scholars Program, pursu-
ant to section 303 of the International Academic 
Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–309), to 
include the dependents of active United States mili-
tary personnel who are receiving any form of Fed-
eral Financial Aid under title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, not less than $30,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad pro-
gram, and not less than $12,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for cooperative development programs of USAID. 
(c) ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act, not less than 
$942,563,000 shall be made available for environ-
ment and renewable energy programs, of which not 
less than $179,000,000 shall be for renewable en-
ergy programs and not less than $177,000,000 shall 
be for adaptation programs. 
(2) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION.—
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(A) Funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 
106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for 
the provisions of this subsection, to support en-
vironment programs. 
(B) Funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(3) CONSERVATION
PROGRAMS
AND
LIMITA-
TIONS.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $295,000,000 
shall be made available for biodiversity con-
servation programs. 
(B) Not less than $90,664,000 of the 
funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall be made available to combat the 
transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 
trafficking. 
(C) None of the funds appropriated under 
title IV of this Act may be made available for 
training or other assistance for any military
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unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 
determines has been credibly alleged to have 
participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, 
unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States. 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act for 
biodiversity programs shall not be used to sup-
port the expansion of industrial scale logging or 
any other industrial scale extractive activity 
into areas that were primary/intact tropical for-
ests as of December 30, 2013, and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international 
financial institutions (IFI) to vote against any 
financing of any such activity. 
(4) LARGE DAMS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each IFI that it is the policy of the United 
States to vote in relation to any loan, grant, strat-
egy, or policy of such institution to support the con-
struction of any large dam consistent with the cri-
teria set forth in Senate Report 114–79, while also 
considering whether the project involves important 
foreign policy objectives.
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(5) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.—Of the funds 
appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
$135,000,000 shall be made available for sustainable 
landscapes programs. 
(6) STRATEGIES.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit the strategies in the manner described under 
this heading in this section in Senate report 115- 
282. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 
not less than $1,000,600,000 shall be made available for 
food security and agricultural development programs to 
carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act 
of 2016 (Public Law 114–195), of which not less than 
$315,960,000 shall be made available for the Bureau for 
Food 
Security, 
USAID, 
including 
not 
less 
than 
$55,000,000 for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs: 
Provided, That funds may be made available for a con-
tribution as authorized by section 3202 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), 
as amended by section 3206 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
(e) MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISES.—Of the 
funds 
appropriated 
by 
this 
Act, 
not 
less 
than 
$265,000,000 shall be made available to support the devel-
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opment of, and access to financing for, micro- and small 
enterprises that benefit the poor, especially women. 
(f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $65,000,000 shall be made 
available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 
internationally, of which not less than $40,000,000 shall 
be from funds made available under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for programs to end modern slavery shall be in 
addition to funds made available by this subsection to 
combat trafficking in persons. 
(g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $30,000,000 shall be made available to support peo-
ple-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together 
individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political 
backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, 
That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obliga-
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tion of funds, on the uses of such funds, and such funds 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be 
matched by sources other than the United States Govern-
ment: Provided further, That such funds shall be adminis-
tered by the Office of Conflict Management and Mitiga-
tion, USAID. 
(h) WATER AND SANITATION.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
less than $435,000,000 shall be made available for 
water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to 
section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
of which not less than $195,000,000 shall be for 
programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not 
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to 
support initiatives by local communities in devel-
oping countries to build and maintain safe latrines. 
(2) In furtherance of the mandate of the Water 
for the World Act to provide sustainable access to 
clean water and sanitation for the world’s poorest 
people and in order to promote transparency and ac-
countability, not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act the USAID Administrator shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees the spe-
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cific weighting of criteria in the WASH Needs Index 
and an explanation of how it is used to prioritize 
funding that is proportionate to the needs of a coun-
try for water, sanitation, and hygiene projects. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
SEC. 7061. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Whenever 
the President determines that it is in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to a 
total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this Act for the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation Program Account, to be subject 
to the terms and conditions of that account: Provided, 
That such funds shall not be available for administrative 
expenses of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation: 
Provided further, That designated funding levels in this 
Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: Pro-
vided further, That the exercise of such authority shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of 
subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 of such Act 
shall remain in effect until September 30, 2019.
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INSPECTORS GENERAL 
SEC. 7062. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency of the United States 
Government over which such Inspector General has re-
sponsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such 
Inspector General to such records, documents, or other 
materials, under any provision of law, except a provision 
of law that expressly refers to such Inspector General and 
expressly limits the right of access of such Inspector Gen-
eral. 
(b) TIMELY ACCESS.—A department or agency of the 
United States Government covered by this section shall 
provide its Inspector General access to all records, docu-
ments, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.—Each Inspector General covered 
by this section shall ensure compliance with statutory limi-
tations on disclosure relevant to the information provided 
by the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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(d) REPORT.—Each Inspector General covered by 
this section shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions within 5 calendar days of any failure by any depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government to pro-
vide its Inspector General access to all requested records, 
documents, and other materials. 
INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTA´NAMO BAY, CUBA 
SEC. 7063. Not later than 5 days after the conclusion 
of an agreement with a country, including a state with 
a compact of free association with the United States, to 
receive by transfer or release individuals detained at 
United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, the 
Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the terms of the agreement, includ-
ing whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs will be made avail-
able for assistance for such country pursuant to such 
agreement. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7064. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to make any pledge for future year fund-
ing for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in ti-
tles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was—
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(1) previously justified, including the projected 
future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica-
tion; 
(2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs or previously authorized by an Act 
of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, including the projected future year costs; or 
(4) the subject of prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 
was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the 
pledge. 
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING 
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 
SEC. 7065. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used to support or jus-
tify the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or de-
grading treatment or punishment by any official or con-
tract employee of the United States Government. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwith-
standing section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 and following consultation with the Committees on
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Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture and 
other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punish-
ment by foreign police, military or other security forces 
in countries receiving assistance from funds appropriated 
by this Act. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7066. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance 
(other than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Assistance’’) for the central government of a country 
which has notified the Department of State of its refusal 
to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 
for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is 
life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or for 
killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 
States extradition request. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 
to the central government of a country with which the 
United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 
which the United States has an extradition treaty and the
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government of that country is in violation of the terms 
and conditions of the treaty. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such waiver is important to the national interest of 
the United States. 
COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION 
SEC. 7067. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central Government of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(b) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
government of a country that the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations has taken affirmative steps intended to 
support or be supportive of the Russian Federation 
annexation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: 
Provided, That except as otherwise provided in sub-
section (a), the Secretary may waive the restriction 
on assistance required by this paragraph if the Sec-
retary determines and reports to such Committees
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that to do so is in the national interest of the United 
States, and includes a justification for such interest. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for— 
(A) the implementation of any action or 
policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the 
Russian Federation over Crimea or other terri-
tory in Ukraine; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 
of United States Government investments in 
Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the 
control of Russian-backed separatists, if such 
activity includes the participation of Russian 
Government officials, or other Russian owned 
or controlled financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea or other terri-
tory in Ukraine under the control of Russian- 
backed separatists, if such assistance includes 
the participation of Russian Government offi-
cials, or other Russian owned or controlled fi-
nancial entities. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive directors of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any as-
sistance by such institution (including any loan,
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credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 
the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
(4) The requirements and limitations of this 
subsection shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary 
of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of Ukraine 
has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea and other 
territory in Ukraine under the control of Russian- 
backed separatists. 
(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF 
ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
government of a country that the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations has recognized the independence of, or has 
established diplomatic relations with, the Russian oc-
cupied 
Georgian 
territories 
of 
Abkhazia 
and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall publish on the Department of State 
website a list of any such central governments in a 
timely manner: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may waive the restriction on assistance required by 
this paragraph if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that to
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do so is in the national interest of the United States, 
and includes a justification for such interest. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available to support the Russian occu-
pation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive directors of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any as-
sistance by such institution (including any loan, 
credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 
(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, not less than $300,000,000 shall 
be made available to carry out the purposes of the 
Countering Russian Influence Fund, as authorized 
by section 254 of the Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 
115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543), and programs to enhance 
the capacity of law enforcement and security forces
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in countries in Europe and Eurasia and strengthen 
security cooperation between such countries and the 
United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization, as appropriate. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are 
made available for the Countering Russian Influence 
Fund, not less than the following amounts shall be 
made available— 
(A) 
$25,000,000 
for 
assistance 
for 
Ukraine; 
(B) $15,000,000 for the assistance for the 
Baltic states; 
(C) $25,000,000 for assistance for Geor-
gia; and 
(D) $15,000,000 for assistance for the 
countries of the Balkan Peninsula: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for 
such countries. 
(3) Funds appropriated by this Act and made 
available for assistance for the Eastern Partnership 
countries shall be made available to advance the im-
plementation of Association Agreements and trade
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agreements with the European Union, and to reduce 
their vulnerability to external economic and political 
pressure from the Russian Federation. 
(e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available to support democracy pro-
grams in the Russian Federation, including to promote 
Internet freedom, and shall also be made available to sup-
port the democracy and rule of law strategy required by 
section 7071(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division K of Public Law 113–76). 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7068. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi-
tions of sections 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public 
Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure 
that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other pri-
vate creditors.
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STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS 
IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT 
SEC. 7069. (a) COUNTERING FOREIGN FIGHTERS 
AND EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
for programs and activities to counter and defeat violent 
extremism and foreign fighters abroad, consistent with the 
strategy required by section 7073(a)(1) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31): 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall ensure such 
programs are coordinated with and complement the efforts 
of other United States Government agencies and inter-
national partners, and that information gained through 
the conduct of such programs is shared in a timely manner 
with relevant departments and agencies of the United 
States Government, other international partners, and the 
appropriate congressional committees, as appropriate. 
(b) RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND.— 
(1) FUNDS
AND
TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘For-
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eign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
$250,000,000 shall be made available for the Relief 
and Recovery Fund for assistance for areas liberated 
or at risk from, or under the control of, the Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria, other terrorist organiza-
tions, or violent extremist organizations, including 
for stabilization assistance for vulnerable ethnic and 
religious minority communities affected by conflict: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available for such purposes 
and to amounts specifically designated in this Act 
for assistance for countries: Provided further, That 
such funds appropriated under such headings may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated under such headings: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by this Act or any other 
Act, and is subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
that are made available for the Relief and Recovery 
Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for programs to promote accountability in Iraq
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and Syria for genocide, crimes against humanity, 
and war crimes, which shall be in addition to any 
other funds made available by this Act for such pur-
poses: Provided, That such programs shall include 
components to develop local investigative and judi-
cial skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and 
maintain the chain of custody of evidence, including 
for use in prosecutions: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be administered by the Special Coordi-
nator for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, De-
partment of State: Provided further, That funds 
made available by this paragraph shall only be made 
available on an open and competitive basis. 
(3) COST-MATCHING
BASIS.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made 
available to the maximum extent practicable on a 
cost-matching basis from sources other than the 
United States Government. 
(4) Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are 
made available for the Relief and Recovery Fund, 
not less than the following amounts shall be made 
available— 
(A) $100,000,000 for assistance for Iraq;
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(B) $100,000,000 for assistance for Syria; 
(C) $50,000,000 for assistance for Jordan; 
(D) $50,000,000 for assistance for Libya; 
(E) $50,000,000 for assistance for Tuni-
sia; 
(F) $50,000,000 for countries of the Lake 
Chad Basin region; 
(G) $25,000,000 for assistance for Leb-
anon; 
(H) $25,000,000 for assistance for coun-
tries in West Africa; 
(I) $25,000,000 for assistance for coun-
tries in East Africa; and 
(J) $25,000,000 for assistance for the 
countries of the Sahel region: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for 
such countries. 
(c) PREVENTION OF FAILED STATES THROUGH PUB-
LIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams that are made available for the Relief and Re-
covery Fund, up to $20,000,000 shall be made avail-