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INSPECTORS GENERAL 
SEC. 7063. (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, docu-
ments, or other materials available to the department or agency 
of the United States Government over which such Inspector General 
has responsibilities 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 General. 
(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, documents, and other mate-
rials in a timely manner. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.—Each Inspector General covered by this sec-
tion shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations 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.). 
(d) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Each Inspector General covered 
by this section shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
within 5 calendar days of any failure by any department or agency 
of the United States Government to provide its Inspector General 
access to all requested records, documents, and other materials. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTA´ NAMO BAY, CUBA 
SEC. 7064. 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 Appropriations in writing of the terms of the agree-
ment, including whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs will be made available for assist-
ance for such country pursuant to such agreement. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7065. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilat-
eral or bilateral program funded in titles III through VI of this 
Act unless such pledge was— 
(1) previously justified, including the projected future year 
costs, in a congressional budget justification; 
(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 notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 
projected future year costs; or
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(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. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE 
SEC. 7066. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 
cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO ELIMINATE TORTURE.—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 Appropriations, for 
assistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or other 
security forces in countries receiving assistance from funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7067. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 
provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, 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 max-
imum 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 cen-
tral government of a country with which the United States main-
tains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has 
an extradition treaty and the 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 interests of the United States. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 7068. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, 
and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major 
non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing 
with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 
(other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible 
civilian application), if the President determines that there are 
compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 
defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than 
by government-to-government sale under such Act.
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COUNTRY TRANSITION PLAN 
SEC. 7069. Any bilateral country assistance strategy developed 
after the date of enactment of this Act for the provision of assistance 
for a foreign country in this fiscal year shall include a transition 
plan identifying end goals and options for winding down, within 
a targeted period of years, such bilateral assistance: Provided, That 
such transition plan shall be developed by the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, and officials of such foreign government and representa-
tives of civil society, as appropriate. 
COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION 
SEC. 7070. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(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 Appropriations has taken affirmative 
steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 
Federation annexation of Crimea: Provided, That except as 
otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive 
the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if the 
Secretary determines and reports to such Committees 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; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 
States Government investments in Crimea, if such activity 
includes the participation of Russian Government officials, 
or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities; 
or 
(C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance includes 
the participation of Russian Government officials, or other 
Russian owned or controlled financial entities. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international financial institu-
tion to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 
any loan, 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. 
(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
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to the Committees on Appropriations has recognized the 
independence of, or has established diplomatic relations with, 
the Russian occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall publish on the Department of State Web site a list of 
any such central governments in a timely manner: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction on assist-
ance required by this paragraph if the Secretary determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 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 to support the Russian occupation of the Geor-
gian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international financial institu-
tion to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 
any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 
(4) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on actions taken by the Russian 
Federation to further consolidate the occupation of the Georgian 
territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, 
including the estimated annual costs of such occupation. 
(d) ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, and 
‘‘Foreign 
Military 
Financing 
Program’’, 
not 
less 
than 
$100,000,000 shall be made available for assistance to counter 
Russian influence and aggression in countries in Europe and 
Eurasia: Provided, That such funds shall be referred to as 
the Countering Russian Influence Fund (the Fund), and be 
made available to civil society organizations and other entities 
in such countries for rule of law, media, cyber, and other 
programs that strengthen democratic institutions and proc-
esses, and counter Russian influence and aggression: Provided 
further, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID 
Administrator, shall submit a spend plan to the Committees 
on Appropriations detailing the proposed uses of the Fund 
on a country-by-country basis: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be in addition to amounts made available for 
bilateral assistance for such countries. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act and made available 
for assistance for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be 
made available to advance the implementation of Association 
Agreements and trade 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 programs in the 
Russian Federation, including to promote Internet freedom, and 
shall also be made available to support the democracy and rule 
of law strategy required by section 7071(d) of the Department