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(v) the government of the recipient country is 
taking steps to publicly disclose on an annual basis 
its national budget, to include income and expendi-
tures; 
(B) the recipient government is in compliance with 
the principles set forth in section 7013 of this Act; 
(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not headed 
or controlled by an organization designated as a foreign 
terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act; 
(D) the Government of the United States and the 
government of the recipient country have agreed, in 
writing, on clear and achievable objectives for the use of 
such assistance, which should be made available on a cost- 
reimbursable basis; and 
(E) the recipient government is taking steps to protect 
the rights of civil society, including freedoms of expression, 
association, and assembly. 
(2) In addition to the requirements in subsection (a), no 
funds may be made available for direct government-to-govern-
ment assistance without prior consultation with, and notifica-
tion of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
notification shall contain an explanation of how the proposed 
activity meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided 
further, That the requirements of this paragraph shall only 
apply to direct government-to-government assistance in excess 
of $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash transfer, budget 
support, and cash payments to individuals. 
(3) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) or the Secretary of State, 
as appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to-govern-
ment assistance if the Administrator or the Secretary has cred-
ible information of material misuse of such assistance, unless 
the Administrator or the Secretary reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance, including a justifica-
tion, or that such misuse has been appropriately addressed. 
(4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2016 congres-
sional budget justification materials, amounts planned for 
assistance described in subsection (a) by country, proposed 
funding amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 
(5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act and 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2015, the 
USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report that— 
(A) details all assistance described in subsection (a) 
provided during the previous 6-month period by country, 
funding amount, source of funds, and type of such assist-
ance; and 
(B) the type of procurement instrument or mechanism 
utilized and whether the assistance was provided on a 
reimbursable basis. 
(6) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for any foreign country for debt service payments 
owed by any country to any international financial institution:
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Provided, That for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘inter-
national financial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 7029(h) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.— 
The Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 
the ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each 
government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 
identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of division 
K of Public Law 113–76. 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), ‘‘minimum 
requirements of fiscal transparency’’ are requirements con-
sistent with those in subsection (a)(1), and the public disclosure 
of national budget documentation (to include receipts and 
expenditures by ministry) and government contracts and 
licenses for natural resource extraction (to include bidding and 
concession allocation practices). 
(3) DETERMINATION
AND
REPORT.—For each government 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, 
not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall 
make or update any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ 
or ‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 
publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 
to be posted on the Department of State’s Web site: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall identify the significant progress made 
by each such government to publicly disclose national budget 
documentation, contracts, and licenses which are additional 
to such information disclosed in previous fiscal years, and 
include specific recommendations of short- and long-term steps 
such government should take to improve fiscal transparency: 
Provided further, 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 programs and activities to 
assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
improve budget transparency and to support civil society 
organizations in such countries that promote budget trans-
parency: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That a description of the uses of such funds shall 
be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 
required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1)(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, 
including corruption related to the extraction of natural 
resources, or a gross violation of human rights shall be ineligible 
for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately designate 
or identify officials of foreign 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.
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(2) Individuals shall not be ineligible 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 applicable international agreements. 
(3) The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph 
(1) 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. 
(4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report, including a classi-
fied annex if necessary, to the Committees on Appropriations 
and the Committees on the Judiciary describing the information 
related to corruption or violation of human rights concerning 
each of the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 
months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals 
who the Secretary 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) Any unclassified portion of the report required under 
paragraph (4) shall be posted on the Department of State’s 
Web site. 
(6) For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the 
records of the Department of State and of diplomatic and con-
sular offices 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) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any 
independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made avail-
able to support the provision of additional information on United 
States Government foreign assistance on the Department of State’s 
foreign assistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 
funded under this Act shall provide such information on foreign 
assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 
than $2,264,986,000 should be made available for democracy pro-
grams, as defined in subsection (c). 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy programs 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and with regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 
(NED), any regulation. 
(c) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term 
‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs that support good govern-
ance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of expression, 
association, assembly, and religion, human rights, labor rights, 
independent media, and the rule of law, and that otherwise 
strengthen the capacity of democratic political parties, governments, 
nongovernmental organizations and institutions, and citizens to 
support the development of democratic states, and institutions that 
are responsive and accountable to citizens.
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(d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
for governance programs should be made available to support 
institutions and individuals that demonstrate a commitment to 
democracy. 
(e) With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy, 
human rights, and governance activities in this Act, the organiza-
tions implementing such assistance, the specific nature of that 
assistance, and the participants in such programs shall not be 
subject to the prior approval by the government of any foreign 
country: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID), shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 
USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 
(f) Any funds made available by this Act for a business and 
human rights program in the People’s Republic of China shall 
be made available on a cost-matching basis from sources other 
than the United States Government. 
(g) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State (DRL) and the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict 
and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly communicate 
their planned programs to the NED. 
(h) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’ that are made available to DRL shall be made available 
to maintain a database of prisons and gulags in North Korea, 
in accordance with section 7032(i) of division K of Public Law 
113–76. 
(i) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
for democracy programs shall be made available to support freedom 
of religion, including in the Middle East and North Africa. 
(j) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be 
made available for democracy programs in countries in the Western 
Hemisphere above the total amount requested in the Congressional 
Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2015: Pro-
vided, That the Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 
obligation of such funds. 
(k) Funds made available by this Act for the Near East Regional 
Democracy program shall be the responsibility of the Assistant 
Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Secretary for DRL: Provided, That 
such funds shall be made available for the activities described 
in section 1243 of Public Law 112–239, following consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7033. 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;