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organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the develop-
ment of democratic states and institutions that are responsive and 
accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made available pursuant 
to this section that are made available for programs to strengthen 
government institutions shall be prioritized for those institutions 
that demonstrate a commitment to democracy and the rule of law. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.— 
(1) PRIOR
APPROVAL.—With respect to the provision of 
assistance for democracy programs in this Act, the organiza-
tions implementing such assistance, the specific nature of the 
assistance, and the participants in such programs shall not 
be subject to prior approval by the government of any foreign 
country. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNER INFORMATION.— 
If the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 
determines that the government of the country is undemocratic 
or has engaged in or condoned harassment, threats, or attacks 
against organizations implementing democracy programs, any 
new bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 
under which assistance is provided to such country shall not 
require the disclosure of the names of implementing partners 
of democracy programs, and the Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, 
to conform to this requirement. 
(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the USAID Administrator, shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees, not later 
than 90 days after enactment of this Act and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2023, detailing steps taken by 
the Department of State and USAID to comply with the require-
ments of this subsection. 
(f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—USAID shall con-
tinue to implement civil society and political competition and con-
sensus building programs abroad with funds appropriated by this 
Act in a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of grants 
and cooperative agreements in implementing such programs. 
(g) DIGITAL SECURITY
AND COUNTERING DISINFORMATION.— 
Democracy programs supported with funds appropriated by this 
Act under subsection (a)(1) should, as appropriate— 
(1) include— 
(A) a component on digital security to enhance the 
safety of implementers and beneficiaries; 
(B) assistance for civil society organizations to counter 
government surveillance, censorship, and repression by dig-
ital means; 
(C) efforts to combat weaponized technology, including 
the misuse of social media to spread disinformation or 
incite hate; and 
(D) measures to prevent the digital manipulation of 
elections, electoral data, and critical infrastructure; and 
(2) incorporate activities to counter disinformation propa-
gated by malign actors, including the People’s Republic of China 
and the Russian Federation.
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(h) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.— 
The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democ-
racy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regu-
larly inform the NED of democracy programs that are planned 
and supported with funds made available by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs. 
(i) PROTECTION
OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
AND JOURNAL-
ISTS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available to support 
and protect civil society activists and journalists who have 
been threatened, harassed, or attacked, including journalists 
affiliated with the United States Agency for Global Media. 
(j) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INDEPENDENT 
MEDIA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 
available for programs to protect international freedom of expression 
and independent media, including to implement the updated action 
plan required under section 7032(h) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 
(division K of Public Law 116–260): Provided, That funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall 
be made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State, and funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ shall be made avail-
able to the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation, 
USAID, for the costs of administering such programs. 
(k) LABOR PROGRAMS REPORT AND CONSULTATION.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees detailing steps taken, 
or planned to be taken, by USAID to build expertise and 
capacity within the agency on implementing labor programs, 
in addition to providing a description of current implementation 
efforts. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for labor programs administered by USAID 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ shall be made available for the Office of International 
Religious Freedom, Department of State. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available for inter-
national religious freedom programs and funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available 
for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic 
and religious minorities: Provided, That funds made available by
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this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’ pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility 
of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, 
in consultation with other relevant United States Government offi-
cials, and shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 
of law for assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq 
and Syria. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 7033(e) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2022. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND 
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in title III 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 notwithstanding 
any other provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $19,000,000 shall be 
made available for forensic anthropology assistance related to 
the exhumation and identification of victims of war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall be adminis-
tered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State: Provided, That such funds 
shall be in addition to funds made available by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs for assistance for coun-
tries. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for DNA forensic 
technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to prevent atroc-
ities: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
such purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by the Bureau 
for Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, 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. 
(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.—
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(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ shall be made available to carry out the Program 
for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union as 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 appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance 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) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 
for private sector partnerships, including partnerships with 
philanthropic foundations, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds made 
available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made avail-
able following prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, 
up to $500,000 may be made available for grants pursuant 
to section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate collabora-
tion with Indigenous communities, and under the heading ‘‘Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’, up to $1,000,000 
may be made available for grants to carry out the activities 
of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 
(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator may use funds 
appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation 
incentive awards in accordance with the terms and conditions 
of section 7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (divi-
sion F of Public Law 116–6): Provided, That each individual 
award may not exceed $100,000: Provided further, That no 
more than 15 such awards may be made during fiscal year 
2022. 
(6) DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION VENTURES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
and made available for the Development Innovation Ventures 
program may be made available for the purposes of chapter 
I of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(7) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to modify the Exchange 
Visitor Program administered by the Department of State to 
implement the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), except 
through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to the 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) and not-
withstanding the exceptions to such rulemaking process in 
such Act: Provided, That funds made available for such purpose 
shall only be made available after consultation with, and subject