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(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 2015 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, 2014, 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: 
Provided, That for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘inter-
national financial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 7029(g) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.— 
Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant 
Federal agencies, shall develop for each government receiving 
assistance appropriated by this Act, ‘‘minimum requirements 
of fiscal transparency’’ which shall be updated and strength-
ened, as appropriate, to reflect best practices. 
(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).
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(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 a determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant 
progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal trans-
parency, 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 rec-
ommendations 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.—Of the funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act, not less than $10,000,000 should 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 transparency: 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) Officials of foreign governments and their immediate 
family members who 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. 
(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 
describing the information relating to corruption or violation 
of human rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1), 
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
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Web site, without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with 
respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance 
or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States. 
(d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles I and III may be made available to support 
the provision of additional information on United States Govern-
ment foreign assistance on the Department of State’s foreign assist-
ance 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 $2,849,555,000 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)(1) 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. 
(2) For purposes of funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ shall also include programs 
to rescue scholars, and fellowships, scholarships, and exchanges 
in the Middle East and North Africa region for academic profes-
sionals and university students from countries in such region, sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(d) 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. 
(e) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a strategy for the promotion of democracy in 
each country that receives funds appropriated by this Act in title 
III and that is important to the security interests of the United 
States, but whose central government does not govern justly or 
in accordance with the rule of law: Provided, That such strategy 
shall include support for institutions and individuals within such 
government that demonstrate a commitment to democratic prin-
ciples.
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(f) 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. 
(g) 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. 
(h) 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. 
(i) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’ that are made available to DRL shall be made available 
to establish and maintain a database of prisons and gulags in 
North Korea, including a list of political prisoners, and such data-
base shall be regularly updated and made publicly available on 
the Internet, as appropriate. 
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; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 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. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND 
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of 
this Act that are made available for victims of war, displaced 
children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons 
and assist victims of such trafficking, may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—In providing 
assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 
660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean support 
for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national entity 
emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta-
bility. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by the Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), from this 
or any other Act, may be made available as a general contribution 
to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law.