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withstanding any other provision of law, except for the lim-
itation contained in section 7070(a) of this Act, for assist-
ance and related programs for the countries identified in 
section 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European Democ-
racy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and sec-
tion 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102– 
511) and may be used to carry out the provisions of those 
Acts: Provided, That such assistance and related programs 
from funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ shall be administered in accordance with the respon-
sibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 
601 of the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and section 102 
of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511). 
(c) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 
not apply to— 
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance 
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec-
tion 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non-proliferation 
assistance; 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
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(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 In-
vestment 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; or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
RUSSIA 
SEC. 7070. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b)(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 re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations has taken af-
firmative 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 certifies to such Committees that
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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 Federa-
tion 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, and Russian owned and con-
trolled banks, or other Russian Government owned 
and controlled financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance in-
cludes the participation of Russian Government offi-
cials, and Russian owned and controlled banks, and 
other Russian Government owned and controlled fi-
nancial entities. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive directors of each international fi-
nancial institution to vote against any assistance by such 
institution (including but not limited to any loan, credit, 
or guarantee) for any program that violates the sovereignty 
or territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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(4) The requirements of subsection (b) shall cease to 
be in effect if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea. 
(c) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in title III to counter Russian 
aggression and influence in Central and Eastern Europe 
and Central Asia may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ in title IV: Provided, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to transfer authority oth-
erwise available under any other provision of law: Provided 
further, That such transfer authority shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 
the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made available 
to advance the implementation of Association Agreements, 
trade agreements, and visa liberalization agreements with 
the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 
external economic and political pressure from the Russian 
Federation. 
(e) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 
available to support the advancement of democracy and the
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rule of law 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 division K of Public Law 113–76. 
(f) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall update the reports required by 
section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of division K of Public Law 
113–76. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7071. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 
7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of division F of Public 
Law 111–117 shall apply to this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director of the International Mon-
etary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be 
repaid to the IMF before other private creditors. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to require 
that the IMF implements and enforces policies and proce-
dures which reflect best practices as defined in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act) for the protection 
of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices 
for— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosures;
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(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, in-
cluding external arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven re-
taliation. 
PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 7072. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available by this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public Web site of such agency any report 
required by this Act to be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations, upon a determination by the head of such 
agency that to do so is in the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of such report would com-
promise national security, including the conduct of 
diplomacy; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary, privileged, 
or sensitive information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations for not less than 45 days.