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Provided, That such funds shall be made available under the 
same terms and conditions of such section. 
(5) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made avail-
able by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be made available 
to the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in the City of Wuhan 
in the People’s Republic of China. 
GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 
SEC. 7059. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) GENDER
EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available to promote gender equality in United 
States Government diplomatic and development efforts by 
raising the status, increasing the economic participation and 
opportunities for political leadership, and protecting the rights 
of women and girls worldwide. 
(2) WOMEN’S
ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act are available to implement the Women’s 
Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–428): Provided, That the Secretary of State 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the implementation of such 
Act. 
(3) GENDER EQUITY AND EQUALITY ACTION FUND.—Of the 
funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up to 
$200,000,000 may be made available for the Gender Equity 
and Equality Action Fund. 
(b) MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.— 
Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less 
than $50,000,000 shall be made available for programs specifically 
designed to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries 
where women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, 
or practice, by strengthening protections for women’s political 
status, expanding women’s participation in political parties and 
elections, and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi-
tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provincial, 
and national levels: Provided, That such programs shall hereafter 
be collectively named the ‘‘Madeleine K. Albright Women’s Leader-
ship Program’’. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made available 
to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond 
to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 
conflict and non-conflict settings. 
(2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
Act that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and 
military personnel, including for international peacekeeping 
operations, shall address, where appropriate, prevention and 
response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, 
and shall promote the integration of women into the police 
and other security forces.
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(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
$150,000,000 should be made available to support a multi-year 
strategy to expand, and improve coordination of, United States 
Government efforts to empower women as equal partners in conflict 
prevention, peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruc-
tion efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transition, 
and to ensure the equitable provision of relief and recovery assist-
ance to women and girls. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $970,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund, and such 
funds may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries: Provided, That such funds shall also be used for 
secondary education activities: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available by this paragraph, $150,000,000 
should be available for the education of girls in areas 
of conflict: Provided further, That section 7(a) of Public 
Law 115–56 shall be implemented by substituting ‘‘the 
thirtieth day of June following’’ for ‘‘180 days after’’. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less 
than $160,000,000 shall be made available for contributions 
to multilateral partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $285,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for assistance for higher education: Provided, That such 
funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of such 
amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 
for new and ongoing partnerships between higher education 
institutions in the United States and developing countries 
focused on building the capacity of higher education institutions 
and systems in developing countries: Provided further, That 
of such amount and in addition to the previous proviso, not 
less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for higher edu-
cation programs pursuant to section 7060(a)(3) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116–260): 
Provided further, That not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses 
of funds for such partnerships. 
(3) SCHOLAR RESCUE PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’, not less than $7,000,000 shall be made
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available for scholar rescue programs, including for scholars 
from Afghanistan, Burma, Ethiopia, the Russian Federation, 
Ukraine, and Yemen: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
and Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on such programs not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $18,500,000 shall be made available for USAID cooperative 
development programs and not less than $31,500,000 shall be made 
available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. 
(c) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not 
less than $1,010,600,000 shall be made available for food secu-
rity and agricultural development programs to carry out the 
purposes of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–195): Provided, That funds may be made available for 
a contribution as authorized by section 3202 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 
amended by section 3310 of the Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–334). 
(2) The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 
shall seek to enter into negotiations with key foreign govern-
ments and multilateral, philanthropic, and private sector enti-
ties, including the United Nations Rome-based agencies and 
the World Bank, regarding the potential establishment of a 
multilateral fund focused on food security, as described under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(d) MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall 
be made available to support the development of, and access to 
financing for, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that ben-
efit the poor, especially women. 
(e) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $116,400,000 shall be made avail-
able for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally, 
including for the Program to End Modern Slavery, of which not 
less than $87,000,000 shall be from funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’: Provided, That funds made available by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are 
made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons should 
be obligated and programmed consistent with the country-specific 
recommendations included in the annual Trafficking in Persons 
Report, and shall be coordinated with the Office to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State. 
(f) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $25,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to-
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people reconciliation programs which bring together individuals 
of different ethnic, racial, religious, and political backgrounds from 
areas of civil strife and war: Provided, That the USAID Adminis-
trator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior 
to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, and 
such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That to 
the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched by 
sources other than the United States Government: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be administered by the Center for Conflict 
and Violence Prevention, USAID. 
(g) WATER
AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $475,000,000 shall be made available for 
water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than 
$237,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and 
of which not less than $17,000,000 shall be made available to 
support initiatives by local communities in developing countries 
to build and maintain safe latrines. 
(h) DEVIATION.—Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 
the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, as applicable, may deviate 
below the minimum funding requirements designated in sections 
7059, 7060, and 7061 of this Act by up to 10 percent, notwith-
standing such designation: Provided, That concurrent with the 
submission of the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations in writing any proposed devi-
ations utilizing such authority that are planned at the time of 
submission of such report: Provided further, That any deviations 
proposed subsequent to the submission of such report shall be 
subject to prior consultation with such Committees: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than November 1, 2024, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
the use of the authority of this subsection. 
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part 
II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for the provisions of 
this section and only subject to the reporting procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, to support environment programs. 
(b)(1) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
not less than $385,000,000 shall be made available for biodiversity 
conservation programs. 
(2) Not less than $125,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available to combat 
the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and trafficking. 
(3) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this Act 
may be made available for training or other assistance for any 
military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State determines 
has been credibly alleged to have participated in wildlife poaching 
or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that to do so is in the national security 
interest of the United States.