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Appropriations that such government is not facilitating or otherwise 
participating in destabilizing activities in a neighboring country, 
including aiding and abetting armed groups. 
(b) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds made available by 
this Act for assistance for the Central African Republic shall be 
made available for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, 
including activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national 
and local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against 
humanity. 
(c) COUNTER LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be made available for programs and activities 
in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) consistent 
with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and 
Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), 
including to improve physical access, telecommunications infrastruc-
ture, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disar-
mament, demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat-
ants, especially child soldiers. 
(d) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance 
for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria for— 
(1) democracy, development, and health programs; 
(2) assistance for individuals targeted by foreign terrorist 
and other extremist organizations, including Boko Haram, con-
sistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act; 
(3) assistance for individuals displaced by violent conflict; 
and 
(4) counterterrorism programs. 
(e) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $56,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for Malawi, of which up 
to $10,000,000 shall be made available for higher education pro-
grams. 
(f) SOUTH SUDAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
made available for assistance for the central Government of South 
Sudan may only be made available, following consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations, for— 
(1) humanitarian assistance; 
(2) health programs, including to prevent, detect, and 
respond to the Ebola virus disease; 
(3) assistance to support South Sudan peace negotiations 
or to advance or implement a peace agreement; and 
(4) assistance to support implementation of outstanding 
issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and mutual 
arrangements related to such agreement: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 
for South Sudan, not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available 
for conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs: Provided further, 
That prior to the initial obligation of funds made available pursuant 
to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary of State shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the intended uses of 
such funds and steps taken by such government to advance or 
implement a peace agreement. 
(g) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—
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(A) ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the Government of 
Sudan. 
(B) LOANS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Govern-
ment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, 
or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modi-
fying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agree-
ments. 
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs; 
(C) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 
State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and popu-
lations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation of out-
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 
mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues 
associated with such Agreement, or any other internation-
ally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(h) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any extension 
by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Govern-
ment of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to 
promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and 
title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and education, 
unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports as required 
in paragraph (1), and funds may be made available for macro-
economic growth assistance if the Secretary reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such government is imple-
menting transparent fiscal policies, including public disclosure 
of revenues from the extraction of natural resources. 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 
assistance for Burma may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for this sub-
section, and following consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
(B) USES.—Funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act for assistance for Burma—
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(i) shall be made available to strengthen civil 
society organizations in Burma and for programs to 
strengthen independent media; 
(ii) shall be made available for community-based 
organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, 
medical, 
and 
other 
humanitarian 
assistance 
to 
internally displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addi-
tion to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’; 
(iii) shall be made available for programs to pro-
mote ethnic and religious tolerance and to combat 
gender-based violence, including in Rakhine, Shan, 
Kachin, and Karen states; 
(iv) shall be made available to promote rural eco-
nomic development in Burma, including through micro-
finance programs; 
(v) shall be made available to increase opportuni-
ties for foreign direct investment by strengthening the 
rule of law, transparency, and accountability; 
(vi) shall be made available for programs to inves-
tigate and document allegations of ethnic cleansing 
and other gross violations of human rights committed 
against the Rohingya people in Rakhine state: Pro-
vided, That such sums shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for such purposes; 
(vii) shall be made available for programs to inves-
tigate and document allegations of gross violations of 
human rights committed in Burma, particularly in 
areas of conflict; and 
(viii) may be made available for ethnic groups 
and civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire 
agreements and further prospects for reconciliation and 
peace, which may include support to representatives 
of ethnic armed groups for this purpose. 
(C) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act for assistance for Burma— 
(i) may not be made available to any individual 
or organization if the Secretary of State has credible 
information that such individual or organization has 
committed a gross violation of human rights, including 
against Rohingya and other minority groups, or that 
advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups 
or individuals in Burma; 
(ii) may not be made available to any organization 
or entity controlled by the armed forces of Burma; 
(iii) may only be made available for programs to 
support the return of Rohingya, Karen, and other refu-
gees and internally displaced persons to their locations 
of origin or preference in Burma if such returns are 
voluntary and consistent with international law; and 
(iv) may only be made available for assistance 
for the Government of Burma to support the 
implementation of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement 
conferences, committees, and other procedures if the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such procedures are directed toward a
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sustainable peace and the Government of Burma is 
implementing its commitments under such Agreement. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ may be made available for assistance 
for Burma: Provided, That the Department of State may con-
tinue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on 
human rights and disaster response in a manner consistent 
with the prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
(3) PROGRAMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(A) Any new program or activity in Burma initiated 
in fiscal year 2019 shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) The United States Chief of Mission in Burma, 
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall be 
responsible for democracy and human rights programs in 
Burma. 
(b) CAMBODIA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for the Government of 
Cambodia, except for health programs, may be obligated 
or expended unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
Government is taking effective steps to— 
(i) strengthen regional security and stability, 
particularly regarding territorial disputes in the South 
China Sea and the enforcement of international sanc-
tions with respect to North Korea; and 
(ii) 
respect 
the 
rights 
and 
responsibilities 
enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cam-
bodia as enacted in 1993, including through the— 
(I) restoration of the civil and political rights 
of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, 
media, and civil society organizations; 
(II) restoration of all elected officials to elected 
offices held prior to the July 2018 parliamentary 
elections; and 
(III) release of all political prisoners, including 
journalists, civil society activists, and members of 
the opposition political party. 
(B) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
assistance for Cambodia shall be made available for— 
(i) democracy programs, including research and 
education programs associated with the Khmer Rouge 
in Cambodia, except that no funds for such purposes 
may be made available to the Extraordinary Chambers 
in the Court of Cambodia; and 
(ii) programs in the Khmer language to counter 
the influence of the People’s Republic of China in Cam-
bodia. 
(2) VISA RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated under title I 
of this Act shall be made available to continue to implement 
the policy announced by the Department of State on December