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opment Association, the International Finance Corpora-
tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, 
the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Invest-
ment Corporation, the North American Development 
Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-
opment, the African Development Bank and the African 
Development Fund. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for direct Government-to-Govern-
ment assistance unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(A) each implementing agency or ministry 
to receive assistance has been assessed and is 
considered to have the systems required to 
manage such assistance and any identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; and 
(i) the recipient agency or ministry 
employs and utilizes staff with the nec-
essary technical, financial, and manage-
ment capabilities; 
(ii) the recipient agency or ministry 
has adopted competitive procurement poli-
cies and systems; 
(iii) effective monitoring and evalua-
tion systems are in place to ensure that 
such assistance is used for its intended 
purposes; and 
(iv) no level of acceptable fraud is as-
sumed. 
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(B) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country 
have agreed, in writing— 
(i) on clear and achievable objectives 
for the use of such assistance; 
(ii) that such assistance should be 
made on a cost-reimbursable basis; and 
(iii) that the government of the recipi-
ent country will publicly disclose on an an-
nual basis its national budget, to include 
income and expenditures. 
(C) the recipient country has demonstrated 
a commitment to democracy and democratic 
principles. 
(D) the recipient agency or ministry is not 
headed or controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
(2) In addition to the requirements in sub-
section (a), no funds may be made available for such 
assistance without prior consultation with, and noti-
fication of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall contain an expla-
nation of how the proposed activity meets the re-
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quirements 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 USAID Administrator or the Secretary 
of State, as appropriate, shall suspend any such as-
sistance if the Administrator or the Secretary has 
credible information of material misuse of such as-
sistance, unless the Administrator or the Secretary 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance. 
(4) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the United Nations dues or 
assessments for any foreign country or for debt serv-
ice payments owed by any country to any inter-
national financial institution: Provided, That for 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘international 
financial institution’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 7029(c) of this Act. 
(5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act and 6 months thereafter, the USAID Ad-
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ministrator shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report that— 
(A) details all assistance described in sub-
section (a) provided during the previous 6- 
month period by country, funding amount, 
source of funds, and type of such assistance; 
and 
(B) the type of procurement instrument or 
mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 
was provided on a cost-reimbursable basis. 
(6) The USAID Administrator shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with 
the fiscal year 2014 Congressional budget justifica-
tion materials, amounts planned for assistance de-
scribed in subsection (a) by country, proposed fund-
ing amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) LIMITATION
ON
FUNDING.—None of the 
funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
Act may be made available to the central govern-
ment of any country that does not meet minimum 
standards of fiscal transparency: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State shall develop ‘‘minimum stand-
ards of fiscal transparency’’ to be updated and 
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retary of State, in consultation with the Admin-
istrator of USAID, certifies to the Committees 
on Appropriations that— 
(i) The funds will be used to design 
and support programs in accordance with 
the June 2011 ‘‘Administrator’s Sustain-
ability Guidance for USAID in Afghani-
stan’’. 
(ii) The Government of Afghanistan 
is— 
(I) reducing corruption and im-
proving governance, including by in-
vestigating, prosecuting, sanctioning, 
or removing corrupt officials from of-
fice and implementing financial trans-
parency and accountability measures 
for government institutions and offi-
cials (including the Central Bank) as 
well as conducting oversight of public 
resources; 
(II) taking credible steps to pro-
tect the human rights of Afghan 
women; and 
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