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made available pursuant to this subsection: Provided, That 
such funds shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(k) TIBET.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘National 
Security Investment Programs’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be made available to nongovernmental organizations with 
experience working with Tibetan communities to support activi-
ties which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable 
development, education, and environmental conservation in 
Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in 
other Tibetan communities in China. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be made available for programs to promote 
and preserve Tibetan culture and language in the refugee and 
diaspora Tibetan communities, development, and the resilience 
of Tibetan communities and the Central Tibetan Administration 
in India and Nepal, and to assist in the education and develop-
ment of the next generation of Tibetan leaders from such 
communities: Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts made available in paragraph (1) for programs inside 
Tibet. 
(3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to strengthen 
the capacity of the Central Tibetan Administration, of which 
up to $1,500,000 may be made available to address economic 
growth and capacity building activities, including for displaced 
Tibetan refugee families in India and Nepal to help meet basic 
needs, following consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(4) Funds made available for assistance for Tibet by this 
subsection shall be made available as described under this 
section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(5) Section 7031(c) of this Act shall be applied to officials 
of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and other 
governments in the South Asia region about whom the Sec-
retary of State has credible information have been involved 
in a gross violation of human rights against the people of 
Tibet in the Tibet Autonomous Region or other Tibetan commu-
nities in the People’s Republic of China and the region. 
(l) VIETNAM.—Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall be made available for assistance for Vietnam, of 
which not less than— 
(1) $30,000,000 shall be made available for health and 
disability programs to assist persons with severe physical 
mobility, cognitive, or developmental disabilities: Provided, 
That such funds shall be prioritized to assist persons whose 
disabilities may be related to the use of Agent Orange and 
exposure to dioxin, or are the result of unexploded ordnance 
accidents; 
(2) $20,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for activities related to the remedi-
ation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be
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made available for assistance for the Government of Vietnam, 
including the military, for such purposes; 
(3) $3,000,000 shall be made available for the Reconcili-
ation/Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Initiative; and 
(4) $3,500,000 shall be made available for higher education 
programs. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be made available for assistance to the 
Taliban. 
(b) PAKISTAN.—Of the funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act that are made available for assistance for Pakistan, 
$33,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Dr. 
Shakil Afridi has been released from prison and cleared of all 
charges relating to the assistance provided to the United States 
in locating Osama bin Laden. 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIB-
BEAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV 
and made available for countries in Latin America and the Carib-
bean shall be prioritized for programs as described under this 
section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for coun-
tries in Central America, including Panama and Costa Rica, 
consistent with subsection (a), which shall include programs 
to— 
(A) combat corruption and impunity in such countries, 
including, as appropriate, with offices of Attorneys General; 
(B) reduce violence against women and girls; and 
(C) support locally-led development in El Salvador, 
Guatemala, and Honduras. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
CERTAIN
CENTRAL 
GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) Of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph 
(1) under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’ and under title IV of this Act, 50 percent of such 
funds that are made available for assistance for each of 
the central governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
Honduras may only be obligated after the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that such government is— 
(i) combating corruption and impunity, including 
investigating and prosecuting government officials, 
military personnel, and police officers credibly alleged 
to be corrupt, and improving strategies to combat 
money laundering and other global financial crimes; 
(ii) implementing reforms, policies, and programs 
to strengthen the rule of law, including increasing
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the transparency of public institutions, strengthening 
the independence of judicial and electoral institutions, 
and improving the transparency of political campaign 
and political party financing; 
(iii) protecting the rights of human rights 
defenders, trade unionists, journalists, civil society 
groups, opposition political parties, and the independ-
ence of the media; 
(iv) taking demonstrable actions to secure national 
borders and stem mass migration toward Mexico and 
the United States, including positive governance 
related to combating crime and violence, building eco-
nomic opportunity, improving government services, and 
protecting human rights; 
(v) providing effective and accountable law enforce-
ment and security for its citizens, curtailing the role 
of the military in public security, and upholding due 
process of law; 
(vi) implementing programs to reduce violence 
against women and girls; 
(vii) implementing policies to reduce poverty and 
promote economic growth and opportunity, including 
the implementation of reforms to strengthen edu-
cational systems, vocational training programs, and 
programs for at-risk youth; 
(viii) cooperating with the United States to counter 
drug trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, and 
other transnational crime; 
(ix) cooperating with the United States and other 
governments in the region to facilitate the return, repa-
triation, and reintegration of migrants; and 
(x) implementing policies that improve the environ-
ment for businesses, including foreign businesses, to 
operate and invest, including executing tax reform in 
a transparent manner, ensuring effective legal mecha-
nisms for reimbursements of tax refunds owed to 
United States businesses, and resolving disputes 
involving the confiscation of real property of United 
States entities. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for— 
(i) judicial entities to combat corruption and impu-
nity; 
(ii) programs to promote and protect human rights 
and to investigate human rights abuses; 
(iii) support for women’s economic empowerment; 
(iv) prevention of violence against women and girls; 
(v) humanitarian assistance; and 
(vi) food security programs. 
(C) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ may be made available 
for assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras, 
except for programs that support humanitarian assistance 
and disaster response. 
(c) COLOMBIA.—
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(1) PRE-OBLIGATION REPORTS.—Prior to the initial obligation 
of funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assist-
ance for Colombia, the Secretary of State shall submit the 
reports required under this section in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assist-
ance for Colombia, 25 percent may be obligated only if 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that in the previous 12 months 
the Government of Colombia has— 
(i) reduced overall coca cultivation, production, and 
drug trafficking; 
(ii) continued cooperating with the United States 
on joint counternarcotics operations; and 
(iii) maintained extradition cooperation with the 
United States. 
(B) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ and made available for assistance for Colombia, 
20 percent may be obligated only if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the requirements under this section in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) have been met. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (2) shall 
not apply to funds made available for aviation instruction and 
maintenance, and maritime and riverine security programs. 
(4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds appropriated 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
and made available for assistance for Colombia may be used 
to transport personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 
and interdiction, including security for such activities, and to 
provide transport in support of alternative development pro-
grams and investigations by civilian judicial authorities. 
(5) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 
made available for assistance for Colombia may be made avail-
able for payment of reparations to conflict victims, compensa-
tion to demobilized combatants, or cash subsidies for agrarian 
reforms associated with the implementation of the 2016 agree-
ment between the Government of Colombia and illegal armed 
groups. 
(d) CUBA.— 
(1) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available 
to promote democracy and strengthen civil society in Cuba, 
including to support political prisoners: Provided, That no funds 
shall be obligated for business promotion, economic reform, 
entrepreneurship, or any other assistance that is not democracy 
building as expressly authorized in the Cuban Liberty and