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(2) the governors of such institution have approved the 
capital increase. 
INSECURE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS 
SEC. 7030. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made avail-
able for programs, including through the Digital Connectivity and 
Cybersecurity Partnership, to— 
(1) advance the adoption of secure, next-generation commu-
nications networks and services, including 5G, and cybersecu-
rity policies, in countries receiving assistance under this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs; 
(2) counter the establishment of insecure communications 
networks and services, including 5G, promoted by the People’s 
Republic of China and other state-backed enterprises that are 
subject to undue or extrajudicial control by their country of 
origin; and 
(3) provide policy and technical training on deploying open, 
interoperable, reliable, and secure networks to information 
communication technology professionals in countries receiving 
assistance under this Act, as appropriate: 
Provided, That such funds may be used to support the participation 
of foreign military officials in programs designed to strengthen 
civilian cybersecurity capacity, following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERN-
MENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for direct government-to-government assist-
ance only if the requirements included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) 
through (E) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F 
of Public Law 116–6) are fully met. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In addition to the 
requirements in paragraph (1), funds may only be made avail-
able for direct government-to-government assistance subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
notification shall contain an explanation of how the proposed 
activity meets the requirements 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) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development or the 
Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend any direct 
government-to-government assistance if the Administrator or 
the Secretary has credible information of material misuse of 
such assistance, unless the Administrator or the Secretary 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 
national interest of the United States to continue such assist-
ance, including a justification, or that such misuse has been 
appropriately addressed.
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(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent 
with the fiscal year 2023 congressional budget justification 
materials, amounts planned for assistance described in para-
graph (1) by country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) DEBT
SERVICE
PAYMENT
PROHIBITION.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by the govern-
ment of any foreign country for debt service payments owed 
by any country to any international financial institution. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.— 
The Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 
the ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each 
government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 
identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 
76). 
(2) DETERMINATION
AND
REPORT.—For each government 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, 
not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall 
make or update any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ 
or ‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 
publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 
to be posted on the Department of State website: Provided, 
That such report shall include the elements included under 
this section in House Report 117–84. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ shall be made available for programs and activities 
to assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
improve budget transparency and to support civil society 
organizations in such countries that promote budget trans-
parency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and their imme-
diate family members about whom the Secretary of State 
has credible information have been involved, directly or 
indirectly, in significant corruption, including corruption 
related to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross 
violation of human rights, including the wrongful detention 
of locally employed staff of a United States diplomatic 
mission or a United States citizen or national, shall be 
ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) Concurrent with the application of subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary should, as appropriate, refer the matter 
to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of 
the Treasury, to determine whether to apply sanctions 
authorities in accordance with United States law to block 
the transfer of property and interests in property, and 
all financial transactions, in the United States involving 
any person described in such subparagraph. 
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or privately des-
ignate or identify the officials of foreign governments and
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their immediate family members about whom the Secretary 
has such credible information without regard to whether 
the individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineligible for entry 
into the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) if such entry 
would further important United States law enforcement objec-
tives or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 
its obligations under the United Nations Headquarters Agree-
ment: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) shall be con-
strued to derogate from United States Government obligations 
under applicable international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver would 
serve a compelling national interest or that the circumstances 
which caused the individual to be ineligible have changed suffi-
ciently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after enactment of 
this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 
2023, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, including 
a classified annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the Committees on the Judiciary describing 
the information related to corruption or violation of human 
rights concerning each of the individuals found ineligible in 
the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well 
as the individuals who the Secretary designated or identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but 
for the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers 
provided under paragraph (3), and the justification for each 
waiver. 
(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified portion of the 
report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 
Department of State website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of paragraphs (1), (4), 
and (5), the records of the Department of State and of diplo-
matic and consular offices of the United States pertaining to 
the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available to promote and support transparency and 
accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 
extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening 
implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 
Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 
8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the amendments made by 
such section, and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, 
and for technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural 
resource management. 
(2) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT AUDITS.—(A) The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the executive director 
of each international financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such 
institutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) 
to any country for the extraction and export of a natural 
resource if the government of such country has in place laws,
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regulations, or procedures to prevent or limit the public disclo-
sure of company payments as required by United States law, 
and unless such government has adopted laws, regulations, 
or procedures in the sector in which assistance is being consid-
ered that: (1) accurately account for and publicly disclose pay-
ments to the government by companies involved in the extrac-
tion and export of natural resources; (2) include independent 
auditing of accounts receiving such payments and the public 
disclosure of such audits; and (3) require public disclosure 
of agreement and bidding documents, as appropriate. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity of such 
government to meet the requirements of such subparagraph. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any inde-
pendent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made available 
to support the provision of additional information on United States 
Government foreign assistance on the ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ 
website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under this 
Act shall provide such information on foreign assistance, upon 
request and in a timely manner, to the Department of State and 
USAID. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $2,600,000,000 should be 
made available for democracy programs. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for democracy 
programs under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ pursuant 
to paragraph (1), not less than $102,040,000 shall be made 
available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by this Act for 
democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and under the 
heading ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’ may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with 
regard to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any 
regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by this Act for 
the NED are made available pursuant to the authority of 
the National Endowment for Democracy Act (title V of Public 
Law 98–164), including all decisions regarding the selection 
of beneficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 
funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ 
means programs that support good governance, credible and 
competitive elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, 
and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, and 
the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 
democratic 
political 
parties, 
governments, 
nongovernmental