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available to support the provision of additional information 
on United States Government foreign assistance on the De-
partment of State’s foreign assistance Web site: Provided, 
That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall pro-
vide such information on foreign assistance, upon request, 
to the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
not less than $2,849,555,000 should be made available for 
democracy programs, as defined in subsection (c). 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy 
programs may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and with regard to the National En-
dowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 
(c)(1) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 
the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs that sup-
port 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 demo-
cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the de-
velopment of democratic states, and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens.
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(2) For purposes of funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ shall also in-
clude programs to rescue scholars, and fellowships, scholar-
ships, and exchanges in the Middle East and North Africa 
region for academic professionals and university students 
from countries in such region, subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) With respect to the provision of assistance for de-
mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 
Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 
specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 
such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 
by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID), shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this 
Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 
USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 
(e) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a strategy for the promotion of de-
mocracy in each country that receives funds appropriated 
by this Act in title III and that is important to the security 
interests of the United States, but whose central government 
does not govern justly or in accordance with the rule of law:
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Provided, That such strategy shall include support for insti-
tutions and individuals within such government that dem-
onstrate a commitment to democratic principles. 
(f) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for democracy programs shall be made available 
to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle East 
and North Africa. 
(g) Any funds made available by this Act for a busi-
ness and human rights program in the People’s Republic 
of China shall be made available on a cost-matching basis 
from sources other than the United States Government. 
(h) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State (DRL) and the Bureau for De-
mocracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 
shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the 
NED. 
(i) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’ that are made available to DRL shall 
be made available to establish and maintain a database of 
prisons and gulags in North Korea, including a list of polit-
ical prisoners, and such database shall be regularly updated 
and made publicly available on the Internet, as appro-
priate.
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MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to make any pledge for future year funding 
for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles 
III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was— 
(1) previously justified, including the projected 
future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica-
tion; 
(2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs or previously authorized by an Act 
of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, including the projected future year costs; or 
(4) the subject of prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 
was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the 
pledge. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in 
titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for 
victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and 
to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such
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trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.— 
In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 
Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability 
may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu-
nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta-
bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by the 
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assist-
ance, United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made avail-
able as a general contribution to the World Food Program, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(d) 
DISARMAMENT, 
DEMOBILIZATION
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ may 
be made available to support programs to disarm, demobi-
lize, and reintegrate into civilian society former members
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of foreign terrorist organizations: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this 
subsection: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means 
an organization designated as a terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(e) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
may be made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized 
by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act 
of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508). 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated in this 
Act or any prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
shall be used by the Secretary of State and the USAID Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate, to support the continued im-
plementation of the Partner Vetting System (PVS) pilot 
program: Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator shall jointly submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than 30 days after 
completion of the pilot program, on the estimated timeline 
and criteria for evaluating the PVS for expansion: Provided