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regarding basic education established by the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID). 
(B) Not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the USAID Administrator shall report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the status of cumulative unobli-
gated balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances 
in each country where USAID provides basic education 
assistance and such report shall also include details on 
the types of contracts and grants provided and the goals 
and objectives of such assistance: Provided, That the 
USAID Administrator shall update such report on a 
monthly basis during fiscal year 2016: Provided further, 
That if the USAID Administrator determines that any 
unobligated balances of funds specifically designated for 
assistance for basic education in prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs are in excess of the absorptive 
capacity of recipient countries, such funds may be made 
available for other programs authorized under chapter 1 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwith-
standing such funding designation: Provided further, That 
the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less 
than $70,000,000 shall be made available for a contribution 
to multilateral partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $225,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for assistance for higher education, including not less 
than $35,000,000 for new partnerships between higher edu-
cation institutions in the United States and developing coun-
tries: Provided, That such funds may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance 
to foreign countries, and shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $26,000,000 shall be made available for the American Schools 
and Hospitals Abroad program, and not less than $11,000,000 shall 
be made available for cooperative development programs of USAID. 
(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 
4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law except for 
the provisions of this subsection and only subject to the 
reporting procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to 
support environment programs. 
(2) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall be made available 
for biodiversity conservation programs. 
(B) Not less than $80,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available
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to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching 
and trafficking. 
(C) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of 
this Act may be made available for training or other assist-
ance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary 
of State determines has been credibly alleged to have 
participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the 
Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
to do so is in the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity 
programs shall not be used to support the expansion of 
industrial scale logging or any other industrial scale extrac-
tive activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical 
forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
directors of each international financial institutions (IFI) 
to vote against any financing of any such activity. 
(3) LARGE
DAMS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director of each IFI that 
it is the policy of the United States to vote in relation to 
any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution to support 
the construction of any large dam consistent with the criteria 
set forth in Senate Report 114–79, while also considering 
whether the project involves important foreign policy objectives. 
(4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.—Of the funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall 
be made available for sustainable landscape programs. 
(5) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
$9,720,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Contribution to the Strategic 
Climate Fund’’, and such transfer shall occur not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not 
less than $1,000,600,000 should be made available for food 
security and agricultural development programs, of which not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed 
the Future Innovation Labs: Provided, That such funds may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
to prevent or address food shortages, and for a United States 
contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity 
Trust. 
(2) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act may 
be made available as a contribution to the Global Agriculture 
and Food Security Program if such contribution will not cause 
the United States to exceed 33 percent of the total amount 
of funds contributed to such Program. 
(e) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 should be made 
available for microenterprise and microfinance development pro-
grams for the poor, especially women. 
(f) PROGRAMS
TO
COMBAT
TRAFFICKING
IN
PERSONS
AND 
MODERN SLAVERY.— 
(1) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—
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(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available 
for activities to combat trafficking in persons internation-
ally. 
(B) Funds made available in the previous paragraph 
shall be made available to support a multifaceted approach 
to combat human trafficking in Guatemala: Provided, That 
the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations, not later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act, on the use of such funds. 
(2) MODERN SLAVERY.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, in addition 
to funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), $25,000,000 
shall be made available for a grant or grants, to be awarded 
on an open and competitive basis, to reduce the prevalence 
of modern slavery globally: Provided, That such funds shall 
only be made available in fiscal year 2016 to carry out the 
End Modern Slavery Initiative Act of 2015 (S. 553, 114th Con-
gress), as reported to the Senate, if such bill is enacted into 
law: Provided further, That if such bill is not enacted into 
law in fiscal year 2016, funds made available pursuant to 
this subsection shall be made available for other programs 
to combat trafficking in persons and modern slavery, following 
consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $26,000,000 shall be made 
available to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which 
bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political 
backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, That 
the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses 
of such funds, and such funds shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds 
shall be matched by sources other than the United States Govern-
ment. 
(h) WATER
AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made available for 
water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to the Senator Paul 
Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of 
which not less than $145,000,000 shall be for programs in sub- 
Saharan Africa, and of which not less than $14,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to design and build safe, public latrines 
in Africa and Asia. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
SEC. 7061. (a) TRANSFER.—Whenever the President determines 
that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act may be transferred to, and merged
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with, funds appropriated by this Act for the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the terms 
and conditions of that account: Provided, That such funds shall 
not be available for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation: Provided further, That designated funding 
levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: 
Provided further, That the exercise of such authority shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections (a) through 
(c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect until September 
30, 2016. 
ARMS TRADE TREATY 
SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
COUNTRIES IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT REFUGEE POPULATIONS OR 
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS 
SEC. 7063. Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 
made available for programs in countries affected by significant 
populations of internally displaced persons or refugees to— 
(1) expand and improve host government social services 
and basic infrastructure to accommodate the needs of such 
populations and persons; 
(2) alleviate the social and economic strains placed on 
host communities; 
(3) improve coordination of such assistance in a more effec-
tive and sustainable manner; and 
(4) leverage increased assistance from donors other than 
the United States Government for central governments and 
local communities in such countries. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTA´ NAMO BAY, CUBA 
SEC. 7064. Not later than 5 days after the conclusion of an 
agreement with a country, including a state with a compact of 
free association with the United States, to receive by transfer or 
release individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, the Secretary of State shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations in writing of the terms of the agree-
ment, including whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs will be made available for assist-
ance for such country pursuant to such agreement. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7065. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilat-
eral or bilateral program funded in titles III through VI of this 
Act unless such pledge was—