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(2) LIMITATION ON LOANS.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for the cost, as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Government 
of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling 
amounts owed to the United States, and modifying concessional 
loans, guarantees, and credit agreements. 
(3) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of paragraphs (1) and 
(2) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs; 
(C) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 
State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and popu-
lations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation of out-
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 
mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues 
associated with such Agreement, or any other internation-
ally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(k) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any extension 
by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Govern-
ment of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to 
promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and 
title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and education, 
unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports as required 
in paragraph (1), and funds may be made available for macro-
economic growth assistance if the Secretary reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such government is imple-
menting transparent fiscal policies, including public disclosure 
of revenues from the extraction of natural resources. 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) ASIA REBALANCING INITIATIVE.—Except for para-
graphs (1)(C), (4), (5)(B) and (C), and 6(B), section 7043(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2017: Provided, That section 
7043(a)(8) of such Act shall be applied to funds appropriated by 
this Act by adding ‘‘East Asia,’’ before ‘‘Southeast Asia’’. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Burma may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except for this subsection, and following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees.
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(B) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
assistance for Burma— 
(i) shall be made available to strengthen civil 
society organizations in Burma and for programs to 
strengthen independent media; 
(ii) shall be made available for community-based 
organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, 
medical, 
and 
other 
humanitarian 
assistance 
to 
internally displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addi-
tion to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’; 
(iii) shall be made available for programs to pro-
mote ethnic and religious tolerance, including in 
Rakhine and Kachin states; 
(iv) shall be made available to promote rural eco-
nomic development in Burma, including through micro-
finance and sustainable power generation programs; 
(v) shall be made available to increase opportuni-
ties for foreign direct investment by strengthening the 
rule of law, transparency, and accountability; 
(vi) may not be made available to any individual 
or organization if the Secretary of State has credible 
information that such individual or organization has 
committed a gross violation of human rights, including 
against Rohingya and other minority groups, or that 
advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups 
and individuals in Burma; 
(vii) may not be made available to any organization 
or entity controlled by the military of Burma; and 
(viii) may be made available for programs adminis-
tered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United 
States Agency for International Development, for 
ethnic groups and civil society in Burma to help sustain 
ceasefire agreements and further prospects for rec-
onciliation and peace, which may include support to 
representatives of ethnic armed groups for this pur-
pose. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ may be made available for assistance 
for Burma: Provided, That the Department of State may con-
tinue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on 
human rights and disaster response in a manner consistent 
with the prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
(3) MULTILATERAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury should instruct the United States executive director 
of each international financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to support projects in Burma only 
if such projects are developed and carried out in accordance 
with the requirements of section 7029(b)(2) of this Act. 
(4) PROGRAMS, POSITION, AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(A) Any new program or activity in Burma initiated 
in fiscal year 2017 shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees.
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(B) Section 7043(b)(7) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall continue 
in effect during fiscal year 2017. 
(C) The United States Chief of Mission in Burma, 
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall be 
responsible for democracy and human rights programs in 
Burma. 
(c) CAMBODIA.— 
(1) HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS.—Of the funds appropriated 
in title IV of this Act that are made available for assistance 
for the central Government of Cambodia, 25 percent shall be 
withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government— 
(A) is taking effective steps to strengthen regional secu-
rity and stability, particularly regarding territorial disputes 
in the South China Sea; 
(B) has ceased efforts to intimidate civil society and 
the political opposition in Cambodia, is credibly inves-
tigating the murder of social and political activists, and 
is taking actions to address the concerns detailed in the 
September 14, 2016 United Nations Human Rights Situa-
tion in Cambodia—Joint Statement; and 
(C) is establishing conditions for the holding of free 
and fair elections in Cambodia in 2017 and 2018 through 
a non-partisan election commission; fair election processes; 
credible post-election dispute resolution mechanisms; open 
and inclusive participation, to include the return of exiled 
former opposition leaders; and respect for freedoms of 
assembly and speech. 
(2) KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assistance for Cambodia 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not more than 
$1,500,000 may be made available for a contribution to the 
Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC): 
Provided, That such funds may only be made available if the 
Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such contribution is in the national interest 
of the United States and will support the prosecution and 
punishment of individuals responsible for genocide in Cambodia 
in a credible manner: Provided further, That if the Secretary 
of State is unable to make the certification required by the 
previous proviso, such funds shall be made available for 
research and education programs associated with the Khmer 
Rouge genocide in Cambodia, which are in addition to funds 
otherwise made available under paragraph (3): Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, such Commit-
tees: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall seek 
reimbursements from the Principal Donors Group for the Docu-
mentation Center of Cambodia for costs incurred in support 
of the ECCC. 
(3) RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs in Cambodia shall be made
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available for research and education programs associated with 
the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. 
(d) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be 
made available to maintain broadcasting hours into North 
Korea at levels not less than the prior fiscal year. 
(2) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ should be made 
available for assistance for refugees from North Korea, 
including protection activities in the People’s Republic of China 
and other countries in Asia. 
(3) DATABASE AND REPORT.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under title III shall be made available to maintain a data-
base of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance with 
section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K 
of Public Law 113–76). 
(4) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the Government 
of North Korea. 
(e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ 
in this Act may be obligated or expended for processing licenses 
for the export of satellites of United States origin (including 
commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s 
Republic of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in advance, 
the Committees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed 
action. 
(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms and require-
ments of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the 
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 
projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 
by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 
this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or coopera-
tive agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary 
of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA. 
(3) COUNTER INFLUENCE PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act for public diplomacy under title I and for assistance 
under titles III and IV shall be made available to counter 
the influence of the PRC, in accordance with the strategy 
required by section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76), following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) The uses of funds made available by this Act for 
the promotion of democracy in the PRC, except for funds 
made available under subsection (g), shall be the responsi-
bility of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State.