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(2) prior to making an award after limiting 
competition to local entities— 
(A) each successful local entity has been 
determined to be responsible in accordance with 
USAID guidelines; and 
(B) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that award fund-
ing is used for its intended purposes; and 
(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 
(b) REPORT.—In addition to the requirements of sub-
section (a)(1), the USAID Administrator shall report to 
the appropriate congressional committees not later than 
45 days after the end of fiscal year 2019 on all awards 
subject to limited or no competition for local entities: Pro-
vided, That such report shall be posted on the USAID 
Web site: Provided further, That the requirements of this 
subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of 
$3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities in ex-
cess of $2,000,000. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. None of the funds appropriated under 
title V of this Act may be made as payment to any inter-
national financial institution while the United States exec-
utive director to such institution is compensated by the 
institution at a rate which, together with whatever com-
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pensation such executive director receives from the United 
States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
any alternate United States executive director to such in-
stitution is compensated by the institution at a rate in 
excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a 
position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
5316 of title 5, United States Code. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if— 
(A)(i) each implementing agency or min-
istry to receive assistance has been assessed 
and is considered to have the systems required 
to manage such assistance and any identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; 
(ii) the recipient agency or ministry em-
ploys and utilizes staff with the necessary tech-
nical, financial, and management capabilities; 
(iii) the recipient agency or ministry has 
adopted competitive procurement policies and 
systems; 
(iv) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that such assist-
ance is used for its intended purposes; 
(v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 
and 
(vi) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to publicly disclose on an an-
nual basis its national budget, to include in-
come and expenditures; 
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(B) the recipient government is in compli-
ance with the principles set forth in section 
7013 of this Act; 
(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 
headed or controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(D) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country 
have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 
objectives for the use of such assistance, which 
should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 
basis; and 
(E) the recipient government is taking 
steps to protect the rights of civil society, in-
cluding freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), no 
funds may be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance without prior consultation 
with, and notification of, the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That such notification shall con-
tain an explanation of how the proposed activity 
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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 Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national 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 mis-
use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 
the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance, including 
a justification, or that such misuse has been appro-
priately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2020 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
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(5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter 
until September 30, 2020, the USAID Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report that— 
(A) details all assistance described in para-
graph (1) provided during the previous 6-month 
period by country, funding amount, source of 
funds, and type of such assistance; and 
(B) the type of procurement instrument or 
mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 
was provided on a reimbursable basis. 
(6) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the government of any foreign country 
for debt service payments owed by any country to 
any international financial institution: Provided, 
That for purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘‘international financial institution’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 7034(o)(3) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FISCAL 
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con-
tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re-
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quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
as identified in the report required by section 
7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 
are requirements consistent with those in subsection 
(a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 
documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 
by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 
for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 
and concession allocation practices). 
(3) 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 de-
termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi-
cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter-
minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart-
ment of State Web site: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall identify the significant progress made by 
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each such government to publicly disclose national 
budget documentation, contracts, and licenses which 
are additional to such information disclosed in pre-
vious fiscal years, and include specific recommenda-
tions of short- and long-term steps such government 
should take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided 
further, That the annual report shall include a de-
tailed description of how funds appropriated by this 
Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, 
and identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency: 
Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That a description of the uses of such 
funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans-
parency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
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the Secretary of State has credible information 
have been involved in significant corruption, in-
cluding corruption related to the extraction of 
natural resources, or a gross violation of human 
rights shall be ineligible for entry into the 
United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify officials of for-
eign governments and 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 ineli-
gible if entry into the United States would further 
important United States law enforcement objectives 
or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 
its obligations under the United Nations Head-
quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from 
United States Government obligations under applica-
ble international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
tional interest or that the circumstances which 
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caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report, including a classified annex if nec-
essary, to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Committees on the Judiciary describing the informa-
tion related to corruption or violation of human 
rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Sec-
retary designated or identified pursuant to para-
graph (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 Web 
site. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the records of the De-
partment of State and of diplomatic and consular of-
fices of the United States pertaining to the issuance 
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or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as-
sistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 
funded under this Act shall provide such information on 
foreign assistance, upon request, to the Department of 
State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $2,400,000,000 shall be made 
available for democracy programs. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
pursuant to subsection (a) and under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Endowment for Democracy’’ may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with re-
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gard to the National Endowment for Democracy, any reg-
ulation. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy 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 demo-
cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to directly sup-
port the development of democratic states, and institutions 
that are responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section that are made available for 
programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 
prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com-
mitment to democracy and the rule of law, as determined 
by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, as 
appropriate. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re-
spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro-
grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 
assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 
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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 USAID Administrator, shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID to comply with the require-
ments of this subsection. 
(f) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT
PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit-
ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec-
ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 
agreements in implementing such programs: Provided, 
That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to af-
fect the ability of any entity, including United States small 
businesses, from competing for proposals for USAID- 
funded civil society and political competition and con-
sensus building programs. 
(g) COMMUNICATION AND REPORTS.— 
(1) INFORMING
THE
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT 
FOR DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democ-
racy, 
Conflict, 
and 
Humanitarian 
Assistance, 
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USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endow-
ment for Democracy of democracy programs that 
are planned and supported by funds made available 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) FUNDING
INSTRUMENTS.—Not later 
than September 30, 2019, the Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator shall each 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
report detailing the use of contracts, grants, 
and cooperative agreements in the conduct of 
democracy programs with funds made available 
by the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115–141), 
which shall include funding level, account, pro-
gram sector and subsector, and a brief sum-
mary of purpose. 
(B) PROGRAM
CHANGES.—The Secretary 
of State or the USAID Administrator, as ap-
propriate, shall report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees within 30 days of a deci-
sion to significantly change the objectives or the 
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content of a democracy program or to close 
such a program due to the increasingly repres-
sive nature of the host country government: 
Provided, That the report shall also include a 
strategy for continuing support for democracy 
promotion, if such programming is feasible, and 
may be submitted in classified form, if nec-
essary. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM .— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall 
be made available for the Office of International Re-
ligious Freedom, Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 
Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Re-
ligious Minorities in the Near East and South Cen-
tral Asia, as authorized in the Near East and South 
Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–161), including for support staff at not 
less than the amounts specified for such offices in 
the table under such heading in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
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(2) CURRICULUM.—Funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and designated 
for the Office of International Religious Freedom 
shall be made available for the development and im-
plementation of an international religious freedom 
curriculum in accordance with section 708(a)(2) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4028(a)(2)). 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ and available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
international religious freedom programs: Provided, 
That the Ambassador-at-Large for International Re-
ligious Freedom shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on the uses of such funds. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted reli-
gious minorities, including for assistance authorized 
by section 5 of H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Geno-
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cide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act of 
2017, as passed by the House of Representatives on 
June 6, 2017. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for hu-
manitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted 
religious minorities, including victims of genocide 
designated by the Secretary of State and other 
groups that have suffered crimes against humanity 
and ethnic cleansing, to— 
(A) facilitate the implementation of an im-
mediate, coordinated, and sustained response to 
provide humanitarian assistance; 
(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, 
including those facing a dire humanitarian cri-
sis and severe persecution because of their faith 
or ethnicity; 
(C) improve access to secure locations for 
obtaining humanitarian and resettlement serv-
ices; and 
(D) build resilience and help reestablish 
livelihoods for displaced and persecuted persons 
in their communities of origin. 
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(4) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, RECONCILIATION, 
AND
REINTEGRATION
PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be 
made available to support transitional justice, rec-
onciliation, and reintegration programs for vulner-
able and persecuted religious minorities, including in 
the Middle East and North Africa regions: Provided, 
That such funds shall be matched, to the maximum 
extent practicable, from sources other than the 
United States Government. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’ shall be made available for programs related to 
international religious freedom, including reporting on the 
condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
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 trafficking, may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be made available for forensic 
anthropology assistance related to the exhumation 
and identification of victims of war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, and genocide, which shall be ad-
ministered by the Assistant Secretary for Democ-
racy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be made available for DNA forensic technology pro-
grams to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, from this or any other Act, may be made available 
as a general contribution to the World Food Programme. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
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search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 
authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) Of the amounts made available by title 
I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’, up to $1,000,000 may be made 
available for grants to carry out the activities of 
the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 
(B) The USAID Administrator may use 
funds appropriated by this Act under title III 
to make innovation incentive awards: Provided, 
That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 
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