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(ii) Not less than $70,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for programs to reduce violence against women 
and girls: Provided, That of such funds, up to 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support 
bilateral compacts with the governments of such coun-
tries for the specific purpose of strengthening their 
capacity to protect women and children from domestic 
violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and child abuse 
or neglect, including by holding perpetrators account-
able. 
(B) Within the funds made available pursuant to para-
graph (1) and made available for assistance for El Salvador, 
Guatemala, and Honduras, not less than $100,000,000 
should be made available for programs that support locally- 
led development in such countries: Provided, That up to 
15 percent of the funds made available to carry out this 
subparagraph may be used by the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development for 
administrative and oversight expenses related to the pur-
poses of this subparagraph: Provided further, That the 
USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on the planned uses of funds to carry 
out this subparagraph prior to the initial obligation of 
funds: Provided further, That such funds shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(C) Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall be made available for a program in El Salvador, 
Guatemala, and Honduras which shall be referred to as 
the Central America Youth Empowerment Program 
(CAYEP) and shall be implemented in accordance with 
the guidelines under this section in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That the goal 
of the CAYEP shall be to create measurable reductions 
in migration from targeted communities in such countries 
by recruiting young people to engage in COVID–19 
response, hurricane preparedness and recovery, and other 
community projects, while having secondary impacts by 
channeling additional income into local economies and pro-
viding needed skills training for future employment in 
local businesses: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to support the CAYEP should be matched with con-
tributions from private donors and local governments: Pro-
vided further, That the spend plan required by section 
7062(b)(1)(A) of this Act for countries in Central America 
shall include specific amounts planned for the CAYEP: 
Provided further, That not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the require-
ments of this subparagraph. 
(D) Of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph 
(1), not more than the amount specified in section 
7045(a)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division 
K of Public Law 116–260) may be obligated until the Sec-
retary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate,
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submits to the Committees on Appropriations the spend 
plan required by section 7062(b)(1)(A) of this Act: Provided, 
That not less than 15 days prior to the submission of 
such plan the Secretary or USAID Administrator, as appro-
priate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions concerning such plan. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
CERTAIN
CENTRAL 
GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) Of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph 
(1) under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and under 
title IV of this Act that are made available for assistance 
for each of the central governments of El Salvador, Guate-
mala, and Honduras, 60 percent may only be obligated 
after the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such government is— 
(i) combating corruption and impunity, including 
investigating and prosecuting government officials, 
military personnel, and police officers credibly alleged 
to be corrupt; 
(ii) implementing reforms, policies, and programs 
to strengthen the rule of law, including increasing 
the transparency of public institutions, strengthening 
the independence of judicial and electoral institutions, 
and improving the transparency of political campaign 
and political party financing; 
(iii) protecting the rights of human rights 
defenders, trade unionists, journalists, civil society 
groups, opposition political parties, and the independ-
ence of the media; 
(iv) providing effective and accountable law 
enforcement and security for its citizens, curtailing 
the role of the military in public security, and 
upholding due process of law; 
(v) implementing policies to reduce poverty and 
promote economic growth and opportunity, including 
the implementation of reforms to strengthen edu-
cational systems, vocational training programs, and 
programs for at-risk youth; 
(vi) improving border security and combating 
human smuggling and trafficking and countering the 
activities of criminal gangs, drug traffickers, and 
transnational criminal organizations; 
(vii) informing its citizens of the dangers of the 
journey to the southwest border of the United States; 
and 
(viii) implementing policies that improve the 
environment for foreign investment, including exe-
cuting tax reform in a transparent manner, ensuring 
effective legal mechanisms for reimbursements of tax 
refunds owed to United States businesses, and 
resolving disputes involving the confiscation of real 
property of United States entities. 
(B) REPROGRAMMING.—If the Secretary is unable to 
make the certification required by subparagraph (A) for 
one or more of the central governments, such assistance 
shall be reprogrammed for assistance for civil society 
organizations in such country, or for other countries in
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Latin America and the Caribbean, notwithstanding the 
funding provisions in this subsection and the limitations 
in section 7019 of this Act: Provided, That any such re-
programming shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for— 
(i) judicial entities and activities related to com-
bating corruption and impunity; 
(ii) programs to combat gender-based violence; 
(iii) programs to promote and protect human 
rights, including those of Indigenous communities and 
Afro-descendants; 
(iv) humanitarian assistance; and 
(v) food security programs. 
(D) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ may be made available 
for assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras. 
(b) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $471,375,000 should 
be made available for assistance for Colombia: Provided, That 
such funds shall be made available for the programs and activi-
ties described under this section in House Report 117–84: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ and made available for assistance pursuant to this para-
graph, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available to 
enhance rural security in coca producing municipalities and 
other municipalities with high levels of illicit activities: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall be prioritized in such municipalities that 
are also targeted for assistance programs that provide viable 
economic alternatives and improve access to public services. 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assist-
ance for Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only if 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that— 
(i) the Government of Colombia is implementing 
an effective whole-of-government strategy to substan-
tially and sustainably reduce coca cultivation and 
cocaine production levels in Colombia, including by 
prioritizing funding to enhance rural security in coca 
producing municipalities; 
(ii) such strategy is in accordance with the 2016 
peace accord between the Government of Colombia and 
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; and 
(iii) the Government of Colombia is taking effective 
steps to dismantle drug trafficking networks and to 
assist farmers in eradicating and sustainably replacing 
coca.
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(B) HUMAN RIGHTS.—(i) Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ and made available for assistance for Colombia, 
20 percent may be obligated only if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(I) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and other 
judicial authorities, as appropriate, are sentencing 
perpetrators of gross violations of human rights, 
including those with command responsibility, to 
deprivation of liberty; 
(II) the Government of Colombia is making 
consistent progress in reducing threats and attacks 
against human rights defenders and other civil 
society activists, and judicial authorities are pros-
ecuting and punishing those responsible for 
ordering and carrying out such attacks; 
(III) the Government of Colombia is making 
consistent progress in protecting Afro-Colombian 
and Indigenous communities and is respecting 
their rights and territories; and 
(IV) military officers credibly alleged, or whose 
units are credibly alleged, to be responsible for 
ordering, committing, and covering up cases of 
false positives and other extrajudicial killings, or 
of committing other gross violations of human 
rights, or of conducting illegal communications 
intercepts or other illicit surveillance, are being 
held accountable, including removal from active 
duty if found guilty through criminal, administra-
tive, or disciplinary proceedings. 
(ii) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’ and made available for assistance for 
the Colombian National Police, five percent may be 
obligated only if the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Colombia is bringing to justice the 
police personnel who ordered, directed, and used exces-
sive force and engaged in other illegal acts against 
protesters in 2020 and 2021. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (2) shall 
not apply to funds made available for aviation instruction and 
maintenance, and maritime and riverine security programs. 
(4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds appropriated 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
and made available for assistance for Colombia may be used 
to transport personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 
and interdiction, including security for such activities, and to 
provide transport in support of alternative development pro-
grams and investigations by civilian judicial authorities. 
(5) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are