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AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 
to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of 
any commodity for export by any country other than the 
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United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist-
ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro-
ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro-
vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export- 
Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 
the benefits to industry and employment in the United 
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 
and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
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of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
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(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of the international financial in-
stitutions to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to oppose any assistance by such institutions, using funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
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(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
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a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2022, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
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Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION
FOR
LOCAL
ENTITIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available to the United 
States Agency for International Development may only be 
made available for limited competitions through local enti-
ties if— 
(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has— 
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(A) assessed the level of local capacity to 
effectively implement, manage, and account for 
programs included in such competition; and 
(B) documented the written results of the 
assessment and decisions made; and 
(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) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— 
Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 
(division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2022. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 
such institution to adopt and implement a publicly avail-
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able policy, including the strategic use of peer reviews and 
external experts, to conduct independent, in-depth evalua-
tions of the effectiveness of at least 35 percent of all loans, 
grants, programs, and significant analytical non-lending 
activities in advancing the institution’s goals of reducing 
poverty and promoting equitable economic growth, con-
sistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure that decisions 
to support such loans, grants, programs, and activities are 
based on accurate data and objective analysis. 
(b) SAFEGUARDS.— 
(1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director 
of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development and the International Development As-
sociation to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy 
if such institution has adopted and is implementing 
any social or environmental safeguard relevant to 
such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides 
less protection than World Bank safeguards in effect 
on September 30, 2015. 
(2) ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARDS, AND BEST 
PRACTICES.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice 
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and vote of the United States to oppose loans or 
other financing for projects unless such projects— 
(A) provide for accountability and trans-
parency, including the collection, verification, 
and publication of beneficial ownership informa-
tion related to extractive industries and on-site 
monitoring during the life of the project; 
(B) will be developed and carried out in ac-
cordance with best practices regarding environ-
mental conservation, cultural protection, and 
empowerment of local populations, including 
free, prior and informed consent of affected in-
digenous communities; 
(C) do not provide incentives for, or facili-
tate, forced displacement or other violations of 
human rights; and 
(D) do not partner with or otherwise in-
volve enterprises owned or controlled by the 
armed forces. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 
to any international financial institution while the United 
States executive director to such institution is com-
pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
whatever compensation such executive director receives 
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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 execu-
tive director to such institution is compensated by the in-
stitution 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. 
(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to promote human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution 
in accordance with the requirements specified under this 
subsection in the report accompanying this Act. 
(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to use the 
voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and 
other financing agreements improvements in borrowing 
countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to 
investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 
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(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 
such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the max-
imum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information 
(excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 
limited liability company, other than a publicly listed com-
pany, that receives funds from any such financial institu-
tion. 
(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use 
the voice of the United States to encourage each such in-
stitution to effectively implement and enforce policies and 
procedures which meet or exceed best practices in the 
United States for the protection of whistleblowers from 
retaliation, including the policies and procedures detailed 
under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
INSECURE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS 
SEC. 7030. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available for programs, including through the Dig-
ital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership, to— 
(1) advance the adoption of secure, next-genera-
tion communications networks and services, includ-
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ing 5G, and cybersecurity policies, in countries re-
ceiving assistance under this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs; 
(2) counter the establishment of insecure com-
munications networks and services, including 5G, 
promoted by the People’s Republic of China and 
other state-backed enterprises that are subject to 
undue or extrajudicial control by their country of or-
igin; and 
(3) provide policy and technical training on de-
ploying open, interoperable, reliable, and secure net-
works to information communication technology pro-
fessionals in countries receiving assistance under 
this Act, as appropriate: 
Provided, That such funds may be used to support the 
participation of foreign military officials in programs de-
signed to strengthen civilian cybersecurity capacity, fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
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ment-to-government assistance only if the require-
ments included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (divi-
sion F of Public Law 116–6) are fully met. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 
may only be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
such notification shall contain an explanation of how 
the proposed activity meets the requirements of 
paragraph (1): Provided further, That the require-
ments of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 
government-to-government assistance in excess of 
$10,000,000 and all funds available for cash trans-
fer, budget support, and cash payments to individ-
uals. 
(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-
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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 2023 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) 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. 
(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-
quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
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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) 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 website: Provided, That such report 
shall include the elements included under this sec-
tion in the report accompanying this Act. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made avail-
able for programs and activities to assist govern-
ments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to im-
prove budget transparency and to support civil soci-
ety organizations in such countries that promote 
budget transparency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
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(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
the Secretary of State has credible information 
have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig-
nificant corruption, including corruption related 
to the extraction of natural resources, or a 
gross violation of human rights, including the 
wrongful detention of locally employed staff of 
a United States diplomatic mission or a United 
States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for 
entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify the officials of 
foreign 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 for entry into the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli-
gations under the United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
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shall be construed to derogate from United States 
Government obligations under applicable inter-
national 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 
caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after en-
actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2022, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report, including a classified annex if 
necessary, to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and the Committees on the Judiciary describing 
the information related to corruption or violation of 
human rights concerning each of the individuals 
found ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant 
to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who 
the Secretary designated or identified pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for 
the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waiv-
ers provided under paragraph (3), and the justifica-
tion for each waiver. 
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(5) POSTING
OF
REPORT.—Any unclassified 
portion of the report required under paragraph (4) 
shall be posted on the Department of State website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart-
ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices 
of the United States pertaining to the issuance or 
refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 
and the amendments made by such section, and to 
prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and provide 
technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
natural resource management. 
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(2) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
AND
INDEPENDENT 
AUDITS.—(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the executive director of each international 
financial institution that it is the policy of the 
United States to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such in-
stitutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
antee) to any country for the extraction and export 
of a natural resource if the government of such 
country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures 
to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company 
payments as required by United States law, and un-
less such government has adopted laws, regulations, 
or procedures in the sector in which assistance is 
being considered to meet the standards included 
under this section in the report accompanying this 
Act. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 
building the capacity of such government to meet 
the requirements of such subparagraph. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—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 
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of additional information on United States Government 
foreign 
assistance 
on 
the 
‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ 
website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under 
this Act shall provide such information on foreign assist-
ance, upon request and in a timely manner, to the Depart-
ment of State and USAID. 
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 $2,517,000,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) shall be made 
available for democracy programs. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, and with 
regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 
(NED), any regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 
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to the authority of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ-
ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene-
ficiaries. 
(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 support 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. 
(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 
participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 
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prior approval by the government of any foreign country: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enact-
ment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department 
of State and USAID to comply with the requirements 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. 
(g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 
Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu-
manitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the 
NED of democracy programs that are planned and sup-
ported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs. 
(h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND 
JOURNALISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
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under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘De-
mocracy Fund’’, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available to support and protect civil society activists and 
journalists who have been threatened, harassed, or at-
tacked, including journalists affiliated with the United 
States Agency for Global Media, consistent with the action 
plan required under this section in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act), and on the same terms 
and conditions of section 7032(i) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115–141). 
(i) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall 
be made available for the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, for 
the costs of administering programs designed to pro-
mote and defend freedom of expression and the inde-
pendence of the media in countries where such free-
dom and independence are restricted or denied. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
available for programs that promote and defend 
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freedom of expression and the independence of the 
media abroad: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise made available by this Act 
for such purposes, and are intended to complement 
emergency and safety programs for civil society, in-
cluding journalists and media outlets at risk: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) PROMOTION OF LABOR RIGHTS.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made available for 
implementation of labor programs that support labor 
rights, strengthen independent worker organizing, 
and build capacity in collective bargaining through 
partnership with relevant stakeholders that dem-
onstrate an expertise on labor rights promotion: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be subject to the prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after en-
actment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees detailing steps taken, or planned to be 
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taken, by USAID to build expertise and capacity 
within the agency on implementing such labor pro-
grams in addition to providing a description of cur-
rent implementation efforts. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 
for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State, including for support staff, at not less than 
the amounts specified for such office in the table under 
such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 
shall be made available for international religious freedom 
programs and funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for 
humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted re-
ligious minorities: Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this section shall be 
the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for Inter-
national Religious Freedom, in consultation with other rel-
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evant United States Government officials, and shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 
assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 
Syria. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 
7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2022. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in title III of this Act that are made available for victims 
of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to com-
bat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such traf-
ficking, may be made available notwithstanding 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 $15,500,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000) shall be made available for 
forensic anthropology assistance related to the exhu-
mation and identification of victims of war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide, including in 
Central America, which shall be administered by the 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State: Provided, That 
such funds shall be in addition to funds made avail-
able by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for assistance for coun-
tries. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be made available for DNA forensic technology pro-
grams to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
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made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ-
ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre-
vention Board: Provided, That funds made available pur-
suant to this subsection are in addition to amounts other-
wise made available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States 
Agency for International Development, from this or any 
other Act, may be made available as a general contribution 
to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(e) 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-
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-
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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) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 
partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds 
made available pursuant to this paragraph may only 
be made available following prior consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees, and the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(4) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available by title I of this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 
may be made available for grants pursuant to sec-
tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 
facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, 
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and up to $1,500,000 may be made available for 
grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural An-
tiquities Task Force. 
(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of section 
7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided, 
That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 15 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2022. 
(6) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 
except through the formal rulemaking process pursu-
ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to 
such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 
funds made available for such purpose shall only be 
made available after consultation with, and subject 
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to the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro-
posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 
goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States: Provided further, That such consulta-
tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 
the publication in the Federal Register of any regu-
latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro-
gram. 
(7) DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION VENTURES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and made available for 
the Development Innovation Ventures program may 
be made available for the purposes of chapter I of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(8) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.— 
(A) Section 6(a)(3) of the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635e(a)(3)) shall 
be applied through September 30, 2022 by sub-
stituting ‘‘4 percent’’ for ‘‘2 percent’’ in each 
place it appears. 
(B) Section 8(g) of the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g(g)) shall be 
applied through September 30, 2022 by sub-
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stituting ‘‘4 percent’’ for ‘‘2 percent’’ in each 
place it appears. 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, or making a significant change to the 
scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary and the Administrator shall pro-
vide a direct vetting option for prime awardees in any 
partner vetting program initiated or significantly modified 
after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Sec-
retary of State or USAID Administrator, as applicable, 
informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by- 
case basis that a direct vetting option is not feasible for 
such program. 
(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2022, the 
President may use up to $150,000,000 under the author-
ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 
to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc-
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tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
withholding funds under this subsection. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 
merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For-
eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex-
pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2022 at no later than the end 
of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 
such funds are available for the purposes for which appro-
priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 
be transferred. 
(j) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to counter 
extremism may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law restricting assistance to foreign 
countries, except sections 502B, 620A, and 620M of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the use 
of the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES 
OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI-
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ZATIONS.—The terms and conditions of section 7034(k) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of 
Public Law 116–94) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2022. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT
FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 
Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2022’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2022. 
(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV-
ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’ for ‘‘October 
1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI-
TATION.—(A) Subject to the limitation described in 
subparagraph (B), the authority provided by section 
1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 
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(Public Law 111–32) shall remain in effect through 
September 30, 2022. 
(B) The authority described in subparagraph 
(A) may not be used to pay an eligible member of 
the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public 
Law 111–32)) a locality-based comparability pay-
ment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two- 
thirds of the amount of the locality-based com-
parability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
would be payable to such member under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such mem-
ber’s official duty station were in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2021, and 
2022’’; and 
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(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2021’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2022’’; and 
(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’. 
(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and may be used to facilitate the 
assignment of persons for oversight of programs in 
Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Ven-
ezuela. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
REVIEW
BOARDS.—The 
authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 
for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
2022, except that the notification and reporting re-
quirements contained in such section shall include 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(8) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after enact-
ment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 
which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 
shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 
any position in the competitive service for which the 
employee possesses the required qualifications. 
(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2022. 
(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
of the Department of State may waive the provisions 
of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 
case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 
the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 
to the same constraints and in the same manner by 
which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv-
er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec-
tion. 
(m) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
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(1) BENEFICIARY
FEEDBACK.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for moni-
toring and evaluation of assistance under the head-
ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Dis-
aster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ shall be made available for the regular and 
systematic collection of feedback obtained directly 
from beneficiaries to enhance the quality and rel-
evance of such assistance: Provided, That the De-
partment of State and USAID shall establish, and 
post on their respective websites, updated procedures 
for implementing partners that receive funds under 
such headings for regularly and systematically col-
lecting and responding to such feedback, including 
guidelines for the reporting on actions taken in re-
sponse to the feedback received: Provided further, 
That the Department of State and USAID shall reg-
ularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feed-
back is regularly collected and used by implementing 
partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness and util-
ity of such assistance. 
(2) EX-POST EVALUATIONS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
ex-post evaluations consistent with the requirements 
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under this heading in the report accompanying this 
Act. 
(n) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, 
Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 
to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph for the costs of such 
guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 
a country. 
(2) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
DIRECT 
LOANS.—During fiscal year 2022, direct loans under 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be 
made available for Jordan, notwithstanding section 
23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, gross obli-
gations for the principal amounts of which shall not 
exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
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ing Program’’ in this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs may be made 
available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such 
loans: Provided further, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and may include the costs of selling, reducing, 
or cancelling any amounts owed to the United States 
or any agency of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That the Government of the United States may 
charge fees for such loans, which shall be collected 
from borrowers in accordance with section 502(7) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds made available to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or major non- 
NATO allies by this or any other appropriations Act 
for this fiscal year or prior fiscal years may be used 
for payment of any fees associated with such loans: 
Provided further, That such loans shall be repaid in 
not more than 12 years, including a grace period of 
up to one year on repayment of principal: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 23(c)(1) of the 
Arms Export Control Act, interest for such loans 
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may be charged at a rate determined by the Sec-
retary of State, except that such rate may not be 
less than the prevailing interest rate on marketable 
Treasury securities of similar maturity: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this 
paragraph for such costs shall not be considered as-
sistance for the purposes of provisions of law lim-
iting assistance to a country. 
(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING LOAN GUAR-
ANTEES.—Funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be made available, notwithstanding 
the third proviso under such heading, for the costs 
of loan guarantees under section 24 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act for Jordan, which are authorized to 
be provided: Provided, That such funds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of commercial loans, and total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided further, That no 
loan guarantee with respect to any one borrower 
may exceed 80 percent of the loan principal: Pro-
vided further, That any loan guaranteed under this 
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paragraph may not be subordinated to another debt 
contracted by the borrower or to any other claims 
against the borrower in the case of default: Provided 
further, That repayment in United States dollars of 
any loan guaranteed under this paragraph shall be 
required within a period not to exceed 12 years after 
the loan agreement is signed: Provided further, That 
the Government of the United States may charge 
fees for such loan guarantees, as may be determined, 
notwithstanding section 24 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act, which shall be collected from borrowers or 
third parties on behalf of such borrowers in accord-
ance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this paragraph for the costs of 
such guarantees shall not be considered assistance 
for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assist-
ance to a country. 
(4) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees and 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(o) LOCAL WORKS.— 
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(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$55,000,000 shall be made available for Local 
Works pursuant to section 7080 of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235), which may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of 
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eli-
gible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, inter-
national, and United States-based nongovernmental 
organizations, educational institutions, and other 
small entities that have received less than a total of 
$5,000,000 from USAID over the previous 5 fiscal 
years: Provided, That departments or centers of 
such educational institutions may be considered indi-
vidually in determining such eligibility. 
(p) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
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sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the International 
Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 
American Development Bank, the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, the African 
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
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(4) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 
for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(5) SUCCESSOR
OPERATING
UNIT.—Any ref-
erence to a particular USAID operating unit or of-
fice in this or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs shall be deemed to include any suc-
cessor operating unit or office performing the same 
or similar functions. 
(6) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 
and accountability of civilian police authority 
through training and technical assistance in human 
rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance, in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 
respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 
and foster improved police relations with the com-
munities they serve. 
(2) 
COUNTERTERRORISM
PARTNERSHIPS 
FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’ shall be made available for 
the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for pro-
grams in areas liberated from, under the influence 
of, or adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria or other terrorist organizations: Provided, 
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That such areas shall include the Kurdistan Region 
of Iraq: Provided further, That prior to the obliga-
tion of funds made available pursuant to this para-
graph, the Secretary of State shall take all prac-
ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 
for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
ualty training and equipment consistent with 
prior fiscal years. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
bat casualty care training and equipment as a 
component of any package of lethal assistance 
funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 
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Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un-
less the Secretary determines that such country 
has in place, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat-
ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on 
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur-
ther, That any such training and equipment for 
combat casualty care shall be made available 
through an open and competitive process. 
(4) TRAINING
RELATED
TO
INTERNATIONAL 
HUMANITARIAN LAW.—The Secretary of State shall 
offer training related to the requirements of inter-
national humanitarian law as a component of any 
package of lethal assistance funded by this Act with 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of 
this paragraph shall not apply to a country that is 
a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated by 
section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or is complying with international humani-
tarian law: Provided further, That any such training 
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shall be made available through an open and com-
petitive process. 
(5) SECURITY FORCE PROFESSIONALIZATION.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ shall be 
made available to increase the capacity of foreign 
military and law enforcement personnel to operate in 
accordance with appropriate standards relating to 
human rights and the protection of civilians in the 
manner specified under this section in Senate Report 
116–126, following consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That funds made 
available pursuant to this paragraph shall be made 
available through an open and competitive process. 
(6) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, up 
to $7,500,000 from funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds previously 
made available under the heading ‘‘Global Security 
Contingency Fund’’, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
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