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to which such notification requirement was applicable, in 
the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: 
Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant 
to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer-
gency circumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of 
the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghan-
istan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, 
Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, 
Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 
Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, 
Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, 
and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense
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shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same 
extent and under the same conditions as other committees 
pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That 
before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of such 
Committees if such defense articles are significant military 
equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 
Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition 
cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 
elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for 
specific countries that would receive such excess defense ar-
ticles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also be 
informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense ar-
ticles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 
are returned or not made available for organizations and 
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) 
of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
1183 
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the requirement to with-
hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions 
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 
any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made 
available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family 
planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive 
to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio-
medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth-
ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri-
lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for 
any country or organization if the President certifies that 
the use of these funds by any such country or organization
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would violate any of the above provisions related to abor-
tions and involuntary sterilizations. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to sub-
section (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III 
through V shall be made available in the amounts specifi-
cally designated in the respective tables included in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this Consolidated Act): Provided, 
That such designated amounts for foreign countries and 
international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
such countries and international organizations transmitted 
to the Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise pro-
vided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, as applicable, may only deviate up to 5 percent 
from the amounts specifically designated in the respective 
tables included in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Con-
solidated Act): Provided, That such percentage may be ex-
ceeded only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances di-
rectly related to the national interest: Provided further,
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That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts 
that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report 
required by section 653(a) of the FAA, no deviations au-
thorized by subsection (b) may take place until submission 
of such report. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 
and entertainment expenses further official agency business 
and United States foreign policy interests— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act under the headings
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‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Pro-
gram activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
substantially of a recreational character, including 
but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 
theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 
parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military 
equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
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nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that government 
ceases to provide such military equipment: Provided 
further, That this section applies with respect to le-
thal military equipment provided under a contract 
entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interests of the 
United States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the as-
sistance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount 
of such assistance, and an explanation of how the as-
sistance furthers United States national interests. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of
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State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall 
not be made available to any foreign government 
which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the waiver (including the justification 
for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop-
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ment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 
313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of 
this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined 
at the appropriations Act account level and shall include 
all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding direc-
tives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for 
the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, project, 
and activity’’ shall also be considered to include country, 
regional, and central program level funding within each 
such account; and for the development assistance accounts 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 
to include central, country, regional, and program level 
funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accord-
ance with a report, to be provided to the Committees
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on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOP-
MENT 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 Develop-
ment Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting 
activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, 
the agency shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions and report to such Committees within 15 days of tak-
ing 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-Import Bank 
and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall be 
obligated or expended to finance any loan, any assistance,
1191 
or any other financial commitments for establishing or ex-
panding production of any commodity for export by any 
country other than the United States, if the commodity is 
likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the 
resulting productive capacity is expected to become opera-
tive and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to 
United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
commodity: Provided, 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 Associa-
tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
tural 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.
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(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any 
testing or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement 
or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or 
training in connection with the growth or production 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 sub-
section 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 ben-
efit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Associa-
tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
furnished; or
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(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive directors of the international financial institu-
tions, as defined in section 7034(r)(3) of this Act, to use 
the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assist-
ance by such institutions, using funds appropriated or 
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 substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 
or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.— 
(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 For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which 
result in the generation of local currencies of that 
country, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development (USAID) shall—
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(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— 
(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 Assistance 
Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such pur-
poses as—
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(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiv-
alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of assistance to a country under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may 
be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes 
as may be agreed to by the government of that coun-
try and the United States Government. 
(5) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 
Administrator shall report on an annual basis as 
part of the justification documents submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the use of local cur-
rencies for the administrative requirements of the
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United States Government as authorized in subsection 
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used or to be used for such purpose in each ap-
plicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
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 Explana-
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom-
panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report 
No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
assistance, the President shall submit a notification
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through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 
detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 
made available will be used, with a discussion of the 
United States interests that will be served by the as-
sistance (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 proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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 ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before using the au-
thority of this subsection to furnish assistance in support 
of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the Presi-
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dent shall notify the Committees on Appropriations pursu-
ant to the regular notification procedures, including a de-
scription 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 statutory prohibitions 
against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in 
this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2016, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480): 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 regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(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 support 
international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a
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country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available to the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) may only 
be made available for limited competitions through local en-
tities if— 
(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has— 
(A) assessed the level of local capacity to ef-
fectively 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 de-
termined to be responsible in accordance with 
USAID guidelines; and 
(B) effective monitoring and evaluation sys-
tems are in place to ensure that award funding 
is used for its intended purposes; and 
(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed.
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(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the re-
quirements of subsection (a)(1), the USAID Administrator 
shall report, on an annual basis, to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on all awards subject to limited or no 
competition for local entities: Provided, That such report 
should 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 excess of $2,000,000. 
(c) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division 
I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect during fis-
cal year 2016, as amended by the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States exec-
utive director of each international financial institution to 
seek to require that such institution adopts and implements 
a publicly available policy, including the strategic use of 
peer reviews and external experts, to conduct independent, 
in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of at least 25 per-
cent of all loans, grants, programs, and significant analyt-
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ical non-lending activities in advancing the institution’s 
goals of reducing poverty and promoting equitable economic 
growth, consistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure that 
decisions to support such loans, grants, programs, and ac-
tivities are based on accurate data and objective analysis: 
Provided, That not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on steps taken by the United States 
executive directors and the international financial institu-
tions consistent with this subsection. 
(b) SAFEGUARDS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
and the International Development Association to vote 
against any loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such institu-
tion has adopted and is implementing any social or envi-
ronmental safeguard relevant to such loan, grant, policy, 
or strategy that provides less protection than World Bank 
safeguards in effect on September 30, 2015. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
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 compensated by the 
institution at a rate which, together with whatever com-
pensation such executive director receives from the United
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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 insti-
tution 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. 
(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to seek to require that 
such institution conducts rigorous human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution: 
Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, 
policy, or strategy the executive director shall consult with 
the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State, if the executive director has 
reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, or strategy 
could result in forced displacement or other violation of 
human rights. 
(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 
of each international financial institution to promote in 
loan, grant, and other financing agreements improvements
1203 
in borrowing countries’ financial management and judicial 
capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and 
corruption. 
(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States exec-
utive director of each international financial institution to 
seek to require that such institution collects, verifies, and 
publishes, to the maximum extent practicable, beneficial 
ownership information (excluding proprietary information) 
for any corporation or limited liability company, other 
than a publicly listed company, that receives funds appro-
priated by this Act that are provided as payment to such 
institution: Provided, That not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the 
United States executive directors and the international fi-
nancial institutions consistent with this subsection. 
(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to seek 
to require that each such institution is effectively imple-
menting and enforcing policies and procedures which reflect 
best practices for the protection of whistleblowers from retal-
iation, including best practices for—
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(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, in-
cluding external arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven re-
taliation. 
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 nongovernmental 
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 pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, 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 GOVERNMENT- 
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 sys-
tems are in place to ensure that such assistance 
is used for its intended purposes; 
(v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 
and 
(vi) the government of the recipient country 
is taking steps to publicly disclose on an annual 
basis its national budget, to include income 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 Nationality 
Act; 
(D) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country have 
agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable objec-
tives 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, including 
freedoms of expression, association, and assem-
bly. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In ad-
dition to the requirements in paragraph (1), no funds 
may be made available for direct government-to-gov-
ernment assistance without prior consultation with, 
and notification of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That such notification shall contain 
an explanation of how the proposed activity meets the
1207 
requirements of paragraph (1): Provided further, That 
the requirements of this paragraph shall only apply 
to direct government-to-government assistance in ex-
cess of $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash 
transfer, budget support, and cash payments to indi-
viduals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) 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 misuse 
of such assistance, unless the Administrator or the 
Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that it is in the national interest of the United 
States to continue such assistance, including a jus-
tification, or that such misuse has been appropriately 
addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION
OF
INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2017 
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 6 months thereafter until 
September 30, 2016, the USAID Administrator shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations 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 for any foreign country for debt service pay-
ments owed by any country to any international fi-
nancial institution: Provided, That for purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘‘international financial in-
stitution’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
7034(r)(3) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL
BUDGET
AND
CONTRACT
TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANS-
PARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall continue to 
update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum requirements of
1209 
fiscal transparency’’ for each government receiving 
assistance appropriated by this Act, as identified in 
the report required by section 7031(b) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams 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 en-
actment of this Act, shall make or update any deter-
mination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant 
progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of 
fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 
publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans-
parency Report’’ to be posted on the Department of 
State Web site: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
identify the significant progress made by each such
1210 
government to publicly disclose national budget docu-
mentation, contracts, and licenses which are addi-
tional to such information disclosed in previous fiscal 
years, and include specific recommendations of short- 
and long-term steps such government should take to 
improve fiscal transparency: Provided further, That 
the annual report shall include a detailed description 
of how funds appropriated by this Act are being used 
to improve fiscal transparency, and identify bench-
marks 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 made available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That a description of the uses of 
such funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1)(A) INELIGIBILITY.—Officials of foreign gov-
ernments and their immediate family members about 
whom the Secretary of State has credible information
1211 
have been involved in significant corruption, includ-
ing corruption related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, or a gross violation of human rights shall be 
ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately 
designate or identify officials of foreign governments 
and their immediate family members about whom the 
Secretary has such credible information without re-
gard 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 Headquarters 
Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
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 determines 
that the waiver would serve a compelling national in-
terest or that the circumstances which caused the in-
dividual to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
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mit 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 paragraph 
(1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the applica-
tion of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers provided 
under paragraph (3), and the justification for each 
waiver. 
(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified por-
tion 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 Depart-
ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices 
of the United States pertaining to the issuance or re-
fusal 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
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revenues related to the extraction of natural resources, 
including by strengthening implementation and mon-
itoring of the Extractive Industries Transparency 
Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 8204 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and to prevent 
the sale of conflict diamonds, and provide technical 
assistance to promote independent audit mechanisms 
and support civil society participation in natural re-
source management. 
(2) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
form the management of the international finan-
cial institutions, and post on the Department of 
the Treasury Web site, that it is the policy of the 
United States to vote against any assistance by 
such institutions (including any loan, credit, 
grant, or guarantee) to any country for the ex-
traction 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 re-
quired by United States law, and unless such 
government has adopted laws, regulations, or
1214 
procedures in the sector in which assistance is 
being considered for— 
(i) accurately accounting for and pub-
lic disclosure of payments to the host gov-
ernment by companies involved in the ex-
traction and export of natural resources; 
(ii) the independent auditing of ac-
counts receiving such payments and public 
disclosure of the findings of such audits; 
and 
(iii) public disclosure of such docu-
ments as Host Government Agreements, 
Concession Agreements, and bidding docu-
ments, allowing in any such dissemination 
or disclosure for the redaction of, or excep-
tions for, information that is commercially 
proprietary or that would create competi-
tive disadvantage. 
(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 this subparagraph. 
(e) 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-
1215 
priate, shall be made available to support the provision of 
additional information on United States Government for-
eign assistance on the Department of State foreign assist-
ance 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.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
less than $2,308,517,000 shall be made available for 
democracy programs. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$32,000,000 shall be made available for the Near East 
Regional Democracy program. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
for democracy programs may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law, and with regard to 
the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regu-
lation. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good gov-
ernance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of ex-
pression, association, assembly, and religion, human rights,
1216 
labor rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and 
that otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic polit-
ical parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations 
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, as determined 
by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), as 
appropriate. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect 
to the provision of assistance for democracy programs 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 prior approval 
by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID Ad-
ministrator, shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, 
detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 
USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
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(f) PROGRAM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION OF USE.—Not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator, following consulta-
tion with democracy program implementing partners, 
shall each establish guidelines for clarifying program 
design and objectives for democracy programs, includ-
ing the uses of contracts versus grants and cooperative 
agreements in the conduct of democracy programs 
carried out with funds appropriated by this Act: Pro-
vided, That such guidelines, which shall be made 
available to all relevant agency personnel, shall be in 
accordance with— 
(A) the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Devel-
opment Review, 2015, regarding the objectives of 
promoting resilient, open, and democratic soci-
eties; 
(B) the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 
(title XXI of Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 8201 
et seq.), including the foreign policy objectives 
contained therein; and 
(C) sections 6303 through 6305 of title 31, 
United States Code, regarding the selection of 
contracts and assistance instruments.
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(2) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and 
political competition and consensus building pro-
grams abroad with funds appropriated by this Act in 
a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of grants 
and cooperative agreements in implementing such 
programs: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph 
shall be construed to affect the ability of any entity, 
including United States small businesses, from com-
peting for proposals for USAID-funded civil society 
and political competition and consensus building pro-
grams. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 
2017, the Secretary of State and USAID Adminis-
trator shall each submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235), which shall include funding level, account, 
program sector and subsector, and a brief summary 
of purpose. 
(g) STRATEGIC REVIEWS AND REPORT.—
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(1) COUNTRY STRATEGIES.—Prior to the obliga-
tion of funds made available by this Act for Depart-
ment of State and USAID democracy programs for a 
nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country 
for which a country strategy has been concluded after 
the date of enactment of this Act, as required by sec-
tion 2111(c)(1) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 
2007 (title XXI of Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 
8211) or similar provision of law or regulation, the 
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy 
and Human Rights, Department of State, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and 
the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, 
and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall review 
such strategy to ensure that it includes— 
(A) specific goals and objectives for such 
program, including a specific plan and timeline 
to measure impacts; 
(B) an assessment of the risks associated 
with the conduct of such program to intended 
beneficiaries and implementers, including steps 
to support and protect such individuals; and
1220 
(C) the funding requirements to initiate 
and sustain such program in fiscal year 2016 
and subsequent fiscal years, as appropriate: 
Provided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘nondemocratic or democratic transitioning 
country’’ shall have the same meaning as in section 
2104(6) of Public Law 110–53. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 
2016, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
USAID Administrator, shall submit a report, includ-
ing a classified annex if necessary, to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailing the methodology 
and guidelines established and implemented by the 
Department of State and USAID, respectively, to 
carry out the requirements of this subsection: Pro-
vided, That such report shall also include an analysis 
of the political and social conditions in a nondemo-
cratic or democratic transitioning country that are a 
prerequisite for the conduct of democracy programs. 
(h) CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS.—The Deputy Sec-
retary for Management and Resources, Department of 
State, shall consult with the Under Secretary for Ci-
vilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, De-
1221 
partment of State, and the Assistant Administrator 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assist-
ance, USAID, on the proposed funding levels for de-
mocracy programs by country in the report submitted 
to Congress pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
(2) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democ-
racy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democ-
racy, 
Conflict, 
and 
Humanitarian 
Assistance, 
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 re-
lated programs. 
(3) REPORT ON PROGRAM CHANGES.—The Sec-
retary of State or the USAID Administrator, as ap-
propriate, shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 30 days of a decision to signifi-
cantly change the objectives or the content of a democ-
racy program or to close such a program due to the 
increasingly repressive nature of the host country gov-
ernment: Provided, That the report shall also include
1222 
a strategy for continuing support for democracy pro-
motion, if such programming is feasible, and may be 
submitted in classified form, if necessary. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
OFFICE
AND SPECIAL ENVOY
TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ shall be 
made available for the Office of the Ambassador-at-Large 
for International Religious Freedom and the Special Envoy 
to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in 
the Near East and South Central Asia, as authorized in 
the Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-161), and including for sup-
port staff, at not less than the amounts contained for such 
Office and Envoy in the table under such heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this Consolidated Act). 
(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 (HRDF), not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
international religious freedom programs: Provided,
1223 
That the Ambassador-at-Large for International Reli-
gious Freedom shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the uses of such funds. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 
available for programs to protect vulnerable and per-
secuted religious minorities: Provided, That a portion 
of such funds shall be made available for programs to 
investigate the persecution of such minorities by gov-
ernments and non-state actors and for the public dis-
semination of information collected on such persecu-
tion, including on the Department of State Web site. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International 
Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ shall be made available for humanitarian 
assistance for vulnerable and persecuted religious mi-
norities. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds made 
available by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the re-
sponsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for Inter-
national Religious Freedom, in consultation with 
other relevant United States Government officials.
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(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board 
of Governors, International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall 
be made available for programs related to international re-
ligious freedom, including reporting on the condition of vul-
nerable and persecuted religious groups. 
(d) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after con-
sultation with the heads of other United States Government 
agencies represented on the Atrocities Prevention Board 
(APB) and representatives of human rights organizations, 
as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees an evaluation of the persecution of, in-
cluding attacks against, Christians and people of other reli-
gions in the Middle East by violent Islamic extremists and 
the Muslim Rohingya people in Burma by violent Buddhist 
extremists, including whether either situation constitutes 
mass atrocities or genocide (as defined in section 1091 of 
title 18, United States Code), and a detailed description 
of any proposed atrocities prevention response rec-
ommended by the APB: Provided, That such evaluation and 
response may include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(e) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—The Presi-
dent shall, concurrent with the annual foreign country re-
view required by section 402(b)(1) of the International Reli-
1225 
gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)), review 
and identify any non-state actors in such countries that 
have engaged in particularly severe violations of religious 
freedom, and designate, in a manner consistent with such 
Act, each such group as a non-state actor of particular con-
cern for religious freedom operating in such reviewed coun-
try or surrounding region: Provided, That whenever the 
President designates such a non-state actor under this sub-
section, the President shall, as soon as practicable after the 
designation is made, submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailing the reasons for such des-
ignation. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2016, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chairman of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, shall submit a report, including a classified annex 
if necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees 
detailing, by account, agency, and on a country-by-country 
basis, funds made available by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs for the previous 2 fiscal 
years for international religious freedom programs; protec-
tion and investigation programs regarding vulnerable and 
persecuted religious minorities; humanitarian and relief as-
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sistance for such minorities; and international broadcasting 
regarding religious freedom. 
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 notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) CROWD
CONTROL
ITEMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, 
small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other 
items for crowd control purposes for foreign security 
forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful ex-
pression, association, or assembly in countries under-
going democratic transition. 
(3) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND
RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law
1227 
113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2016 as if part of this Act. 
(4) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available 
for forensic anthropology assistance related to the 
exhumation of mass graves and the identification 
of victims of war crimes and crimes against hu-
manity, of which not less than $3,000,000 should 
be made available for such assistance in Guate-
mala, Peru, Colombia, Iraq, and Sri Lanka, 
which shall be administered by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$4,000,000 shall be made available for DNA fo-
rensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America. 
(5) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Sec-
tion 7065 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall con-
1228 
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of 
this Act. 
(6) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR-
ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appro-
priated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a nation 
emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 
support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub- 
national entity emerging from instability, as well as 
a nation emerging from instability. 
(7) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report on funds obligated and ex-
pended during fiscal year 2015, by country and pur-
pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’. 
(8) LEAHY VETTING REPORT.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on foreign assistance cases submitted for 
vetting for purposes of section 620M of the For-
1229 
eign Assistance Act of 1961 during the preceding 
fiscal year, including: 
(i) the total number of cases submitted, 
approved, suspended, or rejected for human 
rights reasons; and 
(ii) for cases rejected, a description of 
the steps taken to assist the foreign govern-
ment in taking effective measures to bring 
the responsible members of the security 
forces to justice, in accordance with section 
620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(B) The report required by this paragraph 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
be accompanied by a classified annex. 
(9) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 656 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term ‘‘mili-
tary training provided to foreign military personnel 
by the Department of Defense and the Department of 
State’’ shall be deemed to include all military train-
ing provided by foreign governments with funds ap-
propriated to the Department of Defense or the De-
partment of State, except for training provided by the
1230 
government of a country designated by section 517(b) 
of such Act as a major non-NATO ally. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made 
available as a general contribution to the World Food Pro-
gramme, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(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 Research 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 ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be made 
available as contributions to establish and maintain 
memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular noti-
1231 
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts 
made available by title I of this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, up to 
$500,000 may be made available for grants pursuant 
to section 504 of Public Law 95–426 (22 U.S.C. 
2656d), including to facilitate collaboration with in-
digenous communities. 
(4) EXTENSION
OF
LEGAL
PROTECTION.—No 
conviction issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on 
June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 
for the Year 2012’’, against a citizen or national of 
the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence in the United States, shall be 
considered a conviction for the purposes of United 
States law or for any activity undertaken within the 
jurisdiction of the United States during fiscal year 
2016 and any fiscal year thereafter. 
(5) MODIFICATION OF LIFE INSURANCE SUPPLE-
MENTAL
APPLICABLE
TO
THOSE
KILLED
IN
TER-
RORIST ATTACKS.— 
(A) Section 415(a)(1) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3975(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘a payment from the United States
1232 
in an amount that, when added to the amount 
of the employee’s employer-provided group life 
insurance policy coverage (if any), equals 
$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘a special payment of 
$400,000, which shall be in addition to any em-
ployer provided life insurance policy coverage’’. 
(B) The insurance benefit under section 415 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3975), as amended by subparagraph (A), shall be 
applicable to eligible employees who die as a re-
sult of injuries sustained while on duty abroad 
because of an act of terrorism, as defined in sec-
tion 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 
2656f(d)), anytime on or after April 18, 1983. 
(6) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
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 10 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2016: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this paragraph 
the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means the 
provision of funding on a competitive basis that—
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(A) encourages and rewards the develop-
ment of solutions for a particular, well-defined 
problem related to the alleviation of poverty; or 
(B) helps identify and promote a broad 
range of ideas and practices facilitating further 
development of an idea or practice by third par-
ties. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act or in titles I through IV of prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of State 
and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support 
the continued implementation of the Partner Vetting Sys-
tem (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator shall inform the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, at least 30 days prior to comple-
tion of the pilot program, on the criteria for evaluating such 
program, including for possible expansion: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 180 days after completion of the 
pilot program, the Secretary and USAID Administrator 
shall jointly submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations, in classified form if necessary, detailing the find-
ings, conclusions, and any recommendations for expansion 
of such program: Provided further, That not less than 30 
days prior to the implementation of any recommendations
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for expanding the PVS pilot program the Secretary of State 
and USAID Administrator shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and with representatives of agency 
implementing partners on the findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations in such report, as appropriate. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2016, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority 
of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central government 
of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com-
ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-
national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 
25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with-
holding funds under this subsection. 
(h) REPORT REPEALED.—Section 616(c) of the De-
partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (division 
A of Public Law 105–277) is hereby repealed. 
(i) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION.— 
The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, 
funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions
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and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ for fiscal year 2016, except for funds designated for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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 appropriated: Provided, That not more than 
$50,000,000 may be transferred. 
(j) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Section 7034(k) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this 
Act. 
(k) 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, 2016’’ 
for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The au-
thority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986
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(22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect for fa-
cilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 2016, 
except that the notification and reporting require-
ments contained in such section shall include the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The au-
thority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 
32) shall remain in effect through September 30, 
2016. 
(4) FOREIGN
SERVICE
OFFICER
ANNUITANT 
WAIVER.—Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ 
in paragraph (2). 
(5) DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE AN-
NUITANT WAIVER.—Section 61(a) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 
30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 
(6) 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, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 
2010’’ in subparagraph (B).
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(7) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITA-
TION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in 
subparagraph (B), the authority provided by sec-
tion 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904) 
shall remain in effect through September 30, 
2016. 
(B) The authority described in subpara-
graph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible 
member of the Foreign Service (as defined in sec-
tion 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009) 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 
Columbia. 
(8) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is 
amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
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(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2015, and 
2016’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2015’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2016’’; and 
(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 
subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2016’’. 
(9) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIVER.— 
The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 
111–212) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2016. 
(10) EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO 
ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency War-
time Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public 
Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended under the 
heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 
(A) in the matter preceding the first pro-
viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’; and 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’.
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(11) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking 
‘‘more than 11 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘after September 30, 
2017’’. 
(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2015, 2016, and 2017’’. 
(12) UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—Section 1334 of the Foreign Af-
fairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
(l) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
WORKING
CAPITAL 
FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available to the Department of State for payments to the 
Working Capital Fund may only be used for the service cen-
ters included in Appendix 1 of the Congressional Budget 
Justification, Department of State, Diplomatic Engage-
ment, Fiscal Year 2016: Provided, That the amounts for 
such service centers shall be the amounts included in such
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budget except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: 
Provided further, That Federal agency components shall be 
charged only for their direct usage of each Working Capital 
Fund service: Provided further, That Federal agency com-
ponents may only pay for Working Capital Fund services 
that are consistent with the component’s purpose and au-
thorities: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund 
shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will 
return the full cost of each service. 
(m) HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for monitoring and 
evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘International 
Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’ shall, as appropriate, be made available for the reg-
ular collection of feedback obtained directly from bene-
ficiaries on the quality and relevance of such assistance: 
Provided, That the Department of State and USAID shall 
conduct regular oversight to ensure that such feedback is 
collected and used by implementing partners to maximize 
the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assistance, and re-
quire such partners that receive funds under such headings 
to establish procedures for collecting and responding to such 
feedback. 
(n) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
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lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may be made 
available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 
survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 
the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 
the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) shall be exercised 
by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, 
with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS 
pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
State shall include in the congressional budget justification 
an accounting of budgetary resources, disbursements, bal-
ances, and reimbursements related to such fund. 
(o) LOAN GUARANTEES AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.— 
(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 re-
lated programs may be made available for the costs,
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as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Jordan, Ukraine, 
and Tunisia, which are authorized to be provided: 
Provided, 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 assistance to a country. 
(2) ENTERPRISE
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 
Act may be made available to establish and operate 
one or more enterprise funds for Egypt and Tunisia: 
Provided, That the first, third and fifth provisos 
under section 7041(b) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112– 
74) shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for an 
enterprise fund or funds to the same extent and in the 
same manner as such provision of law applied to 
funds made available under such section (except that 
the clause excluding subsection (d)(3) of section 201 
of the SEED Act shall not apply): Provided further, 
That in addition to the previous proviso, the authori-
ties in the matter preceding the first proviso of such 
section may apply to any such enterprise fund or
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funds: Provided further, That the authority of any 
such enterprise fund or funds to provide assistance 
shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2026. 
(3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
made available by this subsection shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees, and subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(p) ASSESSMENT OF INDIRECT COSTS.—Not later than 
90 days after enactment of this Act and following consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations, the Secretary 
of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID) shall submit to 
such Committees an assessment of the effectiveness of cur-
rent policies and procedures in ensuring that payments for 
indirect costs, including for negotiated indirect cost rate 
agreements (NICRA), are reasonable and comply with the 
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), as applicable, and 
title 2, part 200 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); 
an assessment of potential benefits of setting a cap on such 
indirect costs to ensure the cost-effective use of appropriated 
funds; a plan to revise such policies and procedures to 
strengthen compliance with the FAR and CFR and ensure 
that indirect costs are reasonable; and a timeline for imple-
menting such plan.
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(q) SMALL GRANTS AND ENTITIES.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $45,000,000 
shall be made available for the Small Grants Pro-
gram pursuant to section 7080 of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235), as amended by this Act, which may remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
(2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development (USAID) shall post 
on the USAID Web site detailed information describ-
ing the process by which small nongovernmental orga-
nizations, educational institutions, and other small 
entities seeking funding from USAID for unsolicited 
proposals through grants, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance mechanisms and agreements, can 
apply for such funding: Provided, That the USAID 
Administrator should ensure that each bureau, office, 
and overseas mission has authority to approve, and 
sufficient funds to implement, such grants or other 
agreements that meet appropriate criteria for unsolic-
ited proposals.
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(3) Section 7080 of Public Law 113–235 is 
amended as follows: 
(A) in subsections (b) and (c), strike 
‘‘Grants’’, and insert ‘‘Awards’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), delete ‘‘or’’ after 
‘‘proposals;’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)(2) delete the period 
after ‘‘process’’, and insert ‘‘; or’’; 
(D) after subsection (c)(2), insert ‘‘(3) as 
otherwise allowable under Federal Acquisition 
Regulations and USAID procurement policies.’’; 
and 
(E) in subsection (e)(3), strike ‘‘12’’, and 
insert ‘‘20’’, and strike ‘‘administrative and 
oversight expenses associated with managing’’ 
and insert ‘‘administrative expenses, and other 
necessary support associated with managing and 
strengthening’’. 
(4) For the purposes of section 7080 of Public 
Law 113–235, ‘‘eligible entities’’ shall be defined as 
small local, international, and United States-based 
nongovernmental organizations, educational institu-
tions, and other small entities that have received less 
than a total of $5,000,000 in USAID funding over the 
previous five years: Provided, That departments or
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centers of such educational institutions may be con-
sidered individually in determining such eligibility. 
(r) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for pur-
poses of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ shall mean the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for pur-
poses of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated in this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs’’ shall mean funds that remain available 
for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) For the purposes of this Act ‘‘international 
financial institutions’’ shall mean the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International 
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the 
Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development 
Fund, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, 
the North American Development Bank, the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
1247 
can Development Bank, the African Development 
Fund, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 
Agency. 
(4) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this 
or any other Act making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be deemed to include portions of West-
ern Kordofan that were previously part of Southern 
Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of Southern 
Kordofan. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize rela-
tions with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League
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boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to dem-
onstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into 
consideration the participation of any recipient coun-
try in the boycott when determining to sell weapons 
to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including 
those to encourage allies and trading partners of the 
United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
from complying with the boycott and penalizing busi-
nesses that do comply. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 
the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless 
the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 
peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; and
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(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which should 
include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within secure 
and recognized boundaries free from threats or 
acts of force;
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(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just settle-
ment of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the governing entity should enact a constitution assur-
ing the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect 
for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other 
laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable 
governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 
if the President determines that it is important to the na-
tional security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of 
subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 7040 
of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian 
Authority’’). 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to 
create in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government for the
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purpose of conducting official United States Government 
business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and 
Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity pro-
vided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Pro-
vided, That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisi-
tion of additional space for the existing Consulate General 
in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings between offi-
cers and employees of the United States and officials of the 
Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian gov-
erning entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration 
of Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United 
States Government business with such authority should con-
tinue to take place in locations other than Jerusalem: Pro-
vided further, That as has been true in the past, officers 
and employees of the United States Government may con-
tinue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestin-
ians (including those who now occupy positions in the Pal-
estinian Authority), have social contacts, and have inci-
dental discussions. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any
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other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2016, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 
certify to the Committees on Appropriations that proce-
dures have been established to assure the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States will have access to appropriate 
United States financial information in order to review the 
uses of United States assistance for the Program funded 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 
Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 
that such assistance is not provided to or through any indi-
vidual, private or government entity, or educational insti-
tution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe ad-
vocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter-
rorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or edu-
cational institutions, those that have as a principal officer 
of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trust-
ees any individual that has been determined to be involved
1253 
in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a 
member of a designated foreign terrorist organization: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, es-
tablish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car-
rying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to 
any individual, entity, or educational institution which the 
Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating 
terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION
OF
ACTS
OF
TERRORISM.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 
Bank and Gaza Program may be made available for 
the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring indi-
viduals who commit, or have committed acts of ter-
rorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available by this or prior 
appropriations Acts, including funds made available 
by transfer, may be made available for obligation for 
security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been es-
tablished for security assistance for the West Bank
1254 
and Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian 
compliance with such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub- 
grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 
are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 
among other things, compliance with this section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 
$500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment for audits, inspections, and other activities 
in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral West 
Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as 
cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2016 under the head-
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ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such audit shall ad-
dress— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made avail-
able in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations updating the report con-
tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of the Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the 
Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public 
Law 109–13). 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be obligated or expended with respect to providing 
funds to the Palestinian Authority.
1256 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President 
pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations that waiving such prohibition is important to the 
national security interest of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more 
than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds 
will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to 
ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Provided, 
That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian 
Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons 
and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Appro-
priations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pales-
tinian Authority has established a single treasury account 
for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing
1257 
mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financ-
ing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority 
treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil 
service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority 
is acting to counter incitement of violence against Israelis 
and is supporting activities aimed at promoting peace, co-
existence, and security cooperation with Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE LIB-
ERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov-
ernment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent, has publicly accepted and is complying with the 
principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and
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(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to this sub-
section. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to para-
graph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
within 120 days of the certification and every quarter 
thereafter on whether such government, including all 
of its ministers or such equivalent are continuing to 
comply with the principles contained in section 
620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended: Provided, That the report shall 
also detail the amount, purposes and delivery mecha-
nisms for any assistance provided pursuant to the 
abovementioned certification and a full accounting of 
any direct support of such government. 
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for assist-
ance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.—
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(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for assistance 
for Egypt may be made available notwithstanding 
any other provision of law restricting assistance for 
Egypt, except for this subsection and section 620M of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be 
made available for assistance for the Government of 
Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov-
ernment is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 
(A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, up to $150,000,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Egypt, of which not 
less than $35,000,000 should be made available 
for higher education programs including not less 
than $10,000,000 for scholarships at not-for-prof-
it institutions for Egyptian students with high 
financial need: Provided, That such funds may 
be made available for democracy programs and
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for development programs in the Sinai: Provided 
further, That such funds may not be made avail-
able for cash transfer assistance or budget sup-
port unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that the Government of Egypt is taking con-
sistent and effective steps to stabilize the econ-
omy and implement market-based economic re-
forms. 
(B) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State 
shall withhold from obligation funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Egypt, 
an amount of such funds that the Secretary de-
termines to be equivalent to that expended by the 
United States Government for bail, and by non-
governmental organizations for legal and court 
fees, associated with democracy-related trials in 
Egypt until the Secretary certifies and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Egypt has dismissed the convictions 
issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 
2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for 
the Year 2012’’. 
(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—
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(A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, $1,300,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
may be made available for assistance for Egypt: 
Provided, That 15 percent of such funds shall be 
withheld from obligation until the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of Egypt is 
taking effective steps to— 
(i) advance democracy and human 
rights in Egypt, including to govern demo-
cratically and protect religious minorities 
and the rights of women, which are in addi-
tion to steps taken during the previous cal-
endar year for such purposes; 
(ii) implement reforms that protect 
freedoms of expression, association, and 
peaceful assembly, including the ability of 
civil society organizations and the media to 
function without interference; 
(iii) release political prisoners and 
provide detainees with due process of law;
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(iv) hold Egyptian security forces ac-
countable, including officers credibly alleged 
to have violated human rights; and 
(v) provide regular access for United 
States officials to monitor such assistance 
in areas where the assistance is used: 
Provided further, That such funds may be trans-
ferred to an interest bearing account in the Fed-
eral Reserve Bank of New York, following con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the certification re-
quirement of this paragraph shall not apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act under such head-
ing for counterterrorism, border security, and 
nonproliferation programs for Egypt. 
(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the certification requirement in subpara-
graph (A) if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
to do so is important to the national security in-
terest of the United States, and submits a report 
to such Committees containing a detailed jus-
tification for the use of such waiver and the rea-
sons why any of the requirements of subpara-
graph (A) cannot be met.
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(4) OVERSIGHT
AND
CONSULTATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(A) The Secretary of State shall take all 
practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are 
in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of 
funds made available by this subsection for as-
sistance for Egypt. 
(B) Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on any plan to 
restructure military assistance for Egypt. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’ shall be used by the Secretary of State— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action or United Nations Security Council Reso-
lution 2231;
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(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic 
missile and weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs for Iran, to be 
administered by the Assistant Secretary for Near 
Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF PROHIBITION.—The terms 
and conditions of paragraph (2) of section 7041(c) in 
division I of Public Law 112–74 shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 
(3) REPORTS.— 
(A) The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations the semi-an-
nual report required by section 2 of the Iran Nu-
clear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 
2160e(d)(4)). 
(B) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the status of the
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implementation and enforcement of bilateral 
United States and multilateral sanctions against 
Iran and actions taken by the United States and 
the international community to enforce such 
sanctions against Iran: Provided, That the re-
port shall also include any entities involved in 
the testing of a ballistic missile by the Govern-
ment of Iran after October 1, 2015, and note 
whether such entities are currently under United 
States sanctions: Provided further, That such re-
port shall be submitted in an unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(c) IRAQ.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available for assistance for Iraq to pro-
mote governance, security, and internal and regional 
stability, including in Kurdistan and other areas im-
pacted by the conflict in Syria, and among religious 
and ethnic minority populations in Iraq. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for con-
struction, rehabilitation, or other improvements to 
United States diplomatic facilities in Iraq on prop-
erty for which no land-use agreement has been entered 
into by the Governments of the United States and
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Iraq: Provided, That the restrictions in this para-
graph shall not apply if such funds are necessary to 
protect United States diplomatic facilities or the secu-
rity, health, and welfare of United States personnel. 
(3) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS SECU-
RITY
SERVICES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ that are available for assistance 
for Iraq should be made available to enhance the ca-
pacity of Kurdistan Regional Government security 
services and for security programs in Kurdistan to 
address requirements arising from the violence in 
Syria and Iraq: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to obligating such funds. 
(4) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used by the Government of the United 
States to enter into a permanent basing rights agree-
ment between the United States and Iraq. 
(d) JORDAN.— 
(1) FUNDING
LEVELS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less 
than $1,275,000,000 shall be made available for as-
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sistance for Jordan, of which not less than 
$204,000,000 shall be for budget support for the Gov-
ernment of Jordan and $100,000,000 shall be for 
water sector support: Provided, That such assistance 
for water sector support shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) RESPONSE TO THE SYRIAN CRISIS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available for 
programs to implement the Jordan Response Plan 
2015 for the Syria Crisis, including assistance for 
host communities in Jordan: Provided, That not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations describing United States and 
other donor contributions to such Plan. 
(e) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leba-
nese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is 
controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as des-
ignated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act. 
(2) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
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national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are 
available for assistance for Lebanon may be made 
available for programs and equipment for the ISF 
and the LAF to address security and stability re-
quirements in areas affected by the conflict in Syria, 
following consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance for 
Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding sec-
tion 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 
2346 note). 
(4) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
In addition to the activities described in paragraph 
(2), funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for assistance 
for Lebanon may be made available only to profes-
sionalize the LAF and to strengthen border security 
and combat terrorism, including training and equip-
ping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, inter-
dicting arms shipments, preventing the use of Leb-
anon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, and to im-
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plement United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1701: Provided, That funds may not be obligated for 
assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of State 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations a de-
tailed spend plan, including actions to be taken to en-
sure equipment provided to the LAF is only used for 
the intended purposes, except such plan may not be 
considered as meeting the notification requirements 
under section 7015 of this Act or under section 634A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be 
submitted not later than September 1, 2016: Provided 
further, That any notification submitted pursuant to 
such sections shall include any funds specifically in-
tended for lethal military equipment. 
(f) LIBYA.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by ti-
tles III and IV of this Act, not less than $20,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for Libya for 
programs to strengthen governing institutions and 
civil society, improve border security, and promote 
democracy and stability in Libya, and for activities 
to address the humanitarian needs of the people of 
Libya. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
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(A) COOPERATION ON THE SEPTEMBER 2012 
ATTACK ON UNITED STATES PERSONNEL AND FA-
CILITIES.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for assistance for 
the central Government of Libya unless the Sec-
retary of State reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that such government is cooperating 
with United States Government efforts to inves-
tigate and bring to justice those responsible for 
the attack on United States personnel and facili-
ties in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: Pro-
vided, That the limitation in this paragraph 
shall not apply to funds made available for the 
purpose of protecting United States Government 
personnel or facilities. 
(B) INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.—The lim-
itation on the uses of funds in section 7041(f)(2) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division K of Public Law 113–76) shall apply 
to funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for assistance for Libya. 
(3) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the 
initial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
for assistance for Libya, the Secretary of State shall
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certify and report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that all practicable steps have been taken to en-
sure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 
oversight, and control of funds made available by this 
subsection for assistance for Libya, including a de-
scription of the vetting procedures to be used for re-
cipients of assistance made available under title IV of 
this Act. 
(g) MOROCCO.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act shall be made available for assistance for the 
Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act and prior to the obli-
gation of such funds the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the pro-
posed uses of such funds. 
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are 
available for assistance for Morocco may only be used 
for the purposes requested in the Congressional Budg-
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et Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 
2016. 
(h) SYRIA.— 
(1) NON-LETHAL
ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
shall be made available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law except for this subsection, for non-le-
thal assistance for programs to address the needs of 
civilians affected by conflict in Syria, and for pro-
grams that seek to— 
(A) establish governance in Syria that is 
representative, inclusive, and accountable; 
(B) expand the role of women in negotia-
tions to end the violence and in any political 
transition in Syria; 
(C) develop and implement political proc-
esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad-
here to the rule of law; 
(D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian op-
position through cross-border programs; 
(E) develop civil society and an inde-
pendent media in Syria;
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(F) promote economic development in 
Syria; 
(G) document, investigate, and prosecute 
human rights violations in Syria, including 
through transitional justice programs and sup-
port for nongovernmental organizations; 
(H) counter extremist ideologies; 
(I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 
has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 
complete higher education requirements at re-
gional academic institutions; and 
(J) assist vulnerable populations in Syria 
and in neighboring countries. 
(2) SYRIAN
ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for Syria pursuant to the authority of this sub-
section shall be made available, on an open and com-
petitive basis, for a program to strengthen the capa-
bility of Syrian civil society organizations to address 
the immediate and long-term needs of the Syrian peo-
ple inside Syria in a manner that supports the sus-
tainability of such organizations in implementing 
Syrian-led humanitarian and development programs 
and the comprehensive strategy required in section 
7041(i)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
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ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(3) STRATEGY UPDATE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for assistance for 
Syria pursuant to the authority of this subsection 
may only be made available after the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of relevant 
United States Government agencies, submits, in clas-
sified form if necessary, an update to the comprehen-
sive strategy required in section 7041(i)(3) of Public 
Law 113–76. 
(4) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—Prior to the 
obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and 
made available for assistance for Syria, the Secretary 
of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that 
mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, 
and control of such assistance inside Syria: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall promptly inform the appro-
priate congressional committees of each significant in-
stance in which assistance provided pursuant to this 
subsection has been compromised, to include the type 
and amount of assistance affected, a description of the 
incident and parties involved, and an explanation of 
the response of the Department of State.
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(5) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
made available pursuant to this subsection may only 
be made available following consultation with the ap-
propriate congressional committees, and shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(i) TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $141,900,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for Tunisia. 
(j) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for as-
sistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary 
of State shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the purpose of such assistance is to— 
(A) advance Middle East peace; 
(B) improve security in the region; 
(C) continue support for transparent and 
accountable government institutions; 
(D) promote a private sector economy; or 
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this
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Act may be made available for assistance for the 
Palestinian Authority, if after the date of enact-
ment of this Act— 
(I) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an 
agreement negotiated between Israel and the 
Palestinians; or 
(II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 
authorized investigation, or actively support 
such an investigation, that subjects Israeli 
nationals to an investigation for alleged 
crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re-
sulting from the application of subclause (I) of 
such clause if the Secretary certifies to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States, 
and submits a report to such Committees detail-
ing how the waiver and the continuation of as-
sistance would assist in furthering Middle East 
peace.
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(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
(Public Law 100–204) if the President deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Palestinians have 
not, after the date of enactment of this Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
and 
(II) taken any action with respect to 
the ICC that is intended to influence a de-
termination by the ICC to initiate a judi-
cially authorized investigation, or to ac-
tively support such an investigation, that 
subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation 
for alleged crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi-
dent is unable to make the certification pursuant 
to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the President
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may waive section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 
if the President determines and certifies in writ-
ing to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, 
and the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Palestinians have entered into direct and mean-
ingful negotiations with Israel: Provided, That 
any waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of 
Public Law 100–204 under clause (i) of this sub-
paragraph or under previous provisions of law 
must expire before the waiver under the pre-
ceding sentence may be exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall be effective for no more than a period 
of 6 months at a time and shall not apply be-
yond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall 
reduce the amount of assistance made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority by an amount 
the Secretary determines is equivalent to the amount 
expended by the Palestinian Authority as payments 
for acts of terrorism by individuals who are impris-
oned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts of 
terrorism and by individuals who died committing
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acts of terrorism during the previous calendar year: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the amount reduced for 
fiscal year 2016 prior to the obligation of funds for 
the Palestinian Authority. 
(4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments contained in section 1404 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 
apply to funds made available by this Act, including 
a description of modifications, if any, to the security 
strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) BOKO HARAM.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assistance for Cam-
eroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria— 
(1) shall be made available for assistance for 
women and girls who are targeted by the terrorist or-
ganization Boko Haram, consistent with the provi-
sions of section 7059 of this Act; and 
(2) may be made available for counterterrorism 
programs to combat Boko Haram. 
(b) CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC.—Funds made 
available by this Act for assistance for the Central African 
Republic shall be made available for reconciliation and 
peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote
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inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and 
for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. 
(c) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act, not less than $69,821,000 should 
be made available for the Trans-Sahara Counter-terrorism 
Partnership program, and not less than $24,150,000 should 
be made available for the Partnership for Regional East 
Africa Counterterrorism program. 
(d) ETHIOPIA.— 
(1) FORCED EVICTIONS.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act for as-
sistance for Ethiopia may not be made available 
for any activity that supports forced evictions. 
(B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director of 
each international financial institution to vote 
against financing for any activity that supports 
forced evictions in Ethiopia. 
(2) CONSULTATION
REQUIREMENT.—Programs 
and activities to improve livelihoods shall include 
prior consultation with, and the participation of, af-
fected communities, including in the South Omo and 
Gambella regions. 
(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
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‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for assistance 
for Ethiopia may only be made available for border 
security and counterterrorism programs, support for 
international peacekeeping efforts, and assistance for 
the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College. 
(e) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available for democracy 
and other development programs in Cameroon, Chad, 
Niger, and Nigeria, following consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such democracy 
programs should protect freedoms of expression, association 
and religion, including for journalists, civil society, and op-
position political parties, and should be used to assist the 
governments of such countries to strengthen accountability 
and the rule of law, including within the security forces. 
(f) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be made available for programs and activi-
ties in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 
consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Dis-
armament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 
111–172), including to improve physical access, tele-
communications infrastructure, and early-warning mecha-
nisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and 
reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child 
soldiers.
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(g) POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for the Power Africa 
initiative shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(h) PROGRAMS IN AFRICA.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $7,000,000 shall 
be made available for the purposes of section 
7042(g)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for 
the purposes of section 7042(g)(2) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 
113–76). 
(3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) shall be programmed in a manner that 
leverages a United States Government-wide approach 
to addressing shared challenges and mutually bene-
ficial opportunities, and shall be the responsibility of
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United States Chiefs of Mission in countries in Africa 
seeking enhanced partnerships with the United States 
in areas of trade, investment, development, health, 
and security. 
(i) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
made available for assistance for South Sudan 
should— 
(A) be prioritized for programs that respond 
to humanitarian needs and the delivery of basic 
services and to mitigate conflict and promote 
stability, including to address protection needs 
and prevent and respond to gender-based vio-
lence; 
(B) support programs that build resilience 
of communities to address food insecurity, main-
tain educational opportunities, and enhance 
local governance; 
(C) be used to advance democracy, includ-
ing support for civil society, independent media, 
and other means to strengthen the rule of law; 
(D) support the transparent and sustain-
able management of natural resources by assist-
ing the Government of South Sudan in con-
ducting regular audits of financial accounts, in-
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cluding revenues from oil and gas, and the time-
ly public disclosure of such audits; and 
(E) support the professionalization of secu-
rity forces, including human rights and account-
ability to civilian authorities. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
that are available for assistance for the central Gov-
ernment of South Sudan may be made available until 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such government 
is taking effective steps to— 
(A) end hostilities and pursue good faith ne-
gotiations for a political settlement of the inter-
nal conflict; 
(B) provide access for humanitarian orga-
nizations; 
(C) end the recruitment and use of child sol-
diers; 
(D) protect freedoms of expression, associa-
tion, and assembly; 
(E) reduce corruption related to the extrac-
tion and sale of oil and gas; and 
(F) establish democratic institutions, in-
cluding accountable military and police forces 
under civilian authority.
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(3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not 
apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance to support South Sudan 
peace negotiations or to advance or implement a 
peace agreement; and 
(C) assistance to support implementation of 
outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement (CPA) and mutual arrangements re-
lated to the CPA. 
(j) SUDAN.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the Government of 
Sudan. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the cost, as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Gov-
ernment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, 
and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and 
credit agreements. 
(3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
shall not apply to—
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(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs; 
(C) assistance for the Darfur region, South-
ern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, other 
marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, 
and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation of 
outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace 
Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements related 
to post-referendum issues associated with the 
CPA, or any other internationally recognized 
viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(k) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any ex-
tension by the respective institution of any loan or 
grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet 
basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law 
has been restored, including respect for ownership and 
title to property, and freedoms of expression, associa-
tion, and assembly.
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(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and edu-
cation, unless the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports as required in paragraph (1), and funds may 
be made available for macroeconomic growth assist-
ance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such government is imple-
menting transparent fiscal policies, including public 
disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural 
resources. 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) ASIA REBALANCING INITIATIVE.—Ex-
cept for paragraphs (1)(C), (4), (5)(B) and (C), and 6(B), 
section 7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division J of Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act: Provided, 
That section 7043(a)(8) of such Act shall be applied to 
funds appropriated by this Act by adding ‘‘East Asia,’’ be-
fore ‘‘South East Asia’’. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for as-
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sistance for Burma may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except 
for this subsection, and following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act for assistance for Burma— 
(i) may not be made available for 
budget support for the Government of 
Burma; 
(ii) shall be made available to strength-
en civil society organizations in Burma, in-
cluding as core support for such organiza-
tions; 
(iii) shall be made available for the 
implementation of the democracy and 
human rights strategy required by section 
7043(b)(3)(A) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of 
Public Law 113–76); 
(iv) shall be made available for com-
munity-based organizations operating in 
Thailand to provide food, medical, and 
other humanitarian assistance to internally 
displaced persons in eastern Burma, in ad-
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dition to assistance for Burmese refugees 
from funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’; 
(v) shall be made available for pro-
grams to promote ethnic and religious toler-
ance, including in Rakhine and Kachin 
states; 
(vi) may not be made available to any 
successor or affiliated organization of the 
State Peace and Development Council 
(SPDC) controlled by former SPDC mem-
bers that promotes the repressive policies of 
the SPDC, or to any individual or organi-
zation credibly alleged to have committed 
gross violations of human rights, including 
against Rohingya and other minority 
groups; 
(vii) may be made available for pro-
grams administered by the Office of Transi-
tion Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), for 
ethnic groups and civil society in Burma to 
help sustain ceasefire agreements and fur-
ther prospects for reconciliation and peace,
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which may include support to representa-
tives of ethnic armed groups for this pur-
pose; and 
(viii) may not be made available to 
any organization or individual the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees 
advocates violence against ethnic or reli-
gious groups and individuals in Burma, in-
cluding such organizations as Ma Ba Tha. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 
Burma: Provided, That the Department of State may 
continue consultations with the armed forces of 
Burma only on human rights and disaster response 
in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal year, and 
following consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(3) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury should instruct the United States ex-
ecutive director of each international financial insti-
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tution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to support projects in Burma only if such projects— 
(A) promote accountability and trans-
parency, including on-site monitoring through-
out the life of the project; 
(B) are developed and carried out in ac-
cordance with best practices regarding environ-
mental conservation; social and cultural protec-
tion and empowerment of local populations, par-
ticularly ethnic nationalities; and extraction of 
resources; 
(C) do not promote the displacement of local 
populations without appropriate consultation, 
harm mitigation and compensation, and do not 
provide incentives for, or facilitate, the forced 
migration of indigenous communities; and 
(D) do not partner with or otherwise in-
volve military-owned enterprises or state-owned 
enterprises associated with the military. 
(4) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall initiate an assessment of democ-
racy programs in Burma conducted by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID, including the strategy for 
such programs, and programmatic implementation
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and results: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
by this Act and made available for assistance for 
Burma, up to $100,000 shall be made available to the 
Comptroller for such assessment. 
(5) PROGRAMS, POSITION, AND
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
(A) Any new program or activity in Burma 
initiated in fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(B) Section 7043(b)(7) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 
Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 
(C) The United States Chief of Mission in 
Burma, in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall be 
responsible for democracy programs in Burma. 
(c) CAMBODIA.— 
(1) KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are made available for as-
sistance for Cambodia, up to $2,000,000 may be made 
available for a contribution to the Extraordinary
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Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), in a 
manner consistent with prior fiscal years, except that 
such funds may only be made available for a con-
tribution to the appeals process in Case 002/01. 
(2) RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.—Funds made 
available by this Act for democracy programs in 
Cambodia shall be made available for research and 
education programs associated with the Khmer Rouge 
genocide in Cambodia. 
(3) REIMBURSEMENTS.—The Secretary of State 
shall continue to consult with the Principal Donors 
Group on reimbursements to the Documentation Cen-
ter of Cambodia for costs incurred in support of the 
ECCC. 
(d) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 
broadcasts into North Korea at levels consistent with 
the prior fiscal year. 
(2) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’ shall be made available for assistance for refu-
gees from North Korea, including protection activities
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in the People’s Republic of China and other countries 
in the Asia region. 
(3) DATABASE
AND
REPORT.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under title III shall be made 
available to maintain a database of prisons and 
gulags in North Korea, in accordance with section 
7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76): Provided, 
That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations describing the 
sources of information and format of such database. 
(4) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available 
for assistance for the Government of North Korea. 
(e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for processing licenses for the export of 
satellites of United States origin (including commer-
cial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s 
Republic of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in
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advance, the Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied of such proposed action. 
(2) PEOPLE’S
LIBERATION
ARMY.—The terms 
and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assistance 
projects or activities of the People’s Liberation Army 
(PLA) of the PRC, to include such projects or activi-
ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur-
suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or 
any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 
believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 
the PLA. 
(3) COUNTER
INFLUENCE
PROGRAMS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act for public diplomacy under 
title I and for assistance under titles III and IV shall 
be made available to counter the influence of the PRC, 
in accordance with the strategy required by section 
7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76), following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
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(4) 
COST-MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
7032(f) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of 
this Act. 
(f) TIBET.— 
(1) FINANCING
OF
PROJECTS
IN
TIBET.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 
States executive director of each international finan-
cial institution to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to support financing of projects in Tibet if 
such projects do not provide incentives for the migra-
tion and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or fa-
cilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and 
natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a 
thorough needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the 
Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and tradi-
tions, and are subject to effective monitoring. 
(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 
made available to nongovernmental organiza-
tions to support activities which preserve cul-
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tural traditions and promote sustainable devel-
opment, education, and environmental conserva-
tion in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Au-
tonomous Region and in other Tibetan commu-
nities in China. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 
made available for programs to promote and 
preserve Tibetan culture, development, and the 
resilience of Tibetan communities in India and 
Nepal, and to assist in the education and devel-
opment of the next generation of Tibetan leaders 
from such communities: Provided, That such 
funds are in addition to amounts made available 
in subparagraph (A) for programs inside Tibet. 
(g) VIETNAM.— 
(1) DIOXIN REMEDIATION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ shall be made available for remediation of 
dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be 
made available for assistance for the Government of 
Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes. 
(2) HEALTH
AND
DISABILITY
PROGRAMS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall be made available for
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health and disability programs in areas sprayed with 
Agent Orange and otherwise contaminated with 
dioxin, to assist individuals with severe upper or 
lower body mobility impairment and/or cognitive or 
developmental disabilities. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) DIPLOMATIC OPERATIONS.— 
(A) FACILITIES.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’, ‘‘Embassy Security, Con-
struction, and Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’ that are available for construction 
and renovation of United States Government fa-
cilities in Afghanistan may not be made avail-
able if the purpose is to accommodate Federal 
employee positions or to expand aviation facili-
ties or assets above those notified by the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, or contractors in ad-
dition to those in place on the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided, That the limitations in 
this paragraph shall not apply if funds are nec-
essary to implement plans for accommodating
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other United States Government agencies under 
Chief of Mission authority per section 3927 of 
title 22, United States Code, or to protect such 
facilities or the security, health, and welfare of 
United States Government personnel. 
(B) PERSONNEL REPORT.—Not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act and every 
120 days thereafter until September 30, 2016, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report, in 
classified form if necessary, to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailing by agency the 
number of personnel present in Afghanistan 
under Chief of Mission authority per section 
3927 of title 22, United States Code, at the end 
of the 120 day period preceding the submission 
of such report: Provided, That such report shall 
also include the number of locally employed staff 
and contractors supporting United States Em-
bassy operations in Afghanistan during the re-
porting period. 
(2) ASSISTANCE AND CONDITIONS.— 
(A) FUNDING
AND
LIMITATIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may
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be made available for assistance for Afghanistan: 
Provided, That such funds may not be obligated 
for any project or activity that— 
(i) includes the participation of any 
Afghan individual or organization that the 
Secretary of State determines to be involved 
in corrupt practices or a violation of 
human rights; 
(ii) cannot be sustained, as appro-
priate, by the Government of Afghanistan or 
another Afghan entity; 
(iii) is inaccessible for the purposes of 
conducting regular oversight in accordance 
with applicable Federal statutes and regula-
tions; or 
(iv) initiates any new, major infra-
structure development. 
(B) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Prior to 
the initial obligation of funds made available by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’ for assistance for the central 
Government of Afghanistan, the Secretary of 
State shall certify and report to the Committees
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on Appropriations, after consultation with the 
Government of Afghanistan, that— 
(i) goals and benchmarks for the spe-
cific uses of such funds have been established 
by the Governments of the United States 
and Afghanistan; 
(ii) conditions are in place that in-
crease the transparency and accountability 
of the Government of Afghanistan for funds 
obligated under the New Development Part-
nership; 
(iii) the Government of Afghanistan is 
continuing to implement laws and policies 
to govern democratically and protect the 
rights of individuals and civil society, in-
cluding taking consistent steps to protect 
and advance the rights of women and girls 
in Afghanistan; 
(iv) the Government of Afghanistan is 
reducing corruption and prosecuting indi-
viduals alleged to be involved in illegal ac-
tivities in Afghanistan; 
(v) monitoring and oversight frame-
works for programs implemented with such 
funds are in accordance with all applicable
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audit policies of the Department of State 
and USAID; 
(vi) the necessary policies and proce-
dures are in place to ensure Government of 
Afghanistan compliance with section 7013 
of this Act; and 
(vii) the Government of Afghanistan 
has established processes for the public re-
porting of its national budget, including 
revenues and expenditures. 
(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may 
waive the certification requirement of subpara-
graph (B) if the Secretary determines that to do 
so is important to the national security interest 
of the United States and the Secretary submits 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations, 
in classified form if necessary, on the justifica-
tion for the waiver and the reasons why any 
part of the certification requirement of subpara-
graph (B) has not been met. 
(D) PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan shall be made available in the 
following manner—
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(i) not less than $50,000,000 shall be 
made available for rule of law programs, 
the decisions for which shall be the responsi-
bility of the Chief of Mission, in consulta-
tion with other appropriate United States 
Government officials in Afghanistan; 
(ii) for programs that protect the 
rights of women and girls and promote the 
political and economic empowerment of 
women, including their meaningful inclu-
sion in political processes: Provided, That 
such assistance to promote economic em-
powerment of women shall be made avail-
able as grants to Afghan and international 
organizations, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable; 
(iii) for programs in South and Cen-
tral Asia to expand linkages between Af-
ghanistan and countries in the region, sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations; and 
(iv) to assist the Government of Af-
ghanistan to increase revenue collection and 
expenditure.
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(3) GOALS AND BENCHMARKS.—Not later than 
90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report describing the goals and bench-
marks required in clause (2)(B)(i): Provided, That 
not later than 6 months after the submission of such 
report and every 6 months thereafter until September 
30, 2017, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to such committees on the status of achieving such 
goals and benchmarks: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State should suspend assistance for the 
Government of Afghanistan if any report required by 
this paragraph indicates that such government is fail-
ing to make measurable progress in meeting such 
goals and benchmarks. 
(4) AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
title III through VI that are made available for 
assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail-
able— 
(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 
this Act or any similar provision of law 
and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961;
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(ii) for reconciliation programs and 
disarmament, 
demobilization, 
and 
re-
integration activities for former combatants 
who have renounced violence against the 
Government of Afghanistan, in accordance 
with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 
(division I of Public Law 112–74); and 
(iii) for an endowment to empower 
women and girls. 
(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of 
Public Law 112–74 shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this Act for assistance for Afghani-
stan. 
(C) Section 1102(c) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (title XI of Public 
Law 111–32) shall continue in effect during fis-
cal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 
(5) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
United States Government to enter into a permanent 
basing rights agreement between the United States 
and Afghanistan.
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(b) BANGLADESH.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ that are made 
available for assistance for Bangladesh shall be made avail-
able for programs to protect due process of law, and to im-
prove labor conditions by strengthening the capacity of 
independent workers’ organizations in Bangladesh’s ready-
made garment, shrimp, and fish export sectors. 
(c) NEPAL.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available for 
assistance for Nepal for earthquake recovery and re-
construction programs: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be in addition to funds made available by this 
Act for development and democracy programs in 
Nepal: Provided further, That funds made available 
for earthquake recovery and reconstruction programs 
should— 
(A) target affected communities on an equi-
table basis; and 
(B) include sufficient oversight mechanisms, 
to include the participation of civil society orga-
nizations. 
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall only be
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made available for humanitarian and disaster relief 
and reconstruction activities in Nepal, and in sup-
port of international peacekeeping operations: Pro-
vided, That such funds may only be made available 
for any additional uses if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Nepal is investigating 
and prosecuting violations of human rights and the 
law of war, and the Nepal Army is cooperating fully 
with civilian judicial authorities on such efforts. 
(d) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for assistance for the Government of Pakistan 
may be made available unless the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(A) cooperating with the United States in 
counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 
Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e- 
Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 
other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza-
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tions, including taking effective steps to end sup-
port for such groups and prevent them from bas-
ing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out 
cross border attacks into neighboring countries; 
(B) not supporting terrorist activities 
against United States or coalition forces in Af-
ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel-
ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi-
cially into political and judicial processes in 
Pakistan; 
(C) dismantling improvised explosive device 
(IED) networks and interdicting precursor 
chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
(D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear- 
related material and expertise; 
(E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 
United States visitors engaged in counterter-
rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki-
stan; and 
(F) providing humanitarian organizations 
access to detainees, internally displaced persons, 
and other Pakistani civilians affected by the con-
flict. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, may waive
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the certification requirement of paragraph (1) if the 
Secretary of State determines that to do so is impor-
tant to the national security interest of the United 
States and the Secretary submits a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, in classified form if nec-
essary, on the justification for the waiver and the rea-
sons why any part of the certification requirement of 
paragraph (1) has not been met. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 
available only to support counterterrorism and 
counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’ that are available for as-
sistance for Pakistan shall be made available to 
interdict precursor materials from Pakistan to 
Afghanistan that are used to manufacture IEDs, 
including calcium ammonium nitrate; to sup-
port programs to train border and customs offi-
cials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for agri-
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cultural extension programs that encourage al-
ternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers. 
(C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
made available for assistance for infrastructure 
projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a 
manner consistent with section 507(6) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV for assistance for Pakistan may 
be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(E) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be withheld 
from obligation until the Secretary of State re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison 
and cleared of all charges relating to the assist-
ance provided to the United States in locating 
Osama bin Laden. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.—The authority 
and directives of section 7044(d)(4) of the Department
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of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235) shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for Paki-
stan. 
(5) REPORTS.— 
(A)(i) The spend plan required by section 
7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan shall 
include achievable and sustainable goals, bench-
marks for measuring progress, and expected re-
sults regarding combating poverty and fur-
thering development in Pakistan, countering ter-
rorism and extremism, and establishing condi-
tions conducive to the rule of law and trans-
parent and accountable governance: Provided, 
That such benchmarks may incorporate those re-
quired in title III of the Enhanced Partnership 
with Pakistan Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 8441 et 
seq.), as appropriate: Provided further, That not 
later than 6 months after submission of such 
spend plan, and each 6 months thereafter until 
September 30, 2017, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations on the status of achieving the goals and 
benchmarks in such plan.
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(ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 
assistance for the Government of Pakistan if any 
report required by clause (i) indicates that Paki-
stan is failing to make measurable progress in 
meeting such goals or benchmarks. 
(B) Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
detailing the costs and objectives associated with 
significant infrastructure projects supported by 
the United States in Pakistan, and an assess-
ment of the extent to which such projects achieve 
such objectives. 
(6) OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary of State shall 
take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms 
are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of 
funds made available by this subsection for assistance 
for Pakistan. 
(e) SRI LANKA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ shall be made available for as-
sistance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic 
development programs, particularly in areas recov-
ering from ethnic and religious conflict: Provided,
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That such funds shall be made available for programs 
to assist in the identification and resolution of cases 
of missing persons. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance for the central Government of 
Sri Lanka may be made available only if the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka 
is continuing to— 
(A) address the underlying causes of conflict 
in Sri Lanka; and 
(B) increase accountability and trans-
parency in governance. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act that 
are available for assistance for Sri Lanka shall be 
subject to the following conditions— 
(A) funds under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ may only be made 
available for programs to redeploy, restructure, 
and reduce the size of the Sri Lankan armed 
forces and shall not exceed $400,000; 
(B) funds under the heading ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’ may only be 
made available for training related to inter-
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national peacekeeping operations and Expanded 
International Military Education and Training; 
and 
(C) funds under the heading ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’ may only be made available for 
training related to international peacekeeping 
operations. 
(f) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 
Afghanistan and Pakistan may be provided, notwith-
standing any other provision of law that restricts as-
sistance to foreign countries, for cross border sta-
bilization and development programs between Afghan-
istan and Pakistan, or between either country and the 
Central Asian countries. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that 
are available for assistance for countries in South 
and Central Asia shall be made available to enhance 
the recruitment, retention, and professionalism of 
women in the judiciary, police, and other security 
forces.
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 7045. (a) UNITED STATES ENGAGEMENT IN CEN-
TRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Subject to the requirements of 
this subsection, of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, up to $750,000,000 may be 
made available for assistance for countries in Central 
America to implement the United States Strategy for 
Engagement in Central America (the Strategy) in 
support of the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in 
the Northern Triangle of Central America (the Plan): 
Provided, That the Secretary of State and Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) shall prioritize such assistance 
to address the key factors in such countries contrib-
uting to the migration of unaccompanied, undocu-
mented minors to the United States: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be made available to the max-
imum extent practicable on a cost-matching basis. 
(2) PRE-OBLIGATION REQUIREMENTS.—Prior to 
the obligation of funds made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations a multi-year spend 
plan specifying the proposed uses of such funds in 
each country and the objectives, indicators to measure
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progress, and a timeline to implement the Strategy, 
and the amounts made available from prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs to support 
such Strategy: Provided, That such spend plan shall 
also include a description of how such assistance will 
differ from, complement, and leverage funds allocated 
by each government and other donors, including 
international financial institutions. 
(3) ASSISTANCE
FOR
THE
CENTRAL
GOVERN-
MENTS
OF
EL
SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND
HON-
DURAS.—Of the funds made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1) that are available for assistance for 
each of the central governments of El Salvador, Gua-
temala, and Honduras, the following amounts shall be 
withheld from obligation and may only be made 
available as follows: 
(A) 25 percent may only be obligated after 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that such 
government is taking effective steps to— 
(i) inform its citizens of the dangers of 
the journey to the southwest border of the 
United States;
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(ii) combat human smuggling and 
trafficking; 
(iii) improve border security; and 
(iv) cooperate with United States Gov-
ernment agencies and other governments in 
the region to facilitate the return, repatri-
ation, and reintegration of illegal migrants 
arriving at the southwest border of the 
United States who do not qualify as refu-
gees, consistent with international law. 
(B) An additional 50 percent may only be 
obligated after the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that such government is taking effec-
tive steps to— 
(i) establish an autonomous, publicly 
accountable entity to provide oversight of 
the Plan; 
(ii) combat corruption, including in-
vestigating and prosecuting government of-
ficials credibly alleged to be corrupt; 
(iii) implement reforms, policies, and 
programs to improve transparency and 
strengthen public institutions, including in-
creasing the capacity and independence of
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the judiciary and the Office of the Attorney 
General; 
(iv) establish and implement a policy 
that local communities, civil society organi-
zations (including indigenous and other 
marginalized groups), and local govern-
ments are consulted in the design, and par-
ticipate in the implementation and evalua-
tion of, activities of the Plan that affect 
such communities, organizations, and gov-
ernments; 
(v) counter the activities of criminal 
gangs, drug traffickers, and organized 
crime; 
(vi) investigate and prosecute in the ci-
vilian justice system members of military 
and police forces who are credibly alleged to 
have violated human rights, and ensure that 
the military and police are cooperating in 
such cases; 
(vii) 
cooperate 
with 
commissions 
against impunity, as appropriate, and with 
regional human rights entities; 
(viii) support programs to reduce pov-
erty, create jobs, and promote equitable eco-
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nomic growth in areas contributing to large 
numbers of migrants; 
(ix) establish and implement a plan to 
create a professional, accountable civilian 
police force and curtail the role of the mili-
tary in internal policing; 
(x) protect the right of political opposi-
tion parties, journalists, trade unionists, 
human rights defenders, and other civil so-
ciety activists to operate without inter-
ference; 
(xi) increase government revenues, in-
cluding by implementing tax reforms and 
strengthening customs agencies; and 
(xii) resolve commercial disputes, in-
cluding the confiscation of real property, be-
tween United States entities and such gov-
ernment. 
(4) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE AND PERIODIC 
REVIEW.— 
(A) The Secretary of State shall periodi-
cally review the progress of each of the central 
governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
Honduras in meeting the requirements of para-
graphs (3)(A) and (3)(B) and shall, not later
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than September 30, 2016, submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report assess-
ing such progress: Provided, That if the Sec-
retary determines that sufficient progress has not 
been made by a central government, the Sec-
retary shall suspend, in whole or in part, assist-
ance for such government for programs sup-
porting such requirement, and shall notify such 
committees in writing of such action: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may resume funding 
for such programs only after the Secretary cer-
tifies to such committees that corrective measures 
have been taken. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall, following 
a change of national government in El Salvador, 
Guatemala, or Honduras, determine and report 
to the appropriate congressional committees that 
any new government has committed to take the 
steps to meet the requirements of paragraphs 
(3)(A) and (3)(B): Provided, That if the Sec-
retary is unable to make such a determination 
in a timely manner, assistance made available 
under this subsection for such central government 
shall be suspended, in whole or in part, until
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such time as such determination and report can 
be made. 
(5) PROGRAMS AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Central America Regional Security Initiative 
may be made available, after consultation with, 
and subject to the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations, to support 
international commissions against impunity in 
Honduras and El Salvador, if such commissions 
are established. 
(B) The Department of State and USAID 
may, following consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations, transfer funds made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’ to the Inter-American Development 
Bank and the Inter-American Foundation for 
technical assistance in support of the Strategy. 
(b) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and made available to the Department of State 
for assistance for the Government of Colombia may be 
used to support a unified campaign against narcotics 
trafficking, organizations designated as Foreign Ter-
rorist Organizations, and other criminal or illegal
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armed groups, and to take actions to protect human 
health and welfare in emergency circumstances, in-
cluding undertaking rescue operations: Provided, 
That the first through fifth provisos of paragraph (1), 
and paragraph (3) of section 7045(a) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public 
Law 112–74) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2016 and shall apply to funds appropriated by 
this Act and made available for assistance for Colom-
bia as if included in this Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$133,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Colombia, of which not less than $126,000,000 
shall be apportioned directly to the United States 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development, 
and 
$7,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ for assistance for 
Colombian refugees in neighboring countries. 
(2)(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for assistance for Colombia, 19 percent may be 
obligated only in accordance with the conditions
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under section 7045 in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this Consolidated Act). 
(B) The limitations of this paragraph shall not 
apply to funds made available under such heading for 
aviation instruction and maintenance, and maritime 
security programs. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for Colom-
bia to support the implementation of a peace agree-
ment shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) HAITI.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not more than $191,413,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Haiti. 
(2) GOVERNANCE CERTIFICATION.—Funds made 
available in paragraph (1) may not be made avail-
able for assistance for the central Government of 
Haiti unless the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Haiti is taking effective steps to— 
(A) hold free and fair parliamentary elec-
tions and seat a new Haitian Parliament;
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(B) strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, in-
cluding by selecting judges in a transparent 
manner; respect the independence of the judici-
ary; and improve governance by implementing 
reforms to increase transparency and account-
ability; 
(C) combat corruption, including by imple-
menting the anti-corruption law enacted in 2014 
and prosecuting corrupt officials; and 
(D) increase government revenues, including 
by implementing tax reforms, and increase ex-
penditures on public services. 
(3) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government of 
Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and 
services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 
(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and 
maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act 
should be borne by the recipient country. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 7046. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 
carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 
used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear-
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ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for 
participation of another country’s delegation at inter-
national conferences held under the auspices of multilateral 
or international organizations. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS 
SEC. 7047. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 
or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be made avail-
able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
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UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY
AND
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated under title I and 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and 
Programs’’ in title V of this Act that are available for 
contributions to the United Nations (including the 
Department of Peacekeeping Operations), any United 
Nations agency, or the Organization of American 
States, 15 percent may not be obligated for such orga-
nization, department, or agency until the Secretary of 
State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the organization, department, or agency is— 
(A) posting on a publicly available Web 
site, consistent with privacy regulations and due 
process, regular financial and programmatic au-
dits of such organization, department, or agency, 
and providing the United States Government 
with necessary access to such financial and per-
formance audits; and 
(B) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures which reflect best prac-
tices for the protection of whistleblowers from re-
taliation, including best practices for—
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(i) protection against retaliation for 
internal and lawful public disclosures; 
(ii) legal burdens of proof; 
(iii) statutes of limitation for reporting 
retaliation; 
(iv) access to independent adjudicative 
bodies, including external arbitration; and 
(v) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation. 
(2) The restrictions imposed by or pursuant to 
paragraph (1) may be waived on a case-by-case basis 
if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is 
necessary to avert or respond to a humanitarian cri-
sis. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 
United States delegation to any specialized agency, 
body, or commission of the United Nations if such 
agency, body, or commission is chaired or presided 
over by a country, the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as
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continued in effect pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 
(2) None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used by the Secretary of State 
as a contribution to any organization, agency, com-
mission, or program within the United Nations sys-
tem if such organization, agency, commission, or pro-
gram is chaired or presided over by a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979, or any other provision of law, is a 
government that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism. 
(3) The Secretary of State may waive the restric-
tion in this subsection if the Secretary reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available in support of the United Nations Human Rights 
Council unless the Secretary of State determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that participa-
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tion in the Council is important to the national interest 
of the United States and that the Council is taking steps 
to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item: Provided, 
That such report shall include a description of the national 
interest served and the steps taken to remove Israel as a 
permanent agenda item: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations not later than September 30, 2016, on the resolu-
tions considered in the United Nations Human Rights 
Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps taken 
to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item. 
(d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY.— 
Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on whether the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is— 
(1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 
West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to in-
spect UNRWA installations and reporting any inap-
propriate use; 
(2) acting promptly to address any staff or bene-
ficiary violation of its own policies (including the 
policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 
and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
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(3) implementing procedures to maintain the 
neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 
no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec-
tions of its installations, to ensure they are only used 
for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes; 
(4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 
to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con-
ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the De-
partment of State on actions it has taken to ensure 
conformance with such conditions; 
(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all edu-
cational materials currently taught in UNRWA-ad-
ministered schools and summer camps is consistent 
with the values of human rights, dignity, and toler-
ance and does not induce incitement; 
(6) not engaging in operations with financial in-
stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 
United States law, and is taking steps to improve the 
financial transparency of the organization; and 
(7) in compliance with the United Nations 
Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 
is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec-
ommendations.
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(e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.—None 
of the funds made available in this Act may be used for 
the design, renovation, or construction of the United Na-
tions Headquarters in New York. 
(f) WITHHOLDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
the amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2016 for contributions to any organization, 
department, agency, or program within the United Nations 
system or any international program that are withheld 
from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall update such re-
port each time additional funds are withheld by operation 
of any provision of law: Provided further, That the re-
programming of any withheld funds identified in such re-
port, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7049. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by 
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 Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwith-
standing section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness
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and accountability of civilian police authority through 
training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule 
of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through as-
sistance to foster civilian police roles that support demo-
cratic governance, including assistance for programs to pre-
vent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based vio-
lence, and foster improved police relations with the commu-
nities they serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO 
SEC. 7050. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of 
the United States Government who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference occur-
1333 
ring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days 
in advance that such attendance is important to the na-
tional interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section 
the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 
attended by representatives of the United States Govern-
ment and of foreign governments, international organiza-
tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro-
grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 
region, including for the transportation of active and stand-
by Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment dur-
ing a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for pol-
icy decisions and justification for the use of such transfer 
authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of 
State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this responsi-
bility shall not be delegated.
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(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in 
subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the equipment is no longer required to meet pro-
grammatic purposes in the designated country or region: 
Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 
(1) The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by 
the Department of State and the United States Agen-
cy for International Development (USAID) with 
funds made available in this Act or prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs shall be coordi-
nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 
Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to 
transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting 
Department of State and USAID programs and ac-
tivities: Provided further, That official travel for other 
agencies for other purposes may be supported on a re-
imbursable basis, or without reimbursement when 
traveling on a space available basis: Provided further, 
That funds received by the Department of State for
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the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by the 
Department of State may be credited to the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department and shall be avail-
able for expenses related to the purchase, lease, main-
tenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
(2) The requirement and authorities of this sub-
section shall only apply to aircraft, the primary pur-
pose of which is the transportation of personnel. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 (division F of 
Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in subsection (f)(2)(B) 
of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS 
SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment available to the 
United States Agency for International Development and 
the Department of State and used in support of the clear-
ance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humani-
tarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in 
foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary of State may prescribe.
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(b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 
shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 
license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 
munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
(1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 
after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 
unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 
operational environments, and the agreement applica-
ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster 
munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies 
that the cluster munitions will only be used against 
clearly defined military targets and will not be used 
where civilians are known to be present or in areas 
normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 
for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently dis-
posing of such cluster munitions. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses within the United States not authorized before the 
date of the enactment of this Act by Congress: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry 
out the provisions of section 316 of the International Secu-
1337 
rity and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 
96–533). 
CONSULAR IMMUNITY 
SEC. 7056. The Secretary of State, with the concur-
rence of the Attorney General, may, on the basis of reci-
procity and under such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may determine, specify privileges and immunities 
for a consular post, the members of a consular post and 
their families which result in more favorable or less favor-
able treatment than is provided in the Vienna Convention 
on Consular Relations, of April 24, 1963 (T.I.A.S. 6820), 
entered into force for the United States December 24, 1969: 
Provided, That prior to exercising the authority of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the circumstances that may war-
rant the need for privileges and immunities providing more 
favorable or less favorable treatment specified under such 
Convention. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the 
funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant to 
or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
1338 
Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) to hire and employ indi-
viduals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap-
pointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 
and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2017. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
should only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are com-
pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account to 
which the responsibilities of such individual primarily re-
late: Provided, That funds made available to carry out this 
section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
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propriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’. 
(e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi-
viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 
available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for a period 
of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth 
in such section. 
(f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, for the cost (including the support 
costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID 
whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 
response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace Act
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(Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to employ 
up to 40 personal services contractors in the United States, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded 
overseas programs and activities managed by the agency 
until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and 
trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contrac-
tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 
the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may be made 
available only for personal services contractors assigned to 
the Office of Food for Peace. 
(h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 
the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 
such contracts when the order is placed with any category 
of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT-
MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro-
vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2011 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be as-
signed to or support programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan 
with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts mak-
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ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by 
titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for 
bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease 
programs including activities relating to research on, and 
the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 
711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family 
planning/reproductive health, including in areas where 
population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered spe-
cies. 
(b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act that are available for a contribution to the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 
10 percent should be withheld from obligation until the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Global Fund is—
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(1) maintaining and implementing a policy of 
transparency, including the authority of the Global 
Fund Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to publish 
OIG reports on a public Web site; 
(2) providing sufficient resources to maintain an 
independent OIG that— 
(A) reports directly to the Board of the 
Global Fund; 
(B) maintains a mandate to conduct thor-
ough investigations and programmatic audits, 
free from undue interference; and 
(C) compiles regular, publicly published au-
dits and investigations of financial, pro-
grammatic, and reporting aspects of the Global 
Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, and 
Local Fund Agents; 
(3) effectively implementing and enforcing poli-
cies and procedures which reflect best practices for the 
protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, includ-
ing best practices for— 
(A) protection against retaliation for inter-
nal and lawful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting re-
taliation;
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(D) access to independent adjudicative bod-
ies, including external arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of prov-
en retaliation; and 
(4) implementing the recommendations con-
tained in the Consolidated Transformation Plan ap-
proved by the Board of the Global Fund on November 
21, 2011: 
Provided, That such withholding shall not be in addition 
to funds that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal 
year 2016 pursuant to the application of any other provi-
sion contained in this or any other Act. 
(c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 
If the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that an international infectious 
disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading inter-
nationally, or that it is in the national interest to respond 
to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, 
funds made available under title III of this Act may be 
made available to combat such infectious disease or public 
health emergency: Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen-
der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 
development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 
participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 
worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available to increase leadership opportunities 
for women in countries where women and girls suffer dis-
crimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength-
ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 
women’s participation in political parties and elections, 
and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi-
tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin-
cial, and national levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall 
be made available to implement a multi-year strategy 
to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in 
countries where it is common in conflict and non-con-
flict settings.
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(B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 
this Act that are available to train foreign police, ju-
dicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, where 
appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based 
violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote 
the integration of women into the police and other se-
curity forces. 
(2) Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development gender pro-
grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to combat 
a variety of forms of gender-based violence, including 
child marriage, rape, female genital cutting and mu-
tilation, and domestic violence, among other forms of 
gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict set-
tings. 
(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 
available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 
improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 
to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, 
peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction 
efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transi-
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tion, and to ensure the equitable provision of relief and re-
covery assistance to women and girls. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDU-
CATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 should 
be made available for assistance for basic edu-
cation, and such funds may be made available 
notwithstanding any provision of law that re-
stricts assistance to foreign countries, except for 
the conditions provided in this subsection: Pro-
vided, That such funds should only be used to 
implement the stated objectives of basic education 
programs for each Country Development Co-
operation Strategy or similar strategy regarding 
basic education established by the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID). 
(B) Not later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations on the 
status of cumulative unobligated balances and 
obligated, but unexpended, balances in each 
country where USAID provides basic education
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assistance and such report shall also include de-
tails on the types of contracts and grants pro-
vided and the goals and objectives of such assist-
ance: Provided, That the USAID Administrator 
shall update such report on a monthly basis dur-
ing fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That if 
the USAID Administrator determines that any 
unobligated balances of funds specifically des-
ignated for assistance for basic education in 
prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs are in excess of the absorptive ca-
pacity of recipient countries, such funds may be 
made available for other programs authorized 
under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, notwithstanding such funding 
designation: Provided further, That the authority 
of the previous proviso shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act for assistance for basic education 
programs, not less than $70,000,000 shall be
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made available for a contribution to multilateral 
partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than 
$225,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for higher education, including not less than 
$35,000,000 for new partnerships between higher edu-
cation institutions in the United States and devel-
oping countries: Provided, That such funds may be 
made available notwithstanding any other provision 
of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, 
and shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, not less than $26,000,000 shall be made available 
for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, 
and not less than $11,000,000 shall be made available for 
cooperative development programs of USAID. 
(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 
through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law except for the provisions