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developed after consulting with relevant Mexican Government 
authorities, for funds made available for Mexico under this 
section, with concrete goals, programs and activities to be 
funded, and anticipated results. 
(4) ANALYSIS
OF
ALTERNATIVES.—Prior to the obligation 
of funds for the procurement or lease of aircraft, the Director 
of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations an Analysis of Alternatives for the acquisi-
tion of all aircraft for the Merida Initiative. 
(f) ASSISTANCE FOR THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $105,000,000 may be 
made available for assistance for the countries of Central America 
only to combat drug trafficking and related violence and organized 
crime, and for judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, 
rule of law activities, and maritime security, of which not less 
than $35,000,000 shall be made available for judicial reform, institu-
tion building, anti-corruption, and rule of law activities: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, $12,000,000 shall be made available through the United 
States Agency for International Development for an Economic and 
Social Development Fund for Central America: Provided further, 
That none of the funds shall be made available for budget support 
or as cash payments. 
(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Fifteen percent of the funds 
made available by this Act for assistance for the countries 
of Central America under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ may not be obligated until the Secretary of State 
reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the government of such country is continuing to— 
(A) support police complaints commissions with 
authority and independence to receive complaints and carry 
out effective investigations; 
(B) implement reforms to improve the capacity and 
ensure the independence of the judiciary; and 
(C) investigate and prosecute members of the Federal 
police and military forces who have been credibly alleged 
to have committed violations of internationally recognized 
human rights. 
(2) REPORT.—The report required in paragraph (1) shall 
include a description of actions taken with respect to each 
requirement. 
(3) SPENDING PLAN.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spending plan 
for funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
countries of Central America by this Act, with concrete goals, 
actions to be taken, budget proposals, and anticipated results. 
(4) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘countries of Central America’’ means Belize, Costa Rica, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. 
(g) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance,
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including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act should be borne by 
the recipient country. 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated in titles 
III and IV of this Act, not more than $545,050,000 shall be available 
for assistance for Colombia. 
Funds appropriated by this Act and made available to the 
Department of State for assistance to the Government of Colombia 
may be used to support a unified campaign against narcotics traf-
ficking and organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organiza-
tions and successor organizations, and to take actions to protect 
human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including 
undertaking rescue operations: Provided, That assistance made 
available in prior Acts for the Government of Colombia to protect 
the Cano-Limon pipeline may also be used for purposes for which 
funds are made available under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 
Programs’’: Provided further, That no United States Armed Forces 
personnel or United States civilian contractor employed by the 
United States will participate in any combat operation in connection 
with assistance made available by this Act for Colombia: Provided 
further, That rotary and fixed wing aircraft supported with funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ 
for assistance for Colombia may be used for aerial or manual 
drug eradication and interdiction including to transport personnel 
and supplies and to provide security for such operations, and to 
provide transport in support of alternative development programs 
and investigations of cases under the jurisdiction of the Attorney 
General, the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, and the Defensoria 
del Pueblo: Provided further, That the President shall ensure that 
if any helicopter procured with funds in this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, is used to aid or abet the operations 
of any illegal self-defense group, paramilitary organization, illegal 
security cooperative or successor organizations in Colombia, such 
helicopter shall be immediately returned to the United States. 
Of the funds available under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 
Programs’’ in this Act for the Colombian national police for the 
procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy eradication 
programs, not more than 20 percent of such funds may be made 
available for such eradication programs unless the Secretary of 
State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) the 
herbicide is being used in accordance with EPA label requirements 
for comparable use in the United States and with Colombian laws; 
and (2) the herbicide, in the manner it is being used, does not 
pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans or the environ-
ment, including endemic species: Provided, That such funds may 
not be made available unless the Secretary of State certifies to 
the Committees on Appropriations that complaints of harm to 
health or licit crops caused by such aerial eradication are thoroughly 
evaluated and fair compensation is being paid in a timely manner 
for meritorious claims: Provided further, That such funds may not 
be made available for such purposes unless programs are being 
implemented by the United States Agency for International 
Development, the Government of Colombia, or other organizations, 
in consultation and coordination with local communities, to provide