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for assistance for the central government of a coun-
try the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees engages in 
significant transactions contributing materially to 
the malicious cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Gov-
ernment of North Korea: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall submit the report required by 
section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 
U.S.C. 9229) to the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State may 
waive the application of the restriction in this para-
graph with respect to assistance for the central gov-
ernment of a country if the Secretary determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that to do so is important to the national se-
curity interest of the United States, including a de-
scription of such interest served. 
(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 
broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not 
less than the prior fiscal year. 
(3) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
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Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made avail-
able for the promotion of human rights in North 
Korea: Provided, That the authority of section 
7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds. 
(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) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated under 
title I in this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
for establishing and operating diplomatic facilities in 
Kiribati, Tonga, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, 
subject to section 7015(a)(3) of this Act and fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
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gram’’, not less than $175,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for Pacific Islands countries 
following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available 
for joint development and security programs between 
the United States and such countries in coordination 
with regional allies and partners, including Taiwan. 
(f) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for assistance for 
the Government of People’s Republic of China 
or the Chinese Communist Party. 
(B) None of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be used to implement, administer, 
carry out, modify, revise, or enforce any action 
that directly supports or facilitates forced labor 
or other violations of human rights, crimes 
against humanity, or genocide in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(2) HONG KONG.— 
(A) 
DEMOCRACY
PROGRAMS.—Of 
the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the first 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘Democracy 
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Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for democracy and Internet freedom 
programs for Hong Kong, including legal and 
other support for democracy activists. 
(B) REPORT.—The report required under 
section 7043(f)(3)(C) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of 
Public Law 116–260) shall be updated and sub-
mitted to the Congress in the manner described. 
(g) PHILIPPINES.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for the Philippines. 
(h) TAIWAN.— 
(1) GLOBAL
COOPERATION
AND
TRAINING 
FRAMEWORK.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for 
the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, 
which shall be administered by the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan, and shall be apportioned and allot-
ted to the American Institute in Taiwan not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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(2) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
not less than $500,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Taiwan, as authorized by section 
5502(h) of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act 
(subtitle A of title LV of division E of Public Law 
117–263): Provided, That the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
prioritize the delivery of defense articles and services 
for Taiwan. 
(3) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PROGRAM 
LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, except for 
amounts designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, may be made available for the costs, 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan guarantees 
for Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(g) of the 
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Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title 
LV of division E of Public Law 117–263). 
(4) FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Payment to 
the American Institute in Taiwan’’ shall be made 
available to establish a Taiwan Fellowship Program. 
(5) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the uses of funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection: Provided, That such 
funds shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) TIBET.— 
(1) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to nongovernmental organizations with ex-
perience working with Tibetan communities to 
support activities which preserve cultural tradi-
tions and promote sustainable development, 
education, and environmental conservation in 
Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous 
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Region and in other Tibetan communities in 
China, as authorized by section 346(d) of the 
Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (sub-
title E of title III of division FF of Public Law 
116–260). 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $8,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for programs to promote and preserve Ti-
betan culture and language in the refugee and 
diaspora Tibetan communities, development, 
and the resilience of Tibetan communities and 
the Central Tibetan Administration in India 
and Nepal, and to assist in the education and 
development of the next generation of Tibetan 
leaders from such communities, as authorized 
by section 346(e) of the Tibetan Policy and 
Support Act of 2020 (subtitle E of title III of 
division FF of Public Law 116–260): Provided, 
That such funds are in addition to amounts 
made available in subparagraph (A) for pro-
grams inside Tibet. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
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able for programs to strengthen the capacity of 
the Central Tibetan Administration, as author-
ized by section 346(f) of the Tibetan Policy and 
Support Act of 2020 (subtitle E of title III of 
division FF of Public Law 116–260), of which 
not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to 
address economic growth and capacity building 
activities, including for displaced Tibetan ref-
ugee families in India and Nepal to help them 
meet basic needs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be administered by USAID. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs and made available for 
assistance for Afghanistan may be made available 
for— 
(A) assistance to the Taliban; or 
(B) a United States contribution to a 
multi-donor trust fund for Afghanistan unless 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees that 
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such contribution will not benefit the Taliban, 
directly or indirectly. 
(2) AFGHAN
WOMEN-LED
ORGANIZATIONS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for assistance for Afghanistan shall be made 
available for a program for Afghan women-led orga-
nizations to support education, human rights, and 
economic livelihoods in Afghanistan: Provided, That 
such program shall be co-designed by Afghan 
women. 
(3) AFGHAN STUDENTS.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs shall be made 
available to— 
(A) support the higher education of stu-
dents from Afghanistan studying outside of the 
country, including the costs of reimbursement 
to institutions hosting such students, as appro-
priate: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, as ap-
propriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of 
funds for such purposes; and 
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(B) provide modified learning opportunities 
for women and girls in Afghanistan, including 
but not limited to, efforts to expand internet ac-
cess, online schooling, and distribution of edu-
cational content. 
(b) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ that are made available for assistance for 
Pakistan may only be made available to support 
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities 
in Pakistan. 
(2) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 
available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 
shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
of State reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released 
from prison and cleared of all charges relating to the 
assistance provided to the United States in locating 
Osama bin Laden. 
(c) SRI LANKA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for as-
sistance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic 
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development programs, particularly in areas recov-
ering from ethnic and religious conflict. 
(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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations that such Government is tak-
ing effective and consistent steps to— 
(A) protect the rights and freedoms of the 
people of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and 
religious belief, including by investigating viola-
tions of human rights and the laws of war and 
holding perpetrators of such violations account-
able; 
(B) engage in the fundamental, systemic, 
political, economic, military, and legal reform 
necessary to recover from the current financial 
collapse and to prevent conflict and economic 
crises in the future; 
(C) increase transparency and account-
ability in governance and combat corruption; 
(D) assert its sovereignty against influence 
by the People’s Republic of China; and 
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(E) promote reconciliation between ethnic 
and religious groups, particularly arising from 
past conflict in Sri Lanka: 
Provided, That the limitations of this paragraph 
shall not apply to funds made available for hu-
manitarian assistance and disaster relief; to 
protect human rights, locate and identify miss-
ing persons, and assist victims of torture and 
trauma; to promote justice, accountability, and 
reconciliation; to enhance maritime security and 
domain awareness; to promote fiscal trans-
parency and sovereignty; and for International 
Military Education and Training. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for the 
Sri Lankan armed forces may only be made avail-
able for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, in-
struction in human rights and related curricula de-
velopment, maritime security and domain awareness, 
including professionalization and training for the 
navy and coast guard, and for programs and activi-
ties under the heading ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’. 
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA 
AND THE CARIBBEAN.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under titles III and IV and made available for 
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean shall 
be prioritized for countries and programs that are— 
(A) countering fentanyl and other nar-
cotics trafficking; 
(B) respecting norms of democracy, con-
stitutional order, and human rights; 
(C) cooperating in the countering of re-
gional and global authoritarian threats; and 
(D) 
demonstrating 
commitment 
and 
progress in offsetting large-scale migration and 
human trafficking from or through the Western 
Hemisphere. 
(2) STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate 
congressional committees on a hemispheric plan to 
further the strategic priorities contained in para-
graph (1): Provided, That such plan shall include 
baseline definitions for the requirements in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D). 
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(b) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act shall be made available for assist-
ance for countries in Central America, including Panama 
and Costa Rica, and shall be allocated to address the 
unique circumstances of each country in support of United 
States security interests in the region. 
(2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN CEN-
TRAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) Of the funds made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1), 50 percent of such funds that are 
made available for assistance for each of the central 
governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Hon-
duras, may only be obligated after the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that such government is— 
(i) cooperating with the United States to 
counter drug trafficking, human trafficking and 
smuggling, and other illicit transnational crime; 
(ii) cooperating with the United States and 
other governments in the region to facilitate the 
return, repatriation, and reintegration of mi-
grants arriving at the southwest border of the 
United States who do not qualify for asylum, 
consistent with international law; 
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(iii) taking demonstrable actions to secure 
national borders and stem mass migration to-
wards Mexico and the United States, including 
positive governance related to combating crime 
and violence, building economic opportunity, im-
proving services, and protecting human rights; 
(iv) improving strategies to combat money 
laundering and other global financial crimes, 
and counter corruption, including investigating 
and prosecuting government officials, military 
personnel, and police officers credibly alleged to 
be corrupt; 
(v) improving rule of law and taking posi-
tive steps to counter impunity; and 
(vi) improving the conditions for businesses 
to operate and invest, including investment- 
friendly tax reform, transparent and expeditious 
dispute resolution, and legal frameworks pro-
tecting private property rights. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subpara-
graph (A) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for— 
(i) judicial entities to combat corruption 
and impunity; 
(ii) investigation of human rights abuses; 
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(iii) support for women’s economic em-
powerment; 
(iv) prevention of violence against women 
and girls; 
(v) 
security 
assistance 
to 
combat 
transnational crime, including narcotics traf-
ficking; 
(vi) security assistance to protect national 
borders; and 
(vii) security assistance associated with mi-
gration protection. 
(c) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams that are made available for assistance for Colombia 
may be made available for— 
(A) reparation payments or cash subsidies out-
lined in the 2016 Peace Accords; and 
(B) alternative development assistance on prop-
erties where substances deemed illegal under the 
Controlled Substance Act of 1970 are grown, pro-
duced, imported, or distributed. 
(2) OVERSIGHT.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
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