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and improving the transparency of political campaign 
and political party financing; 
(iii) protecting the rights of human rights 
defenders, trade unionists, journalists, civil society 
groups, opposition political parties, and the independ-
ence of the media; 
(iv) providing effective and accountable law 
enforcement and security for its citizens, curtailing 
the role of the military in public security, and 
upholding due process of law; 
(v) implementing programs to reduce violence 
against women and girls; 
(vi) implementing policies to reduce poverty and 
promote economic growth and opportunity, including 
the implementation of reforms to strengthen edu-
cational systems, vocational training programs, and 
programs for at-risk youth; 
(vii) improving border security and combating 
human smuggling and trafficking and countering the 
activities of criminal gangs, drug traffickers, and 
transnational criminal organizations; 
(viii) informing its citizens of the dangers of the 
journey to the southwest border of the United States; 
and 
(ix) implementing policies that improve the 
environment for foreign investment, including exe-
cuting tax reform in a transparent manner, ensuring 
effective legal mechanisms for reimbursements of tax 
refunds owed to United States businesses, and 
resolving disputes involving the confiscation of real 
property of United States entities. 
(B) REPROGRAMMING.—If the Secretary is unable to 
make the certification required by subparagraph (A) for 
one or more of the central governments, such assistance 
shall be reprogrammed for assistance for civil society 
organizations in such country, or for other countries in 
Latin America and the Caribbean, notwithstanding the 
funding provisions in this subsection and the limitations 
in section 7019 of this Act: Provided, That any such re-
programming shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for— 
(i) judicial entities and activities related to com-
bating corruption and impunity; 
(ii) programs to combat gender-based violence; 
(iii) programs to promote and protect human 
rights, including those of Indigenous communities and 
Afro-descendants; 
(iv) humanitarian assistance; and 
(v) food security programs. 
(D) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ may be made available 
for assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras. 
(b) COLOMBIA.—
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, $487,375,000 should be made available 
for assistance for Colombia: Provided, That such funds shall 
be made available for the programs and activities described 
under this section in House Report 117–401: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and 
made available for assistance pursuant to this paragraph, not 
less than $40,000,000 shall be made available to enhance rural 
security in coca producing municipalities and other municipali-
ties with high levels of illicit activities: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 
be prioritized in such municipalities that are also targeted 
for assistance programs that provide viable economic alter-
natives and improve access to public services. 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assist-
ance for Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only if 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that— 
(i) the Government of Colombia is implementing 
an effective whole-of-government strategy to substan-
tially and sustainably reduce coca cultivation and 
cocaine production levels in Colombia, including pro-
grams and activities that support illicit crop eradi-
cation, alternative development, drug interdiction, 
dismantling of drug trafficking and money laundering 
networks, rural security, environmental protection, 
judicial sector strengthening, and public health serv-
ices; and 
(ii) such strategy is in accordance with the 2016 
peace accord between the Government of Colombia and 
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. 
(B) HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(i) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ and 
made available for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent 
may be obligated only if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(I) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and other 
judicial authorities, as appropriate, are sentencing 
perpetrators of gross violations of human rights, 
including those with command responsibility, to 
deprivation of liberty; 
(II) the Government of Colombia is making 
consistent progress in reducing threats and attacks 
against human rights defenders and other civil 
society activists, and judicial authorities are pros-
ecuting and punishing those responsible for 
ordering and carrying out such attacks; 
(III) the Government of Colombia is making 
consistent progress in protecting Afro-Colombian 
and Indigenous communities and is respecting 
their rights and territories;
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(IV) senior military officers credibly alleged, 
or whose units are credibly alleged, to be respon-
sible for ordering, committing, and covering up 
cases of false positives and other extrajudicial 
killings, or of committing other gross violations 
of human rights, or of conducting illegal commu-
nications intercepts or other illicit surveillance, 
are being held accountable, including removal from 
active duty if found guilty through criminal, 
administrative, or disciplinary proceedings; and 
(V) the Colombian Armed Forces are cooper-
ating fully with the requirements described in sub-
clauses (I) through (IV). 
(ii) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’ and made available for assistance for 
the Colombian National Police (CNP), five percent may 
be obligated only if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the Government of Colombia is bringing to justice the 
police personnel who ordered, directed, and used exces-
sive force and engaged in other illegal acts against 
protesters in 2020 and 2021, and that the CNP is 
cooperating fully with such efforts. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (2) shall 
not apply to funds made available for aviation instruction and 
maintenance, and maritime and riverine security programs. 
(4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds appropriated 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
and made available for assistance for Colombia may be used 
to transport personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 
and interdiction, including security for such activities, and to 
provide transport in support of alternative development pro-
grams and investigations by civilian judicial authorities. 
(5) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 
made available for assistance for Colombia may be made avail-
able for payment of reparations to conflict victims or compensa-
tion to demobilized combatants associated with a peace agree-
ment between the Government of Colombia and illegal armed 
groups. 
(c) HAITI.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV shall be made available for assistance for 
Haiti to support the basic needs of the Haitian people. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for Haiti may only be made 
available for the central Government of Haiti if the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that a democratically elected government has taken 
office, or the country is being led by a transitional governing 
authority that is broadly representative of Haitian society, and 
it is in the national interest of the United States to provide 
such assistance.
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(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds 
may be made available to support— 
(A) free and fair elections; 
(B) anti-gang police and administration of justice pro-
grams, including to reduce pre-trial detention and eliminate 
inhumane prison conditions; 
(C) public health, food security, subsistence farmers, 
water and sanitation, education, and other programs to 
meet basic human needs; and 
(D) disaster relief and recovery. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for assistance for Haiti shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
the requirement of this paragraph shall also apply to any 
funds from such Acts that are made available for support 
for an international security force in Haiti. 
(5) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for assistance 
for the armed forces of Haiti. 
(6) 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) NICARAGUA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be made available for democracy programs for Nicaragua, 
including to support civil society. 
(e) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $82,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. 
(f) VENEZUELA.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $50,000,000 should be made avail-
able for democracy programs for Venezuela. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs under title III shall be made available 
for assistance for communities in countries supporting or other-
wise impacted by refugees from Venezuela, including Colombia, 
Peru, Ecuador, Curacao, and Trinidad and Tobago: Provided, 
That such amounts are in addition to funds otherwise made 
available for assistance for such countries, subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
EUROPE AND EURASIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) GEORGIA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV, not less than $132,025,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for Georgia. 
(2) UKRAINE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III and IV shall be made available for assistance for Ukraine. 
(b) TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for a government