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(6) DEBT
SERVICE
PAYMENT
PROHIBITION.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by the govern-
ment of any foreign country for debt service payments owed 
by any country to any international financial institution: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘inter-
national financial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 7034(r)(3) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.— 
The Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 
the ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each 
government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 
identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of the 
Department 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 con-
sistent 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 enactment of this Act, shall 
make or update any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ 
or ‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 
publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 
to be posted on the Department of State Web site: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall identify the significant progress made 
by each such government to publicly disclose national budget 
documentation, contracts, and licenses which are additional 
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 
benchmarks for measuring progress. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act shall be made available for programs and activities to 
assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
improve budget transparency and to support civil society 
organizations in such countries that promote budget trans-
parency: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise 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 para-
graph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and their imme-
diate family members about whom the Secretary of State 
has credible information have been involved in significant 
corruption, including corruption related to the extraction
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of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights 
shall be ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or privately des-
ignate or identify officials of foreign governments and their 
immediate family members about whom the Secretary has 
such credible information without regard to whether the 
individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineligible 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 Head-
quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
shall be construed to derogate from United States Government 
obligations under applicable international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver would 
serve a compelling national interest or that the circumstances 
which caused the individual to be ineligible have changed suffi-
ciently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, 
including a classified annex if necessary, to the Committees 
on Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary 
describing the information related to corruption or violation 
of human rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) 
as well as the individuals who the Secretary designated or 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli-
gible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list of any 
waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 
for each waiver. 
(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified portion of the 
report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 
Department of State Web site. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), 
and (5), the records of the Department of State and of diplo-
matic and consular offices of the United States pertaining to 
the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) NETWORKS OF CORRUPTION.—If the Secretary of State has 
credible information of networks of corruption involving the partici-
pation of, or support from, a senior official in a country that receives 
assistance funded by this Act under titles III or IV, the Secretary 
shall update the report on such networks required by section 7031(d) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115– 
31). 
(e) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available to promote and support transparency and 
accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 
extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening 
implementation and monitoring 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 the amendments made by 
such section, and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds,
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and provide technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural 
resource management. 
(2) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the 
management of the international financial 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 extraction and 
export of a natural resource if the government of such 
country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to 
prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments 
as required by United States law, and unless such govern-
ment has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the 
sector in which assistance is being considered for— 
(i) accurately accounting for and public disclosure 
of payments to the host government by companies 
involved in the extraction and export of natural 
resources; 
(ii) the independent auditing of accounts receiving 
such payments and public disclosure of the findings 
of such audits; and 
(iii) public disclosure of such documents as Host 
Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and 
bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemination 
or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, 
information that is commercially proprietary or that 
would create competitive 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. 
(f) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any 
independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made avail-
able to support the provision of additional information on United 
States Government foreign assistance on the Department of State 
foreign assistance 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) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $2,308,517,000 shall be made 
available for democracy programs. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for democracy 
programs pursuant to paragraph (1), the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall admin-
ister an amount not less than the amount administered in 
fiscal year 2017 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’.
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(b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act for democ-
racy programs may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, and with regard to the National Endowment 
for Democracy, any regulation. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 
funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ 
means programs that support good governance, credible and 
competitive elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, 
and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, and 
the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 
democratic 
political 
parties, 
governments, 
nongovernmental 
organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the develop-
ment of democratic states, and institutions that are responsive 
and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made available pursuant 
to this section that are made available for programs to strengthen 
government institutions shall be prioritized for those institutions 
that demonstrate a commitment 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, as appro-
priate. 
(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 coordina-
tion with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations, 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. 
(f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—USAID shall con-
tinue to implement civil society and political competition and con-
sensus building programs abroad with funds appropriated by this 
Act in a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of grants 
and cooperative agreements in implementing such programs: Pro-
vided, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to affect 
the ability of any entity, including United States small businesses, 
from competing for proposals for USAID-funded civil society and 
political competition and consensus building programs. 
(g) COUNTRY STRATEGY REVIEWS.—Prior to the obligation of 
funds made available by this Act for Department of State and 
USAID democracy programs for a nondemocratic or democratic 
transitioning country for which a country strategy has been con-
cluded after the date of enactment of this Act, as required by 
section 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 consultation 
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— 
(1) specific goals and objectives for such program, including 
a specific plan and timeline to measure impacts;