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(c) The report referred to in subsection (a) is a report by 
the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the Government of Serbia is cooperating with the International 
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including appre-
hending and transferring indictees and providing investigators 
access to witnesses, documents, and other information. 
(d) This section shall not apply to humanitarian assistance 
or assistance to promote democracy. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7043. (a) CONFLICT MINERALS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ may be made available for 
assistance for Rwanda or Uganda unless the Secretary of State 
has credible information that the Government of Rwanda or 
the Government of Uganda is providing political, military or 
financial support to armed groups in the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo (DRC) that are involved in the illegal exportation 
of minerals out of the DRC or have violated human rights. 
(2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
assistance to improve border controls to prevent the illegal 
exportation of minerals out of the DRC by such groups, to 
protect humanitarian relief efforts, or to support the training 
and deployment of members of the Rwandan or Ugandan mili-
taries in international peacekeeping operations or to conduct 
operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army. 
(b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act, not less than $52,800,000 should be made available 
for the Trans-Sahara Counter-terrorism Partnership program, and 
not less than $21,300,000 should be made available for the Partner-
ship for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program. 
(c) CRISIS RESPONSE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, up to $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ for HIV/AIDS activities may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ to 
respond to unanticipated crises in Africa, except that funds shall 
not be transferred unless the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that no individual currently on anti- 
retroviral therapy supported by such funds shall be negatively 
impacted by the transfer of such funds: Provided, That the authority 
of this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) EXPANDED
INTERNATIONAL
MILITARY
EDUCATION
AND 
TRAINING.— 
(1) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’ (IMET) in this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Zimbabwe 
may be made available only for training related to international 
peacekeeping operations and expanded IMET: Provided, That 
the limitation included in this paragraph shall not apply to 
courses that support training in maritime security for Angola 
and Cameroon. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ in this Act
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may be made available for assistance for Equatorial Guinea 
or Somalia. 
(e) ETHIOPIA.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ that are available for assist-
ance for Ethiopia shall not be made available unless the Sec-
retary of State— 
(A) certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the Government of Ethiopia is implementing policies to 
respect due process and freedoms of expression and associa-
tion, and is permitting access to human rights and humani-
tarian organizations to the Somalia region of Ethiopia; 
and 
(B) submits a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on the types and amounts of United States training 
and equipment proposed to be provided to the Ethiopian 
military including steps that will be taken to ensure that 
such assistance is not provided to military units or per-
sonnel that have violated human rights, and steps taken 
by the Government of Ethiopia to investigate and prosecute 
members of the Ethiopian military who have been credibly 
alleged to have violated such rights. 
(2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
assistance to Ethiopian military efforts in support of inter-
national peacekeeping operations, counterterrorism operations 
along the border with Somalia, and for assistance to the Ethio-
pian Defense Command and Staff College. 
(f) SUDAN LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(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 section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the 
cost of selling, reducing, 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— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern 
Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, other 
marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, and Abyei; 
and 
(C) assistance to support implementation of the Com-
prehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements 
related to post-referendum issues associated with the CPA, 
or to promote peace and stability between Sudan and South 
Sudan, or any other internationally recognized viable peace 
agreement in Sudan. 
(g) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act should be made avail-
able for assistance for South Sudan including to increase agri-
cultural productivity, expand educational opportunities espe-
cially for girls, strengthen democratic institutions and the rule 
of law, and enhance the capacity of the Federal Legislative
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Assembly to conduct oversight over government revenues and 
expenditures. 
(2) Not less than 15 days prior to the obligation of funds 
appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for 
the Government of South Sudan, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
the extent to which the Government of South Sudan is— 
(A) supporting freedom of expression, the establish-
ment of democratic institutions including an independent 
judiciary, parliament, and security forces that are account-
able to civilian authority; and 
(B) investigating and punishing members of security 
forces who have violated human rights. 
(3) The Secretary of State shall seek to obtain regular 
audits of the financial accounts of the Government of South 
Sudan to ensure transparency and accountability of funds, 
including revenues from the extraction of oil and gas, and 
the timely, public disclosure of such audits: Provided, That 
the Secretary should assist the Government of South Sudan 
in conducting such audits, and by providing technical assistance 
to enhance the capacity of the National Auditor Chamber to 
carry out its responsibilities, and shall submit a report not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations detailing the steps that will be taken 
by the Government of South Sudan, which are additional to 
those taken in the previous fiscal year, to improve resource 
management and ensure transparency and accountability of 
funds. 
(h) UGANDA.—Funds appropriated by this Act should be made 
available for programs and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s 
Resistance Army. 
(i) WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA.— 
(1) The Congress reaffirms its support for the efforts of 
the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and 
the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to bring to justice 
individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against 
humanity in a timely manner. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the central government of a country in which 
individuals indicted by the ICTR and the SCSL are credibly 
alleged to be living, if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such govern-
ment is cooperating with the ICTR and the SCSL, including 
the apprehension, surrender, and transfer of indictees in a 
timely manner: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply 
to assistance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title VI of 
this Act: Provided further, That the United States shall use 
its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council to 
fully support efforts by the ICTR and the SCSL to bring to 
justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely 
manner. 
(3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) may be waived on 
a country-by-country basis if the President determines that 
doing so is in the national security interest of the United 
States: Provided, That prior to exercising such waiver authority,
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the President shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on— 
(A) the steps being taken to obtain the cooperation 
of the government in apprehending and surrendering the 
indictee in question to the court of jurisdiction; 
(B) a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing the 
indictee before such court; and 
(C) the justification for exercising the waiver authority. 
(j) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to vote against any extension by the respective institution 
of any loans or grants to the Government of Zimbabwe, except 
to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has 
been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership 
and title to property, freedom of speech and association. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available for assistance for the central Government of 
Zimbabwe, except for health, education, and macroeconomic 
growth assistance, unless the Secretary of State makes the 
determination required in paragraph (1). 
ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) TIBET.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the 
United States executive director of each international financial 
institution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to support projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide 
incentives for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans 
into Tibet or facilitate 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 traditions; and 
are subject to effective monitoring. 
(2) 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 cultural traditions 
and promote sustainable development and environmental con-
servation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous 
Region and in other Tibetan communities in China. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of the appropriate international 
financial institutions to vote against any loan, agreement, or 
other financial support for Burma. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ may be made available for assistance 
for Burma notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
no such funds shall be made available to the State Peace 
and Development Council, or its successor, and its affiliated 
organizations: Provided, That such funds shall be made avail-
able for programs along Burma’s borders and for Burmese 
groups and organizations located outside Burma, and may be