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ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance, including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
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a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
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tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2025, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC INTERESTS 
SEC. 7028. (a) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—Con-
sistent with section 704 of the Championing American 
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Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of di-
vision J of Public Law 116–94), the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall 
prioritize the allocation of funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for support of 
Chief of Mission diplomatic engagement to foster commer-
cial relations and safeguard United States economic and 
business interests in the country in which each Chief of 
Mission serves, including activities and initiatives to create 
and maintain an enabling environment, promote and pro-
tect such interests, and resolve commercial disputes: Pro-
vided, That each Mission Resource Request and Bureau 
Resource Request shall include amounts required to 
prioritize the activities described in this subsection. 
(b) TRAINING.—In carrying out section 705 of title 
VII of division J of Public Law 116–94, the Secretary of 
State shall annually assess training needs across the eco-
nomic and commercial diplomacy issue areas and ensure, 
after a review of course offerings, course attendance 
records, and course evaluation results, that current offer-
ings meet training needs. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State should di-
rect each Chief of Mission to consider how best to advance 
and support commercial relations and the safeguarding of 
United States business interests in the development and 
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execution of the applicable Integrated Country Strategy 
and the Mission Resource Request for each country receiv-
ing bilateral assistance from funds appropriated by this 
Act. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds 
appropriated under title V of this Act may be made as 
payment to any international financial institution while 
the United States executive director to such institution is 
compensated by the institution at a rate which, together 
with whatever compensation such executive director re-
ceives from the United States, is in excess of the rate pro-
vided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, or while any alternate United States 
executive director to such institution is compensated by 
the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for 
an individual occupying a position at level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(b) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to promote human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
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with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu-
tion. 
(c) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to use the 
voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and 
other financing agreements improvements in borrowing 
countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to 
investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 
(d) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 
such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the max-
imum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information 
(excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 
limited liability company, other than a publicly listed com-
pany, that receives funds from any such financial institu-
tion. 
(e) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use 
the voice of the United States to encourage such institu-
tion to effectively implement and enforce policies and pro-
cedures which meet or exceed best practices in the United 
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States for the protection of whistleblowers from retalia-
tion, including— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to binding independent adjudicative 
bodies, including shared cost and selection external 
arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 
prior employment. 
(f) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice of the United States to support 
independent investigative and adjudicative mechanisms 
and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in the 
United States to provide due process and fair compensa-
tion, including the right to reinstatement, for employees 
who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retalia-
tion, false allegations, or other misconduct. 
(g) CAPITAL INCREASES.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available to support a 
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new capital increase for an international financial institu-
tion unless the President submits a budget request for 
such increase to Congress and the Secretary of the Treas-
ury concurrent with such request determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the institution has completed a thorough 
analysis of the development challenges facing the rel-
evant geographical region, the role of the institution 
in addressing such challenges and its role relative to 
other financing partners, and the steps to be taken 
to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the in-
stitution; 
(2) the capital increase does not increase the 
voting power of the People’s Republic of China in 
such institution; and 
(3) the governors of such institution have ap-
proved the capital increase. 
(h) OPPOSITION TO LENDING TO THE PEOPLE’S RE-
PUBLIC OF CHINA.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director at each mul-
tilateral development bank to use the voice and vote of 
the United States to oppose any loan, extension of finan-
cial assistance, or technical assistance by such bank to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
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(i) CONTRIBUTIONS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that 
no United States contribution to a financial intermediary 
fund overseen by the Department of the Treasury may be 
used to provide any loan, extension of financial assistance, 
or technical assistance to the People’s Republic of China 
or to any country or region subject to comprehensive sanc-
tions by the United States. 
(j) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND WITHHOLDING.— 
(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations indicating the amount of funds that a fi-
nancial intermediary fund is budgeting for the year 
in which the report is submitted for a country or re-
gion described in subsection (i). 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 
that a financial intermediary fund plans to spend 
funds for a country or region described under sub-
section (i), including through projects implemented 
by a multilateral development bank, then 10 percent 
of the United States contribution to such bank shall 
be withheld from obligation for the remainder of the 
fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
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(k) GUIDANCE ON MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT 
BANKS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Multilateral 
Assistance’’ may be used to implement, administer, or oth-
erwise carry out Executive Order 14008 (relating to Exec-
utive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 
Abroad), including the memorandum entitled ‘‘Guidance 
on Fossil Fuel Energy at the Multilateral Development 
Banks’’, issued by the Department of the Treasury on Au-
gust 16, 2021. 
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE INITIATIVE 
SEC. 7030. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
shall be made available for the Economic Resilience Initia-
tive to enhance the economic security and stability of the 
United States and partner countries, including through ef-
forts to counter economic coercion: Provided, That funds 
made available by this subsection may only be made avail-
able following consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, and 
shall include— 
(1) strategic infrastructure investments, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of State in 
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies: Provided, That such funds may be trans-
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ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
this Act to the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States under the heading ‘‘Program Account’’, to 
the United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation under the heading ‘‘Corporate 
Capital Account’’, and under the heading ‘‘Trade 
and Development Agency’’: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by this Act or any other 
Act, and is subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations; 
(2) activities to enhance critical mineral supply 
chain security, except that 50 percent of funds made 
available for such activities shall utilize United 
States-based entities following the submission of the 
report required under this subsection in the report 
accompanying this Act; 
(3) economic resilience programs administered 
by the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development; and 
(4) the Cyberspace, Digital Connectivity, and 
Related Technologies Fund in accordance with 
Chapter 10 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided, That the authority of section 
592(f) of such Act may apply to amounts made 
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available for such Fund under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ and such funds may be made 
available for the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecu-
rity Partnership program consistent with section 
6306 of the Department of State Authorization Act 
of 2023 (division F of Public Law 118–31): Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to 
this paragraph are in addition to funds otherwise 
made available for such purposes and shall be co-
ordinated with the USAID Administrator, including 
for relevant USAID programming. 
(b) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, including 
funds made available pursuant to this section, may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees 
for Costa Rica, Egypt, Jordan, Panama, Small Island De-
veloping States, and Ukraine, which are authorized to be 
provided and which shall be administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development unless other-
wise provided for by this Act or any other provision of 
law: Provided, That amounts made available under this 
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subsection for the costs of such guarantees shall not be 
considered assistance for the purposes of provisions of law 
limiting assistance to a country: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the authorities of this 
subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees and the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) CHIPS FOR AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TECH-
NOLOGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND.— 
(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 
International Technology Security and Innovation 
Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to the transfer 
authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 
2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167), to the ac-
counts specified and in the amounts specified, in the 
table titled ‘‘CHIPS for America International Tech-
nology Security and Innovation Fund’’ in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That such funds 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
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(2) Neither the President nor his designee may 
allocate any amounts that are made available for 
any fiscal year under section 102(c)(2) of the 
CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in effect an Act mak-
ing or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal 
year for the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs: Provided, That in any 
fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 
not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot-
ment of amounts for continuing administration of 
programs allocated using funds transferred from the 
CHIPS for America International Technology Secu-
rity and Innovation Fund, which may be allocated 
pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in 
amounts that are no more than the allocation for 
such purposes in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
(3) Concurrent with the annual budget submis-
sion of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations proposed allocations by account and 
by program, project, or activity, with detailed jus-
tifications, for amounts made available under section 
102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 
2026. 
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(4) The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on 
the status of balances of projects and activities fund-
ed by the CHIPS for America International Tech-
nology Security and Innovation Fund for amounts 
allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, including all uncommitted, committed, and 
unobligated funds. 
(5) Amounts transferred to the Export-Import 
Bank and the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation pursuant to the transfer 
authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 
2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167) may be 
made available for the costs of direct loans and loan 
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND 
ANTI-CORRUPTION 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if— 
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(A) the requirements included in section 
7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 
Public Law 116–6) are fully met; and 
(B) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to reduce corruption. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 
may only be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
such notification shall contain an explanation of how 
the proposed activity meets the requirements of 
paragraph (1): Provided further, That the require-
ments of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 
government-to-government assistance in excess of 
$10,000,000 and all funds available for cash trans-
fer, budget support, and cash payments to individ-
uals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development or the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to- 
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government assistance if the Administrator or the 
Secretary has credible information of material mis-
use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 
the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance, including 
a justification, or that such misuse has been appro-
priately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2026 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the government of any foreign country 
for debt service payments owed by any country to 
any international financial institution or to the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FISCAL 
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con-
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tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re-
quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
as identified in the report required by section 
7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, shall make or up-
date any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or 
‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum 
requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 
determinations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fis-
cal Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the De-
partment of State website. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made avail-
able for programs and activities to assist govern-
ments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to im-
prove budget transparency and to support civil soci-
ety organizations in such countries that promote 
budget transparency. 
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(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
the Secretary of State has credible information 
have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig-
nificant corruption, including corruption related 
to the extraction of natural resources, or a 
gross violation of human rights, including the 
wrongful detention of locally employed staff of 
a United States diplomatic mission or a United 
States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for 
entry into the United States. 
(B) Concurrent with the application of 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as ap-
propriate, refer the matter to the Office of For-
eign Assets Control, Department of the Treas-
ury, to determine whether to apply sanctions 
authorities in accordance with United States 
law to block the transfer of property and inter-
ests in property, and all financial transactions, 
in the United States involving any person de-
scribed in such subparagraph. 
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify the officials of 
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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 ineli-
gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli-
gations under the United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
shall be construed to derogate from United States 
Government obligations under applicable inter-
national agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
tional interest or that the circumstances which 
caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2026, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report, including a classified 
annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional 
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committees and the Committees on the Judiciary de-
scribing the information related to corruption or vio-
lation of human rights concerning each of the indi-
viduals found ineligible in the previous 12 months 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individ-
uals who the Secretary designated or identified pur-
suant 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 website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart-
ment of State and of diplomatic 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) 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 re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
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and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 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 minerals, and for tech-
nical assistance to promote independent audit mech-
anisms and support civil society participation in nat-
ural resource management. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under title III may be made 
available to support mining activities related to the 
extraction of minerals until the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that comparable mining activities are 
permitted in areas in the United States which were 
allowable prior to 2023: Provided, That the restric-
tion in this paragraph shall not apply to United 
States entities. 
(3) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
AND
INDEPENDENT 
AUDITS.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to oppose any as-
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sistance by such institutions (including any 
loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any coun-
try for the extraction and export of a natural 
resource if the government of such country has 
in place laws, regulations, or procedures to pre-
vent or limit the public disclosure of company 
payments as required by United States law, and 
unless such government has adopted laws, regu-
lations, or procedures in the sector in which as-
sistance is being considered that: (1) accurately 
account for and publicly disclose payments to 
the government by companies involved in the 
extraction and export of natural resources; (2) 
include independent auditing of accounts receiv-
ing such payments and the public disclosure of 
such audits; and (3) require public disclosure of 
agreement and bidding documents, as appro-
priate. 
(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 such subparagraph. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
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sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, $2,900,000,000 shall be made available for 
democracy programs. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, and with 
regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 
(NED), any regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 
to the authority of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ-
ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene-
ficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy 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 
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law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo-
cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 
development of democratic states and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to subsection (a) to strengthen ministries 
and agencies should be prioritized in countries that dem-
onstrate a strong commitment to the separation of powers, 
checks and balances, the rule of law, and credible electoral 
processes. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN-
TERFERENCE.— 
(1) PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the pro-
vision of assistance for democracy programs in this 
Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, 
the specific nature of the assistance, and the partici-
pants in such programs shall not be subject to prior 
approval by the government of any foreign country. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNER 
INFORMATION.—If the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, deter-
mines that the government of the country is un-
democratic or has engaged in or condoned harass-
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ment, threats, or attacks against organizations im-
plementing democracy programs, any new bilateral 
agreement governing the terms and conditions under 
which assistance is provided to such country shall 
not require the disclosure of the names of imple-
menting partners of democracy programs, and the 
Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to 
existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to con-
form to this requirement. 
(f) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT
PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit-
ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec-
ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 
agreements in implementing such programs. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 
for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ-
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racy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 
available for international religious freedom pro-
grams: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this section 
shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at- 
Large for International Religious Freedom, in con-
sultation with other relevant United States Govern-
ment officials, and shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made 
available for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable 
and persecuted ethnic and religious minorities. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 
assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 
Syria. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 
7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
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and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2025. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in title III of this Act that are made available for victims 
of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to com-
bat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such traf-
ficking may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 
available for forensic anthropology assistance related 
to the exhumation and identification of victims of 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, 
which shall be administered by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State: Provided, That such funds 
shall be in addition to funds made available by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs for assistance for countries. 
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(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be made available for DNA forensic technology pro-
grams to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) WORLD
FOOD
PROGRAMME.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Dis-
aster Assistance’’ may be made available as a general con-
tribution to the World Food Programme. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 
authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
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made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 
partnerships, including partnerships with philan-
thropic foundations, up to $50,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
funds made available pursuant to this paragraph 
may only be made available following prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of section 
7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6), except that 
each individual award may not exceed $500,000. 
(5) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
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to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 
except through the formal rulemaking process pursu-
ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to 
such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 
funds made available for such purpose shall only be 
made available after consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro-
posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 
goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States: Provided further, That such consulta-
tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 
the publication in the Federal Register of any regu-
latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro-
gram. 
(6) PAYMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, except for funds 
designated by Congress as an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, are available to provide 
payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of 
division J of the Further Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, 
That funds made available pursuant to this para-
graph shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(7) EXEMPTION OF TRANSACTIONS.—Financing 
for transactions related to civil nuclear facilities, ma-
terial, and technologies, and related goods and serv-
ices and for transactions under the program on 
China and Transformational Exports shall be ex-
cluded from the requirements of section 8(g) of the 
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 
(g)). 
(8) SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be made available for 
the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues notwith-
standing the limitation of section 7064(c)(4) of this 
Act. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or mak-
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ing a significant change to the scope of an existing partner 
vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary 
and the Administrator shall provide a direct vetting option 
for prime awardees in any partner vetting program initi-
ated or significantly modified after the date of enactment 
of this Act, unless the Secretary or Administrator, as ap-
plicable, informs the Committees on Appropriations on a 
case-by-case basis that a direct vetting option is not fea-
sible for such program: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary and the Administrator may restrict the award of, 
terminate, or cancel contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements or require an awardee to restrict the award 
of, terminate, or cancel a sub-award based on information 
in connection with a partner vetting program. 
(f) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 
to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc-
tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
withholding funds under this subsection. 
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(g) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS
FOR EXTRAORDINARY 
PROTECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, 
and merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of 
Foreign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of 
expired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2025, at no later than the end 
of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 
such funds are available for the purposes for which appro-
priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 
be transferred. 
(h) IMPACT ON JOBS.—Section 7056 of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116– 
260) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025. 
(i) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2025. 
(2) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
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at least 12 months of continuous service after enact-
ment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 
which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 
shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 
any position in the competitive service for which the 
employee possesses the required qualifications. 
(3) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2025. 
(4) PROTECTIVE SERVICES.—Section 7071 of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (divi-
sion K of Public Law 117–103) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2025 and shall be applied to 
funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ for ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
(5) EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO 
ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency 
Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 
(Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended 
under the heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 
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(A) in the matter preceding the first pro-
viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2029’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2030’’; and 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2029’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2030’’. 
(6) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL SERV-
ICES
CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—The authority pro-
vided in section 2401 of division C of the Extending 
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency As-
sistance Act (Public Law 117–43) shall remain in 
effect through September 30, 2025. 
(j) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made 
available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 
survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 
the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 
the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be exer-
cised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, 
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USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non- 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budg-
et justification an accounting of budgetary resources, dis-
bursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 
fund. 
(k) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for Local 
Works pursuant to section 7080 of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235), which may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of 
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eli-
gible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, inter-
national, and United States-based nongovernmental 
organizations, educational institutions, and other 
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small entities that have received less than a total of 
$5,000,000 from USAID over the previous 5 fiscal 
years: Provided, That departments or centers of 
such educational institutions may be considered indi-
vidually in determining such eligibility. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) CLARIFICATION.—In Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘contribu-
tion, grant, or other payment’’ with respect to the 
United Nations or any affiliated organization of the 
United Nations shall mean voluntary and assessed 
contributions and payments, including contributions 
and payments to the United Nations Regular Budg-
et. 
(3) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
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priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the International 
Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 
American Development Bank, the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, the African 
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(5) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘Pacific Islands countries’’ means the Cook 
Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of 
Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
Nauru, Niue, the Republic of Palau, the Inde-
pendent State of Papua New Guinea, the Inde-
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pendent State of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the 
Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of 
Vanuatu. 
(6) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 
for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(7) SUCCESSOR
OPERATING
UNIT.—Any ref-
erence to a particular operating unit or office in this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be deemed to include any successor 
operating unit performing the same or similar func-
tions. 
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(8) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 
and accountability of civilian police authority 
through training and technical assistance in human 
rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance, in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 
respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 
and foster improved police relations with the com-
munities they serve. 
(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
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ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
ualty training and equipment in an amount 
above the prior fiscal year. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
bat casualty care training and equipment as a 
component of any package of lethal assistance 
funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 
Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un-
less the Secretary determines that such country 
has in place, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat-
ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on 
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur-
ther, That any such training and equipment for 
combat casualty care shall be made available 
through an open and competitive process. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 
mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 
other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 
as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2025. 
(3) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of 
section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to 
Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for the 
procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
option to purchase) of defense articles from United 
States commercial suppliers, not including Major 
Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and 
other types of aircraft having possible civilian appli-
cation), if the President determines that there are 
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compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 
for those defense articles being provided by commer-
cial lease rather than by government-to-government 
sale under such Act. 
(4) SPECIAL
DEFENSE
ACQUISITION
FUND.— 
Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu-
ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the 
Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That the provision of defense arti-
cles and defense services to foreign countries or 
international organizations from the Fund shall be 
subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(5) WAR
RESERVE
STOCKPILE
AUTHORITY.— 
For fiscal year 2025, section 514(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)) shall 
not apply to defense articles to be set aside, ear-
marked, reserved, or intended for use as reserve 
stocks in stockpiles in the State of Israel. 
(6) 
PROGRAM
CLARIFICATION.—Notwith-
standing section 503(a)(3) of Public Law 87–195 
(22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)), the procurement of defense 
articles and services funded on a non-repayable basis 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
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may be priced to include the costs of salaries of 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
engaged in security assistance activities pursuant to 
10 U.S.C. 341 (relating to the State Partnership 
Program): Provided, That this paragraph shall only 
apply to funds that remain available for obligation 
in fiscal year 2025. 
(7) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
DIRECT 
LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Section 2606(a) 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub-
lic Law 117–103) shall continue in effect during fis-
cal year 2025 and shall apply to funds made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 
(A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment 
available to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of 
State and used in support of the clearance of 
landmines and unexploded ordnance for human-
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itarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 
basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe. 
(B) CLUSTER
MUNITIONS.—No military 
assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni-
tions, no defense export license for cluster mu-
nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 
or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
(i) the submunitions of the cluster 
munitions, after arming, do not result in 
more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 
across the range of intended operational 
environments, and the agreement applica-
ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 
such cluster munitions or cluster munitions 
technology specifies that the cluster muni-
tions will only be used against clearly de-
fined military targets and will not be used 
where civilians are known to be present or 
in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 
transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 
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or permanently disposing of such cluster 
munitions. 
(3) CROWD
CONTROL.—If the Secretary of 
State has information that a unit of a foreign secu-
rity force uses excessive force to repress peaceful ex-
pression or assembly concerning corruption, harm to 
the environment or human health, or the fairness of 
electoral processes, or in countries that are undemo-
cratic or undergoing democratic transition, the Sec-
retary shall promptly determine if such information 
is credible: Provided, That if the information is de-
termined to be credible, funds appropriated by this 
Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, 
light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd 
control purposes for such unit, unless the Secretary 
of State determines that the foreign government is 
taking effective measures to bring the responsible 
members of such unit to justice. 
(4) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(A) Prior to the signing of a new Letter of 
Offer and Acceptance (LOA) involving funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’, the Secretary of 
State shall consult with each recipient govern-
ment to ensure that the LOA between the 
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United States and such recipient government 
complies with the purposes of section 4 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) and 
that the defense articles, services, and training 
procured with funds appropriated under such 
heading are consistent with United States na-
tional security policy. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall promptly 
inform the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of any instance in which the Secretary of 
State has credible information that such assist-
ance was used in a manner contrary to such 
agreement. 
(5) DELIVERY OF WITHHELD ITEMS.—Any de-
fense article and defense service withheld from deliv-
ery to Israel by the Department of State as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, including those con-
tracted through Direct Commercial Sales for the 
Ministry of Public Security, shall be delivered to 
Israel not later than 15 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That 50 percent of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ and made available for the Office of the Sec-
retary shall be withheld from obligation until the 
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Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the defense articles 
and services described in this paragraph have been 
delivered to Israel. 
(6) OBLIGATION
REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of State shall obligate any remaining unobli-
gated balances of funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available before the date of enactment of this 
Act for assistance for Israel not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report on funds obli-
gated and expended during fiscal year 2024, by 
country and purpose of assistance, under the head-
ings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’. 
(2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 
656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 
‘‘military training provided to foreign military per-
sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De-
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partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 
military training provided by foreign governments 
with funds appropriated to the Department of De-
fense or the Department of State, except for train-
ing provided by the government of a country des-
ignated by section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2321k(b)) as a major non-NATO ally: Provided, 
That such third-country training shall be clearly 
identified in the report submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 656 of such Act. 
COUNTERING THE FLOW OF FENTANYL AND OTHER 
SYNTHETIC DRUGS 
SEC. 7036. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $175,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to counter the flow of 
fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs 
into the United States: Provided, That such funds shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such 
purposes. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to support— 
(1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl 
precursors, and other synthetic drugs and their pre-
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cursor materials to the United States from and 
through the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mex-
ico, and other countries; 
(2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity 
building efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling 
transnational criminal organizations involved in the 
production and trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl pre-
cursors, and other synthetic drugs; 
(3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging 
Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Last-
ing Results Act (part 7 of subtitle C of the James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117–263); and 
(4) engagement, including through multilateral 
organizations and frameworks, to catalyze collective 
action to address the public health and security 
threats posed by fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
other synthetic drugs, including through the Global 
Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies 
and not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailing and assessing the 
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cooperation of the PRC in countering the flow of 
fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic 
drugs, and describing actions taken by the United 
States in coordination with other countries to engage 
the PRC on taking concrete and measurable steps to 
stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
other synthetic drugs from the PRC to other coun-
tries: Provided, That such report shall be updated 
and resubmitted quarterly thereafter until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees de-
tailing how assistance for Mexico is strategically 
aligned to address the proliferation of fentanyl, 
fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs from 
Mexico to the United States. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
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(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
and 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
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(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WEST BANK AND 
GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2025, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 
any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
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cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 
entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 
principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov-
erning board of trustees any individual that has been de-
termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 
or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter-
rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 
terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu-
cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 
be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 
Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 
for— 
(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
mitted acts of terrorism; and 
(B) any educational institution located in 
the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 
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individual who the Secretary of State deter-
mines has committed an act of terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds made available by this or 
prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
available by transfer, may be made available for obli-
gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on— 
(A) the benchmarks that have been estab-
lished for security assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian com-
pliance with such benchmarks; and 
(B) the steps being taken by the Pales-
tinian Authority to end torture and other cruel, 
inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, 
including by bringing to justice members of 
Palestinian security forces who commit such 
crimes. 
(d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
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and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 
to $1,400,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, investigations, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 
in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 
treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2025 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 
audit shall address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
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(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) 
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Funds 
made 
available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
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(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 
the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 
place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
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(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with 
the 
principles 
contained 
in 
section 
620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
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shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government. 
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $1,425,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for Egypt, of which— 
(A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be 
made available from funds under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’; and 
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be 
made available from funds under the heading 
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‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be transferred to 
an interest bearing account in the Federal Re-
serve Bank of New York. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—In 
addition to amounts made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1), not less than $75,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Egypt. 
(3) DIRECTIVE.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(A) shall include support for 
higher education programs for scholarships for 
Egyptian students with high financial need to attend 
not-for-profit institutions of higher education in 
Egypt that are currently accredited by a regional ac-
crediting agency recognized by the United States 
Department of Education, or meets standards equiv-
alent to those required for United States institu-
tional accreditation by a regional accrediting agency 
recognized by such Department, democracy pro-
grams, and for development programs in the Sinai. 
(4) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
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ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 
be made available— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s 
nuclear program; 
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(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, 
human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and 
weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs in support of 
the aspirations of the Iranian people. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the semi-annual report re-
quired by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 
added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agree-
ment Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 
(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on— 
(i) the status of United States bilat-
eral sanctions on Iran; 
(ii) the reimposition and renewed en-
forcement of secondary sanctions; and 
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(iii) the impact such sanctions have 
had 
on 
Iran’s 
destabilizing 
activities 
throughout the Middle East. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be used to— 
(A) implement an agreement with the Gov-
ernment of Iran relating to the nuclear program 
of Iran, or a renewal of the Joint Comprehen-
sive Plan of Action adopted on October 18, 
2015, in contravention of the Iran Nuclear 
Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 
2160e); 
(B) made available to any foreign entity or 
person that is subject to United Nations or 
United States bilateral sanctions with respect to 
the Government of Iran; or 
(C) revoke the designation of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Ter-
rorist Organization pursuant to section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189). 
(c) IRAQ.— 
(1) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act shall be made available for assistance for 
Iraq for— 
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(A) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
national security assistance, including in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(B) stabilization assistance, including in 
Anbar Province; 
(C) programs to support government 
transparency and accountability, support judi-
cial independence, protect the right of due proc-
ess, end the use of torture, and combat corrup-
tion; 
(D) humanitarian assistance, including in 
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(E) programs to protect and assist reli-
gious and ethnic minority populations; and 
(F) programs to increase United States 
private sector investment. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under title III and made available for bilateral 
economic assistance for Iraq may not be made avail-
able to an organization or entity for which the Sec-
retary of State has credible information is controlled 
by the Badr Organization. 
(d) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for 
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grants only for Israel: Provided, That any funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ and made available for assistance for 
Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the date of en-
actment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent 
that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used 
for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under 
this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and 
Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of 
which not less than $450,300,000 shall be available for 
the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 
services, including research and development. 
(e) JORDAN.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of 
which not less than $845,100,000 shall be made 
available for budget support for the Government of 
Jordan and not less than $425,000,000 shall be 
made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’. 
(2) In addition to amounts made available pur-
suant to paragraph (1), not less than $400,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ shall be made available for 
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assistance for Jordan, which shall be made available 
for budget support, and not less than $50,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ shall be made 
available for assistance for Jordan. 
(f) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb-
anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 
is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ that are made available 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made avail-
able for programs and equipment for the ISF 
and the LAF to address security and stability 
requirements in areas affected by conflict in 
Syria, following consultation with the appro-
priate congressional committees. 
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(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ that are made available for assistance 
for Lebanon may only be made available for 
programs to— 
(i) professionalize the LAF to miti-
gate internal and external threats from 
non-state actors, including Hizballah; 
(ii) strengthen the security of borders 
and combat terrorism, including training 
and equipping the LAF to secure the bor-
ders of Lebanon and address security and 
stability requirements in areas affected by 
conflict in Syria, interdicting arms ship-
ments, and preventing the use of Lebanon 
as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and 
(iii) implement United Nations Secu-
rity Council Resolution 1701: 
Provided, That prior to obligating funds made 
available by this subparagraph for assistance 
for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
spend plan, including actions to be taken to en-
sure equipment provided to the LAF is used 
only for the intended purposes, except such plan 
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may not be considered as meeting the notifica-
tion requirements under section 7015 of this 
Act or under section 634A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 
any notification submitted pursuant to such 
section shall include any funds specifically in-
tended for lethal military equipment. 
(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance 
for Morocco. 
(h) SAUDI ARABIA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 
and Training’’ should be made available for assist-
ance for the Government of Saudi Arabia. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs should be obligated 
or expended by the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States to guarantee, insure, or extend (or 
participate in the extension of) credit in connection 
with the export of nuclear technology, equipment, 
fuel, materials, or other nuclear technology-related 
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goods or services to Saudi Arabia unless the Govern-
ment of Saudi Arabia— 
(A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation 
agreement pursuant to section 123 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153); 
(B) has committed to renounce uranium 
enrichment and reprocessing on its territory 
under that agreement; and 
(C) has signed and implemented an Addi-
tional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards 
Agreement with the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency. 
(i) SYRIA.— 
(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles III and IV may be 
made available, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance for 
Syria, including for emergency medical and rescue 
response and chemical weapons investigations. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pur-
suant to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) may not be made available for a 
project or activity that supports or otherwise le-
gitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign ter-
rorist organizations (as designated pursuant to 
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section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in 
Syria; 
(B) may not be made available for activi-
ties that further the strategic objectives of the 
Government of the Russian Federation that the 
Secretary of State determines may threaten or 
undermine United States national security in-
terests; and 
(C) may not be used in areas of Syria con-
trolled by a government led by Bashar al-Assad 
or associated forces or made available to an or-
ganization or entity effectively controlled by an 
official or immediate family member of an offi-
cial of such government. 
(3) MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATION, 
AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act and made available for as-
sistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall 
take all practicable steps to ensure that mecha-
nisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, 
and control of such assistance inside Syria. 
(B) Funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection may only be made available following 
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consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That such consulta-
tion shall include the steps taken to comply 
with subparagraph (A) and steps intended to be 
taken to comply with section 7015(j) of this 
Act. 
(j) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 
Act may be made available for assistance for 
the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 
enactment of this Act— 
(i) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an 
agreement negotiated between Israel and 
the Palestinians; or 
(ii) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 
authorized investigation, or actively sup-
port such an investigation, that subjects 
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Israeli nationals to an investigation for al-
leged crimes against Palestinians. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
(Public Law 100–204) if the President deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Palestinians 
have not, after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
(II) initiated or actively supported an 
ICC investigation against Israeli nationals 
for alleged crimes against Palestinians; 
and 
(III) initiated any further action, 
whether directly or indirectly, based on an 
Advisory Opinion of the International 
Court of Justice that undermines direct 
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negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Pales-
tinian conflict, including matters related to 
final status and Israel’s longstanding secu-
rity rights and responsibilities. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi-
dent is unable to make the certification pursu-
ant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the 
President may waive section 1003 of Public 
Law 100–204 if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Palestinians have entered 
into direct and meaningful negotiations with 
Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 
under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 
previous provisions of law must expire before 
the waiver under this clause may be exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall be effective for no more than a pe-
riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(C) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be made 
available for the Office of Palestinian Affairs, 
Department of State. 
(2) APPLICATION
OF
TAYLOR
FORCE
ACT.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 
for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza shall be 
made available consistent with section 1004(a) of 
the Taylor Force Act (title X of division S of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(3) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 
apply to funds made available by this Act, including 
a description of modifications, if any, to the security 
strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 
(4) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees detailing steps 
taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incite-
ment of violence against Israelis and to promote 
peace and coexistence with Israel. 
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