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assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
improve budget transparency and to support civil society 
organizations in such countries that promote budget trans-
parency: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That a description of the uses of such funds shall 
be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 
required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1)(A) INELIGIBILITY.—Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom the Secretary 
of State has credible information have been involved in signifi-
cant corruption, including corruption related to the extraction 
of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights shall 
be ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately designate 
or identify officials of foreign governments and their immediate 
family members about whom the Secretary has such credible 
information without regard to whether the individual has 
applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 
into the United States would further important United States 
law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the United 
States to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Head-
quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
shall be construed to derogate from United States Government 
obligations under applicable international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver would 
serve a compelling national interest or that the circumstances 
which caused the individual to be ineligible have changed suffi-
ciently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, 
including a classified annex if necessary, to the Committees 
on Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary 
describing the information related to corruption or violation 
of human rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) 
as well as the individuals who the Secretary designated or 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli-
gible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list of any 
waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 
for each waiver. 
(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified portion of the 
report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 
Department of State Web site. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), 
and (5), the records of the Department of State and of diplo-
matic and consular offices of the United States pertaining to 
the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available to promote and support transparency and 
accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 
extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening
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implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 
Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 
8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and to prevent the sale of conflict 
diamonds, and provide technical assistance to promote inde-
pendent audit mechanisms and support civil society participa-
tion in natural resource management. 
(2) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the 
management of the international financial institutions, and 
post on the Department of the Treasury Web site, that 
it is the policy of the United States to vote against any 
assistance by such institutions (including any loan, credit, 
grant, or guarantee) to any country for the extraction and 
export of a natural resource if the government of such 
country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to 
prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments 
as required by United States law, and unless such govern-
ment has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the 
sector in which assistance is being considered for— 
(i) accurately accounting for and public disclosure 
of payments to the host government by companies 
involved in the extraction and export of natural 
resources; 
(ii) the independent auditing of accounts receiving 
such payments and public disclosure of the findings 
of such audits; and 
(iii) public disclosure of such documents as Host 
Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and 
bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemination 
or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, 
information that is commercially proprietary or that 
would create competitive disadvantage. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not 
apply to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity 
of such government to meet the requirements of this 
subparagraph. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any 
independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made avail-
able to support the provision of additional information on United 
States Government foreign assistance on the Department of State 
foreign assistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 
funded under this Act shall provide such information on foreign 
assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 
$2,308,517,000 shall be made available for democracy programs. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $32,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Near East Regional Democracy program. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act for democ-
racy programs may be made available notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, and with regard to the National Endowment 
for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 
funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ 
means programs that support good governance, credible and 
competitive elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, 
and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, and 
the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 
democratic 
political 
parties, 
governments, 
nongovernmental 
organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the develop-
ment of democratic states, and institutions that are responsive 
and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made available pursuant 
to this section that are made available for programs to strengthen 
government institutions shall be prioritized for those institutions 
that demonstrate a commitment to democracy and the rule of law, 
as determined by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
as appropriate. 
(e) RESTRICTION
ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the 
provision of assistance for democracy programs in this Act, the 
organizations implementing such assistance, the specific nature 
of that assistance, and the participants in such programs shall 
not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any 
foreign country: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordina-
tion with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 
USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 
(f) PROGRAM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION OF USE.—Not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator, following consultation with democracy program 
implementing partners, shall each establish guidelines for clari-
fying program design and objectives for democracy programs, 
including the uses of contracts versus grants and cooperative 
agreements in the conduct of democracy programs carried out 
with funds appropriated by this Act: Provided, That such guide-
lines, which shall be made available to all relevant agency 
personnel, shall be in accordance with— 
(A) the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development 
Review, 2015, regarding the objectives of promoting resil-
ient, open, and democratic societies; 
(B) the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI 
of Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), including 
the foreign policy objectives contained therein; and 
(C) sections 6303 through 6305 of title 31, United 
States Code, regarding the selection of contracts and assist-
ance instruments. 
(2) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—USAID shall 
continue to implement civil society and political competition 
and consensus building programs abroad with funds appro-
priated by this Act in a manner that recognizes the unique 
benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in implementing 
such programs: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall 
be construed to affect the ability of any entity, including United 
States small businesses, from competing for proposals for
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USAID-funded civil society and political competition and con-
sensus building programs. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2017, the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator shall each submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the 
use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in the 
conduct of democracy programs with funds made available by 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), which 
shall include funding level, account, program sector and sub-
sector, and a brief summary of purpose. 
(g) STRATEGIC REVIEWS AND REPORT.— 
(1) COUNTRY STRATEGIES.—Prior to the obligation of funds 
made available by this Act for Department of State and USAID 
democracy programs for a nondemocratic or democratic 
transitioning country for which a country strategy has been 
concluded after the date of enactment of this Act, as required 
by section 2111(c)(1) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 
(title XXI of Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 8211) or similar 
provision of law or regulation, the Under Secretary for Civilian 
Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Department of State, 
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the Assist-
ant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, USAID, shall review such strategy to ensure that 
it includes— 
(A) specific goals and objectives for such program, 
including a specific plan and timeline to measure impacts; 
(B) an assessment of the risks associated with the 
conduct of such program to intended beneficiaries and 
implementers, including steps to support and protect such 
individuals; and 
(C) the funding requirements to initiate and sustain 
such program in fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal 
years, as appropriate: 
Provided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘‘nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country’’ shall have 
the same meaning as in section 2104(6) of Public Law 110– 
53. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2016, the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, 
shall submit a report, including a classified annex if necessary, 
to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the meth-
odology and guidelines established and implemented by the 
Department of State and USAID, respectively, to carry out 
the requirements of this subsection: Provided, That such report 
shall also include an analysis of the political and social condi-
tions in a nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country 
that are a prerequisite for the conduct of democracy programs. 
(h) CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) COUNTRY
ALLOCATIONS.—The Deputy Secretary for 
Management and Resources, Department of State, shall consult 
with the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy 
and Human Rights, Department of State, and the Assistant 
Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, USAID, on the proposed funding levels for democ-
racy programs by country in the report submitted to Congress