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Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted religious 
minorities: Provided, That a portion of such funds shall be 
made available for programs to investigate the persecution 
of such minorities by governments and non-state actors and 
for the public dissemination of information collected on such 
persecution, including on the Department of State website. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—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 reli-
gious minorities, including victims of genocide designated by 
the Secretary of State and other groups that have suffered 
crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, to— 
(A) facilitate the implementation of an immediate, 
coordinated, and sustained response to provide humani-
tarian assistance; 
(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, including 
those facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecu-
tion because of their faith or ethnicity; 
(C) improve access to secure locations for obtaining 
humanitarian and resettlement services; and 
(D) build resilience and help reestablish livelihoods 
for displaced and persecuted persons in their communities 
of origin. 
(4) TRANSITIONAL
JUSTICE, 
RECONCILIATION, 
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for the Relief and Recovery Fund, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to support 
transitional justice, reconciliation, and reintegration programs 
for vulnerable and persecuted religious minorities, including 
in the Middle East and North Africa regions: Provided, That 
such funds shall be matched, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, from sources other than the United States Government. 
(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Funds made available by 
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the responsibility of the Ambas-
sador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in consulta-
tion with other relevant United States Government officials. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors, Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available for pro-
grams related to international religious freedom, including reporting 
on the condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
(d) FUNDING CLARIFICATION.— 
(1) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) are 
in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
poses. 
(2) 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 provi-
sion of law for assistance for ethnic and religious minorities 
in Iraq and Syria.
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND 
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of 
this Act that are made available for victims of war, displaced 
children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons 
and assist victims of such trafficking, may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 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 adminis-
tered by the Assistant Secretary 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 coun-
tries. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not 
less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for DNA forensic 
technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to prevent atroc-
ities, including to implement recommendations of the Atrocities 
Prevention Board, or any successor entity: Provided, That the Under 
Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, 
Department of State, shall be responsible for providing the strategic 
policy direction for, and policy oversight of, funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection to the Bureaus of International Nar-
cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to this subsection are in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by the Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development, from this or any 
other Act, may be made available as a general contribution to 
the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law. 
(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ shall be made available to carry out the Program 
for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Inde-
pendent 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 appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for
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the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and maintain 
memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts made avail-
able by title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’, up to $500,000 may be made available for grants pursu-
ant to section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate 
collaboration 
with 
indigenous 
communities, 
and 
up 
to 
$1,000,000 may be made available for grants to carry out the 
activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 
(4) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator may use funds 
appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation 
incentive awards: Provided, That each individual award may 
not exceed $100,000: Provided further, That no more than 10 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2019: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph the term ‘‘innova-
tion incentive award’’ means the provision of funding on a 
competitive basis that— 
(A) encourages and rewards the development of solu-
tions for a particular, well-defined problem related to the 
alleviation of poverty; or 
(B) helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas 
and practices facilitating further development of an idea 
or practice by third parties. 
(5) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to modify the Exchange 
Visitor Program administered by the Department of State to 
implement the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961, as amended, (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 
et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking process pursuant 
to the Administrative Procedure Act 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 reg-
ular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions, regarding how any proposed modification would affect 
the public diplomacy goals of, and the estimated economic 
impact on, the United States. 
(6) REPORT.—The report required by section 502(d) of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division 
N of Public Law 115–31; 22 U.S.C. 254a note) shall be provided 
to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(7) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 
for private sector partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds made 
available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made avail-
able following prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees, and the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner vetting 
program, or making significant changes to the scope of an existing
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partner vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2019, the President 
may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority of section 451 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of State 
should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
assistance for the central government 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 October 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of withholding 
funds under this subsection. 
(i) CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT DETERMINATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated in titles I and III of this Act may be 
used for the preservation of religious sites unless the Secretary 
of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such sites 
are historically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the pur-
pose of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the free 
exercise of religion, and that the project is in the national interest 
of the United States. 
(j) 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 2019, except for 
funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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 
appropriated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be 
transferred. 
(k) AUTHORITY TO COUNTER EXTREMISM.—Funds made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to 
counter extremism may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law restricting assistance to foreign countries, 
except sections 502B and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided, That the use of the authority of this subsection 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees, and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(l) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DIPLOMATIC 
MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) 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 2019. 
(m) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act 
of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The authority con-
tained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations