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ety organizations in such countries that promote 
budget transparency. 
(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 shall be ineli-
gible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify the 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 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) 
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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 en-
actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2021, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report, including a classified annex if 
necessary, to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and the Committees on the Judiciary describing 
the information related to corruption or violation of 
human rights concerning each of the individuals 
found ineligible 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 ineligible but for 
the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waiv-
ers provided under paragraph (3), and the justifica-
tion for each waiver. 
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(5) 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 
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 diamonds, and provide 
technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
natural resource management. 
(2) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
AND
INDEPENDENT 
AUDITS.—(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the executive director of each international 
financial institution that it is the policy of the 
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United States to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such in-
stitutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
antee) 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 un-
less such government has adopted laws, regulations, 
or procedures in the sector in which assistance is 
being considered to meet the standards included 
under this section in the report accompanying this 
Act. 
(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. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as-
sistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies fund-
ed under this Act shall provide such information on for-
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eign assistance, upon request and in a timely manner, to 
the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $2,400,500,000 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. 
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(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 
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 this section that are made available for 
programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 
prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com-
mitment to democracy and the rule of law. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re-
spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro-
grams 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. 
(f) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT
PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit-
ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
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with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec-
ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 
agreements in implementing such programs. 
(g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 
Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu-
manitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the 
NED of democracy programs that are planned and sup-
ported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs. 
(h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND 
JOURNALISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be made available to support and pro-
tect civil society activists and journalists who have been 
threatened, harassed, or attacked, including journalists af-
filiated with the United States Agency for Global Media, 
consistent with the action plan submitted pursuant to, and 
on the same terms and conditions of, section 7032(i) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(i) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.— 
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(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall 
be made available for the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, for 
the costs of administering programs designed to pro-
mote and defend freedom of expression and the inde-
pendence of the media in countries where such free-
dom and independence are restricted or denied. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs that promote and defend freedom of ex-
pression and the independence of the media abroad: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise made available by this Act for such pur-
poses, and are intended to complement emergency 
and safety programs for civil society, including jour-
nalists and media outlets at risk: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
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 
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for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State, including for support staff at not less than 
the amounts specified for such office in the table under 
such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available 
for international religious freedom programs and funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for humanitarian 
assistance for vulnerable and persecuted religious minori-
ties: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this 
section shall be made available at not less than the amount 
in the table under such heading in the report accom-
panying this Act and shall be the responsibility of the Am-
bassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in 
consultation with other relevant United States Govern-
ment officials, and shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(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 
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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, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2021. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, 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 notwith-
standing 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 foren-
sic anthropology assistance related to the exhuma-
tion and identification of victims of war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall 
be administered by the Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
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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 assist-
ance for countries. 
(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) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—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 $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ-
ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre-
vention Board: Provided, That funds made available pur-
suant to this subsection are in addition to amounts other-
wise 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 Humanitarian Assistance, United States 
Agency for International Development, from this or any 
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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 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 
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 
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Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 
partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds 
made available pursuant to this paragraph may only 
be made available following prior consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees, and the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(4) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available by title I of this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 
may be made available for grants pursuant to sec-
tion 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 An-
tiquities Task Force. 
(5) 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): Provided, 
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That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 15 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2021. 
(6) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
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. 
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(7) 
INTERNATIONAL
FAIRS
AND
EXPO-
SITIONS.—Notwithstanding section 204 of the Admi-
ral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Re-
lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for 
this fiscal year may be made available for United 
States participation in international fairs and expo-
sitions abroad, including for construction and oper-
ation of United States pavilions or other major ex-
hibits, subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That any such funds 
shall be made available on a cost matching basis 
from sources other than the United States Govern-
ment, to the maximum extent practicable: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
paragraph may not be used to reimburse any partici-
pation in international fairs and expositions abroad 
that took place prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That the Office of Inspector 
General, Department of State, shall conduct a finan-
cial and performance audit and issue a report on the 
use of such authority. 
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(A) the implementation of any action or 
policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the 
Russian Federation over Crimea or other terri-
tory in Ukraine; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 
of United States Government investments in 
Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the 
control of Russian-backed separatists, if such 
activity includes the participation of Russian 
Government officials, or other Russian owned 
or controlled financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea or other terri-
tory in Ukraine under the control of Russian- 
backed separatists, if such assistance includes 
the participation of Russian Government offi-
cials, or other Russian owned or controlled fi-
nancial entities. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive directors of each 
international financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to oppose any assist-
ance by such institution (including any loan, credit, 
or guarantee) for any program that violates the sov-
ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
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by the Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2, 
2019. 
TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 433. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall – (1) 
be consistent with the calendar year or fiscal year basis 
of the funding agreement or annual funding agreement be-
tween the Secretary and Indian tribe or tribal organization 
under that Act; and (2) commence no earlier that the date 
of receipt of the lease proposal. 
(b) REFERENCES.—None of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to compensate an Indian tribe 
or tribal organization for any lease under section 105(l) 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) that is on a calendar year 
or fiscal year basis and that is received during the 120- 
day period ending on the last day of the calendar year 
or fiscal year. 
(c) REFERENCES.—None of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to compensate an Indian tribe 
or tribal organization for any portion of a lease under sec-
tion 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) that exceeds the 
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