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mentation of FMS 2023 by the Department of State: 
Provided, That not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall submit a comprehensive strategic re-
view to the appropriate congressional committees on 
the implementation and impact of such reforms in the 
Indo-Pacific: Provided further, That such review shall 
provide an assessment of major defense equipment 
sought by key United States allies and security part-
ners in the region, including the Philippines, Indo-
nesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Taiwan: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall consult with the ap-
propriate congressional committees prior to submit-
ting such review. 
(5) MAPS.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act should be used to create, procure, or display 
any map that inaccurately depicts the territory and 
social and economic system of Taiwan and the is-
lands or island groups administered by Taiwan au-
thorities. 
(d) LAOS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $93,000,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for Laos, including for assist-
ance for persons with disabilities caused by unexploded ord-
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nance accidents, and of which up to $1,500,000 may be 
made available for programs to assist persons with severe 
physical mobility, cognitive, or developmental disabilities 
in areas sprayed with Agent Orange: Provided, That funds 
made available pursuant to this subsection may be used, 
in consultation with the Government of Laos, for assess-
ments of the existence of dioxin contamination resulting 
from the use of Agent Orange in Laos and the feasibility 
and cost of remediation. 
(e) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs may be made available for as-
sistance for the central government of a country the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees engages in signifi-
cant transactions contributing materially to the mali-
cious cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Government 
of North Korea: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall submit the report required by section 209 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 U.S.C. 9229) to the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State may waive the applica-
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tion of the restriction in this paragraph with respect 
to assistance for the central government of a country 
if the Secretary determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that to do so is im-
portant to the national security interest of the United 
States, including a description of such interest served. 
(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 
broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not less 
than the prior fiscal year. 
(3) HUMAN
RIGHTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made avail-
able for the promotion of human rights in North 
Korea: Provided, That the authority of section 
7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds. 
(4) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available 
for assistance for the Government of North Korea. 
(f) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for 
the Department of State and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’
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for the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment shall be made available to expand the United 
States diplomatic and development presence in Pa-
cific Islands countries (PICs), including the number 
and location of facilities and personnel. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for PICs, including to imple-
ment the Pacific Partnership Strategy of the United 
States and Partners in the Blue Pacific initiative, 
and to further the goals of the Pacific Islands Fo-
rum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent: 
Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for the Countering PRC Influence 
Fund shall be made available for assistance for PICs, 
in addition to funds made available under this para-
graph: Provided further, That funds made available 
by this paragraph for assistance for PICs shall be 
made available for programs and activities to 
strengthen and expand cooperation between the
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United States and higher education institutions in 
PICs, to be awarded on a competitive basis: Provided 
further, That funds made available by this paragraph 
for assistance for PICs shall be made available to ap-
propriately commemorate the anniversary of World 
War II battles in the Pacific in which American serv-
icemen and women lost their lives: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available by this paragraph 
for assistance for PICs, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be made available for trilateral programs. 
(g) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China or the Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) HONG KONG.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the first paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for democracy and Internet freedom 
programs for Hong Kong, including legal and other 
support for democracy activists. 
(h) PHILIPPINES.— 
(1) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less
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than $40,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for the Philippines. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be 
made available for counternarcotics assistance for the 
Philippines, except for drug demand reduction, mari-
time law enforcement, or transnational interdiction. 
(i) TAIWAN.— 
(1) 
GLOBAL
COOPERATION
AND
TRAINING 
FRAMEWORK.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Global Cooperation and Training Framework, which 
shall be administered by the American Institute in 
Taiwan. 
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less 
than $300,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for Taiwan: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall prioritize the delivery of defense articles and 
services for Taiwan.
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(3) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PROGRAM 
LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, except for 
amounts designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, may be made available for the costs, as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan guarantees for 
Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(g) of the Tai-
wan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title LV 
of division E of Public Law 117–263). 
(4) 
FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM.—Funds 
appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Payment to 
the American Institute in Taiwan’’ shall be made 
available for the Taiwan Fellowship Program. 
(5) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations on the uses of funds made available pursu-
ant to this subsection: Provided, That such funds shall
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be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) TIBET.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations with experience working with 
Tibetan communities to support activities which pre-
serve cultural traditions and promote sustainable de-
velopment, education, and environmental conserva-
tion in Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous 
Region and in other Tibetan communities in China. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 
promote and preserve Tibetan culture and language 
in the refugee and diaspora Tibetan communities, de-
velopment, and the resilience of Tibetan communities 
and the Central Tibetan Administration in India and 
Nepal, and to assist in the education and development 
of the next generation of Tibetan leaders from such 
communities: Provided, That such funds are in addi-
tion to amounts made available in paragraph (1) for 
programs inside Tibet.
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(3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 
strengthen the capacity of the Central Tibetan Ad-
ministration, of which up to $1,500,000 may be made 
available to address economic growth and capacity 
building activities, including for displaced Tibetan 
refugee families in India and Nepal to help meet 
basic needs, following consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That such funds 
shall be administered by USAID. 
(k) VIETNAM.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $197,000,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for Vietnam, of which not less 
than— 
(1) $30,000,000 shall be made available for 
health and disability programs to assist persons with 
severe physical mobility, cognitive, or developmental 
disabilities: Provided, That such funds shall be 
prioritized to assist persons whose disabilities may be 
related to the use of Agent Orange and exposure to 
dioxin, or are the result of unexploded ordnance acci-
dents; 
(2) $20,000,000 shall be made available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for activities re-
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lated to the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites 
in Vietnam and may be made available for assistance 
for the Government of Vietnam, including the mili-
tary, for such purposes; 
(3) $3,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Reconciliation/Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Ini-
tiative; and 
(4) $15,000,000 shall be made available for high-
er education programs. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for Afghanistan may be made available for as-
sistance to the Taliban. 
(2) AFGHAN STUDENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs shall be made available to— 
(A) support the higher education of students 
from Afghanistan studying outside of the coun-
try, including the costs of reimbursement to in-
stitutions hosting such students, as appropriate: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for
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International Development, as appropriate, shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to the initial obligation of funds for such 
purposes; and 
(B) provide modified learning opportunities 
for women and girls in Afghanistan, including 
but not limited to, efforts to expand internet ac-
cess, online schooling, and distribution of edu-
cational content. 
(3) AFGHAN WOMEN.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
that are made available for assistance for Af-
ghanistan, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to investigate and 
document human rights abuses against women 
in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds shall 
be the responsibility of the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, 
following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan shall be made available for a program for 
Afghan women-led organizations to support edu-
862 
cation, human rights, and economic livelihoods 
in Afghanistan: Provided, That such program 
shall be co-designed by women in Afghanistan. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
and the USAID Administrator shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
plans, consistent with the restriction contained in 
paragraph (1), to— 
(A) protect and strengthen the rights of Af-
ghan women and girls; 
(B) support higher education programs, in-
cluding continued support for the American Uni-
versity of Afghanistan’s (AUAF) online pro-
grams and support for other higher education in-
stitutions in South Asia and the Middle East 
that are hosting AUAF and other Afghan stu-
dents; 
(C) support Afghan civil society activists, 
journalists, and independent media, including in 
third countries; and 
(D) support health, education, including 
community-based education, and other programs 
to address the basic needs of the people of Af-
ghanistan.
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(b) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ that are made available for assistance for 
Pakistan may only be made available to support 
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities 
in Pakistan. 
(2) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 
available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 
shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison 
and cleared of all charges relating to the assistance 
provided to the United States in locating Osama bin 
Laden. 
(c) SRI LANKA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for assist-
ance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic de-
velopment programs, particularly in areas recovering 
from ethnic and religious conflict. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance for the central Government of 
Sri Lanka may be made available only if the Sec-
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retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such Government is taking ef-
fective and consistent steps to— 
(A) protect the rights and freedoms of the 
people of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and 
religious belief, including by investigating viola-
tions of human rights and the laws of war and 
holding perpetrators of such violations account-
able; 
(B) implement the necessary political, eco-
nomic, military, and legal reforms to enable eco-
nomic recovery and to prevent conflict and fu-
ture economic crises; 
(C) increase transparency and account-
ability in governance and combat corruption, in-
cluding bringing to justice public officials who 
have engaged in significant acts of corruption; 
(D) assert its sovereignty against influence 
by the People’s Republic of China; and 
(E) promote reconciliation between ethnic 
and religious groups, particularly arising from 
past conflict in Sri Lanka, as described under 
this section in House Report 118–146: 
Provided, That the limitations of this paragraph shall 
not apply to funds made available for humanitarian
865 
assistance and disaster response; to protect human 
rights, locate and identify missing persons, and assist 
victims of torture and trauma; to promote justice, ac-
countability, and reconciliation; to enhance maritime 
security and domain awareness; to promote fiscal 
transparency and sovereignty; and for International 
Military Education and Training. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for the Sri 
Lankan armed forces may only be made available 
for— 
(A) international peacekeeping operations 
training; 
(B) humanitarian assistance and disaster 
response; 
(C) instruction in human rights and related 
curricula development; 
(D) maritime security and domain aware-
ness, including professionalization and training 
for the navy and coast guard; and 
(E) programs and activities under the head-
ing ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds made available for 
assistance for Sri Lanka for international peace-
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keeping operations training shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND 
THE CARIBBEAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV and made available for countries in Latin 
America and the Caribbean shall be prioritized for pro-
grams as described under this section in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for 
assistance for countries in Central America, con-
sistent with subsection (a), of which— 
(A) $61,500,000 should be made available to 
support entities and activities to combat corrup-
tion and impunity in such countries, including, 
as appropriate, offices of Attorneys General; 
(B) $70,000,000 should be made available 
for programs to reduce violence against women 
and girls, including for Indigenous women and 
girls; 
(C) funds should be made available for as-
sistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Hon-
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duras for programs that support locally-led de-
velopment in such countries: Provided, That up 
to 15 percent of the funds made available to 
carry out this subparagraph may be used by the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development for administrative 
and oversight expenses related to the purposes of 
this subparagraph: Provided further, That the 
USAID Administrator shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the planned 
uses of funds to carry out this subparagraph 
prior to the initial obligation of funds: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations; and 
(D) funds shall be made available for the 
youth empowerment program established pursu-
ant to section 7045(a)(1)(C) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of 
Public Law 117–103). 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
CERTAIN 
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) Of the funds made available pursuant 
to paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Economic
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Support Fund’’ and under title IV of this Act, 
60 percent of such funds that are made available 
for assistance for each of the central governments 
of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras may 
only be obligated after the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(i) combating corruption and impu-
nity, including investigating and pros-
ecuting government officials, military per-
sonnel, and police officers credibly alleged to 
be corrupt, and improving strategies to 
combat money laundering and other global 
financial crimes; 
(ii) implementing reforms, policies, 
and programs to strengthen the rule of law, 
including increasing the transparency of 
public institutions, strengthening the inde-
pendence of judicial and electoral institu-
tions, and improving the transparency of 
political campaign and political party fi-
nancing; 
(iii) protecting the rights of human 
rights defenders, trade unionists, journal-
ists, civil society groups, opposition polit-
869 
ical parties, and the independence of the 
media; 
(iv) providing effective and accountable 
law enforcement and security for its citi-
zens, curtailing the role of the military in 
public security, and upholding due process 
of law; 
(v) implementing programs to reduce 
violence against women and girls; 
(vi) implementing policies to reduce 
poverty and promote economic growth and 
opportunity, including the implementation 
of reforms to strengthen educational sys-
tems, vocational training programs, and 
programs for at-risk youth; 
(vii) cooperating with the United 
States to counter drug trafficking, human 
trafficking 
and 
smuggling, 
and 
other 
transnational crime; 
(viii) cooperating with the United 
States and other governments in the region 
to facilitate the return, repatriation, and 
reintegration of migrants; 
(ix) taking demonstrable actions to se-
cure national borders and stem mass migra-
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tion, including by informing its citizens of 
the dangers of the journey to the southwest 
border of the United States and advancing 
efforts to combat crime and violence, build 
economic opportunity, improve government 
services, and protect human rights; and 
(x) implementing policies that improve 
the environment for businesses, including 
foreign businesses, to operate and invest, in-
cluding executing tax reform in a trans-
parent manner, ensuring effective legal 
mechanisms for reimbursements of tax re-
funds owed to United States businesses, and 
resolving disputes involving the confiscation 
of real property of United States entities. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply to funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for— 
(i) judicial entities and activities to 
combat corruption and impunity; 
(ii) programs to combat gender-based 
violence; 
(iii) programs to promote and protect 
human rights, including those of Indigenous
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communities and Afro-descendants, and to 
investigate human rights abuses; 
(iv) support for women’s economic em-
powerment; 
(v) humanitarian assistance; and 
(vi) food security programs. 
(C) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ may be made available for 
assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Hon-
duras, except for programs that support humani-
tarian assistance and disaster response. 
(c) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) PRE-OBLIGATION
REPORTS.—Prior to the 
initial obligation of funds appropriated by this Act 
and made available for assistance for Colombia, the 
Secretary of State shall submit the reports required 
under this section in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
(2) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV shall be made available for as-
sistance for Colombia: Provided, That such funds
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shall be made available for the programs and ac-
tivities described under this section in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’ and made available 
for assistance pursuant to this subsection, not 
less than $40,000,000 shall be made available to 
enhance rural security in coca producing mu-
nicipalities and other municipalities with high 
levels of illicit activities: Provided, That such 
funds shall be prioritized in such municipalities 
that are also targeted for assistance programs 
that provide viable economic alternatives and 
improve access to public services. 
(3) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ that are made available for assistance for 
Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only if 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that in the pre-
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vious 12 months the Government of Colombia 
has— 
(i) reduced overall coca cultivation, 
production, and drug trafficking; 
(ii) continued cooperating with the 
United States on joint counternarcotics 
strategies; and 
(iii) maintained extradition coopera-
tion with the United States. 
(B) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ and made avail-
able for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent may 
be obligated only if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that— 
(i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace 
and other judicial authorities, as appro-
priate, are sentencing perpetrators of gross 
violations of human rights, including those 
with command responsibility, to depriva-
tion of liberty; 
(ii) the Government of Colombia is 
making consistent progress in reducing 
threats and attacks against human rights
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defenders and other civil society activists, 
and judicial authorities are prosecuting and 
punishing those responsible for ordering and 
carrying out such attacks; 
(iii) the Government of Colombia is 
making consistent progress in protecting 
Afro-Colombian and Indigenous commu-
nities and is respecting their rights and ter-
ritories; 
(iv) senior military officers credibly al-
leged, or whose units are credibly alleged, to 
be responsible for ordering, committing, and 
covering up cases of false positives and 
other extrajudicial killings, or of commit-
ting other gross violations of human rights, 
or of conducting illegal communications 
intercepts or other illicit surveillance, are 
being held accountable, including removal 
from active duty if found guilty through 
criminal, administrative, or disciplinary 
proceedings; and 
(v) the Colombian Armed Forces are 
cooperating fully with the requirements de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (iv).
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(4) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph 
(3) shall not apply to funds made available for avia-
tion instruction and maintenance, and maritime and 
riverine security programs. 
(5) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs and made available 
for assistance for Colombia may be used to transport 
personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 
and interdiction, including security for such activi-
ties, and to provide transport in support of alter-
native development programs and investigations by 
civilian judicial authorities. 
(6) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs that are made available for as-
sistance for Colombia may be made available for pay-
ment of reparations to conflict victims, compensation 
to demobilized combatants, or cash subsidies for 
agrarian reforms associated with the implementation 
of the 2016 peace agreement between the Government 
of Colombia and illegal armed groups.
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(d) CUBA DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and made available for democracy programs in 
Cuba may not be made available for business promotion, 
economic reform, entrepreneurship, or any other assistance 
that is not democracy building as expressly authorized in 
the 
Cuban 
Liberty 
and 
Democratic 
Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 and the Cuban Democracy Act 
of 1992. 
(e) CUBAN DOCTORS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees listing the countries and international or-
ganizations for which the Secretary has credible infor-
mation are directly paying the Government of Cuba 
for coerced and trafficked labor of Cuban medical pro-
fessionals: Provided, That such report shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
apply the requirements of section 7031(c) of this Act 
to officials from countries and organizations identi-
fied in the report required pursuant to the previous 
paragraph.
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(f) FACILITATING IRRESPONSIBLE MIGRATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used to encourage, mobilize, publicize, or 
manage mass-migration caravans towards the United 
States southwest border: Provided, That not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees with analysis on the organization and funding of 
mass-migration caravans in the Western Hemisphere: Pro-
vided further, That the prohibition contained in this sub-
section shall not be construed to preclude the provision of 
humanitarian assistance. 
(g) HAITI.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under titles III and IV shall be made available 
for assistance for Haiti to support the basic needs of 
the Haitian people. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for assistance for 
Haiti may only be made available for the central 
Government of Haiti if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees by January 1, 2025 that elections have been 
scheduled or held in Haiti and it is in the national
878 
interest of the United States to provide such assist-
ance. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(2), funds may be made available to support— 
(A) democracy programs; 
(B) police, anti-gang, and administration 
of justice programs, including to reduce pre-trial 
detention and eliminate inhumane prison condi-
tions; 
(C) public health, food security, subsistence 
farmers, water and sanitation, education, and 
other programs to meet basic human needs; and 
(D) disaster relief and recovery. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs that are made available for any new 
program, project, or activity in Haiti shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That the requirement of this 
paragraph shall also apply to any funds from such 
Acts that are made available for support for an inter-
national security force in Haiti.
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(5) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act may 
be used for assistance for the armed forces of Haiti. 
(6) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government of 
Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and 
services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 
(7) MODIFICATION.—Section 7045(c)(3) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K 
of Public Law 117–328) is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
(h) MEXICO.—Of the funds appropriated under title 
IV in this Act that are made available for assistance for 
Mexico, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the Government of 
Mexico has taken steps to— 
(1) reduce the amount of fentanyl arriving at the 
United States-Mexico border; 
(2) 
dismantle 
and 
hold 
accountable 
transnational criminal organizations; 
(3) support joint counternarcotics operations 
and intelligence sharing with United States counter-
parts; and
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(4) respect extradition requests for criminals 
sought by the United States. 
(i) NICARAGUA.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 
and religious freedom programs for Nicaragua. 
(j) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall instruct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the Orga-
nization of American States (OAS) to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to: 
(A) implement budgetary reforms and effi-
ciencies within the Organization; 
(B) eliminate arrears, increase other donor 
contributions, and impose penalties for successive 
late payment of assessments; 
(C) prevent programmatic and organiza-
tional redundancies and consolidate duplicative 
activities and functions; 
(D) prioritize areas in which the OAS has 
expertise, such as strengthening democracy, mon-
itoring electoral processes, and protecting human 
rights; and 
(E) implement reforms within the Office of 
the Inspector General (OIG) to ensure the OIG
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has the necessary leadership, integrity, profes-
sionalism, independence, policies, and procedures 
to properly carry out its responsibilities in a 
manner that meets or exceeds best practices in 
the United States. 
(2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
by this Act and made available for an assessed con-
tribution to the Organization of American States, but 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees on ac-
tions taken or planned to be taken pursuant to para-
graph (1) that are in addition to actions taken dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year, and the results of such 
actions. 
(k) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $88,000,000 
shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security 
Initiative. 
(l) VENEZUELA.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $50,000,000 
should be made available for democracy programs for 
Venezuela.
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(2) Of the funds made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1) that are allocated for electoral-related 
activities, 50 percent may only be obligated after the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that elections re-
lated to such activities— 
(A) allow for the diaspora from Venezuela 
to participate; 
(B) are open for credible, unobstructed 
international observation; and 
(C) allow for opposition candidates selected 
through credible and democratic processes to par-
ticipate. 
(3) Funds shall be made available for assistance 
for communities in countries supporting or otherwise 
impacted by migrants from Venezuela: Provided, That 
such amounts are in addition to funds otherwise 
made available for assistance for such countries and 
are subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
EUROPE AND EURASIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUP-
PORT ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act 
(22 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to—
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(1) activities to support democracy or assistance 
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 
U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the Defense 
Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 
U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation assistance; 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961; 
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
acting within his or her official capacity; 
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 
other assistance provided by the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation as au-
thorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of 
Public Law 115–254); 
(5) any financing provided under the Export- 
Import Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
(b) TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act may be made available for assistance 
for a government of an Independent State of the former So-
viet Union if such government directs any action in viola-
tion of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of 
any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union,
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such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: 
Provided, That except as otherwise provided in section 
7047(a) of this Act, funds may be made available without 
regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 
determines that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States: Provided further, That prior to exe-
cuting the authority contained in the previous proviso, the 
Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations on how such assistance supports the national 
security interest of the United States. 
(c) TURKEY.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of 
defense articles or defense services to the Turkish Presi-
dential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that members of the TPPD 
who are named in the July 17, 2017, indictment by the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and against 
whom there are pending charges, have returned to the 
United States to stand trial in connection with the offenses 
contained in such indictment or have otherwise been 
brought to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this 
paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds made avail-
able by this Act for border security purposes, for North At-
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lantic Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to 
enhance the protection of United States officials and facili-
ties in Turkey. 
(d) UKRAINE.— 
(1) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of 
other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the 
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 
Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees 
a strategy to prioritize United States national secu-
rity interests in response to Russian aggression in 
Ukraine and its impact in Europe and Eurasia, 
which shall include an explanation of how United 
States assistance for Ukraine and affected countries 
in the region advances the objectives of such strategy: 
Provided, That such strategy shall include clear goals, 
benchmarks, timelines, and strategic objectives with 
respect to funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
are made available for assistance for Ukraine, includ-
ing details on the staffing requirements necessary to 
carry out such strategy.
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(2) COST
MATCHING.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen-
tral Asia’’ that are made available for contributions 
to the Government of Ukraine may not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total amount provided for such assistance 
by all sources: Provided, That the President may 
waive the limitation in this paragraph if the Presi-
dent determines and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that to do so is in the national 
security interest of the United States, including a de-
tailed justification for such determination and an ex-
planation as to why other donors to the Government 
of Ukraine are unable to meet or exceed such level: 
Provided further, That following such determination, 
the President shall submit a report to the Speaker 
and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 
the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and 
the appropriate congressional committees every 120 
days while assistance is provided in reliance on the 
determination under the previous proviso detailing 
steps taken by the Department of State to increase 
other donor contributions and an update on the status 
of such contributions: Provided further, That the re-
quirements of this paragraph shall continue in effect
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until funds made available by this Act pursuant to 
this paragraph have been expended. 
(3) OVERSIGHT.— 
(A) STAFFING.—Funds appropriated under 
titles I and II of this Act shall be made available 
to support the appropriate level of staff in 
Ukraine and neighboring countries to conduct ef-
fective monitoring and oversight of United States 
foreign assistance and ensure the safety and se-
curity of United States personnel, consistent 
with the strategy required in paragraph (1). 
(B) IN-PERSON
MONITORING.—The Sec-
retary of State shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, ensure that funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’ and made available for project-based as-
sistance for Ukraine are subject to in-person 
monitoring by United States personnel or by vet-
ted third party monitors. 
(C) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds ap-
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propriated by this Act and made available for 
assistance for Ukraine under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re-
lated Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’, the Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator shall jointly certify and 
report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that mechanisms for monitoring and over-
sight of funds are in place and functioning to 
ensure accountability of such funds to prevent 
waste, fraud, abuse, diversion, and corruption, 
including mechanisms such as use of third-party 
monitors, enhanced end-use monitoring, external 
and independent audits and evaluations, ran-
domized spot checks, and regular reporting on 
outcomes achieved and progress made toward 
stated program objectives, consistent with the 
strategy required in paragraph (1): Provided, 
That section 7015(e) of this Act shall apply to 
the certification requirement of this subpara-
graph.
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(D) NOTIFICATION.—The requirements of 
section 1706 of the Additional Ukraine Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division M of 
Public Law 117–328) shall apply to funds ap-
propriated by this Act under titles I through IV 
that are made available for assistance for 
Ukraine. 
(E) REPORTS.— 
(i) Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and every 90 
days thereafter until all funds appropriated 
by this Act and made available for Ukraine 
have been expended, the Secretary of State 
and the USAID Administrator shall pro-
vide a comprehensive report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on assist-
ance made available for Ukraine since Feb-
ruary 24, 2022, in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs: Provided, That such report shall 
include the total amount of such funds, 
disaggregated by account and fiscal year, 
that remain unobligated, are obligated but
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unexpended, and are committed but not yet 
notified. 
(ii) Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and every 90 
days thereafter until all funds appropriated 
by this Act and made available for Ukraine 
have been expended, the Secretary of State 
and the USAID Administrator shall jointly 
report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the use and planned uses of 
funds made available during fiscal year 
2024 for assistance for Ukraine, including 
categories and amounts, the intended results 
and the results achieved, a summary of 
other donor contributions, and a description 
of the efforts undertaken by the Secretary 
and Administrator to increase other donor 
contributions: Provided, That such reports 
shall also include the metrics established to 
measure such results, and determine effec-
tiveness of funds provided, and a detailed 
description of coordination and information 
sharing with the Offices of the Inspectors 
General, including a full accounting of any 
reported allegations of waste, fraud, abuse,
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and corruption, steps taken to verify such 
allegations, and steps taken to address all 
verified allegations. 
(F) TRANSPARENCY.—The reports required 
under this subsection shall be made publicly 
available consistent with the requirements of sec-
tion 7016(b) of this Act. 
COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION 
SEC. 7047. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act may be made available for assistance 
for the central Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central government of a country that the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations has taken affirmative steps 
intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 
Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in 
Ukraine: Provided, That except as otherwise provided 
in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive the re-
striction on assistance required by this paragraph if 
the Secretary determines and reports to such Commit-
tees that to do so is in the national interest of the
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United States, and includes a justification for such 
interest. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for— 
(A) the implementation of any action or 
policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the Rus-
sian Federation over Crimea or other territory 
in Ukraine; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 
of United States Government investments in Cri-
mea or other territory in Ukraine under the con-
trol of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed 
forces, if such activity includes the participation 
of Russian Government officials, or other Rus-
sian owned or controlled financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory 
in Ukraine under the control of the Russian Fed-
eration or Russian-backed forces, if such assist-
ance includes the participation of Russian Gov-
ernment officials, or other Russian owned or con-
trolled financial entities. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
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
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United States to oppose any assistance by such insti-
tution (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
antee) for any program that violates the sovereignty 
or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
(4) DURATION.—The requirements and limita-
tions of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of 
Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea 
and other territory in Ukraine under the control of 
the Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces. 
(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF 
ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central government of a country that the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations has recognized the inde-
pendence of, or has established diplomatic relations 
with, the Russian Federation occupied Georgian terri-
tories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary shall publish on 
the Department of State website a list of any such 
central governments in a timely manner: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction
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on assistance required by this paragraph if the Sec-
retary determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that to do so is in the national inter-
est of the United States, and includes a justification 
for such interest. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available to support 
the Russian Federation occupation of the Georgian 
territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
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 oppose any assistance by such insti-
tution (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
antee) for any program that violates the sovereignty 
and territorial integrity of Georgia. 
(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign
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Military Financing Program’’, not less than $300,000,000 
shall be made available to carry out the purposes of the 
Countering Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 254 of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe 
and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 
9543) and notwithstanding the country limitation in sub-
section (b) of such section, and programs to enhance the 
capacity of law enforcement and security forces in countries 
in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia and strengthen secu-
rity cooperation between such countries and the United 
States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as ap-
propriate: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
to this paragraph under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ may remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY
AND
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations whether each organization, 
department, or agency receiving a contribution from funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Contributions 
to International Organizations’’ and ‘‘International Orga-
nizations and Programs’’—
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(1) is posting on a publicly available website, 
consistent with privacy regulations and due process, 
regular financial and programmatic audits of such 
organization, department, or agency, and providing 
the United States Government with necessary access 
to such financial and performance audits; 
(2) has submitted a report to the Department of 
State, which shall be posted on the Department’s 
website in a timely manner, demonstrating that such 
organization is effectively implementing and enforc-
ing policies and procedures which meet or exceed best 
practices in the United States for the protection of 
whistleblowers from retaliation, including— 
(A) protection against retaliation for inter-
nal and lawful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting re-
taliation; 
(D) access to binding independent adjudica-
tive bodies, including shared cost and selection of 
external arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of prov-
en retaliation, including provision for the res-
toration of prior employment; and
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(3) is effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures on the appropriate use of 
travel funds, including restrictions on first-class and 
business-class travel; 
(4) is taking credible steps to combat anti-Israel 
bias; 
(5) is developing and implementing mechanisms 
to inform donors of instances in which funds have 
been diverted or destroyed and an explanation of the 
response by the respective international organization; 
and 
(6) is implementing policies and procedures to 
effectively vet staff for any affiliation with a terrorist 
organization. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGA-
TIONS.—None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay expenses for any United States 
delegation to any specialized agency, body, or com-
mission of the United Nations if such agency, body, 
or commission is chaired or presided over by a coun-
try, the government of which the Secretary of State 
has determined, for purposes of section 1754(c) of the
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Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)), supports international terrorism. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
the Secretary of State as a contribution to any orga-
nization, agency, commission, or program within the 
United Nations system if such organization, agency, 
commission, or program is chaired or presided over 
by a country the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined, for purposes of section 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act, section 1754(c) of the 
Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)), or any other provision of law, is a govern-
ment that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive 
the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary de-
termines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is important to the national 
interest of the United States, including a description 
of the national interest served. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available in support of the United Na-
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tions Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that participation in the Coun-
cil is important to the national interest of the United 
States and that such Council is taking significant 
steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item 
and ensure integrity in the election of members to 
such Council: Provided, That such report shall in-
clude a description of the national interest served and 
provide a detailed reform agenda, including a 
timeline to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item 
and ensure integrity in the election of members to 
such Council: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
State shall withhold, from funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’ for a contribution to the 
United Nations Regular Budget, the United States 
proportionate share of the total annual amount of the 
United Nations Regular Budget funding for the 
United Nations Human Rights Council until such de-
termination and report is made: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary is unable to make such deter-
mination and report, such amounts may be repro-
grammed for purposes other than the United Nations 
Regular Budget, subject to the regular notification
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procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2024, on the resolutions considered in the 
United Nations Human Rights Council during the 
previous 12 months, and on steps taken to remove 
Israel as a permanent agenda item and to improve 
the quality of membership through competitive elec-
tions. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the United Nations Inter-
national Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Pal-
estinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and 
Israel. 
(d) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for car-
rying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used 
to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages, 
or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for partici-
pation of another country’s delegation at international con-
ferences held under the auspices of multilateral or inter-
national organizations.
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 
fiscal year 2024 for contributions to any organization, de-
partment, agency, or program within the United Nations 
system or any international program that are withheld 
from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall update such report each 
time additional funds are withheld by operation of any pro-
vision of law: Provided further, That the reprogramming 
of any withheld funds identified in such report, including 
updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(f) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE-
KEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, withhold assistance to any 
unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Sec-
retary has credible information that such unit has engaged 
in sexual exploitation or abuse, including while serving in 
a United Nations peacekeeping operation, until the Sec-
retary determines that the government of such country is 
taking effective steps to hold the responsible members of such 
unit accountable and to prevent future incidents: Provided,
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That the Secretary shall promptly notify the government 
of each country subject to any withholding of assistance 
pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees of such withholding not 
later than 10 days after a determination to withhold such 
assistance is made: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist such gov-
ernment in bringing the responsible members of such unit 
to justice. 
(g) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, funds appropriated by this Act which are returned 
or not made available due to the second proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Ac-
tivities’’ in title I of this Act or section 307(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for pro-
grams in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by 
this Act. 
(h) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development,
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shall seek to enter into written agreements with each inter-
national organization that receives funding appropriated 
by this Act to provide timely access to the Inspectors Gen-
eral of the Department of State and the United States Agen-
cy for International Development and the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States to such organization’s financial 
data and other information relevant to United States con-
tributions to such organization, as determined by the In-
spectors and Comptroller General. 
(i) STRENGTHENING AMERICAN PRESENCE AT INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) Of the funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and 
Programs’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for the placement of United States citizens 
in the Junior Professional Officer Programme. 
(2) Of the funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less 
than $750,000 shall be made available to enhance the 
competitiveness of United States citizens for leader-
ship positions in the United Nations system, includ-
ing pursuant to section 9701 of the Department of 
State Authorization Act of 2022 (title XCVII of divi-
sion I of Public Law 117–263).
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL 
SEC. 7049. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 
or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be made avail-
able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2024 under the headings 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than $94,000,000 
shall be made available for programs to promote Internet
905 
freedom globally, consistent with section 9707 of the Depart-
ment of State Authorization Act of 2022 (title XCVII of 
division I of Public Law 117–263). 
(b) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con-
sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
Agency for Global Media, in consultation with the President 
of the Open Technology Fund, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made avail-
able by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 
globally, which shall include a description of safeguards es-
tablished by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs 
are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Depart-
ment of State spend plan shall include funding for all such 
programs for all relevant Department of State and United 
States Agency for International Development offices and 
bureaus. 
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING 
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 
SEC. 7051. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to support or justify the 
use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat-
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ment or punishment by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding 
section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assist-
ance to eliminate torture and other cruel, inhuman, or de-
grading treatment or punishment by foreign police, mili-
tary, or other security forces in countries receiving assist-
ance from funds appropriated by this Act. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Ini-
tiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 
used for any other program and in any region. 
(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in 
subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the equipment is no longer required to meet pro-
grammatic purposes in the designated country or region: 
Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior
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consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft purchased 
or leased by the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development with 
funds made available in this Act or prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs shall be coordi-
nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 
Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to 
transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting 
Department of State and USAID programs and ac-
tivities: Provided further, That official travel for other 
agencies for other purposes may be supported on a re-
imbursable basis, or without reimbursement when 
traveling on a space available basis: Provided further, 
That funds received by the Department of State in 
connection with the use of aircraft owned, leased, or 
chartered by the Department of State may be credited 
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department and 
shall be available for expenses related to the purchase, 
lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such 
aircraft.
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(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities of 
this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the pri-
mary purpose of which is the transportation of per-
sonnel. 
(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and 
maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act 
shall be borne by the recipient country. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 
Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
That subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2009’’. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi-
tions of sections 7086(b)(1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 
111–117) shall apply to this Act. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States Executive Director of the Inter-
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national Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any 
loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private or multi-
lateral creditors. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other 
than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex 
Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Migration 
and 
Refugee 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assist-
ance 
Fund’’, 
and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the central govern-
ment of a country which has notified the Department of 
State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any 
individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the 
maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possi-
bility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 
to the central government of a country with which the 
United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 
which the United States has an extradition treaty and the 
government of that country is in violation of the terms and 
conditions of the treaty.
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(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such waiver is important to the national interest of 
the United States. 
ENTERPRISE FUNDS 
SEC. 7056. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds 
made available under titles III through VI of this Act may 
be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro-
priate congressional committees are notified at least 15 
days in advance. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the dis-
tribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dis-
solution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 
or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 
assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 
transition to and operation of any private equity fund or 
other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise 
Fund, the President shall submit such transition or oper-
ating plan to the appropriate congressional committees. 
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 7057. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations
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and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2024, $32,500,000 
shall be made available for the United Nations Population 
Fund (UNFPA). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 
UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac-
count and shall be made available for family planning, ma-
ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic 
of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 
made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made 
available unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 
this Act in an account separate from other accounts 
of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 
other sums; and 
(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR 
WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—
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(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations in-
dicating the amount of funds that UNFPA is budg-
eting for the year in which the report is submitted for 
a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 
that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country pro-
gram in the People’s Republic of China in the year 
covered by the report, then the amount of such funds 
UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of 
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
able to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is 
submitted. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by 
titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for 
bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease 
programs including activities relating to research on, and 
the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat.
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711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family 
planning/reproductive health, including in areas where 
population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered spe-
cies. 
(b) PANDEMICS
AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
OUTBREAKS.— 
(1) GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ shall be made available for global health 
security programs to accelerate the capacity of coun-
tries to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious dis-
ease outbreaks, including by strengthening public 
health capacity where there is a high risk of emerging 
zoonotic infectious diseases: Provided, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development and the Secretary of 
State, as appropriate, shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the planned uses of such 
funds. 
(2) EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES.—If the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that an international infec-
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2024 and for fiscal year 2025 through March 
25 of such fiscal year’’. 
(c) ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS.—Section 403 of the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7673) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2024 and fiscal year 2025 through March 25 
of such fiscal year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2024 and for fiscal year 2025 through March 25 of 
such fiscal year’’. 
GAZA OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 7073. (a) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall certify and report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees not later than 15 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, that— 
(1) oversight policies, processes, and procedures 
have been established by the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, as appropriate, and are in use to prevent the 
diversion to Hamas and other terrorist and extremist 
entities in Gaza and the misuse or destruction by
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DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
TITLE I—EXTENSIONS AND 
OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 101. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) FINANCING.—Section 1309(a) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’. 
(b) PROGRAM EXPIRATION.—Sections 1319 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section 
shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2023. 
SEC. 102. RURAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 
Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 103. E-VERIFY. 
Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ 
for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.