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(1) previously justified, including the projected future year 
costs, in a congressional budget justification; 
(2) included in an Act making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
or previously authorized by an Act of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 
projected future year costs; or 
(4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at least 
7 days in advance of the pledge. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE 
SEC. 7066. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 
cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO ELIMINATE TORTURE.—Funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwith-
standing section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 
following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for 
assistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or other 
security forces in countries receiving assistance from funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7067. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 
provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) 
for the central government 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 max-
imum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility 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 cen-
tral government of a country with which the United States main-
tains 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. 
(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 interests of the United States. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 7068. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, 
and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major
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non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing 
with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 
(other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible 
civilian application), if the President determines that there are 
compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 
defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than 
by government-to-government sale under such Act. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 7069. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles III through VI, not less than 
$658,185,000 shall be made available for assistance for Ukraine. 
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for a government of an Inde-
pendent State of the former Soviet Union if that government directs 
any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov-
ereignty of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, 
such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That except as otherwise provided in section 7070(a) of 
this Act, funds may be made available without regard to the restric-
tion 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 executing the authority contained in this 
subsection the Department of State shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on how such assistance supports the national 
security interest of the United States. 
(c) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT.—Section 907 
of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to— 
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 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 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
(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 assist-
ance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 
(5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945; or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
RUSSIA 
SEC. 7070. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) DETERMINATION AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the central government of 
a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative
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steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 
Federation annexation of Crimea: Provided, That except as 
otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive 
the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if the 
Secretary certifies to such Committees that to do so is in 
the national interest of the United States, and includes a jus-
tification for such interest. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for— 
(A) the implementation of any action or policy that 
recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 
Crimea; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 
States Government investments in Crimea, if such activity 
includes the participation of Russian Government officials, 
or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities; 
or 
(C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance includes 
the participation of Russian Government officials, or other 
Russian owned or controlled financial entities. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international financial institu-
tion to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 
but not limited to any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any pro-
gram that violates the sovereignty or territorial integrity of 
Ukraine. 
(4) The requirements and limitations of this subsection 
shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over 
Crimea. 
(c) ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND PRESSURE.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the Eastern Part-
nership countries shall be made available to advance the 
implementation of Association Agreements and trade agreements 
with the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 
external economic and political pressure from the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(d) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available to support the advancement of democracy 
and the rule of law in the Russian Federation, including to promote 
Internet freedom, and shall also be made available to support 
the democracy and rule of law strategy required by section 7071(d) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 
76). 
(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall update the reports required by 
section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (divi-
sion K of Public Law 113–76). 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7071. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and conditions of sec-
tions 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of State,
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Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 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 International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be repaid to 
the IMF before other private creditors. 
SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND 
SEC. 7072. Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu-
ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act for the 
purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (Fund), to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
the provision of defense articles and defense services to foreign 
countries or international organizations from the Fund shall be 
subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
COUNTERING FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND VIOLENT EXTREMIST 
ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 7073. (a) COUNTERING FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND VIOLENT 
EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act shall be made available for programs to— 
(1) counter the flow of foreign fighters to countries in 
which violent extremists or violent extremist organizations 
operate, including those entities designated as foreign terrorist 
organizations (FTOs) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (Public Law 82–814), including 
through programs with partner governments and multilateral 
organizations to— 
(A) counter recruitment campaigns by such entities; 
(B) detect and disrupt foreign fighter travel, particu-
larly at points of origin; 
(C) implement antiterrorism programs; 
(D) secure borders, including points of infiltration and 
exfiltration by such entities; 
(E) implement and establish criminal laws and policies 
to counter foreign fighters; and 
(F) arrest, investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate ter-
rorist suspects, facilitators, and financiers; and 
(2) reduce public support for violent extremists or violent 
extremist organizations, including FTOs, by addressing the spe-
cific drivers of radicalization, including through such activities 
as— 
(A) public messaging campaigns to damage their 
appeal; 
(B) programs to engage communities and populations 
at risk of violent extremist radicalization and recruitment; 
(C) counter-radicalization and de-radicalization activi-
ties for potential and former violent extremists and 
returning foreign fighters, including in prisons; 
(D) law enforcement training programs; and 
(E) capacity building for civil society organizations to 
combat radicalization in local communities. 
(b) STRENGTHENING THE STATE SYSTEM.— 
(1) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
Act shall be made available for programs to strengthen the 
state system and counter violent extremists and violent