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6, 2017, to restrict the issuance of visas to enter the United 
States to individuals involved in undermining democracy in 
Cambodia, including the family members of such individuals, 
as appropriate: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing 
the implementation of such policy. 
(c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made available to support 
the implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy: Provided, That 
such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available 
for such purposes. 
(d) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs may 
be made available for assistance for the central government 
of a country the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees engages in signifi-
cant transactions contributing materially to the malicious 
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), as amended, to the Committees on Appropriations 
in the manner described in subparagraph (2)(A) of such section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State may waive the 
application 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 appropriate congres-
sional committees that to do so is important 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) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ should be made 
available for assistance for refugees from North Korea, 
including protection activities in the People’s Republic of China 
and other countries in Asia. 
(4) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION, DATABASE, AND LIMITATION 
ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made available for the 
promotion of human rights in North Korea: Provided, That 
the authority of section 7032(b) of this Act shall apply 
to such funds. 
(B) DATABASE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
title III shall be made available to maintain a database 
of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance with 
section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division K of Public Law 113–76).
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(C) LIMITATION.—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. 
(e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ in this Act 
may be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the 
export of satellites of United States origin (including commer-
cial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s Republic 
of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 
(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms and require-
ments of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the 
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 
projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 
by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 
this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or coopera-
tive agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary 
of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA. 
(3) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—The uses of funds made available by 
this Act for the promotion of democracy in the PRC, except 
for funds made available under subsection (g), shall be 
the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for trilateral programs conducted 
with the PRC shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(f) PHILIPPINES.—None of the funds appropriated 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, maritime 
law enforcement, or transnational interdiction. 
(g) TIBET.— 
(1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury should instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use the 
voice and vote of the United States to support financing of 
projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives 
for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet 
or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and 
natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough 
needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 
and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are subject 
to effective monitoring. 
(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 
(A) TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations to support activities which preserve 
cultural traditions and promote sustainable development,
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education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan 
communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other 
Tibetan communities in China. 
(B) INDIA AND NEPAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $6,000,000 shall be made available for programs 
to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, development, and 
the resilience of Tibetan communities 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 addition to amounts made 
available in subparagraph (A) for programs inside Tibet. 
(C) TIBETAN GOVERNANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to strengthen the capacity of Tibetan institutions 
and governance. 
(h) VIETNAM.— 
(1) DIOXIN
REMEDIATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be made available for activities related to 
the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and 
may be made available for assistance for the Government of 
Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes. 
(2) HEALTH
AND
DISABILITY
PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, not less than $12,500,000 shall be made available 
for health and disability programs in areas sprayed with Agent 
Orange and otherwise contaminated with dioxin, to assist 
individuals with severe upper or lower body mobility impair-
ment or cognitive or developmental disabilities. 
(3) RECONCILIATION
PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 
are made available for assistance for Vietnam shall be made 
available for reconciliation programs to address war legacy 
issues. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan— 
(A) shall be made available to implement the South 
Asia Strategy, the Revised Strategy for United States 
Engagement in Afghanistan, and the United States Agency 
for 
International 
Development 
Country 
Development 
Cooperation Strategy for Afghanistan; 
(B) shall be made available for programs in support 
of such strategies that protect and strengthen the rights 
of women and girls and promote the political and economic 
empowerment of women, including their meaningful inclu-
sion in political processes: Provided, That such assistance 
to promote the economic empowerment of women shall
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be made available as grants to Afghan organizations, to 
the maximum extent practicable; and 
(C) may not be made available for any program, project, 
or activity that— 
(i) cannot be sustained, as appropriate, by the 
Government of Afghanistan or another Afghan entity; 
(ii) is not accessible for the purposes of conducting 
effective oversight in accordance with applicable Fed-
eral statutes and regulations; 
(iii) initiates any new, major infrastructure 
development; or 
(iv) includes the participation of any Afghan indi-
vidual, organization, or government entity if the Sec-
retary of State has credible information that such indi-
vidual, organization, or entity is knowingly involved 
in acts of grand corruption, illicit narcotics production 
or trafficking, or has committed a gross violation of 
human rights. 
(2) AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III 
through VI that are made available for assistance for 
Afghanistan may be made available— 
(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act or 
any similar provision of law and section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(ii) for reconciliation programs and disarmament, 
demobilization, and reintegration activities for former 
combatants who have renounced violence against the 
Government of Afghanistan, including in accordance 
with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112– 
74); and 
(iii) for an endowment to empower women and 
girls. 
(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall apply 
to funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Afghani-
stan. 
(3) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used by the United States Govern-
ment to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement 
between the United States and Afghanistan. 
(b) NEPAL.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $124,580,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for Nepal, including for earth-
quake recovery and reconstruction programs. 
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ shall only be made available for humani-
tarian and disaster relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal, 
and in support of international peacekeeping operations: Pro-
vided, That such funds may only be made available for any 
additional uses if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government