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(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the 
requirements of subsection (a)(1), the USAID Adminis-
trator shall report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees not later than 30 days after the end of fiscal year 
2017 on all awards subject to limited or no competition 
for local entities: Provided, That such report should be 
posted on the USAID Web site: Provided further, That 
the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to 
awards in excess of $3,000,000 and sole source awards 
to local entities in excess of $2,000,000. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to seek to require that such institution adopts and 
implements a publicly available policy, including the stra-
tegic use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct 
independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of 
at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and sig-
nificant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the 
institution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equi-
table economic growth, consistent with relevant safe-
guards, to ensure that decisions to support such loans, 
grants, programs, and activities are based on accurate 
data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later than 
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180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
steps taken by the United States executive directors and 
the international financial institutions consistent with this 
subsection. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 
to any international financial institution while the United 
States executive director to such institution is com-
pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
whatever compensation such executive director receives 
from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 
for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, or while any alternate United States execu-
tive director to such institution is compensated by the in-
stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 
individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(c) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to seek to require that 
such institution conducts rigorous human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
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with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu-
tion: Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy the executive director shall con-
sult with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, if the executive 
director has reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, 
or strategy could result in forced displacement or other 
violation of human rights. 
(d) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to promote 
in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improve-
ments in borrowing countries’ financial management and 
judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish 
fraud and corruption. 
(e) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to seek 
to require that each such institution is effectively imple-
menting and enforcing policies and procedures which re-
flect best practices for the protection of whistleblowers 
from retaliation, including best practices for— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
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(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 
including external arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if— 
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(A)(i) each implementing agency or min-
istry to receive assistance has been assessed 
and is considered to have the systems required 
to manage such assistance and any identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; 
(ii) the recipient agency or ministry em-
ploys and utilizes staff with the necessary tech-
nical, financial, and management capabilities; 
(iii) the recipient agency or ministry has 
adopted competitive procurement policies and 
systems; 
(iv) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that such assist-
ance is used for its intended purposes; 
(v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 
and 
(vi) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to publicly disclose on an an-
nual basis its national budget, to include in-
come and expenditures; 
(B) the recipient government is in compli-
ance with the principles set forth in section 
7013 of this Act; 
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(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 
headed or controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act; 
(D) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country 
have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 
objectives for the use of such assistance, which 
should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 
basis; and 
(E) the recipient government is taking 
steps to protect the rights of civil society, in-
cluding freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), no 
funds may be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance without prior consultation 
with, and notification of, the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That such notification shall con-
tain an explanation of how the proposed activity 
meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided 
further, That the requirements of this paragraph 
shall only apply to direct government-to-government 
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assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all funds 
available for cash transfer, budget support, and cash 
payments to individuals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) or the Secretary of 
State, as appropriate, shall suspend any direct gov-
ernment-to-government assistance if the Adminis-
trator or the Secretary has credible information of 
material misuse of such assistance, unless the Ad-
ministrator or the Secretary reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that it is in the national in-
terest of the United States to continue such assist-
ance, including a justification, or that such misuse 
has been appropriately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2018 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act and 6 months thereafter until 
September 30, 2017, the USAID Administrator 
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shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
report that— 
(A) details all assistance described in para-
graph (1) provided during the previous 6-month 
period by country, funding amount, source of 
funds, and type of such assistance; and 
(B) the type of procurement instrument or 
mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 
was provided on a reimbursable basis. 
(6) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for any foreign country for debt service pay-
ments owed by any country to any international fi-
nancial institution: Provided, That for purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘‘international financial in-
stitution’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
7034(o)(3) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FISCAL 
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con-
tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re-
quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
as identified in the report required by section 
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7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 
are requirements consistent with those in subsection 
(a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 
documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 
by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 
for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 
and concession allocation practices). 
(3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de-
termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi-
cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter-
minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart-
ment of State Web site: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall identify the significant progress made by 
each such government to publicly disclose national 
budget documentation, contracts, and licenses which 
are additional to such information disclosed in pre-
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vious fiscal years, and include specific recommenda-
tions of short- and long-term steps such government 
should take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided 
further, That the annual report shall include a de-
tailed description of how funds appropriated by this 
Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, 
and identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency: 
Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise made available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That a description of the uses of 
such funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1)(A) INELIGIBILITY.—Officials of foreign gov-
ernments and their immediate family members about 
whom the Secretary of State has credible informa-
tion have been involved in significant corruption, in-
cluding corruption related to the extraction of nat-
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ural resources, or a gross violation of human rights 
shall be ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary may also publicly or pri-
vately designate or identify officials of foreign gov-
ernments and their immediate family members about 
whom the Secretary has such credible information 
without regard to whether the individual has applied 
for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible if entry into the United States would further 
important United States law enforcement objectives 
or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 
its obligations under the United Nations Head-
quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from 
United States Government obligations under applica-
ble international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
tional interest or that the circumstances which 
caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
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submit a report, including a classified annex if nec-
essary, to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Committees on the Judiciary describing the informa-
tion related to corruption or violation of human 
rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Sec-
retary designated or identified pursuant to para-
graph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the 
application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers 
provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 
for each waiver. 
(5) POSTING
OF
REPORT.—Any unclassified 
portion of the report required under paragraph (4) 
shall be posted on the Department of State Web 
site. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the records of the De-
partment of State and of diplomatic and consular of-
fices of the United States pertaining to the issuance 
or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
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priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as-
sistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 
funded under this Act shall provide such information on 
foreign assistance, upon request, to the Department of 
State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $2,308,517,000 shall 
be made available for democracy programs. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
for democracy programs may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law, and with regard to 
the National Endowment for Democracy, any regulation. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 
governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 
expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 
rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and that 
otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic political 
parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and 
institutions, and citizens to support the development of 
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democratic states, and institutions that are responsive and 
accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section that are made available for 
programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 
prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com-
mitment to democracy and the rule of law, as determined 
by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), as appropriate. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re-
spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro-
grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 
assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 
participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 
prior approval by the government of any foreign country: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID to comply with the require-
ments of this subsection. 
(f) PROGRAM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and 
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political competition and consensus building pro-
grams abroad with funds appropriated by this Act in 
a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of 
grants and cooperative agreements in implementing 
such programs: Provided, That nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to affect the ability of any 
entity, including United States contractors and small 
businesses, from competing for proposals for 
USAID-funded civil society and political competition 
and consensus building programs. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 
2017, the Secretary of State and USAID Adminis-
trator shall each submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report detailing the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements in the conduct of 
democracy programs with funds made available by 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Act, 2016 (division K of Public 
Law 114–113), which shall include funding level, ac-
count, program sector and subsector, and a brief 
summary of purpose. 
(g) CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS.—The Deputy Sec-
retary for Management and Resources, Department 
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of State, shall consult with the Under Secretary for 
Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, 
Department of State, and the Assistant Adminis-
trator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, USAID, on the proposed funding levels 
for democracy programs by country in the report 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 653(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(2) INFORMING
THE
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT 
FOR DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democ-
racy, 
Conflict, 
and 
Humanitarian 
Assistance, 
USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endow-
ment for Democracy of democracy programs that 
are planned and supported by funds made available 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs. 
(3) REPORT ON PROGRAM CHANGES.—The Sec-
retary of State or the USAID Administrator, as ap-
propriate, shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 30 days of a decision to significantly 
change the objectives or the content of a democracy 
program or to close such a program due to the in-
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creasingly repressive nature of the host country gov-
ernment: Provided, That the report shall also include 
a strategy for continuing support for democracy pro-
motion, if such programming is feasible, and may be 
submitted in classified form, if necessary. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ shall be made 
available for the Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for 
International Religious Freedom and the Special Envoy 
to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in 
the Near East and South Central Asia, as authorized in 
the Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–161), and including for sup-
port staff, at not less than the amounts contained for such 
Office and Envoy in the table under such heading in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and designated for 
the Office of International Religious Freedom, $1,000,000 
shall be made available for the development and implemen-
tation of an international religious freedom curriculum in 
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accordance with section 103 of H.R. 1150, the Frank R. 
Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, as passed by 
the House of Representatives on May 16, 2016. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ and available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 
(HRDF), not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for international religious freedom pro-
grams: Provided, That the Ambassador-at-Large for 
International Religious Freedom shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the uses of 
such funds. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 
available for programs to protect vulnerable and per-
secuted religious minorities: Provided, That a por-
tion of such funds shall be made available for pro-
grams to investigate the persecution of such minori-
ties by governments and non-state actors and for the 
public dissemination of information collected on such 
persecution, including on the Department of State 
Web site. 
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(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for hu-
manitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted 
religious minorities, including victims of genocide 
designated by the Secretary of State and other 
groups that have suffered crimes against humanity 
and ethnic cleansing, to— 
(A) accelerate the implementation of an 
immediate, coordinated, and sustained response 
to provide humanitarian assistance; 
(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, 
including those facing a dire humanitarian cri-
sis and severe persecution because of their faith 
or ethnicity; 
(C) build resilience and help reestablish 
livelihoods for displaced and persecuted persons 
in their communities of origin; and 
(D) improve access to secure locations for 
obtaining humanitarian and resettlement serv-
ices. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made 
available by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the re-
sponsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for Inter-
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national Religious Freedom, in consultation with 
other relevant United States Government officials. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’ shall be made available for programs related to 
international religious freedom, including reporting on the 
condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
(d) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs’’ shall be made available for support of the 
Atrocities Prevention Board. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 
for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 
and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 
of such trafficking, may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
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(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2017 as if part of this Act. 
(3) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $4,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for forensic anthropology assistance related 
to the exhumation of mass graves and the iden-
tification of victims of war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, or genocide, of which not less 
than $3,000,000 should be made available for 
such assistance in Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, 
Iraq, Syria, and Sri Lanka, which shall be ad-
ministered by the Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be made available for DNA fo-
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rensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America and Mexico. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
PRISON
CONDITIONS.— 
Section 7065 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2017 as if part 
of this Act. 
(5) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 
mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 
other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 
as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(6) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex-
pended during fiscal year 2016, by country and pur-
pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’. 
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(7) 
MODERNIZATION
INITIATIVE, 
WITH-
HOLDING, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for 
the general costs of administering military as-
sistance and sales, not less than $5,000,000 
shall be made available to modernize sales pro-
grams authorized by Chapter 2 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act, in accordance with the re-
quirements described under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ in the report 
accompanying this Act. 
(B) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds made 
available in paragraph (3) under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in title I 
of this Act and notified to the Committees on 
Appropriations for the Office of the Secretary 
in the operating plan required by section 7076 
of this Act, 10 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the Secretary of State reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
solicitation described under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ in the report 
accompanying this Act is posted. 
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(C) QUARTERLY REPORT.—Not later than 
March 31, 2017, and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2017, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report on the status of pending 
sales made pursuant to Chapter 2 of the Arms 
Export Control Act in accordance with the re-
quirements enumerated under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
(c) CONTRIBUTION.—Funds managed by the Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made avail-
able as a general contribution to the World Food Pro-
gramme: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
to the authority of this subsection shall be subject to sec-
tion 7048 of this Act. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
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Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 
authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) AUTHORITY.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards: Provided, 
That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 10 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2017: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this para-
graph the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means 
the provision of funding on a competitive basis 
that— 
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(A) encourages and rewards the develop-
ment of solutions for a particular, well-defined 
problem related to the alleviation of poverty; or 
(B) helps identify and promote a broad 
range of ideas and practices facilitating further 
development of an idea or practice by third par-
ties. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act or in titles I through IV of prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to 
support the continued implementation of the Partner Vet-
ting System (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall inform 
the Committees on Appropriations, at least 30 days prior 
to completion of the pilot program, on the criteria for eval-
uating such program, including for possible expansion: 
Provided further, That not later than 180 days after com-
pletion of the pilot program, the Secretary and USAID 
Administrator shall jointly submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, de-
tailing the findings, conclusions, and any recommenda-
tions for expansion of such program: Provided further, 
That not less than 30 days prior to the implementation 
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