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tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
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DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘pro-
gram, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to in-
clude country, regional, and central program level funding 
within each such account, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with the report required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
CLARIFICATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 
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Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 
to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of 
any commodity for export by any country other than the 
United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist-
ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro-
ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro-
vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export- 
Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 
the benefits to industry and employment in the United 
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 
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and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
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have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to oppose any assistance by such institution, using funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
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(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The De-
partment of State shall take all necessary steps to 
ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies dis-
bursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 
separate account established pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
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the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance, including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
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tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREE-
DOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Sup-
port for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 
(Public Law 101–179): Provided, That before using the 
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authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in sup-
port of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the 
President shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
pursuant to the regular notification procedures, including 
a description of the program to be assisted, the assistance 
to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assist-
ance: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibi-
tions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations con-
tained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2026, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
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(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC INTERESTS 
SEC. 7028. (a) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—Con-
sistent with section 704 of the Championing American 
Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of di-
vision J of Public Law 116–94), the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall 
prioritize the allocation of funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for support of 
Chief of Mission diplomatic engagement to foster commer-
cial relations and safeguard United States economic and 
business interests in the country in which each Chief of 
Mission serves, including activities and initiatives to create 
and maintain an enabling environment, promote and pro-
tect such interests, and resolve commercial disputes: Pro-
vided, That each Mission Resource Request and Bureau 
Resource Request shall include amounts required to 
prioritize the activities described in this subsection. 
(b) TRAINING.—In carrying out section 705 of title 
VII of division J of Public Law 116–94, the Secretary of 
State shall annually assess training needs across the eco-
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nomic and commercial diplomacy issue areas and ensure, 
after a review of course offerings, course attendance 
records, and course evaluation results, that current offer-
ings meet training needs. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) The Secretary of State should direct each 
Chief of Mission to consider how best to advance 
and support commercial relations and the safe-
guarding of United States business interests in the 
development and execution of the applicable Inte-
grated Country Strategy and the Mission Resource 
Request for each country receiving bilateral assist-
ance from funds appropriated by this Act. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available to enhance and expand Department of 
State coordination with the Department of Com-
merce on the furtherance of national and economic 
security interests, subject to the coordination and 
concurrence of the Assistant Secretary for Global 
Markets and Director General, United States For-
eign Commercial Service: Provided, That such funds 
shall not be used to subsidize or replicate ongoing 
activities of the United State Foreign Commercial 
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Service, and may not be used for programs or activi-
ties in the United States: Provided further, That 
such funds are subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to use the 
voice of the United States to encourage such institution 
to adopt and implement a publicly available policy, includ-
ing the strategic use of peer reviews and external experts, 
to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of the effec-
tiveness of at least 35 percent of all loans, grants, pro-
grams, and significant analytical non-lending activities in 
advancing the institution’s goals of reducing poverty and 
promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with rel-
evant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such 
loans, grants, programs, and activities are based on accu-
rate data and objective analysis. 
(b) SAFEGUARDS.— 
(1) STANDARDS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor of the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development and the International Development 
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Association to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy 
if such institution has adopted and is implementing 
any social or environmental safeguard relevant to 
such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides 
less protection than World Bank safeguards in effect 
on September 30, 2015. 
(2) ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARDS, AND BEST 
PRACTICES.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to oppose loans or 
other financing for projects unless such projects— 
(A) provide for accountability and trans-
parency, including the collection, verification, 
and publication of beneficial ownership informa-
tion related to extractive industries and on-site 
monitoring during the life of the project; 
(B) will be developed and carried out in ac-
cordance with best practices regarding environ-
mental conservation, cultural protection, and 
empowerment of local populations, including 
free, prior and informed consent of affected In-
digenous communities; 
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(C) do not provide incentives for, or facili-
tate, forced displacement or other violations of 
human rights; and 
(D) do not partner with or otherwise in-
volve enterprises owned or controlled by the 
armed forces. 
(c) 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. 
(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—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 promote human rights due dili-
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gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu-
tion. 
(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to use the 
voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and 
other financing agreements improvements in borrowing 
countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to 
investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 
(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 
such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the max-
imum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information 
(excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 
limited liability company, other than a publicly listed com-
pany, that receives funds from any such financial institu-
tion. 
(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use 
the voice of the United States to encourage such institu-
tion to effectively implement and enforce policies and pro-
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cedures which meet or exceed best practices in the United 
States for the protection of whistleblowers from retalia-
tion, including— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to binding independent adjudicative 
bodies, including shared cost and selection external 
arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 
prior employment. 
(h) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice of the United States to support 
independent investigative and adjudicative mechanisms 
and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in the 
United States to provide due process and fair compensa-
tion, including the right to reinstatement, for employees 
who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retalia-
tion, false allegations, or other misconduct. 
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(i) CAPITAL INCREASES.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available to support a 
new capital increase for an international financial institu-
tion unless the President submits a budget request for 
such increase to Congress and the Secretary of the Treas-
ury concurrent with such request determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the capital increase sets such institution on 
a path to meet its regional or global objectives, as 
appropriate, including its overarching strategic 
framework and vision for its role in development fi-
nance, and such increase includes agreement on in-
ternal reforms and policy measures necessary to en-
hance the efficiency and effectiveness of the institu-
tion; and 
(2) the capital increase does not increase the 
voting power of the People’s Republic of China in 
such institution relative to that of the United States, 
unless the Secretary of the Treasury certifies and re-
ports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that such capital increase is in the national interest 
of the United States. 
(j) OPPOSITION TO LENDING TO THE PEOPLE’S RE-
PUBLIC OF CHINA.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director at each mul-
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tilateral development bank to use the voice and vote of 
the United States to oppose any loan, extension of finan-
cial assistance, or technical assistance by such bank to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
(k) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
detailing any funding provided in the prior calendar year 
by a financial intermediary fund overseen by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury to the People’s Republic of China 
or any country or region subject to comprehensive sanc-
tions by the United States. 
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE INITIATIVE 
SEC. 7030. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’, not less than $155,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Economic Resilience Initiative to enhance the 
economic security and stability of the United States and 
partner countries, including through efforts to counter 
economic coercion: Provided, That funds made available 
by this section may only be made available following con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations, and shall include sup-
port for— 
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(1) strategic infrastructure investments, which 
shall be administered by the Secretary of State in 
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies; 
(2) activities to enhance critical mineral supply 
chain security; and 
(3) the Cyberspace, Digital Connectivity, and 
Related Technologies Fund in accordance with 
Chapter 10 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided, That the authority of section 
592(f) of such Act may apply to amounts made 
available for such Fund under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Security Investment Programs’’ and such 
funds may be made available for the Digital 
Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership program 
consistent with section 6306 of the Department of 
State Authorization Act of 2023 (division F of Pub-
lic Law 118–31). 
(b) Funds appropriated by subsection (a) may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
this Act to the Export-Import Bank of the United States 
under the heading ‘‘Program Account’’, to the United 
States International Development Finance Corporation 
under the heading ‘‘Corporate Capital Account’’, and 
under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’: 
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Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by this Act or any 
other Act, and is subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $185,250,000 shall be made available 
for energy development and security programs for coun-
tries globally through approaches consistent with section 
3 of the Electrify Africa Act (Public Law 114–121), to 
improve energy access, productivity, and self-reliance, in-
cluding to counter the influence of the People’s Republic 
of China and increase the economic competitiveness of the 
United States in the energy sector. 
(d) Section 7030(c) of division F of Public Law 118– 
47 shall apply during fiscal year 2026. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND 
ANTI-CORRUPTION 
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— 
(A) the requirements included in section 
7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
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grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 
Public Law 116–6) are fully met; and 
(B) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to reduce corruption. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 
may only be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
such notification shall contain an explanation of how 
the proposed activity meets the requirements of 
paragraph (1): Provided further, That the require-
ments of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 
government-to-government assistance in excess of 
$2,500,000 and all funds available for cash transfer, 
budget support, and cash payments to individuals. 
(3) SUSPENSION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of State shall suspend any direct government- 
to-government assistance if the Secretary has cred-
ible information of material misuse of such assist-
ance, unless the Secretary reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that it is in the national interest 
of the United States to continue such assistance, in-
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cluding 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 2027 
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) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the government of any foreign country 
for debt service payments owed by any country to 
any international financial institution or to the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China. 
(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 
7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
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ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, shall make or up-
date any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or 
‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum 
requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 
determinations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fis-
cal Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the De-
partment of State website: Provided, That such re-
port shall include the elements included under this 
section in House Report 118–146. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $5,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ shall 
be made available for programs and activities to as-
sist governments identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1) to improve budget transparency and to support 
civil society organizations in such countries that pro-
mote budget transparency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
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(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
the Secretary of State has credible information 
have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig-
nificant corruption, including corruption related 
to the extraction of natural resources, or a 
gross violation of human rights, including the 
wrongful detention of locally employed staff of 
a United States diplomatic mission or a United 
States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for 
entry into the United States. 
(B) Concurrent with the application of 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as ap-
propriate, refer the matter to the Office of For-
eign Assets Control, Department of the Treas-
ury, to determine whether to apply sanctions 
authorities in accordance with United States 
law to block the transfer of property and inter-
ests in property, and all financial transactions, 
in the United States involving any person de-
scribed in such subparagraph. 
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify the officials of 
foreign governments and their immediate family 
members about whom the Secretary has such 
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credible information without regard to whether 
the individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli-
gations under the United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
shall be construed to derogate from United States 
Government obligations under applicable inter-
national agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
tional interest or that the circumstances which 
caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2027, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report, including a classified 
annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the Committees on the Judiciary de-
scribing the information related to corruption or vio-
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lation of human rights concerning each of the indi-
viduals found ineligible in the previous 12 months 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individ-
uals who the Secretary designated or identified pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli-
gible 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 website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart-
ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices 
of the United States pertaining to the issuance or 
refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
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tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 
and the amendments made by such section, and to 
prevent the sale of conflict minerals, and for tech-
nical assistance to promote independent audit mech-
anisms and support civil society participation in nat-
ural resource management. 
(2) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
AND
INDEPENDENT 
AUDITS.— 
(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to oppose any as-
sistance by such institutions (including any 
loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any coun-
try for the extraction and export of a natural 
resource if the government of such country has 
in place laws, regulations, or procedures to pre-
vent or limit the public disclosure of company 
payments as required by United States law, and 
unless such government has adopted laws, regu-
lations, or procedures in the sector in which as-
sistance is being considered that: (1) accurately 
account for and publicly disclose payments to 
the government by companies involved in the 
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extraction and export of natural resources; (2) 
include independent auditing of accounts receiv-
ing such payments and the public disclosure of 
such audits; and (3) require public disclosure of 
agreement and bidding documents, as appro-
priate. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 
building the capacity of such government to 
meet the requirements of such subparagraph. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘National Security 
Investment Programs’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
$2,175,000,000 should be made available for democracy 
programs as described under this section in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, and with 
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regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 
(NED), any regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 
to the authority of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ-
ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene-
ficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 
governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 
expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 
rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 
law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo-
cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 
development of democratic states and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN-
TERFERENCE.— 
(1) PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the pro-
vision of assistance for democracy programs in this 
Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, 
the specific nature of the assistance, and the partici-
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pants in such programs shall not be subject to prior 
approval by the government of any foreign country. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNER 
INFORMATION.—If the Secretary of State determines 
that the government of the country is undemocratic 
or has engaged in or condoned harassment, threats, 
or attacks against organizations implementing de-
mocracy programs, any new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which assist-
ance is provided to such country shall not require 
the disclosure of the names of implementing part-
ners of democracy programs, and the Secretary of 
State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amend-
ments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, 
to conform to this requirement. 
(e) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND 
JOURNALISTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ and 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made available to support and 
protect members of civil society and journalists who have 
been threatened, harassed, or attacked. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 
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for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 
$40,000,000 shall be made available for inter-
national religious freedom programs: Provided, That 
such funds shall be the responsibility of the Ambas-
sador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, 
in consultation with other relevant United States 
Government officials: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be prioritized for programs in countries 
designated as a country of particular concern for re-
ligious freedom pursuant to section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) 
of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6442). 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Humanitarian Assistance’’ 
shall be made available for humanitarian assistance 
for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic and religious 
minorities, including victims of genocide designated 
by the Secretary of State and other groups that have 
suffered crimes against humanity and ethnic cleans-
ing. 
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(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’ may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law for assistance for ethnic and religious mi-
norities in Iraq and Syria. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in title III of this Act that are made available for victims 
of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to com-
bat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such traf-
ficking may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘National Security 
Investment Programs’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be made available for forensic assistance related to 
combating human trafficking as well as the exhumation 
and identification of victims of war crimes, crimes against 
humanity, and genocide: Provided, That such funds shall 
be in addition to funds made available by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs for assist-
ance for countries. 
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(c) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ 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. 
(2) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 
except through the formal rulemaking process pursu-
ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exception to 
such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 
funds made available for such purpose shall only be 
made available after consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro-
posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 
goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States: Provided further, That such consulta-
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tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 
the publication in the Federal Register of any regu-
latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro-
gram. 
(3) PAYMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’, except for funds designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, are 
available to provide payments pursuant to section 
901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 
2680b(i)(2)): Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—The fourth pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ in the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 
117–103) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
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2026 and apply to funds appropriated under such 
heading in this Act. 
(d) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a part-
ner vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or 
making a significant change to the scope of an existing 
partner vetting program, the Secretary of State shall con-
sult with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State may restrict the award of, 
terminate, or cancel contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements or require an awardee to restrict the award 
of, terminate, or cancel a sub-award based on information 
in connection with a partner vetting program. 
(e) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 
to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc-
tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
withholding funds under this subsection. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2026, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author-
ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
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(g) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS
FOR EXTRAORDINARY 
PROTECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, 
and merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of 
Foreign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of 
expired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2026, at no later than the end 
of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 
such funds are available for the purposes for which appro-
priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 
be transferred. 
(h) IMPACT ON JOBS.—Section 7056 of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116– 
260) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2026. 
(i) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2026. 
(2) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2026. 
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Security Investment Programs’’ and to the 
countries of Costa Rica and Panama; and 
(ii) be applied by substituting ‘‘De-
partment of State’’ for ‘‘United States 
Agency for International Development’’. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2025, and 
2026’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2025’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2026’’; and 
(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘2026’’. 
(j) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made 
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available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 
survival, malaria, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious 
diseases to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals 
and other products, subject to the terms and conditions 
in such section: Provided, That the authority in section 
525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 
Law 108–447) shall be exercised by the Secretary of State 
with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS 
pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall include in the congressional budget justification an 
accounting of budgetary resources, disbursements, bal-
ances, and reimbursements related to such fund. 
(k) FOUNDATION.—Subtitle A of title LI of division 
E of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 
(Public Law 118–159) is amended— 
(1) in section 5101(6) (22 U.S.C. 10601(6)), by 
striking ‘‘International Conservation’’ and inserting 
‘‘Natural Security and Counterterrorism’’; and 
(2) in section 5102 (22 U.S.C. 10602)— 
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(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘international 
conservation’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘natural security and counterterrorism’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘International Conservation’’ and inserting 
‘‘Natural Security and Counterterrorism’’. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATIONS.—The 
term ‘‘regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations’’ means such Committees 
shall be notified not less than 15 days in advance of 
the obligation of funds: Provided, That such notifica-
tions shall include the information detailed under 
this section in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
(3) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
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for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the International 
Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 
American Development Bank, the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, the African 
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(5) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘Pacific Islands countries’’ means the Cook 
Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of 
Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
Nauru, Niue, the Republic of Palau, the Inde-
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pendent State of Papua New Guinea, the Inde-
pendent State of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the 
Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of 
Vanuatu. 
(6) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—For the purposes 
of this Act, the term ‘‘prior consultation’’ means a 
substantive engagement between a relevant Federal 
agency and the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 7 days prior to any public announcement or 
submission of a notification in which such Commit-
tees are provided with details and the opportunity to 
engage on— 
(A) the proposed use of funds, as applica-
ble; 
(B) the development, content, or conduct 
of a program, project, or activity; and 
(C) the proposed decision to be taken. 
(7) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 
for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
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(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(8) SUCCESSOR
OPERATING
UNIT.—Any ref-
erence to a particular operating unit or office in this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be deemed to include any successor 
operating unit performing the same or similar func-
tions. 
(9) THIS ACT.—This Act shall be deemed to be 
an Act making appropriations for the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
for purposes of any provision of law citing, or refer-
ring to amounts made available by, such an Act. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
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section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 
and accountability of civilian police authority 
through training and technical assistance in human 
rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance, in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 
respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 
and foster improved police relations with the com-
munities they serve. 
(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
ualty training and equipment in an amount 
above the prior fiscal year. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
bat casualty care training and equipment as a 
component of any package of lethal assistance 
funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 
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Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un-
less the Secretary determines that such country 
has in place, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat-
ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on 
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur-
ther, That any such training and equipment for 
combat casualty care shall be made available 
through an open and competitive process. 
(3) TRAINING
RELATED
TO
INTERNATIONAL 
HUMANITARIAN LAW.—The Secretary of State shall 
offer training related to the requirements of inter-
national humanitarian law as a component of any 
package of lethal assistance funded by this Act with 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of 
this paragraph shall not apply to a country that is 
a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated by 
section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or is complying with international humani-
tarian law: Provided further, That any such training 
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shall be made available through an open and com-
petitive process. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
PRISON
CONDITIONS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ and 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ shall be made available for assistance to 
eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and 
other detention facilities, notwithstanding section 
660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed 
uses of such funds prior to obligation and not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That such funds shall be in 
addition to funds otherwise made available by this 
Act for such purpose. 
(5) MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY OF AS-
SISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less 
than $2,500,000 shall be made available for the Bu-
reau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of 
State, in accordance with the purposes specified 
under this heading in the explanatory statement de-
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scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) 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. 
(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 
2026, and shall apply to funds made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘National Security In-
vestment Programs’’. 
(3) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—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 (22 
U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to 
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Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO), and major 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 appli-
cation), if the President determines that there are 
compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 
for those defense articles being provided by commer-
cial lease rather than by government-to-government 
sale under such Act. 
(4) SPECIAL
DEFENSE
ACQUISITION
FUND.— 
Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu-
ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the 
Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That the provision of defense arti-
cles and defense services to foreign countries or 
international organizations from the Fund shall be 
subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(5) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting 
‘‘2028’’. 
(6) 
PROGRAM
CLARIFICATION.—Notwith-
standing section 503(a)(3) of Public Law 87–195 
(22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)), the procurement of defense 
articles and services funded on a non-repayable basis 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
may be priced to include the costs of salaries of 
members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
engaged in security assistance activities pursuant to 
10 U.S.C. 341 (relating to the State Partnership 
Program): Provided, That this paragraph shall only 
apply to funds that remain available for obligation 
in fiscal year 2026. 
(7) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
DIRECT 
LOANS
AND
LOAN
GUARANTEES.—Through fiscal 
year 2027, the terms and conditions provided in sec-
tion 2606(a) and (b) of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103; 136 Stat. 
785) shall apply in the same manner and to the 
same extent to amounts made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, except that the limitations on amounts made 
available for direct loans and loan guarantees under 
sections 2606(a) and (b) shall each be increased by 
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an additional $8,000,000,000, and the phrase ‘‘, ex-
cept with respect to the initial obligation of funds 
for such costs’’ shall be inserted before the period in 
the final proviso of section 2606(a) and the final 
proviso of section 2606(b). 
(8) CONTINUATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—Section 
7035(b)(7) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2026. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 
(A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment 
available to the Department of State and used 
in support of the clearance of landmines and 
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes 
may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign 
countries, subject to such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary of State may prescribe. 
(B) CLUSTER
MUNITIONS.—No military 
assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni-
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tions, no defense export license for cluster mu-
nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 
or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
(i) the submunitions of the cluster 
munitions, after arming, do not result in 
more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 
across the range of intended operational 
environments, and the agreement applica-
ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 
such cluster munitions or cluster munitions 
technology specifies that the cluster muni-
tions will only be used against clearly de-
fined military targets and will not be used 
where civilians are known to be present or 
in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 
transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 
or permanently disposing of such cluster 
munitions. 
(3) CROWD
CONTROL.—If the Secretary of 
State has information that a unit of a foreign secu-
rity force uses excessive force to repress peaceful ex-
pression or assembly concerning corruption, harm to 
the environment or human health, or the fairness of 
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electoral processes, or in countries that are undemo-
cratic or undergoing democratic transition, the Sec-
retary shall promptly determine if such information 
is credible: Provided, That if the information is de-
termined to be credible, funds appropriated by this 
Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, 
light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd 
control purposes for such unit, unless the Secretary 
of State determines that the foreign government is 
taking effective measures to bring the responsible 
members of such unit to justice. 
(4) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(A) Prior to the signing of a new Letter of 
Offer and Acceptance (LOA) involving funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’, the Secretary of 
State shall consult with each recipient govern-
ment to ensure that the LOA between the 
United States and such recipient government 
complies with the purposes of section 4 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) and 
that the defense articles, services, and training 
procured with funds appropriated under such 
heading are consistent with United States na-
tional security policy. 
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(B) The Secretary of State shall promptly 
inform the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of any instance in which the Secretary of 
State has credible information that such assist-
ance was used in a manner contrary to such 
agreement. 
(d) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report on funds obli-
gated and expended during fiscal year 2025, by 
country and purpose of assistance, including for 
sustainment of Department of Defense security co-
operation programs, and under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’. 
(2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 
656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 
‘‘military training provided to foreign military per-
sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 
military training provided by foreign governments 
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with funds appropriated to the Department of De-
fense or the Department of State, except for train-
ing provided by the government of a country des-
ignated by section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2321k(b)) as a major non-NATO ally: Provided, 
That such third-country training shall be clearly 
identified in the report submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 656 of such Act. 
(3) LEAHY
LAW.—For purposes of imple-
menting section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, the term ‘‘credible information’’ means in-
formation that, considering the source of such infor-
mation and the surrounding circumstances, supports 
a reasonable belief that a violation has occurred, and 
shall not be determined solely on the basis of the 
number of sources; whether the source has been crit-
ical of a policy of the United States Government or 
its security partners; whether the source has a per-
sonal connection to the information being reported; 
or whether the United States Government is able to 
independently verify the information. 
COUNTERING THE FLOW OF FENTANYL AND OTHER 
SYNTHETIC DRUGS 
SEC. 7036. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘National Security 
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Investment Programs’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’, not less than $150,000,000 
shall be made available for programs to counter the flow 
of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs 
into the United States: Provided, That such funds shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such 
purposes. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to support— 
(1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl 
precursors, and other synthetic drugs and their pre-
cursor materials to the United States from and 
through the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mex-
ico, and other countries; 
(2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity 
building efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling 
transnational criminal organizations involved in the 
production and trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl pre-
cursors, and other synthetic drugs; 
(3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging 
Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Last-
ing Results Act (part 7 of subtitle C of the James 
M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117–263); and 
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(4) engagement, including through multilateral 
organizations and frameworks, to catalyze collective 
action to address the public health and security 
threats posed by fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
other synthetic drugs, including through the Global 
Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
and 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
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other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
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other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2026, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
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troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘National Security Invest-
ment Programs’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘National Secu-
rity Investment Programs’’ for assistance for the West 
Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all ap-
propriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not pro-
vided to or through any individual, private or government 
entity, or educational institution that the Secretary knows 
or has reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, en-
gages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with 
respect to private entities or educational institutions, those 
that have as a principal officer of the entity’s governing 
board or governing board of trustees any individual that 
has been determined to be involved in, or advocating ter-
rorist activity or determined to be a member of a des-
ignated foreign terrorist organization: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish proce-
dures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this 
subsection and shall terminate assistance to any indi-
vidual, entity, or educational institution which the Sec-
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retary has determined to be involved in or advocating ter-
rorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 
Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 
for— 
(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
mitted acts of terrorism; and 
(B) any educational institution located in 
the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 
individual who the Secretary of State deter-
mines has committed an act of terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds made available by this or 
prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
available by transfer, may be made available for obli-
gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on— 
(A) the benchmarks that have been estab-
lished for security assistance for the West Bank 
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and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian com-
pliance with such benchmarks; and 
(B) the steps being taken by the Pales-
tinian Authority to end torture and other cruel, 
inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, 
including by bringing to justice members of 
Palestinian security forces who commit such 
crimes. 
(d) OVERSIGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and 
grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub- 
grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 
are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 
among other things, compliance with this section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 
to $1,400,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the Department of State for audits, 
investigations, and other activities in furtherance of 
the requirements of this subsection: Provided, That 
such funds are in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes. 
(e) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 
in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
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States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 
treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2026 
under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’, and such audit shall address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) 
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Funds 
made 
available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
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the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 
the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 
place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
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thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with 
the 
principles 
contained 
in 
section 
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620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government. 
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $1,425,000,000 should be 
made available for assistance for Egypt, of which— 
(A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be 
made available from funds under the heading 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’, of 
which not less than $40,000,000 should be 
made available for higher education programs, 
including not less than $15,000,000 for scholar-
ships for Egyptian students with high financial 
need to attend not-for-profit institutions of 
higher education in Egypt that are currently 
accredited by a regional accrediting agency rec-
ognized by the United States Department of 
Education, or meets standards equivalent to 
those required for United States institutional 
accreditation by a regional accrediting agency 
recognized by such Department: Provided, That 
such funds shall be made available for democ-
racy programs, and for development programs 
in the Sinai; and 
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be 
made available from funds under the heading 
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‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027, sub-
ject to the requirements of paragraphs (3) and 
(4): Provided, That such funds may be trans-
ferred to an interest bearing account in the 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions and the uses of any interest earned on 
such funds shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—In 
addition to amounts made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1), not less than $75,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Egypt. 
(3) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 
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certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(4) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds made avail-
able pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), $320,000,000 
shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Government of Egypt is meeting 
the requirements under this section in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may waive such require-
ment if the Secretary determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such funds are 
necessary for counterterrorism, border security, or 
nonproliferation programs or that it is otherwise im-
portant to the national security interest of the 
United States to do so, including a detailed justifica-
tion for the use of such waiver and the reasons why 
any of the requirements cannot be met: Provided 
further, That the report required by the previous 
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proviso shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may be accompanied by a classified annex. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Na-
tional Security Investment Programs’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’ shall be made available— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s 
nuclear program; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, 
human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and 
weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs in support of 
the aspirations of the Iranian people. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees 
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on Appropriations the semi-annual report re-
quired by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 
added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agree-
ment Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 
(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on— 
(i) the status of United States bilat-
eral sanctions on Iran; 
(ii) the reimposition and renewed en-
forcement of secondary sanctions; and 
(iii) the impact such sanctions have 
had 
on 
Iran’s 
destabilizing 
activities 
throughout the Middle East. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be— 
(A) used to implement an agreement with 
the Government of Iran relating to the nuclear 
program of Iran, or a renewal of the Joint 
Comprehensive Plan of Action adopted on Octo-
ber 18, 2015, in contravention of the Iran Nu-
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clear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 
2160e); 
(B) made available to any foreign entity or 
person that is subject to United Nations or 
United States bilateral sanctions with respect to 
the Government of Iran; or 
(C) used to revoke the designation of the 
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a For-
eign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189). 
(c) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for 
grants only for Israel: Provided, That funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’ and made available for assistance for Israel 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
purposes, grants made available for Israel under this 
heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, 
be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not 
less than $250,300,000 shall be available for the procure-
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ment in Israel of defense articles and defense services, in-
cluding research and development. 
(d) JORDAN.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of 
which not less than $845,100,000 shall be made 
available for budget support for the Government of 
Jordan and not less than $425,000,000 shall be 
made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’. 
(2) In addition to amounts made available pur-
suant to paragraph (1), not less than $400,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Security Investment Programs’’ shall be made 
available for assistance for Jordan, which shall be 
made available for budget support, and not less than 
$50,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
shall be made available for assistance for Jordan. 
(e) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb-
anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 
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is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ that are made available 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made avail-
able for programs and equipment for the ISF 
and the LAF to address security and stability 
requirements in areas affected by conflict in 
Syria, following consultation with the appro-
priate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ that are made available for assistance 
for Lebanon may only be made available for 
programs to— 
(i) professionalize the LAF to miti-
gate internal and external threats from 
non-state actors, including Hizballah; 
(ii) strengthen the security of borders 
and combat terrorism, including training 
and equipping the LAF to secure the bor-
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ders of Lebanon and address security and 
stability requirements in areas affected by 
conflict in Syria, interdicting arms ship-
ments, and preventing the use of Lebanon 
as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and 
(iii) implement United Nations Secu-
rity Council Resolution 1701: 
Provided, That prior to obligating funds made 
available by this subparagraph for assistance 
for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
spend plan, including actions to be taken to en-
sure equipment provided to the LAF is used 
only for the intended purposes, except such plan 
may not be considered as meeting the notifica-
tion requirements under section 7015 of this 
Act or under section 634A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 
any notification submitted pursuant to such 
section shall include any funds specifically in-
tended for lethal military equipment. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘National Security Invest-
ment Programs’’ that are made available for assist-
ance for Lebanon may be made available notwith-
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standing section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
228; 22 U.S.C. 2346 note). 
(f) SYRIA.— 
(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles III and IV may be 
made available, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance for 
Syria, including for emergency medical and rescue 
response and chemical weapons investigations. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and made available for assistance for Syria may 
not be made available for— 
(A) a project or activity that supports or 
otherwise legitimizes the Government of Iran, 
foreign terrorist organizations (as designated 
pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of 
Iran in Syria; and 
(B) activities that further the strategic ob-
jectives of the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration that the Secretary of State determines 
may threaten or undermine United States na-
tional security interests. 
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(3) 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 Syria shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(g) TUNISIA.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance 
for Tunisia for the purposes described under this section 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(h) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment 
Programs’’ for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the purpose of 
such assistance is to— 
(A) advance Middle East peace; 
(B) improve security in the region; 
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(C) continue support for transparent and 
accountable government institutions; 
(D) promote a private sector economy; or 
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A)(i) None of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘National Security Invest-
ment Programs’’ in this Act may be made avail-
able for assistance for the Palestinian Author-
ity, if after the date of enactment of this Act— 
(I) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an 
agreement negotiated between Israel and 
the Palestinians; or 
(II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 
authorized investigation, or actively sup-
port such an investigation, that subjects 
Israeli nationals to an investigation for al-
leged crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re-
sulting from the application of subclause (I) of 
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such clause if the Secretary certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is 
in the national security interest of the United 
States, and submits a report to such Commit-
tees detailing how the waiver and the continu-
ation of assistance would assist in furthering 
Middle East peace. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
(Public Law 100–204) if the President deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Palestinians 
have not, after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
and 
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(II) initiated or actively supported an 
ICC investigation against Israeli nationals 
for alleged crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi-
dent is unable to make the certification pursu-
ant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the 
President may waive section 1003 of Public 
Law 100–204 if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Palestinians have entered 
into direct and meaningful negotiations with 
Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 
under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 
previous provisions of law must expire before 
the waiver under this clause may be exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall be effective for no more than a pe-
riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) GAZA OVERSIGHT.— 
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(A) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall certify and report to the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 15 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, that— 
(i) oversight policies, processes, and 
procedures have been established by the 
Department of State and are in use to pre-
vent the diversion to Hamas and other ter-
rorist and extremist entities in Gaza and 
the misuse or destruction by such entities 
of assistance, including through inter-
national organizations; and 
(ii) such policies, processes, and pro-
cedures have been developed in coordina-
tion with other bilateral and multilateral 
donors and the Government of Israel, as 
appropriate. 
(B) OVERSIGHT
POLICY
AND
PROCE-
DURES.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees, con-
current with the submission of the certification 
required in subparagraph (A), a written de-
scription of the oversight policies, processes, 
and procedures for funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for 
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Gaza, including specific actions to be taken 
should such assistance be diverted, misused, or 
destroyed, and the role of the Government of 
Israel in the oversight of such assistance. 
(C) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM.—The Sec-
retary of State shall promptly inform the appro-
priate congressional committees of each in-
stance in which funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for Gaza 
have been diverted, misused, or destroyed, to 
include the type of assistance, a description of 
the incident and parties involved, and an expla-
nation of the response of the Department of 
State. 
(D) THIRD
PARTY
MONITORING.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available 
for third party monitoring of assistance for 
Gaza, including end use monitoring, following 
consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
(E) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for Gaza, and every 90 days thereafter 
until all such funds are expended, the Secretary 
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of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report detailing the 
amount and purpose of such assistance pro-
vided during each respective quarter, including 
a description of the specific entity implementing 
such assistance. 
(F) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and 
every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 
2027, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Director of National Intelligence and 
other heads of elements of the intelligence com-
munity that the Secretary considers relevant, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report assessing whether funds 
appropriated by this Act and made available for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza have 
been diverted to or destroyed by Hamas or 
other terrorist and extremist entities in the 
West Bank and Gaza: Provided, That such re-
port shall include details on the amount and 
how such funds were made available and used 
by such entities: Provided further, That such re-
port may be submitted in classified form, if nec-
essary. 
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(G) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act but 
prior to the initial obligation of funds made 
available by this Act for humanitarian assist-
ance for Gaza, the Secretary of State shall con-
sult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
the amount and anticipated uses of such funds. 
(4) APPLICATION
OF
TAYLOR
FORCE
ACT.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ that are 
made available for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza shall be made available consistent with section 
1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act (title X of division 
S of Public Law 115–141). 
(5) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 
apply to funds made available by this Act, including 
a description of modifications, if any, to the security 
strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 
(6) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees detailing steps 
taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incite-
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ment of violence against Israelis and to promote 
peace and coexistence with Israel. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Security Investment Programs’’ may be made avail-
able for a contribution to the Special Criminal Court in 
Central African Republic. 
(b) COUNTRIES OF THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES RE-
GION.— 
(1) PEACE AGREEMENT AND REGIONAL ECO-
NOMIC INTEGRATION.—Funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
to support the June 27, 2025 Peace Agreement Be-
tween the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 
Republic of Rwanda and implementation of the Re-
gional Economic Integration Framework, including 
for cross-border security and education programs, 
east-west economic linkages, and health security in 
Virunga National Park and adjoining national parks 
in Rwanda: Provided, That such funds shall 
prioritize sectors deemed critical by the Secretary of 
State to the national security and economic interests 
of the United States, including the mining sector 
and other natural resources: Provided further, That 
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such funds shall also be made available to facilitate 
regional economic integration and investment, in-
cluding with Burundi and Uganda: Provided further, 
That such funds may only be made available fol-
lowing consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, 
and in accordance with the requirements contained 
under this section in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available 
for such purposes, which are in addition to amounts 
made available for assistance for the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda, in-
cluding for bilateral assistance for such countries. 
(2) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.— 
Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
Act shall be made available for bilateral assistance 
for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for 
agriculture, global health, law enforcement pro-
grams, humanitarian assistance, and programs to 
address violence against women and girls, including 
in Eastern DRC. 
(3) REPUBLIC
OF
RWANDA.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be 
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made available for bilateral assistance for the Re-
public of Rwanda, including for maternal and child 
health programs, programs to combat malaria, and 
continued support for the Government of Rwanda’s 
education reform efforts. 
(4) ASSISTANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’ for the central 
government of a country in the African Great Lakes 
region may be made available only for Expanded 
International Military Education and Training and 
professional military education until the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such government is not facili-
tating or otherwise participating in destabilizing ac-
tivities in a neighboring country, including aiding 
and abetting armed groups. 
(c) COUNTER ILLICIT ARMED GROUPS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Re-
sistance Army (LRA) or other illicit armed groups in 
Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Cen-
tral African Republic, including to improve physical ac-
cess, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warn-
ing mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobi-
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lization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, es-
pecially child soldiers. 
(d) ETHIOPIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for Ethiopia should be 
used to support— 
(1) political dialogue; 
(2) civil society and the protection of human 
rights; 
(3) investigations and prosecutions of gross vio-
lations of human rights; 
(4) efforts to provide unimpeded access to, and 
monitoring of, humanitarian assistance; and 
(5) the restoration of basic services in areas im-
pacted by conflict. 
(e) NIGERIA.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act that are 
made available for assistance for the central Govern-
ment of Nigeria, 50 percent may not be obligated 
until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that such Government is— 
(A) taking effective steps to prevent and 
respond to violence and hold perpetrators ac-
countable; 
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(B) prioritizing resources to support vic-
tims of such violence, including internally dis-
placed persons; 
(C) actively facilitating the safe return, re-
settlement, and reconstruction of communities 
impacted by the violence; and 
(D) allocating sufficient resources to ad-
dress the conditions in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C). 
(2) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Nigeria shall be 
made available on a cost-matching basis to the max-
imum extent practicable and used to support— 
(A) atrocities prevention, including through 
early warning systems; 
(B) advancing religious freedom; 
(C) investigations and prosecutions of vio-
lence committed by Fulani militia groups, 
jihadist terror groups, and criminal gangs; 
(D) the effectiveness and accountability of 
police and security forces for the protection of 
civilians from militia or terrorist attack; 
(E) the delivery of humanitarian assist-
ance; 
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(F) the restoration of basic services in 
areas impacted by conflict including through 
faith-based and local organizations; and 
(G) the development of demobilization, dis-
armament, and reintegration efforts to address 
the challenge of illegal weapons trafficking and 
related security risks, pursuant to section 
7035(b)(2) of this Act. 
(3) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall conduct an inde-
pendent audit of all United States foreign assistance 
provided to Nigeria during the 5 fiscal years pre-
ceding enactment of this Act: Provided, That such 
audit shall assess the criteria enumerated under this 
section in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
(f) SOUTH SUDAN.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under title IV may be made available for as-
sistance for the central Government of South Sudan, ex-
cept to support implementation of a viable peace agree-
ment in South Sudan. 
(g) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under title IV may be made 
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SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.—None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
made available for assistance to the Taliban. 
(b) PAKISTAN.—Of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles 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 relat-
ing to the assistance provided to the United States in lo-
cating Osama bin Laden. 
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 programs as described under this section in the explan-
atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
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diverted or destroyed and an explanation of the re-
sponse by the respective international organization; 
and 
(6) implementing policies and procedures to ef-
fectively vet staff for any affiliation with a terrorist 
organization. 
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA-
TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) 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 
commission of the United Nations if such agency, 
body, or commission is chaired or presided over by 
a country, the government of which the Secretary of 
State has determined, for purposes of section 
1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 
(50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), supports international ter-
rorism. 
(2) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a con-
tribution to any organization, 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 govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has deter-
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fully compensated for their overtime because their 
premium pay would be above the pay limitation in 
section 2 of the Overtime Pay Protection Act of 
2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note). 
(f) The matter preceding the first proviso under the 
heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’ in division C of Public Law 118–47 shall be ap-
plied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ for ‘‘$24,000,000’’ and substituting 
‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 238. Section 211 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of 
Public Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the 
construction of fencing in certain areas, shall apply with 
respect to funds made available in this Act in the same 
manner as such section applied to funds made available 
in that Act. 
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