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sisting friendly countries to provide for their legiti-
mate defense needs, and creating an environment of 
security and stability in the developing friendly 
countries essential to their more rapid social, eco-
nomic, and political progress; 
(2) to exert leadership in the world community 
to bring about arrangements for reducing the inter-
national trade in implements of war and to lessen 
the danger of outbreak of regional conflict and the 
burdens of armaments; 
(3) to exert maximum efforts to achieve uni-
versal control of weapons of mass destruction, the 
securing and control of the means to produce and 
deliver them, and universal regulation and reduction 
of armaments, including armed forces, under ade-
quate safeguards to protect complying countries 
against violation, aggression, and invasion; 
(4) to administer United States programs for or 
procedures governing the export, sale, and grant of 
defense articles and defense services to foreign coun-
tries and international organizations in a manner 
consistent with the goals described in section 4003; 
(5) to achieve international peace and security 
through the United Nations and the diplomatic set-
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tlement of disputes so that armed force shall not be 
used except for individual or collective self-defense; 
(6) to encourage all other countries to join in 
a common undertaking to meet the goals described 
in section 4003; and 
(7) to give priority for the provision of foreign 
assistance under this title to the needs of those 
countries in danger of becoming victims of aggres-
sion, terrorism, or intimidation by conventional or 
non-conventional military means. 
SEC. 4003. GOALS OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The provision of foreign assist-
ance under this title to any country or organization shall 
be furnished solely to achieve the following goals: 
(1) To improve the ability of the country or or-
ganization to meet its legitimate defense and inter-
nal security needs. 
(2) To assist and encourage the country or or-
ganization to recognize and effectively address prob-
lems that threaten United States security, including 
terrorism, proliferation of weapons and dangerous 
technologies, environmental destruction, the spread 
of deadly disease, and transnational crime. 
(3) To protect civilian populations from vio-
lence, including criminal violence. 
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(4) To permit the country or organization to 
participate in regional or collective arrangements or 
measures requested by the United Nations, or con-
sistent with the Charter of the United Nations, for 
the purpose of maintaining or restoring international 
peace and security. 
(5) To increase the professionalization, trans-
parency, accountability, humanitarian and disaster 
response capacity, or human rights record of the se-
curity forces of the country or organization, and the 
effective control of such security forces by civilian 
democratic authorities. 
(6) To promote a social, economic, and political 
environment conducive to stable peace in the country 
or region. 
(b) BIENNIAL REVIEW AND REPORT.— 
(1) REVIEW.—In carrying out the requirements 
of section 8201 with respect to security assistance, 
the Secretary shall, for each country to which such 
assistance is provided— 
(A) review the extent to which such assist-
ance is achieving the goals of subsection (a); 
(B) review the impact of such assistance 
on internationally recognized human rights; and 
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(C) incorporate the results of such review 
into decisions regarding the provision and de-
sign of security assistance. 
(2) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the result of the review required under paragraph 
(1) and the steps taken to incorporate the results of 
such review into security assistance decisionmaking. 
Subtitle A—Economic Support 
Fund 
SEC. 4101. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Conflict, violence, anarchy, and instability, 
fueled by problems such as tyranny and oppression, 
corruption and financial mismanagement, ethnic and 
religious discrimination and discord, competition 
over resources, and other sources of tension, are 
among the greatest threats to United States national 
security. 
(2) Terrorism and violent extremism undermine 
the stability and survival of states, the protection of 
democratic freedoms, the vitality of economies and 
markets, and the lives of civilian populations. 
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(3) United States leadership is essential to 
countering terrorism and violent extremism, fos-
tering political and economic stability, and reaching 
comprehensive, just and lasting peace agreements. 
(4) To reduce the need for military force, the 
United States must develop and maintain a broad 
range of efficient and effective diplomatic and eco-
nomic tools to promote peaceful resolution of conflict 
and to prevent the collapse of weak and fragile 
states. 
(5) Efforts to promote international peace and 
stability are most effective when undertaken on a 
multilateral basis, in concert with strategic partners. 
(6) Prudent investment of United States re-
sources to assist, through bilateral and collective ef-
forts, in preventing or containing armed conflict, in 
restoring peace and stability, and in addressing the 
sources of conflict, is essential for achieving a peace-
ful world. 
(7) While stability is a necessary precursor to 
long-term development, stabilization programming 
often has different objectives, beneficiaries, modali-
ties, and measurement tools than long-term develop-
ment programming, and should be justified, budg-
eted, and evaluated according to different criteria. 
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(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to deepen engagement with close allies and 
partners, and to develop relations with new partners, to 
prevent violent conflict, resolve underlying grievances fair-
ly, and build sustainable peace. 
SEC. 4102. GOAL AND OBJECTIVES. 
(a) GOAL.—The goal of foreign assistance under this 
subtitle is to expand strategic partnerships to prevent vio-
lent conflict, resolve underlying grievances fairly, and 
build sustainable peace. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—In furtherance of the goal de-
scribed in subsection (a), foreign assistance under this 
subtitle shall be designed to achieve the following objec-
tives: 
(1) Promoting and supporting peace agree-
ments. 
(2) Increasing economic and political stability. 
(3) Facilitating participation in collective diplo-
matic and security efforts. 
(4) Strengthening democratic governance. 
SEC. 4103. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized to 
provide foreign assistance under this subtitle to countries 
and organizations, on such terms and conditions as the 
President may determine, in order to achieve the goal and 
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objectives of this subtitle. Such foreign assistance shall be 
known as ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ assistance. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP
TO
DEVELOPMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Foreign assistance under this subtitle— 
(1) should be designed to complement assist-
ance under title I and should be linked with subse-
quent medium-term and long-term development pro-
grams; 
(2) shall be provided, to the maximum extent 
feasible, consistent with the policy directions, pur-
poses, and programs of title I; and 
(3) is authorized to be provided for countries in 
amounts that could not be justified solely under as-
sistance under title I. 
(c) ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
be responsible for policy decisions and justifications for 
foreign assistance under this subtitle, including determina-
tions of whether to provide foreign assistance to a country 
or organization and the amount of such foreign assistance. 
The Secretary shall exercise this responsibility in coordi-
nation with the Administrator. 
(d) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—The annual 
congressional budget justification required under section 
8302 and the database required under section 8301 shall 
include information concerning the amounts and kinds of 
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cash grant transfers, the amounts and kinds of budgetary 
and balance-of-payments support provided, and the 
amounts and kinds of project assistance provided with 
funds made available under this subtitle. 
(e) NON-MILITARY
PURPOSES.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this subtitle may not be used for 
military or paramilitary purposes and may not be carried 
out by military forces. 
(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made avail-
able to carry out this subtitle are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 4104. CASH TRANSFER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
provide foreign assistance under this subtitle in the form 
of cash grant transfers, balance-of-payments support, or 
other non-project assistance only to the extent and in the 
amounts justified in the annual congressional budget jus-
tification required under section 8302 or as subsequently 
notified to Congress pursuant to section 8401. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.—A country or organiza-
tion receiving foreign assistance in the form of cash trans-
fers or non-project sector assistance shall be required to 
maintain such funds in a separate account and not com-
mingle them with any other funds. 
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(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds placed into a separate 
account pursuant to subsection (b) may be obligated and 
expended notwithstanding commodity restrictions (as de-
fined in section 10001). 
Subtitle B—Security Partnerships 
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 4211. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to provide foreign assistance under this subtitle to 
any country or organization that is eligible to receive 
such assistance in order to promote security in the 
country or region. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The President 
may provide foreign assistance under this subtitle on 
such terms and conditions as the President may de-
termine. 
(b) TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) includes— 
(1) acquiring from any source and providing by 
grant any defense article or defense service; 
(2) assigning or detailing members of the 
United States Armed Forces and other personnel of 
the Department of Defense, the Department of 
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State, or any other Federal agency, to perform du-
ties of a non-combatant nature; or 
(3) transferring such amounts made available 
under this title as the President may determine for 
assistance to the country or organization to the ac-
count in which amounts for the procurement of de-
fense articles and defense services under section 
4311 and section 4312 have been deposited for the 
country or organization, to be merged with such de-
posited funds, and to be used solely to meet obliga-
tions of the country or organization for payment for 
sales of defense items and services under this title. 
(c) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN COSTS.—Sales that are 
wholly paid from funds transferred under subsection 
(b)(3) or from funds made available on a non-repayable 
basis under section 4311 shall be priced to exclude the 
costs of salaries of members of the United States Armed 
Forces (other than the Coast Guard). 
SEC. 4212. CONDITIONS OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the requirements 
of sections 4361 and 4362, foreign assistance authorized 
under this subtitle, including defense articles, defense 
services, or related training, may be provided to any coun-
try or organization if the country or organization (as the 
case may be) has agreed that— 
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