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pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(2) INFORMING
THE
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOC-
RACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State, and the Assistant Adminis-
trator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 
USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endowment for 
Democracy of democracy programs that are planned and sup-
ported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs. 
(3) REPORT ON PROGRAM CHANGES.—The Secretary of State 
or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of a decision 
to significantly change the objectives or the content of a democ-
racy program or to close such a program due to the increasingly 
repressive nature of the host country government: Provided, 
That the report shall also include a strategy for continuing 
support for democracy promotion, if such programming is fea-
sible, and may be submitted in classified form, if necessary. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE AND 
SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs’’ shall be made available for the Office of the Ambassador- 
at-Large for International Religious Freedom and the Special Envoy 
to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near 
East and South Central Asia, as authorized in the Near East 
and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113-161), and including for support staff, at not less than 
the amounts contained for such Office and Envoy in the table 
under such heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated 
Act). 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROGRAMS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’ and available for the Human Rights and Democracy 
Fund (HRDF), not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for international religious freedom programs: Provided, 
That the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious 
Freedom shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
on the uses of such funds. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PROGRAMS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ shall be made available for programs to protect vulner-
able and persecuted religious minorities: Provided, That a por-
tion of such funds shall be made available for programs to 
investigate the persecution of such minorities by governments 
and non-state actors and for the public dissemination of 
information collected on such persecution, including on the 
Department of State Web site. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available
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for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted reli-
gious minorities. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by 
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the responsibility of the Ambas-
sador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in consulta-
tion with other relevant United States Government officials. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors, Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available for pro-
grams related to international religious freedom, including reporting 
on the condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
(d) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after consultation 
with the heads of other United States Government agencies rep-
resented on the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) and representa-
tives of human rights organizations, as appropriate, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees an evaluation of the 
persecution of, including attacks against, Christians and people 
of other religions in the Middle East by violent Islamic extremists 
and the Muslim Rohingya people in Burma by violent Buddhist 
extremists, including whether either situation constitutes mass 
atrocities or genocide (as defined in section 1091 of title 18, United 
States Code), and a detailed description of any proposed atrocities 
prevention response recommended by the APB: Provided, That such 
evaluation and response may include a classified annex, if nec-
essary. 
(e) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—The President shall, 
concurrent with the annual foreign country review required by 
section 402(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)), review and identify any non-state actors 
in such countries that have engaged in particularly severe violations 
of religious freedom, and designate, in a manner consistent with 
such Act, each such group as a non-state actor of particular concern 
for religious freedom operating in such reviewed country or sur-
rounding region: Provided, That whenever the President designates 
such a non-state actor under this subsection, the President shall, 
as soon as practicable after the designation is made, submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the 
reasons for such designation. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2016, the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Chairman of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, shall submit a report, 
including a classified annex if necessary, to the appropriate congres-
sional committees detailing, by account, agency, and on a country- 
by-country basis, funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for the previous 2 fiscal years for 
international religious freedom programs; protection and investiga-
tion programs regarding vulnerable and persecuted religious minori-
ties; humanitarian and relief assistance for such minorities; and 
international broadcasting regarding religious freedom. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND 
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of
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this Act that are made available for victims of war, displaced 
children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons 
and assist victims of such trafficking, may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY.— 
(1) CHILD
SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
should not be used to support any military training or oper-
ations that include child soldiers. 
(2) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—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 
foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peace-
ful expression, association, or assembly in countries undergoing 
democratic transition. 
(3) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION.— 
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 2016 as if part of this Act. 
(4) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $4,000,000 
shall be made available for forensic anthropology assistance 
related to the exhumation of mass graves and the identi-
fication of victims of war crimes and crimes against 
humanity, of which not less than $3,000,000 should be 
made available for such assistance in Guatemala, Peru, 
Colombia, Iraq, and Sri Lanka, which shall be administered 
by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available 
for DNA forensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America. 
(5) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Section 7065 of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part 
of this Act. 
(6) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—In pro-
viding assistance with funds appropriated 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. 
(7) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report on funds obli-
gated and expended during fiscal year 2015, by country and 
purpose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(8) LEAHY VETTING REPORT.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the
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appropriate congressional committees on foreign assistance 
cases submitted for vetting for purposes of section 620M 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 during the preceding 
fiscal year, including: 
(i) the total number of cases submitted, approved, 
suspended, or rejected for human rights reasons; and 
(ii) for cases rejected, a description of the steps 
taken to assist the foreign government in taking effec-
tive measures to bring the responsible members of 
the security forces to justice, in accordance with section 
620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(B) The report required by this paragraph shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied 
by a classified annex. 
(9) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.—For the 
purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, the term ‘‘military training provided to foreign 
military personnel by the Department of Defense and the 
Department of State’’ shall be deemed to include all military 
training provided by foreign governments with funds appro-
priated to the Department of Defense or the Department of 
State, except for training provided by the government of a 
country designated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 
non-NATO ally. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by the Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), from this 
or any other Act, may be made available as a general contribution 
to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ shall be made available to carry out the Program 
for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized by 
the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 
1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and maintain 
memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts made avail-
able by title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made available 
for grants pursuant to section 504 of Public Law 95–426 (22 
U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate collaboration with indige-
nous communities. 
(4) EXTENSION OF LEGAL PROTECTION.—No conviction issued 
by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public 
Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’, against a citizen 
or national of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted