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shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary 
for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, 
Department of State, and the coordinator designated 
pursuant to section 601 of the Support for Eastern 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public 
Law 101–179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102–511): Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(10) BASE RIGHTS.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used by the United 
States Government to enter into a permanent basing 
rights agreement between the United States and Af-
ghanistan. 
(b) BANGLADESH.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ that are made 
available for assistance for Bangladesh shall be made avail-
able for programs to improve labor conditions by strength-
ening the capacity of independent workers’ organizations 
in Bangladesh’s readymade garment, shrimp, and fish ex-
port sectors. 
(c) NEPAL.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may
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be made available for assistance for Nepal only if the 
Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of 
Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations of 
human rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal 
army is cooperating fully with civilian judicial au-
thorities, including providing investigators access to 
witnesses, documents, and other information. 
(2) The conditions in paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to assistance for humanitarian relief and re-
construction activities in Nepal, or for training to 
participate in international peacekeeping missions. 
(d) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for assistance for the Government of Pakistan 
may be made available unless the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(A) cooperating with the United States in 
counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 
Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-
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Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 
other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza-
tions, including taking steps to end support for 
such groups and prevent them from basing and 
operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 
border attacks into neighboring countries; 
(B) not supporting terrorist activities 
against United States or coalition forces in Af-
ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel-
ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi-
cially into political and judicial processes in 
Pakistan; 
(C) dismantling improvised explosive device 
(IED) networks and interdicting precursor 
chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
(D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear- 
related material and expertise; 
(E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 
United States visitors engaged in counterter-
rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki-
stan; and 
(F) providing humanitarian organizations 
access to detainees, internally displaced persons, 
and other Pakistani civilians affected by the con-
flict.
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(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, may waive 
the certification requirement of paragraph (1) if the 
Secretary of State determines that to do so is impor-
tant to the national security interest of the United 
States and the Secretary submits a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, in classified form if nec-
essary, on the justification for the waiver and the rea-
sons why any part of the certification requirement of 
paragraph (1) has not been met. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 
available only to support counterterrorism and 
counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan, and 
are subject to section 620M of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’ that are available for as-
sistance for Pakistan shall be made available to 
interdict precursor materials from Pakistan to 
Afghanistan that are used to manufacture IEDs,
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including calcium ammonium nitrate; to sup-
port programs to train border and customs offi-
cials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for agri-
cultural extension programs that encourage al-
ternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers. 
(C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
made available for assistance for infrastructure 
projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a 
manner consistent with section 507(6) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV for assistance for Pakistan may 
be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except for this subsection. 
(E) Of the funds appropriated under titles 
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 Appropria-
tions that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released 
from prison and cleared of all charges relating to 
the assistance provided to the United States in 
locating Osama bin Laden. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.—
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(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
made available for assistance for Pakistan shall 
be made available to increase the number of 
scholarships for women under the Merit and 
Needs-Based Scholarship Program during fiscal 
year 2015. 
(B) The additional scholarships available 
pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded in 
accordance with other scholarship eligibility cri-
teria already established by USAID. 
(C) Additional scholarships funded pursu-
ant to this subsection shall be awarded for a 
range of disciplines to improve the employability 
of graduates and to meet the needs of scholarship 
recipients. 
(D) Not less than 50 percent of the scholar-
ships available under such Program should be 
awarded to Pakistani women. 
(5) REPORTS.— 
(A)(i) The spend plan required by section 
7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan shall 
include achievable and sustainable goals, bench-
marks for measuring progress, and expected re-
sults regarding combating poverty and fur-