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(F) the Countering PRC Influence Fund and 
the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 
(G) the Gender Equity and Equality Action 
Fund; and 
(H) funds specifically allocated for the Part-
nership for Global Infrastructure and Investment. 
(3) DEMOCRACY
PROGRAM
POLICY
AND
PROCE-
DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy and 
procedures, including relating to the use of consortia, by 
the Department of State and USAID shall be subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) ARMS SALES.—The reports, notifications, and 
certifications, and any other documents, required to be 
submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and such documents sub-
mitted pursuant to section 36(b) through (d) of such Act 
with respect to countries that have received assistance 
provided with funds appropriated by this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall be 
concurrently submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and shall include information about the source of 
funds for any sale or transfer, as applicable, if known 
at the time of submission.
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(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from obli-
gation or otherwise not programmed as a result of application 
of a provision of law in this or any other Act shall, if repro-
grammed, be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM.—The Secretary of State 
and USAID Administrator, as applicable, shall promptly in-
form the appropriate congressional committees of each in-
stance in which funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 
have been diverted or destroyed, to include the type and 
amount of assistance, a description of the incident and par-
ties involved, and an explanation of the response of the De-
partment of State or USAID, as appropriate. 
(k) PRIOR CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, the Chief Executive Officer 
of the United States International Development Finance Cor-
poration, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 7 days prior to informing a govern-
ment of, or publicly announcing a decision on, the suspension 
or early termination of assistance to a country or a territory, 
including as a result of an interagency review of such assist-
ance, from funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts mak-
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ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs: Provided, That such consulta-
tion shall include a detailed justification for such suspension, 
including a description of the assistance being suspended. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 
through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovern-
mental organization, including any contractor, which fails to 
provide upon timely request any document, file, or record 
necessary to the auditing requirements of the Department of 
State and the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), 
any report required by this Act to be submitted to Con-
gress by any Federal agency receiving funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be posted on the public website of 
such agency not later than 45 days following the receipt 
of such report by Congress. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report if— 
(A) the head of such agency determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations in the 
transmittal letter accompanying such report that—
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(i) the public posting of the report would 
compromise national security, including the 
conduct of diplomacy; or 
(ii) the report contains proprietary or 
other privileged information; or 
(B) the public posting of the report is specifi-
cally exempted in House Report 118–146, Senate 
Report 118–71, or the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so only 
after the report has been made available to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(4) The head of the agency posting such report 
shall do so in a central location on the public website of 
such agency. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBERSECU-
RITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, direc-
tives, and oversight necessary to comply with Federal 
statutes, regulations, and presidential executive orders 
and memoranda concerning the preservation of all 
records made or received in the conduct of official busi-
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ness, including record emails, instant messaging, and 
other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, as appropriate, to 
improve Federal records management pursuant to the 
Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, 
and 33) and other applicable Federal records manage-
ment statutes, regulations, or policies for the Depart-
ment of State and USAID; 
(3) direct departing employees, including senior of-
ficials, that all Federal records generated by such em-
ployees belong to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the previous 
fiscal year, the response time for identifying and retriev-
ing Federal records, including requests made pursuant 
to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); and 
(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate 
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of 
personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov do-
main, improve the process to identify and remove inac-
tive user accounts, update and enforce guidance related 
to the control of national security information, and im-
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plement the recommendations of the applicable reports 
of the cognizant Office of Inspector General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not 
to comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 
grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations in writing within 5 days 
of such determination, the basis for such determination and 
any resulting changes to program or policy. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as 
a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any per-
son to practice abortions. None of the funds made available 
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of invol-
untary sterilization as a method of family planning or to co-
erce or provide any financial incentive to any person to un-
dergo sterilizations. None of the funds made available to 
carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 
which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the per-
formance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means
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of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be obligated or expended for any country or organi-
zation if the President certifies that the use of these funds 
by any such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to sub-
section (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III 
through V shall be made available in the amounts specifically 
designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such des-
ignated amounts for foreign countries and international orga-
nizations shall serve as the amounts for such countries and 
international organizations transmitted to Congress in the re-
port required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, and shall be made available for such foreign coun-
tries and international organizations notwithstanding the date 
of the transmission of such report. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise pro-
vided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, as applicable, may only deviate up to 10 percent from
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the amounts specifically designated in the respective tables 
included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded only if the 
Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, as applicable, 
determines and reports in writing to the Committees on Ap-
propriations on a case-by-case basis that such deviation is 
necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances directly 
related to the national security interest of the United States, 
including a description of such events or circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That deviations pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the reg-
ular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts 
that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report 
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, deviations authorized by subsection (b) may only take 
place after submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired; and
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(B) amounts designated by this Act as min-
imum funding requirements. 
(2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate from 
amounts designated in the respective tables included in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) 
shall not apply to the table included under the heading 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in such statement. 
(3) With respect to the amounts designated for 
‘‘Global Programs’’ in the table under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ included in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act), the matter preceding 
the first proviso in subsection (b) of this section shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’, 
and the provisos in such subsection (b) shall not apply. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Admin-
istrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, shall 
submit the reports required, in the manner described, in 
House Report 118–146, Senate Report 118–71, and the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), unless otherwise 
directed in such explanatory statement. 
(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and
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‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be included for 
purposes of meeting amounts designated for countries in this 
Act, unless such headings are specifically designated as the 
source of funds. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to make any pledge 
for future year funding for any multilateral or bilateral pro-
gram funded in titles III through VI of this Act unless such 
pledge was: (1) previously justified, including the projected 
future year costs, in a congressional budget justification; (2) 
included in an Act making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs or pre-
viously authorized by an Act of Congress; (3) notified in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, including the projected future year 
costs; or (4) the subject of prior consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and such consultation was con-
ducted at least 7 days in advance of the pledge. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available under titles III through VI
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of this Act may be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which provides lethal military equipment to a coun-
try the government of which the Secretary of State has 
determined supports international terrorism for purposes 
of section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 
2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibi-
tion under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that government 
ceases to provide such military equipment: Provided fur-
ther, That this section applies with respect to lethal mili-
tary equipment provided under a contract entered into 
after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, may 
be furnished if the President determines that to do so 
is important to the national interest of the United 
States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a de-
termination pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a re-
port with respect to the furnishing of such assistance, 
including a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 
provided, the estimated dollar amount of such assist-
ance, and an explanation of how the assistance furthers 
the United States national interest.
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(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bilateral 
assistance in titles III through VI of this Act and funds 
appropriated under any such title in prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs, shall not be made avail-
able to any foreign government which the President de-
termines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international terrorism; 
or 
(C) is controlled by an organization designated 
as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the appli-
cation of paragraph (1) to a government if the President 
determines that national security or humanitarian rea-
sons 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 justification for the waiver) in accordance
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with the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop-
ment 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 Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
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 defined at 
the appropriations Act account level and shall include all ap-
propriations and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceil-
ings, and limitations with the exception that for the ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
accounts, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be con-
sidered to include country, regional, and central program 
level funding within each such account, and for the develop-
ment assistance accounts of the United States Agency for 
International Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
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shall also be considered to include central, country, regional, 
and program level funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance 
with the report required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modified pursuant to 
section 7019 of this Act. 
AUTHORITIES
FOR
THE
PEACE
CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOP-
MENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions con-
tained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized 
by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-Amer-
ican Foundation Act, or the African Development Foundation 
Act: Provided, That prior to conducting activities in a country 
for which assistance is prohibited, 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
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otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank and the 
United States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, any 
assistance, or any other financial commitments for estab-
lishing or expanding production of any commodity for export 
by any country other than the United States, if the com-
modity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time 
the resulting productive capacity is expected to become opera-
tive and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to 
United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
commodity: Provided, 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 com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this sub-
section shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for assist-
ance from the International Development Association, is 
not eligible for assistance from the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, and does not ex-
port on a consistent basis the agricultural commodity 
with respect to which assistance is furnished; or
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(2) activities in a country the President determines 
is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian 
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 For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training in 
connection with the growth or production 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 have 
a significant impact on the export of agricultural com-
modities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for assist-
ance from the International Development Association, is 
not eligible for assistance from the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, and does not ex-
port on a consistent basis the agricultural commodity 
with respect to which assistance is furnished; or
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(4) activities in a country the President determines 
is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian 
crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States ex-
ecutive director of each international financial institution to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any as-
sistance by such institution, using funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act, for the production or ex-
traction of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in 
surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause sub-
stantial injury to United States producers of the same, simi-
lar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to the 
government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 
10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result in 
the generation of local currencies of that country, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall—
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(A) require that local currencies be deposited 
in a separate account established by that govern-
ment; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies to 
be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under which 
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, 
consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that govern-
ment the responsibilities of USAID and that gov-
ernment to monitor and account for deposits into 
and disbursements from the separate account. 
(2) USES
OF
LOCAL
CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to sub-
section (a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, 
shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (as the case may be), for such purposes 
as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activities; 
or
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(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government. 
(3) 
PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiva-
lent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2)(A) from the separate account established 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the purposes 
agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of assistance to a country under chap-
ter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), any 
unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a sepa-
rate account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 
the government of that country and the United States 
Government. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made available to 
the government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 
10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as 
nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be re-
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quired 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 not-
withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent 
with the nature of this assistance, including provisions 
which are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement 
of the Committee of Conference accompanying House 
Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector as-
sistance, the President shall submit a notification 
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed 
description of how the funds proposed to be made avail-
able will be used, with a discussion of the United States 
interests that will be served by such assistance (includ-
ing, 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 proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961 and from funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: 
Provided, That before using the authority of this subsection 
to furnish assistance in support of programs of nongovern-
mental organizations, the President shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notification 
procedures, including a description of the program to be as-
sisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for fur-
nishing such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 
contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2024, restric-
tions contained in this or any other Act with respect to as-
sistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict as-
sistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 
7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none of the funds ap-
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propriated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 
pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended ex-
cept as provided through the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law 
prohibiting assistance to countries that support inter-
national terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance 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.—Consistent 
with section 704 of the Championing American Business 
Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of division J of 
Public Law 116–94), the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Commerce, should prioritize the alloca-
tion of funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for support of Chief of Mission diplo-
matic engagement to foster commercial relations and safe-
guard United States economic and business interests in the 
country in which each Chief of Mission serves, including ac-
tivities and initiatives to create and maintain an enabling en-
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vironment, promote and protect such interests, and resolve 
commercial disputes: Provided, That each Mission Resource 
Request and Bureau Resource Request shall include amounts 
required to prioritize the activities described in this sub-
section. 
(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 economic and 
commercial diplomacy issue areas and ensure, after a review 
of course offerings, course attendance records, and course 
evaluation results, that current offerings meet training needs. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State should direct 
each Chief of Mission to consider how best to advance and 
support commercial relations and the safeguarding of United 
States business interests in the development and execution of 
the applicable Integrated Country Strategy and the Mission 
Resource Request for each country receiving bilateral assist-
ance from funds appropriated by this Act. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS.—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 institution to adopt and 
implement a publicly available policy, including the strategic 
use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct inde-
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pendent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of at least 
35 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and significant an-
alytical non-lending activities in advancing the institution’s 
goals of reducing poverty and promoting equitable economic 
growth, consistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure that 
decisions to support such loans, grants, programs, and activi-
ties are based on accurate data and objective analysis. 
(b) SAFEGUARDS.— 
(1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment and the International Development 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 environ-
mental 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 inter-
national financial institution to use the voice and vote of 
the United States to oppose loans or other financing for 
projects unless such projects—
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(A) provide for accountability and trans-
parency, including the collection, verification, and 
publication of beneficial ownership information re-
lated 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 em-
powerment of local populations, including free, prior 
and informed consent of affected Indigenous com-
munities; 
(C) do not provide incentives for, or facilitate, 
forced displacement or other violations of human 
rights; and 
(D) do not partner with or otherwise involve 
enterprises owned or controlled by the armed forces. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
under title V of this Act may be made as payment to any 
international financial institution while the United States ex-
ecutive director to such institution is compensated by the in-
stitution at a rate which, together with whatever compensa-
tion 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
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United States executive director to such institution is com-
pensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate pro-
vided 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 diligence and 
risk management, as appropriate, in connection with any 
loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution in accord-
ance with the requirements specified under this section in 
Senate Report 118–71. 
(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—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 include in loan, grant, and other financ-
ing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ finan-
cial management and judicial capacity to investigate, pros-
ecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 
(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States execu-
tive director of each international financial institution to use 
the voice of the United States to encourage such institution 
to collect, verify, and publish, to the maximum extent prac-
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ticable, beneficial ownership information (excluding propri-
etary information) for any corporation or limited liability 
company, other than a publicly listed company, that receives 
funds from any such financial institution. 
(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—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 effec-
tively implement and enforce policies and procedures which 
meet or exceed best practices in the United States for the 
protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal and 
lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 
(4) access to binding independent adjudicative bod-
ies, including shared cost and selection external arbitra-
tion; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven retal-
iation, including provision for the restoration of prior 
employment. 
(h) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States ex-
ecutive director of each international financial institution to 
use the voice of the United States to support independent in-
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vestigative and adjudicative mechanisms and procedures that 
meet or exceed best practices in the United States to provide 
due process and fair compensation, including the right to re-
instatement, for employees who are subjected to harassment, 
discrimination, retaliation, false allegations, or other mis-
conduct. 
(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 institution un-
less the President submits a budget request for such increase 
to Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the institution has completed a thorough anal-
ysis of the development challenges facing the relevant 
geographical region, the role of the institution in ad-
dressing such challenges and its role relative to other fi-
nancing partners, and the steps to be taken to enhance 
the efficiency and effectiveness of the institution; and 
(2) the governors of such institution have approved 
the capital increase. 
(j) 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 detail-
ing any funding provided in the prior calendar year by a fi-
nancial intermediary fund overseen by the Department of the
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Treasury to the People’s Republic of China or any country 
or region subject to comprehensive sanctions by the United 
States. 
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE INITIATIVE 
SEC. 7030. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall 
be made available 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 such funds are in 
addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes 
by this Act, including funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Treasury International Assistance Programs’’: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available by this subsection may only 
be made available following consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, 
and shall include— 
(1) not less than $55,000,000 for strategic infra-
structure investments, which shall be administered by 
the Secretary of State in consultation with the heads of 
other relevant Federal agencies: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
propriated by this Act to the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States under the heading ‘‘Program Account’’, to 
the United States International Development Finance
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Corporation under the heading ‘‘Corporate Capital Ac-
count’’, and under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development 
Agency’’: Provided further, 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 procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions; 
(2) not less than $50,000,000 to enhance critical 
mineral supply chain security; 
(3) not less than $60,000,000 for economic resil-
ience programs administered by the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, 
consistent with the strategy required in subsection (d); 
and 
(4) not less than $50,000,000 for 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 ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ and such funds may be made available 
for the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partner-
ship program consistent with section 6306 of the De-
partment of State Authorization Act of 2023 (division F 
of Public Law 118–31): Provided further, That funds
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made available pursuant to this paragraph are in addi-
tion to funds otherwise made available for such purposes 
and shall be coordinated with the USAID Administrator, 
including for relevant USAID programming. 
(b) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, including funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section, may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, Small Is-
land Developing States, and Ukraine, which are authorized to 
be provided and which shall be administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development unless other-
wise provided for by this Act or any other provision of law: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this subsection 
for the costs of such guarantees shall not be considered as-
sistance for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assist-
ance to a country: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to the authorities of this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees and the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations.
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(c) CHIPS FOR AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 
SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND.— 
(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made available 
from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semi-
conductors (CHIPS) for America International Tech-
nology Security and Innovation Fund for fiscal year 
2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Pub-
lic Law 117–167), to the accounts specified and in the 
amounts specified, in the table titled ‘‘CHIPS for Amer-
ica International Technology Security and Innovation 
Fund’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such funds shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under section 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro-
priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: Pro-
vided, That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this 
proviso shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment,
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or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of 
programs allocated using funds transferred from the 
CHIPS for America International Technology Security 
and Innovation Fund, which may be allocated pursuant 
to the transfer authority in section 102(c)(1) of the 
CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that are no more 
than the allocation for such purposes in paragraph (1) 
of this subsection. 
(3) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
proposed allocations by account and by program, project, 
or activity, with detailed justifications, for amounts 
made available under section 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS 
Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2025. 
(4) The Secretary of State shall provide the Com-
mittees on Appropriations quarterly reports on the sta-
tus of balances of projects and activities funded by the 
CHIPS for America International Technology Security 
and Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, including all uncommit-
ted, committed, and unobligated funds. 
(5) Amounts transferred to the Export-Import 
Bank and the United States International Development 
Finance Corporation pursuant to the transfer authority
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in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division 
A of Public Law 117–167) may be made available for 
the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(d) STRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations, the Secretary of State, Sec-
retary of the Treasury, and USAID Administrator, in con-
sultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 
shall jointly submit a strategy to the Committees on Appro-
priations detailing the planned uses of funds provided by this 
Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, and other 
Acts, consistent with the purposes of this section, including 
through cooperation with the private sector. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND 
ANTI-CORRUPTION 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT- 
TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for direct government-to-gov-
ernment assistance only if— 
(A) the requirements included in section 
7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) of the Department of
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State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 
116–6) are fully met; and 
(B) the government of the recipient country is 
taking steps to reduce corruption. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In addi-
tion to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds may 
only be made available for direct government-to-govern-
ment assistance subject to prior consultation 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 fur-
ther, That the requirements of this paragraph shall only 
apply to direct government-to-government assistance in 
excess of $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash 
transfer, budget support, and cash payments to individ-
uals. 
(3) SUSPENSION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, 
shall suspend any direct government-to-government as-
sistance if the Administrator or the Secretary has cred-
ible information of material misuse of such assistance, 
unless the Administrator or the Secretary reports to the
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Committees on Appropriations that it is in the national 
interest of the United States to continue such assistance, 
including a justification, or that such misuse has been 
appropriately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, concurrent with the fiscal year 2025 congressional 
budget justification materials, amounts planned for as-
sistance 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 fi-
nancial institution or to the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(b) 
NATIONAL
BUDGET
AND
CONTRACT
TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANS-
PARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall continue to up-
date and strengthen the ‘‘minimum requirements of fis-
cal transparency’’ for each government receiving assist-
ance appropriated by this Act, as identified in the report 
required by section 7031(b) of the Department of State,
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Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each gov-
ernment identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of State, not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de-
termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant 
progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of fis-
cal transparency, and make such determinations publicly 
available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ to 
be posted on the Department of State website: Provided, 
That such report shall include the elements included 
under this section in House Report 118–146. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and their 
immediate family members about whom the Sec-
retary of State has credible information have been
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involved, directly or indirectly, in significant corrup-
tion, 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 mis-
sion or a United States citizen or national, shall be 
ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) Concurrent with the application of sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall, as appropriate, 
refer the matter to the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control, Department of the Treasury, to determine 
whether to apply sanctions authorities in accordance 
with United States law to block the transfer of 
property and interests in property, and all financial 
transactions, in the United States involving any 
person described in such subparagraph. 
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or pri-
vately designate or identify the officials of foreign 
governments and their immediate family members 
about whom the Secretary has such credible infor-
mation without regard to whether the individual has 
applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineligible 
for entry into the United States pursuant to paragraph 
(1) if such entry would further important United States
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law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the 
United States to fulfill its obligations under the United 
Nations Headquarters Agreement: Provided, That noth-
ing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from 
United States Government obligations under applicable 
international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the appli-
cation of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that 
the waiver would serve a compelling national 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, 2025, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report, including a classified annex if nec-
essary, to the appropriate congressional committees and 
the Committees on the Judiciary describing the informa-
tion related to corruption or violation of human rights 
concerning each of the individuals found ineligible in the 
previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as 
well as the individuals who the Secretary designated or 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would 
be ineligible but for the application of paragraph (2), a 
list of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and 
the justification for each waiver.
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(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified portion 
of the report required under paragraph (4) shall be post-
ed on the Department of State website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of paragraphs 
(1), (4), and (5), the records of the Department 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 consid-
ered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available to promote and support trans-
parency and accountability of expenditures and revenues 
related to the extraction of natural resources, including 
by strengthening implementation and monitoring of the 
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, imple-
menting and enforcing section 8204 of the Food, Con-
servation, 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 technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
natural resource management. 
(2) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT AU-
DITS.—
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(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the executive director of each international fi-
nancial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such in-
stitutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or 
guarantee) to any country for the extraction and ex-
port of a natural resource if the government of such 
country has in place laws, regulations, or proce-
dures to prevent or limit the public disclosure of 
company payments as required by United States 
law, and unless such government has adopted laws, 
regulations, or procedures in the sector in which as-
sistance is being considered that: (1) accurately ac-
count for and publicly disclose payments to the gov-
ernment by companies involved in the extraction 
and export of natural resources; (2) include inde-
pendent auditing of accounts receiving such pay-
ments and the public disclosure of such audits; and 
(3) require public disclosure of agreement and bid-
ding documents, as appropriate. 
(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.
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(e) FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE
WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision of ad-
ditional information on United States Government foreign as-
sistance on the ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ website: Provided, 
That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall provide 
such information on foreign assistance, upon request and in 
a timely manner, to the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘As-
sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, $2,900,000,000 should be made available for de-
mocracy programs. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for 
democracy programs under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’ pursuant to paragraph (1), not less 
than $117,040,000 shall be made available to the Bu-
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reau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by this 
Act for democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) 
and under the heading ‘‘National Endowment for De-
mocracy’’ may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and with 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 au-
thority of the National Endowment for Democracy Act 
(title V of Public Law 98–164), including all decisions 
regarding the selection of beneficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For pur-
poses of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘democracy 
programs’’ means programs that support good governance, 
credible and competitive elections, freedom of expression, as-
sociation, assembly, and religion, human rights, labor rights, 
independent media, and the rule of law, and that otherwise 
strengthen the capacity of democratic political parties, gov-
ernments, nongovernmental organizations and institutions, 
and citizens to support the development of democratic states 
and institutions that are responsive and accountable to citi-
zens.
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(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made available 
pursuant to subsection (a) to strengthen ministries and agen-
cies should be prioritized in countries that demonstrate a 
strong commitment to the separation of powers, checks and 
balances, the rule of law, and credible electoral processes. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTER-
FERENCE.— 
(1) PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the provi-
sion of assistance for democracy programs in this Act, 
the organizations implementing such assistance, the spe-
cific nature of the assistance, and the participants in 
such programs shall not be subject to prior approval by 
the government of any foreign country. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNER IN-
FORMATION.—If the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, determines that the govern-
ment of the country is undemocratic or has engaged in 
or condoned harassment, threats, or attacks against or-
ganizations implementing democracy programs, any new 
bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 
under which assistance is provided to such country shall 
not require the disclosure of the names of implementing 
partners of democracy programs, and the Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator shall expeditiously
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seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agree-
ments, as necessary, to conform to this requirement. 
(f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—USAID 
shall continue to implement civil society and political competi-
tion and consensus building programs abroad with funds ap-
propriated by this Act in a manner that recognizes the 
unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in im-
plementing such programs. 
(g) PROTECTION
OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
AND 
JOURNALISTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ 
shall be made available to support and protect civil society ac-
tivists and journalists who have been threatened, harassed, or 
attacked, including journalists affiliated with the United 
States Agency for Global Media. 
(h) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION
AND 
INDEPENDENT MEDIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 
available for programs to protect international freedom of ex-
pression and independent media, including through multilat-
eral initiatives. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
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‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available for the Office 
of International Religious Freedom, Department of State. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be 
made available for international religious freedom programs 
and funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for humanitarian 
assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic and religious 
minorities: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’ pursuant to this section shall be the responsi-
bility of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious 
Freedom, in consultation with other relevant United States 
Government officials, and shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law for assistance for 
ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria. 
(d) DESIGNATION
OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 
7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
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Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 
Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2024. 
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 combat 
trafficking in persons and assist victims of such trafficking 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be made available for forensic anthro-
pology assistance related to the exhumation and identi-
fication of victims of war crimes, crimes against human-
ity, and genocide, which shall be administered by the As-
sistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State: Provided, That such funds 
shall be in addition to funds made available by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for assistance for countries.
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(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for DNA forensic technology programs to com-
bat human trafficking in Central America and Mexico. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by the 
Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency 
for International Development, from this or any other Act 
that remain available for obligation may be made available as 
a general contribution to the World Food Programme. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH
AND
TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be made avail-
able to carry out the Program for Research and Train-
ing on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of 
the Former Soviet Union as authorized by the Soviet- 
Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 
(22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’ may be made available as con-
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tributions to establish and maintain memorial sites of 
genocide, subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) PRIVATE
SECTOR
PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
that are made available for private sector partnerships, 
including partnerships with philanthropic foundations, 
up to $50,000,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
to this paragraph may only be made available following 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—Of the amounts 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
matic Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made avail-
able for grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 
U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate collaboration with 
Indigenous communities. 
(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator may 
use funds appropriated by this Act under title III to 
make innovation incentive awards in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of section 7034(e)(4) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
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grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public 
Law 116–6), except that each individual award may not 
exceed $500,000. 
(6) 
DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION
VENTURES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and made available for the Devel-
opment Innovation Ventures program may be made 
available for the purposes of chapter I of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(7) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to modify 
the Exchange Visitor Program administered by the De-
partment 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 pursuant to the Administrative Pro-
cedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) and notwithstanding 
the exceptions 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 
Committees 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 consultation
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shall take place not later than 30 days prior to the pub-
lication in the Federal Register of any regulatory action 
modifying the Exchange Visitor Program. 
(8) PAYMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’, except for funds designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, are avail-
able to provide payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) 
of title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Pro-
vided, That funds made available pursuant to this para-
graph shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(9) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Subsection (b) of section 602 
of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 
1101 note) is amended as follows— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(F)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2024’’;
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(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), in 
the first sentence, by striking ‘‘38,500’’ and in-
serting ‘‘50,500’’; and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2025’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (13), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘January 31, 2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or making 
a significant change to the scope of an existing partner vet-
ting program, the Secretary of State and USAID Adminis-
trator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary and the Admin-
istrator shall provide a direct vetting option for prime award-
ees in any partner vetting program initiated or significantly 
modified after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 
Secretary or Administrator, as applicable, informs the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that a di-
rect vetting option is not feasible for such program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary and the Administrator may re-
strict the award of, terminate, or cancel contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements or require an awardee to restrict the
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award of, terminate, or cancel a sub-award based on informa-
tion in connection with a partner vetting program. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2024, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority 
of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central government 
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 October 25, 1980: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations within 15 days of withholding funds under 
this subsection. 
(h) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
TECTION.—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 2024, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal 
year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are avail-
able for the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That 
not more than $50,000,000 may be transferred.
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(i) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
DIPLOMATIC
MISSIONS
AND
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The terms and conditions of section 7034(k) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 
116–94) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024. 
(j) IMPACT ON JOBS.—Section 7056 of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116–260) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2024. 
(k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The au-
thority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re-
main in effect through September 30, 2024. 
(2) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign Op-
erations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2023, and 2024’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2024’’; 
and
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(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
(3) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANI-
STAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STATUS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, any employee of 
the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon-
struction (SIGAR) who completes at least 12 months of 
continuous service after enactment of this Act or who is 
employed on the date on which SIGAR terminates, 
whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive status 
for appointment to any position in the competitive serv-
ice for which the employee possesses the required quali-
fications. 
(4) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 
Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2024. 
(5) PROTECTIVE SERVICES.—Section 7071 of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of Pub-
lic Law 117–103) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2024 and shall be applied to funds appropriated by 
this 
Act 
by 
substituting 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ 
for 
‘‘$30,000,000’’.
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(6) 
EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO 
ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency Wartime 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 
108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended under the heading 
‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 
(A) in the matter preceding the first proviso, 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2029’’; and 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2028’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2029’’. 
(7) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL SERVICES 
CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The authority provided in sec-
tion 2401 of division C of the Extending Government 
Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act 
(Public Law 117–43) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
(l) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for monitoring and 
evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made 
available for the regular and systematic collection of 
feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries to enhance
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the quality and relevance of such assistance: Provided, 
That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, 
and post on their respective websites, updated proce-
dures for implementing partners that receive funds 
under such headings for regularly and systematically col-
lecting and responding to such feedback, including 
guidelines for the reporting on actions taken in response 
to the feedback received: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator shall regu-
larly— 
(A) conduct oversight to ensure that such feed-
back is regularly collected and used by imple-
menting partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness 
and utility of such assistance; and 
(B) consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions on the results of such oversight. 
(2) EVALUATIONS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
made available for impact evaluations, including ex-post 
evaluations, of the effectiveness and sustainability of 
United States Government-funded assistance programs: 
Provided, That of the funds made available pursuant to
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this paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be administered in co-
ordination with the Office of the Chief Economist, 
USAID, and may be used for administrative expenses of 
such Office: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to this paragraph are in addition to funds oth-
erwise made available for such purposes. 
(m) HIV/AIDS WORKING
CAPITAL
FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established 
pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made available for phar-
maceuticals and other products for child survival, malaria, tu-
berculosis, and emerging infectious diseases to the same ex-
tent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, sub-
ject to the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, 
That the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be exercised by 
the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, with 
respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS pharma-
ceuticals and other products, and shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall in-
clude in the congressional budget justification an accounting
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of budgetary resources, disbursements, balances, and reim-
bursements related to such fund. 
(n) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $100,000,000 
shall be made available for Local Works pursuant to sec-
tion 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division J of Public Law 113–235), which may remain 
available until September 30, 2028. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of sec-
tion 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible entities’’ 
shall be defined as small local, international, and United 
States-based nongovernmental organizations, educational 
institutions, and other small entities that have received 
less than a total of $5,000,000 from USAID over the 
previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, That departments or 
centers of such educational institutions may be consid-
ered individually in determining such eligibility. 
(o) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I
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of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
year 2024. 
(p) EXTENSION.—Section 7034(r) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103) shall 
apply during fiscal year 2024. 
(q) STAFF CARE SERVICES FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS.— 
Up to $50,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 
made available to carry out section 7901 of title 5, United 
States Code, may be used by USAID to provide services to 
individuals who have served as locally employed staff of the 
USAID mission in Afghanistan. 
(r) WAR CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
the purposes authorized by section 2015 of Public Law 107– 
206, as amended by section 7073 of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328), including not 
less than $2,500,000 as a contribution to the Trust Fund for 
Victims. 
(s) DEFINITIONS.—
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(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this 
Act the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND PRIOR 
ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for pur-
poses of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams’’ means funds that remain available for obliga-
tion, and have not expired. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—In 
this Act ‘‘international financial institutions’’ means the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
the International Development Association, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Devel-
opment Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the 
International Fund for Agricultural Development, the 
Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, 
the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 
American Development Bank, the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, the African Develop-
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ment Bank, the African Development Fund, and the 
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(4) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘Pacific Islands countries’’ means the Cook Is-
lands, 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 Independent State of Papua New Guinea, 
the Independent State of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, 
the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of 
Vanuatu. 
(5) SPEND PLAN.—In this Act, the term ‘‘spend 
plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds appropriated 
for a particular entity, country, program, purpose, or ac-
count and which shall include, at a minimum, a descrip-
tion of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for 
measuring progress, and a timeline for achieving 
such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by account; 
(C) how such funds will complement other on-
going or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the maximum 
extent practicable.
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(6) SUCCESSOR OPERATING UNIT.—Any reference 
to a particular operating unit or office in this Act or 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be 
deemed to include any successor operating unit per-
forming the same or similar functions. 
(7) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment. 
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 Assistance 
Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 
of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account-
ability of civilian police authority through training and 
technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, 
anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through assist-
ance to foster civilian police roles that support demo-
cratic governance, including assistance for programs to 
prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender- 
based violence, and foster improved police relations with 
the communities they serve.
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(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export 
Control Act, funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ shall be made 
available for combat casualty training and equip-
ment in an amount above the prior fiscal year. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer combat 
casualty care training and equipment as a compo-
nent of any package of lethal assistance funded by 
this Act with funds appropriated under the head-
ings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’: Provided, That the re-
quirement of this subparagraph shall apply to a 
country in conflict, unless the Secretary determines 
that such country has in place, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, functioning combat casualty care 
treatment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on Tac-
tical Combat Casualty Care: Provided further, That 
any such training and equipment for combat cas-
ualty care shall be made available through an open 
and competitive process.
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(3) CASUALTY REHABILITATION.—Of the funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’ in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for a program to 
provide medical and casualty rehabilitation services, con-
sistent with the purposes under this section in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(4) TRAINING
RELATED
TO
INTERNATIONAL
HU-
MANITARIAN LAW.—The Secretary of State shall offer 
training related to the requirements of international hu-
manitarian law 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’’: 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 des-
ignated by section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, or is complying with international humanitarian 
law: Provided further, That any such training shall be 
made available through an open and competitive process.
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(5) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
shall be made available for assistance to eliminate inhu-
mane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention 
facilities, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator 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. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AUTHOR-
ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 
this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assist-
ance 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 insta-
bility. 
(2) DISARMAMENT, 
DEMOBILIZATION, 
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department of
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State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024. 
(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 Israel, Egypt, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major 
non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (includ-
ing leasing with an option to purchase) of defense arti-
cles from United States commercial suppliers, not in-
cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than heli-
copters and other types of aircraft having possible civil-
ian application), if the President determines that there 
are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 
for those defense articles being provided by commercial 
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 pursuant to sec-
tion 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the Special Defense Ac-
quisition Fund (the Fund), to remain available for obli-
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gation until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the 
provision of defense articles and defense services to for-
eign countries or international organizations from the 
Fund shall be subject to the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State. 
(5) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AU-
THORITY.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 and 
2026’’. 
(6) PROGRAM
CLARIFICATION.—Notwithstanding 
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 in-
clude the costs of salaries of members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States engaged in security assist-
ance 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 avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2024. 
(7) REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or regulation, equipment procured with 
funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
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lated programs under the heading ‘‘Pakistan Counter-
insurgency Capability Fund’’ may be used for any other 
program and in any region: Provided, That any such 
transfer shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees and the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(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 United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and the Department of State and used in sup-
port of the clearance of landmines and unexploded 
ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be dis-
posed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
of State may prescribe. 
(B) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assist-
ance shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no de-
fense export license for cluster munitions may be 
issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster muni-
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tions technology shall be sold or transferred, un-
less— 
(i) the submunitions of the cluster muni-
tions, after arming, do not result in more than 
1 percent unexploded ordnance across the 
range of intended operational environments, 
and the agreement applicable to the assistance, 
transfer, or sale of such cluster munitions or 
cluster munitions technology specifies that the 
cluster munitions will only be used against 
clearly defined 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 trans-
fer is for the purpose of demilitarizing or per-
manently disposing of such cluster munitions. 
(3) CROWD CONTROL.—If the Secretary of State 
has information that a unit of a foreign security force 
uses excessive force to repress peaceful expression or as-
sembly concerning corruption, harm to the environment 
or human health, or the fairness of electoral processes, 
or in countries that are undemocratic or undergoing 
democratic transition, the Secretary shall promptly de-
termine if such information is credible: Provided, That if 
the information is determined to be credible, funds ap-
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propriated 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 Sec-
retary 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 appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, the Secretary of State shall con-
sult with each recipient government to ensure that 
the LOA between the United States and such re-
cipient 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 national security policy. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall promptly in-
form the appropriate congressional committees of 
any instance in which the Secretary of State has 
credible information that such assistance was used 
in a manner contrary to such agreement. 
(d) OTHER MATTERS.—
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(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 Committees on 
Appropriations a report on funds obligated and expended 
during fiscal year 2023, by country and purpose of as-
sistance, under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing 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 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 appropriated to the 
Department of Defense or the Department of State, ex-
cept for training provided by the government of a coun-
try designated 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 section 656 of such 
Act. 
(3) LEAHY
LAW.—For purposes of implementing 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
term ‘‘credible information’’ means information that,
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considering the source of such information and the sur-
rounding circumstances, supports a reasonable belief 
that a violation has occurred, and shall not be deter-
mined solely on the basis of the number of sources; 
whether the source has been critical of a policy of the 
United States Government or its security partners; 
whether the source has a personal connection to the in-
formation being reported; or whether the United States 
Government is able to independently verify the informa-
tion. 
COUNTERING THE FLOW OF FENTANYL AND OTHER 
SYNTHETIC DRUGS 
SEC. 7036. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams 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 pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be made available to support— 
(1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl pre-
cursors, and other synthetic drugs and their precursor 
materials to the United States from and through the
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People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mexico, and other 
countries; 
(2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity build-
ing efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling 
transnational criminal organizations involved in the pro-
duction and trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, 
and other synthetic drugs; 
(3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging Nar-
cotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting Re-
sults Act (part 7 of subtitle C of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023, Public Law 117–263); and 
(4) engagement, including through multilateral or-
ganizations 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. 
(c) COUNTER FENTANYL COORDINATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall designate an existing senior official of 
the Department of State at the rank of Deputy Assistant 
Secretary or above to coordinate counter fentanyl efforts, 
whose responsibilities shall include— 
(1) ensuring that funds made available pursuant to 
subsection (a) are implemented in a targeted and effec-
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tive manner, including by providing policy guidance and 
coordination; and 
(2) coordinating diplomatic engagement and other 
activities with the heads of other relevant Federal agen-
cies and domestic and international stakeholders. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies and 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees detailing and assessing the coopera-
tion of the PRC in countering the flow of fentanyl, 
fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs, and de-
scribing actions taken by the United States in coordina-
tion with other countries to engage the PRC on taking 
concrete and measurable steps to stop the flow of 
fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs 
from the PRC to other countries: Provided, That such 
report shall be updated and resubmitted quarterly there-
after until September 30, 2025. 
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees detailing how 
assistance for Mexico is strategically aligned to address
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the proliferation of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
other synthetic drugs from Mexico to the United States. 
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 in-
frastructures, and is cooperating with appropriate 
Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; 
and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing enti-
ty of a new Palestinian state) is working with other 
countries in the region to vigorously pursue efforts to es-
tablish 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—
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(A) termination of all claims or states of bellig-
erency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the sov-
ereignty, territorial integrity, and political independ-
ence of every state in the area through measures in-
cluding the establishment of demilitarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within secure 
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 settle-
ment of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
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 other laws 
and regulations assuring transparent and accountable govern-
ance. 
(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 Pales-
tinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing
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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 Palestinian Authority’’). 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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 2024, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 
certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures 
have been established to assure the Comptroller 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 Program funded under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West Bank and 
Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that 
such assistance is not provided to or through any individual,
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private or government entity, or educational institution that 
the Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, 
sponsors, engages 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 terrorist ac-
tivity or determined to be a member of a designated foreign 
terrorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 
terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational 
institution which the Secretary has determined to be involved 
in or advocating terrorist 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 indi-
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vidual who the Secretary of State determines 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 obligation for secu-
rity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations on— 
(A) the benchmarks that have been established 
for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 
and on the extent of Palestinian compliance with 
such benchmarks; and 
(B) the steps being taken by the Palestinian 
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 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development shall ensure that Federal 
or non-Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, 
and significant subcontractors and sub-grantees, under
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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 Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment for audits, investigations, and other activities 
in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds oth-
erwise available for such purposes. 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United 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 provided as cash 
transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2024 under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 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, including 
both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made available 
in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the
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regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
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 provisions 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 the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions that waiving such prohibition is important to the na-
tional 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 pursuant 
to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the jus-
tification 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: Provided, That the re-
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port shall also detail the steps the Palestinian 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 Appropriations 
prior to the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority 
has established a single treasury account for all Palestinian 
Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow 
through this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist 
outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and 
there is a single comprehensive civil service roster and pay-
roll, and the Palestinian Authority is acting to counter incite-
ment of violence against Israelis and is supporting activities 
aimed at promoting peace, coexistence, and security coopera-
tion with Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE LIB-
ERATION 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
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that results from an agreement with Hamas and over 
which Hamas exercises undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing gov-
ernment only if the President certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such government, in-
cluding all of its ministers or such equivalent, has pub-
licly accepted and is complying with the principles con-
tained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in sec-
tion 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 para-
graph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 
120 days of the certification and every quarter there-
after on whether such government, including all of its 
ministers or such equivalent 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: Provided, That the report shall also detail the 
amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any as-
sistance provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
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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 assistance 
for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
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 ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, of which not less than $40,000,000 
should be made available for higher education pro-
grams, including not less than $15,000,000 for 
scholarships for Egyptian students with high finan-
cial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of 
higher education in Egypt that are currently ac-
credited by a regional accrediting agency recognized 
by the United States Department of Education, or 
meets standards equivalent to those required for 
United States institutional accreditation by a re-
gional accrediting agency recognized by such De-
partment: Provided, That such funds shall be made
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available for democracy programs, and for develop-
ment programs in the Sinai; and 
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 should be 
made available from funds under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to an interest bearing ac-
count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 
following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations and the uses of any interest earned on 
such funds shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(2) CERTIFICATION
AND
REPORT.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for assistance for 
Egypt may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, except 
for this subsection and section 620M of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, and may only be made available 
for assistance for the Government of Egypt if the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship with 
the United States; and
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(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(3) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds made available 
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), $320,000,000 shall be 
withheld from obligation until the Secretary certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Egypt is meeting the requirements under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided, That the Secretary may waive 
such requirement if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
funds are necessary for counterterrorism, border secu-
rity, or nonproliferation programs or that it is otherwise 
important to the national security interest of the United 
States to do so, including a detailed justification for the 
use of such waiver and the reasons why any of the re-
quirements cannot be met: Provided further, That the re-
port required by the previous proviso shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may be accompanied by a classi-
fied annex. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,
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Demining and Related Programs’’ shall be made avail-
able— 
(A) to support the United States policy to pre-
vent 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 Council Reso-
lutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s nuclear 
program; 
(C) to support the implementation and enforce-
ment of sanctions against Iran for support of nu-
clear weapons development, terrorism, human rights 
abuses, and ballistic missile and weapons prolifera-
tion; and 
(D) for democracy programs in support of the 
aspirations of the Iranian people. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of 
State shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions the semi-annual report required by section 
135(d)(4) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by section 2 of the 
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Pub-
lic Law 114–17).
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(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on— 
(i) the status of United States bilateral 
sanctions on Iran; 
(ii) the reimposition and renewed enforce-
ment 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 appropriated 
by this Act may be used to— 
(A) implement an agreement with the Govern-
ment of Iran relating to the nuclear program of 
Iran, or a renewal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action adopted on October 18, 2015, in con-
travention of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review 
Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 2160e); or 
(B) revoke the designation of the Islamic Revo-
lutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Orga-
nization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(c) IRAQ.—
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(1) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq 
for— 
(A) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
national security assistance, including in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(B) stabilization assistance, including in Anbar 
Province; 
(C) programs to support government trans-
parency and accountability, support judicial inde-
pendence, protect the right of due process, end the 
use of torture, and combat corruption; 
(D) humanitarian assistance, including in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(E) programs to protect and assist religious 
and ethnic minority populations; and 
(F) programs to increase United States private 
sector investment. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under title III and made available for bilateral economic 
assistance for Iraq may not be made available to an or-
ganization or entity for which the Secretary of State has 
credible information is controlled by the Badr Organiza-
tion.
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(d) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants 
only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of en-
actment of this Act: Provided, 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 
$725,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel 
of defense articles and defense services, including research 
and development. 
(e) JORDAN.—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 sup-
port for the Government of Jordan and not less than 
$425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(f) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for the Lebanese In-
ternal Security Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed 
Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a 
foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to
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section 219 of the Immigration 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 available for programs and 
equipment for the ISF and the LAF to address se-
curity and stability requirements in areas affected 
by conflict in Syria, following consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
that are made available for assistance for Lebanon 
may only be made available for programs to— 
(i) professionalize the LAF to mitigate in-
ternal and external threats from non-state ac-
tors, including Hizballah; 
(ii) strengthen the security of borders and 
combat terrorism, including training and 
equipping the LAF to secure the borders of 
Lebanon and address security and stability re-
quirements in areas affected by conflict in 
Syria, interdicting arms shipments, and pre-
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venting the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for 
terrorist groups; and 
(iii) implement United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1701: 
Provided, That prior to obligating funds made avail-
able by this subparagraph for assistance for the 
LAF, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a spend plan, includ-
ing actions to be taken to ensure equipment pro-
vided to the LAF is used only for the intended pur-
poses, except such plan may not be considered as 
meeting the notification requirements under section 
7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 
any notification submitted pursuant to such section 
shall include any funds specifically intended for le-
thal military equipment. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
made available for assistance for Lebanon may be made 
available notwithstanding section 1224 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public 
Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 2346 note).
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(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Mo-
rocco. 
(h) SAUDI ARABIA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 
and Training’’ should be made available for assistance 
for the Government of Saudi Arabia. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs should be obligated or ex-
pended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States 
to guarantee, insure, or extend (or participate in the ex-
tension of) credit in connection with the export of nu-
clear technology, equipment, fuel, materials, or other nu-
clear technology-related goods or services to Saudi Ara-
bia unless the Government of Saudi Arabia— 
(A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation agree-
ment pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153); 
(B) has committed to renounce uranium en-
richment and reprocessing on its territory under 
that agreement; and
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(C) has signed and implemented an Additional 
Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agree-
ment with the International Atomic Energy Agency. 
(i) 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 made available pursuant 
to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) may not be made available for a project or 
activity that supports or otherwise legitimizes the 
Government of Iran, foreign terrorist organizations 
(as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a 
proxy of Iran in Syria; 
(B) may not be made available for activities 
that further the strategic objectives of the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation that the Secretary 
of State determines may threaten or undermine 
United States national security interests; and 
(C) should not be used in areas of Syria con-
trolled by a government led by Bashar al-Assad or
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associated forces or made available to an organiza-
tion or entity effectively controlled by an official or 
immediate family member of an official of such gov-
ernment. 
(3) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AL-HOL ACTION 
PLAN.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to implement the ‘‘U.S. Government Al-Hol Action 
Plan’’. 
(4) MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATION, AND 
NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act and made available for assist-
ance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all 
practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in 
place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such 
assistance inside Syria. 
(B) Funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection may only be made available following 
consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and shall be subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That such consultation shall in-
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clude the steps taken to comply with subparagraph 
(A) and steps intended to be taken to comply with 
section 7015(j) of this Act. 
(j) TUNISIA.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Tuni-
sia for programs to support democratic governance and civil 
society, protect due process of law, and maintain regional sta-
bility and security, following consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(k) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the initial 
obligation of funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 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; 
(C) continue support for transparent and ac-
countable 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 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act
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may be made available for assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority, if after the date of enactment of 
this Act— 
(I) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full membership 
as a state in the United Nations or any spe-
cialized agency thereof outside an agreement 
negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
or 
(II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially au-
thorized investigation, or actively support such 
an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals 
to an investigation for alleged crimes against 
Palestinians. 
(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the re-
striction in clause (i) of this subparagraph resulting 
from the application of subclause (I) of such clause 
if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that to do so is in the national security 
interest of the United States, and submits a report 
to such Committees detailing how the waiver and 
the continuation of assistance would assist in fur-
thering Middle East peace.
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(B)(i) The President may waive the provisions 
of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 
100–204) if the President determines and certifies 
in writing to the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the President pro tempore of the Sen-
ate, and the appropriate congressional committees 
that the Palestinians have not, after the date of en-
actment of this Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or any 
specialized agency thereof the same standing 
as member states or full membership as a state 
outside an agreement negotiated between Israel 
and the Palestinians; and 
(II) initiated or actively supported an ICC 
investigation against Israeli nationals for al-
leged crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the President 
is unable to make the certification pursuant 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 Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the Palestinians have
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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 subparagraph 
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. 
(3) APPLICATION OF TAYLOR FORCE ACT.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ 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). 
(4) SECURITY
REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions 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. 
(5) 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 appropriate congres-
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sional committees detailing steps taken by the Pales-
tinian Authority to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and to promote peace and coexistence 
with Israel. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION ASSIST-
ANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated 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 Inter-
national 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 facilitating or otherwise participating in 
destabilizing activities in a neighboring country, including 
aiding and abetting armed groups. 
(b) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
a contribution to the Special Criminal Court in Central Afri-
can Republic. 
(c) COUNTER ILLICIT ARMED GROUPS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available for programs and 
activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army 
(LRA) or other illicit armed groups in Eastern Democratic
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Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, in-
cluding to improve physical access, telecommunications infra-
structure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the 
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former 
LRA combatants, especially child soldiers. 
(d) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF
THE CONGO.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available for assist-
ance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for 
stabilization, democracy, global health, and bilateral economic 
assistance: Provided, That such funds shall also be made 
available to support security, stabilization, development, and 
democracy in Eastern DRC. 
(e) 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 viola-
tions 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. 
(f) MALAWI.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
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eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for higher education programs in Malawi shall be made 
available for higher education and workforce development 
programs in agriculture as described under this section in 
House Report 118–146. 
(g) POWER AFRICA.—Prior to the initial obligation of 
funds appropriated by this Act and made available for the 
Power Africa program, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall submit the 
report required under this section in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such funds shall 
be used for all-of-the-above energy development consistent 
with the Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–121). 
(h) SOUTH SUDAN.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under title IV may be made available for assistance 
for the central Government of South Sudan, except to sup-
port implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehen-
sive Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements related to post- 
referendum issues associated with such Agreement, or any 
other viable peace agreement in South Sudan. 
(i) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under title IV may be made available for as-
sistance for the central Government of Sudan, except to
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support implementation of outstanding issues of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements 
related to post-referendum issues associated with such 
Agreement, or any other viable peace agreement in 
Sudan. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams that are made available for any new program, 
project, or activity in Sudan shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees. 
(j) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of 
each international financial institution to vote against 
any extension by the respective institution of any loan or 
grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet 
basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the 
Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the rule of law has been re-
stored, including respect for ownership and title to prop-
erty, and freedoms of expression, association, and assem-
bly.
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(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be made available for assistance for the 
central Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and 
education, unless the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports as required in paragraph (1). 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 
(1) USES OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $121,000,000 shall be made available for 
assistance for Burma for the purposes described in sec-
tion 5575 of the Burma Act of 2022 (subtitle E of title 
LV of division E of Public Law 117–263) and section 
7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 
(division K of Public Law 117–328): Provided, That the 
authorities, limitations, and conditions contained in sec-
tion 7043(a) of division K of Public Law 117–328 shall 
apply to funds made available for assistance for Burma 
under this Act, except for the minimum funding require-
ments and paragraph (1)(B): Provided further, That for 
the purposes of section 5575 of the Burma Act of 2022 
and assistance for Burma made available by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs,
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‘‘non-lethal assistance’’ shall include equipment and as-
sociated training to support— 
(A) atrocities prevention; 
(B) the protection of civilians from military at-
tack; 
(C) the delivery of humanitarian assistance; 
(D) investigations into genocide and human 
rights violations committed by the Burmese mili-
tary; 
(E) local governance and the provision of serv-
ices in areas outside the control of the Burmese 
military; and 
(F) medical trauma care, supplies, and train-
ing. 
(2) DESERTER
PROGRAMS.—Pursuant to section 
7043(a)(1)(A) of division K of Public Law 117–328, as 
continued in effect by this subsection, funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs that are made available for assist-
ance for Burma shall be made available for programs 
and activities to support deserters from the military 
junta and its allied entities, following consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees. 
(b) CAMBODIA.—
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for Cambodia, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees an assess-
ment of the extent of the influence of the People’s Re-
public of China in Cambodia, including on the Govern-
ment of Cambodia and with respect to the purposes and 
operations of Ream Naval Base. 
(c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 
$1,800,000,000 shall be made available to support im-
plementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. 
(2) COUNTERING PRC INFLUENCE FUND.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made 
available for a Countering PRC Influence Fund to 
counter the influence of the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party 
and entities acting on their behalf globally, which shall
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be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That such funds are in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of such 
funds shall be held in reserve to respond to unantici-
pated opportunities to counter PRC influence: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’ may remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this 
Act for such Fund under the headings ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated under such headings: Provided further, 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 procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) RESTRICTION ON USES OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs may be made available
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for any project or activity that directly supports or pro-
motes— 
(A) the Belt and Road Initiative or any dual- 
use infrastructure projects of the People’s Republic 
of China; or 
(B) the use of technology, including bio-
technology, digital, telecommunications, and cyber, 
developed by the People’s Republic of China unless 
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
USAID Administrator and the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies, as appropriate, determines that such 
use does not adversely impact the national security 
of the United States. 
(4) STRATEGIC
REVIEW.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available to design and implement 
reforms of the processes and procedures regarding the 
application, consideration, and delivery of equipment and 
technical training under the Foreign Military Sales 
(FMS) program, including implementation of FMS 2023 
by the Department of State: Provided, That not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of 
other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a com-
prehensive strategic review to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the implementation and impact of
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such reforms in the Indo-Pacific: Provided further, That 
such review shall provide an assessment of major defense 
equipment sought by key United States allies and secu-
rity partners in the region, including the Philippines, In-
donesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Taiwan: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the appro-
priate congressional committees prior to submitting such 
review. 
(5) MAPS.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act should be used to create, procure, or display any 
map that inaccurately depicts the territory and social 
and economic system of Taiwan and the islands or island 
groups administered by Taiwan authorities. 
(d) LAOS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV, not less than $93,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for Laos, including for assistance for 
persons with disabilities caused by unexploded ordnance acci-
dents, and of which up to $1,500,000 may be made available 
for programs to assist persons with severe physical mobility, 
cognitive, or developmental disabilities in areas sprayed with 
Agent Orange: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
to this subsection may be used, in consultation with the Gov-
ernment of Laos, for assessments of the existence of dioxin 
contamination resulting from the use of Agent Orange in 
Laos and the feasibility and cost of remediation.
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(e) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs may be made available for assistance for 
the central government of a country the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees engages in significant transactions 
contributing materially to the malicious cyber-intrusion 
capabilities of the Government of North Korea: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State shall submit the report re-
quired by section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and 
Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 
22 U.S.C. 9229) to the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State may waive 
the application of the restriction in this paragraph with 
respect to assistance for the central government of a 
country if the Secretary determines and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that to do so is 
important to the national security interest of the United 
States, including a description of such interest served. 
(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’ shall be made available to maintain broadcasting
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hours into North Korea at levels not less than the prior 
fiscal year. 
(3) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made available for the pro-
motion of human rights in North Korea: Provided, That 
the authority of section 7032(b)(1) of this Act shall 
apply to such funds. 
(4) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available for 
assistance for the Government of North Korea. 
(f) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.— 
(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for the De-
partment of State and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ for the 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall be made available to expand the United States dip-
lomatic and development presence in Pacific Islands 
countries (PICs), including the number and location of 
facilities and personnel. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation,
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Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
$160,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
PICs, including to implement the Pacific Partnership 
Strategy of the United States and Partners in the Blue 
Pacific initiative, and to further the goals of the Pacific 
Islands Forum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific 
Continent: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for the Countering PRC In-
fluence Fund shall be made available for assistance for 
PICs, in addition to funds made available under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available 
by this paragraph for assistance for PICs shall be made 
available for programs and activities to strengthen and 
expand cooperation between the United States and high-
er education institutions in PICs, to be awarded on a 
competitive basis: Provided further, That funds made 
available by this paragraph for assistance for PICs shall 
be made available to appropriately commemorate the an-
niversary of World War II battles in the Pacific in which 
American servicemen and women lost their lives: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this 
paragraph for assistance for PICs, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for trilateral pro-
grams.
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(g) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China or the 
Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) HONG KONG.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the first paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for democracy and Internet freedom pro-
grams for Hong Kong, including legal and other support 
for democracy activists. 
(h) PHILIPPINES.— 
(1) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
$40,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
the Philippines. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be made available 
for counternarcotics assistance for the Philippines, ex-
cept for drug demand reduction, maritime law enforce-
ment, or transnational interdiction. 
(i) TAIWAN.—
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(1) GLOBAL COOPERATION AND TRAINING FRAME-
WORK.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$4,000,000 shall be made available for the Global Co-
operation and Training Framework, which shall be ad-
ministered by the American Institute in Taiwan. 
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
$300,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
Taiwan: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall prioritize 
the delivery of defense articles and services for Taiwan. 
(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM LOAN 
AND
LOAN
GUARANTEE
AUTHORITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’, except for amounts des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans 
and loan guarantees for Taiwan, as authorized by sec-
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tion 5502(g) of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act 
(subtitle A of title LV of division E of Public Law 117– 
263). 
(4) FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Payment to the Amer-
ican Institute in Taiwan’’ shall be made available for the 
Taiwan Fellowship Program. 
(5) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
the uses of funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(j) TIBET.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 
shall be made available to nongovernmental organiza-
tions with experience working with Tibetan communities 
to support activities which preserve cultural traditions 
and promote sustainable development, education, and en-
vironmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the 
Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan commu-
nities in China.
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(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be made available for programs to pro-
mote and preserve Tibetan culture and language in the 
refugee and diaspora Tibetan communities, development, 
and the resilience of Tibetan communities and the Cen-
tral Tibetan Administration in India and Nepal, and to 
assist in the education and development of the next gen-
eration of Tibetan leaders from such communities: Pro-
vided, That such funds are in addition to amounts made 
available in paragraph (1) for programs inside Tibet. 
(3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 
strengthen the capacity of the Central Tibetan Adminis-
tration, of which up to $1,500,000 may be made avail-
able to address economic growth and capacity building 
activities, including for displaced Tibetan refugee fami-
lies in India and Nepal to help meet basic needs, fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That such funds shall be administered 
by USAID. 
(k) VIETNAM.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $197,000,000 shall be
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made available for assistance for Vietnam, of which not less 
than— 
(1) $30,000,000 shall be made available for health 
and disability programs to assist persons with severe 
physical mobility, cognitive, or developmental disabilities: 
Provided, That such funds shall be prioritized to assist 
persons whose disabilities may be related to the use of 
Agent Orange and exposure to dioxin, or are the result 
of unexploded ordnance accidents; 
(2) $20,000,000 shall be made available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for activities related 
to the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Viet-
nam and may be made available for assistance for the 
Government of Vietnam, including the military, for such 
purposes; 
(3) $3,000,000 shall be made available for the Rec-
onciliation/Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Initiative; 
and 
(4) $15,000,000 shall be made available for higher 
education programs. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assistance for Af-
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ghanistan may be made available for assistance to the 
Taliban. 
(2) AFGHAN
STUDENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be made available to— 
(A) support the higher education of students 
from Afghanistan studying outside of the country, 
including the costs of reimbursement to institutions 
hosting such students, as appropriate: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial 
obligation of funds for such purposes; and 
(B) provide modified learning opportunities for 
women and girls in Afghanistan, including but not 
limited to, efforts to expand internet access, online 
schooling, and distribution of educational content. 
(3) AFGHAN WOMEN.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 
are made available for assistance for Afghanistan, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs to investigate and document human
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rights abuses against women in Afghanistan: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be the responsibility of 
the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan shall 
be made available for a program for Afghan women- 
led organizations to support education, human 
rights, and economic livelihoods in Afghanistan: 
Provided, That such program shall be co-designed 
by women in Afghanistan. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees detailing plans, con-
sistent with the restriction contained in paragraph (1), 
to— 
(A) protect and strengthen the rights of Af-
ghan women and girls; 
(B) support higher education programs, includ-
ing continued support for the American University 
of Afghanistan’s (AUAF) online programs and sup-
port for other higher education institutions in South
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Asia and the Middle East that are hosting AUAF 
and other Afghan students; 
(C) support Afghan civil society activists, jour-
nalists, and independent media, including in third 
countries; and 
(D) support health, education, including com-
munity-based education, and other programs to ad-
dress the basic needs of the people of Afghanistan. 
(b) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ that are made available for assistance for Paki-
stan may only be made available to support counterter-
rorism and counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan. 
(2) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made avail-
able for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be 
withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations 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. 
(c) SRI LANKA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act shall be made available for assistance for
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Sri Lanka for democracy and economic development pro-
grams, particularly in areas recovering from ethnic and 
religious conflict. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for the central Government of Sri 
Lanka may be made available only if the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such Government is taking effective and 
consistent steps to— 
(A) protect the rights and freedoms of the peo-
ple of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and reli-
gious belief, including by investigating violations of 
human rights and the laws of war and holding per-
petrators of such violations accountable; 
(B) implement the necessary political, eco-
nomic, military, and legal reforms to enable eco-
nomic recovery and to prevent conflict and future 
economic crises; 
(C) increase transparency and accountability in 
governance and combat corruption, including bring-
ing to justice public officials who have engaged in 
significant acts of corruption; 
(D) assert its sovereignty against influence by 
the People’s Republic of China; and
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(E) promote reconciliation between ethnic and 
religious groups, particularly arising from past con-
flict in Sri Lanka, as described under this section 
in House Report 118–146: 
Provided, That the limitations of this paragraph shall 
not apply to funds made available for humanitarian as-
sistance and disaster response; to protect human rights, 
locate and identify missing persons, and assist victims of 
torture and trauma; to promote justice, accountability, 
and reconciliation; to enhance maritime security and do-
main awareness; to promote fiscal transparency and sov-
ereignty; and for International Military Education and 
Training. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for the Sri 
Lankan armed forces may only be made available for— 
(A) 
international 
peacekeeping 
operations 
training; 
(B) humanitarian assistance and disaster re-
sponse; 
(C) instruction in human rights and related 
curricula development; 
(D) maritime security and domain awareness, 
including professionalization and training for the 
navy and coast guard; and
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(E) programs and activities under the heading 
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds made available for as-
sistance for Sri Lanka for international peacekeeping op-
erations training shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND 
THE CARIBBEAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act under ti-
tles 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 explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 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 for assist-
ance for countries in Central America, consistent with 
subsection (a), of which— 
(A) $61,500,000 should be made available to 
support entities and activities to combat corruption 
and impunity in such countries, including, as appro-
priate, offices of Attorneys General;
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(B) $70,000,000 should be made available for 
programs to reduce violence against women and 
girls, including for Indigenous women and girls; 
(C) funds should be made available for assist-
ance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras for 
programs that support locally-led development in 
such countries: Provided, That up to 15 percent of 
the funds made available to carry out this subpara-
graph may be used by the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for administrative and oversight expenses re-
lated to the purposes of this subparagraph: Pro-
vided further, That the USAID Administrator shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
the planned uses of funds to carry out this subpara-
graph prior to the initial obligation of funds: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations; and 
(D) funds shall be made available for the youth 
empowerment program established pursuant to sec-
tion 7045(a)(1)(C) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117– 
103).
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(2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN CEN-
TRAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) Of the funds made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and under title IV of this Act, 60 per-
cent of such funds that are made available for as-
sistance for each of the central governments of El 
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras may only be 
obligated after the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such government is— 
(i) combating corruption and impunity, in-
cluding investigating and prosecuting govern-
ment officials, military personnel, and police 
officers credibly alleged to be corrupt, and im-
proving strategies to combat money laundering 
and other global financial crimes; 
(ii) implementing reforms, policies, and 
programs to strengthen the rule of law, includ-
ing increasing the transparency of public insti-
tutions, strengthening the independence of ju-
dicial and electoral institutions, and improving 
the transparency of political campaign and po-
litical party financing;
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(iii) protecting the rights of human rights 
defenders, trade unionists, journalists, civil so-
ciety groups, opposition political parties, and 
the independence of the media; 
(iv) providing effective and accountable 
law enforcement and security for its citizens, 
curtailing the role of the military in public se-
curity, and upholding due process of law; 
(v) implementing programs to reduce vio-
lence against women and girls; 
(vi) implementing policies to reduce pov-
erty and promote economic growth and oppor-
tunity, including the implementation of reforms 
to strengthen educational systems, vocational 
training programs, and programs for at-risk 
youth; 
(vii) cooperating with the United States to 
counter drug trafficking, human trafficking 
and smuggling, and other transnational crime; 
(viii) cooperating with the United States 
and other governments in the region to facili-
tate the return, repatriation, and reintegration 
of migrants; 
(ix) taking demonstrable actions to secure 
national borders and stem mass migration, in-
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cluding by informing its citizens of the dangers 
of the journey to the southwest border of the 
United States and advancing efforts to combat 
crime and violence, build economic opportunity, 
improve government services, and protect 
human rights; and 
(x) implementing policies that improve the 
environment for businesses, including foreign 
businesses, to operate and invest, including 
executing tax reform in a transparent manner, 
ensuring effective legal mechanisms for reim-
bursements of tax refunds owed to United 
States businesses, and resolving disputes in-
volving the confiscation of real property of 
United States entities. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subpara-
graph (A) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for— 
(i) judicial entities and activities to com-
bat corruption and impunity; 
(ii) programs to combat gender-based vio-
lence; 
(iii) programs to promote and protect 
human rights, including those of Indigenous
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communities and Afro-descendants, and to in-
vestigate human rights abuses; 
(iv) support for women’s economic em-
powerment; 
(v) humanitarian assistance; and 
(vi) food security programs. 
(C) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ may be made available for assistance for 
El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras, except for 
programs that support humanitarian assistance and 
disaster response. 
(c) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) PRE-OBLIGATION REPORTS.—Prior to the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and made 
available for assistance for Colombia, the Secretary of 
State shall submit the reports required under this sec-
tion in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
(2) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under ti-
tles III and IV shall be made available for assist-
ance for Colombia: Provided, That such funds shall
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be made available for the programs and activities 
described under this section in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and made available for as-
sistance pursuant to this subsection, not less than 
$40,000,000 shall be made available to enhance 
rural security in coca producing municipalities and 
other municipalities with high levels of illicit activi-
ties: Provided, That such funds shall be prioritized 
in such municipalities that are also targeted for as-
sistance programs that provide viable economic al-
ternatives and improve access to public services. 
(3) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
that are made available for assistance for Colombia, 
20 percent may be obligated only if the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that in the previous 12 months the 
Government of Colombia has—
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(i) reduced overall coca cultivation, pro-
duction, and drug trafficking; 
(ii) continued cooperating with the United 
States on joint counternarcotics strategies; and 
(iii) maintained extradition cooperation 
with the United States. 
(B) HUMAN
RIGHTS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ and made available 
for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent may be obli-
gated only if the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and 
other judicial authorities, as appropriate, are 
sentencing perpetrators of gross violations of 
human rights, including those with command 
responsibility, to deprivation of liberty; 
(ii) the Government of Colombia is mak-
ing consistent progress in reducing threats and 
attacks against human rights defenders and 
other civil society activists, and judicial au-
thorities are prosecuting and punishing those 
responsible for ordering and carrying out such 
attacks;
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(iii) the Government of Colombia is mak-
ing consistent progress in protecting Afro-Co-
lombian and Indigenous communities and is re-
specting their rights and territories; 
(iv) senior military officers credibly al-
leged, or whose units are credibly alleged, to be 
responsible for ordering, committing, and cov-
ering up cases of false positives and other 
extrajudicial killings, or of committing other 
gross violations of human rights, or of con-
ducting illegal communications intercepts or 
other illicit surveillance, are being held ac-
countable, including removal from active duty 
if found guilty through criminal, administra-
tive, or disciplinary proceedings; and 
(v) the Colombian Armed Forces are co-
operating fully with the requirements described 
in clauses (i) through (iv). 
(4) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (3) 
shall not apply to funds made available for aviation in-
struction and maintenance, and maritime and riverine 
security programs. 
(5) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations,
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and related programs and made available for assistance 
for Colombia may be used to transport personnel and 
supplies involved in drug eradication and interdiction, in-
cluding security for such activities, and to provide trans-
port in support of alternative development programs and 
investigations by civilian judicial authorities. 
(6) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs that are made available for assistance for Co-
lombia may be made available for payment of repara-
tions to conflict victims, compensation to demobilized 
combatants, or cash subsidies for agrarian reforms asso-
ciated with the implementation of the 2016 peace agree-
ment between the Government of Colombia and illegal 
armed groups. 
(d) CUBA DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and made available for democracy programs in Cuba may not 
be made available for business promotion, economic reform, 
entrepreneurship, or any other assistance that is not democ-
racy building as expressly authorized in the Cuban Liberty 
and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 and 
the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992. 
(e) CUBAN DOCTORS.—
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(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees listing the countries and international organizations 
for which the Secretary has credible information are di-
rectly paying the Government of Cuba for coerced and 
trafficked labor of Cuban medical professionals: Pro-
vided, That such report shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form but may include a classified annex. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
apply the requirements of section 7031(c) of this Act to 
officials from countries and organizations identified in 
the report required pursuant to the previous paragraph. 
(f) FACILITATING IRRESPONSIBLE MIGRATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be used to encourage, mobilize, publicize, or manage 
mass-migration caravans towards the United States south-
west border: Provided, That not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees with anal-
ysis on the organization and funding of mass-migration cara-
vans in the Western Hemisphere: Provided further, That the 
prohibition contained in this subsection shall not be construed 
to preclude the provision of humanitarian assistance. 
(g) HAITI.—
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV shall be made available for assist-
ance for Haiti to support the basic needs of the Haitian 
people. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for Haiti may 
only be made available for the central Government of 
Haiti if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees by January 1, 
2025 that elections have been scheduled or held in Haiti 
and it is in the national interest of the United States to 
provide such assistance. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), 
funds may be made available to support— 
(A) democracy programs; 
(B) police, anti-gang, and administration of 
justice programs, including to reduce pre-trial de-
tention and eliminate inhumane prison conditions; 
(C) public health, food security, subsistence 
farmers, water and sanitation, education, and other 
programs to meet basic human needs; and 
(D) disaster relief and recovery. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
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grams that are made available for any new program, 
project, or activity in Haiti shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the requirement of this paragraph shall also 
apply to any funds from such Acts that are made avail-
able for support for an international security force in 
Haiti. 
(5) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for 
assistance for the armed forces of Haiti. 
(6) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government of 
Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and 
services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 
(7) MODIFICATION.—Section 7045(c)(3) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public 
Law 117–328) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
(h) MEXICO.—Of the funds appropriated under title IV 
in this Act that are made available for assistance for Mexico, 
15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Government of Mexico has 
taken steps to—
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(1) reduce the amount of fentanyl arriving at the 
United States-Mexico border; 
(2) dismantle and hold accountable transnational 
criminal organizations; 
(3) support joint counternarcotics operations and 
intelligence sharing with United States counterparts; and 
(4) respect extradition requests for criminals sought 
by the United States. 
(i) NICARAGUA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy and reli-
gious freedom programs for Nicaragua. 
(j) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall instruct the United 
States Permanent Representative to the Organization of 
American States (OAS) to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to: 
(A) implement budgetary reforms and effi-
ciencies within the Organization; 
(B) eliminate arrears, increase other donor 
contributions, and impose penalties for successive 
late payment of assessments; 
(C) prevent programmatic and organizational 
redundancies and consolidate duplicative activities 
and functions;
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(D) prioritize areas in which the OAS has ex-
pertise, such as strengthening democracy, moni-
toring electoral processes, and protecting human 
rights; and 
(E) implement reforms within the Office of the 
Inspector General (OIG) to ensure the OIG has the 
necessary leadership, integrity, professionalism, 
independence, policies, and procedures to properly 
carry out its responsibilities in a manner that meets 
or exceeds best practices in the United States. 
(2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by 
this Act and made available for an assessed contribution 
to the Organization of American States, but not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on actions taken or 
planned to be taken pursuant to paragraph (1) that are 
in addition to actions taken during the preceding fiscal 
year, and the results of such actions. 
(k) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $88,000,000 
shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security Ini-
tiative. 
(l) VENEZUELA.—
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(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $50,000,000 should 
be made available for democracy programs for Ven-
ezuela. 
(2) Of the funds made available pursuant to para-
graph (1) that are allocated for electoral-related activi-
ties, 50 percent may only be obligated after the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that elections related to 
such activities— 
(A) allow for the diaspora from Venezuela to 
participate; 
(B) are open for credible, unobstructed inter-
national observation; and 
(C) allow for opposition candidates selected 
through credible and democratic processes to par-
ticipate. 
(3) Funds shall be made available for assistance for 
communities in countries supporting or otherwise im-
pacted by migrants from Venezuela: Provided, That such 
amounts are in addition to funds otherwise made avail-
able for assistance for such countries and are subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
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EUROPE AND EURASIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUP-
PORT ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 
U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to— 
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance 
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 
5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the Defense Against 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
2333) or non-proliferation assistance; 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and De-
velopment Agency under section 661 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961; 
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
acting within his or her official capacity; 
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other 
assistance provided by the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation as authorized by the 
BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115– 
254); 
(5) any financing provided under the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
(b) TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act may be made available for assistance
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for a government of an Independent State of the former So-
viet Union if such government directs any action in violation 
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 
Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as those 
violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That 
except as otherwise provided in section 7047(a) of this Act, 
funds may be made available without regard to the restriction 
in this subsection if the President determines that to do so 
is in the national security interest of the United States: Pro-
vided further, That prior to executing the authority contained 
in the previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on how such assist-
ance supports the national security interest of the United 
States. 
(c) TURKEY.—None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of defense 
articles or defense services to the Turkish Presidential Pro-
tection Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that members of the TPPD who are 
named in the July 17, 2017, indictment by the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, and against whom there 
are pending charges, have returned to the United States to 
stand trial in connection with the offenses contained in such
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indictment or have otherwise been brought to justice: Pro-
vided, That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply 
to the use of funds made available by this Act for border se-
curity purposes, for North Atlantic Treaty Organization or 
coalition operations, or to enhance the protection of United 
States officials and facilities in Turkey. 
(d) UKRAINE.— 
(1) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the heads of other 
relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Speaker 
and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 
the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and 
the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to 
prioritize United States national security interests in re-
sponse to Russian aggression in Ukraine and its impact 
in Europe and Eurasia, which shall include an expla-
nation of how United States assistance for Ukraine and 
affected countries in the region advances the objectives 
of such strategy: Provided, That such strategy shall in-
clude clear goals, benchmarks, timelines, and strategic 
objectives with respect to funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
that are made available for assistance for Ukraine, in-
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cluding details on the staffing requirements necessary to 
carry out such strategy. 
(2) COST MATCHING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that 
are made available for contributions to the Government 
of Ukraine may not exceed 50 percent of the total 
amount provided for such assistance by all sources: Pro-
vided, That the President may waive the limitation in 
this paragraph if the President determines and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that to do 
so is in the national security interest of the United 
States, including a detailed justification for such deter-
mination and an explanation as to why other donors to 
the Government of Ukraine are unable to meet or exceed 
such level: Provided further, That following such deter-
mination, the President shall submit a report to the 
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 
Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees 
every 120 days while assistance is provided in reliance 
on the determination under the previous proviso detail-
ing steps taken by the Department of State to increase 
other donor contributions and an update on the status 
of such contributions: Provided further, That the require-
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ments of this paragraph shall continue in effect until 
funds made available by this Act pursuant to this para-
graph have been expended. 
(3) OVERSIGHT.— 
(A) STAFFING.—Funds appropriated under ti-
tles I and II of this Act shall be made available to 
support the appropriate level of staff in Ukraine 
and neighboring countries to conduct effective moni-
toring and oversight of United States foreign assist-
ance and ensure the safety and security of United 
States personnel, consistent with the strategy re-
quired in paragraph (1). 
(B) IN-PERSON MONITORING.—The Secretary 
of State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
ensure that funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, 
and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’ and made avail-
able for project-based assistance for Ukraine are 
subject to in-person monitoring by United States 
personnel or by vetted third party monitors. 
(C) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days 
prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated
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by this Act and made available for assistance for 
Ukraine under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen-
tral Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, the Sec-
retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
jointly certify and report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that mechanisms for moni-
toring and oversight of funds are in place and func-
tioning to ensure accountability of such funds to 
prevent waste, fraud, abuse, diversion, and corrup-
tion, including mechanisms such as use of third- 
party monitors, enhanced end-use monitoring, exter-
nal and independent audits and evaluations, ran-
domized spot checks, and regular reporting on out-
comes achieved and progress made toward stated 
program objectives, consistent with the strategy re-
quired in paragraph (1): Provided, That section 
7015(e) of this Act shall apply to the certification 
requirement of this subparagraph. 
(D) NOTIFICATION.—The requirements of sec-
tion 1706 of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division M of Public Law
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117–328) shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
Act under titles I through IV that are made avail-
able for assistance for Ukraine. 
(E) REPORTS.— 
(i) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and every 90 days 
thereafter until all funds appropriated by this 
Act and made available for Ukraine have been 
expended, the Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator shall provide a com-
prehensive report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on assistance made available 
for Ukraine since February 24, 2022, in this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs: Provided, That such re-
port shall include the total amount of such 
funds, disaggregated by account and fiscal 
year, that remain unobligated, are obligated 
but unexpended, and are committed but not 
yet notified. 
(ii) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and every 90 days 
thereafter until all funds appropriated by this 
Act and made available for Ukraine have been
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expended, the Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator shall jointly report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on 
the use and planned uses of funds made avail-
able during fiscal year 2024 for assistance for 
Ukraine, including categories and amounts, the 
intended results and the results achieved, a 
summary of other donor contributions, and a 
description of the efforts undertaken by the 
Secretary and Administrator to increase other 
donor contributions: Provided, That such re-
ports shall also include the metrics established 
to measure such results, and determine effec-
tiveness of funds provided, and a detailed de-
scription of coordination and information shar-
ing with the Offices of the Inspectors General, 
including a full accounting of any reported alle-
gations of waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption, 
steps taken to verify such allegations, and 
steps taken to address all verified allegations. 
(F) TRANSPARENCY.—The reports required 
under this subsection shall be made publicly avail-
able consistent with the requirements of section 
7016(b) of this Act.
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COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION 
SEC. 7047. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assistance for 
the central Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
central government of a country that the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations has taken affirmative steps intended to sup-
port or be supportive of the Russian Federation annex-
ation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: Provided, 
That except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), the 
Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance re-
quired by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and 
reports to such Committees that to do so is in the na-
tional interest of the United States, and includes a jus-
tification for such interest. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for— 
(A) the implementation of any action or policy 
that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Fed-
eration over Crimea or other territory in Ukraine; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of 
United States Government investments in Crimea
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or other territory in Ukraine under the control of 
the Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces, if 
such activity includes the participation of Russian 
Government officials, or other Russian owned or 
controlled financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory in 
Ukraine under the control of the Russian Federa-
tion or Russian-backed forces, if such assistance in-
cludes the participation of Russian Government offi-
cials, or other Russian owned or controlled financial 
entities. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.— 
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 oppose any assistance by such institution (including 
any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for any program 
that violates the sovereignty or territorial integrity of 
Ukraine. 
(4) DURATION.—The requirements and limitations 
of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the Government of Ukraine 
has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea and other ter-
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ritory in Ukraine under the control of the Russian Fed-
eration or Russian-backed forces. 
(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF 
ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
central government of a country that the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations has recognized the independence of, or has 
established diplomatic relations with, the Russian Fed-
eration occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall publish on the Department of State 
website a list of any such central governments in a time-
ly manner: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the restriction on assistance required by this para-
graph if the Secretary determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na-
tional interest of the United States, and includes a jus-
tification for such interest. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available to support the Rus-
sian Federation occupation of the Georgian territories of 
Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.
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(3) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.— 
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 oppose any assistance by such institution (including 
any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for any program 
that violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of 
Georgia. 
(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs under the headings ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available 
to carry out the purposes of the Countering Russian Influ-
ence Fund, as authorized by section 254 of the Countering 
Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding the 
country limitation in subsection (b) of such section, and pro-
grams to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and secu-
rity forces in countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia 
and strengthen security cooperation between such countries 
and the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
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zation, as appropriate: Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to this paragraph under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 
7048. 
(a) 
TRANSPARENCY
AND
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations whether each organization, de-
partment, or agency receiving a contribution from funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’ and ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’— 
(1) is posting on a publicly available website, con-
sistent with privacy regulations and due process, regular 
financial and programmatic audits of such organization, 
department, or agency, and providing the United States 
Government with necessary access to such financial and 
performance audits; 
(2) has submitted a report to the Department of 
State, which shall be posted on the Department’s website 
in a timely manner, demonstrating that such organiza-
tion is effectively implementing and enforcing policies 
and procedures which meet or exceed best practices in
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the United States for the protection of whistleblowers 
from retaliation, including— 
(A) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(D) access to binding independent adjudicative 
bodies, including shared cost and selection of exter-
nal arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 
prior employment; and 
(3) is effectively implementing and enforcing poli-
cies and procedures on the appropriate use of travel 
funds, including restrictions on first-class and business- 
class travel; 
(4) is taking credible steps to combat anti-Israel 
bias; 
(5) is developing and implementing mechanisms to 
inform donors of instances in which funds have been di-
verted or destroyed and an explanation of the response 
by the respective international organization; and
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(6) is implementing policies and procedures to effec-
tively vet staff for any affiliation with a terrorist organi-
zation. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS
ON
UNITED
STATES
DELEGA-
TIONS.—None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay expenses for any United States dele-
gation 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 pur-
poses of section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control 
Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), supports international 
terrorism. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of State as a contribution to any organization, 
agency, commission, or program within the United Na-
tions system if such organization, agency, commission, 
or program is chaired or presided over by a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Con-
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trol Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), or any other pro-
vision of law, is a government that has repeatedly pro-
vided support for acts of international terrorism. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive 
the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that to do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States, including a description of the national in-
terest served. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available in support of the United Nations 
Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of State de-
termines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that participation in the Council is important 
to the national interest of the United States and that 
such Council is taking significant steps to remove Israel 
as a permanent agenda item and ensure integrity in the 
election of members to such Council: Provided, That 
such report shall include a description of the national in-
terest served and provide a detailed reform agenda, in-
cluding a timeline to remove Israel as a permanent agen-
da item and ensure integrity in the election of members 
to such Council: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
State shall withhold, from funds appropriated by this
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Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International 
Organizations’’ for a contribution to the United Nations 
Regular Budget, the United States proportionate share 
of the total annual amount of the United Nations Reg-
ular Budget funding for the United Nations Human 
Rights Council until such determination and report is 
made: Provided further, That if the Secretary is unable 
to make such determination and report, such amounts 
may be reprogrammed for purposes other than the 
United Nations Regular Budget, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2024, on the resolutions considered in the 
United Nations Human Rights Council during the pre-
vious 12 months, and on steps taken to remove Israel as 
a permanent agenda item and to improve the quality of 
membership through competitive elections. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for the United Nations International 
Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Ter-
ritory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. 
(d) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for carrying
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out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay 
in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of 
any member of the United Nations or, from funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of 
another country’s delegation at international conferences held 
under the auspices of multilateral or international organiza-
tions. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in fis-
cal year 2024 for contributions to any organization, depart-
ment, agency, or program within the United Nations system 
or any international program that are withheld from obliga-
tion or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall update such report each time addi-
tional funds are withheld by operation of any provision of 
law: Provided further, That the reprogramming of any with-
held funds identified in such report, including updates there-
of, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(f) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
AND ABUSE
IN PEACE-
KEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, withhold assistance to any unit
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of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary has 
credible information that such unit has engaged in sexual ex-
ploitation or abuse, including while serving in a United Na-
tions peacekeeping operation, until the Secretary determines 
that the government of such country is taking effective steps 
to hold the responsible members of such unit accountable and 
to prevent future incidents: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall promptly notify the government of each country subject 
to any withholding of assistance pursuant to this paragraph, 
and shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of 
such withholding not later than 10 days after a determination 
to withhold such assistance is made: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist 
such government in bringing the responsible members of such 
unit to justice. 
(g) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
funds appropriated by this Act which are returned or not 
made available due to the second proviso under the heading 
‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ in 
title I of this Act or section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the re-
quirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under
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section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 
(h) ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, shall 
seek to enter into written agreements with each international 
organization that receives funding appropriated by this Act to 
provide timely access to the Inspectors General of the De-
partment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Comptroller General of the 
United States to such organization’s financial data and other 
information relevant to United States contributions to such 
organization, as determined by the Inspectors and Comp-
troller General. 
(i) STRENGTHENING AMERICAN PRESENCE AT INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) Of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the placement of United States citizens in the 
Junior Professional Officer Programme. 
(2) Of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less than 
$750,000 shall be made available to enhance the com-