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is efficient and sustained, severe, and is spreading internationally, 
funds made available under titles III, IV, and VIII in this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs may be made available 
to combat such virus: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
to the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO 
SEC. 7059. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country 
of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, 
except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco 
or tobacco products of the same type. 
PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7060. (a) Programs funded under title III of this Act 
shall include, where appropriate, efforts to improve the status of 
women, including through gender considerations in the planning, 
assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of such 
programs. 
(b) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be 
made available to support programs to expand economic opportuni-
ties for poor women in developing countries, including increasing 
the number and capacity of women-owned enterprises, improving 
property rights for women, increasing women’s access to financial 
services and capital, enhancing the role of women in economic 
decisionmaking at the local, national and international levels, and 
improving women’s ability to participate in the global economy. 
(c) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be 
made available to increase political opportunities for women, 
including strengthening protections for women’s personal status, 
increasing women’s participation in elections, and enhancing 
women’s positions in government and role in government decision-
making. 
(d) Funds appropriated under in title III of this Act for food 
security and agricultural development shall take into consideration 
the unique needs of women, and technical assistance for women 
farmers should be a priority. 
(e) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads 
of other relevant Federal agencies, shall develop a National Action 
Plan in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1325 (adopted on October 31, 2000) to ensure the United States 
effectively promotes and supports the rights and roles of women 
in conflict-affected and post-conflict regions through clear, measur-
able commitments to— 
(1) promote the active and meaningful participation of 
women in affected areas in all aspects of conflict prevention, 
management, and resolution; 
(2) integrate the perspectives and interests of affected 
women into conflict-prevention activities and strategies; 
(3) promote the physical safety, economic security, and 
dignity of women and girls;
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(4) support women’s equal access to aid distribution mecha-
nisms and services; and 
(5) monitor, analyze and evaluate implementation efforts 
and their impact. 
(f) The Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development shall fully integrate gender into all 
diplomatic and development efforts through the inclusion of gender 
in strategic planning and budget allocations, and the development 
of indicators and evaluation mechanisms to measure the impact 
of United States policies and programs on women and girls in 
foreign countries. 
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 
SEC. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
in this Act shall be made available for gender-based violence preven-
tion and response efforts, and funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 
Fund’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ should be made 
available for such efforts. 
(b) Programs and activities funded under titles III and IV 
of this Act to train foreign police, judicial, and military personnel, 
including for international peacekeeping operations, shall address, 
where appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based 
violence and trafficking in persons. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7062. (a) BASIC AND HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 
not less than $800,000,000 shall be made available for 
assistance for basic education, of which not less than 
$288,000,000 should be made available under the heading 
‘‘Development Assistance’’. 
(B) The United States Agency for International 
Development shall ensure that programs supported with 
funds appropriated for basic education in this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs are 
integrated, when appropriate, with health, agriculture, 
governance, and economic development activities to address 
the economic and social needs of the broader community. 
(C) Funds appropriated by title III of this Act for 
basic education may be made available for a contribution 
to the Global Partnership for Education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for assistance for higher education, of which $25,000,000 
shall be to support such programs in Africa, including for 
partnerships between higher education institutions in Africa 
and the United States. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM.—Of the funds appro-
priated in title III of this Act, not less than $45,000,000 shall 
be made available for the Development Grants Program established
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pursuant to section 674 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 
J of Public Law 110–161), primarily for unsolicited proposals, to 
support grants of not more than $2,000,000 to small nongovern-
mental organizations: Provided, That funds made available under 
this subsection are in addition to other funds available for such 
purposes including funds designated by this Act by subsection (f). 
(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
not less than $1,250,000,000 should be made available for pro-
grams and activities to protect the environment. 
(2) CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS.—The limitation in section 
7081(b) of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall continue 
in effect during fiscal year 2012 as if part of this Act: Provided, 
That the proviso contained in such section shall not apply. 
(3) ADAPTATION PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for United States contributions 
to the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate 
Change Fund to support adaptation programs and activities. 
(4) TROPICAL
FOREST
PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act for tropical forest programs shall 
be used to protect biodiversity, and shall not be used to support 
or promote the expansion of industrial scale logging into pri-
mary tropical forests: Provided, That funds that are available 
for the Central African Regional Program for the Environment 
and other tropical forest programs in the Congo Basin for 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shall 
be apportioned directly to the USFWS: Provided further, That 
funds made available for the Department of the Interior (DOI) 
for programs in the Guatemala Mayan Biosphere Reserve shall 
be apportioned directly to the DOI. 
(5) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 
4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law except for 
the provisions of this section and subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to support 
environment programs. 
(6) CONSULTATION.—Funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection are subject to prior consultation with, and the reg-
ular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(7) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 
available to promote and support transparency and 
accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 
extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening 
implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 
Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 8204 of Public Law 110–246 and the Kimberley Process 
Certification Scheme, and providing technical assistance 
to promote independent audit mechanisms and support 
civil society participation in natural resource management. 
(B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the 
managements of the international financial institutions and 
post on the Department of the Treasury’s Web site that 
it is the policy of the United States to vote against any
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assistance by such institutions (including but not limited 
to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction 
and export of a natural resource if the government of 
the country has in place laws or regulations to prevent 
or limit the public disclosure of company payments as 
required by section 1504 of Public Law 111–203, and unless 
such government has in place functioning systems in the 
sector in which assistance is being considered for: 
(I) accurately accounting for and public disclosure 
of payments to the host government by companies 
involved in the extraction and export of natural 
resources; 
(II) the independent auditing of accounts receiving 
such payments and public disclosure of the findings 
of such audits; and 
(III) public disclosure of such documents as Host 
Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and 
bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemination 
or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, 
information that is commercially proprietary or that 
would create competitive disadvantage. 
(ii) The requirements of subparagraph (i) shall not 
apply to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity 
of such government to meet the requirements of this para-
graph. 
(C) The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary 
of State, as appropriate, shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institution 
and the United States representatives to all forest-related 
multilateral financing mechanisms and processes, that it 
is the policy of the United States to vote against the expan-
sion of industrial scale logging into primary tropical forests. 
(8) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR LAW.—Section 7081(g)(2) and 
(4) of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2012 as if part of this Act. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT.—Of the 
funds appropriated by title III of this Act, $1,170,000,000 should 
be made available for food security and agriculture development 
programs, of which $31,500,000 shall be made available for Collabo-
rative Research Support Programs: Provided, That such funds may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law to 
address food shortages, and may be made available for a United 
States contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity 
Trust pursuant to section 3202 of Public Law 110–246. 
(e) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 should be made 
available for microenterprise and microfinance development pro-
grams for the poor, especially women. 
(f) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—(1) Of the funds appropriated 
by title III of this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, $26,000,000 shall be made 
available to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which 
bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious and political 
backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war, of which $10,000,000 
shall be made available for such programs in the Middle East: 
Provided, That the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development shall consult with the Committees