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of South Sudan in conducting regular audits of financial 
accounts, including revenues from oil and gas, and the 
timely public disclosure of such audits; and 
(E) support the professionalization of security forces, 
including human rights and accountability to civilian 
authorities. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act that are 
available for assistance for the central Government of South 
Sudan may be made available until the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such government is taking effective steps to— 
(A) end hostilities and pursue good faith negotiations 
for a political settlement of the internal conflict; 
(B) provide access for humanitarian organizations; 
(C) end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; 
(D) protect freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly; 
(E) reduce corruption related to the extraction and 
sale of oil and gas; and 
(F) establish democratic institutions, including account-
able military and police forces under civilian authority. 
(3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance to support South Sudan peace negotia-
tions or to advance or implement a peace agreement; and 
(C) assistance to support implementation of out-
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
(CPA) and mutual arrangements related to the CPA. 
(j) SUDAN.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the Government of Sudan. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the 
cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 
United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, 
and credit agreements. 
(3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not 
apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs; 
(C) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 
State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and popu-
lations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation of out-
standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 
(CPA), mutual arrangements related to post-referendum 
issues associated with the CPA, or any other internation-
ally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(k) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial institu-
tion 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
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the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the rule of law has been restored, 
including respect for ownership and title to property, and free-
doms of expression, association, and assembly. 
(2) 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 Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports as required in paragraph 
(1), and funds may be made available for macroeconomic growth 
assistance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is implementing transparent 
fiscal policies, including public disclosure of revenues from the 
extraction of natural resources. 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) ASIA REBALANCING INITIATIVE.—Except for para-
graphs (1)(C), (4), (5)(B) and (C), and 6(B), section 7043(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act: 
Provided, That section 7043(a)(8) of such Act shall be applied to 
funds appropriated by this Act by adding ‘‘East Asia,’’ before ‘‘South 
East Asia’’. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Burma may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except for this subsection, and following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
assistance for Burma— 
(i) may not be made available for budget support 
for the Government of Burma; 
(ii) shall be made available to strengthen civil 
society organizations in Burma, including as core sup-
port for such organizations; 
(iii) shall be made available for the implementation 
of the democracy and human rights strategy required 
by section 7043(b)(3)(A) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76); 
(iv) shall be made available for community-based 
organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, 
medical, 
and 
other 
humanitarian 
assistance 
to 
internally displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addi-
tion to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’; 
(v) shall be made available for programs to promote 
ethnic and religious tolerance, including in Rakhine 
and Kachin states; 
(vi) may not be made available to any successor 
or affiliated organization of the State Peace and 
Development Council (SPDC) controlled by former 
SPDC members that promotes the repressive policies
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of the SPDC, or to any individual or organization 
credibly alleged to have committed gross violations 
of human rights, including against Rohingya and other 
minority groups; 
(vii) may be made available for programs adminis-
tered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
for ethnic groups and civil society in Burma to help 
sustain ceasefire agreements and further prospects for 
reconciliation and peace, which may include support 
to representatives of ethnic armed groups for this pur-
pose; and 
(viii) may not be made available to any organiza-
tion or individual the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees advocates violence against ethnic or religious 
groups and individuals in Burma, including such 
organizations as Ma Ba Tha. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ may be made available for assistance 
for Burma: Provided, That the Department of State may con-
tinue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on 
human rights and disaster response in a manner consistent 
with the prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees. 
(3) MULTILATERAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury should instruct the United States executive director 
of each international financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to support projects in Burma only 
if such projects— 
(A) promote accountability and transparency, including 
on-site monitoring throughout the life of the project; 
(B) are developed and carried out in accordance with 
best practices regarding environmental conservation; social 
and cultural protection and empowerment of local popu-
lations, particularly ethnic nationalities; and extraction of 
resources; 
(C) do not promote the displacement of local popu-
lations without appropriate consultation, harm mitigation 
and compensation, and do not provide incentives for, or 
facilitate, the forced migration of indigenous communities; 
and 
(D) do not partner with or otherwise involve military- 
owned enterprises or state-owned enterprises associated 
with the military. 
(4) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
initiate an assessment of democracy programs in Burma con-
ducted by the Department of State and USAID, including the 
strategy for such programs, and programmatic implementation 
and results: Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this 
Act and made available for assistance for Burma, up to 
$100,000 shall be made available to the Comptroller for such 
assessment. 
(5) PROGRAMS, POSITION, AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—
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(A) Any new program or activity in Burma initiated 
in fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) Section 7043(b)(7) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall continue 
in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 
(C) The United States Chief of Mission in Burma, 
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau 
of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, shall be responsible for democracy programs in 
Burma. 
(c) CAMBODIA.— 
(1) KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assistance for Cambodia, 
up to $2,000,000 may be made available for a contribution 
to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia 
(ECCC), in a manner consistent with prior fiscal years, except 
that such funds may only be made available for a contribution 
to the appeals process in Case 002/01. 
(2) RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs in Cambodia shall be made 
available for research and education programs associated with 
the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. 
(3) REIMBURSEMENTS.—The Secretary of State shall con-
tinue to consult with the Principal Donors Group on reimburse-
ments to the Documentation Center of Cambodia for costs 
incurred in support of the ECCC. 
(d) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be 
made available to maintain broadcasts into North Korea at 
levels consistent with the prior fiscal year. 
(2) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made 
available for assistance for refugees from North Korea, 
including protection activities in the People’s Republic of China 
and other countries in the Asia region. 
(3) DATABASE AND REPORT.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under title III shall be made available to maintain a data-
base of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance with 
section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K 
of Public Law 113–76): Provided, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing the 
sources of information and format of such database. 
(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. 
(e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ 
in this Act may be obligated or expended for processing licenses 
for the export of satellites of United States origin (including 
commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s