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(1) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’ (IMET) in this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Chad, 
Coˆte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Somalia, and Zimbabwe may be made 
available only for training related to international peacekeeping 
operations and expanded IMET: Provided, That the limitation 
included in this paragraph shall not apply to courses that 
support training in maritime security. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ in this Act 
may be made available for assistance for Equatorial Guinea 
or the Central African Republic. 
(f) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available for programs and activities in areas affected 
by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) consistent with the goals 
of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda 
Recovery Act (Public Law 111–172), including to improve physical 
access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warning 
mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and 
reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child soldiers. 
(g) PROGRAMS IN AFRICA.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $7,000,000 shall 
be made available for a pilot program to address health and 
development challenges in Africa and promote increased eco-
nomic opportunities with the United States. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall be made 
available for a pilot program to address security challenges 
in Africa. 
(3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
shall be programmed in a manner that leverages a United 
States Government-wide approach to addressing shared chal-
lenges and mutually beneficial opportunities, and shall be the 
responsibility of United States Chiefs of Mission in countries 
in Africa seeking enhanced partnerships with the United States 
in areas of trade, investment, development, health, and secu-
rity. 
(h) SOMALIA.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ that are made available for assistance 
for Somalia should be used to promote dialogue and reconcili-
ation between the central government and Somali regions, and 
should be provided in an impartial manner that is based on 
need and institutional capacity. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for lethal assistance for Somali security forces. 
(i) SOUTH AFRICA.—Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, and following consultation with the Government of 
South Africa, the Secretary of State shall submit a transition 
strategy to the appropriate congressional committees for the Presi-
dent’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in South Africa, including 
projected trajectories for levels and types of United States assist-
ance. 
(j) SUDAN.—
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(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 the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 
State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and popu-
lations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(C) 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) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for South Sudan, including to promote stability 
and reconciliation, prevent and respond to gender-based 
violence, promote women’s leadership, expand educational 
opportunities especially for girls, strengthen democratic institu-
tions and the rule of law, and enhance the capacity of the 
Federal Legislative Assembly to conduct oversight over govern-
ment processes, revenues, and expenditures. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available 
for assistance for the central Government of South Sudan, 
15 percent may not be obligated until the Secretary of State 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such govern-
ment is— 
(A) implementing policies to support freedom of expres-
sion and association, establish democratic institutions 
including an independent judiciary, parliament, and secu-
rity forces that are accountable to civilian authority; and 
(B) investigating and punishing members of security 
forces who have violated human rights. 
(3) The Secretary of State shall seek to obtain regular 
audits of the financial accounts of the Government of South 
Sudan to ensure transparency and accountability of funds, 
including revenues from the extraction of oil and gas, and 
the timely, public disclosure of such audits: Provided, That 
the Secretary should assist the Government of South Sudan 
in conducting such audits, and provide technical assistance 
to enhance the capacity of the National Auditor Chamber to 
carry out its responsibilities, and shall submit a report not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations detailing steps that will be taken by 
the Government of South Sudan, which are additional to those 
taken in the previous fiscal year, to improve resource manage-
ment and ensure transparency and accountability of funds. 
(l) TRAFFICKING IN CONFLICT MINERALS, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER 
CONTRABAND.—
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(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be made 
available for assistance for Rwanda unless the Secretary of 
State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Rwanda is taking steps to cease political, mili-
tary and/or financial support to armed groups in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo (DRC), including M23, that have violated 
human rights or are involved in the illegal exportation of min-
erals, wildlife, or other contraband out of the DRC. 
(2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
assistance to improve border controls to prevent the illegal 
exportation of minerals, wildlife, and other contraband out of 
the DRC by such groups, to protect humanitarian relief efforts, 
or to support the training and deployment of members of the 
Rwandan military in international peacekeeping operations, 
or to conduct operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army. 
(m) WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA.— 
(1) The Congress reaffirms its support for the efforts of 
the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and 
the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to bring to justice 
individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against 
humanity in a timely manner. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the central government of a country in which 
individuals indicted by the ICTR and the SCSL are credibly 
alleged to be living, if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such govern-
ment is cooperating with the ICTR and the SCSL, including 
the apprehension, surrender, and transfer of indictees in a 
timely manner: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply 
to assistance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title VI of 
this Act: Provided further, That the United States shall use 
its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council to 
fully support efforts by the ICTR and the SCSL to bring to 
justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely 
manner. 
(3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) may be waived on 
a country-by-country basis if the President determines that 
doing so is in the national security interest of the United 
States: Provided, That prior to exercising such waiver authority, 
the President shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on— 
(A) the steps being taken to obtain the cooperation 
of the government in apprehending and surrendering the 
indictee in question to the court of jurisdiction; 
(B) a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing the 
indictee before such court; and 
(C) the justification for exercising the waiver authority. 
(n) 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 loans or grants to the Government of Zimbabwe, except 
to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has
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been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership 
and title to property, and freedom of speech and association. 
(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 makes the determination 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.— 
(1) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID), the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of 
other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an integrated, multi-year planning 
and budget strategy for a rebalancing of United States policy 
in Asia that links United States interests in the region with 
the necessary resources and personnel required for implementa-
tion, management and oversight of such strategy: Provided, 
That such strategy may be submitted in classified form if 
necessary. 
(2) Funds appropriated by title III of this Act that are 
designated for implementation of the strategy described in para-
graph (1) shall also support the advancement of democracy 
and human rights in Asia, including for democratic political 
parties, civil society, and groups and individuals seeking to 
advance transparency, accountability, and the rule of law: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall also be made available, through 
an open and competitive process, to nongovernmental networks 
and alliances that seek to promote democracy, human rights, 
and the rule of law in Asia. 
(3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are designated 
for the implementation of the strategy described in paragraph 
(1) should be matched, to the maximum extent practicable 
and as appropriate, by sources other than the United States 
Government. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ may be made available for assistance 
for Burma notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided, That no such funds shall be made available to any 
successor or affiliated organization of the State Peace and 
Development Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC mem-
bers that promote the repressive policies of the SPDC, or to 
any individual or organization credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights, including against 
Rohingyas and other minority Muslim groups: Provided further, 
That such funds may be made available for programs adminis-
tered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID, for ethnic 
groups and civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire 
agreements and further prospects for reconciliation and peace,