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SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $691,500,000 shall be made available 
for the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund, and such 
funds may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries: Provided, That such funds shall also be used for 
secondary education activities. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act 
for 
assistance 
for 
basic 
education 
programs, 
$152,000,000 shall be made available for contributions to 
multilateral partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $203,250,000 shall be made avail-
able for assistance for higher education: Provided, That such 
funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of such 
amount, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 
for higher education programs pursuant to section 7060(a)(3) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 
116–260). 
(b) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for the provisions 
of this subsection, to support programs funded pursuant to 
this subsection: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
to this subsection shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2)(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $274,313,000 shall be made available for 
biodiversity conservation programs, including for marine con-
servation programs following consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That no such funds may be made 
available to support the expansion of industrial scale logging, 
agriculture, livestock production, mining, or any other indus-
trial scale extractive activity into areas that were primary/ 
intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
directors of each international financial institution to use the 
voice and vote of the United States to oppose any financing 
of any such activity. 
(B)(i) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act, not less than $89,063,000 shall be made available 
to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 
trafficking. 
(ii) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this 
Act may be made available for training or other assistance 
for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 
determines has been credibly alleged to have participated in
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wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is 
in the national security interest of the United States. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act, not less than $12,500,000 shall be made available 
for the prevention of illegal logging practices consistent with 
the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq./section 8204 of Public 
Law 110–246), and not less than $12,500,000 shall be made 
available to reduce deforestation: Provided, That such funds 
shall be allocated consistent with the requirements included 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
(3) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act, not less than $131,813,000 shall be made available 
for land use, management, and protection programs. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’, not less than $13,875,000 shall be made available for 
cooperative development programs. 
(d) DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ shall 
be made available for programs and activities to address the needs 
of, and protect and promote the rights of, people with disabilities 
in developing countries: Provided, That funds shall be made avail-
able to support disability rights advocacy organizations in devel-
oping countries: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection, 5 percent may be used for management, 
oversight, and technical support. 
(e) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) USES OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $720,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for food security and agricultural development programs 
to carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act 
of 2016 (Public Law 114–195), including not less than 
$175,000,000 for international agricultural research, of which 
not less than $72,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed 
the Future Innovation Labs, including for the purposes enumer-
ated under this section in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That funds may be made available for 
a contribution as authorized by section 3202 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 
amended by section 3310 of the Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–334). 
(2) FEED THE FUTURE PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT.—Of 
the funds made available pursuant to this subsection, not less 
than $20,000,000 shall be made available to support private 
sector investment in food security, including as catalytic capital. 
(f) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.—Of the funds appropriated 
by title III of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available for a public- 
private partnership foundation for food security, if legislation estab-
lishing such a foundation is enacted into law by December 31, 
2026. 
(g) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
not less than $105,625,000 shall be made available for activities 
to combat trafficking in persons internationally, including for 
the Program to End Modern Slavery, of which not less than 
$89,500,000 shall be from funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’: Provided, That funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ that are 
made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 
should be obligated and programmed consistent with the 
country-specific recommendations included in the annual Traf-
ficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordinated with the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Depart-
ment of State: Provided further, That such funds are in addition 
to funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
matic Programs’’ for the Office to Monitor and Combat Traf-
ficking in Persons: Provided further, That funds made available 
by this Act shall be made available to further develop, stand-
ardize, and update training for all United States Government 
personnel under Chief of Mission authority posted at United 
States embassies and consulates abroad on recognizing signs 
of human trafficking and protocols for reporting such cases. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on how all grants 
and contracts awarded in the prior fiscal year by the Depart-
ment of State are compliant with applicable requirements 
within section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)). 
(h) WATER
AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $338,250,000 shall be made available for 
water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than 
$169,125,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(i) DEVIATION.—Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
Secretary of State may deviate below the minimum funding require-
ments designated in sections 7030, 7059, and 7060 of this Act 
by up to 10 percent, notwithstanding such designation: Provided, 
That such deviations shall only be exercised to address unforeseen 
or exigent circumstances: Provided further, That concurrent with 
the submission of the report required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations in writing any proposed deviations 
utilizing such authority that are planned at the time of submission 
of such report: Provided further, That any deviations proposed 
subsequent to the submission of such report shall be subject to 
prior consultation with such Committees: Provided further, That 
not later than November 1, 2027, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the use 
of the authority of this subsection. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7061. In order to enhance the continued participation 
of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt-
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for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 
grantee or contractor of the Department of State may place in 
interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to that 
organization as a result of economic assistance provided under 
title III of this Act and, subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, any interest earned on such 
investment shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance 
was provided to that organization. 
BUDGET DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7062. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or 
organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, and the 
Department of the Treasury and Independent Agencies funded in 
title III of this Act, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions an operating plan for funds appropriated to such department, 
agency, or organization in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2026, that provides details 
of the uses of such funds at the program, project, and activity 
level: Provided, That such plans shall include, as applicable, a 
comparison between the congressional budget justification funding 
levels, the most recent congressional directives or approved funding 
levels, and the funding levels proposed by the department or agency; 
and a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: Pro-
vided further, That operating plans that include changes in levels 
of funding for programs, projects, and activities specified in the 
congressional budget justification, in this Act, or amounts des-
ignated in the tables in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and re-
programming requirements of section 7015 of this Act. 
(b) SPEND PLANS.— 
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made available 
by this Act for— 
(A) assistance for Pacific Islands countries and for 
Colombia; 
(B) assistance for the Caribbean Basin Security Initia-
tive, Central America Regional Security Initiative, Middle 
East Partnership Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy and the 
Countering PRC Influence Fund, and Power Africa; 
(C) assistance made available pursuant to the following 
sections in this Act: section 7030; section 7032; section 
7033; section 7036; section 7047(d) (on a country-by-country 
basis); section 7059; and subsections (a), (e), (g), and (h) 
of section 7060; 
(D) funds provided under the heading ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ for demand reduc-
tion, which shall include bilateral and global programs; 
and 
(E) implementation of the Global Fragility Act of 2019. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for