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pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individ-
uals who the Secretary designated or identified pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli-
gible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list 
of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and 
the justification for each waiver. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, 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 diamonds, and for tech-
nical assistance to promote independent audit mech-
anisms and support civil society participation in nat-
ural resource management. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under title III may be made 
available to support mining activities related to the 
extraction of minerals until the Secretary of State 
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certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that comparable mining activities are 
permitted in areas in the United States which were 
allowable prior to 2023: Provided, That the restric-
tion in this paragraph shall not apply to United 
States entities. 
(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 additional information on United States Government 
foreign 
assistance 
on 
the 
‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ 
website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under 
this Act shall provide such information on foreign assist-
ance, upon request and in a timely manner, to the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, $2,900,000,000 shall be made available for 
democracy programs. 
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(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not-
withstanding 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 authority of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ-
ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene-
ficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support: out-
comes of improved democratic governance; credible and 
observable electoral processes; strong, multi-party political 
systems with rights to contest government; rule of law; 
freedoms of expression, assembly, association, and reli-
gion; human rights, including property rights; activities by 
non-governmental organizations and other civil society, in-
cluding independent media, that promote the outcomes de-
scribed in this subsection. 
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(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able for support to strengthen government institutions, in-
cluding ministries, should be prioritized for countries dem-
onstrating strong separation of powers, checks and bal-
ances, rule of law, and credible and observable electoral 
processes. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN-
TERFERENCE.—With respect to the provision of assistance 
for democracy programs in this Act, the organizations im-
plementing such assistance, the specific nature of the as-
sistance, and the participants in such programs shall not 
be subject to prior approval by the government of any for-
eign country. 
(f) INFORMING PROGRAMMING.—The Secretary of 
State, Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and President of the NED 
should coordinate on plans for democracy programs sup-
ported with funds appropriated by this Act during joint 
regional and country planning for fiscal year 2024. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 
for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State. 
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(b) ASSISTANCE.—(1) Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Op-
erations’’, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for international religious freedom programs: Pro-
vided, That funds made available by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’ pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility 
of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious 
Freedom, in consultation with other relevant United 
States Government officials, and shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for hu-
manitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic 
and religious minorities 
(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. 
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