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Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than $8,000,000 
shall be made available for the promotion of human rights 
in North Korea: Provided, That such funds shall be 
administered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Provided 
further, That the authority of section 7032(b) of this Act 
shall apply to such funds. 
(B) DATABASE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
title III shall be made available to maintain a database 
of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance with 
section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(C) LIMITATION.—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. 
(d) 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 
Republic of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in advance, 
the Committees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed 
action. 
(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms and require-
ments of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the 
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 
projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 
by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 
this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or coopera-
tive agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary 
of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA. 
(3) COUNTER INFLUENCE PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act for public diplomacy under title I and for assistance 
under titles III and IV shall be made available to counter 
the influence of the PRC, in accordance with the strategy 
required by section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76), following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—The uses of funds made available by 
this Act for the promotion of democracy in the PRC, except 
for funds made available under subsection (f), shall be 
the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for trilateral programs conducted 
with the PRC shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) PHILIPPINES.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’
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may be made available for counternarcotics assistance for the Phil-
ippine National Police only if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Govern-
ment of the Philippines has adopted and is implementing a counter-
narcotics strategy that is consistent with international human 
rights standards, including investigating and prosecuting individ-
uals who are credibly alleged to have ordered, committed, or covered 
up extrajudicial killings and other gross violations of human rights 
in the conduct of counternarcotics operations: Provided, That the 
limitation of this paragraph shall not apply to funds made available 
for drug demand reduction or maritime programs, or to support 
for the development of such counternarcotics strategy following 
consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(f) TIBET.— 
(1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—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 financing of 
projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives 
for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet 
or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and 
natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough 
needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 
and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are subject 
to effective monitoring. 
(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 
(A) TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations to support activities which preserve 
cultural traditions and promote sustainable development, 
education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan 
communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other 
Tibetan communities in China. 
(B) INDIA AND NEPAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $6,000,000 shall be made available for programs 
to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, development, and 
the resilience of Tibetan communities in India and Nepal, 
and to assist in the education and development of the 
next generation of Tibetan leaders from such communities: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts made 
available in subparagraph (A) for programs inside Tibet. 
(C) TIBETAN GOVERNANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to strengthen the capacity of Tibetan institutions 
and governance. 
(g) VIETNAM.— 
(1) DIOXIN
REMEDIATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be made available for activities related to 
the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and 
may be made available for assistance for the Government of 
Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes.
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(2) HEALTH
AND
DISABILITY
PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available 
for health and disability programs in areas sprayed with Agent 
Orange and otherwise contaminated with dioxin, to assist 
individuals with severe upper or lower body mobility impair-
ment or cognitive or developmental disabilities. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE AND CONDITIONS.— 
(A) FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ may be made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan: Provided, That such funds may not be obligated for 
any project or activity that— 
(i) includes the participation of any Afghan indi-
vidual or organization, including government entity, 
if the Secretary of State has credible information that 
such individual, organization, or entity is involved in 
corrupt practices, illicit narcotics production or traf-
ficking, or a violation of human rights; 
(ii) cannot be sustained, as appropriate, by the 
Government of Afghanistan or another Afghan entity; 
(iii) is not regularly accessible for the purposes 
of conducting effective oversight in accordance with 
applicable Federal statutes and regulations; 
(iv) initiates any new, major infrastructure 
development; or 
(v) is conducted in areas where project and 
resource disbursement monitoring cannot be per-
formed, unless the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national 
security interest of the United States, and submits 
a report to such Committees describing such interest, 
including how such project or activity does not legiti-
mize the Taliban or other extremist organizations. 
(B) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Prior to the initial 
obligation of funds made available by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ for assistance for 
the central Government of Afghanistan, the Secretary of 
State shall certify and report to the Committees on Appro-
priations, after consultation with the Government of 
Afghanistan, that— 
(i) goals and benchmarks for the specific uses of 
such funds have been established by the Governments 
of the United States and Afghanistan; 
(ii) conditions are in place that increase the trans-
parency and accountability of the Government of 
Afghanistan for funds obligated under the New 
Development Partnership or other incentive-based pro-
grams;
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(iii) the Government of Afghanistan is imple-
menting laws and policies to govern democratically 
and protect the rights of individuals, civil society, and 
the media; 
(iv) the Government of Afghanistan is taking con-
sistent steps to protect and advance the rights of 
women and girls in Afghanistan; 
(v) the Government of Afghanistan is effectively 
implementing a whole-of-government, anti-corruption 
strategy that has been endorsed by the High Council 
on Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, as agreed to 
at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan in October 
2016, and is prosecuting individuals alleged to be 
involved in corrupt or illegal activities in Afghanistan; 
(vi) monitoring and oversight frameworks for pro-
grams implemented with such funds are in accordance 
with all applicable audit policies of the Department 
of State and USAID, including in areas under the 
control of the Taliban or other extremist organizations; 
(vii) the necessary policies and procedures are in 
place to ensure Government of Afghanistan compliance 
with section 7013 of this Act, ‘‘Prohibition on Taxation 
of United States Assistance’’; and 
(viii) the Government of Afghanistan is publicly 
reporting its national budget, including revenues and 
expenditures. 
(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
certification requirement of subparagraph (B) if the Sec-
retary determines that to do so is important to the national 
security interest of the United States and the Secretary 
submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations, 
in classified form if necessary, on the justification for the 
waiver and the reasons why any of the requirements of 
subparagraph (B) cannot be met. 
(D) PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for Afghanistan shall 
be made available— 
(i) for programs that protect and strengthen the 
rights of women and girls and promote the political 
and economic empowerment of women, including their 
meaningful inclusion in political processes: Provided, 
That such assistance to promote economic empower-
ment of women shall be made available as grants 
to Afghan organizations, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable; 
(ii) for programs in South and Central Asia to 
expand linkages between Afghanistan and countries 
in the region; and 
(iii) to assist the Government of Afghanistan to 
develop transparent budgetary processes, including 
executing a consistently applied system of legitimate 
revenue generation and expenditure. 
(E) TAXATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available 
for direct government-to-government assistance unless the 
Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that—