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interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 
that organization as a result of economic assistance pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT- 
TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for direct government-to-government 
assistance only if— 
(A) each implementing agency or ministry 
to receive assistance has been assessed and is 
considered to have the systems required to man-
age 
such 
assistance 
and 
any 
identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; and 
(i) the recipient agency or ministry 
employs and utilizes staff with the necessary 
technical, financial, and management capa-
bilities;
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(ii) the recipient agency or ministry 
has adopted competitive procurement poli-
cies and systems; 
(iii) effective monitoring and evalua-
tion systems are in place to ensure that 
such assistance is used for its intended pur-
poses; 
(iv) no level of acceptable fraud is as-
sumed; and 
(v) the government of the recipient 
country is taking steps to publicly disclose 
on an annual basis its national budget, to 
include income and expenditures; 
(B) the recipient government is in compli-
ance with the principles set forth in section 7013 
of this Act; 
(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 
headed or controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization under 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act; 
(D) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country have 
agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable objec-
tives for the use of such assistance, which should
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be made available on a cost-reimbursable basis; 
and 
(E) the recipient government is taking steps 
to protect the rights of civil society, including 
freedoms of expression, association, and assem-
bly. 
(2) In addition to the requirements in subsection 
(a), no funds may be made available for direct gov-
ernment-to-government assistance without prior con-
sultation with, and notification of, the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That such notification 
shall contain an explanation of how the proposed ac-
tivity meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Pro-
vided further, That the requirements of this para-
graph shall only apply to direct government-to-gov-
ernment assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all 
funds available for cash transfer, budget support, and 
cash payments to individuals. 
(3) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) or 
the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend 
any direct government-to-government assistance if the 
Administrator or the Secretary has credible informa-
tion of material misuse of such assistance, unless the 
Administrator or the Secretary reports to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations that it is in the national 
interest of the United States to continue such assist-
ance, including a justification, or that such misuse 
has been appropriately addressed. 
(4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the 
fiscal year 2016 congressional budget justification 
materials, amounts planned for assistance described 
in subsection (a) by country, proposed funding 
amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 
(5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act and 6 months thereafter until September 
30, 2015, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations a report that— 
(A) details all assistance described in sub-
section (a) provided during the previous 6-month 
period by country, funding amount, source of 
funds, and type of such assistance; and 
(B) the type of procurement instrument or 
mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 
was provided on a reimbursable basis. 
(6) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used for any foreign country for debt service 
payments owed by any country to any international 
financial institution: Provided, That for purposes of
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this subsection, the term ‘‘international financial in-
stitution’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
7029(h) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL
BUDGET
AND
CONTRACT
TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANS-
PARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall continue to 
update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum requirements of 
fiscal transparency’’ for each government receiving 
assistance appropriated by this Act, as identified in 
the report required by section 7031(b) of division K 
of Public Law 113–76. 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 
are requirements consistent with those in subsection 
(a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 
documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 
by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 
for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 
and concession allocation practices). 
(3) DETERMINATION
AND
REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after en-
actment of this Act, shall make or update any deter-
mination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant
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progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of 
fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 
publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans-
parency Report’’ to be posted on the Department of 
State’s Web site: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
identify the significant progress made by each such 
government to publicly disclose national budget docu-
mentation, contracts, and licenses which are addi-
tional to such information disclosed in previous fiscal 
years, and include specific recommendations of short- 
and long-term steps such government should take to 
improve fiscal transparency: Provided further, That 
the annual report shall include a detailed description 
of how funds appropriated by this Act are being used 
to improve fiscal transparency, and identify bench-
marks for measuring progress. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency: 
Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise made available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That a description of the uses of
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such funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1)(A) Officials of foreign governments and their 
immediate family members about whom the Secretary 
of State has credible information have been involved 
in significant corruption, including corruption re-
lated to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross 
violation of human rights shall be ineligible for entry 
into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately 
designate or identify officials of foreign governments 
and their immediate family members about whom the 
Secretary has such credible information without re-
gard to whether the individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 
into the United States would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obliga-
tions under the United Nations Headquarters Agree-
ment: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) shall 
be construed to derogate from United States Govern-
ment obligations under applicable international 
agreements.
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(3) The Secretary may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 
waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 
that the circumstances which caused the individual to 
be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 
(4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, 
including a classified annex if necessary, to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committees on the 
Judiciary describing the information related to cor-
ruption or violation of human rights concerning each 
of the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 
months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the 
individuals who the Secretary designated or identified 
pursuant 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. 
(5) Any unclassified portion of the report re-
quired under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the De-
partment of State’s Web site. 
(6) For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), and 
(5), the records of the Department of State and of 
diplomatic and consular offices of the United States 
pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or per-
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mits to enter the United States shall not be considered 
confidential. 
(d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—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 for-
eign assistance on the Department of State’s foreign assist-
ance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded 
under this Act shall provide such information on foreign 
assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
not less than $2,264,986,000 should be made available for 
democracy programs, as defined in subsection (c). 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy 
programs may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and with regard to the National En-
dowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 
(c) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 
the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs that sup-
port good governance, credible and competitive elections, 
freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion, 
human rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule 
of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo-
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cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the de-
velopment of democratic states, and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for governance programs should be made available 
to support institutions and individuals that demonstrate a 
commitment to democracy. 
(e) With respect to the provision of assistance for de-
mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 
Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 
specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 
such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 
by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID), shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this 
Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 
USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 
(f) Any funds made available by this Act for a business 
and human rights program in the People’s Republic of 
China shall be made available on a cost-matching basis 
from sources other than the United States Government.
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(g) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State (DRL) and the Bureau for De-
mocracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 
shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the 
NED. 
(h) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’ that are made available to DRL shall 
be made available to maintain a database of prisons and 
gulags in North Korea, in accordance with section 7032(i) 
of division K of Public Law 113–76. 
(i) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for democracy programs shall be made available 
to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle East 
and North Africa. 
(j) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall 
be made available for democracy programs in countries in 
the Western Hemisphere above the total amount requested 
in the Congressional Budget Justification, Foreign Oper-
ations, Fiscal Year 2015: Provided, That the Department 
of State and USAID, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of 
such funds. 
(k) Funds made available by this Act for the Near East 
Regional Democracy program shall be the responsibility of 
the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Depart-
1163 
ment of State, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 
for DRL: Provided, That such funds shall be made available 
for the activities described in section 1243 of Public Law 
112–239, following consultation with the appropriate con-
gressional committees. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to make any pledge for future year funding 
for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles 
III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was— 
(1) previously justified, including the projected 
future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica-
tion; 
(2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs or previously authorized by an Act 
of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, including the projected future year costs; or 
(4) the subject of prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 
was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the 
pledge.
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in 
titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for 
victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and 
to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such 
trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.— 
In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 
Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability 
may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu-
nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta-
bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by the 
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assist-
ance, United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made avail-
able as a general contribution to the World Food Program, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(d) 
DISARMAMENT, 
DEMOBILIZATION
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act and prior Acts making
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appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and 
‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ may be made available to support 
programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into civil-
ian society former members of foreign terrorist organiza-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obliga-
tion of funds pursuant to this subsection: Provided further, 
That for the purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘foreign 
terrorist organization’’ means an organization designated 
as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act. 
(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ shall be made available to carry out the Pro-
gram for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as au-
thorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and 
Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508). 
(2) 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
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available as a contribution to establish and maintain 
memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) Of the amounts made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ in title I, up to $500,000 may be made avail-
able for grants pursuant to section 504 of Public Law 
95–426 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate col-
laboration with indigenous communities. 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act or in titles I through IV of prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of State 
and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support 
the continued implementation of the Partner Vetting Sys-
tem (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 
than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, on the 
estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the PVS pilot 
program for possible expansion: Provided further, That such 
report shall include the requirements in Senate Report 113– 
195 and House Report 113–499: Provided further, That 
such report may be delivered in classified form, if necessary.
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(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2015, the 
President may use up to $100,000,000 under the authority 
of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central government 
of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com-
ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-
national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 
25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with-
holding funds under this subsection. 
(i) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 304(f) of Public 
Law 107–173; section 2104 of Public Law 109–13; and sub-
section 1405(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–252), are hereby repealed. 
(j) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION.— 
The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, 
funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions 
and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ for fiscal year 2015, except for funds designated for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
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and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later 
than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 
for which such funds are available for the purposes for 
which appropriated: Provided, That not more than 
$50,000,000 may be transferred. 
(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 
203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
457): Provided, That in determining whether to suspend the 
issuance of A–3 or G–5 visas under such section, the Sec-
retary should consider the following as ‘‘credible evidence’’: 
(1) a final court judgment (including a default judgment) 
issued against a current or former employee of such mission 
or organization (for which the time period for appeal has 
expired); (2) the issuance of a T-visa to the victim; or (3) 
a request by the Department of State to the sending state 
that immunity of individual diplomats or family members 
be waived to permit criminal prosecution: Provided further, 
That the Secretary should assist in obtaining payment of 
final court judgments awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa hold-
ers, including encouraging the sending states to provide 
compensation directly to victims: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons an-
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nual report a concise summary of each trafficking case in-
volving an A–3 or G–5 visa holder which meets one or more 
of the items in the first proviso of this subsection. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 
4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2010’’. 
(2) The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) 
of 
the 
Omnibus 
Diplomatic 
Security 
and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) 
shall remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan 
through September 30, 2015, except that the notifica-
tion and reporting requirements contained in such 
section shall include the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) The authority contained in section 1115(d) of 
Public Law 111–32 shall remain in effect through 
September 30, 2015. 
(4) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ 
in paragraph (2). 
(5) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be
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applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for 
‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 
(6) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 
2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(7)(A) Subject to the limitation described in sub-
paragraph (B), the authority provided by section 
1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 
(Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in 
effect through September 30, 2015. 
(B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) 
may not be used to pay an eligible member of the 
Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009) a locality- 
based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) 
that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality- 
based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) 
that would be payable to such member under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 
official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
(8) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 
(Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(A) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—