Sec. 5. Bilateral economic assistance
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There are authorized to be appropriated $114,700,000 for fiscal year 2017 to provide assistance to Burma in accordance with this section. Subject to subsection
(c)and notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection
(a)for assistance to Burma may be used, among other things— to strengthen civil society organizations in Burma, including as core support for such organizations; to implement the democracy and human rights strategy required by section 7043(b)(3)(A) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76 ; 128 Stat. 534); to support community-based organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical, and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern Burma and to refugees from Burma; to support programs that focus on transparency and initiatives against corruption, conflict risks, and adverse environmental and human rights effects of the jade, timber, and other extractive industries sectors; to support programs that allow ethnic and civil society groups in Burma to help sustain cease-fire agreements and further prospects for reconciliation and peace, which may include support to representatives of armed ethnic groups as well as direct United States cease-fire support and monitoring, as appropriate; to support ethnic and civil society groups, including, notwithstanding subsection (c)(1), support for meeting- and hospitality-related expenses with respect to representatives of the military of Burma or armed ethnic groups; to support programs that promote ethnic and religious tolerance, including tolerance in Rakhine State; to support efforts to remove the military and military-owned enterprises from their dominant position in the economy; to support programs that improve the lives of the people of Burma through strengthening economic development; to support programs that improve the lives of the people of Burma by fostering healthy and resilient communities; to support programs that support democratic institutions through technical assistance and government capacity building that focus on promoting the respect for the rule of law and human rights, building transparency and accountable governance systems, supporting independent media, and fostering a vibrant tolerant civil society; and to support programs of the Office of Transition Initiatives of the United States Agency for International Development that seek to deepen and sustain the reform progress and foster a legitimate and inclusive peace-building process that includes partnering with local women’s organization and local youth political participation organizations. Funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection
(a)may not be provided to— the military of Burma or any individual or organization credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights, including violations of the human rights of the Rohingya and other minority groups; or any individual or organization that the Secretary of State determines, and reports to the appropriate congressional committees, advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups and individuals in Burma, including such organizations as Ma Ba Tha. The Secretary of State may waive the prohibition under paragraph
(1)if the Secretary— determines that such a waiver is important to the national security interests of the United States; and consults with the appropriate congressional committees on the justification and reasons for the waiver. Before initiating any new program or activity in Burma in fiscal year 2017 under this section, the Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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