Sec. 8. Complex Crises Fund
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, which shall be known as the Complex Crises Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ), to enable the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to support programs and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, including potential atrocity crimes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2378d ), amounts in the Fund may be used to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to support programs and activities that— mitigate or respond to emerging or unforeseen complex crises, including urgent humanitarian, political, social, justice, or economic challenges that threaten stability in any country or region; prevent, counter, and respond to the rise of violent conflict and instability, including atrocity crimes; or advance the consolidation of peace and democracy.
Amounts in the Fund may not be expended for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters. Not more than five percent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for administrative expenses. Not later than five days before amounts from the Fund are obligated, the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall submit notification of such obligation to— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives .
The notification requirement under subsection
(d)may be waived if— failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare; and the congressional committees set forth in subsection (d)— are notified not later than three days after an obligation of funds; and are provided with an explanation of the emergency circumstances that necessitated the waiver.
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