Sec. 7032.
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Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance , Economic Support Fund , Democracy Fund , Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement , not less than $2,308,517,000 shall be made available for democracy programs. 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 Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation.
For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term democracy programs means programs that support 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 democratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the development of democratic states, and institutions that are responsive and accountable to citizens.
Funds made available pursuant to this section that are made available for programs to strengthen government institutions shall be prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a commitment to democracy and the rule of law, as determined by the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate. With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy programs 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: , That the Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, 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.
Provided USAID shall continue to implement civil society and political competition and consensus building programs abroad with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in implementing such programs: , That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to affect the ability of any entity, including United States small businesses, from competing for proposals for USAID-funded civil society and political competition and consensus building programs.
Provided Prior to the obligation of funds made available by this Act for Department of State and USAID democracy programs for a nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country for which a country strategy has been concluded after the date of enactment of this Act, as required by section 2111(c)(1) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI of Public Law 110–53 ; 22 U.S.C. 8211 ) or similar provision of law or regulation, the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Department of State, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall review such strategy to ensure that it includes— specific goals and objectives for such program, including a specific plan and timeline to measure impacts; an assessment of the risks associated with the conduct of such program to intended beneficiaries and implementers, including steps to support and protect such individuals; and the funding requirements to initiate and sustain such program in fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years, as appropriate: , That for the purposes of this subsection, the term Provided nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country shall have the same meaning as in section 2104(6) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007.
The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endowment for Democracy of democracy programs that are planned and supported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. Not later than September 30, 2018, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in the conduct of democracy programs with funds made available by the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31 ), which shall include funding level, account, program sector and subsector, and a brief summary of purpose.
The Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of a decision to significantly change the objectives or the content of a democracy program or to close such a program due to the increasingly repressive nature of the host country government: , That the report shall also include a strategy for continuing support for democracy promotion, if such programming is feasible, and may be submitted in classified form, if necessary.
Provided The USAID Administrator shall publish on the USAID Web site the justification for the choice of instrument for each democracy program funded by this Act that exceeds $2,000,000. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement , not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to implement a United States inter-agency strategy to support and protect civil society activists, including human rights and environmental defenders and independent journalists, in countries where such activists have been threatened and killed for peacefully exercising their rights of free expression, association, and assembly.
The inter-agency strategy described in paragraph
(1)shall be developed and implemented by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), Department of State, in coordination with the relevant bureaus and offices of the Department of State and USAID. Funds made available pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be made available in accordance with the guidance under this section in the report accompanying the Act, and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. Funds made available pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be administered by DRL and are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes.
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