Sec. 305. Europe and Eurasia Democracy and Anti-Corruption Fund
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Europe and Eurasia Democracy and Anti-Corruption Fund . Amounts in the Europe and Eurasia Democracy and Anti-Corruption Fund shall be available to the Secretary of State, as provided in appropriation Acts, to support bilateral and regional efforts in Europe and Eurasia to— improve democratic governance, transparency, accountability, rule of law, and combat corruption, including by strengthening democratic civil society and political parties, and independent and nonpartisan think tanks; support the efforts of independent media outlets and public broadcasters to broadcast, distribute, and share information in all regions; support objective, Russian-language, independent media, investigative journalism, and civil society watchdog groups working to combat corruption; promote and protect Internet freedom; support, as appropriate, the operations and activities of national anti-corruption and auditing offices; support programs that strengthen independent judiciaries and prosecutors general offices; strengthen cybersecurity practices of governments and civil society organizations; support research and analysis on the effects of information warfare on target audiences and best practices for promoting resilience; support evidence-based civic education and advocacy programs to strengthen resilience to misinformation; encourage cooperation with social media companies to strengthen the integrity of information on the Internet; and support programs to counter fake news .
The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development and the Director of the Global Engagement Center of the Department of State, carry out activities described in subsection
(b)directly or through nongovernmental or international organizations, such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Black Sea Trust, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the Prague Civil Society Centre, the European Endowment for Democracy, and related organizations. There are authorized to be appropriated for the Europe and Eurasia Democracy and Anti-Corruption Fund $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.