Sec. 1374. Authorization of assistance
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The President, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, is authorized to provide assistance under this section. There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to carry out this subtitle. Assistance authorized under subsection
(a)may be provided through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts or other innovative financing instruments to civil society, international organizations, or other private entities with relevant expertise. No funds appropriated pursuant to subsection
(b)may be provided as direct budgetary support to the Government of El Salvador, the Government of Guatemala, or the Government of Honduras. The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, may suspend or terminate assistance authorized under this subtitle if the Secretary determines that the Compact Country or implementing entity— is engaged in activities that are contrary to the national security interests of the United States; has engaged in a pattern of actions inconsistent with the goals, objectives, commitments, or obligations under the Compact; or has failed to make sufficient progress toward meeting the goals, objectives, commitments, or obligations under the Compact. The President, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, may reinstate assistance suspended or terminated pursuant to paragraph
(1)only if the Secretary certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that the Compact Country or implementing entity has taken steps to correct each condition for which assistance was suspended or terminated under paragraph (1). Not later than 15 days before suspending or terminating assistance pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall notify the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of the suspension or termination, including a justification for such action.