Sec. 7061.
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Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $1,484,400,000 shall be made available for environment programs. Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $343,900,000 shall be made available for climate change adaptation programs, including in support of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $418,200,000 shall be made available for clean energy programs, including in support of carrying out the purposes of the Electrify Africa Act ( Public Law 114–121 ) and implementing the Power Africa initiative, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available to support civil society organizations in developing countries that advocate for laws and policies to reduce carbon emissions and other harmful pollution, as specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act.
Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $405,000,000 shall be made available for biodiversity conservation programs. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to support the expansion of industrial scale logging, agriculture, livestock production, mining, or any other industrial scale activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution
(IFI)to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any financing of any such activity. Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to support a public-private partnership grant-making entity, if authorized in a subsequent act of Congress, to support the establishment and long-term management of protected areas in developing countries, including terrestrial, coastal and marine protected areas, parks, community conservancies, Indigenous reserves, conservation easements, and biological reserves, and to carry out other effective area-based conservation measures: , That such a partnership should be supported by contributions from the private and philanthropic sectors, as well as governments and multilateral institutions: Provided , That not later than 60 days after enactment of a subsequent act of Congress authorizing such a grant-making entity, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and other relevant Federal agencies, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the establishment and management of such an entity. Provided further Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $232,300,000 should be made available for sustainable landscapes programs. Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and trafficking, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available to support civil society organizations in developing countries that are working to stop the poaching and trafficking of endangered species, as specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this Act may be made available for training or other assistance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State determines has been credibly alleged to have participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States. Funds appropriated by this Act shall not be used to support the construction of any large dam, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each IFI to use the voice and vote of the United States, in relation to any loan, grant, credit, guarantee, strategy, or policy of such institution regarding the construction of any large dam, consistent with the criteria specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, while also considering whether the project involves overriding foreign policy objectives. Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $75,000,000 shall be made available for programs to reduce ocean plastic pollution and other marine debris, including technical assistance for waste management: , That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the USAID Administrator, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall seek to enter into negotiations with key bilateral and multilateral donors, including the World Bank, to establish a new multilateral fund to reduce ocean plastic pollution and other marine debris: Provided , That such funds may be made available for a contribution to such a multilateral fund, for a USAID-administered multi-donor fund, and for other USAID programs for such purpose: Provided further , That such funds may only be made available following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. Provided further Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available to support programs to measurably reduce public exposure to lead associated with the unsafe disposal or recycling of lead batteries, contaminated food and cookware, or other sources of lead exposure: , That prior to the initial obligation of funds, the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on a multi-year strategy targeting such exposure and materials in countries with high estimated childhood blood lead levels. Provided Of the funds made available pursuant to subsections
(b)and (c), not less than $641,800,000 shall be administered by the USAID Administrator. Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to support environment programs: , That funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and V may be made available for United States contributions to multilateral environmental funds and facilities to support adaptation and mitigation programs. Provided Funds made available pursuant to this section shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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