Sec. 7071.
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Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit to the Committees on Appropriations recommendations for establishing incentive funds, with benchmarks for measuring progress, for countries receiving United States assistance funded by this Act. The purpose of such funds is to encourage the governments of such countries to adopt, and make consistent progress in implementing, economic and political reforms to promote equitable economic growth and opportunity, strengthen democratic governance, reduce corruption and impunity, protect fundamental rights, and reduce dependency on United States assistance, including, as appropriate— implementing free market and civil service reforms, raising revenue to support public utilities and services, and reducing subsidies; improving transparency and accountability to reduce waste, enhance efficiencies, and prevent conflicts of interest and other corrupt practices related to public service and expenditures; enforcing laws and policies that protect freedom of expression, association, and the press, and the right of due process; and strengthening the independence of the judiciary and of electoral processes.
Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the format and content of the recommendations to be submitted.