Sec. 7060.
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Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $693,448,000 shall be made available for the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund, and such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries: That such funds shall also be used for secondary education activities: Provided, That section 7(a) of Provided further, Public Law 115–56 shall be implemented by substituting the thirtieth day of June following for 180 days after .
Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less than $175,000,000 shall be made available for contributions to multilateral partnerships that support education. Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education: That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided, That of such amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for new and ongoing partnerships between higher education institutions in the United States and developing countries focused on building the capacity of higher education institutions and systems in developing countries: Provided further, That not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of funds for such partnerships.
Provided further, Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund , and in addition to amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (2), not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for the following institutions that are recipients of United States assistance and located in countries impacted by economic crises— United States-accredited institutions of higher education in the Middle East; and not-for-profit, coeducational American institutions of higher education in the Middle East and Asia.
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance , Economic Support Fund , and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for scholar rescue programs, including for scholars from Afghanistan, Burma, Ethiopia, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Yemen: That the Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on such programs not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Provided, Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Development Assistance , not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available for USAID cooperative development programs and not less than $31,500,000 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall be made available to support the development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, especially women.
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance , Economic Support Fund , Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia , and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement , not less than $126,400,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally, including for the Program to End Modern Slavery, of which not less than $97,000,000 shall be from funds made available under the heading International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement :
That funds made available by this Act under the headings Provided, Development Assistance , Economic Support Fund , and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia that are made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons should be obligated and programmed consistent with the country-specific recommendations included in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordinated with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State.
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Development Assistance , not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together individuals of different ethnic, racial, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided, That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources other than the United States Government: Provided further, That such funds shall be administered by the Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention, USAID. Provided further, Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $475,000,000 shall be made available for water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than $237,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less than $17,000,000 shall be made available to support initiatives by local communities in developing countries to build and maintain safe latrines.
Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may deviate by up to 10 percent below the minimum funding requirements designated in sections 7055, 7059, 7060, and 7061 of this Act and similar provisions of law in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, notwithstanding such designations. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until September 30, 2024, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the use, and planned use, of the authority provided in this subsection:
That any deviations made pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. Provided,
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