Sec. 106. Clarification of nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance

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Section 110(d)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: The President has determined that— the United States will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance to the central government of the country or funding to facilitate the participation by officials or employees of such central government in educational and cultural exchange programs, for the subsequent fiscal year until such government complies with the minimum standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into compliance; and the President will instruct the United States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank and of the International Monetary Fund to vote against, and to use the Executive Director’s best efforts to deny, any loan or other utilization of the funds of the respective institution to that country (other than for humanitarian assistance, for trade-related assistance, or for development assistance that directly addresses basic human needs, is not administered by the central government of the sanctioned country, and is not provided for the benefit of that government) for the subsequent fiscal year until such government complies with the minimum standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into compliance. .

Section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(10) ) is amended to read as follows: The term nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance means— United States foreign assistance, other than— with respect to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961— assistance for international narcotics and law enforcement under chapter 8 of part I of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. ); assistance for International Disaster Assistance under subsections

(b)and

(c)of section 491 of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2292 ); antiterrorism assistance under chapter 8 of part II of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq. ); and health programs under chapters 1 and 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ); assistance under the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. ); assistance under sections 2(a), (b), and

(c)of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 ( 22 U.S.C. 2601(a) , (b), (c)) to meet refugee and migration needs; any form of United States foreign assistance provided through nongovernmental organizations, international organizations, or private sector partners— to combat human and wildlife trafficking; to promote food security; to respond to emergencies; to provide humanitarian assistance; to address basic human needs, including for education; to advance global health security; or to promote trade; and any other form of United States foreign assistance that the President determines, by not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, is necessary to advance the security, economic, humanitarian, or global health interests of the United States without compromising the steadfast U.S. commitment to combatting human trafficking globally; or sales, or financing on any terms, under the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq. ), other than sales or financing provided for narcotics-related purposes following notification in accordance with the prior notification procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2394–1 ). The term nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance shall not include payments to or the participation of government entities necessary or incidental to the implementation of a program that is otherwise consistent with section 110. .

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