Sec. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
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## SEC. 201 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS ###
(a)Defined Term In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####
(1)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; ####
(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; ####
(3)the Committee on Finance of the Senate; ####
(4)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; ####
(5)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and ####
(6)the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. ###
(b)Authorization of Appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense, $1,500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023, which shall be used— ####
(1)to advance United States foreign policy interests and objectives in the Indo-Pacific region in recognition of the value of diplomatic initiatives and programs in the furtherance of United States strategy; ####
(2)to improve the defense capacity and resiliency of partner nations to resist coercion and deter and defend against security threats, including through foreign military financing and international military education and training programs; ####
(3)to conduct regular bilateral and multilateral engagements, particularly with the United States’ most highly-capable allies and partners, to meet strategic challenges, including— #####
(A)certain destabilizing activities of the People’s Republic of China; and #####
(B)emerging threats, such as the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; ####
(4)to build new counterterrorism partnership programs in Southeast Asia to combat the growing presence of ISIS and other terrorist organizations that pose a significant threat to the United States, its allies, and its citizens’ interests abroad; ####
(5)to help partner countries strengthen their democratic systems, with a focus on good governance; ####
(6)to ensure that the regulatory environments for trade, infrastructure, and investment in partner countries are transparent, open, and free of corruption; ####
(7)to encourage responsible natural resource management in partner countries, which is closely associated with economic growth; and ####
(8)to increase maritime domain awareness programs in South Asia and Southeast Asia— #####
(A)by expanding the scope of naval and coast guard training efforts with Southeast Asian countries; #####
(B)by expanding cooperation with democratic partners in South Asia, including Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka; #####
(C)through intelligence sharing and other information-sharing efforts; and #####
(D)through multilateral engagements, including by involving Japan, Australia, and India in such efforts. ###
(c)Countering China’s Influence to Undermine the International System Amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(b)shall be made available for United States Government efforts to counter the strategic influence of the People’s Republic of China, in accordance with the strategy required under section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76; 128 Stat. 536) and in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress. ###
(d)Burma None of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(b)may be made available for International Military Education and Training and Foreign Military Financing Programs for the armed forces of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (historically known as “Burma”). ###
(e)Philippines ####
(1)In general None of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection
(b)may be made available for counternarcotics assistance for the Philippine National Police unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate committees of Congress that the Government of the Philippines has adopted and is implementing a counternarcotics strategy that is consistent with international human rights standards, including investigating and prosecuting individuals who are credibly alleged to have ordered, committed, or covered up extrajudicial killings and other gross violations of human rights in the conduct of counternarcotics operations. ####
(2)Exception The limitation under paragraph
(1)shall not apply to funds made available— #####
(A)for drug demand reduction, maritime programs, or transnational interdiction programs; or #####
(B)to support for the development of such counternarcotics strategy, after consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress. ###
(f)Cambodia None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection
(b)may be made available for United States assistance programs that benefit the Government of Cambodia unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the requirements under section 7043(b)(1) of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) have been met.
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Sec. 201
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
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