Sec. 7042. africa
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## SEC. 7042 africa ###
(a)African Great Lakes Region Assistance Restriction Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “International Military Education and Training” for the central government of a country in the African Great Lakes region may be made available only for Expanded International Military Education and Training and professional military education until the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is not facilitating or otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed groups. ###
(b)Boko Haram Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria— ####
(1)shall be made available for assistance for women and girls who are targeted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram, consistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act, and for individuals displaced by Boko Haram violence; and ####
(2)may be made available for counterterrorism programs to combat Boko Haram. ###
(c)Central African Republic Funds made available by this Act for assistance for the Central African Republic shall be made available for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. ###
(d)Ethiopia ####
(1)Forced evictions #####
(A)Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Ethiopia may not be made available for any activity that supports forced evictions. #####
(B)The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to support projects in Ethiopia only if such projects are developed and carried out in accordance with the requirements of section 7029(b)(2) of this Act. ####
(2)Consultation Programs and activities to improve livelihoods shall include prior consultation with, and the participation of, affected communities, including in the South Omo and Gambella regions. ####
(3)Report Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the report under this subsection in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). ###
(e)Lake Chad Basin Countries Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria should be made available, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for— ####
(1)democracy programs, including to protect freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion, including support for independent journalists, civil society, and democratic political parties; ####
(2)assistance for governments of such countries to strengthen accountability and the rule of law, including within the security forces; and ####
(3)health and development programs. ###
(f)Lord’s Resistance Army Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for programs and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA)consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-172), including to improve physical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child soldiers. ###
(g)Malawi Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Development Assistance”, not less than $56,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Malawi, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be made available for higher education programs. ###
(h)South Sudan ####
(1)Strategy update Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall submit an update to the strategy required in section 7042(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115-31). ####
(2)Certification None of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for the central Government of South Sudan may be made available until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is taking effective steps to— #####
(A)end hostilities and pursue good faith negotiations for a political settlement of the conflict; #####
(B)provide access for humanitarian organizations; #####
(C)end the recruitment and use of child soldiers; #####
(D)protect freedoms of expression, association, and assembly; #####
(E)reduce corruption related to the extraction and sale of oil and gas; #####
(F)establish democratic institutions; #####
(G)establish accountable military and police forces under civilian authority; and #####
(H)investigate and prosecute individuals credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights, including at the Terrain compound in Juba, South Sudan on July 11, 2016. ####
(3)Exclusions The limitation of paragraph
(2)shall not apply to— #####
(A)humanitarian assistance; #####
(B)assistance to support South Sudan peace negotiations or to advance or implement a peace agreement; and #####
(C)assistance to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and mutual arrangements related to such Agreement. ####
(4)Consultation Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available for the central Government of South Sudan pursuant to paragraphs (3)(B) and (C), the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the intended uses of such funds, steps taken by such government to advance or implement a peace agreement, and progress made by the Government of South Sudan in meeting the requirements in paragraph (2). ###
(i)Sudan ####
(1)Limitations #####
(A)Assistance Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of Sudan. #####
(B)Loans None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agreements. ####
(2)Exclusions The limitations of paragraph
(1)shall not apply to— #####
(A)humanitarian assistance; #####
(B)assistance for democracy programs; #####
(C)assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, and Abyei; and #####
(D)assistance to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues associated with such Agreement, or any other internationally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. ###
(j)Zimbabwe ####
(1)Instruction **[**[22 U.S.C. 2151 note](/us/usc/t22/s2151)**]** The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to vote against any extension by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and assembly. ####
(2)Limitation None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for assistance for the central Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and education, unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports as required in paragraph (1), and funds may be made available for macroeconomic growth assistance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is implementing transparent fiscal policies, including public disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural resources.
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