Sec. 7061. environment programs
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## SEC. 7061 environment programs ###
(a)Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the provisions of this section and only subject to the reporting procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to support environment programs. ###
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(1)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $365,750,000 shall be made available for biodiversity conservation programs. ####
(2)Not less than $118,750,000 of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and trafficking. ####
(3)None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this Act may be made available for training or other assistance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State determines has been credibly alleged to have participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States. ####
(4)Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity programs shall not be used to support the expansion of industrial scale logging, agriculture, livestock production, mining, or any other industrial scale extractive activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of each international financial institution
(IFI)to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any financing of any such activity. ###
(c)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each IFI that it is the policy of the United States to use the voice and vote of the United States, in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution, regarding the construction of any large dam consistent with the criteria set forth in Senate Report 114-79, while also considering whether the project involves important foreign policy objectives. ###
(d)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $175,750,000 shall be made available for sustainable landscapes programs. ###
(e)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $256,500,000 shall be made available for adaptation programs, including in support of the implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. ###
(f)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $247,000,000 shall be made available for clean energy programs, including in support of carrying out the purposes of the Electrify Africa Act (Public Law 114-121) and implementing the Power Africa initiative. ###
(g)Funds appropriated by this Act under title III may be made available for United States contributions to the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund. ###
(h)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $47,500,000 shall be made available for the purposes enumerated under section 7060(c)(7) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116-260): * Provided,* That such funds may only be made available following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. ###
(i)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $19,000,000 shall be made available to support Indigenous and other civil society organizations in developing countries that are working to protect the environment, including threatened and endangered species. ###
(j)The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall implement the directive regarding law enforcement in national parks and protected areas as described under this section in Senate Report 118-71.
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