Pub. L. 112-74, div. I, tit. VII (as amended)

7062.(a)Basic and Higher Education.—(1)Basic education.—(A)Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for basic education, of which not less than $288,000,000 should be made available under the heading Development Assistance.(B)The United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that programs supported with funds appropriated for basic education in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs are integrated, when appropriate, with health, agriculture, governance, and economic development activities to address the economic and social needs of the broader community.(C)Funds appropriated by title III of this Act for basic education may be made available for a contribution to the Global Partnership for Education.(2)Higher education.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education, of which $25,000,000 shall be to support such programs in Africa, including for partnerships between higher education institutions in Africa and the United States.(b)Development Grants Program.—Of the funds appropriated in title III of this Act, not less than $45,000,000 shall be made available for the Development Grants Program established pursuant to section 674 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110-161), primarily for unsolicited proposals, to support grants of not more than $2,000,000 to small nongovernmental organizations: Provided, That funds made available under this subsection are in addition to other funds available for such purposes including funds designated by this Act by subsection (f).(c)Environment Programs.—(1)In general.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $1,250,000,000 should be made available for programs and activities to protect the environment.(2)Clean energy programs.—The limitation in section 7081(b) of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2012 as if part of this Act: Provided, That the proviso contained in such section shall not apply.(3)Adaptation programs.—Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for United States contributions to the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund to support adaptation programs and activities.(4)Tropical forest programs.—Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for tropical forest programs shall be used to protect biodiversity, and shall not be used to support or promote the expansion of industrial scale logging into primary tropical forests: Provided, That funds that are available for the Central African Regional Program for the Environment and other tropical forest programs in the Congo Basin for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shall be apportioned directly to the USFWS: Provided further, That funds made available for the Department of the Interior (DOI) for programs in the Guatemala Mayan Biosphere Reserve shall be apportioned directly to the DOI.(5)Authority.—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 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to support environment programs.(6)Consultation.—Funds made available pursuant to this subsection are subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.(7)Extraction of natural resources.—(A)Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to promote and support transparency and accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 8204 of Public Law 110-246 and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and providing technical assistance to promote independent audit mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural resource management.(B)(i)The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the managements of the international financial institutions and post on the Department of the Treasury’s Web site that it is the policy of the United States to vote against any assistance by such institutions (including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and export of a natural resource if the government of the country has in place laws or regulations to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments as required by section 1504 of Public Law 111-203, and unless such government has in place functioning systems in the sector in which assistance is being considered for:(I)accurately accounting for and public disclosure of payments to the host government by companies involved in the extraction and export of natural resources;(II)the independent auditing of accounts receiving such payments and public disclosure of the findings of such audits; and(III)public disclosure of such documents as Host Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemination or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is commercially proprietary or that would create competitive disadvantage.(ii)The requirements of subparagraph (i) shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity of such government to meet the requirements of this paragraph.(C)The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution and the United States representatives to all forest-related multilateral financing mechanisms and processes, that it is the policy of the United States to vote against the expansion of industrial scale logging into primary tropical forests.(8)22 U.S.C. 7909 noteContinuation of prior law.—Section 7081(g)(2) and (4) of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2012 as if part of this Act.(d)Food Security and Agriculture Development.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, $1,170,000,000 should be made available for food security and agriculture development programs, of which $31,500,000 shall be made available for Collaborative Research Support Programs: Provided, That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law to address food shortages, and may be made available for a United States contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to section 3202 of Public Law 110-246.(e)Microenterprise and Microfinance.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 should be made available for microenterprise and microfinance development programs for the poor, especially women.(f)Reconciliation Programs.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund and Development Assistance, $26,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious and political backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war, of which $10,000,000 shall be made available for such programs in the Middle East: Provided, That the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds.(2)Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund and Development Assistance, $10,000,000 should be made available for a New Generation in the Middle East initiative to build understanding, tolerance, and mutual respect among the next generation of Israeli and Palestinian leaders.(g)Trafficking in Persons.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance, Economic Support Fund, International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia not less than $36,000,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally.(h)Water.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $315,000,000 shall be made available for water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).(i)Women’s Leadership Capacity.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available for programs to improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient countries.(j)Notification Requirements.—Authorized deviations from funding levels contained in this section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.