Pub. L. 114-113, div. K, tit. VII (as amended)

7060.(a)Basic Education and Higher Education.—(1)Basic education.—(A)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 should be made available for assistance for basic education, and such funds may be made available notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, except for the conditions provided in this subsection: Provided, That such funds should only be used to implement the stated objectives of basic education programs for each Country Development Cooperation Strategy or similar strategy regarding basic education established by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).(B)Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances in each country where USAID provides basic education assistance and such report shall also include details on the types of contracts and grants provided and the goals and objectives of such assistance: Provided, That the USAID Administrator shall update such report on a monthly basis during fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That if the USAID Administrator determines that any unobligated balances of funds specifically designated for assistance for basic education in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs are in excess of the absorptive capacity of recipient countries, such funds may be made available for other programs authorized under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding such funding designation: Provided further, That the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.(C)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less than $70,000,000 shall be made available for a contribution to multilateral partnerships that support education.(2)Higher education.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $225,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education, including not less than $35,000,000 for new partnerships between higher education institutions in the United States and developing countries: Provided, That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(b)Development Programs.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Development Assistance, not less than $26,000,000 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and not less than $11,000,000 shall be made available for cooperative development programs of USAID.(c)Environment Programs.—(1)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 subsection and only subject to the reporting procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to support environment programs.(2)Conservation programs and limitations.—(A)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall be made available for biodiversity conservation programs.(B)Not less than $80,000,000 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.(C)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 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national security interests of the United States.(D)Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity programs shall not be used to support the expansion of industrial scale logging 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 institutions (IFI) to vote against any financing of any such activity.(3)Large dams.—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 vote in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution to support 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.(4)Sustainable landscapes.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall be made available for sustainable landscape programs.(5)Transfer of funds.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund, $9,720,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading Contribution to the Strategic Climate Fund, and such transfer shall occur not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.(d)Food Security and Agricultural Development.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $1,000,600,000 should be made available for food security and agricultural development programs, of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs: Provided, That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law to prevent or address food shortages, and for a United States contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.(2)Funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be made available as a contribution to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program if such contribution will not cause the United States to exceed 33 percent of the total amount of funds contributed to such Program.(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)Programs To Combat Trafficking in Persons and Modern Slavery.—(1)Trafficking in persons.—(A)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance, Economic Support Fund, Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally.(B)Funds made available in the previous paragraph shall be made available to support a multifaceted approach to combat human trafficking in Guatemala: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, on the use of such funds.(2)Modern slavery.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement, in addition to funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), $25,000,000 shall be made available for a grant or grants, to be awarded on an open and competitive basis, to reduce the prevalence of modern slavery globally: Provided, That such funds shall only be made available in fiscal year 2016 to carry out the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act of 2015 (S. 553, 114th Congress), as reported to the Senate, if such bill is enacted into law: Provided further, That if such bill is not enacted into law in fiscal year 2016, funds made available pursuant to this subsection shall be made available for other programs to combat trafficking in persons and modern slavery, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.(g)Reconciliation Programs.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund and Development Assistance, not less than $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: Provided, That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources other than the United States Government.(h)Water and Sanitation.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made available for water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121), of which not less than $145,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less than $14,000,000 shall be made available for programs to design and build safe, public latrines in Africa and Asia.