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…A. Central America- Funding available with limitations: no "for direct 11 government-to-government assistance or for major in-12 frastructure projects."

B. Columbia- $391M avail with limitations- … a unified campaign against 20 narcotics trafficking, organizations designated as 21 foreign terrorist organizations …enhance security and stability in Co-10 lombia…strengthen and expand governance, the 12 rule of law, and access to justice …promote economic and social develop-15 ment, implement a peace agreement between 19 the Government of Colombia and illegal armed 20 groups, in accordance with constitutional and 21 legal requirements in Colombia..none of the funds may be used for pay-5 ment of reparations to conflict victims or compensa-6 tion to demobilized combatants..Pre-Obligation: must set up a updated 14 multi-year spend plan…. shall be apportioned directly to USAID, except that 22 not less than $7,000,000 of such funds shall be trans-23 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 24 this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ for assistance for Colombian refugees in 1 neighboring countries.

C. Haiti- Funds available. Funds… for Haiti may not be made avail-1 able for assistance for the central Government of 2 Haiti unless the Secretary of State certifies and re-3 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 4 government is taking effective steps: su[[ort Rule of Law (Haitian Law), transparent selection of Judges, combat govt corruption, resolve commercial disputes btween USA and Haiti

D. Venezuela-Of the funds available… not less 9 than $15,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 10 promote democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela.

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-Georgia- not less than $105,325,000 shall be made available for assistance,

Ukraine- not less than $420,700,000 shall be made available for assistance. LIMITATIONS None of the funds appropriated by 22 this Act may be made available for assistance for a govern-23 ment of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 24 if such government directs any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 1 Independent State of the former Soviet Union.

Turkey-None of the funds made available by 12 this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of 13 defense articles or defense services to the Turkish Presi-14 dential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 of 15 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.), un-16 less the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 17 appropriate congressional committees that members of the 18 TPPD named in the July 17, 2017 indictment by the Supe-19 rior Court of the District of Columbia have returned to the 20 United States to stand trial in connection with the offenses 21 contained in such indictment or have otherwise been 22 brought to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this 23 paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds made avail-24 able by this Act for border security purposes, for North At-25

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lantic Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to 1 enhance the protection of United States officials and facili-2 ties in Turkey. 3 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS 4 SEC. 7047. If the President determines that doing so 5 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 6 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 7 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-8 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 9 $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-10 tions War Crimes Tribunal

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