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22 U.S.C. § 8425 — Authorization of assistance
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**(a) International military education and training**
(1) **In general** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2347](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2347&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.; relating to international military education and training) for Pakistan, including expanded international military education and training (commonly known as “E–IMET”).
(2) **Use of funds** — It is the sense of Congress that a substantial amount of funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year should be used to pay for courses of study and training in counterinsurgency and civil-military relations.
**(b) Foreign Military Financing program**
(1) **In general** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for grant assistance under [section 2763 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2763&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program) for the purchase of defense articles, defense services, and military education and training for Pakistan.
(2) **Use of funds**
(A) *In general* — A significant portion of the amount made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be for the purchase of defense articles, defense services, and military education and training for activities relating to counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations in Pakistan.
(B) *Sense of Congress* — It is the sense of Congress that a significant majority of funds made available to carry out this subsection f
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**(a) International military education and training**
(1) **In general** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2347](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2347&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.; relating to international military education and training) for Pakistan, including expanded international military education and training (commonly known as “E–IMET”).
(2) **Use of funds** — It is the sense of Congress that a substantial amount of funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year should be used to pay for courses of study and training in counterinsurgency and civil-military relations.
**(b) Foreign Military Financing program**
(1) **In general** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for grant assistance under [section 2763 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2763&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program) for the purchase of defense articles, defense services, and military education and training for Pakistan.
(2) **Use of funds**
(A) *In general* — A significant portion of the amount made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be for the purchase of defense articles, defense services, and military education and training for activities relating to counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations in Pakistan.
(B) *Sense of Congress* — It is the sense of Congress that a significant majority of funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year should be used for the purpose described in subparagraph (A).
(3) **Additional authority** — Except as provided in sections 2753 and 2799aa–1 of this title, the second section 620J 11 See References in Text note below. of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by Public Law 110–161) [[22 U.S.C. 2378d](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2378d&num=0&edition=prelim)], and any provision of an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that restricts assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree, and except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, amounts authorized to be made available to carry out paragraph (2) for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are authorized to be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law.
(4) **Definitions** — In this section, the terms “defense articles”, “defense services”, and “military education and training” have the meaning given such terms in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2403](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2403&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that the United States should facilitate Pakistan’s establishment of a program to provide reconstruction assistance, including through Pakistan’s military as appropriate, in areas damaged by combat operations.
**(d) Exchange program between military and civilian personnel of Pakistan and certain other countries**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of State is authorized to establish an exchange program between—
(A) military and civilian personnel of Pakistan; and
(B)
(i) military and civilian personnel of countries determined by the Secretary of State to be in the process of consolidating and strengthening a democratic form of government; or
(ii) military and civilian personnel of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries,
in order to foster greater mutual respect for and understanding of the principle of civilian rule of the military.
(2) **Elements of program** — The program authorized under paragraph (1) may include conferences, seminars, exchanges, and other events, distribution of publications and reimbursements of expenses of foreign military personnel participating in the program, including transportation, translation and administrative expenses.
(3) **Role of nongovernmental organizations** — Amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year are authorized to be made available for nongovernmental organizations to facilitate the implementation of the program authorized under paragraph (1).
(4) **Authorization of appropriations** — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry out the program established by this subsection.
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**(a) In general** No assistance shall be furnished under this chapter or the Arms Export Control Act [[22 U.S.C. 2751](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2751&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible information that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights.
**(b) Exception** The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of such country is taking effective steps to bring the responsible members of the security forces unit to justice.
**(c) Duty to inform**
(1) If assistance to a foreign security force is provided in a manner in which the recipient unit or units cannot be identified prior to the transfer of assistance, the Secretary of State shall regularly provide a list of units prohibited from receiving assistance pursuant to this section to the recipient government and the appropriate congressional committees and, effective December 31, 2022, such assistance shall only be made available subject to a written agreement that the recipient government will comply with such prohibition.
(2) If the recipient government withholds assistance from a unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall inform the appropriate congressional committees and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist the foreign government in bringing the responsible members of the unit to justice.
**(d) Credible information** The Secretary shall establish, and periodically update, procedures to—
(1) ensure that for each country the Department of State has a current list of all security force units receiving United States training, equipment,
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As used in this chapter—
**(a)** “Agency of the United States Government” includes any agency, department, board, wholly or partly owned corporation, instrumentality, commission, or establishment of the United States Government.
**(b)** “Armed Forces” of the United States means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
**(c)** “Commodity” includes any material, article, supply, goods, or equipment used for the purposes of furnishing nonmilitary assistance.
**(d)** “Defense article” includes—
(1) any weapon, weapons system, munition, aircraft, vessel, boat or other implement of war;
(2) any property, installation, commodity, material, equipment, supply, or goods used for the purposes of furnishing military assistance;
(3) any machinery, facility, tool, material supply, or other item necessary for the manufacture, production, processing repair, servicing, storage, construction, transportation, operation, or use of any article listed in this subsection; or
(4) any component or part of any article listed in this subsection; but
shall not include merchant vessels or, as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim)), source material (except uranium depleted in the isotope 235 which is incorporated in defense articles solely to take advantage of high density or pyrophoric characteristics unrelated to radioactivity), by-product material, special nuclear material, production facilities, utilization facilities, or atomic weapons or articles involving Restricted Data.
**(e)** “Defense information” includes any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, specification, design, prototype, or other recorded or oral informati
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(a) United States development cooperation policy
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**(a) Financing procurement of defense articles and services, and design and construction services** The President is authorized to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services by friendly foreign countries and international organizations, on such terms and conditions as he may determine consistent with the requirements of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the regular notification requirements of the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of this section may be used to provide financing to Israel and Egypt for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale under this chapter.
**(b) Repayment period** The President shall require repayment in United States dollars within a period not to exceed twelve years after the loan agreement with the country or international organization is signed on behalf of the United States Government, unless a longer period is specifically authorized by statute for that country or international organization.
**(c) Interest rate; definitions**
(1) The President shall charge interest under this section at such rate as he may determine, except that such rate may not be less than 5 percent per year.
(2) For purposes of financing provided under this section—
(A) the term “concessional rate of interest” means any rate of interest wh
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**(a)** The President is authorized to furnish, on such terms and conditions consistent with this chapter as the President may determine (but whenever feasible on a reimbursable basis), military education and training to military and related civilian personnel of foreign countries. Such civilian personnel shall include foreign governmental personnel of ministries other than ministries of defense, and may also include legislators and individuals who are not members of the government, if the military education and training would (i) contribute to responsible defense resource management, (ii) foster greater respect for and understanding of the principle of civilian control of the military, (iii) contribute to cooperation between military and law enforcement personnel with respect to counternarcotics law enforcement efforts, or (iv) improve military justice systems and procedures in accordance with internationally recognized human rights. Such training and education may be provided through—
(1) attendance at military educational and training facilities in the United States (other than Service academies) and abroad;
(2) attendance in special courses of instruction at schools and institutions of learning or research in the United States and abroad; and
(3) observation and orientation visits to military facilities and related activities in the United States and abroad.
**(b)** The President shall seek reimbursement for military education and training furnished under this part from countries using assistance under [section 2763 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2763&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the Foreign Military Financing Program) to purchase such military education and training at a rate comparable to the ra
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2347
trator of the United States Agency for International
Development and the Secretary of State to ensure
that all expenditures from the Joint Investment for
Peace Initiative comply with this section.
‘‘(2) To the extent practicable, the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and the Chief Executive Officer of the United
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion should coordinate and share information in ad-
vance of providing resources through the People-to-
People Partnership for Peace Fund and the Joint In-
vestment for Peace Initiative.
‘‘(d) REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
end of the first fiscal year in which both the People-
to-People Partnership for Peace Fund and the Joint
Investment for Peace Initiative are in effect, and an-
nually thereafter, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development and the
Chief Executive Officer of the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation shall, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, jointly sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report in writing that describes—
‘‘(A)(i) lessons learned and best practices devel-
oped from funding for projects under the People-to-
People Partnership for Peace Fund during the prior
fiscal year; and
‘‘(ii) the extent to which such projects have con-
tributed to the purposes of the People-to-People
Partnership for Peace Fund;
‘‘(B)(i) lessons learned and best practices devel-
oped from investments provided under the Joint In-
vestment for Peace Initiative during the prior fis-
cal year; and
‘‘(ii) the extent to which such investments have
contributed to the purposes of the Joint In
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2378d
‘‘(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’’
§ 2378d. Limitation on assistance to security
forces
(a) In general
No assistance shall be furnished under this
chapter or the Arms Export Control Act [22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] to any unit of the security
forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of
State has credible information that such unit
has committed a gross violation of human
rights.
(b) Exception
The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not
apply if the Secretary determines and reports to
the appropriate congressional committees that
the government of such country is taking effec-
tive steps to bring the responsible members of
the security forces unit to justice.
(c) Duty to inform
(1) If assistance to a foreign security force is
provided in a manner in which the recipient unit
or units cannot be identified prior to the trans-
fer of assistance, the Secretary of State shall
regularly provide a list of units prohibited from
receiving assistance pursuant to this section to
the recipient government and the appropriate
congressional committees and, effective Decem-
ber 31, 2022, such assistance shall only be made
available subject to a written agreement that
the recipient government will comply with such
prohibition.
(2) If the recipient government withholds as-
sistance from a unit pursuant to this section,
the Secretary shall inform the appropriate con-
gressional committees and shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, assist the foreign gov-
ernment in bringing the responsible members of
the unit to justice.
(d) Credible information
The Secretary shall establish, and periodically
update, procedures to—
(1) ensure that for
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2403
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75
Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title
and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
USAID BRANDING MODERNIZATION
Pub. L. 116–334, Jan. 13, 2021, 134 Stat. 5115, provided
that:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘USAID Branding Mod-
ernization Act’.
‘‘SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BRANDING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development (referred
to in this section as ‘USAID’), in coordination with the
Secretary of State, as appropriate, and with due consid-
eration for the safety and security of implementing
partners and beneficiaries, is authorized to prescribe,
as appropriate, the use of logos or other insignia of the
USAID Identity, or the use of additional or substitute
markings, including the United States flag, to appro-
priately identify, including as required by section 641 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401), over-
seas programs administered by USAID.
‘‘(b) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act [Jan. 13, 2021], the Inspector
General of USAID shall submit to Congress an audit of
compliance with relevant branding and marking re-
quirements of USAID by implementing partners funded
by USAID, including any requirements prescribed pur-
suant to the authorization under subsection (a).’’
Executive Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13964
Ex. Ord. No. 13964, Dec. 10, 2020, 85 F.R. 81333, which
r
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8425
Fund under the authority of subparagraph
(A) shall be merged with and be available for
the same purposes and for the same time pe-
riod as amounts in the Department of De-
fense’s Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund.
(C) Relation to other authorities
The authority to provide assistance under
this subsection is in addition to any other
authority to provide assistance to foreign
countries.
(D) Notification
The Secretary of State shall, not less than
15 days prior to making transfers from the
Fund under subparagraph (A), notify the ap-
propriate congressional committees in writ-
ing of the details of any such transfer.
(b) Submission of notifications
Any notification required by this section may
be submitted in classified or unclassified form,
as necessary.
(c) Appropriate congressional committees de-
fined
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 204, Oct. 15, 2009, 123
Stat. 2072.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, referred
to in subsec. (a)(1), (3)(A), is Pub. L. 111–32, June 24,
2009, 123 Stat. 1859. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
§ 8425. Requirements for civilian control of cer-
tain assistance
(a) Requirements
(1) In general
For fiscal years 2010 through 2014, any direct
cash security-related assistance or non-assist-
ance payments by the United States to the
Government o
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