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Title II — Authorization of Appropriations

S. 727 · 116th Congress · Mar 7, 2019 · Lineage

II Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201 Stabilization and prevention fund

(a)
Establishment— There is authorized a fund to be known as the “Prevention and Stabilization Fund” (in this section referred to as “The Fund”), which shall replace the Relief and Recovery Fund.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations— There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund to support stabilization of conflict-affected areas and mitigate fragility, including through the Global Fragility Strategy.
(c)
Purposes of the fund—
(1)
In general— Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Fund shall be used—
(A)
to support stabilization of conflict-affected areas and prevent global fragility, including through the Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 101; and
(B)
to provide assistance to areas liberated or at risk from, or under the control of, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, other terrorist organizations, or violent extremist organizations, including for stabilization assistance for vulnerable ethnic and religious minority communities affected by conflict.
(2)
Amounts in addition— Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Fund under this section are in addition to any funds otherwise made available for the purposes described in paragraph (1).

Sec. 202 Complex crises fund

(a)
Establishment— There is authorized a fund, which shall be known as the “Complex Crises Fund” (in this subsection referred to as the “Fund”), to be administered by the United States Agency for International Development, to support programs and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen events overseas.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations— There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Fund, including to support the Global Fragility Strategy, which shall remain available remain available until expended.
(c)
Purposes of assistance— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d), amounts in the Fund may be used to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to support programs and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen events overseas, including through support to the Global Fragility Strategy.
(d)
Limitations—
(1)
In general— Amounts in the Fund may not be expended for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters.
(2)
Administrative expenses— Not more than five percent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for administrative expenses.
(e)
Congressional notification— Not later than five days before amounts from the Fund are obligated, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall submit notification of such obligation to the appropriate congressional committees.
(f)
Waiver— The notification requirement under subsection (e) be may be waived if—
(1)
notification by the deadline specified in such paragraph would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare; and
(2)
the appropriate congressional committees—
(A)
are notified not later than three days after an obligation of amounts from the Fund; and
(B)
are provided with an explanation of the emergency circumstances that necessitated such waiver.