123STA T . 33 97PUBLIC LA W 111 – 117 —DE C.1 6, 2 0 09 (b)Su b section ( a )s h a l l onl y a p ply to the cent r al g o v ern m ent o f a country w ith which the U nite d States maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has an e x tradition treaty and the government of that country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty . (c) T he Secretary of State may waive the restriction in sub - section (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies to the C ommittees on A ppropriations that such waiver is important to the national interests of the United States. CLIMATE C H A NG EAN D EN V I RO NMENT P ROGRAM S SEC. 7081 . (a) I N G ENERAL. —O f the funds appropriated by this Act , up to $ 1, 25 7,200,000 may be made available for programs and activities to— (1) reduce, mitigate, and se q uester greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change
(2) support climate change adaptation; ( 3 ) protect forests and other critical landscapes; and ( 4 ) protect biodiversity. (b) CLEAN E NERG YP ROGRAMS.— F unds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘ ‘ D evelopment Assistance ’ ’, ‘‘Economic Sup- port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ for clean energy programs and activities, may be made available only to promote the sustainable use of renewable energy tech- nologies and end-use energy efficiency technologies, carbon seques- tration, and carbon accounting
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d, That of the funds made available for the United States Agency for International Develop- ment (USAID) for clean energy programs, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for microfinance renewable energy pro- grams, including solar energy programs. (c) ADAPTATION PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for United States contributions to the L east Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund to support adaptation programs and activities, if the Global Environment Facility ma k es publicly available on its website the criteria used to determine which programs and activities receive funds, the manner in which such programs and activities meet such criteria, the extent of local involvement in such programs and activities, the amount of funds provided, and the results achieved. (d) B IODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $205,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activities which directly protect biodiversity, including tropical forests and wildlife, in developing countries, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for USAID’s conservation programs in the Ama z on Basin: Provided, That of the funds made available under this paragraph, not less than $20,500,000 shall be made available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership only for programs which directly promote the conserva- tion and sustainable management of natural resources in landscapes in the Congo Basin area, with a priority on protected area and landscape resource management to enable local communities to conserve the natural resource base, including programs to substan- tially reduce the impacts of industrial-scale resource extraction on local communities and the natural resource base: Provided fu r -th er, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be Public i nformat ion .We b p o s tin g . Wai v er aut h orit y . C ertification. A pplicability.
