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Division B — National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 › Title VII — GENERAL PROVISIONS
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(a) Prohibition None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by any official or contract employee of the United States Government. (b) Assistance Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assistance to eliminate torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by foreign police, military, or other security forces in countries receiving assistance from funds appropriated by this Act.
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