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(a) None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to reduce the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attachés or liaisons at international U.S. embassies or consulates for the purposes of international investigations or partnerships with foreign law enforcement. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a reduction of presence in a specific country if— (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Secretary of State, provides a written explanation of how maintaining a collaborative investigatory presence in a specific country undermines U.S. foreign policy interests in that country to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or (2) a country requests the cessation of collaborative law enforcement activities performed by the attaché or liaison stationed at the embassy or consulate to their country.

(a) None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to reduce the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attachés or liaisons at international U.S. embassies or consulates for the purposes of international investigations or partnerships with foreign law enforcement. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a reduction of presence in a specific country if— (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Secretary of State, provides a written explanation of how maintaining a collaborative investigatory presence in a specific country undermines U.S. foreign policy interests in that country to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or (2) a country requests the cessation of collaborative law enforcement activities performed by the attaché or liaison stationed at the embassy or consulate to their country.