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 124 STAT. 2329 PUBLIC LAW 111–212—JULY 29, 2010 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Govern- ment of Haiti is— (A) cooperating with United States reconstruction and reform efforts; and (B) demonstrating a commitment to accountability by removing corrupt officials, implementing fiscal transparency and other necessary reforms of government institutions, and facilitating active public engagement in governance and over- sight of public resources. (2) If at any time after making the determination required in paragraph (1) the Secretary receives credible information that the factual basis for making such determination no longer exists, the Secretary should suspend assistance and promptly inform the relevant Haitian authorities that such assistance is suspended until sufficient factual basis exists to support the determination. (c)(1) Funds appropriated in this chapter for bilateral assistance for Haiti may be provided as direct budget support to the central Government of Haiti only if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of the United States and the Government of Haiti have agreed, in writing, to clear and achievable goals and objectives for the use of such funds, and have established mechanisms within each implementing agency to ensure that such funds are used for the purposes for which they were intended. (2) The Secretary should suspend any such direct budget sup- port to an implementing agency if the Secretary has credible evi- dence of misuse of such funds by any such agency. (3) Any such direct budget support shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. (d) Funds appropriated in this chapter that are made available for assistance for Haiti shall be made available, to the maximum extent practicable, in a manner that emphasizes the participation and leadership of Haitian women and directly improves the security, economic and social well-being, and political status of Haitian women and girls. (e) Funds appropriated in this chapter may be made available for assistance for Haiti notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for section 620J of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and provisions of this chapter. HAITI DEBT RELIEF SEC. 1008. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank’’, ‘‘Contribution to the Inter- national Development Association’’, and ‘‘Contribution to the Inter- national Fund for Agricultural Development’’, to cancel Haiti’s existing debts and repayments on disbursements from loans com- mitted prior to January 12, 2010, and for the United States share of an increase in the resources of the Fund for Special Operations of the Inter-American Development Bank, to the extent separately authorized in this chapter, in furtherance of providing debt relief for Haiti in view of the Cancun Declaration of March 21, 2010, a total of $212,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012. (b) Up to $40,000,000 of the amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury, Debt Restructuring’’ in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign