; and (3) the funding requirements to initiate and sustain such program in fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years, as appropriate: Provided , That for the purposes of this subsection, the term nondemocratic or democratic transitioning country shall have the same meaning as in section 2104(6) of the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007. (h) Communication and report (1) Informing the national endowment for democracy The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endowment for Democracy of democracy programs that are planned and supported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. (2) Reports (A) Funding instruments Not later than September 30, 2018, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in the conduct of democracy programs with funds made available by the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31 ), which shall include funding level, account, program sector and subsector, and a brief summary of purpose. (B) Program changes The Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of a decision to significantly change the objectives or the content of a democracy program or to close such a program due to the increasingly repressive nature of the host country government: Provided , That the report shall also include a strategy for continuing support for democracy promotion, if such programming is feasible, and may be submitted in classified form, if necessary. (i) Transparency The USAID Administrator shall publish on the USAID Web site the justification for the choice of