; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note)) may be appointed absent the advice and consent of the Senate. (2) Fiscal year 2018 The restriction described in this subsection shall not apply in fiscal year 2018 to positions or associated staff and resources for which funding is expressly provided in an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for such fiscal year. (h) Elimination of positions (1) Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma (A) Findings Congress finds the following: (i) Congress established the Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma in July 2008 at a time when the United States did not maintain full diplomatic relations with Burma and had not appointed an Ambassador to Burma in 18 years. (ii) In 2012, the United States re-established full diplomatic relations with Burma and appointed a United States Ambassador to Burma who, along with the Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, and other United States Government officials, represents the United States interests in Burma. (B) Repeal Section 7 of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Jade Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–286 ; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to the establishment of a Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma) is hereby repealed. (2) Coordinator for Afghanistan Assistance Section 104 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 ( 22 U.S.C. 7514 ; Public Law 107–327 ) is amended— (A) by repealing subsections (a) and (b); (B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; (C) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, in paragraph (1), by striking coordinator designated under subsection (a) of this section and inserting Secretary of State ; and (D) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking coordinator designated under subsection (a) of this section and inserting Secretary of State