that are responsive and accountable to citizens. (2) Restriction on Prior Approval With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy programs made available by this Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any foreign country: Provided , That the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. (c) Upholding international freedom of expression and protection of journalists and civil society activists (1) Upholding international freedom of expression through diplomacy and the rule of law (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Diplomatic Programs , not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State for the costs of administering programs designed to promote and defend freedom of expression and the independence of the media in countries where such freedom and independence are restricted or denied. (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Economic Support Fund , not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs that promote and defend freedom of expression and the independence of the media abroad, including by countering the use of criminal defamation laws and extralegal means to restrict access to public information and persecute members of civil society, including journalists, bloggers, and citizen journalists and building the resilience of such journalists, bloggers, and citizen journalists at local and national levels: Provided , That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes, and are intended to