; (D) assess diplomatic initiatives taken to secure specific national commitments by governments of eligible Latin American and Caribbean partner countries to undertake efforts to promote energy security and independence in the region, address corruption and rule of law concerns, modernize digital and physical infrastructure, improve ease of doing business, and finance and incentivize energy security initiatives; and (E) detail coordination of efforts with relevant multilateral development banks to advance energy security and independence of eligible Latin American and Caribbean partner countries. (f) Annual audit The Secretary of the Treasury— (1) shall ensure that a full audit of the program is performed on an annual basis; and (2) shall submit the results of the audit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (g) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 to carry out the program. (h) Eligible latin american or caribbean partner country defined In this section, the term eligible Latin American or Caribbean partner country — (1) means a country that— (A) is a beneficiary country for purposes of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ); (B) is a member state of the Caribbean Community (commonly referred to as CARICOM ); (C) is a member state of the Alliance for Development in Democracy; (D) is a country in the Western Hemisphere that is a party to a free trade agreement or preference program with the United States; or (E) is a beneficiary country of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative; and (2) does not include any country that— (A) has been sanctioned by the United States; or (B) the Secretary of State determines— (i) to be a state sponsor of terrorism