Military Financing Program , not less than $160,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for PICs, including to implement the Pacific Partnership Strategy of the United States and Partners in the Blue Pacific initiative, and to further the goals of the Pacific Islands Forum’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for the Countering PRC Influence Fund shall be made available for assistance for PICs, in addition to funds made available under this paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available by this paragraph for assistance for PICs shall be made available for programs and activities to strengthen and expand cooperation between the United States and higher education institutions in PICs, to be awarded on a competitive basis: Provided further, That funds made available by this paragraph for assistance for PICs shall be made available to appropriately commemorate the anniversary of World War II battles in the Pacific in which American servicemen and women lost their lives: Provided further, That of the funds made available by this paragraph for assistance for PICs, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for trilateral programs. (g) People's republic of china (1) Prohibition None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party. (2) Hong kong Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the first paragraph under the heading Democracy Fund , not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for democracy and Internet freedom programs for Hong Kong, including legal and other support for democracy activists. (h) Philippines (1) Foreign military financing program Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Foreign Military Financing Program , not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for the Philippines. (2) Limitation None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading