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Calendar No. 446 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4797 

[Report No. 118–200] 

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. COONS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro6 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

7 for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

3 AGENCY 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

5 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

6 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

8 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

9 $9,731,607,000, of which $876,135,000 may remain avail10 able until September 30, 2026, and of which up to 

11 $3,890,707,000 may remain available until expended for 

12 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 

13 made available under this heading shall be allocated in ac14 cordance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as follows, ex15 cept such funds may be reprogrammed within and between 

16 such paragraphs subject to section 7015 of this Act: 

17 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex18 penses for training, human resources management, 

19 and salaries, including employment without regard 

20 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

21 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au22 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor23 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 

24 Stat. 11; Chapter 36), $3,527,008,000, of which up 
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1 to $686,767,000 is for Worldwide Security Protec2 tion. 

3 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex4 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

5 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

6 $1,880,775,000. 

7 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

8 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

9 Department of State, including representation to 

10 certain international organizations in which the 

11 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati12 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen13 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra14 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation, and disar15 mament activities as authorized, $1,091,879,000. 

16 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex17 penses for security activities, $3,231,945,000, of 

18 which up to $3,203,940,000 is for Worldwide Secu19 rity Protection. 

20 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

21 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

22 Fund, as authorized, $401,848,000, to remain available 

23 until expended. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, $127,838,000, of which $16,476,000 may remain 

4 available until September 30, 2026, and of which 

5 $18,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 

6 2026 for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 

7 Reconstruction (SIGAR): Provided, That funds appro8 priated under this heading are made available notwith9 standing section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 

10 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspec11 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

12 this heading that are made available for the printing and 

13 reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for 

14 such costs during the prior fiscal year. 

15 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

16 For necessary expenses of educational and cultural 

17 exchange programs, as authorized, $761,050,000, to re18 main available until expended, of which not less than 

19 $288,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program: Pro20 vided, That fees or other payments received from, or in 

21 connection with, English teaching, educational advising 

22 and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 

23 as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain 

24 available until expended: Provided further, That a portion 

25 of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central 
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1 Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie 

2 Fellowships: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

3 under this heading that are made available for the Ben4 jamin Gilman International Scholarships Program shall 

5 also be made available for the John S. McCain Scholars 

6 Program, pursuant to section 7075 of the Department of 

7 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro8 priations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): 

9 Provided further, That any substantive modifications from 

10 the prior fiscal year to programs funded under this head11 ing in this Act, as described in the report accompanying 

12 this Act, shall be subject to the regular notification proce13 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

15 For representation expenses as authorized, 

16 $7,415,000. 

17 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to 

19 enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary 

20 protective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2026. 

22 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

23 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

24 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 

25 preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 
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1 property that are owned or leased by the Department of 

2 State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail3 able, the Harry S Truman Building, $945,210,000, to re4 main available until September 30, 2029, of which not to 

5 exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 

6 expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 

7 appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acqui8 sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de9 partments and agencies of the United States Government. 

10 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up11 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

12 $961,863,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

14 SERVICE

15 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

16 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo17 matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

19 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

20 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 

21 Loans Program Account’’. 

22 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 For the cost of direct loans, $1,800,000, as author24 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi25 fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
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1 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

2 such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

3 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

4 $5,823,626. 

5 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela7 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $38,218,000. 

8 INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF

9 COLUMBIA

10 Not to exceed $1,879,587 shall be derived from fees 

11 collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 

12 facilities at the International Center in accordance with 

13 section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90– 

14 553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

15 Act, $745,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 

16 by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 

17 that section. 

18 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

19 DISABILITY FUND

20 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

21 Disability Fund, as authorized, $60,00,000. 

22 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

23 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

25 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
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1 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

2 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven3 tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,676,686,000, of 

4 which $96,240,000 may remain available until September 

5 30, 2026: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

6 under this heading shall be available for a United States 

7 contribution to an international organization for the 

8 United States share of interest costs made known to the 

9 United States Government by such organization for loans 

10 incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external 

11 borrowings: Provided further, That any payment of arrear12 ages with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject 

13 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

14 on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 

15 available under this heading may be made available for 

16 United States contributions in support of the Inter17 national Energy Forum. 

18 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

19 ACTIVITIES

20 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex21 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

22 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

23 security, $1,234,144,000, of which $617,072,000 may re24 main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 

25 prior to the obligation of funds made available under this 
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1 heading, the Secretary of State shall certify and report 

2 to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 

3 mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is imple4 menting effective policies and procedures to prevent 

5 United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 

6 peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf7 ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or 

8 committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other 

9 violations of human rights, and to hold accountable indi10 viduals who engage in such acts while participating in 

11 such mission, including prosecution in their home coun12 tries and making information about such prosecutions 

13 publicly available on the website of the United Nations: 

14 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work 

15 with the United Nations and foreign governments contrib16 uting peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 

17 procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated 

18 human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be avail19 able for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of 

20 State determines that United States manufacturers and 

21 suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide 

22 equipment, services, and material for United Nations 

23 peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for24 eign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That 

25 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
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1 able under this heading may be used for any United Na2 tions peacekeeping mission that will involve United States 

3 Armed Forces under the command or operational control 

4 of a foreign national, unless the President’s military advi5 sors have submitted to the President a recommendation 

6 that such involvement is in the national interest of the 

7 United States and the President has submitted to Con8 gress such a recommendation: Provided further, That any 

9 payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act 

10 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

11 the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

14 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

15 treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 

16 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

17 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

18 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

19 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

20 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli21 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

22 $9,000 for representation expenses, as follows: 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 $69,300,000, of which $10,395,000 may remain available 

4 until September 30, 2026. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au7 thorized projects, $159,550,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds ap9 propriated under this heading by this Act and prior Acts 

10 making appropriations for the Department of State, for11 eign operations, and related programs, up to $12,500,000 

12 may be used to satisfy the requirements of section 5602 

13 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2024 (title LVI of subtitle B of Public Law 118–31). 

15 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

17 the International Joint Commission and the International 

18 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au19 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can20 ada or Great Britain, and for technical assistance grants 

21 and the Community Assistance Program of the North 

22 American Development Bank, $16,204,000: Provided, 

23 That of the amount provided under this heading for the 

24 International Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may re25 main available until September 30, 2026, and up to 
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1 $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses: 

2 Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 

3 heading for the International Boundary Commission, up 

4 to $1,000 may be made available for representation ex5 penses. 

6 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

7 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

8 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

9 law, $68,534,000: Provided, That the United States share 

10 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com11 missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 

12 States Code. 

13 RELATED AGENCY 

14 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA

15 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

16 For necessary expenses to enable the United States 

17 Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to 

18 carry out international communication activities, and to 

19 make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and tele20 vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $861,724,000, of 

21 which $43,086,000 may remain available until September 

22 30, 2026: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 

23 available for such purposes, up to $78,722,000 of the 

24 amount appropriated under this heading may remain 

25 available until expended for satellite transmissions, global 
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1 network distribution, and Internet freedom programs, of 

2 which not less than $46,500,000 shall be for Internet free3 dom programs: Provided further, That of the total amount 

4 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 

5 may be used for representation expenses, of which 

6 $10,000 may be used for such expenses within the United 

7 States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be 

8 used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/ 

9 Radio Liberty: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with 

11 the table included under this heading in the report accom12 panying this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

13 the previous proviso, funds may be reprogrammed within 

14 and between amounts designated in such table, subject to 

15 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations, except that no such reprogramming may 

17 reduce a designated amount by more than 5 percent: Pro18 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

19 shall be made available in accordance with the principles 

20 and standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the 

21 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 

22 U.S.C. 6202) and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

23 6204): Provided further, That the USAGM Chief Execu24 tive Officer shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

25 within 15 days of any determination by the USAGM that 
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1 any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organi2 zations, provides an open platform for international ter3 rorists or those who support international terrorism, or 

4 is in violation of the principles and standards set forth 

5 in section 303(a) and (b) of such Act or the entity’s jour6 nalistic code of ethics: Provided further, That in addition 

7 to funds made available under this heading, and notwith8 standing any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in 

9 receipts from advertising and revenue from business ven10 tures, up to $500,000 in receipts from cooperating inter11 national organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts 

12 from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the 

13 International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available 

14 until expended for carrying out authorized purposes: Pro15 vided further, That significant modifications to USAGM 

16 broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including 

17 changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 

18 wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all USAGM 

19 language services shall be subject to the regular notifica20 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro21 vided further, That up to $4,000,000 from the USAGM 

22 Buying Power Maintenance account may be transferred 

23 to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under 

24 the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, 

25 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 

2 transfer authority otherwise available under any other pro3 vision of law and shall be subject to prior consultation 

4 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com5 mittees on Appropriations. 

6 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

7 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser8 vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 

9 and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 

10 and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele11 vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 

12 to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, 

13 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur14 poses, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 

15 authorized. 

16 RELATED PROGRAMS 

17 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

18 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

19 by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 

20 $23,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

23 of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 

24 Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $55,459,000, to re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2026, which shall not 

2 be used for construction activities. 

3 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

4 TRUST FUND

5 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

6 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

7 section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

8 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

9 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter10 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep11 tember 30, 2025, to remain available until expended. 

12 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel14 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

15 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

16 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 

17 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

18 Fund on or before September 30, 2025, to remain avail19 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap20 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

21 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

22 the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 

23 section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur24 poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title 
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1 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re2 strictions on compensation for personal services. 

3 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar5 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

6 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 

8 to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep9 tember 30, 2025, to remain available until expended. 

10 EAST-WEST CENTER

11 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car12 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

13 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 

14 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

15 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha16 waii, $23,255,000. 

17 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

18 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

19 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

20 National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 4412), $315,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

22 of which $205,632,000 shall be allocated in the traditional 

23 and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 

24 and $109,368,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro25 vided, That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this 
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1 Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 

2 heading. 

3 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

4 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

5 HERITAGE ABROAD

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

8 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, as authorized 

9 by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, 

10 $770,000, of which $116,000 may remain available until 

11 September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Commission may 

12 procure temporary, intermittent, and other services not13 withstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such 

14 chapter: Provided further, That such authority shall termi15 nate on October 1, 2025: Provided further, That the Com16 mission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

17 prior to exercising such authority. 

18 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

19 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the United States Com22 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

23 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

24 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2026, including not more 

2 than $4,000 for representation expenses. 

3 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

4 EUROPE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu7 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

8 Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $3,059,000, includ9 ing not more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to 

10 remain available until September 30, 2026. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

12 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu15 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au16 thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 

17 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not 

18 more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2026. 

20 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

21 REVIEW COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

24 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

25 by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
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1 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 

2 $4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen3 tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2026: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi5 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

6 fifth provisos under this heading in the Department of 

7 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro8 priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 

9 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025 and shall 

10 apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

7 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

8 $1,747,400,000, of which up to $262,110,000 may remain 

9 available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That none 

10 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

11 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 

12 be made available to finance the construction (including 

13 architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 

14 lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for 

15 International Development, unless the USAID Adminis16 trator has identified such proposed use of funds in a re17 port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at 

18 least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such pur19 poses: Provided further, That contracts or agreements en20 tered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 

21 entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 

22 through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That 

23 the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign As24 sistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary 

25 of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chap-
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1 ter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 

2 accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided 

3 further, That of the funds appropriated or made available 

4 under this heading, not to exceed $400,000 may be avail5 able for representation and entertainment expenses, of 

6 which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain7 ment expenses, and not to exceed $171,000 shall be for 

8 official residence expenses, for USAID during the current 

9 fiscal year. 

10 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

11 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

12 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

13 of information technology and related capital investments, 

14 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961, $272,888,000, to remain available until expended: 

16 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other17 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

18 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

19 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com20 mittees on Appropriations. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

24 $88,800,000, of which up to $13,320,000 may remain 

25 available until September 30, 2026, for the Office of In-
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1 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter2 national Development. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

5 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

6 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

7 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

9 of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

10 Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 

11 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

12 $3,829,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

14 United States Agency for International Development: Pro15 vided, That this amount shall be made available for train16 ing, equipment, and technical assistance to build the ca17 pacity of public health institutions and organizations in 

18 developing countries, and for such activities as: (1) child 

19 survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization 

20 and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, 

21 water and sanitation programs which directly address the 

22 needs of mothers and children, and related education pro23 grams; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned 

24 by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the preven25 tion, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, 
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1 tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases 

2 including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 

3 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

4 children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster pre5 paredness training for health crises; (7) programs to pre6 vent, prepare for, and respond to unanticipated and 

7 emerging global health threats, including zoonotic dis8 eases; and (8) family planning/reproductive health: Pro9 vided further, That funds appropriated under this para10 graph may be made available for United States contribu11 tions to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and to a multilateral 

12 vaccine development partnership to support epidemic pre13 paredness: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

14 available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from 

15 prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any 

16 organization or program which, as determined by the 

17 President of the United States, supports or participates 

18 in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 

19 involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any deter20 mination made under the previous proviso must be made 

21 not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 

22 this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence and 

23 criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided fur24 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

25 Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion 
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1 as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 

2 any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That 

3 nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any 

4 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under sec5 tion 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

6 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

7 Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided 

8 further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in 

9 developing nations, funds shall be available only to vol10 untary family planning projects which offer, either directly 

11 or through referral to, or information about access to, a 

12 broad range of family planning methods and services, and 

13 that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet 

14 the following requirements: (1) service providers or refer15 ral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 

16 to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 

17 births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 

18 of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

19 shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 

20 estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur21 poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen22 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi23 vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep24 tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 

25 target or quota of total number of births, number of fam-
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1 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

2 of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 

3 or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 

4 any program of general welfare or the right of access to 

5 health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 

6 not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 

7 provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor8 mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho9 sen, including those conditions that might render the use 

10 of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 

11 known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 

12 (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep13 tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro14 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

15 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

16 and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 

17 USAID Administrator determines that there has been a 

18 violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 

19 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 

20 of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 

21 (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de23 scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 

24 by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 

25 for natural family planning under section 104 of the For-
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1 eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi2 nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con3 scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan4 ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 

5 with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 

6 further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author7 izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 

8 foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti9 vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 

10 be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 

11 local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 

12 options: Provided further, That information provided about 

13 the use of condoms as part of projects or activities that 

14 are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall 

15 be medically accurate and shall include the public health 

16 benefits and failure rates of such use. 

17 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

18 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

19 prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 

20 HIV/AIDS, $5,595,000,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2029, which shall be apportioned directly 

22 to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro23 priated under this paragraph may be made available, not24 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

25 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
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1 culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 

2 for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to 

3 Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): 

4 Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 

5 shall be $1,200,000,000: Provided further, That up to 5 

6 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 

7 to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2025 may be made avail8 able to USAID for technical assistance related to the ac9 tivities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular notifica10 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro11 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

12 paragraph for bilateral assistance for the prevention, 

13 treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, 

14 up to 4 percent may be made available for the purposes 

15 of chapter I of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

16 1961, consistent with the requirements under this heading 

17 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

18 That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up 

19 to $22,000,000 may be made available, in addition to 

20 amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin21 istrative expenses of the United States Global AIDS Coor22 dinator, which shall only be made available to support the 

23 prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 

24 HIV/AIDS. 
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1 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

2 provisions of the Global Health Security and International 

3 Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Act of 

4 2022 (subtitle D of title LV of division E of Public Law 

5 117-263), $250,000,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2026, which shall be apportioned directly to 

7 the Department of State: Provided, That such funds shall 

8 be made available for a United States contribution to the 

9 Pandemic Fund, consistent with section 5563(i) of such 

10 Act. 

11 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 

14 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

15 Act of 1961, $4,153,150,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2026: Provided, That funds made available 

17 under this heading shall be apportioned to the United 

18 States Agency for International Development. 

19 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

22 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon23 struction assistance, $4,829,000,000, to remain available 

24 until expended, of which $1,400,000,000 is designated by 

25 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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1 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 

3 That funds made available under this heading shall be ap4 portioned to the United States Agency for International 

5 Development not later than 60 days after the date of en6 actment of this Act. 

7 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

8 For necessary expenses for international disaster re9 habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 

10 the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 

11 for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of 

12 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transi13 tion to democracy and long-term development of countries 

14 in crisis, $85,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

15 Provided, That such support may include assistance to de16 velop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 

17 processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 

18 peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 

19 USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin21 ning a new, or terminating a, program of assistance: Pro22 vided further, That if the Secretary of State determines 

23 that it is important to the national interest of the United 

24 States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 

25 amount appropriated under this heading, up to 
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1 $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to 

2 carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist3 ance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading 

4 and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated 

5 under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 

6 available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made 

7 available subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

8 on Appropriations. 

9 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of section 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title 

12 V of division J of Public Law 116–94), $60,000,000, to 

13 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds ap14 propriated under this heading may be made available not15 withstanding any other provision of law, except sections 

16 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M of 

17 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 

18 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ap19 portioned to the United States Agency for International 

20 Development. 

21 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961, $4,083,324,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2026, of which $815,000,000 is designated by 
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1 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur2 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 DEMOCRACY FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

7 of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes 

8 of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 

9 U.S.C. 4411), $205,200,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2026, which shall be made available for the 

11 Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De12 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

13 State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head14 ing that are made available to the National Endowment 

15 for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to 

16 amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 

17 purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary 

18 for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 

19 of State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropria20 tions prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated 

21 under this paragraph. 

22 For an additional amount for such purposes, 

23 $140,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2026, which shall be made available for the Bureau for 
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1 Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, United 

2 States Agency for International Development. 

3 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 

6 Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for 

7 East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public 

8 Law 101–179), $902,794,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2026, which shall be available, notwith10 standing any other provision of law, except section 7047 

11 of this Act, for assistance and related programs for coun12 tries identified in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support 

13 Act (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 3(c) of the SEED Act 

14 of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds otherwise 

15 available for such purposes, of which $400,000,000 is des16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

19 Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act under the 

20 headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

21 Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

22 Enforcement’’ that are made available for assistance for 

23 such countries shall be administered in accordance with 

24 the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant 

25 to section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 
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1 601 of the SEED Act of 1989: Provided further, That 

2 funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered 

3 to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the adminis5 trative authorities contained in that Act for the use of eco6 nomic assistance: Provided further, That funds appro7 priated under this heading may be made available for con8 tributions to multilateral initiatives to counter hybrid 

9 threats. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

11 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

12 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

13 to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions 

14 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As15 sistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), and other activi16 ties to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and ex17 penses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the 

18 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 

19 allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 

20 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by sec22 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $4,028,850,000, 

23 to remain available until expended, of which 

24 $1,100,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

25 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That of the funds 

3 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 

4 made available for refugees resettling in Israel. 

5 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

6 ASSISTANCE FUND

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 

9 Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $100,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That amounts in excess 

11 of the limitation contained in paragraph (2) of such sec12 tion shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

13 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and 

14 Refugee Assistance’’. 

15 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

16 PEACE CORPS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

19 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including 

20 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

21 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

22 States, $479,000,000, of which $7,300,000 is for the Of23 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

25 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 
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1 Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps 

2 Act (22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed 

3 $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur4 suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 

5 amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper6 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

7 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail8 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

9 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

10 Provided further, That in addition to the requirements 

11 under section 7015(a) of this Act, the Peace Corps shall 

12 consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 

13 any decision to open, close, or suspend a domestic or over14 seas office or a country program unless there is a substan15 tial risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel: Pro16 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 

17 this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided 

18 further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 

19 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to 

20 funds appropriated under this heading. 

21 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 

24 et seq.) (MCA), $937,000,000, to remain available until 

25 expended: Provided, That section 605(e) of the MCA (22 
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1 U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to funds appropriated under 

2 this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

3 under this heading may be made available for a Millen4 nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 

5 609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact 

6 obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to 

7 the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the 

8 parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of 

9 the United States Government funding anticipated for the 

10 duration of the Compact: Provided further, That of the 

11 funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

12 $100,000 may be available for representation and enter13 tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 

14 available for entertainment expenses. 

15 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

17 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

18 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1969, $52,000,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

21 this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 

22 representation expenses. 

23 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the African De25 velopment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 
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1 22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $45,000,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2026, of which not to exceed $2,000 

3 may be available for representation expenses: Provided, 

4 That funds made available to grantees may be invested 

5 pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 

6 by the Board of Directors of the United States African 

7 Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, 

8 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

9 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not10 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop11 ment Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in excep12 tional circumstances the Board of Directors of the 

13 USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in 

14 that section with respect to a project and a project may 

15 exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase 

16 is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided fur17 ther, That the USADF shall submit a report to the appro18 priate congressional committees after each time such waiv19 er authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 

20 USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance 

21 from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 

22 buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be nec23 essary to carry out its functions: Provided further, That 

24 the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the 

25 United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 
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1 such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the Afri2 can Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That 

3 the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 

4 Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for pro5 gram purposes. 

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

7 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

9 of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

10 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

12 may be made available to contract for services as described 

13 in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961, without regard to the location in which such services 

15 are performed. 

16 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

17 For ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of 

18 the Treasury—Debt Restructuring’’ there is appropriated 

19 $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2028, for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

22 loan guarantees for, or credits extended to, such countries 

23 as the President may determine, including the costs of 

24 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United 

25 States pursuant to multilateral debt restructurings, in-
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1 cluding Paris Club debt restructurings and the ‘‘Common 

2 Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service 

3 Suspension Initiative’’: Provided, That such amounts may 

4 be used notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

5 TROPICAL FOREST AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION

6 For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

8 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

9 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

10 available for programs within the International Affairs 

11 Budget Function 150, including the costs of selling, reduc12 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 

13 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries 

14 pursuant to part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

15 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

4 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

5 ENFORCEMENT

6 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

7 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,400,000,000, to 

8 remain available until September 30, 2026, of which 

9 $500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That the Depart13 ment of State may use the authority of section 608 of the 

14 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its re15 strictions, to receive excess property from an agency of 

16 the United States Government for the purpose of pro17 viding such property to a foreign country or international 

18 organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject 

19 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

20 on Appropriations: Provided further, That section 482(b) 

21 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 

22 funds appropriated under this heading, except that any 

23 funds made available notwithstanding such section shall 

24 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

25 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
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1 the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

2 $5,000,000 shall be made available, on an open and com3 petitive basis, for rule of law, anti-corruption, and counter 

4 Russian influence programs, which are in addition to 

5 funds otherwise available for such purposes, consistent 

6 with the direction included under this heading in the re7 port accompanying this Act, and following consultation 

8 with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

9 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 

10 available to support training and technical assistance for 

11 foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other ju12 dicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided fur13 ther, That funds made available under this heading that 

14 are transferred to another department, agency, or instru15 mentality of the United States Government pursuant to 

16 section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 val17 ued in excess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made 

18 pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject 

19 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

20 on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 

21 available under this heading for Program Development 

22 and Support may be made available notwithstanding pre23 obligation requirements contained in this Act, except for 

24 the notification requirements of section 7015. 
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1 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

2 RELATED PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter4 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

5 $884,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2026, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

7 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism 

8 assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act 

10 (22 U.S.C. 5854), section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

11 Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 

12 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded 

13 ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related ac14 tivities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ15 ing activities implemented through nongovernmental and 

16 international organizations, and section 301 of the For17 eign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribu18 tion to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre19 paratory Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to 

20 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Pro21 vided, That funds made available under this heading for 

22 the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be 

23 made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

24 and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular no25 tification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat2 ing to nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons de3 struction, and shall remain available until expended: Pro4 vided further, That such funds may also be used for such 

5 countries other than the Independent States of the former 

6 Soviet Union and international organizations when it is 

7 in the national security interest of the United States to 

8 do so: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

9 this heading may be made available for the IAEA unless 

10 the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being de11 nied its right to participate in the activities of that Agen12 cy: Provided further, That funds made available for con13 ventional weapons destruction programs, including 

14 demining and related activities, in addition to funds other15 wise available for such purposes, may be used for adminis16 trative expenses related to the operation and management 

17 of such programs and activities, subject to the regular no18 tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria19 tions. 

20 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

23 $411,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2026: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head25 ing may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of the For-
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1 eign Assistance Act of 1961, to provide assistance to en2 hance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, in3 cluding gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping oper4 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

5 under this heading, not less than $30,000,000 shall be 

6 made available for a United States contribution to the 

7 Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: 

8 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

9 heading may be made available to pay assessed expenses 

10 of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia under 

11 the same terms and conditions, as applicable, as funds ap12 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions 

13 for International Peacekeeping Activities’’: Provided fur14 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

15 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com16 mittees on Appropriations. 

17 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

18 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

20 of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

21 $125,425,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2026: Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom mili23 tary education and training may be provided under this 

24 heading may include civilians who are not members of a 

25 government whose participation would contribute to im-
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1 proved civil-military relations, civilian control of the mili2 tary, or respect for human rights: Provided further, That 

3 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $4,500,000 

4 shall remain available until expended to increase the par5 ticipation of women in programs and activities funded 

6 under this heading, following consultation with the Com7 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 

8 funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

9 $50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses. 

10 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

12 President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 

13 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), 

14 $6,161,425,000, of which $1,685,000,000 is designated by 

15 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur16 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 

18 That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 

19 countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 

20 State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap21 propriations and subject to the regular notification proce22 dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro23 priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

24 services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: 

25 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
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1 made available under this heading shall be nonrepayable 

2 notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the 

3 Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 

4 made available under this heading shall be obligated upon 

5 apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of 

6 section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code. 

7 None of the funds made available under this heading 

8 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

9 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv10 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

11 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

12 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

13 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

14 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

15 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun16 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub17 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec18 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

19 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

20 any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 

21 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in22 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

23 and international organizations: Provided further, That a 

24 country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 

25 Organization (NATO) or is a major non-NATO ally des-
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1 ignated by section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

2 of 1961, and Ukraine, may utilize funds made available 

3 under this heading for procurement of defense articles, de4 fense services, or design and construction services that are 

5 not sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

6 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro7 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min8 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 

9 articles and services: Provided further, That not more than 

10 $77,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

11 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

12 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

13 for use outside of the United States, for the general costs 

14 of administering military assistance and sales, except that 

15 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

16 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria17 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of State may 

18 use funds made available under this heading pursuant to 

19 the previous proviso for the administrative and other oper20 ational costs of the Department of State related to mili21 tary assistance and sales, assistance under section 551 of 

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and Department of 

23 Defense security assistance programs, in addition to funds 

24 otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 

25 That up to $5,000,000 of the funds made available pursu-
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1 ant to the previous proviso may be used for direct hire 

2 personnel, except that this limitation may be exceeded by 

3 the Secretary of State following consultation with the 

4 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 

5 the funds made available under this heading for general 

6 costs of administering military assistance and sales, not 

7 to exceed $4,000 may be available for entertainment ex8 penses and not to exceed $130,000 may be available for 

9 representation expenses: Provided further, That not more 

10 than $1,487,254,020 of funds realized pursuant to section 

11 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

12 2761(e)(1)(A)) may be obligated for expenses incurred by 

13 the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2025 pursu14 ant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

15 U.S.C. 2792(b)), except that this limitation may be ex16 ceeded only through the regular notification procedures of 

17 the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

7 $474,535,000: Provided, That section 307(a) of the For8 eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contribu9 tions to the United Nations Democracy Fund: Provided 

10 further, That not later than 60 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, such funds shall be made available 

12 for core contributions for each entity listed in the table 

13 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act 

14 unless otherwise provided for in this Act, or if the Sec15 retary of State has justified to the Committees on Appro16 priations the proposed uses of funds other than for core 

17 contributions following prior consultation with, and sub18 ject to the regular notification procedures of, such Com19 mittees. 

20 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

21 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

22 For payment to the International Bank for Recon23 struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi24 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

25 $150,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND

2 For contribution to the Clean Technology Fund, 

3 $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That up to $150,000,000 of such amount shall be 

5 available to cover costs, as defined in section 502 of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans issued 

7 to the Clean Technology Fund: Provided further, That 

8 such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

9 the principal amount of direct loans without limitation. 

10 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

11 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

12 For payment to the International Bank for Recon13 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas14 ury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 

15 the increases in capital stock, $206,500,000, to remain 

16 available until expended. 

17 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

18 The United States Governor of the International 

19 Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 

20 without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 

21 of the United States share of increases in capital stock 

22 in an amount not to exceed $1,421,275,728.70. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 ASSOCIATION

3 For payment to the International Development Asso4 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,480,256,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

7 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

8 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

9 $43,610,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

11 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 

13 of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, 

14 $54,648,752, to remain available until expended. 

15 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

16 The United States Governor of the African Develop17 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

18 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

19 of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

20 $8,656,174,624. 

21 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

22 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

23 the Secretary of the Treasury, $197,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

2 BANK

3 For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor4 poration by the Secretary of the Treasury, $75,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

6 amounts may be made available for the United States 

7 share of an increase in the capital stock of the Inter-Amer8 ican Investment Corporation. 

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR

10 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

11 For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc12 tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury 

13 for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 

14 increases in capital stock, $50,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

17 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

18 For payment to the International Fund for Agricul19 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

20 $54,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM

22 For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Se23 curity Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

24 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 TREASURY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

2 For contributions by the Secretary of the Treasury 

3 to international financial institutions and trust funds ad4 ministered by such institutions, in addition to amounts 

5 otherwise available for such purposes, $200,000,000, to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

7 amount made available under this heading, up to 

8 $200,000,000 may be available for the costs of loan guar9 antees for the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

10 Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 

11 Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, 

12 and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop13 ment, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

14 Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

4 INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $9,600,000, of 

8 which up to $1,440,000 may remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2026. 

10 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au12 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

13 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora14 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con15 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi16 tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 

17 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro18 gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Pro19 vided, That none of the funds available during the current 

20 fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, 

21 or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, 

22 or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon 

23 state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non24 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive eco25 nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto-
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1 nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of 

2 this Act. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

5 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

6 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

7 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not 

8 to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation 

9 expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to 

10 exceed $130,100,000, of which up to $19,515,000 may re11 main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 

12 the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, 

13 payment or services provided by transaction participants 

14 for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 

15 any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar16 antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 

17 further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

18 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 

19 (a) of such section shall remain in effect until September 

20 30, 2025: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge 

21 fees for necessary expenses (including special services per22 formed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 

23 personal services) in connection with the collection of mon24 eys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collat25 eral or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction 
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1 of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal 

2 of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, 

3 or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli4 cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

5 been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting 

6 transactions: Provided further, That in addition to other 

7 funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees 

8 shall be credited to this account for such purposes, to re9 main available until expended. 

10 PROGRAM BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS

11 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur12 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 

13 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not 

14 to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That such costs, including the 

16 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

17 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

18 further, That such funds shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2040, for the disbursement of direct loans, 

20 loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 

21 in fiscal years 2025 through 2028. 

22 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

23 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

24 Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal 

25 Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed 
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1 the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off2 setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 

3 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

4 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col5 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

6 from the General Fund estimated at $0. 

7 UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

8 FINANCE CORPORATION

9 INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

12 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $8,000,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2026. 

14 CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

15 The United States International Development Fi16 nance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to 

17 make such expenditures and commitments within the lim18 its of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor19 poration, and in accordance with the law, and to make 

20 such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis21 cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 

22 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 

23 out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor24 poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac25 tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 
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1 of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 

2 of Public Law 115–254) and for administrative expenses 

3 to carry out authorized activities described in section 

4 1434(d) of such Act, $1,008,400,000: Provided further, 

5 That of the amount provided— 

6 (1) $245,000,000 shall remain available until 

7 September 30, 2027, for administrative expenses to 

8 carry out authorized activities (including an amount 

9 for official reception and representation expenses 

10 which shall not exceed $25,000); and 

11 (2) $763,400,000 shall remain available until 

12 September 30, 2027, for the activities described in 

13 subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 

14 of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts ob15 ligated in a fiscal year for activities described in sec16 tion 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for 

17 disbursement for the term of the underlying project: 

18 Provided further, That amounts made available 

19 under this paragraph may be paid to the ‘‘United 

20 States International Development Finance Corpora21 tion—Program Account’’ for programs authorized 

22 by subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 

23 of the BUILD Act of 2018: 

24 Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursu25 ant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject 
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1 to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

2 committees and the regular notification procedures of the 

3 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

4 funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap5 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper6 ations, and related programs for support by the Corpora7 tion in upper-middle income countries shall be subject to 

8 prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: 

9 Provided further, That in fiscal year 2025 collections of 

10 amounts described in section 1434(h) of the BUILD Act 

11 of 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 

12 appropriation: Provided further, That such collections col13 lected in fiscal year 2025 in excess of $1,008,400,000 

14 shall be credited to this account and shall be available in 

15 future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 

16 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That in fiscal 

17 year 2025, if such collections are less than 

18 $1,008,400,000, receipts collected pursuant to the 

19 BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal Credit Reform Act 

20 of 1990, in an amount equal to such shortfall, shall be 

21 credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation: 

22 Provided further, That fees charged for project-specific 

23 transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of the 

24 BUILD Act of 2018, and other direct costs associated 

25 with origination or monitoring services provided to specific 
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1 or potential investors, shall not be considered administra2 tive expenses for the purposes of this heading: Provided 

3 further, That such fees shall be credited to this account 

4 for such purposes, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made 

6 available under this heading may not be used to provide 

7 any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited by any 

8 other provision of law or to provide assistance to any for9 eign country that is otherwise prohibited by any other pro10 vision of law: Provided further, That the sums herein ap11 propriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a 

12 dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collections de13 scribed under this heading so as to result in a final fiscal 

14 year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at 

15 $593,400,000. 

16 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De18 velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac19 count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2027: Provided, That amounts paid to this account from 

21 CCA or transferred to this account pursuant to section 

22 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 

23 Law 115–254) shall be available for the costs of direct 

24 and guaranteed loans provided by the Corporation pursu25 ant to section 1421(b) of such Act and the costs of modi-
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1 fying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the Cor2 poration pursuant to section 1463 of such Act: Provided 

3 further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

4 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

6 such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain avail7 able for disbursement for the following 8 fiscal years: Pro8 vided further, That funds made available in this Act and 

9 transferred to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961 pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 

11 2018 may remain available for obligation for 1 additional 

12 fiscal year: Provided further, That the total loan principal 

13 or guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed 

14 $14,000,000,000. 

15 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

18 $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2026: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 

20 heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for rep21 resentation and entertainment expenses. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

4 SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 

5 Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 

6 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

7 59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author8 ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 

9 transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 

10 United States Code. 

11 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

12 SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 

13 States Government to which funds are appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 

16 cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex17 pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 

18 Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 

19 such department or agency in fiscal year 2025 or any pre20 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

21 That the report required by this section shall be submitted 

22 not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 

23 and should specify by account the amount of funds obli24 gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 

25 been further sub-obligated. 
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1 CONSULTING SERVICES

2 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

3 under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 

4 procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 

5 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

6 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

7 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro8 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

9 issued pursuant to existing law. 

10 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

11 SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING

12 EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 

13 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter14 terrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, 

15 as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 

16 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), as 

17 amended by section 111 of the Department of State Au18 thorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a 

19 project to construct a facility of the United States may 

20 include office space or other accommodations for members 

21 of the United States Marine Corps. 

22 (b) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATIONS.—Funds 

23 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria24 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

25 related programs, which may be made available for the 
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1 acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 

2 for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis3 cal year 2025, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

4 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

5 on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 

6 to this subsection shall include the information specified 

7 under this section in the report accompanying this Act: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall consult 

9 with the Committees on Appropriations at the early 

10 project development stage for out-year construction 

11 projects, including to discuss security and non-security 

12 construction requirements, modifications to scope, and 

13 cost reductions identified for such projects, consistent with 

14 applicable laws and regulations: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary shall submit a quarterly report to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations on contingency savings identified 

17 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se18 curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ by prior Acts 

19 making appropriations for the Department of State, for20 eign operations, and related programs, and the obligation 

21 of funds made available by such savings shall be subject 

22 to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria23 tions. 

24 (c) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES

25 ABROAD.— 
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1 (1) SECURITY VULNERABILITIES.—Funds ap2 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy 

3 Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be 

4 made available, following consultation with the ap5 propriate congressional committees, to address secu6 rity vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United 

7 States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 

8 security upgrades and local guard staffing. 

9 (2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any 

11 significant modification to an interim or temporary 

12 United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 

13 prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

14 committees and the regular notification procedures 

15 of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 

16 such consultation and notification may be waived if 

17 there is a security risk to personnel. 

18 (d) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

20 Maintenance’’ may be made available for security up21 grades to soft targets, including schools, recreational fa22 cilities, residences, and places of worship used by United 

23 States diplomatic personnel and their dependents. 
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1 (e) FACILITIES.—None of the funds made available 

2 by this Act may be used to move the United States em3 bassy in Israel to a location other than Jerusalem. 

4 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

5 SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 

6 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per7 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in8 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg9 etary resources available under title I to such department 

10 or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 

11 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

12 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

13 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

14 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

15 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 

16 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

17 SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained 

18 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur19 poses within the United States not authorized before en20 actment of this Act by Congress: Provided, That up to 

21 $25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 316 of the International Security and Develop23 ment Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533; 22 

24 U.S.C. 2151a note). 
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1 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

2 COUNTRIES

3 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

5 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

6 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

7 Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 

8 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

9 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 

10 and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

11 COUPS D’E ́TAT

12 SEC. 7008. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap13 propriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles 

14 III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended 

15 to finance directly any assistance to the government of any 

16 country whose duly elected head of government is deposed 

17 by military coup d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date of en18 actment of this Act, a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the 

19 military plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance 

20 may be resumed to such government if the Secretary of 

21 State certifies and reports to the appropriate congres22 sional committees that subsequent to the termination of 

23 assistance a democratically elected government has taken 

24 office: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 

25 shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec-
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1 tions or public participation in democratic processes, or 

2 to support a democratic transition: Provided further, That 

3 funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 

4 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

5 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria6 tions. 

7 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following con8 sultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, may 

9 waive the restriction in this section on a program-by-pro10 gram basis if the Secretary certifies and reports to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is in the 

12 national security interest of the United States: Provided, 

13 That funds made available pursuant to such waiver shall 

14 be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti15 fication procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after a duly 

17 elected head of government is deposed by military coup 

18 d’e ́tat or decree, the Secretary of State and Administrator 

19 of the United States Agency for International Develop20 ment, in coordination with the heads of other relevant 

21 Federal agencies, shall jointly submit a report to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations detailing— 

23 (1) all United States assistance currently allo24 cated or planned for the applicable country by ac25 count and amount; 
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1 (2) any such assistance not subject to the re2 striction in this section on a program, project, or ac3 tivity basis; 

4 (3) any available notwithstanding authorities to 

5 continue obligating and expending assistance that is 

6 otherwise restricted by this section, and whether 

7 such authorities will be relied on, if known at the 

8 time of submission of the report; and 

9 (4) whether any such restricted assistance will 

10 continue pursuant to the first or second provisos in 

11 subsection (a) or the waiver in subsection (b), if 

12 known at the time of submission of the report. 

13 TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY

14 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND

15 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 

16 (1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 5 percent 

18 of any appropriation made available for the cur19 rent fiscal year for the Department of State 

20 under title I of this Act may be transferred be21 tween, and merged with, such appropriations, 

22 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 

23 specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

24 than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 

25 such transfer may be made to increase the ap-
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1 propriation under the heading ‘‘Representation 

2 Expenses’’. 

3 (B) EMBASSY SECURITY.—Funds appro4 priated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro5 grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Pro6 tection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

7 Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo8 matic and Consular Service’’ in this Act may be 

9 transferred to, and merged with, funds appro10 priated under such headings if the Secretary of 

11 State determines and reports to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 

13 implement the recommendations of the 

14 Benghazi Accountability Review Board, for 

15 emergency evacuations, or to prevent or re16 spond to security situations and requirements, 

17 following consultation with, and subject to the 

18 regular notification procedures of, such Com19 mittees. 

20 (C) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC

21 AND CONSULAR SERVICE.—Of the amount made 

22 available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro23 grams’’ for Worldwide Security Protection, not 

24 to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, 

25 and merged with, funds made available by this 
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1 Act under the heading ‘‘Emergencies in the 

2 Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, to be avail3 able only for emergency evacuations and re4 wards, as authorized. 

5 (D) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—The transfer 

6 authorities provided by subparagraphs (B) and 

7 (C) are in addition to any transfer authority 

8 otherwise available in this Act and under any 

9 other provision of law and the exercise of such 

10 authority shall be subject to prior consultation 

11 with the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 (2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL

13 MEDIA.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

15 the United States Agency for Global Media under 

16 title I of this Act may be transferred between, and 

17 merged with, such appropriations, but no such ap18 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

19 shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

20 such transfers. 

21 (3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any 

22 transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated 

23 as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 

24 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
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1 expenditure except in compliance with the proce2 dures set forth in that section. 

3 (b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BE4 TWEEN AGENCIES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made 

6 available under titles II through V of this Act may 

7 be transferred to any department, agency, or instru8 mentality of the United States Government, except 

9 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author10 ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 

11 Act. 

12 (2) ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS.—Notwith13 standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 

14 made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 

15 appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo17 cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 

18 Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 

19 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

20 1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 

21 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254). 

22 (3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 

23 into by the United States Agency for International 

24 Development or the Department of State with any 

25 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
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1 States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 

2 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

3 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 

4 section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 

5 by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 

6 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re7 lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

8 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

9 Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur10 asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg11 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

12 Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 

13 the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 

14 entered into between USAID and the Department of 

15 State. 

16 (c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

17 FINANCE CORPORATION.— 

18 (1) TRANSFERS.—Amounts transferred pursu19 ant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 

20 (division F of Public Law 115–254) may only be 

21 transferred from funds made available under title III 

22 of this Act: Provided, That any such transfers, or 

23 any other amounts transferred to the United States 

24 International Development Finance Corporation (the 

25 Corporation) pursuant to any provision of law, shall 
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1 be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

2 notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap3 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

4 State, the Administrator of the United States Agen5 cy for International Development, and the Chief Ex6 ecutive Officer of the Corporation, as appropriate, 

7 shall ensure that the programs funded by such 

8 transfers are coordinated with, and complement, for9 eign assistance programs implemented by the De10 partment of State and USAID. 

11 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM MILLENNIUM

12 CHALLENGE CORPORATION.—Funds appropriated 

13 under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora14 tion’’ in this Act or prior Acts making appropria15 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper16 ations, and related programs may be transferred to 

17 accounts under the heading ‘‘United States Inter18 national Development Finance Corporation’’ and, 

19 when so transferred, may be used for the costs of 

20 activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of sec21 tion 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, 

22 That such funds shall be subject to the limitations 

23 provided in the second, third, and fifth provisos 

24 under the heading ‘‘United States International De25 velopment Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ 
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1 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer exe2 cuted pursuant to the transfer authority provided in 

3 this paragraph shall not exceed 10 percent of an in4 dividual Compact awarded pursuant to section 

5 609(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 

6 (title VI of Public Law 108–199): Provided further, 

7 That such funds shall not be available for adminis8 trative expenses of the United States International 

9 Development Finance Corporation: Provided further, 

10 That such authority shall be subject to prior con11 sultation with, and the regular notification proce12 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro13 vided further, That the transfer authority provided 

14 in this section is in addition to any other transfer 

15 authority provided by law: Provided further, That 

16 within 60 days of the termination in whole or in part 

17 of the Compact from which funds were transferred 

18 under this authority to the United States Inter19 national Development Finance Corporation, any un20 obligated balances shall be transferred back to the 

21 Millennium Challenge Corporation, subject to the 

22 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

23 Appropriations. 

24 (d) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.— 
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1 (1) TRANSFERS.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act and unobligated balances of funds appropriated 

3 by prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart4 ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro5 grams under the headings ‘‘International Affairs 

6 Technical Assistance’’, ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’, 

7 ‘‘Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation’’, and 

8 ‘‘Treasury International Assistance Programs’’ may 

9 be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro10 priated by this Act under such headings. 

11 (2) UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Unobligated 

12 balances of funds appropriated by prior Acts making 

13 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

14 operations, and related programs under the heading 

15 ‘‘Contributions to International Monetary Fund Fa16 cilities and Trust Funds’’ may be transferred to, 

17 and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act 

18 under the heading ‘‘Treasury International Assist19 ance Programs’’. 

20 (3) NOTIFICATION AND PERIOD OF AVAIL21 ABILITY.—The transfer authority provided by this 

22 subsection is in addition to any transfer authority 

23 otherwise provided by this Act or any other Act and 

24 is subject to the regular notification procedures of 

25 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
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1 any unobligated balances of funds appropriated by 

2 prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart3 ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro4 grams and transferred pursuant to this subsection 

5 shall retain their original period of availability. 

6 (e) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM7 MISSION.— 

8 (1) TRANSFERS.—Funds may be transferred to 

9 the United States Section of the International 

10 Boundary and Water Commission, United States 

11 and Mexico, from Federal or non-Federal entities, to 

12 study, design, construct, operate, implement, and 

13 maintain wastewater treatment facilities, flood con14 trol works, water conservation projects, and related 

15 structures, consistent with the functions of the 

16 United States Section: Provided, That such funds 

17 shall be deposited in an account under the heading 

18 ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, 

19 United States and Mexico’’, to remain available until 

20 expended. 

21 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN AC22 COUNTS.—Of the funds appropriated under the 

23 heading ‘‘International Boundary and Water Com24 mission, United States and Mexico, Construction’’ in 

25 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
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1 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re2 lated programs for the United States Section, up to 

3 $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, 

4 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International 

5 Boundary and Water Commission, United States 

6 and Mexico, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the 

7 purposes of the United States Section. 

8 (3) GRANTS.—Of the funds appropriated or 

9 otherwise made available by this Act under the head10 ing ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commis11 sion, United States and Mexico, Construction’’, up 

12 to $10,000,000 may be made available for grants for 

13 water conservation activities in Mexico which provide 

14 a Rio Grande water benefit to the United States. 

15 (4) NOTIFICATION.—The transfer authorities in 

16 this subsection are in addition to any other transfer 

17 authority provided by this Act or any other Act: Pro18 vided, That funds under this subsection shall be sub19 ject to the regular notification procedures of the 

20 Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 

22 None of the funds made available under titles II through 

23 V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 

24 account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 

25 for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
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1 the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 

2 of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 

3 of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 

4 written policy justification to the Committees on Appro5 priations. 

6 (g) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF

7 FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 

8 funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap9 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper10 ations, and related programs entered into between the De11 partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 

12 United States Government under the authority of section 

13 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any com14 parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 

15 Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans16 fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 

17 responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 

18 shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 

19 use of such funds and report to the Department of State 

20 or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au21 dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 

23 State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 

24 funds transferred under such authority may be made 

25 available for the cost of such audits. 
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1 PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES

2 SEC. 7010. (a) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the 

3 funds made available by this Act for the operating ex4 penses of any United States Government department or 

5 agency may be used to establish or maintain a computer 

6 network for use by such department or agency unless such 

7 network has filters designed to block access to sexually 

8 explicit websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection 

9 shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, 

10 State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any 

11 other entity carrying out the following activities: criminal 

12 investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; adminis13 trative discipline; and the monitoring of such websites un14 dertaken as part of official business. 

15 (b) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 

16 None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 

17 available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to18 bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys19 tems), or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 

20 country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or to21 bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys22 tems), except for restrictions which are not applied equally 

23 to all tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nic24 otine delivery systems) of the same type. 
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1 (c) REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EX2 PENSES.—Each Federal department, agency, or entity 

3 funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Department 

4 of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in titles 

5 III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that do6 mestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex7 penses further official agency business and United States 

8 foreign policy interests, and— 

9 (1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 

10 of the Executive Branch; 

11 (2) are principally for meals and events of a 

12 protocol nature; 

13 (3) are not for employee-only events; and 

14 (4) do not include activities that are substan15 tially of a recreational character. 

16 (d) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.— 

17 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail18 able by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Mili19 tary Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Fi20 nancing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or 

21 under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Develop22 ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘As23 sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 

24 obligated or expended to pay for— 

25 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 
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1 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

2 are substantially of a recreational character, includ3 ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 

4 musical productions, and amusement parks. 

5 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

6 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

7 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

8 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 

9 provided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

10 for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 

11 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

12 Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 

13 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds made available 

14 for ‘‘United States International Development Finance 

15 Corporation’’ and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu16 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for 

17 an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail18 ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 

19 funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their 

20 respective periods of availability contained in this Act: 

21 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi22 sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes 

23 of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob25 ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance 
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1 of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re2 main available for an additional 4 years from the date on 

3 which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 

4 expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated 

5 before the expiration of their respective periods of avail6 ability contained in this Act: Provided further, That the 

7 Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development shall provide 

9 a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 

10 than October 31, 2025, detailing by account and source 

11 year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal 

12 year: Provided further, That an obligation in excess of 

13 $2,000,000 from deobligated balances of funds appro14 priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

15 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re16 lated programs that remain available due to the exercise 

17 of the authority of this section shall be subject to the reg18 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro19 priations. 

20 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

21 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

22 SEC. 7012. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

23 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re24 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 

25 Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
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1 That subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be applied 

2 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

3 2009’’. 

4 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

5 ASSISTANCE

6 SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 

7 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

8 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

9 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov10 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist11 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

12 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

13 States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 

14 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 

15 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter16 national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

17 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec18 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

19 (b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR20 EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 

21 the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2025 on funds 

22 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria23 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

24 related programs by a foreign government or entity 

25 against United States assistance programs, either directly 
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1 or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 

2 be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 

3 assistance for fiscal year 2026 and for prior fiscal years 

4 and allocated for the central government of such country 

5 or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 

6 if, not later than September 30, 2026, such taxes have 

7 not been reimbursed. 

8 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

9 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

10 subsection (b). 

11 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

12 from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur13 suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist14 ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 

15 States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 

16 that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 

17 and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 

18 a programmatically responsible manner. 

19 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec21 tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en22 tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 

23 State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 that— 
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1 (A) such foreign government or entity has 

2 an effective arrangement that is providing sub3 stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 

4 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

5 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec6 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

7 not subject to taxation. 

8 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 

9 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

10 at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 

11 this subsection with regard to any foreign govern12 ment or entity. 

13 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

14 issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 

15 appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax16 ation of assistance contained in this section. 

17 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

18 (1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat19 eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 

20 agreement between the Government of the United 

21 States and the government of the country receiving 

22 assistance that describes the privileges and immuni23 ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 

24 for such country generally, or an individual agree25 ment between the Government of the United States 
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1 and such government that describes, among other 

2 things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 

3 accorded the United States assistance provided 

4 under that agreement. 

5 (2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 

6 and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 

7 customs duties but shall not include individual in8 come taxes assessed to local staff. 

9 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

10 SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro11 priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 

12 specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 

13 programs within the same account notwithstanding the 

14 designation if compliance with the designation is made im15 possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 

16 Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub17 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit18 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 

19 that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 

20 made available under the same terms and conditions as 

21 originally provided. 

22 (b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 

23 the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe24 riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 

25 administered by the Department of State or the United 
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1 States Agency for International Development that are spe2 cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 

3 this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 

4 fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin5 istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 

7 of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir8 cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 

9 can be obligated during the original period of availability: 

10 Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 

11 available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 

12 only for the purpose of such designation. 

13 (c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des14 ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 

15 applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other16 wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 

17 Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des18 ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 

19 contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 

20 appropriated by this Act. 

21 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

22 SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO23 GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 

24 made available in titles I, II, and VI, and under the head25 ings ‘‘Peace Corps’’ and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
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1 tion’’, of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 

2 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

3 programs to the departments and agencies funded by this 

4 Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 

5 2025, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 

6 the United States derived by the collection of fees or of 

7 currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 

8 available by transfer, to the departments and agencies 

9 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 

10 (1) create new programs; 

11 (2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 

12 activity; 

13 (3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 

14 post; 

15 (4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re16 name bureaus, centers, or offices; or 

17 (5) contract out or privatize any functions or 

18 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

19 unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro20 priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad21 vance of such obligation. 

22 (b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF

23 FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I, II, 

24 and VI of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

25 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
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1 lated programs, to the departments and agencies funded 

2 under such titles that remain available for obligation in 

3 fiscal year 2025, or provided from any accounts in the 

4 Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

5 of fees available to the department and agency funded 

6 under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 

7 or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 

8 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

9 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

10 (1) augments or changes existing programs, 

11 projects, or activities; 

12 (2) relocates an existing office or employees; 

13 (3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist14 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per15 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

16 (4) results from any general savings, including 

17 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

18 result in a change in existing programs, projects, or 

19 activities as approved by Congress; 

20 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

21 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

22 (c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 

23 funds made available by this Act under the headings 

24 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 

25 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
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1 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peace 

2 Corps’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Inter3 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non4 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro5 grams’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Mili6 tary Education and Training’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financ7 ing Program’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Pro8 grams’’, ‘‘United States International Development Fi9 nance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Trade and Development Agen10 cy’’ shall be available for obligation for programs, projects, 

11 activities, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 

12 operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi13 fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 

14 under any of these specific headings unless the Commit15 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

16 such obligation: Provided, That the President shall not 

17 enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 

18 purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

19 for the provision of major defense equipment, other than 

20 conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 

21 defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 

22 not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 

23 of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit24 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

25 such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 
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1 this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 

2 other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for a pro3 gram, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated 

4 under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 

5 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for 

6 obligation for such program, project, or activity for the 

7 current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 

8 submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 

9 include information (if known on the date of transmittal 

10 of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author11 ity. 

12 (d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND

13 FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 

14 (1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro15 priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria16 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper17 ations, and related programs may be made available 

18 to support or continue any program initially funded 

19 under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 

20 or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 

21 the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 

22 State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

23 and in accordance with the regular notification pro24 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub25 mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
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1 a description of, and the estimated costs associated 

2 with, the support or continuation of such program. 

3 (2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro4 vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 

5 of Defense to the Department of State and the 

6 United States Agency for International Development 

7 for assistance for foreign countries and international 

8 organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica9 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria10 tions. 

11 (3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI12 CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De13 fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 

15 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro16 priations to the same extent and under the same 

17 conditions as other committees pursuant to sub18 section (f) of that section: Provided, That before 

19 issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 

20 under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 

21 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro22 priations in accordance with the regular notification 

23 procedures of such Committees if such defense arti24 cles are significant military equipment (as defined in 

25 section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or 
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1 are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 

2 $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 

3 elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 

4 funds for specific countries that would receive such 

5 excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 

6 Committees shall also be informed of the original ac7 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

8 (e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 

9 any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ10 ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 

11 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

12 Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 

13 pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro14 vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 

16 as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak17 ing the action to which such notification requirement was 

18 applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi19 tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 

20 provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla21 nation of the emergency circumstances. 

22 (f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 

23 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

24 this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 

25 Afghanistan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, Egypt, 
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1 El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, 

2 Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the 

3 Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, 

4 Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, and 

5 Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica6 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 (g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other8 wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 

9 making funds available for the Department of State, for10 eign operations, and related programs that are made avail11 able for a trust fund held by an international financial 

12 institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro13 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and such 

14 notification shall include the information specified under 

15 this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

16 (h) OTHER PROGRAM NOTIFICATION REQUIRE17 MENTS.— 

18 (1) DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS.—Funds appro19 priated under title I of this Act under the heading 

20 ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that are made available for 

21 lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be sub22 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti23 fication procedures of, the Committees on Appro24 priations. 
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1 (2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

2 this Act that are made available for the following 

3 programs and activities shall be subject to the reg4 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

5 Appropriations: 

6 (A) the Global Engagement Center; 

7 (B) community-based police assistance con8 ducted pursuant to the authority of section 

9 7035(a)(1) of this Act; 

10 (C) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund 

11 and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund; 

12 (D) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 

13 (E) the Countering PRC Influence Fund 

14 and the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 

15 and 

16 (F) funds specifically allocated for the 

17 Partnership for Global Infrastructure and In18 vestment. 

19 (3) DEMOCRACY PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE20 DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy 

21 and procedures, including relating to the use of con22 sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall 

23 be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

24 notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap25 propriations. 
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1 (4) ARMS SALES.—The reports, notifications, 

2 and certifications, and any other documents, re3 quired to be submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of 

4 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and 

5 such documents submitted pursuant to section 36(b) 

6 through (d) of such Act with respect to countries 

7 that have received assistance provided with funds 

8 appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap9 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

10 operations, and related programs, shall be concur11 rently submitted to the Committees on Appropria12 tions and shall include information about the source 

13 of funds for any sale or transfer, as applicable, if 

14 known at the time of submission. 

15 (i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

16 by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 

17 obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap18 plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 

19 shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica20 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM.—The Secretary of 

22 State and USAID Administrator, as applicable, shall 

23 promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees 

24 of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act 

25 for assistance have been diverted or destroyed, to include 
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1 the type and amount of assistance, a description of the 

2 incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the 

3 response of the Department of State or USAID, as appro4 priate. 

5 (k) PRIOR CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The 

6 head of any Federal agency funded in this Act shall con7 sult with the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 

8 days prior to informing a government of, or publicly an9 nouncing a decision on, the suspension or early termi10 nation of assistance to a country or a territory, including 

11 as a result of an interagency or intra-agency review of 

12 such assistance, from funds appropriated by this Act or 

13 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

14 State, foreign operations, and related programs: Provided, 

15 That such consultation shall include a detailed justifica16 tion for such suspension, including a description of the 

17 assistance being suspended and what steps are required 

18 to resume such assistance. 

19 DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 

20 AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS

21 SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 

22 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 

23 III through VI of this Act shall be available to a non24 governmental organization, including any contractor, 

25 which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
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1 file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 

2 the Department of State and the United States Agency 

3 for International Development. 

4 (b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 

5 (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 

6 (3), any report required by this Act to be submitted 

7 to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds 

8 made available by this Act shall be posted on the 

9 public website of such agency not later than 45 days 

10 following the receipt of such report by Congress. 

11 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 

12 if— 

13 (A) the head of such agency determines 

14 and reports to the Committees on Appropria15 tions in the transmittal letter accompanying 

16 such report that— 

17 (i) the public posting of the report 

18 would compromise national security, in19 cluding the conduct of diplomacy; or 

20 (ii) the report contains proprietary or 

21 other privileged information; or 

22 (B) the public posting of the report is spe23 cifically exempted in the report accompanying 

24 this Act. 
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1 (3) The agency posting such report shall do so 

2 only after the report has been made available to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations. 

4 (4) The head of the agency posting such report 

5 shall do so in a central location on the public website 

6 of such agency. 

7 (c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER8 SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and 

9 USAID Administrator shall— 

10 (1) regularly review and update the policies, di11 rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 

12 Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu13 tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva14 tion of all records made or received in the conduct 

15 of official business, including record emails, instant 

16 messaging, and other online tools; 

17 (2) use funds appropriated by this Act under 

18 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 

19 Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Ex20 penses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, 

21 as appropriate, to improve Federal records manage22 ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 

23 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other ap24 plicable Federal records management statutes, regu-
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1 lations, or policies for the Department of State and 

2 USAID; 

3 (3) direct departing employees, including senior 

4 officials, that all Federal records generated by such 

5 employees belong to the Federal Government; 

6 (4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre7 vious fiscal year, the response time for identifying 

8 and retrieving Federal records, including requests 

9 made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United 

10 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 

11 Information Act’’); and 

12 (5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to miti13 gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 

14 the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 

15 the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 

16 remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 

17 guidance related to the control of national security 

18 information, and implement the recommendations of 

19 the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In20 spector General. 

21 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

22 SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 

23 not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu24 tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 

25 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 
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1 within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 

2 determination and any resulting changes to program or 

3 policy. 

4 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

5 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

6 SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 

7 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

8 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor9 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

10 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 

11 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist12 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

13 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

14 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

15 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

16 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 

17 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 

18 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

19 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

20 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

21 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

23 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

24 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 

25 such country or organization would violate any of the 
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1 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri2 lizations. 

3 ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS

4 SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 

5 subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 

6 III through V shall be made available in the amounts spe7 cifically designated in the respective tables included in the 

8 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such des9 ignated amounts for foreign countries and international 

10 organizations shall serve as the amounts for such coun11 tries and international organizations transmitted to Con12 gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the For13 eign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available 

14 for such foreign countries and international organizations 

15 notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such re16 port. 

17 (b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise 

18 provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the 

19 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter20 national Development, as applicable, may only deviate up 

21 to 15 percent from the amounts specifically designated in 

22 the respective tables included in the report accompanying 

23 this Act: Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded 

24 only if the Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, 

25 as applicable, determines and reports in writing to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis 

2 that such deviation is necessary to respond to significant, 

3 exigent, or unforeseen events, or to address other excep4 tional circumstances directly related to the national secu5 rity interest of the United States, including a description 

6 of such events or circumstances: Provided further, That 

7 deviations pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be sub8 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

9 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 (c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated 

11 amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 

12 the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As13 sistance Act of 1961, deviations authorized by subsection 

14 (b) may only take place after submission of such report. 

15 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

16 (1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 

17 (A) funds for which the initial period of 

18 availability has expired; and 

19 (B) amounts designated by this Act as 

20 minimum funding requirements. 

21 (2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate 

22 from amounts designated in the respective tables in23 cluded in the report accompanying this Act shall not 

24 apply to the table included under the heading ‘‘Glob25 al Health Programs’’ in such report. 
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1 (3) With respect to the amounts designated for 

2 ‘‘Global Programs’’ in the table under the heading 

3 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ included in the report 

4 accompanying this Act, the matter preceding the 

5 first proviso in subsection (b) of this section shall be 

6 applied by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘10 per7 cent’’, and the provisos in such subsection (b) shall 

8 not apply. 

9 (e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Ad10 ministrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, 

11 shall submit the reports required, in the manner described, 

12 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That not 

13 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

14 the Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, and heads 

15 of other Federal agencies funded by this Act shall submit 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations a list of all reports 

17 required to be submitted by this Act, including pursuant 

18 to this subsection: Provided further, That such list shall 

19 identify the title or topic, due date, submission frequency, 

20 and recipients of each report. 

21 (f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

22 under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 

23 and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be in24 cluded for purposes of meeting amounts designated for 
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1 countries in this Act, unless such headings are specifically 

2 designated as the source of funds. 

3 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

4 SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be used to make any 

6 pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bi7 lateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act 

8 unless such pledge was: (1) previously justified, including 

9 the projected future year costs, in a congressional budget 

10 justification; (2) included in an Act making appropriations 

11 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re12 lated programs or previously authorized by an Act of Con13 gress; (3) notified in accordance with the regular notifica14 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, in15 cluding the projected future year costs; or (4) the subject 

16 of prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria17 tions and such consultation was conducted at least 7 days 

18 in advance of the pledge. 

19 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

20 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

21 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX22 PORTS.— 

23 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro24 priated or otherwise made available under titles III 

25 through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
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1 foreign government which provides lethal military 

2 equipment to a country the government of which the 

3 Secretary of State has determined supports inter4 national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of 

5 the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

6 4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this 

7 section with respect to a foreign government shall 

8 terminate 12 months after that government ceases 

9 to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 

10 That this section applies with respect to lethal mili11 tary equipment provided under a contract entered 

12 into after October 1, 1997. 

13 (2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 

14 paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 

15 may be furnished if the President determines that to 

16 do so is important to the national interest of the 

17 United States. 

18 (3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 

19 determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi20 dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria21 tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 

22 assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 

23 assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 

24 amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
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1 how the assistance furthers the United States na2 tional interest. 

3 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

4 (1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi5 lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 

6 and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 

7 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

8 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

9 shall not be made available to any foreign govern10 ment which the President determines— 

11 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

12 any individual or group which has committed 

13 an act of international terrorism; 

14 (B) otherwise supports international ter15 rorism; or 

16 (C) is controlled by an organization des17 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec18 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

20 (2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap21 plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 

22 President determines that national security or hu23 manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 

24 That the President shall publish each such waiver in 

25 the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
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1 waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica3 tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 

4 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro5 priations. 

6 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

7 SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

8 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel9 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith10 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori12 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For13 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

14 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na15 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

16 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

17 SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 

18 of this Act, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de19 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in20 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

21 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

22 for the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu23 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 

24 Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and ac25 tivity’’ shall also be considered to include country, re-
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1 gional, and central program level funding within each such 

2 account, and for the development assistance accounts of 

3 the United States Agency for International Development, 

4 ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 

5 to include central, country, regional, and program level 

6 funding, either as— 

7 (1) justified to Congress; or 

8 (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac9 cordance with the report required by section 653(a) 

10 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi11 fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 

12 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

13 FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL14 OPMENT FOUNDATION

15 SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

16 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

17 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria18 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

19 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi20 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

21 Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 

22 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con23 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro24 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

2 days of taking such action. 

3 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

4 SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 

6 III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 

7 of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im8 port Bank and the United States International Develop9 ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 

10 to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 

11 commitments for establishing or expanding production of 

12 any commodity for export by any country other than the 

13 United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 

14 on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca15 pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist16 ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro17 ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro18 vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export19 Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 

20 the benefits to industry and employment in the United 

21 States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 

22 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 

23 and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 

24 on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 

25 shall not prohibit— 
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1 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as2 sistance from the International Development Asso3 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter4 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

5 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri6 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

7 is furnished; or 

8 (2) activities in a country the President deter9 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu10 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

11 (b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 

12 this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 

14 for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im15 provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con16 ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro17 duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 

18 for export which would compete with a similar commodity 

19 grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 

20 this subsection shall not prohibit— 

21 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

22 in developing countries where such activities will not 

23 have a significant impact on the export of agricul24 tural commodities of the United States; 
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1 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

2 benefit United States producers; 

3 (3) activities in a country that is eligible for as4 sistance from the International Development Asso5 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter6 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

7 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri8 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

9 is furnished; or 

10 (4) activities in a country the President deter11 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu12 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

13 (c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

14 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

15 States executive director of each international financial in16 stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States 

17 to oppose any assistance by such institution, using funds 

18 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 

19 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 

20 for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 

21 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

22 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 

23 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

24 SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

25 CURRENCIES.— 
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1 (1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 

2 the government of a foreign country under chapters 

3 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 

4 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 

5 which result in the generation of local currencies of 

6 that country, the Administrator of the United States 

7 Agency for International Development shall— 

8 (A) require that local currencies be depos9 ited in a separate account established by that 

10 government; 

11 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov12 ernment which sets forth— 

13 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

14 to be generated; and 

15 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

16 which the currencies so deposited may be 

17 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

18 (C) establish by agreement with that gov19 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

20 government to monitor and account for deposits 

21 into and disbursements from the separate ac22 count. 

23 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 

24 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur25 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
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1 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur2 rencies, shall be used only— 

3 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 

4 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 

6 purposes as— 

7 (i) project and sector assistance activi8 ties; or 

9 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

10 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

11 the United States Government. 

12 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

13 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

14 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

15 to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 

16 established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 

17 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

18 (a)(2). 

19 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO20 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun21 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

22 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 

23 the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 

24 funds which remain in a separate account estab25 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
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1 for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov2 ernment of that country and the United States Gov3 ernment. 

4 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail6 able to the government of a foreign country, under 

7 chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 

8 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

9 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

10 country shall be required to maintain such funds in 

11 a separate account and not commingle with any 

12 other funds. 

13 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

14 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

15 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon16 sistent with the nature of this assistance, including 

17 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan18 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac19 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re20 port No. 98–1159). 

21 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 

22 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec23 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica24 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

25 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
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1 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro2 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis3 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

4 served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 

5 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

6 be promoted by such assistance). 

7 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

8 funds may be exempt from the requirements of para9 graph (1) only through the regular notification pro10 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

12 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN13 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

14 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

15 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

16 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

17 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

18 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 

19 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 

20 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu21 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 

22 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

23 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

24 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria25 tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
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1 cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 

2 assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 

3 such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 

4 subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu5 tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza6 tions contained in this or any other Act. 

7 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2025, re8 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

9 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re10 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

11 Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 

12 of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 

13 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

14 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg15 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro16 priations. 

17 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

18 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

19 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

20 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup21 port international terrorism; or 

22 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

23 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

24 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
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1 country that violates internationally recognized 

2 human rights. 

3 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE INNOVATION, EFFECTIVENESS, AND

4 SUSTAINABILITY

5 SEC. 7028. (a) INNOVATION.— 

6 (1) SCALING EFFECTIVE MODELS.—Of the 

7 funds appropriated by this Act under title III, not 

8 less than $25,000,000 shall be made available to 

9 scale cost-effective, innovative efforts that advance 

10 the national interests and development objectives of 

11 the United States, that were previously supported 

12 through Development Innovation Ventures, innova13 tion incentive awards, or other innovation efforts: 

14 Provided, That not later than 120 days after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

16 the United States Agency for International Develop17 ment shall submit a report to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations detailing the implementation of this 

19 paragraph, consistent with the requirements in20 cluded under this section in the report accompanying 

21 this Act. 

22 (2) INCENTIVE AWARDS.—The USAID Admin23 istrator may use funds appropriated by this Act 

24 under title III to make innovation incentive awards 

25 in accordance with the terms and conditions of sec-
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1 tion 7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign 

2 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

3 Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6), except 

4 that each individual award may not exceed 

5 $500,000. 

6 (3) DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION VENTURES.— 

7 Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

8 heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 

9 $50,000,000 shall be made available for the Devel10 opment Innovation Ventures program, which may be 

11 made available for the purposes of chapter I of part 

12 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

13 (b) LOCALIZATION.— 

14 (1) LOCAL PARTNERS.—Not later than 120 

15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

16 USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the 

17 appropriate congressional committees detailing 

18 progress made by USAID during the prior fiscal 

19 year to advance locally-led development and humani20 tarian response, consistent with the requirements in21 cluded under this section in the report accompanying 

22 this Act. 

23 (2) LOCAL WORKS.— 

24 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
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1 and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

2 $100,000,000 shall be made available for Local 

3 Works pursuant to section 7080 of the Depart4 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

5 Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J 

6 of Public Law 113–235), which may remain 

7 available until September 30, 2029. 

8 (B) For the purposes of section 7080 of 

9 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

10 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

11 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eli12 gible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, 

13 international, and United States-based non14 governmental organizations, educational institu15 tions, sub-national government entities, and 

16 other small entities that have received less than 

17 a total of $5,000,000 from USAID over the 

18 previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, That depart19 ments or centers of such educational institu20 tions may be considered individually in deter21 mining such eligibility. 

22 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 

23 (1) BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK.—Funds appro24 priated under title III of this Act shall be made 

25 available for the regular and systematic collection of 
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1 feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries of 

2 United States assistance to enhance the quality and 

3 relevance of such assistance: Provided, That the Sec4 retary of State and USAID Administrator shall con5 duct regular oversight to ensure that such feedback 

6 is collected and used by implementing partners to in7 form program design and maximize the impact and 

8 cost-effectiveness of such assistance. 

9 (2) EVALUATIONS.— 

10 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 under titles III and IV, not less than 

12 $15,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, shall be made available for impact eval14 uations, including ex-post evaluations, of the ef15 fectiveness and sustainability of United States 

16 Government-funded assistance programs: Pro17 vided, That of the funds made available pursu18 ant to this subparagraph, $10,000,000 shall be 

19 administered by the Office of the Chief Econo20 mist, USAID, and may be used for administra21 tive expenses of such Office: Provided further, 

22 That funds made available pursuant to this 

23 subparagraph are in addition to funds otherwise 

24 made available for such purposes. 
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1 (B) Funds made available under titles I 

2 through IV of this Act and prior Acts making 

3 appropriations for the Department of State, 

4 foreign operations, and related programs may 

5 be used to conduct monitoring, evaluation, and 

6 learning activities for programs funded under 

7 any such title in such Acts. 

8 (3) COST EFFECTIVENESS.—Funds made avail9 able under title III of this Act and prior Acts mak10 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for11 eign operations, and related programs shall be made 

12 available for benchmarking activities intended to 

13 standardize the measurement of cost effectiveness 

14 across USAID development programs: Provided, 

15 That the design of such benchmarking activities 

16 shall be the responsibility of the Office of the Chief 

17 Economist, USAID. 

18 (d) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.— 

19 (1) ENTERPRISES FOR DEVELOPMENT, 

20 GROWTH, AND EMPOWERMENT FUND.—Of the funds 

21 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Devel22 opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

23 not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 

24 for USAID’s Enterprises for Development, Growth, 

25 and Empowerment Fund. 
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1 (2) FOUNDATIONS.—Of the funds appropriated 

2 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

3 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

4 related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup5 port Fund’’, $200,000,000 shall be made available 

6 to support new public-private partnership founda7 tions for conservation and food security if legislation 

8 establishing such foundations is enacted into law by 

9 December 31, 2025. 

10 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Of the funds appropriated 

11 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As12 sistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

13 made available for private sector partnerships, in14 cluding partnerships with philanthropic foundations, 

15 up to $50,000,000 may remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That funds made avail17 able pursuant to this paragraph may only be made 

18 available following prior consultation with, and the 

19 regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

20 on Appropriations. 

21 (e) STAFFING.— 

22 (1) CHIEF ECONOMISTS.—Of the funds appro23 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic 

24 Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, not less than 

25 $3,500,000 shall be made available for the Offices of 
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1 the Chief Economist of the Department of State and 

2 USAID, including to advance the objectives of this 

3 section, as specified under titles I and II of the re4 port accompanying this Act. 

5 (2) DEVELOPMENT ADVISORS.—Of the funds 

6 appropriated under titles II and III of this Act, not 

7 less than $2,000,000 shall be made available to de8 tail development professionals from USAID to the 

9 Department of the Treasury to inform the engage10 ment of the United States Executive Directors at 

11 the Multilateral Development Banks to maximize the 

12 effectiveness of United States assistance, as specified 

13 under this section in the report accompanying this 

14 Act: Provided, That such detailees shall begin such 

15 assignments not later than 120 days after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act. 

17 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

18 SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary of the 

19 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc20 tor of each international financial institution to use the 

21 voice of the United States to encourage such institution 

22 to adopt and implement a publicly available policy, includ23 ing the strategic use of peer reviews and external experts, 

24 to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of the effec25 tiveness of at least 35 percent of all loans, grants, pro-
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1 grams, and significant analytical non-lending activities in 

2 advancing the institution’s goals of reducing poverty and 

3 promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with rel4 evant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such 

5 loans, grants, programs, and activities are based on accu6 rate data and objective analysis. 

7 (b) SAFEGUARDS.— 

8 (1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

9 shall instruct the United States Executive Director 

10 of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

11 Development and the International Development As12 sociation to use the voice and vote of the United 

13 States to oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy 

14 if such institution has adopted and is implementing 

15 any social or environmental safeguard relevant to 

16 such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides 

17 less protection than World Bank safeguards in effect 

18 on September 30, 2015. 

19 (2) ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARDS, AND BEST

20 PRACTICES.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in21 struct the United States executive director of each 

22 international financial institution to use the voice 

23 and vote of the United States to oppose loans or 

24 other financing for projects unless such projects— 
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1 (A) provide for accountability and trans2 parency, including the collection, verification, 

3 and publication of beneficial ownership informa4 tion related to extractive industries and on-site 

5 monitoring during the life of the project; 

6 (B) will be developed and carried out in ac7 cordance with best practices regarding environ8 mental conservation, cultural protection, and 

9 empowerment of local populations, including 

10 free, prior and informed consent of affected In11 digenous communities; 

12 (C) do not provide incentives for, or facili13 tate, forced displacement or other violations of 

14 human rights; and 

15 (D) do not partner with or otherwise in16 volve enterprises owned or controlled by the 

17 armed forces. 

18 (c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro19 priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 

20 to any international financial institution while the United 

21 States executive director to such institution is com22 pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 

23 whatever compensation such executive director receives 

24 from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 

25 for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 
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1 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

2 States Code, or while any alternate United States execu3 tive director to such institution is compensated by the in4 stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 

5 individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

6 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

7 Code. 

8 (d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

9 shall instruct the United States executive director of each 

10 international financial institution to use the voice and vote 

11 of the United States to promote human rights due dili12 gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 

13 with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution 

14 in accordance with the requirements specified under this 

15 section in the report accompanying this Act. 

16 (e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 

17 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc18 tor of each international financial institution to use the 

19 voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and 

20 other financing agreements improvements in borrowing 

21 countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to 

22 investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 

23 (f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 

24 Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 

25 executive director of each international financial institu-
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1 tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 

2 such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the max3 imum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information 

4 (excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 

5 limited liability company, other than a publicly listed com6 pany, that receives funds from any such financial institu7 tion. 

8 (g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 

9 of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 

10 director of each international financial institution to use 

11 the voice of the United States to encourage such institu12 tion to effectively implement and enforce policies and pro13 cedures which meet or exceed best practices in the United 

14 States for the protection of whistleblowers from retalia15 tion, including— 

16 (1) protection against retaliation for internal 

17 and lawful public disclosure; 

18 (2) legal burdens of proof; 

19 (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia20 tion; 

21 (4) access to binding independent adjudicative 

22 bodies, including shared cost and selection external 

23 arbitration; and 
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1 (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

2 retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 

3 prior employment. 

4 (h) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES.— 

5 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

6 States executive director of each international financial in7 stitution to use the voice of the United States to support 

8 independent investigative and adjudicative mechanisms 

9 and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in the 

10 United States to provide due process and fair compensa11 tion, including the right to reinstatement, for employees 

12 who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retalia13 tion, false allegations, or other misconduct. 

14 ECONOMIC RESILIENCE INITIATIVE

15 SEC. 7030. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 

16 (1) ALLOCATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 

17 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

18 shall be made available for the Economic Resilience 

19 Initiative to enhance the economic security and sta20 bility of the United States and partner countries, in21 cluding through efforts to counter economic coer22 cion: Provided, That such funds are in addition to 

23 funds otherwise made available for such purposes by 

24 this Act, including funds made available under the 

25 heading ‘‘Treasury International Assistance Pro-
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1 grams’’: Provided further, That funds made available 

2 by this subsection may only be made available fol3 lowing prior consultation with, and the regular noti4 fication procedures of, the Committees on Appro5 priations, and shall include not less than— 

6 (A) $110,000,000 for strategic infrastruc7 ture investments, which shall be administered 

8 by the Secretary of State in consultation with 

9 the heads of other relevant Federal agencies; 

10 (B) $100,000,000 to enhance critical min11 eral supply chain security; 

12 (C) $75,000,000 for economic resilience 

13 programs administered by the Administrator of 

14 the United States Agency for International De15 velopment; and 

16 (D) $100,000,000 for the Cyberspace, Dig17 ital Connectivity, and Related Technologies 

18 Fund in accordance with Chapter 10 of Part II 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Pro20 vided, That the authority of section 592(f) of 

21 such Act may apply to amounts made available 

22 for such Fund under the heading ‘‘Economic 

23 Support Fund’’ and such funds may be made 

24 available for the Digital Connectivity and Cy25 bersecurity Partnership program consistent 
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1 with section 6306 of the Department of State 

2 Authorization Act of 2023 (division F of Public 

3 Law 118–31): Provided further, That funds 

4 made available pursuant to this paragraph are 

5 in addition to funds otherwise made available 

6 for such purposes. 

7 (2) TRANSFERS.—Funds made available pursu8 ant to paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), and (1)(D) may 

9 be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro10 priated by this Act to the Export-Import Bank of 

11 the United States under the heading ‘‘Program Ac12 count’’, to the United States International Develop13 ment Finance Corporation under the heading ‘‘Cor14 porate Capital Account’’, and under the heading 

15 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’: Provided, That 

16 such transfer authority is in addition to any other 

17 transfer authority provided by this Act or any other 

18 Act, and is subject to the regular notification proce19 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (b) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under 

21 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance 

22 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ in this Act and 

23 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

24 State, foreign operations, and related programs, including 

25 funds made available pursuant to this section, may be 
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1 made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 

2 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees 

3 for Egypt, Jordan, Small Island Developing States, and 

4 Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided and which 

5 shall be administered by the United States Agency for 

6 International Development unless otherwise provided for 

7 by any other provision of law: Provided, That amounts 

8 made available under this subsection for the costs of such 

9 guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the pur10 poses of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: 

11 Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 

12 the authorities of this subsection shall be subject to prior 

13 consultation with the appropriate congressional commit14 tees and the regular notification procedures of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations. 

16 (c) CHIPS FOR AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TECH17 NOLOGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND.— 

18 (1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made 

20 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 

21 Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 

22 International Technology Security and Innovation 

23 Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to the transfer 

24 authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 

25 2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167), to the ac-
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1 counts specified and in the amounts specified, in the 

2 table titled ‘‘CHIPS for America International Tech3 nology Security and Innovation Fund’’ in the report 

4 accompanying this Act: Provided, That such funds 

5 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 

6 regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

7 on Appropriations. 

8 (2) Neither the President nor his designee may 

9 allocate any amounts that are made available for 

10 any fiscal year under section 102(c)(2) of the 

11 CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in effect an Act mak12 ing or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal 

13 year for the Department of State, Foreign Oper14 ations, and Related Programs: Provided, That in any 

15 fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 

16 not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot17 ment of amounts for continuing administration of 

18 programs allocated using funds transferred from the 

19 CHIPS for America International Technology Secu20 rity and Innovation Fund, which may be allocated 

21 pursuant to the transfer authority in section 

22 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in 

23 amounts that are no more than the allocation for 

24 such purposes in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
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1 (3) Concurrent with the annual budget submis2 sion of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Sec3 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations proposed allocations by account and 

5 by program, project, or activity, with detailed jus6 tifications, for amounts made available under section 

7 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 

8 2026. 

9 (4) The Secretary of State shall provide the 

10 Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on 

11 the status of balances of projects and activities fund12 ed by the CHIPS for America International Tech13 nology Security and Innovation Fund for amounts 

14 allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub15 section, including all uncommitted, committed, and 

16 unobligated funds. 

17 (5) Amounts transferred to the Export-Import 

18 Bank and the United States International Develop19 ment Finance Corporation pursuant to the transfer 

20 authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 

21 2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167) may be 

22 made available for the costs of direct loans and loan 

23 guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

24 loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

25 Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND

2 ANTI-CORRUPTION

3 SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN4 MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

5 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 

6 this Act may be made available for direct govern7 ment-to-government assistance only if— 

8 (A) the requirements included in section 

9 7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) of the Department 

10 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro11 grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 

12 Public Law 116–6) are fully met; and 

13 (B) the government of the recipient coun14 try is taking steps to reduce corruption. 

15 (2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In 

16 addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 

17 may only be made available for direct government18 to-government assistance subject to prior consulta19 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 

20 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

21 such notification shall contain an explanation of how 

22 the proposed activity meets the requirements of 

23 paragraph (1): Provided further, That the require24 ments of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 

25 government-to-government assistance in excess of 
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1 $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash trans2 fer, budget support, and cash payments to individ3 uals. 

4 (3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin5 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development or the Secretary of State, as 

7 appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to8 government assistance if the Administrator or the 

9 Secretary has credible information of material mis10 use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 

11 the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro12 priations that it is in the national interest of the 

13 United States to continue such assistance, including 

14 a justification, or that such misuse has been appro15 priately addressed. 

16 (4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec17 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2026 

19 congressional budget justification materials, amounts 

20 planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 

21 country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 

22 and type of assistance. 

23 (5) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 

24 None of the funds made available by this Act may 

25 be used by the government of any foreign country 
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1 for debt service payments owed by any country to 

2 the Government of the People’s Republic of China. 

3 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS4 PARENCY.— 

5 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL

6 TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con7 tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re8 quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern9 ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 

10 as identified in the report required by section 

11 7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper12 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

13 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

14 (2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

15 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 

16 the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, shall make or up18 date any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or 

19 ‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum 

20 requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 

21 determinations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fis22 cal Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the De23 partment of State website: Provided, That such re24 port shall include the elements included under this 

25 section in the report accompanying this Act. 
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1 (3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of 

2 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head3 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made avail4 able for programs and activities to assist govern5 ments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to im6 prove budget transparency and to support civil soci7 ety organizations in such countries that promote 

8 budget transparency. 

9 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

10 (1) INELIGIBILITY.— 

11 (A) Officials of foreign governments and 

12 their immediate family members about whom 

13 the Secretary of State has credible information 

14 have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig15 nificant corruption, including corruption related 

16 to the extraction of natural resources, or a 

17 gross violation of human rights, including the 

18 wrongful detention of locally employed staff of 

19 a United States diplomatic mission or a United 

20 States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for 

21 entry into the United States. 

22 (B) Concurrent with the application of 

23 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as ap24 propriate, refer the matter to the Office of For25 eign Assets Control, Department of the Treas-
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1 ury, to determine whether to apply sanctions 

2 authorities in accordance with United States 

3 law to block the transfer of property and inter4 ests in property, and all financial transactions, 

5 in the United States involving any person de6 scribed in such subparagraph. 

7 (C) The Secretary shall also publicly or 

8 privately designate or identify the officials of 

9 foreign governments and their immediate family 

10 members about whom the Secretary has such 

11 credible information without regard to whether 

12 the individual has applied for a visa. 

13 (2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli14 gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 

15 paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 

16 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec17 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli18 gations under the United Nations Headquarters 

19 Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

20 shall be construed to derogate from United States 

21 Government obligations under applicable inter22 national agreements. 

23 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap24 plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter25 mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
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1 tional interest or that the circumstances which 

2 caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 

3 sufficiently. 

4 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 

6 thereafter until September 30, 2026, the Secretary 

7 of State shall submit a report, including a classified 

8 annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees and the Committees on the Judiciary de10 scribing the information related to corruption or vio11 lation of human rights concerning each of the indi12 viduals found ineligible in the previous 12 months 

13 pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individ14 uals who the Secretary designated or identified pur15 suant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli16 gible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list 

17 of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and 

18 the justification for each waiver. 

19 (5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified 

20 portion of the report required under paragraph (4) 

21 shall be posted on the Department of State website. 

22 (6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para23 graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart24 ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices 

25 of the United States pertaining to the issuance or 
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1 refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

2 States shall not be considered confidential. 

3 (d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

4 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

5 Act shall be made available to promote and support 

6 transparency and accountability of expenditures and 

7 revenues related to the extraction of natural re8 sources, including by strengthening implementation 

9 and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans10 parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec11 tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

12 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 

13 and the amendments made by such section, and to 

14 prevent the sale of conflict minerals, and for tech15 nical assistance to promote independent audit mech16 anisms and support civil society participation in nat17 ural resource management. 

18 (2) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT

19 AUDITS.— 

20 (A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in21 struct the executive director of each inter22 national financial institution to use the voice 

23 and vote of the United States to oppose any as24 sistance by such institutions (including any 

25 loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any coun-
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1 try for the extraction and export of a natural 

2 resource if the government of such country has 

3 in place laws, regulations, or procedures to pre4 vent or limit the public disclosure of company 

5 payments as required by United States law, and 

6 unless such government has adopted laws, regu7 lations, or procedures in the sector in which as8 sistance is being considered that: (1) accurately 

9 account for and publicly disclose payments to 

10 the government by companies involved in the 

11 extraction and export of natural resources; (2) 

12 include independent auditing of accounts receiv13 ing such payments and the public disclosure of 

14 such audits; and (3) require public disclosure of 

15 agreement and bidding documents, as appro16 priate. 

17 (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 

18 shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 

19 building the capacity of such government to 

20 meet the requirements of such subparagraph. 

21 (e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro22 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 

23 available for any independent agency in titles III and VI, 

24 as appropriate, shall be made available to support the pro25 vision of additional information on United States Govern-
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1 ment foreign assistance on the ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ 

2 website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under 

3 this Act shall provide such information on foreign assist4 ance, upon request and in a timely manner, to the Depart5 ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development. 

7 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

8 SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 

10 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As11 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

12 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen13 tral Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

14 Law Enforcement’’, $2,900,000,000 should be made 

15 available for democracy programs. 

16 (2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available 

17 for democracy programs under the headings ‘‘Eco18 nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

19 Eurasia and Central Asia’’ pursuant to paragraph 

20 (1), not less than $176,350,000 shall be made avail21 able to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

22 and Labor, Department of State. 

23 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

24 (1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 

25 this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
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1 section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow2 ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not3 withstanding any other provision of law, and with 

4 regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 

5 (NED), any regulation. 

6 (2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 

7 this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 

8 to the authority of the National Endowment for De9 mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ10 ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene11 ficiaries. 

12 (c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 

13 purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de14 mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 

15 governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 

16 expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 

17 rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 

18 law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo19 cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or20 ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 

21 development of democratic states and institutions that are 

22 responsive and accountable to citizens. 

23 (d) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN24 TERFERENCE.— 
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1 (1) PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the pro2 vision of assistance for democracy programs in this 

3 Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, 

4 the specific nature of the assistance, and the partici5 pants in such programs shall not be subject to prior 

6 approval by the government of any foreign country. 

7 (2) DISCLOSURE OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

8 INFORMATION.—If the Secretary of State, in con9 sultation with the Administrator of the United 

10 States Agency for International Development, deter11 mines that the government of the country is un12 democratic or has engaged in or condoned harass13 ment, threats, or attacks against organizations im14 plementing democracy programs, any new bilateral 

15 agreement governing the terms and conditions under 

16 which assistance is provided to such country shall 

17 not require the disclosure of the names of imple18 menting partners of democracy programs, and the 

19 Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 

20 shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to 

21 existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to con22 form to this requirement. 

23 (e) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.— 

24 USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit25 ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
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1 with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec2 ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 

3 agreements in implementing such programs. 

4 (f) DEMOCRACY PROTECTION PROGRAMS.— 

5 (1) CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND JOURNAL6 ISTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

7 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democ8 racy Fund’’ shall be made available to support and 

9 protect civil society activists and journalists who 

10 have been threatened, harassed, or attacked, includ11 ing journalists affiliated with the United States 

12 Agency for Global Media. 

13 (2) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

14 AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA.—Funds appropriated by 

15 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

16 Fund’’ shall be made available for programs to pro17 tect international freedom of expression and inde18 pendent media, including through multilateral initia19 tives. 

20 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

21 SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE22 DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

23 heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 

24 for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart25 ment of State. 
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1 (b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ3 racy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 

4 shall be made available for international religious freedom 

5 programs and funds appropriated by this Act under the 

6 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migra7 tion and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for 

8 humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted 

9 ethnic and religious minorities: Provided, That funds made 

10 available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup11 port Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this sec12 tion shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large 

13 for International Religious Freedom, in consultation with 

14 other relevant United States Government officials, and 

15 shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

16 on Appropriations. 

17 (c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

18 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

19 of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 

20 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

21 available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 

22 assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 

23 Syria. 

24 (d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 

25 7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
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1 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 

2 J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 

3 fiscal year 2025. 

4 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL6 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

7 in title III of this Act that are made available for victims 

8 of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to com9 bat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such traf10 ficking may be made available notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law. 

12 (b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 

13 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

14 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

15 than $20,000,000 shall be made available for foren16 sic anthropology assistance related to the exhuma17 tion and identification of victims of war crimes, 

18 crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall 

19 be administered by the Assistant Secretary for De20 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

21 State: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition 

22 to funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 

23 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

24 foreign operations, and related programs for assist25 ance for countries. 
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1 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

2 the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

3 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 

4 be made available for DNA forensic technology pro5 grams to combat human trafficking in Central 

6 America and Mexico. 

7 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 

8 the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States 

9 Agency for International Development, from this or any 

10 other Act that remain available for obligation may be 

11 made available as a general contribution to the World 

12 Food Programme. 

13 (d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 

14 (1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro15 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

16 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 

17 made available to carry out the Program for Re18 search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 

19 Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 

20 authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 

21 and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 

22 (2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES.— 

23 Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak24 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for25 eign operations, and related programs under the 
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1 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist2 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 

3 made available as contributions to establish and 

4 maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 

5 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

6 Appropriations. 

7 (3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Of the amounts 

8 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Dip9 lomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made 

10 available for grants pursuant to section 504 of the 

11 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 

12 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate col13 laboration with Indigenous communities. 

14 (4) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of 

15 the funds made available by this Act may be used 

16 to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis17 tered by the Department of State to implement the 

18 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

19 1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 

20 except through the formal rulemaking process pursu21 ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

22 551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to 

23 such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 

24 funds made available for such purpose shall only be 

25 made available after consultation with, and subject 
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1 to the regular notification procedures of, the Com2 mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro3 posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 

4 goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 

5 United States: Provided further, That such consulta6 tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 

7 the publication in the Federal Register of any regu8 latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro9 gram. 

10 (5) PAYMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this 

11 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

12 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

13 programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro14 grams’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, except for funds 

15 designated by Congress as an emergency require16 ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 

17 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def18 icit Control Act of 1985, are available to provide 

19 payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of 

20 division J of the Further Consolidated Appropria21 tions Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, 

22 That funds made available pursuant to this para23 graph shall be subject to prior consultation with the 

24 Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 (6) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602 (b)(3)(F) of 

2 the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 

3 1101 note) is amended— 

4 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘2025’’; 

6 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), in 

7 the first sentence, by striking ‘‘50,500’’ and in8 serting ‘‘70,500’’; and 

9 (C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 

10 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 

11 (e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 

12 vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or mak13 ing a significant change to the scope of an existing partner 

14 vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID Ad15 ministrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Com16 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary 

17 and the Administrator shall provide a direct vetting option 

18 for prime awardees in any partner vetting program initi19 ated or significantly modified after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, unless the Secretary or Administrator, as ap21 plicable, informs the Committees on Appropriations on a 

22 case-by-case basis that a direct vetting option is not fea23 sible for such program: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary and the Administrator may restrict the award of, 

25 terminate, or cancel contracts, grants, or cooperative 
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1 agreements or require an awardee to restrict the award 

2 of, terminate, or cancel a sub-award based on information 

3 in connection with a partner vetting program. 

4 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2025, the 

5 President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author6 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

7 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

8 (g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec9 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

10 title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern11 ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 

12 to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

13 International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc14 tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

15 to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 

16 withholding funds under this subsection. 

17 (h) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY

18 PROTECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, 

19 and merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of 

20 Foreign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of 

21 expired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 

22 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2025, at no later than the end 

23 of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 

24 such funds are available for the purposes for which appro-
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1 priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 

2 be transferred. 

3 (i) MARLA RUZICKA FUND FOR INNOCENT VICTIMS

4 OF CONFLICT.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

6 than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the Marla 

7 Ruzicka Fund for Innocent Victims of Conflict: Provided, 

8 That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall establish an 

10 informal advisory group consisting of nongovernmental or11 ganizations with experience in advocacy for civilian victims 

12 of conflict to provide recommendations to the Adminis13 trator on the effective uses of such funds: Provided further, 

14 That not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act, the Administrator shall brief the Committees 

16 on Appropriations on the planned uses of such funds. 

17 (j) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES

18 OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI19 ZATIONS.—The terms and conditions of section 7034(k) 

20 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re21 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of 

22 Public Law 116–94) shall continue in effect during fiscal 

23 year 2025. 

24 (k) IMPACT ON JOBS.—Section 7056 of the Depart25 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
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1 Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116– 

2 260) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025. 

3 (l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

4 (1) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The 

5 authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup6 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

7 111–32) shall remain in effect through September 

8 30, 2025. 

9 (2) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 

10 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro11 grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 

12 167) is amended— 

13 (A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

14 note)— 

15 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

16 ‘‘and 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2024, and 

17 2025’’; and 

18 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

19 ‘‘2024’’ each place it appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘2025’’; and 

21 (B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 

22 note), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘2025’’. 

24 (3) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AF25 GHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STA-
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1 TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 any employee of the Special Inspector General for 

3 Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 

4 at least 12 months of continuous service after enact5 ment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 

6 which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 

7 shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 

8 any position in the competitive service for which the 

9 employee possesses the required qualifications. 

10 (4) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 

11 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

12 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi13 sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef14 fect during fiscal year 2025. 

15 (5) PROTECTIVE SERVICES.—Section 7071 of 

16 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

17 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (divi18 sion K of Public Law 117–103) shall continue in ef19 fect during fiscal year 2025 and shall be applied to 

20 funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 

21 ‘‘$40,000,000’’ for ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 

22 (6) EXTENSION OF LOAN GUARANTEES TO

23 ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency 

24 Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 
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1 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended 

2 under the heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 

3 (A) in the matter preceding the first pro4 viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2029’’ and in5 serting ‘‘September 30, 2030’’; and 

6 (B) in the second proviso, by striking 

7 ‘‘September 30, 2029’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep8 tember 30, 2030’’. 

9 (7) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL SERV10 ICES CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The authority pro11 vided in section 2401 of division C of the Extending 

12 Government Funding and Delivering Emergency As13 sistance Act (Public Law 117–43) shall remain in 

14 effect through September 30, 2025. 

15 (m) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

16 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab17 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper18 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro19 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made 

20 available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 

21 survival, malaria, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious 

22 diseases to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals 

23 and other products, subject to the terms and conditions 

24 in such section: Provided, That the authority in section 

25 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
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1 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 

2 Law 108–447) shall be exercised by the Assistant Admin3 istrator for Global Health, USAID, with respect to funds 

4 deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and 

5 other products, and shall be subject to the regular notifica6 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro7 vided further, That the Secretary of State shall include 

8 in the congressional budget justification an accounting of 

9 budgetary resources, disbursements, balances, and reim10 bursements related to such fund. 

11 (n) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— 

12 Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper13 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

14 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect 

15 during fiscal year 2025. 

16 (o) EXTENSION.—Section 7034(r) of the Department 

17 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap18 propriations Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117– 

19 103) shall apply during fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 

20 the report required by such section shall be updated every 

21 120 days until September 30, 2025. 

22 (p) TRUST FUND FOR VICTIMS.—Of the funds appro23 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

24 Fund’’, not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available 

25 as a contribution to the Trust Fund for Victims, con-
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1 sistent with the purposes authorized by section 2015 of 

2 Public Law 107–206, as amended by section 7073 of the 

3 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

4 Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public 

5 Law 117–328). 

6 (q) DEFINITIONS.— 

7 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT8 TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

9 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres10 sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro11 priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

12 the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af13 fairs of the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND

15 PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 

16 for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro17 priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro18 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper19 ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re20 main available for obligation, and have not expired. 

21 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU22 TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu23 tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon24 struction and Development, the International Devel25 opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
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1 poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 

2 International Monetary Fund, the International 

3 Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De4 velopment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 

5 Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 

6 American Development Bank, the European Bank 

7 for Reconstruction and Development, the African 

8 Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 

9 and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 

10 (4) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.—In this Act, 

11 the term ‘‘Pacific Islands countries’’ means the Cook 

12 Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of 

13 Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 

14 Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 

15 Nauru, Niue, the Republic of Palau, the Inde16 pendent State of Papua New Guinea, the Inde17 pendent State of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the 

18 Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of 

19 Vanuatu. 

20 (5) SPEND PLAN.—In this Act, the term 

21 ‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap22 propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 

23 purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 

24 minimum, a description of— 
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1 (A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 

2 for measuring progress, and a timeline for 

3 achieving such goals; 

4 (B) amounts and sources of funds by ac5 count; 

6 (C) how such funds will complement other 

7 ongoing or planned programs; and 

8 (D) implementing partners, to the max9 imum extent practicable. 

10 (6) SUCCESSOR OPERATING UNIT.—Any ref11 erence to a particular operating unit or office in this 

12 Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De13 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

14 programs shall be deemed to include any successor 

15 operating unit performing the same or similar func16 tions. 

17 (7) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 

18 means the United States Agency for International 

19 Development. 

20 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY

21 SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 

22 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 

23 Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 

24 Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 

25 I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
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1 sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 

2 section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 

3 and accountability of civilian police authority 

4 through training and technical assistance in human 

5 rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 

6 planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

7 police roles that support democratic governance, in8 cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 

9 respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 

10 and foster improved police relations with the com11 munities they serve. 

12 (2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 

13 (A) Consistent with the objectives of the 

14 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 

15 Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 

16 Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper17 ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro18 gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas19 ualty training and equipment in an amount 

20 above the prior fiscal year. 

21 (B) The Secretary of State shall offer com22 bat casualty care training and equipment as a 

23 component of any package of lethal assistance 

24 funded by this Act with funds appropriated 

25 under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
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1 and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 

2 Provided, That the requirement of this subpara3 graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un4 less the Secretary determines that such country 

5 has in place, to the maximum extent prac6 ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat7 ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 

8 standards recommended by the Committee on 

9 Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur10 ther, That any such training and equipment for 

11 combat casualty care shall be made available 

12 through an open and competitive process. 

13 (3) TRAINING RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL

14 HUMANITARIAN LAW.—The Secretary of State shall 

15 offer training related to the requirements of inter16 national humanitarian law as a component of any 

17 package of lethal assistance funded by this Act with 

18 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peace19 keeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ20 ing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of 

21 this paragraph shall not apply to a country that is 

22 a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

23 (NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated by 

24 section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

25 1961, or is complying with international humani-
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1 tarian law: Provided further, That any such training 

2 shall be made available through an open and com3 petitive process. 

4 (4) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.— 

5 Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

6 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

7 Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

8 Law Enforcement’’ shall be made available for as9 sistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign 

10 prisons and other detention facilities, notwith11 standing section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

12 of 1961: Provided, That the Secretary of State and 

13 the USAID Administrator shall consult with the 

14 Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses 

15 of such funds prior to obligation and not later than 

16 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro17 vided further, That such funds shall be in addition 

18 to funds otherwise made available by this Act for 

19 such purpose. 

20 (5) MANAGEMENT OF ASSISTANCE.—Of the 

21 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

22 ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less than $5,000,000 

23 shall be made available for the Bureaus of Political24 Military Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, and 

25 Labor, Department of State, in accordance with the 
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1 purposes specified under this section in the report 

2 accompanying this Act, for implementation of the 

3 Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance, the Na4 tional Security Memorandum on Safeguards and Ac5 countability With Respect to Transferred Defense 

6 Articles and Defense Services, and the National Se7 curity Memorandum on United States Conventional 

8 Arms Transfer Policy. 

9 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

10 (1) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AU11 THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap12 propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 

13 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 

14 nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 

15 mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 

16 other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 

17 as well as a nation emerging from instability. 

18 (2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE19 INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 

20 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

21 Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 

22 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

23 2025. 

24 (3) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI25 CLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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1 and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of 

3 section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

4 U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to 

5 Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza6 tion (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for the 

7 procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 

8 option to purchase) of defense articles from United 

9 States commercial suppliers, not including Major 

10 Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and 

11 other types of aircraft having possible civilian appli12 cation), if the President determines that there are 

13 compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 

14 for those defense articles being provided by commer15 cial lease rather than by government-to-government 

16 sale under such Act. 

17 (4) SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.— 

18 Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu19 ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 

20 Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the 

21 Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to re22 main available for obligation until September 30, 

23 2027: Provided, That the provision of defense arti24 cles and defense services to foreign countries or 
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1 international organizations from the Fund shall be 

2 subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

3 (5) PROGRAM CLARIFICATION.—Notwith4 standing section 503(a)(3) of Public Law 87–195 

5 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)), the procurement of defense 

6 articles and services funded on a non-repayable basis 

7 under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

8 may be priced to include the costs of salaries of 

9 members of the Armed Forces of the United States 

10 engaged in security assistance activities pursuant to 

11 10 U.S.C. 341 (relating to the State Partnership 

12 Program): Provided, That this paragraph shall only 

13 apply to funds that remain available for obligation 

14 in fiscal year 2025. 

15 (6) REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law or regulation, equipment pro17 cured with funds appropriated in prior Acts making 

18 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

19 operations, and related programs under the heading 

20 ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund’’ may 

21 be used for any other program and in any region: 

22 Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to 

23 prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

24 committees and the regular notification procedures 

25 of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

2 (1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 

3 this Act should not be used to support any military 

4 training or operations that include child soldiers. 

5 (2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 

6 (A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law, demining equipment 

8 available to the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development and the Department of 

10 State and used in support of the clearance of 

11 landmines and unexploded ordnance for human12 itarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 

13 basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 

14 and conditions as the Secretary of State may 

15 prescribe. 

16 (B) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military 

17 assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni18 tions, no defense export license for cluster mu19 nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 

20 or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

21 transferred, unless— 

22 (i) the submunitions of the cluster 

23 munitions, after arming, do not result in 

24 more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 

25 across the range of intended operational 
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1 environments, and the agreement applica2 ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 

3 such cluster munitions or cluster munitions 

4 technology specifies that the cluster muni5 tions will only be used against clearly de6 fined military targets and will not be used 

7 where civilians are known to be present or 

8 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

9 (ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 

10 transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 

11 or permanently disposing of such cluster 

12 munitions. 

13 (3) CROWD CONTROL.—If the Secretary of 

14 State has information that a unit of a foreign secu15 rity force uses excessive force to repress peaceful ex16 pression or assembly concerning corruption, harm to 

17 the environment or human health, or the fairness of 

18 electoral processes, or in countries that are undemo19 cratic or undergoing democratic transition, the Sec20 retary shall promptly determine if such information 

21 is credible: Provided, That if the information is de22 termined to be credible, funds appropriated by this 

23 Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, 

24 light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd 

25 control purposes for such unit, unless the Secretary 
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1 of State determines that the foreign government is 

2 taking effective measures to bring the responsible 

3 members of such unit to justice. 

4 (4) OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

5 (A) Prior to the signing of a new Letter of 

6 Offer and Acceptance (LOA) involving funds 

7 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili8 tary Financing Program’’, the Secretary of 

9 State shall consult with each recipient govern10 ment to ensure that the LOA between the 

11 United States and such recipient government 

12 complies with the purposes of section 4 of the 

13 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) and 

14 that the defense articles, services, and training 

15 procured with funds appropriated under such 

16 heading are consistent with United States na17 tional security policy. 

18 (B) The Secretary of State shall promptly 

19 inform the appropriate congressional commit20 tees of any instance in which the Secretary of 

21 State has credible information that such assist22 ance was used in a manner contrary to such 

23 agreement. 

24 (d) OTHER MATTERS.— 
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1 (1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 

2 than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations a report on funds obli5 gated and expended during fiscal year 2024, by 

6 country and purpose of assistance, under the head7 ings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International 

8 Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign 

9 Military Financing Program’’. 

10 (2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE11 PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 

12 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 

13 ‘‘military training provided to foreign military per14 sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De15 partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 

16 military training provided by foreign governments 

17 with funds appropriated to the Department of De18 fense or the Department of State, except for train19 ing provided by the government of a country des20 ignated by section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 2321k(b)) as a major non-NATO ally: Provided, 

22 That such third-country training shall be clearly 

23 identified in the report submitted pursuant to sec24 tion 656 of such Act. 
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1 (3) LEAHY LAW.—For purposes of imple2 menting section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 

3 of 1961, the term ‘‘credible information’’ means in4 formation that, considering the source of such infor5 mation and the surrounding circumstances, supports 

6 a reasonable belief that a violation has occurred, and 

7 shall not be determined solely on the basis of the 

8 number of sources; whether the source has been crit9 ical of a policy of the United States Government or 

10 its security partners; whether the source has a per11 sonal connection to the information being reported; 

12 or whether the United States Government is able to 

13 independently verify the information. 

14 COUNTERING THE FLOW OF FENTANYL AND OTHER

15 SYNTHETIC DRUGS

16 SEC. 7036. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro17 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup18 port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

19 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $170,000,000 shall be 

20 made available for programs to counter the flow of 

21 fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs 

22 into the United States: Provided, That such funds shall 

23 be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such 

24 purposes. 
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1 (b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available pursu2 ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to support— 

3 (1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl 

4 precursors, and other synthetic drugs and their pre5 cursor materials to the United States from and 

6 through the People’s Republic of China, Mexico, and 

7 other countries; 

8 (2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity 

9 building efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling 

10 transnational criminal organizations involved in the 

11 production and trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl pre12 cursors, and other synthetic drugs; 

13 (3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging 

14 Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Last15 ing Results Act (part 7 of subtitle C of the James 

16 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

17 Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117–263); and 

18 (4) engagement, including through multilateral 

19 organizations and frameworks, to catalyze collective 

20 action to address the public health and security 

21 threats posed by fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 

22 other synthetic drugs, including through the Global 

23 Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. 
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1 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

2 SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

3 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

4 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

5 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

7 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

8 state— 

9 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

10 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

11 and 

12 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

13 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

14 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

15 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

16 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

17 security organizations; and 

18 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

19 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

20 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef21 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

22 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

23 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

24 context of full and normal relationships, which 

25 should include— 
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1 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

2 belligerency; 

3 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

4 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

5 independence of every state in the area through 

6 measures including the establishment of demili7 tarized zones; 

8 (C) their right to live in peace within se9 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

10 threats or acts of force; 

11 (D) freedom of navigation through inter12 national waterways in the area; and 

13 (E) a framework for achieving a just set14 tlement of the refugee problem. 

15 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

17 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

18 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

19 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac20 countable governance. 

21 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

22 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

23 national security interest of the United States to do so. 

24 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

25 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
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1 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

2 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

3 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

4 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales5 tinian Authority’’). 

6 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

7 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

8 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

10 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

11 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

12 Corporation. 

13 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

14 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2025, 

15 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi16 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

17 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp19 troller General of the United States will have access to 

20 appropriate United States financial information in order 

21 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro22 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

23 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

24 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap25 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
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1 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

2 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

3 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

4 any individual, private or government entity, or edu5 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

6 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

7 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

8 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

9 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov10 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de11 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

12 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter13 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

14 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

15 steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 

16 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu17 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

18 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

19 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

20 (1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 

21 None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

22 through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 

23 Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 

24 for— 
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1 (A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 

2 honoring individuals who commit, or have com3 mitted acts of terrorism; and 

4 (B) any educational institution located in 

5 the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 

6 individual who the Secretary of State deter7 mines has committed an act of terrorism. 

8 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE9 QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, none of the funds made available by this or 

11 prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 

12 available by transfer, may be made available for obli13 gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 

14 Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations on— 

16 (A) the benchmarks that have been estab17 lished for security assistance for the West Bank 

18 and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian com19 pliance with such benchmarks; and 

20 (B) the steps being taken by the Pales21 tinian Authority to end torture and other cruel, 

22 inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, 

23 including by bringing to justice members of 

24 Palestinian security forces who commit such 

25 crimes. 
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1 (d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

2 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

3 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

5 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

6 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

7 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro8 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

9 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

10 section. 

11 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 

12 to $1,400,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec13 tor General of the United States Agency for Inter14 national Development for audits, investigations, and 

15 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

16 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad17 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur18 poses. 

19 (e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

20 STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 

21 in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 

22 States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 

23 treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

24 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro25 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2025 
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1 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

2 audit shall address— 

3 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

4 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

5 and 

6 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

7 and activities carried out under such Program, in8 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

9 (f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made 

10 available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 

11 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com12 mittees on Appropriations. 

13 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

14 AUTHORITY

15 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

16 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi17 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

18 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

19 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

20 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

21 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

22 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi23 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

24 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

25 to the national security interest of the United States. 
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1 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

2 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

3 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

4 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

5 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu6 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub7 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail8 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

9 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

10 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro11 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales12 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

13 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

14 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

15 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

16 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap17 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal18 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac19 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi20 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

21 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au22 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen23 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

24 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

25 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
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1 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

2 Israel. 

3 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

4 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

5 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

6 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

7 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

8 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

9 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

10 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

11 Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree12 ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 

13 undue influence. 

14 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

15 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

16 government only if the President certifies and re17 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

18 government, including all of its ministers or such 

19 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

20 with the principles contained in section 

21 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961, as amended. 

23 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

24 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

25 1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
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1 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 

2 this subsection. 

3 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

4 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

5 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro6 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

7 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern8 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva9 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

10 contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro12 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

13 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

14 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi15 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

16 such government. 

17 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

18 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as19 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

20 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

21 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

22 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

23 this Act, not less than $1,425,000,000 should be 

24 made available for assistance for Egypt, of which— 
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1 (A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be 

2 made available from funds under the heading 

3 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, of which not less 

4 than $40,000,000 should be made available for 

5 higher education programs, including not less 

6 than $15,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian 

7 students with high financial need to attend not8 for-profit institutions of higher education in 

9 Egypt that are currently accredited by a re10 gional accrediting agency recognized by the 

11 United States Department of Education, or 

12 meets standards equivalent to those required 

13 for United States institutional accreditation by 

14 a regional accrediting agency recognized by 

15 such Department: Provided, That such funds 

16 shall be made available for democracy pro17 grams, and for development programs in the 

18 Sinai; and 

19 (B) not less than $1,300,000,000 should 

20 be made available from funds under the head21 ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, to 

22 remain available until September 30, 2026: 

23 Provided, That except as provided for in the fol24 lowing proviso, such funds may be transferred 

25 to an interest bearing account in the Federal 
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1 Reserve Bank of New York, following consulta2 tion with the Committees on Appropriations 

3 and the uses of any interest earned on such 

4 funds shall be subject to the regular notification 

5 procedures of the Committees on Appropria6 tions: Provided further, That of the amounts 

7 made available in this subparagraph, an 

8 amount equal to interest earned on funds de9 posited in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

10 York pursuant to the preceding proviso as of 

11 the date of enactment of this Act shall be trans12 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 

13 by this Act under title III for assistance for de14 mocracy programs, economic growth, and hu15 manitarian assistance, subject to prior consulta16 tion with, and the regular notification proce17 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: 

18 Provided further, That such transfer authority 

19 is in addition to any transfer authority other20 wise available by this Act or any other Act. 

21 (2) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap22 propriated by this Act that are available for assist23 ance for Egypt may be made available notwith24 standing any other provision of law restricting as25 sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
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1 section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

2 and may only be made available for assistance for 

3 the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 

4 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro5 priations that such government is— 

6 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

7 with the United States; and 

8 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

9 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

10 (3) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds made avail11 able pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), $320,000,000 

12 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 

13 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro14 priations that the Government of Egypt is meeting 

15 the requirements under this section in the report ac16 companying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary 

17 may waive such requirement if the Secretary deter18 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropria19 tions that such funds are necessary for counterter20 rorism, border security, or nonproliferation pro21 grams or that it is otherwise important to the na22 tional security interest of the United States to do so, 

23 including a detailed justification for the use of such 

24 waiver and the reasons why any of the requirements 

25 cannot be met: Provided further, That the report re-
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1 quired by the previous proviso shall be submitted in 

2 unclassified form but may be accompanied by a clas3 sified annex. 

4 (b) IRAN.— 

5 (1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

6 under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco7 nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti8 terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 

9 be made available— 

10 (A) to support the United States policy to 

11 prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 

12 produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 

13 (B) to support an expeditious response to 

14 any violation of United Nations Security Coun15 cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s 

16 nuclear program; 

17 (C) to support the implementation and en18 forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 

19 of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, 

20 human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and 

21 weapons proliferation; and 

22 (D) for democracy programs in support of 

23 the aspirations of the Iranian people: 

24 Provided, That of the funds made available under 

25 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for such 
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1 purposes, not less than $5,000,000 shall be trans2 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 

3 this Act under the heading ‘‘National Endowment 

4 for Democracy’’: Provided further, That such trans5 fer authority is in addition to any other transfer au6 thority provided by this Act or any other Act, and 

7 is subject to the regular notification procedures of 

8 the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (2) REPORTS.— 

10 (A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Sec11 retary of State shall submit to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations the semi-annual report re13 quired by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic En14 ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 

15 added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agree16 ment Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 

17 (B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 

18 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

20 the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 

21 the appropriate congressional committees a re22 port on— 

23 (i) the status of United States bilat24 eral sanctions on Iran; 
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1 (ii) the reimposition and renewed en2 forcement of secondary sanctions; and 

3 (iii) the impact such sanctions have 

4 had on Iran’s destabilizing activities 

5 throughout the Middle East. 

6 (3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro7 priated by this Act may be used to— 

8 (A) implement an agreement with the Gov9 ernment of Iran relating to the nuclear program 

10 of Iran, or a renewal of the Joint Comprehen11 sive Plan of Action adopted on October 18, 

12 2015, in contravention of the Iran Nuclear 

13 Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 

14 2160e); or 

15 (B) revoke the designation of the Islamic 

16 Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Ter17 rorist Organization pursuant to section 219 of 

18 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

19 1189). 

20 (c) IRAQ.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under titles III and IV, not less than $325,000,000 shall 

22 be made available for assistance for Iraq for— 

23 (1) bilateral economic assistance and inter24 national security assistance, including in the 

25 Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
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1 (2) stabilization assistance, including in Anbar 

2 Province; 

3 (3) programs to support government trans4 parency and accountability, support judicial inde5 pendence, protect the right of due process, end the 

6 use of torture, and combat corruption; 

7 (4) humanitarian assistance, including in the 

8 Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 

9 (5) programs to protect and assist religious and 

10 ethnic minority populations; and 

11 (6) programs to increase United States private 

12 sector investment. 

13 (d) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro15 gram’’, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for 

16 grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 

17 days of enactment of this Act: Provided, That to the extent 

18 that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used 

19 for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under 

20 this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and 

21 Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of 

22 which not less than $450,300,000 shall be available for 

23 the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 

24 services, including research and development. 
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1 (e) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall 

3 be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 

4 less than $845,100,000 shall be made available for budget 

5 support for the Government of Jordan and not less than 

6 $425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 

7 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

8 (f) LEBANON.— 

9 (1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro10 priated by this Act may be made available for the 

11 Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb12 anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 

13 is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 

14 designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra15 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

16 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

17 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

18 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

19 and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

20 Financing Program’’ that are made available 

21 for assistance for Lebanon may be made avail22 able for programs and equipment for the ISF 

23 and the LAF to address security and stability 

24 requirements in areas affected by conflict in 
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1 Syria, following consultation with the appro2 priate congressional committees. 

3 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

4 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro5 gram’’ that are made available for assistance 

6 for Lebanon may only be made available for 

7 programs to— 

8 (i) professionalize the LAF to miti9 gate internal and external threats from 

10 non-state actors, including Hizballah; 

11 (ii) strengthen the security of borders 

12 and combat terrorism, including training 

13 and equipping the LAF to secure the bor14 ders of Lebanon and address security and 

15 stability requirements in areas affected by 

16 conflict in Syria, interdicting arms ship17 ments, and preventing the use of Lebanon 

18 as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and 

19 (iii) implement United Nations Secu20 rity Council Resolution 1701: 

21 Provided, That prior to obligating funds made 

22 available by this subparagraph for assistance 

23 for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall sub24 mit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

25 spend plan, including actions to be taken to en-
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1 sure equipment provided to the LAF is used 

2 only for the intended purposes, except such plan 

3 may not be considered as meeting the notifica4 tion requirements under section 7015 of this 

5 Act or under section 634A of the Foreign As6 sistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 

7 any notification submitted pursuant to such 

8 section shall include any funds specifically in9 tended for lethal military equipment. 

10 (3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

11 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

12 that are made available for assistance for Lebanon 

13 may be made available notwithstanding section 1224 

14 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 

15 Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 2346 

16 note). 

17 (g) LIBYA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

18 under titles III and IV, not less than $37,250,000 shall 

19 be made available for assistance for Libya, including for 

20 implementation of ‘‘The U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict 

21 and Promote Stability 10-Year Plan for Libya’’. 

22 (h) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated under titles III 

23 and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance 

24 for Morocco, including to mitigate insecurity caused in 

25 North Africa by instability in countries in the Sahel. 
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1 (i) SAUDI ARABIA.— 

2 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

3 under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

4 and Training’’ should be made available for assist5 ance for the Government of Saudi Arabia. 

6 (2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this Act and prior Acts making 

8 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

9 operations, and related programs should be obligated 

10 or expended by the Export-Import Bank of the 

11 United States to guarantee, insure, or extend (or 

12 participate in the extension of) credit in connection 

13 with the export of nuclear technology, equipment, 

14 fuel, materials, or other nuclear technology-related 

15 goods or services to Saudi Arabia unless the Govern16 ment of Saudi Arabia— 

17 (A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation 

18 agreement pursuant to section 123 of the 

19 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153); 

20 (B) has committed to renounce uranium 

21 enrichment and reprocessing on its territory 

22 under that agreement; and 

23 (C) has signed and implemented an Addi24 tional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards 
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1 Agreement with the International Atomic En2 ergy Agency. 

3 (j) SYRIA.— 

4 (1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro5 priated by this Act under titles III and IV may be 

6 made available, notwithstanding any other provision 

7 of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance for 

8 Syria, including for emergency medical and rescue 

9 response and chemical weapons investigations. 

10 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pur11 suant to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 

12 (A) may not be made available for a 

13 project or activity that supports or otherwise le14 gitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign ter15 rorist organizations (as designated pursuant to 

16 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

17 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in 

18 Syria; and 

19 (B) may not be made available for activi20 ties that further the strategic objectives of the 

21 Government of the Russian Federation that the 

22 Secretary of State determines may threaten or 

23 undermine United States national security in24 terests. 
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1 (3) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AL-HOL AC2 TION PLAN.—Of the funds appropriated under title 

3 III of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

5 related programs, not less than $25,000,000 shall be 

6 made available to implement the ‘‘U.S. Government 

7 Al-Hol Action Plan’’. 

8 (4) MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATION, 

9 AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available pursu10 ant to this subsection may only be made available 

11 following consultation with the appropriate congres12 sional committees and shall be subject to the regular 

13 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro14 priations: Provided, That such consultation shall in15 clude the steps taken to comply with subparagraph 

16 (A) and steps intended to be taken to comply with 

17 section 7015(j) of this Act. 

18 (k) TUNISIA.—Funds appropriated under titles III 

19 and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance 

20 for Tunisia for programs to support democratic govern21 ance and civil society, protect due process of law, maintain 

22 regional stability and security, and counter foreign malign 

23 actors and influence, following consultation with the Com24 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That none of the 
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1 funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for 

2 assistance for military courts in Tunisia. 

3 (l) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

4 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini5 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

7 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec8 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

10 is to— 

11 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

12 (B) improve security in the region; 

13 (C) continue support for transparent and 

14 accountable government institutions; 

15 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

16 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

17 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

18 (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated 

19 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

20 in this Act may be made available for assistance 

21 for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act— 

23 (I) the Palestinians obtain the same 

24 standing as member states or full member25 ship as a state in the United Nations or 
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1 any specialized agency thereof outside an 

2 agreement negotiated between Israel and 

3 the Palestinians; or 

4 (II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter5 national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 

6 authorized investigation, or actively sup7 port such an investigation, that subjects 

8 Israeli nationals to an investigation for al9 leged crimes against Palestinians. 

10 (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 

11 restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re12 sulting from the application of subclause (I) of 

13 such clause if the Secretary certifies to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is 

15 in the national security interest of the United 

16 States, and submits a report to such Commit17 tees detailing how the waiver and the continu18 ation of assistance would assist in furthering 

19 Middle East peace. 

20 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi21 sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 

22 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 

23 (Public Law 100–204) if the President deter24 mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

25 the House of Representatives, the President pro 
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1 tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con2 gressional committees that the Palestinians 

3 have not, after the date of enactment of this 

4 Act— 

5 (I) obtained in the United Nations or 

6 any specialized agency thereof the same 

7 standing as member states or full member8 ship as a state outside an agreement nego9 tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 

10 and 

11 (II) initiated or actively supported an 

12 ICC investigation against Israeli nationals 

13 for alleged crimes against Palestinians. 

14 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi15 dent is unable to make the certification pursu16 ant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the 

17 President may waive section 1003 of Public 

18 Law 100–204 if the President determines and 

19 certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 

20 of Representatives, the President pro tempore 

21 of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro22 priations that the Palestinians have entered 

23 into direct and meaningful negotiations with 

24 Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provi25 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 
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1 under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 

2 previous provisions of law must expire before 

3 the waiver under this clause may be exercised. 

4 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara5 graph shall be effective for no more than a pe6 riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 

7 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 

8 Act. 

9 (3) APPLICATION OF TAYLOR FORCE ACT.— 

10 Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

11 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 

12 for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza shall be 

13 made available consistent with section 1004(a) of 

14 the Taylor Force Act (title X of division S of Public 

15 Law 115–141). 

16 (4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require17 ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro18 priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 

19 apply to funds made available by this Act, including 

20 a description of modifications, if any, to the security 

21 strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 

22 (5) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 

23 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

24 Secretary of State shall submit a report to the ap25 propriate congressional committees detailing steps 
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1 taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incite2 ment of violence against Israelis and to promote 

3 peace and coexistence with Israel. 

4 AFRICA

5 SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICA SURGE INITIATIVE.— 

6 (1) POLITICAL TRANSITIONS.—Of the funds ap7 propriated under the headings ‘‘Development Assist8 ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act 

9 and the unobligated balances of funds appropriated 

10 by prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart11 ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro12 grams, up to an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 

13 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap14 propriated or otherwise made available under the 

15 headings ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’ and ‘‘Transition 

16 Initiatives’’ to advance the national interests of the 

17 United States during political transitions in Africa, 

18 including through support to governments and civil 

19 society: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

20 addition to any transfer authority otherwise avail21 able by this Act or any other Act and is subject to 

22 the regular notification procedures of the Commit23 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 

24 unobligated balances of funds appropriated by prior 
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1 Acts and transferred pursuant to this paragraph 

2 shall retain their original period of availability. 

3 (2) COUNTERING MALIGN INFLUENCE.—Of the 

4 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

5 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

6 $25,000,000 shall be made available to provide addi7 tional support to partner countries in Africa facing 

8 threats of malign foreign influence: Provided, That 

9 such funds may be transferred to, and merged with, 

10 funds provided under title IV of this Act subject to 

11 prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

12 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: 

13 Provided further, That such funds shall be centrally 

14 managed and made available to address emergent 

15 opportunities or challenges to be responsive to part16 ner government and civil society requirements, and 

17 shall be in addition to funds otherwise made avail18 able for such purposes: Provided further, That such 

19 transfer authority is in addition to any transfer au20 thority provided by this Act or any other Act. 

21 (b) AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT.—Of the funds 

22 appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 

23 $286,500,000 shall be made available for targeted initia24 tives to expand investment in, and trade with and between, 

25 African countries to advance the national interests of the 
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1 United States, including through implementation of the 

2 African Growth and Opportunity Act (Public Law 106– 

3 200): Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 

4 otherwise made available for such purposes and shall in5 clude not less than— 

6 (1) $65,000,000 for the Digital Transformation 

7 with Africa initiative, including to expand digital ac8 cess in Africa and increase commercial engagement 

9 between the private sectors in the United States and 

10 African countries; 

11 (2) $100,000,000 for the Power Africa pro12 gram, consistent with the Electrify Africa Act of 

13 2015 (Public Law 114–121); 

14 (3) $100,500,000 for the Prosper Africa initia15 tive to increase two-way trade and investment be16 tween the United States and African countries; and 

17 (4) $21,000,000 for the USAID Trade and In18 vestment Hubs and trade capacity building pro19 grams to increase sustainable economic growth, glob20 al export competitiveness, and trade in African coun21 tries. 

22 (c) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds ap23 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup24 port Fund’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail-
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1 able for a contribution to the Special Criminal Court in 

2 the Central African Republic. 

3 (d) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.—Funds 

4 appropriated by this Act shall be made available for assist5 ance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for 

6 stabilization, democracy, global health, and bilateral eco7 nomic assistance: Provided, That such funds shall also be 

8 made available to support security, stabilization, develop9 ment, and democracy in Eastern DRC. 

10 (e) ETHIOPIA.— 

11 (1) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by 

12 this Act that are made available for assistance for 

13 Ethiopia should be used to support— 

14 (A) political dialogue; 

15 (B) civil society and the protection of 

16 human rights; 

17 (C) investigations and prosecutions of 

18 gross violations of human rights; 

19 (D) efforts to provide unimpeded access to, 

20 and monitoring of, humanitarian assistance; 

21 and 

22 (E) the restoration of basic services in 

23 areas impacted by conflict. 

24 (2) JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—Of the 

25 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
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1 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 

2 for assistance for Ethiopia, not less than 

3 $10,000,000 shall be made available to support inde4 pendent justice and accountability efforts related to 

5 conflicts in Ethiopia through conflict monitoring, 

6 documentation of abuses, information sharing with 

7 partner governments and other relevant entities, evi8 dence collection and preservation, and public report9 ing: Provided, That such funds shall be administered 

10 by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 

11 Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and such 

12 Assistant Secretary shall consult with the Commit13 tees on Appropriations on the implementation of this 

14 paragraph not later than 30 days after the date of 

15 enactment of this Act. 

16 (f) SOUTH SUDAN.—None of the funds appropriated 

17 by this Act under title IV may be made available for as18 sistance for the central Government of South Sudan, ex19 cept to support implementation of outstanding issues of 

20 the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, mutual arrange21 ments related to post-referendum issues associated with 

22 such Agreement, or any other viable peace agreement in 

23 South Sudan. 

24 (g) SUDAN.— 
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1 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

2 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 

3 $65,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

4 for Sudan, including for— 

5 (A) conflict mitigation and the protection 

6 of civilians; 

7 (B) efforts to provide unimpeded access to, 

8 and monitoring of, humanitarian assistance; 

9 (C) capacity building for civil society and 

10 civilian institutions, including grassroots initia11 tives, that can facilitate a democratic transition; 

12 (D) enhanced reporting and assessment of 

13 the conflict and its drivers, including of corrup14 tion networks, assets, and external influence in 

15 Sudan; 

16 (E) basic education for children displaced 

17 by conflict; and 

18 (F) medical trauma care, supplies, and 

19 training, including medical and psycho-social 

20 care for victims of conflict-related violence. 

21 (2) ANTI-CORRUPTION, JUSTICE, AND AC22 COUNTABILITY.—Of the funds made available pursu23 ant to paragraph (1), not less than $8,000,000 shall 

24 be made available, following consultation with the 

25 Committees on Appropriations, to support anti-cor-
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1 ruption, justice, and accountability efforts for stolen 

2 assets identification, tracking, and recovery; war 

3 crimes, including the use of starvation as a weapon 

4 of war; crimes against humanity; ethnic cleansing; 

5 and acts of genocide, including to support conflict 

6 monitoring and reporting. 

7 (3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro8 priated by this Act under title IV may be made 

9 available for assistance for the central Government 

10 of Sudan, except to support implementation of out11 standing issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agree12 ment, mutual arrangements related to post-ref13 erendum issues associated with such Agreement, or 

14 any other viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

15 (4) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by 

16 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

17 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re18 lated programs that are made available for any new 

19 program, project, or activity in Sudan shall be sub20 ject to prior consultation with the appropriate con21 gressional committees. 

22 (h) WEST AFRICA.— 

23 (1) COASTAL WEST AFRICA.—Of the funds ap24 propriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not 

25 less than $155,000,000, including not less than 
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1 $70,000,000 from funds made available in the Pre2 vention and Stabilization Fund, shall be made avail3 able for assistance for countries in Coastal West Af4 rica, including to implement ‘‘The U.S. Strategy to 

5 Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability 10-Year 

6 Plan for Coastal West Africa’’: Provided, That not 

7 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

8 this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Admin9 istrator shall jointly consult with the Committees on 

10 Appropriations on how such funds will be prioritized 

11 to address partner government security assistance 

12 needs and efforts to strengthen governance and equi13 table economic growth. 

14 (2) SAHEL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

16 shall submit a report to the appropriate congres17 sional committees on United States assistance for 

18 Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, consistent with the 

19 requirements under this section in the report accom20 panying this Act. 

21 (i) ZIMBABWE.— 

22 (1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treas23 ury shall instruct the United States executive direc24 tor of each international financial institution to vote 

25 against any extension by the respective institution of 
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1 any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, 

2 except to meet basic human needs or to promote de3 mocracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

4 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

5 the rule of law has been restored, including respect 

6 for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of 

7 expression, association, and assembly. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro9 priated by this Act shall be made available for as10 sistance for the central Government of Zimbabwe, 

11 except for health and education, unless the Secretary 

12 of State certifies and reports as required in para13 graph (1). 

14 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

15 SEC. 7043. (a) ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN

16 NATIONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

17 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter18 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not 

19 less than $45,000,000 shall be made available for pro20 grams for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 

21 (b) BURMA.— 

22 (1) USES OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appro23 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

24 Support Fund’’, not less than $121,000,000 shall be 

25 made available for assistance for Burma for the pur-
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1 poses described in section 5575 of the Burma Act of 

2 2022 (subtitle E of title LV of division E of Public 

3 Law 117–263) and section 7043(a) of the Depart4 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro5 grams Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Pub6 lic Law 117–328): Provided, That the authorities, 

7 limitations, and conditions contained in section 

8 7043(a) of division K of Public Law 117–328 shall 

9 apply to funds made available for assistance for 

10 Burma under this Act, except for the minimum 

11 funding requirements and paragraph (1)(B): Pro12 vided further, That for the purposes of section 5575 

13 of the Burma Act of 2022 and assistance for Burma 

14 made available by this Act and prior Acts making 

15 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

16 operations, and related programs, ‘‘non-lethal assist17 ance’’ shall include equipment and associated train18 ing to support— 

19 (A) atrocities prevention; 

20 (B) the protection of civilians from mili21 tary attack; 

22 (C) the delivery of humanitarian assist23 ance; 
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1 (D) investigations into genocide and 

2 human rights violations committed by the Bur3 mese military; 

4 (E) local governance and the provision of 

5 services in areas outside the control of the Bur6 mese military; and 

7 (F) medical trauma care, supplies, and 

8 training. 

9 (2) DESERTER PROGRAMS.—Pursuant to sec10 tion 7043(a)(1)(A) of division K of Public Law 117– 

11 328, as continued in effect by this subsection, funds 

12 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap13 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

14 operations, and related programs that are made 

15 available for assistance for Burma shall be made 

16 available for programs and activities to support de17 serters from the military junta and its allied entities, 

18 following consultation with the appropriate congres19 sional committees. 

20 (3) ROHINGYA.—Of the funds made available 

21 pursuant to this subsection, not less than 

22 $1,000,000 shall be made available to support jus23 tice and accountability efforts for crimes against hu24 manity and acts of genocide against the Rohingya, 

25 following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations: Provided, That the Assistant Secretary 

2 for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart3 ment of State, shall have responsibility for the uses 

4 of such funds: Provided further, That such funds are 

5 in addition to funds otherwise made available to in6 vestigate and document violations of human rights 

7 committed by the Burmese military against ethnic 

8 groups in Burma. 

9 (c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.— 

10 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

11 under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 

12 $1,900,000,000 shall be made available to support 

13 implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. 

14 (2) COUNTERING PRC INFLUENCE FUND.— 

15 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 

17 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Nar18 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non19 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re20 lated Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi21 nancing Program’’, not less than $400,000,000 

22 shall be made available for a Countering PRC 

23 Influence Fund to counter the influence of the 

24 Government of the People’s Republic of China 

25 and the Chinese Communist Party and entities 
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1 acting on their behalf globally, which shall be 

2 subject to prior consultation with the Commit3 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 

4 funds are in addition to amounts otherwise 

5 made available for such purposes: Provided fur6 ther, That up to 25 percent of such funds shall 

7 be held in reserve to respond to unanticipated 

8 opportunities to counter PRC influence, the 

9 uses of which shall be the responsibility of the 

10 Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific 

11 Affairs, Department of State, in consultation 

12 with the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau 

13 of Asia, United States Agency for International 

14 Development: Provided further, That funds 

15 made available pursuant to this subparagraph 

16 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

17 Program’’ may remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2026: Provided further, That funds 

19 appropriated by this Act for such Fund under 

20 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

21 and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

22 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro23 grams’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro24 gram’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, 

25 funds appropriated under such headings: Pro-
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1 vided further, That funds made available pursu2 ant to this subparagraph under the heading 

3 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be transferred 

4 to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 

5 the headings ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’, ‘‘United 

6 States Institute of Peace’’, ‘‘East-West Cen7 ter’’, and ‘‘National Endowment for Democ8 racy’’: Provided further, That the transfer au9 thorities provided in this subparagraph are in 

10 addition to any other transfer authority pro11 vided by this Act or any other Act, and is sub12 ject to the regular notification procedures of the 

13 Committees on Appropriations. 

14 (B) Of the grant balances in the Foreign 

15 Military Sales Trust Fund, identified by Treas16 ury Appropriation Fund Symbol 97–11 X 8242, 

17 which are not currently applied to an active 

18 FMS case and which were appropriated prior to 

19 fiscal year 2014, $20,000,000 shall be 

20 deobligated, as appropriate, and shall be avail21 able for assistance for countries in the Indo-Pa22 cific region for purposes of the Countering PRC 

23 Influence Fund, in addition to any funds other24 wise made available for such purposes, under 

25 the same authorities and conditions as amounts 
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1 made available by this Act under the heading 

2 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

3 (3) RESTRICTION ON USES OF FUNDS.—None 

4 of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 

5 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

6 foreign operations, and related programs may be 

7 made available for any project or activity that di8 rectly supports or promotes— 

9 (A) the Belt and Road Initiative or any 

10 dual-use infrastructure projects of the People’s 

11 Republic of China; or 

12 (B) the use of technology, including bio13 technology, digital, telecommunications, and 

14 cyber, developed by the People’s Republic of 

15 China unless the Secretary of State, in con16 sultation with the USAID Administrator and 

17 the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro18 priate, determines that such use does not ad19 versely impact the national security of the 

20 United States. 

21 (4) MAPS.—None of the funds made available 

22 by this Act should be used to create, procure, or dis23 play any map that inaccurately depicts the territory 

24 and social and economic system of Taiwan and the 
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1 islands or island groups administered by Taiwan au2 thorities. 

3 (d) LAOS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 under titles III and IV, not less than $93,000,000 shall 

5 be made available for assistance for Laos, including for 

6 assistance for persons with disabilities caused by 

7 unexploded ordnance accidents. 

8 (e) NORTH KOREA.— 

9 (1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds ap10 propriated by this Act or prior Acts making appro11 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper12 ations, and related programs may be made available 

13 for assistance for the central government of a coun14 try the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

15 the appropriate congressional committees engages in 

16 significant transactions contributing materially to 

17 the malicious cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Gov18 ernment of North Korea: Provided, That the Sec19 retary of State shall submit the report required by 

20 section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 

21 Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 

22 U.S.C. 9229) to the Committees on Appropriations: 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary of State may 

24 waive the application of the restriction in this para25 graph with respect to assistance for the central gov-
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1 ernment of a country if the Secretary determines 

2 and reports to the appropriate congressional com3 mittees that to do so is important to the national se4 curity interest of the United States, including a de5 scription of such interest served. 

6 (2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 

7 Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 

8 Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 

9 broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not 

10 less than the prior fiscal year. 

11 (3) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Funds appropriated by 

12 this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

13 Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made avail14 able for the promotion of human rights in North 

15 Korea: Provided, That the authority of section 

16 7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds. 

17 (4) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 

18 the funds made available by this Act under the 

19 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

20 available for assistance for the Government of North 

21 Korea. 

22 (f) PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.— 

23 (1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 

24 Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and 

25 ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ shall be made available to ex-
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1 pand the United States diplomatic and development 

2 presence in Pacific Islands countries (PICs), includ3 ing the number and location of facilities and per4 sonnel. 

5 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

6 this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist7 ance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 

8 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non9 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

10 Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro11 gram’’, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made 

12 available for assistance for PICs, including as de13 scribed in section 7043(f)(2) of the Department of 

14 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

15 Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 

16 118–47). 

17 (g) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

18 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro19 priated by this Act may be made available for assist20 ance for the Government of the People’s Republic of 

21 China or the Chinese Communist Party. 

22 (2) HONG KONG.—Of the funds appropriated 

23 by this Act under the first paragraph under the 

24 heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 

25 $5,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 
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1 and Internet freedom programs for Hong Kong, in2 cluding legal and other support for democracy activ3 ists. 

4 (3) PROHIBITION OF ENTRY.—Section 7031(c) 

5 of this Act shall be applied to officials of the Gov6 ernment of the People’s Republic of China about 

7 whom the Secretary of State has credible informa8 tion have been involved in the wrongful detention of 

9 Gulshan Abbas. 

10 (h) PHILIPPINES.— 

11 (1) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds ap12 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Develop13 ment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

14 not less than $80,300,000 shall be made available 

15 for assistance for the Philippines: Provided, That of 

16 such funds, not less than $9,000,000 shall be made 

17 available for economic growth programs and not less 

18 than $2,500,000 for trilateral programs between the 

19 United States, Philippines, and Japan. 

20 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds ap21 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

22 Military Financing Program’’, not less than 

23 $70,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

24 for the Philippines, including for the Philippine 

25 Coast Guard: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
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1 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter2 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

3 may be made available for counternarcotics assist4 ance for the Philippines, except for drug demand re5 duction, maritime law enforcement, or transnational 

6 interdiction. 

7 (3) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary of State and USAID Administrator, in con10 sultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 

11 agencies, shall jointly consult with the Committees 

12 on Appropriations on funds made available by this 

13 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

14 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

15 programs for the Luzon Economic Corridor. 

16 (i) TAIWAN.— 

17 (1) GLOBAL COOPERATION AND TRAINING

18 FRAMEWORK.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

19 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

20 not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for 

21 the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, 

22 which shall be administered by the American Insti23 tute in Taiwan. 

24 (2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO25 GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
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1 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

2 not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available 

3 for assistance for Taiwan: Provided, That the Sec4 retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 

5 Defense, shall prioritize the delivery of defense arti6 cles and services for Taiwan. 

7 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

8 LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—Funds 

9 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap10 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

11 operations, and related programs under the heading 

12 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, except for 

13 amounts designated as an emergency requirement 

14 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 

15 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

16 Act of 1985, may be made available for the costs, 

17 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg18 et Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan guarantees 

19 for Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(g) of the 

20 Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title 

21 LV of division E of Public Law 117–263). 

22 (4) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Funds appro23 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Payment to 

24 the American Institute in Taiwan’’ shall be made 

25 available for the Taiwan Fellowship Program. 
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1 (5) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 60 days 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 

4 Appropriations on the uses of funds made available 

5 pursuant to this subsection: Provided, That such 

6 funds shall be subject to the regular notification pro7 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (j) TIBET.— 

9 (1) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 

10 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’, not less than $27,000,000 shall be made 

12 available, notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, for programs authorized by section 346(d), (e), 

14 and (f) of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 

15 2020 (subtitle E of title III of division FF of Public 

16 Law 116–260) and the programs described under 

17 this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

18 (2) SANCTIONS.—Section 7031(c) of this Act 

19 shall be applied to officials of the Government of the 

20 People’s Republic of China and other governments 

21 in the South Asia region about whom the Secretary 

22 of State has credible information have been involved 

23 in a gross violation of human rights in the Tibet Au24 tonomous Region or other Tibetan communities in 

25 the PRC and the region. 
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1 (k) VIETNAM.—Of the funds appropriated under ti2 tles III and IV of this Act, not less than $197,000,000 

3 shall be made available for assistance for Vietnam, of 

4 which not less than— 

5 (1) $30,000,000 shall be made available for 

6 health and disability programs to assist persons with 

7 severe physical mobility, cognitive, or developmental 

8 disabilities: Provided, That such funds shall be 

9 prioritized to assist persons whose disabilities may 

10 be related to the use of Agent Orange and exposure 

11 to dioxin, or are the result of unexploded ordnance 

12 accidents; 

13 (2) $20,000,000 shall be made available, not14 withstanding any other provision of law, for activi15 ties related to the remediation of dioxin contami16 nated sites in Vietnam and may be made available 

17 for assistance for the Government of Vietnam, in18 cluding the military, for such purposes; 

19 (3) $3,000,000 shall be made available for the 

20 Reconciliation/Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Ini21 tiative; and 

22 (4) $15,000,000 shall be made available for 

23 higher education programs. 

24 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

25 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
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1 (1) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds appro2 priated by this Act that are made available for as3 sistance for Afghanistan may be made available for 

4 assistance to the Taliban. 

5 (2) AFGHAN STUDENTS.—Funds appropriated 

6 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

7 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

8 related programs shall be made available to— 

9 (A) support the higher education of stu10 dents from Afghanistan studying outside of the 

11 country, including the costs of reimbursement 

12 to institutions hosting such students, as appro13 priate: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

14 and the Administrator of the United States 

15 Agency for International Development, as ap16 propriate, shall consult with the Committees on 

17 Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of 

18 funds for such purposes; and 

19 (B) provide modified learning opportunities 

20 for women and girls in Afghanistan, including 

21 but not limited to, efforts to expand internet ac22 cess, online schooling, and distribution of edu23 cational content. 

24 (3) AFGHAN WOMEN.—Of the funds appro25 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
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1 Support Fund’’ that are made available for assist2 ance for Afghanistan— 

3 (A) funds shall be made available to con4 tinue programs to investigate and document 

5 human rights abuses against women in Afghan6 istan, in a manner similar to the prior fiscal 

7 year; and 

8 (B) not less than $2,000,000 shall be 

9 made available for programs to empower women 

10 and girls in the Afghan diaspora, to be awarded 

11 on an open and competitive basis and following 

12 consultation with the Committees on Appropria13 tions. 

14 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

16 and the USAID Administrator shall submit a report 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees detail18 ing plans, consistent with the restriction contained 

19 in paragraph (1), to— 

20 (A) protect and strengthen the rights of 

21 Afghan women and girls; 

22 (B) support higher education programs, in23 cluding continued support for the American 

24 University of Afghanistan’s (AUAF) online pro25 grams and support for other higher education 
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1 institutions in South Asia and the Middle East 

2 that are hosting AUAF and other Afghan stu3 dents; 

4 (C) support Afghan civil society activists, 

5 journalists, and independent media, including in 

6 third countries; and 

7 (D) support health, education, including 

8 community-based education, and other pro9 grams to address the basic needs of the people 

10 of Afghanistan. 

11 (b) PAKISTAN.— 

12 (1) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 

13 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

14 Program’’ that are made available for assistance for 

15 Pakistan may only be made available to support 

16 counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities 

17 in Pakistan. 

18 (2) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated 

19 under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 

20 available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 

21 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 

22 of State reports to the Committees on Appropria23 tions that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from 

24 prison and cleared of all charges relating to the as-
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1 sistance provided to the United States in locating 

2 Osama bin Laden. 

3 (c) SRI LANKA.—Funds appropriated under titles III 

4 and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance 

5 for Sri Lanka: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

6 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

7 Enforcement’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign 

8 Military Financing Programs’’ shall only be made avail9 able for the programs and activities described under this 

10 section in the report accompanying this Act. 

11 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

12 SEC. 7045. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA

13 AND THE CARIBBEAN.— 

14 (1) PRIORITIZATION.—Funds appropriated by 

15 this Act under titles III and IV and made available 

16 for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 

17 shall be prioritized for programs that— 

18 (A) address the violence, economic insecu19 rity and inequality, corruption, and other fac20 tors that contribute to irregular migration; 

21 (B) protect the rights of Indigenous people 

22 and support civil society and other independent 

23 institutions; 

24 (C) advance democracy, constitutional 

25 order, and human rights; and 
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1 (D) counter fentanyl and other narcotics 

2 trafficking. 

3 (2) AMERICAS PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC

4 PROSPERITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall 

5 be made available to support the Americas Partner6 ship for Economic Prosperity and other efforts to 

7 build economic partnerships and expand economic 

8 collaboration and integration in the Americas: Pro9 vided, That not later than 90 days after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

11 submit a report to the appropriate congressional 

12 committees detailing how such efforts are coordi13 nated between governments of partnership countries 

14 and which entity at the Department of State is re15 sponsible for coordinating diplomatic engagement 

16 and other activities to advance such partnerships. 

17 (b) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

18 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

19 titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

20 for assistance for countries in Central America, con21 sistent with subsection (a)(1), of which— 

22 (A) $61,500,000 shall be made available to 

23 support entities and activities to combat corrup24 tion and impunity in such countries, including, 

25 as appropriate, offices of Attorneys General; 
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1 (B) $70,000,000 shall be made available 

2 for programs to reduce violence against women 

3 and girls, including for Indigenous women and 

4 girls; 

5 (C) $100,000,000 shall be made available 

6 for assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

7 Honduras for programs that support locally-led 

8 development in such countries: Provided, That 

9 up to 15 percent of the funds made available to 

10 carry out this subparagraph may be used by the 

11 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

12 International Development for administrative 

13 and oversight expenses related to the purposes 

14 of this subparagraph; and 

15 (D) funds shall be made available for the 

16 youth empowerment program established pursu17 ant to section 7045(a)(1)(C) of the Department 

18 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro19 grams Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of 

20 Public Law 117–103). 

21 (2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN

22 CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS.— 

23 (A) Of the funds made available pursuant 

24 to paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Economic 

25 Support Fund’’ and under title IV of this Act, 
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1 60 percent of such funds that are made avail2 able for assistance for each of the central gov3 ernments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Hon4 duras may only be obligated after the Secretary 

5 of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations that such government is— 

7 (i) combating corruption and impu8 nity, including investigating and pros9 ecuting government officials, military per10 sonnel, and police officers credibly alleged 

11 to be corrupt, and improving strategies to 

12 combat money laundering and other global 

13 financial crimes; 

14 (ii) implementing reforms, policies, 

15 and programs to strengthen the rule of 

16 law, including increasing the transparency 

17 of public institutions, strengthening the 

18 independence of judicial and electoral insti19 tutions, and improving the transparency of 

20 political campaign and political party fi21 nancing; 

22 (iii) protecting the rights of human 

23 rights defenders, trade unionists, journal24 ists, civil society groups, opposition polit-
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1 ical parties, and the independence of the 

2 media; 

3 (iv) providing effective and account4 able law enforcement and security for its 

5 citizens, curtailing the role of the military 

6 in public security, and upholding due proc7 ess of law; 

8 (v) implementing programs to reduce 

9 violence against women and girls; 

10 (vi) implementing policies to reduce 

11 poverty and promote economic growth and 

12 opportunity, including the implementation 

13 of reforms to strengthen educational sys14 tems, vocational training programs, and 

15 programs for at-risk youth; 

16 (vii) cooperating with the United 

17 States to counter drug trafficking, human 

18 trafficking and smuggling, and other 

19 transnational crime; 

20 (viii) cooperating with the United 

21 States and other governments in the region 

22 to facilitate the return, repatriation, and 

23 reintegration of migrants; 

24 (ix) taking demonstrable actions to se25 cure national borders and stem mass mi-
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1 gration, including by informing its citizens 

2 of the dangers of the journey to the south3 west border of the United States and ad4 vancing efforts to combat crime and vio5 lence, build economic opportunity, improve 

6 government services, and protect human 

7 rights; and 

8 (x) implementing policies that improve 

9 the environment for businesses, including 

10 foreign businesses, to operate and invest, 

11 including executing tax reform in a trans12 parent manner, ensuring effective legal 

13 mechanisms for reimbursements of tax re14 funds owed to United States businesses, 

15 and resolving disputes involving the confis16 cation of real property of United States en17 tities: 

18 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall con19 sult with human rights groups and other civil 

20 society organizations in the United States and 

21 in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras not 

22 less than 30 days prior to make such certifi23 cation. 

24 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of sub25 paragraph (A) shall not apply to funds appro-
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1 priated by this Act that are made available 

2 for— 

3 (i) judicial entities and activities to 

4 combat corruption and impunity; 

5 (ii) programs to combat gender-based 

6 violence; 

7 (iii) programs to promote and protect 

8 human rights, including those of Indige9 nous communities and Afro-descendants, 

10 and to investigate human rights abuses; 

11 (iv) support for women’s economic 

12 empowerment; 

13 (v) humanitarian assistance; and 

14 (vi) food security programs. 

15 (C) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO16 GRAM.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

17 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi18 nancing Program’’ may be made available for 

19 assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Hon20 duras, except for programs that support hu21 manitarian assistance and disaster response. 

22 (c) COLOMBIA.— 

23 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

24 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 

25 $380,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
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1 for Colombia: Provided, That such funds shall be 

2 made available for the programs and activities de3 scribed under this section in the report accom4 panying this Act: Provided further, That of the 

5 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

6 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce7 ment’’ and made available for assistance pursuant to 

8 this paragraph, not less than $40,000,000 shall be 

9 made available to enhance rural security in coca pro10 ducing municipalities and other municipalities with 

11 high levels of illicit activities: Provided further, That 

12 such funds shall be prioritized in such municipalities 

13 that are also targeted for assistance programs that 

14 provide viable economic alternatives and improve ac15 cess to public services. 

16 (2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

17 (A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds 

18 appropriated by this Act under the heading 

19 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En20 forcement’’ that are made available for assist21 ance for Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated 

22 only if the Secretary of State certifies and re23 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

24 in the previous 12 months the Government of 

25 Colombia has— 
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1 (i) taken steps that have led to re2 duced overall coca cultivation, production, 

3 and drug trafficking in Colombia, including 

4 by supporting alternative development pro5 grams; 

6 (ii) continued cooperating with the 

7 United States on joint counternarcotics 

8 strategies; and 

9 (iii) maintained extradition coopera10 tion with the United States. 

11 (B) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Of the funds appro12 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

13 Military Financing Program’’ and made avail14 able for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent 

15 may be obligated only if the Secretary of State 

16 certifies and reports to the Committees on Ap17 propriations that— 

18 (i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace 

19 and other judicial authorities, as appro20 priate, are sentencing perpetrators of gross 

21 violations of human rights, including those 

22 with command responsibility, to depriva23 tion of liberty; 

24 (ii) the Government of Colombia is 

25 making consistent progress in reducing 
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1 threats and attacks against human rights 

2 defenders and other civil society activists, 

3 and judicial authorities are prosecuting 

4 and punishing those responsible for order5 ing and carrying out such attacks; 

6 (iii) the Government of Colombia is 

7 making consistent progress in protecting 

8 Afro-Colombian and Indigenous commu9 nities and is respecting their rights and 

10 territories; 

11 (iv) senior military officers credibly al12 leged, or whose units are credibly alleged, 

13 to be responsible for ordering, committing, 

14 and covering up cases of false positives and 

15 other extrajudicial killings, or of commit16 ting other gross violations of human rights, 

17 or of conducting illegal communications 

18 intercepts or other illicit surveillance, are 

19 being held accountable, including removal 

20 from active duty if found guilty through 

21 criminal, administrative, or disciplinary 

22 proceedings; and 

23 (v) the Colombian Armed Forces are 

24 cooperating fully with the requirements de25 scribed in clauses (i) through (iv). 
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1 (3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of para2 graph (2) shall not apply to funds made available for 

3 aviation instruction and maintenance, and maritime 

4 and riverine security programs. 

5 (4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds 

6 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap7 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

8 operations, and related programs and made available 

9 for assistance for Colombia may be used to trans10 port personnel and supplies involved in drug eradi11 cation and interdiction, including security for such 

12 activities, and to provide transport in support of al13 ternative development programs and investigations 

14 by civilian judicial authorities. 

15 (5) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro16 priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria17 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper18 ations, and related programs that are made available 

19 for assistance for Colombia may be made available 

20 for payment of reparations to conflict victims or 

21 compensation to demobilized combatants associated 

22 with a peace agreement between the Government of 

23 Colombia and illegal armed groups. 

24 (d) MANAGING REGIONAL MIGRATION.— 
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1 (1) REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF MIGRANTS.— 

2 Funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 

3 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

4 foreign operations, and related programs shall be 

5 made available to support the efforts of governments 

6 in Latin America and the Caribbean to resettle mi7 grants, including through policy reforms, capacity 

8 building and technical assistance, and enhanced 

9 community integration and economic development, 

10 consistent with international law and best practices. 

11 (2) THIRD COUNTRY REPATRIATION.—Prior to 

12 the obligation of funds made available by this Act or 

13 prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart14 ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro15 grams to support the involuntary repatriation oper16 ations of a foreign government, the Secretary of 

17 State shall certify and report to the appropriate con18 gressional committees that an independent moni19 toring and oversight plan is in place for the use of 

20 such funds, and such funds shall be subject to prior 

21 consultation with such committees and the regular 

22 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro23 priations: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

24 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com25 mittees the text of any agreements or awards related 
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1 to such operations, including such independent mon2 itoring and oversight plan, as appropriate, including 

3 any agreement with a foreign government, non4 governmental entity, or international organization, 

5 as applicable, not later than 5 days after the effec6 tive date of such document: Provided further, That 

7 funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making 

8 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

9 operations, and related programs shall not be used 

10 to support the refoulement of migrants or refugees. 

11 (e) HAITI.— 

12 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

13 Act for assistance for Haiti shall be made available, 

14 following consultation with the Committees on Ap15 propriations, for— 

16 (A) democracy programs, including trans17 parency and accountability; 

18 (B) livelihood programs and to support 

19 private sector investment; 

20 (C) police, anti-gang, and administration 

21 of justice programs, to include efforts to reduce 

22 pre-trial detention and eliminate inhumane pris23 ons conditions; 

24 (D) public health, food security, subsist25 ence farming, water and sanitation, education, 
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1 and other programs to meet the basic human 

2 needs of the Haitian people; and 

3 (E) disaster relief and recovery. 

4 (2) MULTINATIONAL SECURITY SUPPORT MIS5 SION.—Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

6 made available for the Multinational Security Sup7 port (MSS) mission: Provided, That prior to the ini8 tial obligation of funds for the MSS, the Secretary 

9 of State shall submit to the Committees on Appro10 priations the report required under this section in 

11 the report accompanying this Act. 

12 (3) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

13 (A) The Government of Haiti shall be eligi14 ble to purchase defense articles and services 

15 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

16 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 

17 (B) None of the funds appropriated or oth18 erwise made available by this Act may be used 

19 for assistance for the armed forces of Haiti. 

20 (f) MEXICO.—Of the funds appropriated under title 

21 IV of this Act that are made available for assistance for 

22 Mexico, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until 

23 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appro24 priate congressional committees that the Government of 

25 Mexico has taken steps to— 
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1 (1) reduce the amount of fentanyl arriving at 

2 the United States-Mexico border, including by in3 creasing participation in multilateral fora to counter 

4 trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 

5 other synthetic drugs and their precursor materials; 

6 (2) dismantle and hold accountable 

7 transnational criminal organizations; 

8 (3) support joint counternarcotics operations 

9 and intelligence sharing with United States counter10 parts; and 

11 (4) respect extradition requests for criminals 

12 sought by the United States: 

13 Provided, That such withholding shall also apply until the 

14 Secretary of State submits the report required under this 

15 heading in the report accompanying this Act regarding 

16 water deliveries. 

17 (g) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.— 

18 (1) The Secretary of State shall instruct the 

19 United States Permanent Representative to the Or20 ganization of American States (OAS) to use the 

21 voice and vote of the United States to: 

22 (A) implement budgetary reforms and effi23 ciencies within the Organization; 
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1 (B) eliminate arrears, increase other donor 

2 contributions, and impose penalties for succes3 sive late payment of assessments; 

4 (C) prevent programmatic and organiza5 tional redundancies and consolidate duplicative 

6 activities and functions; 

7 (D) prioritize areas in which the OAS has 

8 expertise, such as strengthening democracy, 

9 monitoring electoral processes, and protecting 

10 human rights; and 

11 (E) implement reforms within the Office of 

12 the Inspector General (OIG) to ensure the OIG 

13 has the necessary leadership, integrity, profes14 sionalism, independence, policies, and proce15 dures to properly carry out its responsibilities 

16 in a manner that meets or exceeds best prac17 tices in the United States. 

18 (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appro19 priated by this Act and made available for an as20 sessed contribution to the Organization of American 

21 States, but not later than 90 days after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

23 submit a report to the appropriate congressional 

24 committees on actions taken or planned to be taken 

25 pursuant to paragraph (1) that are in addition to 
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1 actions taken during the preceding fiscal year, and 

2 the results of such actions. 

3 (h) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by 

4 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $88,000,000 

5 shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security 

6 Initiative. 

7 (i) VENEZUELA.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

8 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

9 $50,000,000 should be made available for democracy pro10 grams for Venezuela. 

11 EUROPE AND EURASIA

12 SEC. 7046. (a) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUP13 PORT ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act 

14 (22 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to— 

15 (1) activities to support democracy or assist16 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

17 (22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the 

18 Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act 

19 of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation as20 sistance; 

21 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

22 Development Agency under section 661 of the For23 eign Assistance Act of 1961; 
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1 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

2 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

3 acting within his or her official capacity; 

4 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

5 other assistance provided by the United States 

6 International Development Finance Corporation as 

7 authorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 

8 of Public Law 115–254); 

9 (5) any financing provided under the Export10 Import Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 

11 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

12 (b) SOUTH CAUCASUS.—Funds appropriated by this 

13 Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

14 and Central Asia’’ and under title IV shall be made avail15 able for assistance for Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia 

16 for— 

17 (1) democracy programs, including to strength18 en civil society, protect human rights, and support 

19 independent media; and 

20 (2) economic and security assistance, which 

21 shall be prioritized and allocated based on the extent 

22 to which the governments of such countries dem23 onstrate capacity and political will to pursue regional 

24 stability and economic integration, and to counter 

25 the malign influence of the Russian Federation and 
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1 other actors, as determined by the Secretary of 

2 State in consultation with the Administrator of the 

3 United States Agency for International Develop4 ment, including to— 

5 (A) build military capacity to defend terri6 torial sovereignty and deter aggression of the 

7 Russian Federation and other malign actors, 

8 and improve law enforcement and border secu9 rity; 

10 (B) enhance agricultural development, food 

11 security, and natural resource management; 

12 and 

13 (C) improve critical infrastructure, macro14 economic stability, energy security, cybersecu15 rity and digitalization, and regional trade. 

16 (c) TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—None of the funds ap17 propriated by this Act may be made available for assist18 ance for a government of an Independent State of the 

19 former Soviet Union if such government directs any action 

20 in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov21 ereignty of any other Independent State of the former So22 viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel23 sinki Final Act: Provided, That except as otherwise pro24 vided in section 7047(a) of this Act, funds may be made 

25 available without regard to the restriction in this sub-
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1 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

2 national security interest of the United States: Provided 

3 further, That prior to executing the authority contained 

4 in the previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall con5 sult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such 

6 assistance supports the national security interest of the 

7 United States. 

8 (d) TURKEY.—None of the funds made available by 

9 this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of 

10 defense articles or defense services to the Turkish Presi11 dential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 

12 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) 

13 unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

14 the appropriate congressional committees that members of 

15 the TPPD who are named in the July 17, 2017, indict16 ment by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 

17 and against whom there are pending charges, have re18 turned to the United States to stand trial in connection 

19 with the offenses contained in such indictment or have 

20 otherwise been brought to justice: Provided, That the limi21 tation in this paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds 

22 made available by this Act for border security purposes, 

23 for North Atlantic Treaty Organization or coalition oper24 ations, or to enhance the protection of United States offi25 cials and facilities in Turkey. 
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1 (e) UKRAINE.— 

2 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

3 this Act, not less than $482,000,000 shall be made 

4 available for assistance for Ukraine, including to 

5 support the implementation of the ‘‘Bilateral Secu6 rity Agreement Between the United States of Amer7 ica and Ukraine’’ and the strategies required by sec8 tion 7046(d)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign 

9 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

10 Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47) and 

11 section 504 of the Ukraine Security Supplemental 

12 Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 

13 118–50): Provided, That no such funds may be 

14 made available for the reimbursement of pensions: 

15 Provided further, That such funds appropriated 

16 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

17 and Law Enforcement’’ may be made available to 

18 support the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 

19 and National Police of Ukraine, including units sup20 porting or under the command of the Armed Forces 

21 of Ukraine. 

22 (2) USES OF FUNDS.— 

23 (A) ENTERPRISE FUNDS.—Funds appro24 priated by this Act and prior Acts making ap25 propriations for the Department of State, for-
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1 eign operations, and related programs may be 

2 made available for enterprise funds operating in 

3 Ukraine: Provided, That such funds shall be 

4 subject to prior consultation with, and the reg5 ular notification procedures of, the Committees 

6 on Appropriations. 

7 (B) COPRODUCTION.—Funds appropriated 

8 by this Act and prior Acts making appropria9 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper10 ations, and related programs under the heading 

11 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be 

12 made available to advance coproduction, li13 censed production, and cooperative initiatives 

14 with Ukraine in support of the national inter15 ests of the United States, consistent with sec16 tion 42 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

17 U.S.C. 2791): Provided, That such efforts shall 

18 prioritize the enhancement of the territorial de19 fense capabilities of Ukraine, consistent with 

20 the ‘‘Bilateral Security Agreement Between the 

21 United States of America and Ukraine’’ and the 

22 strategies referenced in paragraph (1). 

23 (C) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro24 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assist25 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ 
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1 that are made available for assistance for 

2 Ukraine, not less than— 

3 (i) $4,000,000 shall be made available 

4 for a program to provide medical and cas5 ualty rehabilitation services in a manner 

6 consistent with the prior fiscal year; and 

7 (ii) $4,000,000 shall be made avail8 able for a 4-year scholarship program for 

9 Ukrainian students at senior military col10 leges, as described under this section in the 

11 report accompanying this Act, following 

12 consultation with the Committees on Ap13 propriations. 

14 (D) FELLOWSHIPS.—Of the funds appro15 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Edu16 cational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’, a 

17 portion of the Global Undergraduate Exchange 

18 Program awards under the Fulbright Program 

19 shall be designated as Ukraine Reconstruction 

20 Engineering Fellowships, following consultation 

21 with the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and 

23 conditions of section 7046(d) of the Department of 

24 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

25 Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 
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1 118–47) shall apply to funds made available by this 

2 Act for assistance for Ukraine, except for paragraph 

3 (1). 

4 COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION

5 SEC. 7047. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap6 propriated by this Act may be made available for assist7 ance for the central Government of the Russian Federa8 tion. 

9 (b) ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.— 

10 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro11 priated by this Act may be made available for assist12 ance for the central government of a country that 

13 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative 

15 steps intended to support or be supportive of the 

16 Russian Federation annexation of Crimea or other 

17 territory in Ukraine: Provided, That except as other18 wise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may 

19 waive the restriction on assistance required by this 

20 paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports to 

21 such Committees that to do so is in the national in22 terest of the United States, and includes a justifica23 tion for such interest. 

24 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro25 priated by this Act may be made available for— 
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1 (A) the implementation of any action or 

2 policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the 

3 Russian Federation over Crimea or other terri4 tory in Ukraine; 

5 (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 

6 of United States Government investments in 

7 Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the 

8 control of the Russian Federation or Russian9 backed forces, if such activity includes the par10 ticipation of Russian Government officials, or 

11 other Russian owned or controlled financial en12 tities; or 

13 (C) assistance for Crimea or other terri14 tory in Ukraine under the control of the Rus15 sian Federation or Russian-backed forces, if 

16 such assistance includes the participation of 

17 Russian Government officials, or other Russian 

18 owned or controlled financial entities. 

19 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU20 TIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in21 struct the United States executive director of each 

22 international financial institution to use the voice 

23 and vote of the United States to oppose any assist24 ance by such institution (including any loan, credit, 
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1 grant, or guarantee) for any program that violates 

2 the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 

3 (4) DURATION.—The requirements and limita4 tions of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if 

5 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

7 of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Cri8 mea and other territory in Ukraine under the con9 trol of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed 

10 forces. 

11 (c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF

12 ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 

13 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro14 priated by this Act may be made available for assist15 ance for the central government of a country that 

16 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations has recognized the 

18 independence of, or has established diplomatic rela19 tions with, the Russian Federation occupied Geor20 gian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/ 

21 South Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

22 publish on the Department of State website a list of 

23 any such central governments in a timely manner: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 

25 restriction on assistance required by this paragraph 
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1 if the Secretary determines and reports to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na3 tional interest of the United States, and includes a 

4 justification for such interest. 

5 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro6 priated by this Act may be made available to sup7 port the Russian Federation occupation of the Geor8 gian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/ 

9 South Ossetia. 

10 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU11 TIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in12 struct the United States executive director of each 

13 international financial institution to use the voice 

14 and vote of the United States to oppose any assist15 ance by such institution (including any loan, credit, 

16 grant, or guarantee) for any program that violates 

17 the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 

18 (d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.—Of 

19 the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

20 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper21 ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Assist22 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Inter23 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

24 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 

25 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
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1 $300,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the pur2 poses of the Countering Russian Influence Fund, as au3 thorized by section 254 of the Countering Russian Influ4 ence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 

5 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding the country 

6 limitation in subsection (b) of such section, and programs 

7 to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and security 

8 forces in countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia 

9 and strengthen security cooperation between such coun10 tries and the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty 

11 Organization, as appropriate: Provided, That funds made 

12 available pursuant to this paragraph under the heading 

13 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may remain avail14 able until September 30, 2026. 

15 UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL

16 ORGANIZATIONS

17 SEC. 7048. (a) NOTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary of 

18 State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not 

19 less than 15 days prior to a vote in the United Nations 

20 Security Council to authorize a new or expanded peace op21 eration: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 

22 for any such new or expanded peace operation shall be 

23 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com24 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such no25 tifications shall include— 
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1 (1) the estimated cost, duration, objectives, and 

2 exit strategy for, and the national interest served by, 

3 such peace operation; and 

4 (2) the sources of funds, including any 

5 reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to 

6 pay the cost of the new or expanded peace operation, 

7 and the estimated cost in future fiscal years. 

8 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA9 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

10 (1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGA11 TIONS.—None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to pay expenses for any United 

13 States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or 

14 commission of the United Nations if such agency, 

15 body, or commission is chaired or presided over by 

16 a country, the government of which the Secretary of 

17 State has determined, for purposes of section 

18 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 

19 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), supports international ter20 rorism. 

21 (2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None 

22 of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

23 by the Secretary of State as a contribution to any 

24 organization, agency, commission, or program within 

25 the United Nations system if such organization, 
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1 agency, commission, or program is chaired or pre2 sided over by a country the government of which the 

3 Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 

4 section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 

6 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 

7 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), or any other provision of law, 

8 is a government that has repeatedly provided sup9 port for acts of international terrorism. 

10 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 

11 waive the restriction in this subsection if the Sec12 retary determines and reports to the Committees on 

13 Appropriations that to do so is important to the na14 tional interest of the United States, including a de15 scription of the national interest served. 

16 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

17 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

18 may be made available in support of the United Na19 tions Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of 

20 State determines and reports to the appropriate con21 gressional committees that participation in the 

22 Council is important to the national interest of the 

23 United States and that such Council is taking sig24 nificant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agen25 da item and ensure integrity in the election of mem-
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1 bers to such Council: Provided, That such report 

2 shall include a description of the national interest 

3 served and provide a detailed reform agenda, includ4 ing a timeline to remove Israel as a permanent agen5 da item and ensure integrity in the election of mem6 bers to such Council: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary of State shall withhold, from funds appro8 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Contribu9 tions to International Organizations’’ for a contribu10 tion to the United Nations Regular Budget, the 

11 United States proportionate share of the total an12 nual amount of the United Nations Regular Budget 

13 funding for the United Nations Human Rights 

14 Council until such determination and report is made: 

15 Provided further, That if the Secretary is unable to 

16 make such determination and report, such amounts 

17 may be reprogrammed for purposes other than the 

18 United Nations Regular Budget, subject to the reg19 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

20 Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 

21 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 not later than September 30, 2025, on the resolu23 tions considered in the United Nations Human 

24 Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and 

25 on steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent 
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1 agenda item and to improve the quality of member2 ship through competitive elections. 

3 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be made available for the United Nations Inter5 national Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied 

6 Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and 

7 Israel. 

8 (d) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NA9 TIONS MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or 

10 made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 

11 Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

12 may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 

13 arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations 

14 or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chap15 ter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

16 the costs for participation of another country’s delegation 

17 at international conferences held under the auspices of 

18 multilateral or international organizations. 

19 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub21 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail22 ing the amount of funds available for obligation or expend23 iture in fiscal year 2025 for contributions to any organiza24 tion, department, agency, or program within the United 

25 Nations system or any international program that are 
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1 withheld from obligation or expenditure due to any provi2 sion of law: Provided, That the Secretary shall update 

3 such report each time additional funds are withheld by op4 eration of any provision of law: Provided further, That the 

5 reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such 

6 report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 

7 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

8 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (f) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE10 KEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall, to 

11 the maximum extent practicable, withhold assistance to 

12 any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the 

13 Secretary has credible information that such unit has en14 gaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including while serv15 ing in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, until the 

16 Secretary determines that the government of such country 

17 is taking effective steps to hold the responsible members 

18 of such unit accountable and to prevent future incidents: 

19 Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly notify the 

20 government of each country subject to any withholding of 

21 assistance pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify the 

22 appropriate congressional committees of such withholding 

23 not later than 10 days after a determination to withhold 

24 such assistance is made: Provided further, That the Sec25 retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist 
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1 such government in bringing the responsible members of 

2 such unit to justice. 

3 (g) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the reg4 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro5 priations, funds appropriated by this Act which are re6 turned or not made available due to the second proviso 

7 under the heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peace8 keeping Activities’’ in title I of this Act or section 307(a) 

9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2227(a)), shall remain available for obligation until Sep11 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That the requirement to with12 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 

14 funds appropriated by this Act. 

15 (h) STRENGTHENING AMERICAN PRESENCE AT

16 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 

17 (1) Of the funds made available by this Act 

18 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and 

19 Programs’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 

20 available for the placement of United States citizens 

21 in the Junior Professional Officer Programme. 

22 (2) Of the funds made available by this Act 

23 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less 

24 than $750,000 shall be made available to enhance 

25 the competitiveness of United States citizens for 
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1 leadership positions in the United Nations system, 

2 including pursuant to section 9701 of the Depart3 ment of State Authorization Act of 2022 (title 

4 XCVII of division I of Public Law 117–263). 

5 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL

6 SEC. 7049. If the President determines that doing so 

7 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

8 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

9 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec10 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

11 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

12 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

13 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

14 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

15 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola16 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

17 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina18 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de19 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro20 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

21 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti22 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

24 SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 

25 obligation during fiscal year 2025 under the headings 
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1 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic 

2 Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 

3 Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than 

4 $97,000,000 shall be made available for programs to pro5 mote Internet freedom globally, consistent with section 

6 9707 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 

7 2022 (title XCVII of division I of Public Law 117–263). 

8 (b) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con9 sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 

10 and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 

11 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 of State and the Chief Executive Officer of the United 

13 States Agency for Global Media, in consultation with the 

14 President of the Open Technology Fund, shall submit to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds 

16 made available by this Act for programs to promote Inter17 net freedom globally, which shall include a description of 

18 safeguards established by relevant agencies to ensure that 

19 such programs are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, 

20 That the Department of State spend plan shall include 

21 funding for all such programs for all relevant Department 

22 of State and United States Agency for International De23 velopment offices and bureaus. 
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1 TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING

2 TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

3 SEC. 7051. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds 

4 made available by this Act may be used to support or jus5 tify the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or de6 grading treatment or punishment by any official or con7 tract employee of the United States Government. 

8 (b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles 

9 III and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwith10 standing section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

11 1961, for assistance to eliminate torture and other cruel, 

12 inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by for13 eign police, military, or other security forces in countries 

14 receiving assistance from funds appropriated by this Act. 

15 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE

16 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith17 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

18 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

19 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

20 foreign operations, and related programs under the head21 ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

22 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 

23 Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 

24 used for any other program and in any region. 
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1 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 

2 in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 

3 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro4 priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 

5 programmatic purposes in the designated country or re6 gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

7 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

8 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

10 (1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft pur11 chased or leased by the Department of State and the 

12 United States Agency for International Development 

13 with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 

14 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

15 foreign operations, and related programs shall be co16 ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 

17 Chief of Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may 

18 be used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim19 bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 

20 supporting Department of State and USAID pro21 grams and activities: Provided further, That official 

22 travel for other agencies for other purposes may be 

23 supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim24 bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 

25 Provided further, That funds received by the Depart-
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1 ment of State in connection with the use of aircraft 

2 owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of 

3 State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund 

4 of the Department and shall be available for ex5 penses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 

6 chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 

7 (2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities 

8 of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the 

9 primary purpose of which is the transportation of 

10 personnel. 

11 (d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

12 To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper13 ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 

14 by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country. 

15 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

16 SEC. 7053. In order to enhance the continued partici17 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel18 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern19 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

20 the United States Agency for International Development 

21 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

22 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

23 assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 

24 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

25 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
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1 shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 

2 provided to that organization. 

3 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

4 SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi5 tions of sections 7086(b)(1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the 

6 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

7 Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public 

8 Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 

9 (b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

10 shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 

11 International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure 

12 that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other pri13 vate or multilateral creditors. 

14 EXTRADITION

15 SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap16 propriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance 

17 (other than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Develop18 ment Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 

19 ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

20 and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist21 ance’’, ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migration 

22 Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

23 Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the central gov24 ernment of a country which has notified the Department 

25 of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States 
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1 any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which 

2 the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the 

3 possibility of parole or for killing a law enforcement offi4 cer, as specified in a United States extradition request. 

5 (b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 

6 to the central government of a country with which the 

7 United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 

8 which the United States has an extradition treaty and the 

9 government of that country is in violation of the terms 

10 and conditions of the treaty. 

11 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 

12 restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 

13 Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 that such waiver is important to the national interest of 

15 the United States. 

16 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

17 SEC. 7056. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds 

18 made available under titles III through VI of this Act may 

19 be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro20 priate congressional committees are notified at least 15 

21 days in advance. 

22 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the 

23 distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, 

24 dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 

25 or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
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1 congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 

2 assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

3 (c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 

4 transition to and operation of any private equity fund or 

5 other parallel investment fund under an existing Enter6 prise Fund, the President shall submit such transition or 

7 operating plan to the appropriate congressional commit8 tees. 

9 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

10 SEC. 7057. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 

11 available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations 

12 and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2025, 

13 $35,100,000 shall be made available for the United Na14 tions Population Fund (UNFPA). 

15 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

16 by this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 

17 UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 

18 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac19 count and shall be made available for family planning, ma20 ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the 

21 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap22 propriations. 

23 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

24 None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
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1 by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub2 lic of China. 

3 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

4 Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may not 

5 be made available unless— 

6 (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 

7 this Act in an account separate from other accounts 

8 of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 

9 other sums; and 

10 (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

11 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOL12 LAR WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

13 (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of 

14 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

15 submit a report to the Committees on Appropria16 tions indicating the amount of funds that UNFPA 

17 is budgeting for the year in which the report is sub18 mitted for a country program in the People’s Repub19 lic of China. 

20 (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 

21 that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country 

22 program in the People’s Republic of China in the 

23 year covered by the report, then the amount of such 

24 funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Re25 public of China shall be deducted from the funds 
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1 made available to UNFPA after March 1 for obliga2 tion for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the 

3 report is submitted. 

4 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

5 SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 

6 by titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 

7 for bilateral assistance for child survival activities or dis8 ease programs including activities relating to research on, 

9 and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS 

10 may be made available notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Glob12 al Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership 

13 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 

14 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amend15 ed: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under title 

16 III of this Act, not less than $600,000,000 should be made 

17 available for family planning/reproductive health, includ18 ing in areas where population growth threatens biodiver19 sity or endangered species. 

20 (b) PANDEMICS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE

21 OUTBREAKS.— 

22 (1) GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY.—Funds appro23 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global 

24 Health Programs’’ shall be made available for global 

25 health security programs to accelerate the capacity 
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1 of countries to prevent, detect, and respond to infec2 tious disease outbreaks. 

3 (2) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Sec4 retary of State determines and reports to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations that an international in6 fectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 

7 spreading internationally, or that it is in the na8 tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer9 gency of International Concern, not to exceed an ag10 gregate total of $200,000,000 of the funds appro11 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global 

12 Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 

13 ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Cri14 ses Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

15 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen16 tral Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and 

17 ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made 

18 available to combat such infectious disease or public 

19 health emergency, and may be transferred to, and 

20 merged with, funds appropriated under such head21 ings for the purposes of this paragraph. 

22 (3) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Up to 

23 $70,000,000 of the funds made available under the 

24 heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made 

25 available for the Emergency Reserve Fund estab-
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1 lished pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Depart2 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro3 grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Pub4 lic Law 115–31): Provided, That such funds shall be 

5 made available under the same terms and conditions 

6 of such section. 

7 (4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

8 Funds made available by this subsection, except 

9 funds made available for the Emergency Reserve 

10 Fund pursuant to paragraph (3), shall be subject to 

11 prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

12 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi14 sion of law, none of the funds made available by this Act 

15 may be made available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology 

16 located in the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 

17 China. 

18 (d) GLOBAL HEALTH WORKFORCE.—Of the funds 

19 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global 

20 Health Programs’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall be 

21 made available to strengthen the global health workforce. 

22 GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

23 SEC. 7059. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 

24 by this Act shall be made available to promote the equality 

25 and empowerment of women and girls in United States 
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1 Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising 

2 the status, increasing the economic participation and op3 portunities for political leadership, and protecting the 

4 rights of women and girls worldwide. 

5 (b) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.—Funds 

6 appropriated by this Act shall be made available to expand 

7 economic opportunities for women by increasing the num8 ber and capacity of women-owned enterprises, improving 

9 property rights for women, increasing women’s access to 

10 financial services and capital, enhancing the role of women 

11 in economic decision-making at the local, national, and 

12 international levels, and improving women’s ability to par13 ticipate in the global economy, including through imple14 mentation of the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Eco15 nomic Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–428): 

16 Provided, That the Secretary of State and the Adminis17 trator of the United States Agency for International De18 velopment, as applicable, shall consult with the Commit19 tees on Appropriations on the uses of funds made available 

20 pursuant to this subsection. 

21 (c) GENDER EQUITY AND EQUALITY ACTION

22 FUND.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

23 Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available 

24 for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund. 
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1 (d) MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT WOMEN’S LEADER2 SHIP PROGRAM.—Of the funds appropriated under title 

3 III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 

4 available for the Madeleine K. Albright Women’s Leader5 ship Program, as established by section 7059(b) of the De6 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro7 grams Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 

8 117–328). 

9 (e) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

10 (1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III 

11 and IV of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall 

12 be made available to implement a multi-year strat13 egy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence 

14 in countries where it is common in conflict and non15 conflict settings. 

16 (2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 

17 of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 

18 judicial, and military personnel, including for inter19 national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 

20 where appropriate, prevention and response to gen21 der-based violence and trafficking in persons, and 

22 shall promote the integration of women into the po23 lice and other security forces. 

24 (f) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Of the funds 

25 appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, 
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1 $150,000,000 should be made available to support a 

2 multi-year strategy to expand, and improve coordination 

3 of, United States Government efforts to empower women 

4 as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, 

5 transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in coun6 tries affected by conflict, crisis, or political transition, and 

7 to ensure the equitable provision of relief and recovery as8 sistance to women and girls, consistent with the Women, 

9 Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68) and 

10 the prior fiscal year. 

11 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

12 SEC. 7060. (a) EDUCATION.— 

13 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

14 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

15 III of this Act, not less than $640,555,000 

16 shall be made available for the Nita M. Lowey 

17 Basic Education Fund, and such funds may be 

18 made available notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign 

20 countries: Provided, That such funds shall also 

21 be used for secondary education activities. 

22 (B) Of the funds appropriated under title 

23 III of this Act for assistance for basic education 

24 programs, $106,000,000 shall be made avail-
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1 able for contributions to multilateral partner2 ships that support education. 

3 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro4 priated by title III of this Act, not less than 

5 $231,566,000 shall be made available for assistance 

6 for higher education: Provided, That such funds may 

7 be made available notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun9 tries, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

10 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

11 Provided further, That of such amount, not less than 

12 $33,000,000 shall be made available for partner13 ships between higher education institutions in the 

14 United States and developing countries focused on 

15 building the capacity of higher education institutions 

16 and systems in developing countries: Provided fur17 ther, That of such amount and in addition to the 

18 previous proviso, not less than $40,000,000 shall be 

19 made available for higher education programs pursu20 ant to section 7060(a)(3) of the Department of 

21 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

22 Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 

23 116–260). 

24 (3) SCHOLAR RESCUE PROGRAMS.—Of the 

25 funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
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1 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

2 Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

3 Central Asia’’, not less than $7,000,000 shall be 

4 made available for scholar rescue programs to sup5 port projects that strengthen democracy and civil so6 ciety by protecting scholars at risk overseas, includ7 ing through fellowships and placement opportunities 

8 abroad, which shall be administered by the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

10 Labor, Department of State. 

11 (b) COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of 

12 the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘De13 velopment Assistance’’, not less than $18,500,000 shall be 

14 made available for United States Agency for International 

15 Development cooperative development programs. 

16 (c) DISABILITY PROGRAMS.— 

17 (1) USAID.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

18 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall 

19 be made available for programs and activities admin20 istered by USAID to address the needs of, and pro21 tect and promote the rights of, people with disabil22 ities in developing countries, including initiatives 

23 that focus on independent living, economic self-suffi24 ciency, advocacy, education, employment, transpor25 tation, sports, political and electoral participation, 
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1 and integration of individuals with disabilities, in2 cluding for the cost of translation: Provided, That 

3 funds shall be made available to support disability 

4 rights advocacy organizations in developing coun5 tries: Provided further, That of the funds made 

6 available pursuant to this paragraph, 5 percent may 

7 be used by USAID for management, oversight, and 

8 technical support. 

9 (2) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

10 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

11 III of this Act, not less than $2,000,000 shall 

12 be made available to establish a small grant and 

13 capacity building program to assist organiza14 tions of persons with disabilities, including fam15 ilies of children with disabilities, to promote 

16 policies, social supports, human rights protec17 tions, and advocacy programs that strengthen 

18 families and protect against the unnecessary in19 stitutionalization of children with disabilities, 

20 consistent with the purposes described under 

21 this section in the report accompanying this 

22 Act: Provided, That such program shall be ad23 ministered by the Assistant Secretary for De24 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart25 ment of State: Provided further, That funds 
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1 made available for such program shall be in ad2 dition to funds otherwise made available for dis3 ability programs administered by such Assistant 

4 Secretary. 

5 (B) Not later than 60 days after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

7 shall consult with the appropriate congressional 

8 committees on implementation of section 5104 

9 of the Department of State Authorization Act 

10 of 2021 (division E of Public Law 117–81) re11 garding the establishment of the Office of 

12 International Disability Rights, Department of 

13 State. 

14 (d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP15 MENT.— 

16 (1) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated 

17 by title III of this Act, not less than $1,000,000,000 

18 shall be made available for food security and agricul19 tural development programs to carry out the pur20 poses of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Pub21 lic Law 114–195), including for the Feed the Future 

22 Innovation Labs: Provided, That funds may be made 

23 available for a contribution as authorized by section 

24 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

25 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 
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1 3310 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 

2 (Public Law 115–334). 

3 (2) FEED THE FUTURE MODERNIZATION.—Of 

4 the funds made available pursuant to this sub5 section— 

6 (A) not less than 50 percent should be 

7 made available for the Feed the Future target 

8 countries; and 

9 (B) not less than $25,000,000 shall be 

10 made available to support private sector invest11 ment in food security, including as catalytic 

12 capital. 

13 (e) MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTER14 PRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 

15 than $171,633,000 shall be made available to support the 

16 development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, 

17 and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe18 cially women. 

19 (f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER20 SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

21 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

22 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

23 Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En24 forcement’’, not less than $111,000,000 shall be made 

25 available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 
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1 internationally, including for the Program to End Modern 

2 Slavery, of which not less than $89,500,000 shall be from 

3 funds made available under the heading ‘‘International 

4 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’: Provided, That 

5 funds made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘De6 velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 

7 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that 

8 are made available for activities to combat trafficking in 

9 persons should be obligated and programmed consistent 

10 with the country-specific recommendations included in the 

11 annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordi12 nated with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

13 in Persons, Department of State: Provided further, That 

14 such funds are in addition to funds made available by this 

15 Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for the Of16 fice to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

17 (g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap18 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 

19 Assistance’’, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 

20 available to support people-to-people reconciliation pro21 grams which bring together individuals of different ethnic, 

22 racial, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of 

23 civil strife and war: Provided, That such funds shall be 

24 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com25 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That to the 
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1 maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched 

2 by sources other than the United States Government: Pro3 vided further, That such funds shall be administered by 

4 the Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention, USAID. 

5 (h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro6 priated by this Act, not less than $451,000,000 shall be 

7 made available for water supply and sanitation projects 

8 pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

9 1961, of which not less than $225,500,000 shall be for 

10 programs in sub-Saharan Africa. 

11 (i) DEVIATION.—Unless otherwise provided for by 

12 this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis13 trator, as applicable, may deviate below the minimum 

14 funding requirements designated in sections 7059, 7060, 

15 and 7061 of this Act by up to 10 percent, notwithstanding 

16 such designation: Provided, That concurrent with the sub17 mission of the report required by section 653(a) of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary shall sub19 mit to the Committees on Appropriations in writing any 

20 proposed deviations utilizing such authority that are 

21 planned at the time of submission of such report: Provided 

22 further, That any deviations proposed subsequent to the 

23 submission of such report shall be subject to prior con24 sultation with such Committees: Provided further, That 

25 not later than November 1, 2025, the Secretary of State 
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1 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 on the use of the authority of this subsection. 

3 ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS

4 SEC. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act to 

5 carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 

6 chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

7 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 except for the provisions of this section and only subject 

9 to the reporting procedures of the Committees on Appro10 priations, to support environment programs. 

11 (b)(1) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

12 this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made avail13 able for biodiversity conservation programs. 

14 (2) Not less than $125,000,000 of the funds appro15 priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made 

16 available to combat the transnational threat of wildlife 

17 poaching and trafficking. 

18 (3) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of 

19 this Act may be made available for training or other as20 sistance for any military unit or personnel that the Sec21 retary of State determines has been credibly alleged to 

22 have participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless 

23 the Secretary reports to the appropriate congressional 

24 committees that to do so is in the national security inter25 est of the United States. 
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1 (4) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity 

2 programs shall not be used to support the expansion of 

3 industrial scale logging, agriculture, livestock production, 

4 mining, or any other industrial scale extractive activity 

5 into areas that were primary/intact tropical forests as of 

6 December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury 

7 shall instruct the United States executive directors of each 

8 international financial institution (IFI) to use the voice 

9 and vote of the United States to oppose any financing of 

10 any such activity. 

11 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

12 United States executive director of each IFI that it is the 

13 policy of the United States to use the voice and vote of 

14 the United States, in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, 

15 or policy of such institution, regarding the construction 

16 of any large dam consistent with the criteria set forth in 

17 Senate Report 114–79, while also considering whether the 

18 project involves important foreign policy objectives. 

19 (d) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

20 Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available 

21 for sustainable landscapes programs. 

22 (e) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

23 Act, not less than $285,000,000 shall be made available 

24 for adaptation programs, including in support of the im25 plementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. 
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1 (f) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

2 Act, not less than $275,000,000 shall be made available 

3 for clean energy programs, including in support of car4 rying out the purposes of the Electrify Africa Act (Public 

5 Law 114–121) and implementing the Power Africa initia6 tive. 

7 (g) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III 

8 may be made available for United States contributions to 

9 the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries 

10 Fund. 

11 (h) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

12 Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for 

13 programs to address plastic pollution, including ocean 

14 plastic pollution and other marine debris: Provided, That 

15 such funds may be made available for contributions to 

16 multilateral initiatives to address such pollution: Provided 

17 further, That such funds may only be made available fol18 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria19 tions. 

20 (i) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

21 Act, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available to 

22 support Indigenous and other civil society organizations 

23 in developing countries that are working to protect the en24 vironment, including threatened and endangered species. 
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1 (j) The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 

2 shall implement the directive regarding law enforcement 

3 in national parks and protected areas as described under 

4 this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

5 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

6 SEC. 7062. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

7 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de8 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, 

9 and VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury 

10 and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, 

11 including the Inter-American Foundation and the United 

12 States African Development Foundation, shall submit to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for 

14 funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organi15 zation in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise avail16 able for obligation in fiscal year 2025, that provides de17 tails of the uses of such funds at the program, project, 

18 and activity level: Provided, That such plans shall include, 

19 as applicable, a comparison between the congressional 

20 budget justification funding levels, the most recent con21 gressional directives or approved funding levels, and the 

22 funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and 

23 a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: 

24 Provided further, That operating plans that include 

25 changes in levels of funding for programs, projects, and 
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1 activities specified in the congressional budget justifica2 tion, in this Act, or amounts designated in the tables in 

3 the report accompanying this Act, as applicable, shall be 

4 subject to the notification and reprogramming require5 ments of section 7015 of this Act. 

6 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

7 (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

8 Secretary of State or Administrator of the United 

9 States Agency for International Development, as ap10 propriate, shall submit to the Committees on Appro11 priations a spend plan for funds made available by 

12 this Act for— 

13 (A) assistance for countries in Central 

14 America and the Caribbean, Cambodia, Colom15 bia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Pacific Islands countries, 

16 Pakistan, the Philippines, Tunisia, and 

17 Ukraine; 

18 (B) assistance for the Africa Regional 

19 Counterterrorism program, Caribbean Basin 

20 Security Initiative, Central America Regional 

21 Security Initiative, Counterterrorism Partner22 ships Fund, Global Peace Operations Initiative, 

23 Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Countering PRC 

24 Influence Fund, Partnership for Global Infra25 structure and Investment, Partnership for Re-
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1 gional East Africa Counterterrorism, Power Af2 rica, Prevention and Stabilization Fund, Pros3 per Africa, and Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 

4 Partnership; and 

5 (C) assistance made available pursuant to 

6 the following sections in this Act: section 7032; 

7 section 7036; section 7047(d) (on a country-by8 country basis); section 7059, including Gender 

9 Equity and Equality Action Fund; and sub10 sections (a), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of section 

11 7060. 

12 (2) Not later than 90 days after the date of en13 actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 

14 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

15 detailed spend plan for funds made available by this 

16 Act under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treas17 ury, International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in 

18 title III and ‘‘Treasury International Assistance Pro19 grams’’ in title V. 

20 (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 

21 percent of the funds contained in a spend plan re22 quired by this subsection may be obligated prior to 

23 the submission of such spend plan if the Secretary 

24 of State, the USAID Administrator, or the Secretary 

25 of the Treasury, as applicable, determines that the 
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1 obligation of such funds is necessary to avoid signifi2 cant programmatic disruption: Provided, That not 

3 less than seven days prior to such obligation, the 

4 Secretary or Administrator, as appropriate, shall 

5 consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 

6 the justification for such obligation and the proposed 

7 uses of such funds. 

8 (c) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in 

9 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti10 fication requirements in this Act or under section 634A 

11 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

12 (d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The 

13 congressional budget justification for Department of State 

14 operations and foreign operations shall be provided to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date 

16 of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 

17 2026: Provided, That the appendices for such justification 

18 shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not 

19 later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 

20 REORGANIZATION

21 SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFI22 CATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts 

23 making appropriations for the Department of State, for24 eign operations, and related programs, or any other Act 

25 may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, 
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1 or other plan described in subsection (b) by the Depart2 ment of State, the United States Agency for International 

3 Development, or any other Federal department, agency, 

4 or organization funded by this Act without prior consulta5 tion by the head of such department, agency, or organiza6 tion with the appropriate congressional committees: Pro7 vided, That such funds shall be subject to the regular noti8 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

9 Provided further, That any such notification submitted to 

10 such Committees shall include a detailed justification for 

11 any proposed action: Provided further, That congressional 

12 notifications submitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to 

13 similar provisions of law in prior Acts making appropria14 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

15 related programs may be deemed to meet the notification 

16 requirements of this section. 

17 (b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to sub18 section (a), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall 

19 include any action to— 

20 (1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 

21 covered departments, agencies, or organizations, in22 cluding bureaus and offices within or between such 

23 departments, agencies, or organizations, including 

24 the transfer to other agencies of the authorities and 

25 responsibilities of such bureaus and offices; 
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1 (2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 

2 the United States official presence overseas, includ3 ing at bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic 

4 facilities and other platforms; or 

5 (3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent 

6 Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family mem7 ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the De8 partment of State and USAID from the staffing lev9 els previously justified to the Committees on Appro10 priations for fiscal year 2025. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE MATTERS

12 SEC. 7064. (a) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

13 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to 

14 the Department of State for payments to the Working 

15 Capital Fund that are made available for new service cen16 ters, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

17 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

18 (b) CERTIFICATION.— 

19 (1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days 

20 after the initial obligation of funds appropriated 

21 under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 

22 available to a Department of State bureau or office 

23 with responsibility for the management and over24 sight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall cer25 tify and report to the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions, on an individual bureau or office basis, that 

2 such bureau or office is in compliance with Depart3 ment and Federal financial and grants management 

4 policies, procedures, and regulations, as applicable. 

5 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—When making a certifi6 cation required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

7 State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or of8 fice to— 

9 (A) account for the obligated funds at the 

10 country and program level, as appropriate; 

11 (B) identify risks and develop mitigation 

12 and monitoring plans; 

13 (C) establish performance measures and 

14 indicators; 

15 (D) review activities and performance; and 

16 (E) assess final results and reconcile fi17 nances. 

18 (3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable 

19 to make a certification required by paragraph (1), 

20 the Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline de21 tailing the steps to be taken to bring such bureau 

22 or office into compliance. 

23 (c) KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER.—Not later than 180 

24 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and following 

25 consultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
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1 tees, the Secretary of State shall, consistent with the sur2 vey results and report required by section 6230 of the De3 partment of State Authorization Act of 2023 (subtitle B 

4 of title LXII of division F of Public Law 118–31)— 

5 (1) update the Foreign Affairs Manual and as6 sociated Handbooks, as appropriate, to include guid7 ance and standard operating procedures for knowl8 edge transfer by personnel transitioning between as9 signments; 

10 (2) enhance training for personnel on existing 

11 processes and technology to maximize the effective12 ness of knowledge transfer; and 

13 (3) develop specific mechanisms for ensuring 

14 compliance with such updated guidance, as well as 

15 tangible incentives to reward personnel who dem16 onstrate excellence in knowledge transfer. 

17 (d) OTHER MATTERS.— 

18 (1) In addition to amounts appropriated or oth19 erwise made available by this Act under the heading 

20 ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’— 

21 (A) as authorized by section 810 of the 

22 United States Information and Educational Ex23 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re24 main available until expended, may be credited 

25 to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
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1 ments received from English teaching, library, 

2 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

3 from fees from educational advising and coun4 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 

5 (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 

6 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

7 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

8 (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 

10 Programs’’ are available for acquisition by exchange 

11 or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as author12 ized by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 

13 31, United States Code, for the field examination of 

14 programs and activities in the United States funded 

15 from any account contained in title I of this Act. 

16 (3) Consistent with section 204 of the Admiral 

17 James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Rela18 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 

19 2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), up to $25,000,000 of the 

20 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Diplo21 matic Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated and 

22 expended for United States participation in inter23 national fairs and expositions abroad, including for 

24 construction and operation of a United States pavil25 ion at Expo 2025. 
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1 (4) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

2 the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and in addition 

3 to the amount identified in paragraph (4) under 

4 such heading, up to $10,000,000 may remain avail5 able until expended for settlements and damages re6 lated to employment claims, as necessary: Provided, 

7 That such funds shall be in addition to funds other8 wise available for such purposes. 

9 (5) Of the funds made available under the 

10 heading ‘‘Enduring Welcome Administrative Ex11 penses Account’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be used to 

12 reimburse, not later than 180 days after the date of 

13 enactment of this Act, United States-based entities 

14 for services rendered in support of evacuation, relo15 cation, reception, and related activities in 2021 that 

16 were associated with Operation Allies Welcome, fol17 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appro18 priations. 

19 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

20 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

21 SEC. 7065. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $170,000,000 of 

22 the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 

23 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 

25 under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
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1 Central Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency 

2 for International Development to hire and employ individ3 uals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap4 pointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 

5 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

6 3948 and 3949). 

7 (b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 

8 contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

9 2026. 

10 (c) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

11 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

12 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

13 to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 

14 relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 

15 this section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

16 appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Op17 erating Expenses’’. 

18 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi19 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

20 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

21 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re22 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

23 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may 

24 be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 

25 the limitation set forth in such section. 
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1 (e) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap2 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

3 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As4 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

5 Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be 

6 used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services con7 tractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, in9 terim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 

10 activities managed by the agency until permanent direct 

11 hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not 

12 more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any 

13 bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro14 priated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act 

15 (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 

16 available only for personal services contractors assigned 

17 to the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. 

18 (f) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

19 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro20 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

21 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

22 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

23 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

24 (g) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT25 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro-
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1 vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For2 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

3 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be 

4 assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or Paki5 stan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 

6 making appropriations for the Department of State, for7 eign operations, and related programs. 

8 (h) CRISIS OPERATIONS STAFFING.—Up to 

9 $86,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of 

10 this Act pursuant to, or to carry out the provisions of, 

11 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 

12 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of divi13 sion J of Public Law 116–94) may be made available for 

14 the United States Agency for International Development 

15 to appoint and employ personnel in the excepted service 

16 to prevent or respond to foreign crises and contexts with 

17 growing instability: Provided, That functions carried out 

18 by personnel hired under the authority of this subsection 

19 shall be related to the purpose for which the funds were 

20 appropriated: Provided further, That such funds are in ad21 dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes and 

22 may remain attributed to any minimum funding require23 ment for which they were originally made available: Pro24 vided further, That the USAID Administrator shall coordi25 nate with the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
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1 ment and consult with the appropriate congressional com2 mittees on implementation of this provision. 

3 (i) PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—Funds ap4 propriated by this Act under titles II and III may be made 

5 available for the USAID Administrator to exercise the au6 thorities of section 2669(c) of title 22, United States 

7 Code. 

8 STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS

9 IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT

10 SEC. 7066. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Inter12 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non13 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro14 grams’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Mili15 tary Financing Program’’, not less than $150,000,000 

16 shall be made available for the Prevention and Stabiliza17 tion Fund for the purposes enumerated in section 509(a) 

18 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division 

19 J of Public Law 116–94): Provided, That such funds shall 

20 be prioritized for countries with national and local govern21 ments with the demonstrated political will and capacity 

22 to partner on strengthening government legitimacy, as de23 termined by the Secretary of State in consultation with 

24 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development, and such funds may not be made 
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1 available for assistance for Haiti or Libya: Provided fur2 ther, That the Secretary of State and the USAID Admin3 istrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropria4 tions on the intended prioritization and allocation of such 

5 funds not later than 60 days prior to submitting the pre6 obligation spend plans required by section 7062(b) of this 

7 Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under such 

8 headings may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

9 appropriated under such headings for such purposes: Pro10 vided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 

11 to any other transfer authority provided by this Act or 

12 any other Act, and is subject to prior consultation with, 

13 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

14 on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 

15 available pursuant to this subsection under the heading 

16 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may remain avail17 able until September 30, 2026. 

18 TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

19 SEC. 7067. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

21 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

22 not less than $11,000,000 shall be made available for pro23 grams to promote accountability for genocide, crimes 

24 against humanity, and war crimes, which shall be in addi25 tion to any other funds made available by this Act for such 
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1 purposes: Provided, That such programs shall include 

2 components to develop local investigative and judicial 

3 skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain 

4 the chain of custody of evidence, including for use in pros5 ecutions, and may include the establishment of, and assist6 ance for, transitional justice mechanisms: Provided fur7 ther, That of the amount made available pursuant to this 

8 section, $1,000,000 shall be made available for support 

9 to the War Crimes Court in Liberia: Provided further, 

10 That funds made available pursuant to this section shall 

11 be administered by the Ambassador-at-Large for the Of12 fice of Global Criminal Justice, Department of State, and 

13 shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

14 on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 

15 available by this section shall be made available on an open 

16 and competitive basis. 

17 EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED

18 AUTHORITIES

19 SEC. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act 

20 of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied 

21 through fiscal year 2025 by substituting ‘‘the costs of pro22 viding consular services’’ for ‘‘such costs’’. 

23 (b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations 

24 for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations 

25 (division B of Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 592) shall 
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1 be applied during fiscal year 2025 by substituting ‘‘2020 

2 through 2025’’ for ‘‘2020 and 2021’’. 

3 (c) Discretionary amounts made available to the De4 partment of State under the heading ‘‘Administration of 

5 Foreign Affairs’’ of this Act, and discretionary unobli6 gated balances under such heading from prior Acts mak7 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

8 operations, and related programs, may be transferred to 

9 the Consular and Border Security Programs account if the 

10 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sus12 tain consular operations, following consultation with such 

13 Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

14 addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in 

15 this Act and under any other provision of law: Provided 

16 further, That no amounts may be transferred from 

17 amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursu18 ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 (d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to sec21 tion 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

22 (8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2025, the Sec23 retary of State may also use fees deposited into the Fraud 

24 Prevention and Detection Account for the costs of pro25 viding consular services. 
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1 (e) Amounts provided pursuant to subsection (b) are 

2 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re3 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS

6 SEC. 7069. (a) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.— 

7 The African Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 290i et 

8 seq.) is amended by inserting at the end the following new 

9 section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1346. GENERAL CALLABLE CAPITAL INCREASE. 

11 ‘‘(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Gov13 ernor of the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the 

14 United States to 800,000 additional shares of the 

15 capital stock of the Bank. 

16 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Any subscription by the 

17 United States to the capital stock of the Bank shall 

18 be effective only to such extent and in such amounts 

19 as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

20 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

21 increase in the United States subscription to the Bank 

22 under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appro23 priated, without fiscal year limitation, $7,800,000,000, for 

24 payment by the Secretary of the Treasury for callable 

25 shares of the Bank.’’. 
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1 (b) EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

2 DEVELOPMENT.—The European Bank for Reconstruction 

3 and Development Act (22 U.S.C. 290l et seq.) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(13) CAPITAL INCREASE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 

7 ‘‘(i) The United States Governor of 

8 the Bank is authorized to subscribe on be9 half of the United States to 40,000 addi10 tional shares of the paid-in capital stock of 

11 the Bank. 

12 ‘‘(ii) Any subscription by the United 

13 States to additional paid-in capital stock of 

14 the Bank shall be effective only to such ex15 tent and in such amounts as are provided 

16 in advance in appropriations Acts. 

17 ‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA18 TIONS.—In order to pay for the increase in the 

19 United States subscription to the Bank under 

20 paragraph (A), there are authorized to be ap21 propriated, without fiscal year limitation, 

22 $439,100,000, for payment by the Secretary of 

23 the Treasury.’’. 

24 (c) INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION.— 

25 The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to subscribe 
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1 on behalf of the United States to up to an additional 

2 58,942 shares of the capital stock of the Inter-American 

3 Investment Corporation: Provided, That any subscription 

4 to such additional shares shall be effective only to such 

5 extent or in such amounts as are provided in this or any 

6 other appropriations Act: Provided further, That, at the 

7 conclusion of negotiations for an increase in the author8 ized capital stock of the Inter-American Investment Cor9 poration to which the United States subscribes, the Sec10 retary of the Treasury shall report to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 

12 and House Committee on Financial Services the full dollar 

13 amount of the United States’ subscription to additional 

14 shares of capital stock of the Inter-American Investment 

15 Corporation, and certify that the Inter-American Develop16 ment Bank Group has made satisfactory progress toward 

17 reforms that increase the Inter-American Development 

18 Bank Group’s responsiveness to the development needs of 

19 all borrowing countries in Latin America and the Carib20 bean, improve the effectiveness of the Inter-American De21 velopment Bank Group’s financing, foster the development 

22 of a vibrant private sector in the region, help address glob23 al and regional challenges, and promote more efficient use 

24 of the Inter-American Development Bank Group’s finan25 cial resources. 
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1 GAZA OVERSIGHT

2 SEC. 7070. (a) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 

3 State shall certify and report to the appropriate congres4 sional committees not later than 15 days after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, that— 

6 (1) oversight policies, processes, and procedures 

7 have been established by the Department of State 

8 and the United States Agency for International De9 velopment, as appropriate, and are in use to prevent 

10 the diversion to Hamas and other terrorist and ex11 tremist entities in Gaza and the misuse or destruc12 tion by such entities of assistance, including through 

13 international organizations; and 

14 (2) such policies, processes, and procedures 

15 have been developed in coordination with other bilat16 eral and multilateral donors and the Government of 

17 Israel, as appropriate. 

18 (b) OVERSIGHT POLICY AND PROCEDURES.—The 

19 Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees, con21 current with the submission of the certification required 

22 in subsection (a), a written description of the oversight 

23 policies, processes, and procedures for funds appropriated 

24 by this Act that are made available for assistance for 

25 Gaza, including specific actions to be taken should such 
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1 assistance be diverted, misused, or destroyed, and the role 

2 of the Government of Israel in the oversight of such assist3 ance. 

4 (c) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM.—The Secretary of 

5 State and USAID Administrator shall promptly inform 

6 the appropriate congressional committees of each instance 

7 in which funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

8 available for assistance for Gaza have been diverted, mis9 used, or destroyed, to include the type of assistance, a de10 scription of the incident and parties involved, and an ex11 planation of the response of the Department of State or 

12 USAID, as appropriate. 

13 (d) THIRD PARTY MONITORING.—Funds appro14 priated by this Act shall be made available for third party 

15 monitoring of assistance for Gaza, including end use moni16 toring, following consultation with the appropriate con17 gressional committees. 

18 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the initial 

19 obligation of funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

20 available for assistance for Gaza, and every 90 days there21 after until all such funds are expended, the Secretary of 

22 State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit 

23 to the appropriate congressional committees a report de24 tailing the amount and purpose of such assistance pro-
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1 vided during each respective quarter, including a descrip2 tion of the specific entity implementing such assistance. 

3 (f) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter 

5 until September 30, 2026, the Secretary of State, in con6 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 

7 other heads of elements of the intelligence community that 

8 the Secretary considers relevant, shall submit to the ap9 propriate congressional committees a report assessing 

10 whether funds appropriated by this Act and made avail11 able for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza have been 

12 diverted to or destroyed by Hamas or other terrorist and 

13 extremist entities in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided, 

14 That such report shall include details on the amount and 

15 how such funds were made available and used by such en16 tities: Provided further, That such report may be sub17 mitted in classified form, if necessary. 

18 (g) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act but prior to the initial 

20 obligation of funds made available by this Act for humani21 tarian assistance for Gaza, the Secretary of State and 

22 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with 

23 the Committees on Appropriations on the amount and an24 ticipated uses of such funds. 
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1 OTHER MATTERS

2 SEC. 7071. (a) FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPER3 ATIONS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

4 by this Act shall be made available for programs to 

5 counter foreign state and foreign non-state propaganda, 

6 disinformation, and other foreign influence operations 

7 abroad, including to counter artificial intelligence-enabled 

8 operations, and for related purposes, in a manner similar 

9 to the prior fiscal year, including through the Global En10 gagement Center established pursuant to section 1287 of 

11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) and other appropriate Fed13 eral and multilateral entities. 

14 (b) FLAGS.—None of the funds appropriated or oth15 erwise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex16 pended to fly or display a flag over a facility of the United 

17 States Department of State other than the— 

18 (1) United States flag; 

19 (2) Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 

20 154.2–1; 

21 (3) POW/MIA flag; 

22 (4) Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pur23 suant to section 904 of title 36, United States Code; 

24 (5) flag of a State, insular area, or the District 

25 of Columbia at domestic locations; 
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1 (6) flag of an Indian Tribal government; 

2 (7) official branded flag of a United States 

3 agency; or 

4 (8) sovereign flag of other countries. 

5 (c) COMMISSION.—The remaining unobligated bal6 ances from amounts made available under the heading 

7 ‘‘Commission on Reform and Modernization of the De8 partment of State—Salaries and Expenses’’ in the De9 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro10 grams Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 

11 118–47) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 

12 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

13 the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep14 tember 30, 2025, for an additional amount for fiscal year 

15 2025, to remain available until September 30, 2027, and 

16 shall be available for the same purposes, in addition to 

17 other funds as may be available for such purposes. 

18 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN19 CY.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

20 available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

21 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re22 lated programs may be made available for a contribution, 

23 grant, or other payment to the United Nations Relief and 

24 Works Agency, notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law. 
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1 (e) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi2 sion of this Act, funds appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available by this Act or other Acts making appropriations 

4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re5 lated programs, including provisions of Acts providing 

6 supplemental appropriations for the Department of State, 

7 foreign operations, and related programs, may not be used 

8 for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the United 

9 Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), notwith10 standing any other provision of law, for any amounts pro11 vided in fiscal year 2024 or prior fiscal years, or for 

12 amounts provided in fiscal year 2025 until March 25, 

13 2025: Provided, That funds for UNRWA may be made 

14 available following such date if the President certifies and 

15 reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 

16 UNRWA has— 

17 (1) received and is implementing the rec18 ommendations of, as appropriate, a review by an 

19 independent entity of UNRWA’s implementation of 

20 its policies and procedures pertaining to neutrality, 

21 ethics, and oversight of staff; 

22 (2) completed enhanced vetting of all active 

23 UNRWA personnel in Gaza, in consultation, as ap24 propriate, with the United Nations and the Govern25 ment of Israel; 
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1 (3) acted promptly to investigate any deroga2 tory information identified during such vetting and 

3 is taking action to remedy any violation of its poli4 cies; and 

5 (4) shared with its Advisory Commission initial 

6 results of steps taken to demonstrate UNRWA’s re7 solve to implement reforms: 

8 Provided further, That such conditions must be recertified 

9 by the President every 90 days until September 30, 2025: 

10 Provided further, That not later than 30 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, and concurrent with each 

12 certification submitted pursuant to the previous proviso 

13 thereafter until September 30, 2025, the Secretary of 

14 State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 

15 on the implementation of this section: Provided further, 

16 That funds made available by this Act shall be made avail17 able, as appropriate, to help build the capacity of other 

18 implementers of United States humanitarian assistance in 

19 Gaza. 

20 PEPFAR EXTENSION

21 SEC. 7072. (a) INSPECTORS GENERAL; ANNUAL

22 STUDY.—Section 101 of the United States Leadership 

23 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 

24 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7611) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (f)(1)— 
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year 2025’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2026’’; and 

4 (B) in subparagraph (C)(iv)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘eleven’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘16’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘2026’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (g)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre11 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘March 

12 25, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

13 2026’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2025’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘March 25, 2025’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 

19 (b) UNITED STATES FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN

20 THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND

21 MALARIA.—Section 202(d) of the United States Leader22 ship Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 

23 of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (4)— 

25 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 
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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘March 

2 25 of fiscal year 2025’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2026’’; 

4 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘March 

5 25 of fiscal year 2025’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘2026’’; and 

7 (iii) by striking clause (v); and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 

9 ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year 2025’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘2026’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 

12 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2024 and for fiscal 

13 year 2025 through March 25 of such fiscal year’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 

15 (c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 403 of the 

16 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber17 culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7673) is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2024 and fis20 cal year 2025 through March 25 of such fiscal year’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 

23 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2024 and for fiscal year 

24 2025 through March 25 of such fiscal year’’ and in25 serting ‘‘2026’’. 
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1 RESCISSIONS

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 7073. (a) DEBT RESTRUCTURING.—Of the un4 obligated balances from amounts made available under the 

5 heading ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’ from prior Acts making ap6 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper7 ations, and related programs, $111,000,000 are rescinded. 

8 (b) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

9 ENFORCEMENT.—Of the unobligated balances from 

10 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘International 

11 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ from prior Acts 

12 making appropriations for the Department of State, for13 eign operations, and related programs, $65,000,000 are 

14 rescinded. 

15 (c) RESTRICTION.—No amounts may be rescinded 

16 from amounts that were previously designated by the Con17 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur18 rent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 

19 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

20 Act of 1985. 

21 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

22 SEC. 7074. Each amount designated in this Act by 

23 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

24 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 
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1 (or repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) 

2 only if the President subsequently so designates all such 

3 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
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1 TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 1. ADDRESSING CHINA’S SOVEREIGN LENDING IN THE 

3 AMERICAS. 

4 (a) The Secretary of the Treasury and the United 

5 States Executive Director to the Inter-American Develop6 ment Bank shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the 

7 United States— 

8 (1) to advance efforts by the Bank, in conjunc9 tion with the International Monetary Fund and 

10 World Bank, to help countries that are in the proc11 ess of restructuring unsustainable debt, including 

12 that resulting from sovereign lending by the Govern13 ment of China, to achieve sustainable and service14 able debt structures; 

15 (2) to assist the Bank and member countries in 

16 establishing appropriate safeguards and trans17 parency measures to protect member countries from 

18 incurring unsustainable debt, including bilateral debt 

19 owed to the Government of the People’s Republic of 

20 China. 

21 (b) IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRESS BRIEFINGS.— 

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

23 of this Act, and annually no later than April 1 thereafter 

24 for 3 years, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide 

25 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
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1 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep2 resentatives a briefing detailing efforts to carry out sub3 section 1(a)(1) and 1(a)(2), to include efforts by the Bank 

4 to support countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 

5 in their efforts to achieve sustainable and serviceable debt. 

6 SEC. 2. PLAN FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE 

7 INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. 

8 (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination 

9 with the Secretary of State, is authorized— 

10 (1) to initiate a United States plan to endorse 

11 non-borrowing IDB membership for Taiwan, if re12 quested by Taiwan; and 

13 (2) to work with the IDB Board of Governors 

14 to admit Taiwan as a non-borrowing member of the 

15 IDB, if requested by Taiwan. 

16 (b) REPORT CONCERNING MEMBER STATE STATUS

17 FOR TAIWAN AT THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

18 BANK.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the en19 actment of this Act, and not later than April 1 of each 

20 year thereafter until Taiwan either achieves membership, 

21 or announces or informs the United States that it is not 

22 seeking membership, the Secretary of the Treasury, in co23 ordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit a re24 port to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
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1 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

2 Representatives that— 

3 (1) describes the United States plan to endorse 

4 and advocate for non-borrowing membership status 

5 for Taiwan at the IDB; 

6 (2) includes an account of the efforts that the 

7 Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State 

8 have made to encourage IDB member states to pro9 mote Taiwan’s bid to obtain non-borrowing member10 ship at the IDB; and 

11 (3) identifies the steps that the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury and the Secretary of State will take to en13 dorse and obtain non-borrowing membership status 

14 for Taiwan at the IDB in the following year. 

15 (c) FORMAT.—The reports required under subsection 

16 (b) shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees in unclassified form, but may include a classi18 fied annex. 

19 SEC. 3. REPORT ON INFLUENCE OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB20 LIC OF CHINA AT THE INTER-AMERICAN DE21 VELOPMENT BANK. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within 180 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas24 ury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall sub-
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1 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

2 that includes the following: 

3 (1) The scope and scale of the influence of the 

4 PRC and PRC companies in the IDB, including 

5 in— 

6 (A) the organization and personnel of the 

7 IDB; 

8 (B) IDB governance and transparency 

9 measures; 

10 (C) the financing decisions of the IDB; 

11 (D) determinations around which projects 

12 to fund or finance; 

13 (E) deliberations regarding the involve14 ment or membership of Taiwan in the IDB; and 

15 (F) any other significant modes through 

16 which the PRC or PRC companies influence the 

17 IDB. 

18 (2) A complete list of all projects of the IDB 

19 that include financing or funding from the PRC, 

20 PRC companies, or PRC trust funds created at the 

21 IDB since the PRC joined the IDB as a member 

22 country on January 12, 2009, including— 

23 (A) the title of the project; 

24 (B) a description of the project; 

25 (C) the borrowing country; 
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1 (D) the amount of funding or financing 

2 initially allocated for the project; 

3 (E) the financing provided by or going to 

4 the PRC or PRC entity; 

5 (F) a description of any known issues asso6 ciated with the performance of the PRC or 

7 PRC entity affecting the performance of the 

8 project. 

9 (3) A complete list of the projects of the IDB 

10 in which PRC companies participate, whether 

11 through direct or indirect procurement or other con12 tracting, including— 

13 (A) the title of the project; 

14 (B) a description of the project; 

15 (C) the borrowing country; 

16 (D) the amount of funding or financing 

17 initially allocated for the project; 

18 (E) the name of the participating PRC 

19 companies and, in the case of each such com20 pany; 

21 (F) the amount of funding or financing re22 ceived by the PRC companies under the project; 

23 (G) the nature of the contract awarded 

24 and procurement process followed; and 
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1 (H) a description of any known issues as2 sociated with the performance of the PRC com3 pany. 

4 (4) A full review of projects described in para5 graphs (2) and (3) to assess whether any of the 

6 projects featured any human rights abuses, sus7 picious or project-impacting delays, corruption or 

8 graft, or results that did not meet requirements of 

9 the project, and an analysis of the procurement 

10 practices involved in the projects, to the extend such 

11 issues are not covered under reporting in (2) and (3) 

12 of this section. 

13 (5) The extent to which— 

14 (A) the IDB uses equipment or services 

15 produced by technology providers covered by 

16 section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Commu17 nications Networks Act of 2019 or PRC compa18 nies on the list of entities set forth in Supple19 ment No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Adminis20 tration Regulations, set forth in subchapter C 

21 of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Reg22 ulations, or any successor regulations; or 

23 (B) projects funded or financed by the 

24 IDB use technology provided by the providers 

25 or entities. 
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1 (6) A review of how and to what extent the 

2 PRC has used the IDB to, within IDB member 

3 countries— 

4 (A) spread the diplomatic, economic, and 

5 military influence of the PRC; 

6 (B) promote the adoption and use of tech7 nologies of PRC companies; and 

8 (7) An action plan for the Executive Director to 

9 promote the adoption of further reforms to IDB’s 

10 procurement framework with an enhanced focus on 

11 value-for-money as well as quality, and discourage 

12 the awarding of contracts to state-owned enterprises 

13 that do not operate on a commercial basis and are 

14 bidding outside their home market; support the IDB 

15 and countries in implementing the procurement 

16 framework; and increase involvement of U.S. compa17 nies in the IDB and projects funded or financed by 

18 the IDB. 

19 (8) The extent to which PRC persons sanc20 tioned by the United States serve in leadership or 

21 management positions in PRC companies working 

22 on IDB-funded or IDB-financed projects. 

23 (b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Within 2 years after 

24 the Secretary submits the report required by subsection 

25 (a), and every 2 years thereafter for 8 years, the Secretary 
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1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 a report that includes— 

3 (1) any updates to information included in all 

4 reports submitted under subsection (a); and 

5 (2) any new information related to the matters 

6 described in subsection (a). 

7 (c) FORMAT.—The reports required under sub8 sections (a) and (b) shall be submitted to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees in unclassified form, but may in10 clude a classified annex. 

11 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 90 days 

12 after the Secretary submits a report required by sub13 section (a) or (b), the Secretary shall post an unclassified 

14 summary of the report on a public-facing web page of the 

15 Department of the Treasury and the Secretary of State 

16 shall post such summary on a public-facing web page of 

17 the Department of State. 

18 SEC. 4. REQUIRED USE OF UNITED STATES VOICE, VOTE, 

19 AND INFLUENCE AT THE INTER-AMERICAN 

20 DEVELOPMENT BANK. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

22 shall instruct the United States Executive Director at the 

23 Inter-American Development Bank to use the voice, vote, 

24 and influence of the United States to do the following: 
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1 (1) Facilitate greater IDB transparency about 

2 the role of the PRC and PRC companies in the 

3 IDB, including by fostering a more open release pol4 icy toward working papers, past evaluations, and 

5 other IDB documents. 

6 (2) Reduce the influence of the PRC and PRC 

7 companies in all IDB deliberations, activities, and 

8 projects, including by— 

9 (A) conducting an in-depth review of all 

10 projects, financing, loans, and grants in which 

11 at least 10 percent of— 

12 (i) the funding or financing for such 

13 a project, financing, loan, or grant comes 

14 from the PRC or PRC companies; or 

15 (ii) the value of direct or indirect pro16 curements or other contracting for such a 

17 project, financing, loan, or grant is pro18 vided to PRC companies; and 

19 (B) voting against— 

20 (i) any project, financing, loan, or 

21 grant for which the in-depth review re22 quired in subparagraph (A) determines the 

23 project would be contrary to the interest of 

24 the United States; and 
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1 (ii) any project, financing, loan, or 

2 grant that would include the participation 

3 of PRC trust funds created with the IDB. 

4 (3) Vote against, or withhold quorum for all 

5 votes related to, the issuance, sale, or transfer of ad6 ditional shares of stock in the IDB to the PRC that 

7 do not involve at least a corresponding increase for 

8 the United States. 

9 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require10 ments of subsection (a)(2)(B) on a case-by-case and re11 newable basis if the Secretary certifies to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees no later than 10 days before the 

13 waiver is exercised that the waiver would serve a national 

14 interest of the United States or address basic human 

15 needs. 

16 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this title: 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

22 the Senate; and 

23 (B) the Committee on Financial Services 

24 of the House of Representatives. 
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1 (2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Execu2 tive Director’’ means the United States Executive 

3 Director at the IDB. 

4 (3) IDB.—The term ‘‘IDB’’ means all of the 

5 current and former institutions in the IDB Group, 

6 including the Inter-American Development Bank, 

7 IDB Invest, IDB lab, and any related predecessor 

8 entities. 

9 (4) PRC.—The term ‘‘PRC’’— 

10 (A) means the People’s Republic of China; 

11 and 

12 (B) includes any and all Special Adminis13 trative Regions of China, including Hong Kong 

14 and Macau but not including Taiwan. 

15 (5) PRC COMPANIES.—The term ‘‘PRC compa16 nies’’ means any corporation, company, limited li17 ability company, limited partnership, business trust, 

18 business association, or other similar entity owned or 

19 controlled by of the Government of the PRC. 

20 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of the Treasury. 
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1 SEC. 6. FURTHERING TRANSPARENCY IN LENDING BY THE 

2 EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION 

3 AND DEVELOPMENT. 

4 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the U.S. 

5 Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruc6 tion and Development (EBRD) to: 

7 (1) Use the voice and vote of the United States 

8 to encourage the EBRD to continue to reform its 

9 procurement framework with an enhanced focus on 

10 value-for-money as well as quality; and discourage 

11 the awarding of contracts to state-owned enterprises 

12 that do not operate on a commercial basis and are 

13 bidding outside their home market. 

14 (2) Use the voice and vote of the United States 

15 to oppose projects with known procurement awards 

16 to state-owned or state-affiliated enterprises of the 

17 Government of the People’s Republic of China or the 

18 Russian Federation unless the contract was awarded 

19 through a transparent and competitive process in 

20 which there were no other qualified bidders and nei21 ther the winning entity nor any of its beneficial own22 ers is: 

23 (A) Included on the Entity List main24 tained by the Bureau of Industry and Security 

25 of the Department of Commerce; 
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1 (B) Included on the list of Specially Des2 ignated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN 

3 List) maintained by the Office of Foreign As4 sets Control of the Department of the Treasury; 

5 (C) Included on the list of Non-SDN Chi6 nese Military-Industrial Complex Companies 

7 (NS-CMIC List) maintained by the Office of 

8 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 

9 the Treasury; or 

10 (D) Designated as a foreign terrorist orga11 nization by the Secretary of State under 8 

12 U.S.C. 1189. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

14 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria15 tions Act, 2025’’. 

Calendar No. 446 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4797 

[Report No. 118–200] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, State, foreign operations, and related programs 

JULY 25, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar