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Union Calendar No. 356 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7608 

[Report No. 116–444] 

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

related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2020 

Mrs. LOWEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 


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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, 2021, and 

7 for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

10 AGENCY 

11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

12 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

13 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

14 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

15 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

16 $9,188,195,000, of which $763,845,000 may remain avail17 able until September 30, 2022, and of which up to 

18 $4,095,899,000 may remain available until expended for 

19 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That of the 

20 amount made available under this heading for Worldwide 

21 Security Protection, $2,626,122,000 is designated by the 

22 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

23 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

24 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

25 of 1985: Provided further, That funds made available 


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1 under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with 

2 paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

3 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex4 penses for training, human resources management, 

5 and salaries, including employment without regard 

6 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

7 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au8 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor9 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 

10 Stat. 11; Chapter 36), $2,999,725,000, of which up 

11 to $543,687,000 is for Worldwide Security Protec12 tion. 

13 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex14 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

15 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

16 $1,840,143,000. 

17 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

18 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

19 Department of State, including representation to 

20 certain international organizations in which the 

21 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati22 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen23 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra24 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation, and disar25 mament activities as authorized, $774,882,000: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RH H7608

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1 vided, That none of the funds made available pursu2 ant to this paragraph shall be available for the offi3 cial travel of the Secretary of State from the period 

4 of time between the submission to Congress of the 

5 President’s fiscal year 2022 budget and the Sec6 retary of State providing written confirmation of a 

7 mutually agreed upon date for the Secretary’s par8 ticipation in a budget hearing before the Committees 

9 on Appropriations. 

10 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex11 penses for security activities, $3,573,445,000, of 

12 which up to $3,552,212,000 is for Worldwide Secu13 rity Protection. 

14 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad15 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

16 this heading— 

17 (A) as authorized by section 810 of the 

18 United States Information and Educational Ex19 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re20 main available until expended, may be credited 

21 to this appropriation from fees or other pay22 ments received from English teaching, library, 

23 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

24 from fees from educational advising and coun25 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 


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1 (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 

2 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

3 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

4 (6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, 

5 AND OTHER MATTERS.— 

6 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 

8 and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 

9 this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 

10 (B) Of the amount made available under 

11 this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 

12 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

13 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer14 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv15 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu16 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

17 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

18 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur19 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

20 by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 

21 31, United States Code, for the field examina22 tion of programs and activities in the United 

23 States funded from any account contained in 

24 this title. 


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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

2 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

3 Fund, as authorized, $137,500,000, to remain available 

4 until expended. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General, $90,829,000, of which $13,624,000 may remain 

8 available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds 

9 appropriated under this heading are made available not10 withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act 

11 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post in12 spections. 

13 In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af14 ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 

15 oversight, $54,900,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2022, which is designated by the Congress for 

17 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter18 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

20 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 

21 that are made available for the printing and reproduction 

22 costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs 

23 during the prior fiscal year. 


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1 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses of educational and cultural 

3 exchange programs, as authorized, $741,700,000, to re4 main available until expended, of which not less than 

5 $277,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not 

6 less than $116,860,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Pro7 gram: Provided, That fees or other payments received 

8 from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational 

9 advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor 

10 programs as authorized may be credited to this account, 

11 to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

12 a portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and 

13 Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. 

14 Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the Com15 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

16 appropriated under this heading that are made available 

17 for the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships Pro18 gram shall also be made available for the John S. McCain 

19 Scholars Program, pursuant to section 7075 of the De20 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro21 grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 

22 116–6): Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 

23 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

24 made available for the Global TechGirls Program in the 

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1 panying this Act: Provided further, That of the funds 

2 made available under this heading for the Fulbright Pro3 gram, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

4 for the English Teaching in Africa Program in the manner 

5 specified under this heading in the report accompanying 

6 this Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

7 this heading may be made available for the Civil Society 

8 Exchange Program following consultation with the Com9 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 

10 substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to pro11 grams funded by this Act under this heading shall be sub12 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

13 procedures 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, 2022. 

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, $769,800,000, to re4 main available until September 30, 2025, 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 $1,205,649,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2025, of which $424,287,000 is designated by the Con14 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

15 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

18 SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

20 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo21 matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

23 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

24 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 

25 Loans Program Account’’: Provided, That $1,800,000 of 


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1 the funds appropriated under this heading may not be ob2 ligated until the Secretary of State provides written con3 firmation to the Committees on Appropriations of a mutu4 ally agreed upon date for the Secretary’s participation in 

5 a budget hearing before such Committees: Provided fur6 ther, That the limitation of the previous proviso shall not 

7 apply if such funds are necessary for emergency evacu8 ations or the payment of rewards for information related 

9 to international terrorism, narcotics-related activities, 

10 transnational organized crime, and war crimes as author11 ized by section 36 of the State Department Basic Authori12 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708). 

13 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as author15 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

16 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

17 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur18 ther, That such funds are available to subsidize gross obli19 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex20 ceed $4,147,881. 

21 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela23 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF

2 COLUMBIA

3 Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees 

4 collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 

5 facilities at the International Center in accordance with 

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

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

8 Act, $2,743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 

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

10 that section. 

11 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

12 DISABILITY FUND

13 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

14 Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 

15 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

16 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

19 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

20 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven21 tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,505,928,000, of 

22 which $96,240,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2022, is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con24 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

25 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 


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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That 

2 notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, of the 

3 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

4 $118,949,000 shall be made available for the World 

5 Health Organization and not less than $53,909,000 shall 

6 be made available for the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza7 tion, which shall be disbursed not later than 60 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

9 with the exception of organizations from which the United 

10 States has withdrawn, funds appropriated by this Act and 

11 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

12 State, foreign operations, and related programs under this 

13 heading shall be made available for payment of the full 

14 United States assessment to the United Nations regular 

15 budget at 22 percent for 2019, 2020, and 2021, as agreed 

16 to by the United States Mission as a Member State to 

17 the United Nations in A/RES/73/271 on December 22, 

18 2018: Provided further, That such funds shall also be 

19 made available for the full United States assessment for 

20 other international organizations funded under this head21 ing unless otherwise provided for by this Act or another 

22 provision of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

23 State shall, at the time of the submission of the Presi24 dent’s budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 

25 31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on 


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1 Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared 

2 by the United Nations for the operations of the United 

3 Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

4 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 

5 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance 

6 as is practicable) of any United Nations action to increase 

7 funding for any United Nations program without identi8 fying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Na9 tions budget: Provided further, That any payment of ar10 rearages under this heading shall be directed to activities 

11 that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and 

12 the respective international organization and shall be sub13 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit14 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the 

15 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

16 for a United States contribution to an international orga17 nization for the United States share of interest costs made 

18 known to the United States Government by such organiza19 tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 

20 through external borrowings. 

21 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

22 ACTIVITIES

23 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex24 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

25 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 


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1 security, $1,456,314,000, of which $705,994,000 is des2 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper3 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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

6 made available under this heading, up to $818,494,000 

7 may remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided 

8 further, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

9 shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded 

10 United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 

11 days in advance of voting for such mission in the United 

12 Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in 

13 advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropria14 tions are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration 

15 of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national 

16 interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) 

17 the sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or 

18 transfers, that will be used to pay the cost of the new or 

19 expanded mission, and the estimated cost in future fiscal 

20 years: Provided further, That none of the funds appro21 priated under this heading may be made available for obli22 gation unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 

24 mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is imple25 menting effective policies and procedures to prevent 


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1 United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 

2 peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf3 ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or 

4 committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other 

5 violations of human rights, and to hold accountable indi6 viduals who engage in such acts while participating in 

7 such mission, including prosecution in their home coun8 tries and making information about such prosecutions 

9 publicly available on the website of the United Nations: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work 

11 with the United Nations and foreign governments contrib12 uting peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 

13 procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated 

14 human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be avail15 able for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of 

16 State determines that United States manufacturers and 

17 suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide 

18 equipment, services, and material for United Nations 

19 peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for20 eign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That 

21 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail22 able under this heading may be used for any United Na23 tions peacekeeping mission that will involve United States 

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1 sors have submitted to the President a recommendation 

2 that such involvement is in the national interest of the 

3 United States and the President has submitted to Con4 gress such a recommendation: Provided further, That not5 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro6 priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 

7 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De8 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro9 grams may be made available for United States assessed 

10 contributions up to the amount specified in the Annex ac11 companying United Nations General Assembly document 

12 A/73/350/Add.1. 

13 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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

17 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

18 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

19 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

20 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

21 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli22 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

23 $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 $49,770,000, of which $7,465,000 may remain available 

4 until September 30, 2022. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au7 thorized projects, $49,000,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, as authorized. 

9 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

11 the International Joint Commission and the International 

12 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au13 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can14 ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co15 operation Commission, $15,008,000: Provided, That of 

16 the amount provided under this heading for the Inter17 national Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain 

18 available until September 30, 2022, and up to $9,000 may 

19 be made available for representation expenses: Provided 

20 further, That of the amount provided under this heading 

21 for the International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 

22 may be made available for representation expenses. 

23 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

24 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

25 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 


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1 law, $60,718,000: Provided, That the United States share 

2 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com3 missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 

4 States Code. 

5 RELATED AGENCY 

6 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA

7 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

8 For necessary expenses to enable the United States 

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

10 carry out international communication activities, and to 

11 make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and tele12 vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $632,732,000, of 

13 which $39,035,000 may remain available until September 

14 30, 2022: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 

15 available for such purposes, up to $31,637,000 of the 

16 amount appropriated under this heading may remain 

17 available until expended for satellite transmissions and 

18 Internet freedom programs, of which not less than 

19 $9,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: Pro20 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 

21 this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for rep22 resentation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for 

23 such expenses within the United States as authorized, and 

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1 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

2 made available in accordance with the statutory firewall 

3 and highest standards of professional journalism described 

4 in part 531 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

5 in effect on June 11, 2020: Provided further, That not 

6 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act the Inspec7 tor General for the Department of State and the United 

8 States Agency for Global Media shall conduct a financial 

9 and performance audit and issue a report on compliance 

10 by the USAGM Chief Executive Officer and the USAGM 

11 news media networks and entities with the requirement 

12 of the previous proviso: Provided further, That the 

13 USAGM shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

14 within 15 days of any determination by the USAGM that 

15 any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organi16 zations, provides an open platform for international ter17 rorists or those who support international terrorism, or 

18 is in violation of the principles and standards set forth 

19 in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United 

20 States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 

21 6202) or part 531 of title 22, Code of Federal Regula22 tions, as in effect on June 11, 2020: Provided further, 

23 That in addition to funds made available under this head24 ing, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 

25 to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue 


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1 from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 

2 cooperating international organizations, and up to 

3 $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 

4 Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu5 reau, shall remain available until expended for carrying 

6 out authorized purposes: Provided further, That signifi7 cant modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously 

8 justified to Congress, including changes to transmission 

9 platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, 

10 and television), for all USAGM language services shall be 

11 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com12 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That up to 

13 $7,000,000 from the USAGM Buying Power Maintenance 

14 account may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

15 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 

16 Broadcasting Operations’’, which shall remain available 

17 until expended: Provided further, That such transfer au18 thority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise 

19 available under any other provision of law and shall be 

20 subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica21 tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

23 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser24 vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 

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


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1 and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele2 vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 

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

4 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur5 poses, $4,520,000, to remain available until expended, as 

6 authorized. 

7 RELATED PROGRAMS 

8 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

9 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

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

11 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

13 be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not later 

14 than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

15 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

16 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

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

18 Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $45,000,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2022, which shall not 

20 be used for construction activities. 

21 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

22 TRUST FUND

23 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

24 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

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


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1 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

2 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter3 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep4 tember 30, 2021, to remain available until expended. 

5 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel7 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

8 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

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

10 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

11 Fund on or before September 30, 2021, to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap13 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

14 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

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

16 section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur17 poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title 

18 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re19 strictions on compensation for personal services. 

20 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar22 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

23 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

24 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 


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1 to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep2 tember 30, 2021, to remain available until expended. 

3 EAST-WEST CENTER

4 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car5 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

6 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 

7 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

8 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha9 waii, $19,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to 

11 the Center not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

12 Act. 

13 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

14 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

15 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

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

17 4412), $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

18 of which $195,840,000 shall be allocated in the traditional 

19 and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 

20 and $104,160,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro21 vided, That the requirements of section 7061(a) of this 

22 Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 

23 heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

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1 dowment not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

2 Act. 

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, $642,000, as 

9 authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States 

10 Code: Provided, That the Commission may procure tem11 porary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding 

12 paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro13 vided further, That such authority shall terminate on Oc14 tober 1, 2021: Provided further, That the Commission 

15 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to ex16 ercising such authority. 

17 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

18 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the United States Com21 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

22 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

23 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2022, including not more 

25 than $4,000 for representation expenses. 


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1 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

2 EUROPE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu5 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

6 Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, includ7 ing not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to 

8 remain available until September 30, 2022. 

9 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

10 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu13 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au14 thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 

15 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,250,000, including not 

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

17 available until September 30, 2022. 

18 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

19 REVIEW COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

22 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

23 by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 

24 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 

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1 tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2022: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi3 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

4 sixth provisos under this heading in the Department of 

5 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro6 priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 

7 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2021 and shall 

8 apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 

9 TITLE II 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

11 DEVELOPMENT 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 OPERATING EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

16 $1,364,526,000, of which up to $204,680,000 may remain 

17 available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That none 

18 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

20 be made available to finance the construction (including 

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

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

23 International Development, unless the USAID Adminis24 trator has identified such proposed use of funds in a re25 port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at 


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1 least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such pur2 poses: Provided further, That contracts or agreements en3 tered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 

4 entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 

5 through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That 

6 the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary 

8 of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chap9 ter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 

10 accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided 

11 further, That of the funds appropriated or made available 

12 under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be avail13 able for representation and entertainment expenses, of 

14 which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain15 ment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 shall be for 

16 official residence expenses, for USAID during the current 

17 fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds ap18 propriated under this heading may be made available to 

19 hire employees under USAID’s Adaptive Personnel 

20 Project. 

21 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

22 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

23 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

24 of information technology and related capital investments, 

25 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 


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1 1961, $238,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other3 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

4 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

5 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com6 mittees on Appropriations. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 $75,500,000, of which up to $11,325,000 may remain 

11 available until September 30, 2022, for the Office of In12 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development. 

14 TITLE III 

15 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

16 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

17 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

18 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

20 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

24 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

25 $3,226,975,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2022, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

2 United States Agency for International Development not 

3 later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 

4 That this amount shall be made available for training, 

5 equipment, and technical assistance to build the capacity 

6 of public health institutions and organizations in devel7 oping countries, and for such activities as: (1) child sur8 vival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization and 

9 oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, 

10 water and sanitation programs which directly address the 

11 needs of mothers and children, and related education pro12 grams; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned 

13 by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the preven14 tion, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, 

15 tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases 

16 including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 

17 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

18 children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster pre19 paredness training for health crises; (7) programs to pre20 vent, prepare for, and respond to, unanticipated and 

21 emerging global health threats; and (8) family planning/ 

22 reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appro23 priated under this paragraph may be made available for 

24 a United States contribution to The GAVI Alliance: Pro25 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 


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1 paragraph, not less than $200,000,000 shall be available 

2 for grants or contributions to the World Health Organiza3 tion, which shall be allocated and allotted not later than 

4 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

5 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

6 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

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

8 HIV/AIDS, $5,930,000,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2025, which shall be apportioned directly 

10 to the Department of State not later than 60 days after 

11 enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

12 under this paragraph may be made available, notwith13 standing any other provision of law, except for the United 

14 States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 

15 Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United 

16 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

17 Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, 

18 That the amount of such contribution shall be 

19 $1,560,000,000 and shall be for the second installment 

20 of the sixth replenishment: Provided further, That up to 

21 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 

22 to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2021 may be made avail23 able to USAID for technical assistance related to the ac24 tivities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular notifica25 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RH H7608

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1 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

2 paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in 

3 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 

4 for administrative expenses of the Office of the United 

5 States Global AIDS Coordinator. 

6 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

9 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

10 Act of 1961, $3,800,000,000, to remain available until 

11 September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds made available 

12 under this heading shall be apportioned directly to the 

13 United States Agency for International Development not 

14 later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

15 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

18 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon19 struction assistance, $4,395,362,000, to remain available 

20 until expended, of which $1,733,980,000 is designated by 

21 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

22 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

23 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

24 of 1985: Provided, That funds made available under this 

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1 for International Development not later than 60 days after 

2 enactment of this Act. 

3 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

4 For necessary expenses for international disaster re5 habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 

6 the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 

7 for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of 

8 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transi9 tion to democracy and long-term development of countries 

10 in crisis, $92,043,000, to remain available until expended: 

11 Provided, That such support may include assistance to de12 velop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 

13 processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 

14 peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 

15 USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin17 ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 

18 if the Secretary of State determines that it is important 

19 to the national interest of the United States to provide 

20 transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated 

21 under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro22 priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I 

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for 

24 purposes of this heading and under the authorities appli25 cable to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 


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1 further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre2 vious proviso shall be made available subject to prior con3 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

4 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 V of division J of Public Law 116–94), $30,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended: Provided, That the notifi9 cation requirement of section 509(b)(5) shall apply to 

10 funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 

11 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

12 available notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex13 cept sections 7007, 7008, and 7066 of this Act and section 

14 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

15 further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

16 be apportioned to the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development not later than 60 days after enact18 ment of this Act. 

19 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

22 1961, $3,344,407,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds made avail24 able under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making 

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1 ations, and related programs, not less than $225,000,000 

2 shall be made available for programs in the West Bank 

3 and Gaza: Provided further, That, as deemed necessary by 

4 the Secretary, a portion of such funds may also be made 

5 available as a contribution or grant to the United Nations 

6 Relief and Works Agency for activities in the West Bank 

7 and Gaza: Provided further, That of the funds appro8 priated under this heading, up to $208,144,000 may be 

9 transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 

10 under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper11 ations’’ for international communication activities, includ12 ing for the production and dissemination of independent 

13 and reliable news and information, for technologies that 

14 improve free and open access to such information, and for 

15 the purposes described under this heading in the report 

16 accompanying this Act: Provided further, That prior to 

17 any exercise of the transfer authority of the previous pro18 viso, the Secretary of State shall certify in writing to the 

19 appropriate congressional committees that the agency re20 ceiving the transfer of funds will adhere to the statutory 

21 firewall and highest standards of professional journalism 

22 described in part 531 of title 22 Code of Federal Regula23 tions, as in effect on June 11, 2020: Provided further, 

24 That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer 

25 authority otherwise available under any provision of law 


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1 and shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 

2 regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap3 propriations: Provided further, That none of the funds ap4 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

5 the Diplomatic Progress Fund. 

6 DEMOCRACY FUND

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

9 of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes 

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

11 U.S.C. 4411), $218,450,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2022, which shall be made available for the 

13 Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De14 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

15 State, and shall be apportioned to such Bureau not later 

16 than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That 

17 funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

18 available to the National Endowment for Democracy and 

19 its core institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise 

20 available by this Act for such purposes: Provided further, 

21 That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 

22 Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall consult 

23 with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial 

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1 For an additional amount for such purposes, 

2 $105,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2022, which shall be made available for the Bureau for 

4 Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 

5 United States Agency for International Development, and 

6 shall be apportioned to such Bureau not later than 60 

7 days after enactment of this Act. 

8 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

10 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 

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

12 Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Pub13 lic Law 101–179), $770,334,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2022, which shall be available, notwith15 standing any other provision of law, except section 7047 

16 of this Act, for assistance and related programs for coun17 tries identified in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support 

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

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

20 available for such purposes: Provided, That funds appro21 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

22 Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter23 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that 

24 are made available for assistance for such countries shall 

25 be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of 


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1 the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102 of the 

2 FREEDOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED 

3 Act of 1989: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

4 under this heading shall be considered to be economic as5 sistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

6 purposes of making available the administrative authori7 ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assist8 ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

9 this heading may be made available for contributions to 

10 multilateral initiatives to counter hybrid threats: Provided 

11 further, That any notification of funds made available 

12 under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appro13 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

14 and related programs shall include information (if known 

15 on the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use 

16 of notwithstanding authority: Provided further, That if 

17 subsequent to the notification of assistance it becomes nec18 essary to rely on notwithstanding authority, the Commit19 tees on Appropriations should be informed at the earliest 

20 opportunity and to the extent practicable: Provided fur21 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

22 not less than $2,000,000 shall be transferred to, and 

23 merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 

24 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for joint dialogues in 

25 support of the Eastern Mediterranean Partnership in the 


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1 manner specified under this heading in the report accom2 panying this Act and shall remain available until ex3 pended: Provided further, That such funds shall be admin4 istered by, and under the policy direction of, the coordi5 nator designated pursuant to section 102 of the FREE6 DOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED Act of 

7 1989. 

8 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

9 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

10 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

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

12 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As13 sistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), and other activi14 ties to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and ex15 penses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the 

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

17 allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 

18 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of pas19 senger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by sec20 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $3,432,000,000, 

21 to remain available until expended, of which: 

22 $1,521,355,000 is designated by the Congress for Over23 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

24 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

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1 less than $35,000,000 shall be made available to respond 

2 to small-scale emergency humanitarian requirements; and 

3 $5,000,000 shall be made available for refugees resettling 

4 in Israel; Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

5 heading shall be apportioned to the Bureau of Population, 

6 Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, not later 

7 than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

8 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

9 ASSISTANCE FUND

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

13 available until expended: Provided, That amounts in ex14 cess of the limitation contained in paragraph (2) of such 

15 section shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

16 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration 

17 and Refugee Assistance’’. 

18 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

19 PEACE CORPS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

24 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

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1 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

3 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

4 Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps 

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

6 $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur7 suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 

8 amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper9 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail11 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

12 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

13 Provided further, That any decision to open, close, or sus14 pend a domestic or overseas office or country program 

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

16 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria17 tions: Provided further, That such consultation and notifi18 cation requirements shall be met prior to any actions by 

19 the Peace Corps to implement such a decision, including 

20 the communication with host country officials, current or 

21 prospective volunteers, and staff: Provided further, That 

22 prior consultation and notification procedures may be 

23 waived when there is a substantial risk to volunteers or 

24 other Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) 

25 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds made 


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1 available by this Act or prior Acts under this heading may 

2 be used to permanently close the United States-China 

3 Friendship Volunteer Program: Provided further, That 

4 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

5 be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, That not6 withstanding the previous proviso, section 614 of division 

7 E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to funds appropriated 

8 under this heading. 

9 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

12 et seq.) (MCA), $905,000,000, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

14 this heading, up to $112,000,000 may be available for ad15 ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Cor16 poration, except that such funds shall remain available for 

17 obligation until September 30, 2026: Provided further, 

18 That section 605(e) of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall 

19 apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 

20 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

21 be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact en22 tered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 

23 7708) only if such Compact obligates, or contains a com24 mitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and 

25 the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to 


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1 proceed, the entire amount of the United States Govern2 ment funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: 

3 Provided further, That no country should be eligible for 

4 a threshold program after such country has completed a 

5 country compact: Provided further, That of the funds ap6 propriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 

7 may be available for representation and entertainment ex8 penses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available 

9 for entertainment expenses. 

10 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

12 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

13 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

14 of 1969, $41,500,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2022: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

16 heading shall be made available for programs in El Sal17 vador, Guatemala, and Honduras: Provided further, That 

18 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to ex19 ceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses. 

20 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the African De22 velopment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 

23 22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $33,000,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2022, of which not to exceed $2,000 

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1 That funds made available to grantees may be invested 

2 pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 

3 by the Board of Directors of the United States African 

4 Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, 

5 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

6 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not7 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop8 ment Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in excep9 tional circumstances the Board of Directors of the 

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

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

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

13 is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided fur14 ther, That the USADF shall submit a report to the appro15 priate congressional committees after each time such waiv16 er authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 

17 USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance 

18 from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 

19 buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be nec20 essary to carry out its functions: Provided further, That 

21 the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the 

22 United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 

23 such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the Afri24 can Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That 

25 the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 


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1 Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for pro2 gram purposes. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

4 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 $33,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

8 not more than $5,000,000 may be used for administrative 

9 expenses: Provided, That amounts made available under 

10 this heading may be made available to contract for services 

11 as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assist12 ance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which 

13 such services are performed. 

14 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

15 For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con16 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

17 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

18 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

19 available for programs within the International Affairs 

20 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc21 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 

22 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 

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

24 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2022. 


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1 In addition, for the costs, as defined in section 502 

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 

3 loans and loan guarantees for Somalia or credits extended 

4 to Somalia, as the President may determine, including the 

5 cost of selling, reducing, or cancelling amounts owed to 

6 the United States, $63,000,000, to remain available until 

7 expended, which may be used notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of law. 

9 TITLE IV 

10 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

12 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

13 ENFORCEMENT

14 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

15 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,391,000,000, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 

17 That the Department of State may use the authority of 

18 section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with19 out regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 

20 from an agency of the United States Government for the 

21 purpose of providing such property to a foreign country 

22 or international organization under chapter 8 of part I of 

23 such Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of 

24 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

25 section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 


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1 not apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except 

2 that any funds made available notwithstanding such sec3 tion shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

4 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

5 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 

6 available to support training and technical assistance for 

7 foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other ju8 dicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided fur9 ther, That funds made available under this heading that 

10 are transferred to another department, agency, or instru11 mentality of the United States Government pursuant to 

12 section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 val13 ued in excess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made 

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

15 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 

17 available under this heading for Program Development 

18 and Support may be made available notwithstanding pre19 obligation requirements contained in this Act, except for 

20 the notification requirements of section 7015: Provided 

21 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

22 heading may be made available for the Diplomatic 

23 Progress Fund. 


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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 $897,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2022, 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 

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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 $457,348,000, of which $325,213,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2022, is designated by the Congress 

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1 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

3 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 

4 may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign 

5 Assistance Act of 1961, to provide assistance to enhance 

6 the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, including 

7 gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping operations: Pro8 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

9 heading, not less than $31,000,000 shall be made avail10 able for a United States contribution to the Multinational 

11 Force and Observers mission in the Sinai and not less 

12 than $71,000,000 shall be made available for the Global 

13 Peace Operations Initiative, of which not less than 

14 $10,000,000 shall be made available to support the mod15 ernization of training infrastructure: Provided further, 

16 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

17 available to pay assessed expenses of international peace18 keeping activities in Somalia under the same terms and 

19 conditions, as applicable, as funds appropriated by this 

20 Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions for International 

21 Peacekeeping Activities’’: Provided further, That none of 

22 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli23 gated except as provided through the regular notification 

24 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

2 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

5 $112,925,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2022: Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom mili7 tary education and training may be provided under this 

8 heading may include civilians who are not members of a 

9 government whose participation would contribute to im10 proved civil-military relations, civilian control of the mili11 tary, or respect for human rights: Provided further, That 

12 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to ex13 ceed $50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses. 

14 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

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

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

18 $6,156,924,000, of which $511,909,000, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 2022, is designated by the Con20 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

21 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

23 Provided, That to expedite the provision of assistance to 

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1 tees on Appropriations and subject to the regular notifica2 tion procedures of such Committees, may use the funds 

3 appropriated under this heading to procure defense arti4 cles and services to enhance the capacity of foreign secu5 rity forces: Provided further, That of the funds appro6 priated under this heading, not less than $3,300,000,000 

7 shall be available for grants only for Israel which shall 

8 be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Pro9 vided further, That to the extent that the Government of 

10 Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, 

11 grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, 

12 as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available 

13 for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

14 $795,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

15 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

16 research and development: Provided further, That funds 

17 appropriated or otherwise made available under this head18 ing shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any require19 ment in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Pro20 vided further, That funds made available under this head21 ing shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance 

22 with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of title 31, 

23 United States Code. 

24 None of the funds made available under this heading 

25 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 


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1 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv2 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

3 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

4 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

5 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

6 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

7 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun8 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub9 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec10 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

11 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

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

13 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in14 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

15 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

16 only those countries for which assistance was justified for 

17 the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’ in the 

18 fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as19 sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 

20 this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

21 services, or design and construction services that are not 

22 sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

23 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro24 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min25 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 


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

2 $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

3 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

4 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

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

6 of administering military assistance and sales, except that 

7 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

8 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria9 tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

10 under this heading for general costs of administering mili11 tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 

12 available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

13 $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 

14 Provided further, That not more than $1,082,200,000 of 

15 funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms 

16 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) may be ob17 ligated for expenses incurred by the Department of De18 fense during fiscal year 2021 pursuant to section 43(b) 

19 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), ex20 cept that this limitation may be exceeded only through the 

21 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap22 propriations. 


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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 $390,500,000: 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 enactment of 

11 this Act, such funds shall be allocated and allotted for core 

12 contributions for each entity listed in the table under this 

13 heading in the report accompanying this Act unless other14 wise provided for in this Act, or if the Secretary of State 

15 has justified to the Committees on Appropriations the pro16 posed uses of funds other than for core contributions fol17 lowing prior consultation with, and subject to the regular 

18 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria19 tions. 

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 $139,575,000, to remain available until, and to be fully 


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1 disbursed not later than, September 30, 2022: Provided, 

2 That of such amount, $136,563,000, which shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2021, is only available for 

4 the third installment of the seventh replenishment of the 

5 Global Environment Facility, and shall be obligated and 

6 disbursed not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

7 Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall report to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations on the status of funds 

9 provided under this heading not less than quarterly until 

10 fully disbursed: Provided further, That in such report the 

11 Secretary shall provide a timeline for the obligation and 

12 disbursement of any funds that have not yet been obli13 gated or disbursed. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

15 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

16 For payment to the International Bank for Recon17 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas18 ury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 

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

20 available until expended. 

21 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

22 The United States Governor of the International 

23 Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 

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1 of the United States share of increases in capital stock 

2 in an amount not to exceed $1,421,275,728.70. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4 ASSOCIATION

5 For payment to the International Development Asso6 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,001,400,000, 

7 to remain available until expended. 

8 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

9 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

10 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

11 $47,395,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

13 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

14 the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 

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

16 $54,649,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

18 The United States Governor of the African Develop19 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

20 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

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

22 $856,174,624. 


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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

2 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

3 the Secretary of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

6 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

7 For payment to the International Fund for Agricul8 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

9 $30,000,000, to remain available until, and to be fully dis10 bursed no later than, September 30, 2022, for the third 

11 installment of the eleventh replenishment of the Inter12 national Fund for Agricultural Development: Provided, 

13 That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations on the status of such pay15 ment not less than quarterly until fully disbursed: Pro16 vided further, That in such report the Secretary shall pro17 vide a timeline for the obligation and disbursement of any 

18 funds that have not yet been obligated or disbursed. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

20 BANK

21 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

22 The Secretary of the Treasury may subscribe without 

23 fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 

24 United States share of capital stock in an amount not to 

25 exceed $1,020,000,000: Provided, That this authority 


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1 shall be in addition to any other authority provided by pre2 vious Acts. 

3 TITLE VI 

4 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

5 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

6 INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

9 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $5,700,000, of 

10 which up to $855,000 may remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2022. 

12 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au14 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

15 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora16 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con17 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi18 tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 

19 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro20 gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Pro21 vided, That none of the funds available during the current 

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

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

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

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1 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive eco2 nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto3 nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of 

4 this Act. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

7 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

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

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

12 exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 may re13 main available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 

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

15 payment or services provided by transaction participants 

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

17 any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar18 antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 

19 further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

20 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 

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

22 30, 2021: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge 

23 fees for necessary expenses (including special services per24 formed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 

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1 eys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collat2 eral or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction 

3 of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal 

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

5 or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli6 cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

7 been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting 

8 transactions: Provided further, That in addition to other 

9 funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees 

10 shall be credited to this account for such purposes, to re11 main available until expended. 

12 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

13 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

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

15 Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed 

16 the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off17 setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 

18 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

19 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col20 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

21 from the General Fund estimated at $0. 


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1 UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 FINANCE CORPORATION

3 INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $2,000,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2022. 

8 CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

9 The United States International Development Fi10 nance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to 

11 make such expenditures and commitments within the lim12 its of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor13 poration, and in accordance with the law, and to make 

14 such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis15 cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 

16 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 

17 out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor18 poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac19 tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 

20 of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 

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

22 to carry out authorized activities and project-specific 

23 transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such Act, 

24 $311,000,000: Provided further, That of the amount pro25 vided— 


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1 (1) $131,000,000 shall remain available until 

2 September 30, 2023, for administrative expenses to 

3 carry out authorized activities (including an amount 

4 for official reception and representation expenses 

5 which shall not exceed $25,000) and project-specific 

6 transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of 

7 such Act, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2025; 

9 (2) $180,000,000 shall remain available until 

10 September 30, 2023, for the activities described in 

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

12 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 

13 Law 115-254), except such amounts obligated in a 

14 fiscal year for activities described in section 1421(c) 

15 of such Act shall remain available for disbursement 

16 for the term of the underlying project: Provided fur17 ther, That if the term of the project extends longer 

18 than 10 fiscal years, the Chief Executive Officer of 

19 the Corporation shall inform the appropriate con20 gressional committees prior to the obligation or dis21 bursement of funds, as applicable: Provided further, 

22 That amounts made available under this paragraph 

23 may be paid to the ‘‘United States International De24 velopment Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ 

25 for programs authorized by subsections (b), (e), (f), 


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1 and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 

2 (division F of Public Law 115–254): 

3 Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursu4 ant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject 

5 to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

6 committees and the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That in 

8 this fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Cor9 poration shall collect the amounts described in section 

10 1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided further, 

11 That in fiscal year 2021 such collections shall be credited 

12 as offsetting collections to this appropriation: Provided 

13 further, That such collections collected in fiscal year 2021 

14 in excess of $311,000,000 shall be credited to this account 

15 and shall be available in future fiscal years only to the 

16 extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Pro17 vided further, That in fiscal year 2021, if such collections 

18 are less than $311,000,000, receipts collected pursuant to 

19 the BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal Credit Reform 

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

21 be credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation: 

22 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 

23 made available under this heading may not be used to pro24 vide any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited 

25 by any other provision of law or to provide assistance to 


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1 any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited by any 

2 other provision of law: Provided further, That the sums 

3 herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re4 duced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collec5 tions described under this heading so as to result in a final 

6 fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated 

7 at $0. 

8 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De10 velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac11 count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2023: Provided, That not more than $80,000,000 of 

13 amounts paid to this account from CCA or transferred to 

14 this account pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD 

15 Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) shall be 

16 available for the costs of direct and guaranteed loans pro17 vided by the Corporation pursuant to section 1421(b) of 

18 such Act: Provided further, That such costs, including the 

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

20 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

21 further, That such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall 

22 remain available for disbursement for the following 8 fiscal 

23 years: Provided further, That funds transferred to carry 

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1 able for obligation for 1 additional fiscal year: Provided 

2 further, That the total loan principal or guaranteed prin3 cipal amount shall not exceed $8,000,000,000. 

4 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 $79,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2022, of which no more than $18,285,000 may be used 

9 for administrative expenses: Provided, That of the funds 

10 appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 

11 may be available for representation and entertainment ex12 penses. 

13 TITLE VII 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

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

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

18 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

19 59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author20 ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 

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

22 United States Code. 

23 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

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

25 States Government to which funds are appropriated or 


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1 otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 

3 cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex4 pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 

5 Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 

6 such department or agency in fiscal year 2021 or any pre7 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

8 That the report required by this section shall be submitted 

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

10 and should specify by account the amount of funds obli11 gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 

12 been further sub-obligated. 

13 CONSULTING SERVICES

14 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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

16 procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 

17 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

18 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

19 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro20 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

21 issued pursuant to existing law. 

22 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

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

24 EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 

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1 terrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, 

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

3 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), as 

4 amended by section 111 of the Department of State Au5 thorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a 

6 project to construct a facility of the United States may 

7 include office space or other accommodations for members 

8 of the United States Marine Corps. 

9 (b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur10 poses of calculating the fiscal year 2021 costs of providing 

11 new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 

12 section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 

13 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 

14 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 

15 the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 

16 annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 

17 is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 

18 State for this purpose. 

19 (c) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds ap20 propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria21 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

22 related programs, which may be made available for the 

23 acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 

24 for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis25 cal year 2021, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 


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1 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

2 on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 

3 to this subsection shall include the information enumer4 ated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 

5 and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

6 (d) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES

7 ABROAD.— 

8 (1) SECURITY VULNERABILITIES.—Funds ap9 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy 

10 Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ shall be 

11 made available to address security vulnerabilities at 

12 interim and temporary United States diplomatic fa13 cilities abroad, including physical security upgrades 

14 and local guard staffing. 

15 (2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any 

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

17 significant modification to an interim or temporary 

18 United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 

19 prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

20 committees and the regular notification procedures 

21 of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 

22 such consultation and notification may be waived if 

23 there is a security risk to personnel. 

24 (e) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

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1 Maintenance’’ shall be made available for security up2 grades to soft targets, including schools, recreational fa3 cilities, and residences used by United States diplomatic 

4 personnel and their dependents. 

5 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

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

7 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per8 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in9 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg10 etary resources available under title I to such department 

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

12 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

13 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

16 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 

17 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

18 SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained 

19 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur20 poses within the United States not authorized before en21 actment of this Act by Congress: Provided, That up to 

22 $25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 316 of the International Security and Develop24 ment Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533; 22 

25 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. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco14 nomic Support Fund’’ and under titles IV through VI 

15 shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any as16 sistance to the government of any country whose duly 

17 elected head of government is deposed by military coup 

18 d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the military plays 

20 a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be resumed 

21 to such government if the Secretary of State certifies and 

22 reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 

23 subsequent to the termination of assistance a democrat24 ically elected government has taken office: Provided fur25 ther, That the provisions of this section shall not apply 


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1 to assistance to promote democratic elections or public 

2 participation in democratic processes: Provided further, 

3 That funds made available pursuant to the previous pro4 visos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

5 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY

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

8 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 

9 (1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

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

11 of any appropriation made available for the cur12 rent fiscal year for the Department of State 

13 under title I of this Act may be transferred be14 tween, and merged with, such appropriations, 

15 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 

16 specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

17 than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 

18 such transfer may be made to increase the ap19 propriation under the heading ‘‘Representation 

20 Expenses’’. 

21 (B) EMBASSY SECURITY.—Funds appro22 priated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro23 grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Pro24 tection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

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1 matic and Consular Service’’ in this Act may be 

2 transferred to, and merged with, funds appro3 priated under such headings if the Secretary of 

4 State determines and reports to the Committees 

5 on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 

6 implement the recommendations of the 

7 Benghazi Accountability Review Board, for 

8 emergency evacuations, or to prevent or re9 spond to security situations and requirements, 

10 following consultation with, and subject to the 

11 regular notification procedures of, such Com12 mittees: Provided, That such transfer authority 

13 is in addition to any transfer authority other14 wise available in this Act and under any other 

15 provision of law. 

16 (2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL

17 MEDIA.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria18 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

19 the United States Agency for Global Media under 

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

21 merged with, such appropriations, but no such ap22 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

23 shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

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1 (3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any 

2 transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated 

3 as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 

4 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 

5 expenditure except in compliance with the proce6 dures set forth in that section. 

7 (b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BE8 TWEEN AGENCIES.— 

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

10 available under titles II through V of this Act may 

11 be transferred to any department, agency, or instru12 mentality of the United States Government, except 

13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author14 ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 

15 Act. 

16 (2) ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS.—Notwith17 standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 

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

19 appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

20 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo21 cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 

22 Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 

23 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 

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1 (3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 

2 into by the United States Agency for International 

3 Development or the Department of State with any 

4 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

5 States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

7 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 

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

9 by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 

10 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re11 lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

12 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

13 Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur14 asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg15 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 

17 the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 

18 entered into between USAID and the Department of 

19 State. 

20 (c) LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL

21 DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION.—Amounts 

22 transferred pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act 

23 of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) may only be 

24 transferred from funds made available under title III of 

25 this Act, and such amounts shall not exceed $50,000,000: 


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1 Provided, That any such transfers shall be subject to prior 

2 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

3 of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 

5 United States Agency for International Development, and 

6 the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Inter7 national Development Finance Corporation (the Corpora8 tion), as appropriate, shall ensure that the programs fund9 ed by such transfers are coordinated with, and com10 plement, foreign assistance programs implemented by the 

11 Department of State and USAID: Provided further, That 

12 no funds transferred pursuant to such authority or trans13 ferred pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) or (b) 

14 of section 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 

15 be used by the Corporation to post personnel abroad or 

16 for activities described in section 1421(c) of the BUILD 

17 Act of 2018. 

18 (d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 

19 None of the funds made available under titles II through 

20 V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 

21 account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 

22 for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 

23 the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 

24 of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 

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


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1 written policy justification to the Committees on Appro2 priations. 

3 (e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF

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

5 funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap6 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper7 ations, and related programs entered into between the De8 partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 

9 United States Government under the authority of section 

10 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any com11 parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 

12 Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans13 fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 

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

15 shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 

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

17 or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au18 dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 

19 the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 

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

21 funds transferred under such authority may be made 

22 available for the cost of such audits. 

23 (f) TRANSFER OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER24 ATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM FUNDS.—Funds 

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1 keeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

2 Program’’ that are designated by the Congress for Over3 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

4 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

5 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 may 

6 be transferred to, and merged with, such funds appro7 priated under such headings: Provided, That such transfer 

8 authority may only be exercised to address contingencies: 

9 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi10 tion to any transfer authority otherwise available under 

11 any other provision of law, including section 610 of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 

13 such transfer authority shall be subject to prior consulta14 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

15 Committees on Appropriations. 

16 PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES

17 SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 

18 funds made available by this Act may be used for first19 class travel by employees of United States Government de20 partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven21 tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 

22 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

23 (b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 

24 made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 

25 any United States Government department or agency may 


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1 be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 

2 use by such department or agency unless such network 

3 has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 

4 websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 

5 limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 

6 tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity 

7 carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga8 tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis9 cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 

10 as part of official business. 

11 (c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 

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

13 available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to14 bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 

15 foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 

16 or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 

17 applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 

18 same type. 

19 (d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.— 

20 None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

21 headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest22 ment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and 

23 ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made avail24 able to the Department of State and the United States 

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1 able to support the use or establishment of email accounts 

2 or email servers created outside the .gov domain or not 

3 fitted for automated records management as part of a 

4 Federal government records management program in con5 travention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act 

6 Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 

7 (e) REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EX8 PENSES.—Each Federal department, agency, or entity 

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

10 of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in titles 

11 III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that do12 mestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex13 penses further official agency business and United States 

14 foreign policy interests, and— 

15 (1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 

16 of the Executive Branch; 

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

18 protocol nature; 

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

20 (4) do not include activities that are substan21 tially of a recreational character. 

22 (f) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.— 

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1 nancing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or 

2 under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Develop3 ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘As4 sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 

5 obligated or expended to pay for— 

6 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

7 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

8 are substantially of a recreational character, includ9 ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 

10 musical productions, and amusement parks. 

11 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

12 SEC. 7011. (a) No part of any appropriation con13 tained in this Act shall remain available for obligation 

14 after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless ex15 pressly so provided by this Act: Provided, That funds ap16 propriated for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part 

17 I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of 

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

19 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds 

20 made available for ‘‘United States International Develop21 ment Finance Corporation’’ and under the heading ‘‘As22 sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall re23 main available for an additional 2 years from the date on 

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1 piration of their respective periods of availability contained 

2 in this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of this Act, any funds made available for 

4 the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 

5 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allo6 cated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to ad7 dress balance of payments or economic policy reform ob8 jectives, shall remain available for an additional 2 years 

9 from the date on which the availability of such funds 

10 would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially 

11 allocated or obligated before the expiration of their respec12 tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary of State and the Administrator 

14 of the United States Agency for International Develop15 ment shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro16 priations not later than October 31, 2021, detailing by ac17 count and source year, the use of the authority provided 

18 pursuant to this subsection during the previous fiscal year. 

19 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

20 with respect to any budget authority provided by this Act 

21 that is proposed to be rescinded or that is set to be re22 served or proposed to be deferred in a special message 

23 transmitted under section 1012 or 1013 of the Congres24 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

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1 the period of availability of such funds, including, if appli2 cable, the 90-day period before the initial period of avail3 ability for which such budget authority was provided, such 

4 budget authority— 

5 (1) shall be made available for obligation in suf6 ficient time to be prudently obligated as required 

7 under section 1012(b) or 1013 of the Congressional 

8 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; and 

9 (2) shall remain available for an additional 90 

10 days from the date on which the availability of such 

11 funds would otherwise have expired, including, if ap12 plicable, an additional 90 days after date on which 

13 such budget authority would have initially expired. 

14 (c) Funds in this Act that are required to be appor15 tioned within a specific time period shall be apportioned 

16 within such time period, without prior conditions or limita17 tions, including footnotes, that are not included in this or 

18 any other Act. 

19 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

20 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

21 under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 

22 furnish assistance to the government of any country which 

23 is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 

24 in payment to the United States of principal or interest 

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1 the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 

2 are appropriated under this Act unless the President de3 termines, following consultation with the Committees on 

4 Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 

5 national interest of the United States. 

6 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

7 ASSISTANCE

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

9 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

10 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

11 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov12 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist13 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

14 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

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

16 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 

17 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

19 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec20 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

21 (b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR22 EIGN TAXES.—(1) An amount equivalent to 200 percent 

23 of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2021 on 

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1 ations, and related programs by a foreign government or 

2 entity against United States assistance programs, either 

3 directly or through grantees, contractors, and subcontrac4 tors, shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro5 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2022 and for prior 

6 fiscal years and allocated for the central government of 

7 such country or for the West Bank and Gaza program, 

8 as applicable, if, not later than September 30, 2022, such 

9 taxes have not been reimbursed. 

10 (2) The Secretary of State shall report to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after en12 actment of this Act and then quarterly thereafter until 

13 September 30, 2021, on the foreign governments and enti14 ties that have not reimbursed such taxes, including any 

15 amount of funds withheld pursuant to this subsection. 

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

17 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

18 subsection (b). 

19 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

20 from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur21 suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist22 ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 

23 States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 

24 that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 


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1 and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 

2 a programmatically responsible manner. 

3 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec5 tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en6 tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 

7 State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 that— 

9 (A) such foreign government or entity has 

10 an effective arrangement that is providing sub11 stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 

12 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

13 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec14 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

15 not subject to taxation. 

16 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 

17 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

18 at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 

19 this subsection with regard to any foreign govern20 ment or entity. 

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

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

23 appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax24 ation of assistance contained in this section. 

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1 (1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat2 eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 

3 agreement between the Government of the United 

4 States and the government of the country receiving 

5 assistance that describes the privileges and immuni6 ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 

7 for such country generally, or an individual agree8 ment between the Government of the United States 

9 and such government that describes, among other 

10 things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 

11 accorded the United States assistance provided 

12 under that agreement. 

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

14 and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 

15 customs duties but shall not include individual in16 come taxes assessed to local staff. 

17 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

18 SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro19 priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 

20 specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 

21 programs within the same account notwithstanding the 

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1 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 

2 that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 

3 made available under the same terms and conditions as 

4 originally provided. 

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

6 the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe7 riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 

8 administered by the Department of State or the United 

9 States Agency for International Development that are spe10 cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 

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

12 fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin13 istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 

15 of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir16 cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 

17 can be obligated during the original period of availability: 

18 Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 

19 available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 

20 only for the purpose of such designation. 

21 (c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des22 ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 

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1 ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 

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

3 appropriated by this Act. 

4 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

5 SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO6 GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 

7 made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 

8 making appropriations for the Department of State, for9 eign operations, and related programs to the departments 

10 and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 

11 obligation in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any ac12 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

13 the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offset14 ting collections, or made available by transfer, to the de15 partments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail16 able for obligation to— 

17 (1) create new programs; 

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

19 activity; 

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

21 post; 

22 (4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re23 name bureaus, centers, or offices; or 

24 (5) contract out or privatize any functions or 

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1 unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro2 priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad3 vance of such obligation. 

4 (b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF

5 FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I and 

6 II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 

7 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro8 grams, to the departments and agencies funded under ti9 tles I and II of this Act that remain available for obliga10 tion in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any accounts 

11 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec12 tion of fees available to the department and agency funded 

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

14 or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 

15 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

16 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

17 (1) augments or changes existing programs, 

18 projects, or activities; 

19 (2) relocates an existing office or employees; 

20 (3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist21 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per22 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

23 (4) results from any general savings, including 

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

2 activities as approved by Congress; 

3 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

4 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

5 (c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 

6 funds made available by this Act under the headings 

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

8 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and 

9 Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

10 and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘De11 mocracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

12 Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Non13 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro14 grams’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 

15 Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 

16 Education and Training’’, ‘‘United States International 

17 Development Finance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, 

18 shall be available for obligation for programs, projects, ac19 tivities, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other op20 erations not justified or in excess of the amount justified 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation under 

22 any of these specific headings unless the Committees on 

23 Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 

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1 poses of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 

2 the provision of major defense equipment, other than con3 ventional ammunition, or other major defense items de4 fined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not 

5 previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 

6 of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit7 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

8 such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 

9 this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 

10 other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for a pro11 gram, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated 

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

13 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for 

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

15 current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 

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

17 include information (if known on the date of transmittal 

18 of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author19 ity. 

20 (d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND

21 FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 

22 (1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro23 priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria24 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper25 ations, and related programs may be made available 


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1 to support or continue any program initially funded 

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

3 or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 

4 the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 

5 State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

6 and in accordance with the regular notification pro7 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub8 mits a justification to such Committees that includes 

9 a description of, and the estimated costs associated 

10 with, the support or continuation of such program. 

11 (2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro12 vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 

13 of Defense to the Department of State and the 

14 United States Agency for International Development 

15 for assistance for foreign countries and international 

16 organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica17 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria18 tions. 

19 (3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI20 CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De21 fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 

23 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro24 priations to the same extent and under the same 

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1 section (f) of that section: Provided, That before 

2 issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 

3 under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 

4 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro5 priations in accordance with the regular notification 

6 procedures of such Committees if such defense arti7 cles are significant military equipment (as defined in 

8 section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or 

9 are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 

10 $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 

11 elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 

12 funds for specific countries that would receive such 

13 excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 

14 Committees shall also be informed of the original ac15 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

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

17 any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ18 ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 

19 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

20 Appropriations, may be waived for demining activities and 

21 funds made available under the headings ‘‘Administration 

22 of Foreign Affairs’’, ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, and 

23 ‘‘Peace Corps’’ if failure to do so would pose a substantial 

24 risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That in case 

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1 propriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but 

2 in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to 

3 which such notification requirement was applicable, in the 

4 context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: 

5 Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant 

6 to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer7 gency circumstances. 

8 (f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 

9 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

10 this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 

11 Afghanistan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, 

12 Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Greenland, Guate13 mala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mex14 ico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Fed15 eration, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, 

16 Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as 

17 provided through the regular notification procedures of the 

18 Committees on Appropriations. 

19 (g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other20 wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 

21 making funds available for the Department of State, for22 eign operations, and related programs that are made avail23 able for a trust fund held by an international financial 

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1 tification shall include the information specified under this 

2 section in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 (h) OTHER PROGRAM NOTIFICATION REQUIRE4 MENT.— 

5 (1) DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS.—Funds appro6 priated under title I of this Act under the heading 

7 ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that are made available for 

8 lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be sub9 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti10 fication procedures of, the Committees on Appro11 priations. 

12 (2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

13 this Act that are made available for the following 

14 programs and activities shall be subject to the reg15 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations: 

17 (A) the Global Engagement Center, except 

18 that the Secretary of State shall consult with 

19 the Committees on Appropriations prior to sub20 mitting such notification; 

21 (B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa 

22 initiatives, or any successor programs; 

23 (C) community-based police assistance con24 ducted pursuant to the authority of section 

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1 (D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund; 

2 (E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the 

3 Countering Chinese Influence Fund; 

4 (F) the Global Security Contingency Fund; 

5 (G) the Countering Russian Influence 

6 Fund; 

7 (H) programs to end modern slavery; and 

8 (I) the Women’s Global Development and 

9 Prosperity Fund. 

10 (i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

11 by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 

12 obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap13 plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 

14 shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica15 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (j) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REVIEW OR REALIGN17 MENT.—Programmatic, funding, and organizational 

18 changes resulting from implementation of any foreign as19 sistance review or realignment shall be subject to prior 

20 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

21 of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

22 such notifications may be submitted in classified form, if 

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1 DOCUMENT REQUESTS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND

2 RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS

3 SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 

4 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 

5 III through VI of this Act shall be available to a non6 governmental organization, including any contractor, 

7 which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 

8 file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 

9 the Department of State and the United States Agency 

10 for International Development. 

11 (b) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER12 SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and 

13 USAID Administrator shall— 

14 (1) regularly review and update the policies, di15 rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 

16 Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu17 tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva18 tion of all records made or received in the conduct 

19 of official business, including record emails, instant 

20 messaging, and other online tools; 

21 (2) use funds appropriated by this Act under 

22 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 

23 Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Ex24 penses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, 

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1 ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 

2 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other ap3 plicable Federal records management statutes, regu4 lations, or policies for the Department of State and 

5 USAID; 

6 (3) direct departing employees, including senior 

7 officials, that all Federal records generated by such 

8 employees belong to the Federal Government; 

9 (4) improve the response time for identifying 

10 and retrieving Federal records, including requests 

11 made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United 

12 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 

13 Information Act’’); and 

14 (5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to miti15 gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 

16 the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 

17 the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 

18 remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 

19 guidance related to the control of national security 

20 information, and implement the recommendations of 

21 the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In22 spector General. 

23 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

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1 tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 

2 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 

3 within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 

4 determination and any resulting changes to program or 

5 policy. 

6 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

7 SEC. 7018. In order to enhance the continued partici8 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel9 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern10 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

11 the United States Agency for International Development 

12 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

13 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

14 assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 

15 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

17 shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 

18 provided to that organization. 

19 ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS

20 SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 

21 subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 

22 III through V shall be made available at not less than the 

23 amounts specifically designated in the respective tables in24 cluded in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

25 That such designated amounts for foreign countries and 


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1 international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 

2 such countries and international organizations transmitted 

3 to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of 

4 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made 

5 available for such foreign countries and international orga6 nizations notwithstanding the date of the transmission of 

7 such report. 

8 (b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS BELOW MINIMUM

9 LEVELS.—Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 

10 Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 

11 States Agency for International Development, as applica12 ble, may deviate by not more than 5 percent below the 

13 minimum amounts specifically designated in the respective 

14 tables in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 

15 deviations pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to 

16 prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (c) LIMITATION.—Deviations authorized by sub18 section (b) may only take place after submission of the 

19 report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961. 

21 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

22 (1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 

23 (A) funds for which the initial period of 

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1 (B) amounts designated by this Act as 

2 minimum funding requirements. 

3 (2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate 

4 below amounts designated in the respective tables in5 cluded in the report accompanying this Act shall not 

6 apply to the table included under the heading ‘‘Glob7 al Health Programs’’ and to the amounts designated 

8 for Global Programs in the table under the heading 

9 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in such report. 

10 (e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Ad11 ministrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, 

12 shall submit the reports required, in the manner described, 

13 in the report accompanying this Act. 

14 (f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

15 under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 

16 and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be in17 cluded for purposes of meeting amounts designated for 

18 countries in this Act or the report accompanying this Act, 

19 unless such headings are specifically designated as the 

20 source of funds. 

21 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

22 SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated by this 

23 Act may be used to make any pledge for future year fund24 ing for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in ti25 tles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge meets 


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1 one or more of the requirements enumerated under section 

2 7066 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

3 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F 

4 of Public Law 116-6). 

5 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

6 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

7 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX8 PORTS.— 

9 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro10 priated or otherwise made available under titles III 

11 through VI of this Act may be made available to any 

12 foreign government which provides lethal military 

13 equipment to a country the government of which the 

14 Secretary of State has determined supports inter15 national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of 

16 the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

17 4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this 

18 section with respect to a foreign government shall 

19 terminate 12 months after that government ceases 

20 to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 

21 That this section applies with respect to lethal mili22 tary equipment provided under a contract entered 

23 into after October 1, 1997. 

24 (2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 

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1 may be furnished if the President determines that to 

2 do so is important to the national interest of the 

3 United States. 

4 (3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 

5 determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi6 dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria7 tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 

8 assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 

9 assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 

10 amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 

11 how the assistance furthers United States national 

12 interest. 

13 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

14 (1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi15 lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 

16 and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 

17 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

18 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

19 shall not be made available to any foreign govern20 ment which the President determines— 

21 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

22 any individual or group which has committed 

23 an act of international terrorism; 

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1 (C) is controlled by an organization des2 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec3 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

4 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

5 (2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap6 plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 

7 President determines that national security or hu8 manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 

9 That the President shall publish each such waiver in 

10 the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 

11 waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 

12 Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica13 tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 

14 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro15 priations. 

16 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

17 SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

18 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel19 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith20 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 

21 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori22 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For23 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

24 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na25 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 


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1 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

2 SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 

3 of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de4 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in5 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

6 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

7 for the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu8 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 

9 Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and ac10 tivity’’ shall also be considered to include country, re11 gional, and central program level funding within each such 

12 account, and for the development assistance accounts of 

13 the United States Agency for International Development, 

14 ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 

15 to include central, country, regional, and program level 

16 funding, either as— 

17 (1) justified to Congress; or 

18 (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac19 cordance with the report required by section 653(a) 

20 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi21 fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 


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1 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

2 FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL3 OPMENT FOUNDATION

4 SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

5 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

6 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria7 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

8 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi9 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

10 Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 

11 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con12 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro13 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 

14 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

15 days of taking such action. 

16 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

17 SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 

18 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 

19 III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 

20 of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im21 port Bank and the United States International Develop22 ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 

23 to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 

24 commitments for establishing or expanding production of 

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1 United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 

2 on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca3 pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist4 ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro5 ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro6 vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export7 Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 

8 the benefits to industry and employment in the United 

9 States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 

10 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 

11 and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 

12 on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 

13 shall not prohibit— 

14 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as15 sistance from the International Development Asso16 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter17 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

18 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri19 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

20 is furnished; or 

21 (2) activities in a country the President deter22 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu23 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

24 (b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 

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1 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 

2 for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im3 provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con4 ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro5 duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 

6 for export which would compete with a similar commodity 

7 grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 

8 this subsection shall not prohibit— 

9 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

10 in developing countries where such activities will not 

11 have a significant impact on the export of agricul12 tural commodities of the United States; 

13 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

14 benefit United States producers; 

15 (3) activities in a country that is eligible for as16 sistance from the International Development Asso17 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter18 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

19 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri20 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

21 is furnished; or 

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1 (c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

2 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

3 States executive directors of the international financial in4 stitutions to use the voice and vote of the United States 

5 to oppose any assistance by such institutions, using funds 

6 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 

7 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 

8 for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 

9 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

10 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 

11 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

12 SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

13 CURRENCIES.— 

14 (1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 

15 the government of a foreign country under chapters 

16 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 

18 which result in the generation of local currencies of 

19 that country, the Administrator of the United States 

20 Agency for International Development shall— 

21 (A) require that local currencies be depos22 ited in a separate account established by that 

23 government; 

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1 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

2 to be generated; and 

3 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

4 which the currencies so deposited may be 

5 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

6 (C) establish by agreement with that gov7 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

8 government to monitor and account for deposits 

9 into and disbursements from the separate ac10 count. 

11 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 

12 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur13 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

14 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur15 rencies, shall be used only— 

16 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 

17 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 

19 purposes as— 

20 (i) project and sector assistance activi21 ties; or 

22 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

23 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

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1 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

2 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

3 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

4 to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 

5 established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 

6 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

7 (a)(2). 

8 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO9 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun10 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

11 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 

12 the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 

13 funds which remain in a separate account estab14 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 

15 for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov16 ernment of that country and the United States Gov17 ernment. 

18 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail20 able to the government of a foreign country, under 

21 chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

23 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

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1 a separate account and not commingle with any 

2 other funds. 

3 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

4 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

5 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon6 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

7 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan8 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac9 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re10 port No. 98–1159). 

11 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 

12 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec13 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica14 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

15 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in16 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro17 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis18 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

19 served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 

20 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

21 be promoted by such assistance). 

22 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

23 funds may be exempt from the requirements of para24 graph (1) only through the regular notification pro25 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

2 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN3 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

4 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

5 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

6 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

7 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

8 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 

9 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 

10 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu11 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 

12 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

13 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

14 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria15 tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in16 cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 

17 assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 

18 such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 

19 subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu20 tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza21 tions contained in this or any other Act. 

22 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2021, re23 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

24 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re25 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 


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1 Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 

2 of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 

3 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

4 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg5 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro6 priations. 

7 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

8 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

9 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

10 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup11 port international terrorism; or 

12 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

13 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

14 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

15 country that violates internationally recognized 

16 human rights. 

17 LOCAL COMPETITION

18 SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO

19 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appro20 priated by this Act that are made available to the United 

21 States Agency for International Development may only be 

22 made available for limited competitions through local enti23 ties if— 

24 (1) prior to the determination to limit competi25 tion to local entities, USAID has— 


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1 (A) assessed the level of local capacity to 

2 effectively implement, manage, and account for 

3 programs included in such competition; and 

4 (B) documented the written results of the 

5 assessment and decisions made; and 

6 (2) prior to making an award after limiting 

7 competition to local entities— 

8 (A) each successful local entity has been 

9 determined to be responsible in accordance with 

10 USAID guidelines; and 

11 (B) effective monitoring and evaluation 

12 systems are in place to ensure that award fund13 ing is used for its intended purposes; and 

14 (3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 

15 (b) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— 

16 Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper17 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

18 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect 

19 during fiscal year 2021. 

20 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

21 SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary of the 

22 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc23 tor of each international financial institution to use the 

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1 ing the strategic use of peer reviews and external experts, 

2 to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of the effec3 tiveness of at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, pro4 grams, and significant analytical non-lending activities in 

5 advancing the institution’s goals of reducing poverty and 

6 promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with rel7 evant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such 

8 loans, grants, programs, and activities are based on accu9 rate data and objective analysis. 

10 (b) SAFEGUARDS.— 

11 (1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

12 shall instruct the United States Executive Director 

13 of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

14 Development and the International Development As15 sociation to use the voice and vote of the United 

16 States to oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy 

17 if such institution has adopted and is implementing 

18 any social or environmental safeguard relevant to 

19 such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides 

20 less protection than World Bank safeguards in effect 

21 on September 30, 2015. 

22 (2) ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARDS, AND BEST

23 PRACTICES.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in24 struct the United States executive director of each 

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1 and vote of the United States to oppose loans or 

2 other financing for projects unless such projects— 

3 (A) provide for accountability and trans4 parency, including the collection, verification, 

5 and publication of beneficial ownership informa6 tion related to extractive industries and on-site 

7 monitoring during the life of the project; 

8 (B) will be developed and carried out in ac9 cordance with best practices regarding environ10 mental conservation, cultural protection, and 

11 empowerment of local populations, including 

12 free, prior and informed consent of affected in13 digenous communities; 

14 (C) do not provide incentives for, or facili15 tate, forced displacement or the violation of 

16 human rights; and 

17 (D) do not partner with or otherwise in18 volve enterprises owned or controlled by the 

19 armed forces. 

20 (c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro21 priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 

22 to any international financial institution while the United 

23 States executive director to such institution is com24 pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 

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1 from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 

2 for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 

3 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, or while any alternate United States execu5 tive director to such institution is compensated by the in6 stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 

7 individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

8 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

9 Code. 

10 (d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

11 shall instruct the United States executive director of each 

12 international financial institution to use the voice and vote 

13 of the United States to promote human rights due dili14 gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 

15 with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution 

16 in accordance with the requirements specified under this 

17 subsection in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

18 That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, policy, or 

19 strategy the executive director shall consult with the As20 sistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

21 Labor, Department of State, if the executive director has 

22 reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, or strategy 

23 could result in forced displacement or other violation of 

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1 (e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 

2 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc3 tor of each international financial institution to use the 

4 voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and 

5 other financing agreements improvements in borrowing 

6 countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to 

7 investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 

8 (f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 

9 Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 

10 executive director of each international financial institu11 tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 

12 such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the max13 imum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information 

14 (excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 

15 limited liability company, other than a publicly listed com16 pany, that receives funds from any such financial institu17 tion. 

18 (g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 

19 of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 

20 director of each international financial institution to use 

21 the voice of the United States to encourage each such in22 stitution to effectively implement and enforce policies and 

23 procedures which meet or exceed best practices in the 

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1 retaliation, including the policies and procedures detailed 

2 under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 RESCISSIONS

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 7030. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

6 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, from prior 

7 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

8 foreign operations, and related programs, $45,000,000 are 

9 rescinded. 

10 (b) Of the unobligated balances available under the 

11 heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En12 forcement’’, from prior Acts making appropriations for the 

13 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro14 grams, $30,000,000 are rescinded. 

15 (c) For the purposes of this section, no amounts may 

16 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by Con17 gress as an emergency requirement or for Overseas Con18 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

19 a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

20 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

22 SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN23 MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

24 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 

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1 ment-to-government assistance only if the require2 ments included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) 

3 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

4 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (divi5 sion F of Public Law 116–6) are fully met. 

6 (2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In 

7 addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 

8 may only be made available for direct government9 to-government assistance subject to prior consulta10 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 

11 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

12 the requirements of this paragraph shall only apply 

13 to direct government-to-government assistance in ex14 cess of $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash 

15 transfer, budget support, and cash payments to indi16 viduals. 

17 (3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin18 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development or the Secretary of State, as 

20 appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to21 government assistance if the Administrator or the 

22 Secretary has credible information of material mis23 use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 

24 the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro25 priations that it is in the national interest of the 


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1 United States to continue such assistance, including 

2 a justification, or that such misuse has been appro3 priately addressed. 

4 (4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec5 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2022 

7 congressional budget justification materials, amounts 

8 planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 

9 country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 

10 and type of assistance. 

11 (5) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 

12 None of the funds made available by this Act may 

13 be used by the government of any foreign country 

14 for debt service payments owed by any country to 

15 any international financial institution. 

16 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS17 PARENCY.— 

18 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL

19 TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con20 tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re21 quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern22 ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 

23 as identified in the report required by section 

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1 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

2 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

3 (2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

4 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 

5 the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 

6 enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de7 termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi8 cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require9 ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter10 minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 

11 Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart12 ment of State website: Provided, That such report 

13 shall include the elements included in the report ac14 companying this Act. 

15 (3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $5,000,000 of 

16 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head17 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made avail18 able for programs and activities to assist govern19 ments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to im20 prove budget transparency and to support civil soci21 ety organizations in such countries that promote 

22 budget transparency. 

23 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

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1 (A) Officials of foreign governments and 

2 their immediate family members about whom 

3 the Secretary of State has credible information 

4 have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig5 nificant corruption, including corruption related 

6 to the extraction of natural resources, or a 

7 gross violation of human rights shall be ineli8 gible for entry into the United States. 

9 (B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 

10 privately designate or identify the officials of 

11 foreign governments and their immediate family 

12 members about whom the Secretary has such 

13 credible information without regard to whether 

14 the individual has applied for a visa. 

15 (2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli16 gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 

17 paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 

18 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec19 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli20 gations under the United Nations Headquarters 

21 Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

22 shall be construed to derogate from United States 

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1 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap2 plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter3 mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na4 tional interest or that the circumstances which 

5 caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 

6 sufficiently. 

7 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after en8 actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 

9 until September 30, 2021, the Secretary of State 

10 shall submit a report, including a classified annex if 

11 necessary, to the appropriate congressional commit12 tees and the Committees on the Judiciary describing 

13 the information related to corruption or violation of 

14 human rights concerning each of the individuals 

15 found ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant 

16 to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who 

17 the Secretary designated or identified pursuant to 

18 paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for 

19 the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waiv20 ers provided under paragraph (3), and the justifica21 tion for each waiver. 

22 (5) 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 diamonds, and provide 

15 technical assistance to promote independent audit 

16 mechanisms and support civil society participation in 

17 natural resource management. 

18 (2) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT

19 AUDITS.—(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

20 instruct the executive director of each international 

21 financial institution that it is the policy of the 

22 United States to use the voice and vote of the 

23 United States to oppose any assistance by such in24 stitutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar25 antee) to any country for the extraction and export 


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1 of a natural resource if the government of such 

2 country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures 

3 to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company 

4 payments as required by United States law, and un5 less such government has adopted laws, regulations, 

6 or procedures in the sector in which assistance is 

7 being considered to meet the standards included 

8 under this section in the report accompanying this 

9 Act. 

10 (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 

11 shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 

12 building the capacity of such government to 

13 meet the requirements of such subparagraph. 

14 (e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro15 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 

16 available for any independent agency in title III, as appro17 priate, shall be made available to support the provision 

18 of additional information on United States Government 

19 foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as20 sistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies fund21 ed under this Act shall provide such information on for22 eign assistance, upon request and in a timely manner, to 

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1 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

2 SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro3 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As4 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

5 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

6 Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En7 forcement’’, not less than $2,400,500,000 shall be made 

8 available for democracy programs. 

9 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

10 (1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 

11 this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub12 section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow13 ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not14 withstanding any other provision of law, and with 

15 regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 

16 (NED), any regulation. 

17 (2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 

18 this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 

19 to the authority of the National Endowment for De20 mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ21 ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene22 ficiaries. 

23 (c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 

24 purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de25 mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 


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1 governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 

2 expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 

3 rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 

4 law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo5 cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or6 ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 

7 development of democratic states and institutions that are 

8 responsive and accountable to citizens. 

9 (d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail10 able pursuant to this section that are made available for 

11 programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 

12 prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com13 mitment to democracy and the rule of law. 

14 (e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re15 spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro16 grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 

17 assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 

18 participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 

19 prior approval by the government of any foreign country. 

20 (f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.— 

21 USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit22 ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 

23 with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec24 ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 

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1 (g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR

2 DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 

3 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 

4 Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu5 manitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the 

6 NED of democracy programs that are planned and sup7 ported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 

8 making appropriations for the Department of State, for9 eign operations, and related programs. 

10 (h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND

11 JOURNALISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 

13 $20,000,000 shall be made available to support and pro14 tect civil society activists and journalists who have been 

15 threatened, harassed, or attacked, including journalists af16 filiated with the United States Agency for Global Media, 

17 consistent with the action plan submitted pursuant to, and 

18 on the same terms and conditions of, section 7032(i) of 

19 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

20 Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 

21 Law 115–141). 

22 (i) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.— 

23 (1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 

24 Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall 

25 be made available for the Bureau of Democracy, 


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1 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, for 

2 the costs of administering programs designed to pro3 mote and defend freedom of expression and the inde4 pendence of the media in countries where such free5 dom and independence are restricted or denied. 

6 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

7 this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not 

8 less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 

9 programs that promote and defend freedom of ex10 pression and the independence of the media abroad: 

11 Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 

12 otherwise made available by this Act for such pur13 poses, and are intended to complement emergency 

14 and safety programs for civil society, including jour15 nalists and media outlets at risk: Provided further, 

16 That such funds shall be subject to prior consulta17 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 

18 the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

20 SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE21 DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

22 heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 

23 for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart24 ment of State, including for support staff at not less than 


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1 the amounts specified for such office in the table under 

2 such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 (b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

4 under the headings ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter5 national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available 

6 for international religious freedom programs and funds 

7 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter8 national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Ref9 ugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for humanitarian 

10 assistance for vulnerable and persecuted religious minori11 ties: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 

12 under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this 

13 section shall be made available at not less than the amount 

14 in the table under such heading in the report accom15 panying this Act and shall be the responsibility of the Am16 bassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in 

17 consultation with other relevant United States Govern18 ment officials, and shall be subject to prior consultation 

19 with the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

21 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

22 of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 

23 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

24 available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 


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1 assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 

2 Syria. 

3 (d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 

4 7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

5 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 

6 J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 

7 fiscal year 2021. 

8 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

9 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL10 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

11 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

12 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

13 and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 

14 of such trafficking, may be made available notwith15 standing any other provision of law. 

16 (b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 

17 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

18 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

19 than $10,000,000 shall be made available for foren20 sic anthropology assistance related to the exhuma21 tion and identification of victims of war crimes, 

22 crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall 

23 be administered by the Assistant Secretary for De24 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

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1 to funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 

2 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

3 foreign operations, and related programs for assist4 ance for countries. 

5 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

6 the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

7 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 

8 be made available for DNA forensic technology pro9 grams to combat human trafficking in Central 

10 America and Mexico. 

11 (c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appro12 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup13 port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

14 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 

15 made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ16 ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre17 vention Board: Provided, That funds made available pur18 suant to this subsection are in addition to amounts other19 wise made available for such purposes: Provided further, 

20 That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 

21 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 

23 the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States 

24 Agency for International Development, from this or any 

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1 to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law. 

3 (e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 

4 (1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro5 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

6 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 

7 made available to carry out the Program for Re8 search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 

9 Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 

10 authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 

11 and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 

12 (2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES.— 

13 Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak14 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for15 eign operations, and related programs under the 

16 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist17 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 

18 made available as contributions to establish and 

19 maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 

20 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

21 Appropriations. 

22 (3) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 

23 funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

24 ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

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1 partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail2 able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds 

3 made available pursuant to this paragraph may only 

4 be made available following prior consultation with 

5 the appropriate congressional committees, and the 

6 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations. 

8 (4) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the 

9 amounts made available by title I of this Act under 

10 the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 

11 may be made available for grants pursuant to sec12 tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

13 Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 

14 facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, 

15 and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for 

16 grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural An17 tiquities Task Force. 

18 (5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 

19 may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 

20 III to make innovation incentive awards in accord21 ance with the terms and conditions of section 

22 7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Op23 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

24 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided, 

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1 $100,000: Provided further, That no more than 15 

2 such awards may be made during fiscal year 2021. 

3 (6) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of 

4 the funds made available by this Act may be used 

5 to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis6 tered by the Department of State to implement the 

7 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

8 1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 

9 except through the formal rulemaking process pursu10 ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

11 551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to 

12 such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 

13 funds made available for such purpose shall only be 

14 made available after consultation with, and subject 

15 to the regular notification procedures of, the Com16 mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro17 posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 

18 goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 

19 United States: Provided further, That such consulta20 tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 

21 the publication in the Federal Register of any regu22 latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro23 gram. 

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1 ral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Re2 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 

3 2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), funds appropriated by this 

4 Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for 

5 this fiscal year may be made available for United 

6 States participation in international fairs and expo7 sitions abroad, including for construction and oper8 ation of United States pavilions or other major ex9 hibits, subject to prior consultation with, and the 

10 regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

11 on Appropriations: Provided, That any such funds 

12 shall be made available on a cost matching basis 

13 from sources other than the United States Govern14 ment, to the maximum extent practicable: Provided 

15 further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

16 paragraph may not be used to reimburse any partici17 pation in international fairs and expositions abroad 

18 that took place prior to the date of enactment of this 

19 Act: Provided further, That the Office of Inspector 

20 General, Department of State, shall conduct a finan21 cial and performance audit and issue a report on the 

22 use of such authority. 

23 (8) WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION.—Notwith24 standing any other provision of law, the President is 

25 authorized to accept the statutes of, and to maintain 


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1 membership of the United States in, the United Na2 tions World Tourism Organization, and the United 

3 States’ assessed contributions to maintain such 

4 membership may be paid from funds appropriated 

5 for ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’. 

6 (f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 

7 vetting program, or making significant changes to the 

8 scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec9 retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 

10 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro11 vided, That the Secretary and the Administrator shall pro12 vide a direct vetting option for prime awardees in any 

13 partner vetting program initiated or significantly modified 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Sec15 retary of State or USAID Administrator, as applicable, 

16 informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by17 case basis that a direct vetting option is not feasible for 

18 such program. 

19 (g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2021, the 

20 President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author21 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

22 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

23 (h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec24 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

25 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and under title 


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1 IV of this Act for assistance for the central government 

2 of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com3 ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter4 national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 

5 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with7 holding funds under this subsection. 

8 (i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO9 TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 

10 merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For11 eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex12 pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 

13 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2021, except for funds des14 ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

15 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

17 1985, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 

18 the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 

19 the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not 

20 more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 

21 (j) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 

22 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to counter 

23 extremism may be made available notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law restricting assistance to foreign 

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1 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the use 

2 of the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior 

3 consultation with the appropriate congressional commit4 tees and the regular notification procedures of the Com5 mittees on Appropriations. 

6 (k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES

7 OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI8 ZATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 

9 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

10 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

11 457): Provided, That in addition to suspension on the 

12 basis of an unpaid default or final civil judgment directly 

13 or indirectly related to human trafficking against the em14 ployer or a family member assigned to an embassy, sus15 pension on this basis should also apply to an employer or 

16 family member assigned to any diplomatic mission, or any 

17 international organization: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary of State should assist in obtaining payment of final 

19 court judgments awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa holders, 

20 including encouraging the sending states to provide com21 pensation directly to victims: Provided further, That the 

22 Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons an23 nual report a concise summary of each trafficking case 

24 involving an A–3 or G–5 visa holder that meets one or 

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1 (including a default judgment) issued against a current 

2 or former employee of such diplomatic mission or inter3 national organization; (2) the issuance of a T-visa to the 

4 victim; or (3) a request by the Department of State to 

5 the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats 

6 or family members be waived to permit criminal prosecu7 tion. 

8 (l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

9 (1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 

10 Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 

11 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

12 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

13 (2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The 

14 authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup15 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

16 111–32) shall remain in effect through September 

17 30, 2021. 

18 (3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV19 ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

20 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 

21 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ for ‘‘October 

22 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

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1 (A) Subject to the limitation described in 

2 subparagraph (B), the authority provided by 

3 section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria4 tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re5 main in effect through September 30, 2021. 

6 (B) The authority described in subpara7 graph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible 

8 member of the Foreign Service (as defined in 

9 section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropria10 tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a local11 ity-based comparability payment (stated as a 

12 percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the 

13 amount of the locality-based comparability pay14 ment (stated as a percentage) that would be 

15 payable to such member under section 5304 of 

16 title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 

17 official duty station were in the District of Co18 lumbia. 

19 (5) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 

20 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro21 grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 

22 167) is amended— 

23 (A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

24 note)— 


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1 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

2 ‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, and 

3 2021’’; and 

4 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

5 ‘‘2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘2021’’; and 

7 (B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 

8 note), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘2021’’. 

10 (6) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIV11 ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 

12 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 

13 Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep14 tember 30, 2021, and may be used to facilitate the 

15 assignment of persons for oversight of programs in 

16 Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Ven17 ezuela. 

18 (7) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The 

19 authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni20 bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 

21 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 

22 for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 

23 2021, except that the notification and reporting re24 quirements contained in such section shall include 

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1 (8) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AF2 GHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STA3 TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 any employee of the Special Inspector General for 

5 Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 

6 at least 12 months of continuous service after enact7 ment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 

8 which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 

9 shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 

10 any position in the competitive service for which the 

11 employee possesses the required qualifications. 

12 (9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 

13 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

14 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi15 sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef16 fect during fiscal year 2021. 

17 (10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN18 ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

19 of the Department of State may waive the provisions 

20 of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 

21 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 

22 case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 

23 the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 

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1 er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec2 tion. 

3 (11) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of 

4 the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 

5 1101 note) is amended— 

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2015

7 THROUGH 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 THROUGH

8 2021’’; 

9 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

10 striking ‘‘22,500’’ and inserting ‘‘26,500’’; and 

11 (C) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ‘‘De12 cember 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

13 2022’’. 

14 (m) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appro15 priated by this Act that are made available for monitoring 

16 and evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Develop17 ment Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 

18 and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appro19 priate, be made available for the regular collection of feed20 back obtained directly from beneficiaries to enhance the 

21 quality and relevance of such assistance: Provided, That 

22 the Department of State and USAID shall establish, and 

23 post on their respective websites, updated procedures for 

24 implementing partners that receive funds under such 

25 headings for regularly collecting and responding to such 


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1 feedback, including guidelines for the reporting on actions 

2 taken in response to the feedback received: Provided fur3 ther, That the Department of State and USAID shall reg4 ularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feedback is 

5 regularly collected and used by implementing partners to 

6 maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assist7 ance. 

8 (n) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 

9 (1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 

10 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

11 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ 

12 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

13 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

14 related programs may be made available for the 

15 costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

16 Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, 

17 Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 

18 to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail19 able under this paragraph for the costs of such 

20 guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 

21 purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 

22 a country. 

23 (2) DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds 

24 made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 

25 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 


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1 State, foreign operations, and related programs that 

2 were previously designated by the Congress for Over3 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter4 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

6 Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for 

7 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

8 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

9 such Act. 

10 (3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

11 Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 

12 this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 

13 with the appropriate congressional committees and 

14 the regular notification procedures of the Commit15 tees on Appropriations. 

16 (o) LOCAL WORKS.— 

17 (1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 

18 this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist19 ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

20 $50,000,000 shall be made available for Local 

21 Works pursuant to section 7080 of the Department 

22 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

23 Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 

24 113–235), which may remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2025. 


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1 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of 

2 section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 

3 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

4 Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eli5 gible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, inter6 national, and United States-based nongovernmental 

7 organizations, educational institutions, and other 

8 small entities that have received less than a total of 

9 $5,000,000 from USAID over the previous 5 fiscal 

10 years: Provided, That departments or centers of 

11 such educational institutions may be considered indi12 vidually in determining such eligibility. 

13 (p) DEFINITIONS.— 

14 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

16 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres17 sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro18 priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

19 the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af20 fairs of the House of Representatives. 

21 (2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND

22 PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 

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1 ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re2 main available for obligation, and have not expired. 

3 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU4 TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu5 tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon6 struction and Development, the International Devel7 opment Association, the International Finance Cor8 poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 

9 International Monetary Fund, the International 

10 Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De11 velopment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 

12 Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 

13 American Development Bank, the European Bank 

14 for Reconstruction and Development, the African 

15 Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 

16 and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 

17 (4) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 

18 means the United States Agency for International 

19 Development. 

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 

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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 USAID operating unit or of12 fice in this or prior Acts making appropriations for 

13 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re14 lated programs shall be deemed to include any suc15 cessor operating unit or office performing the same 

16 or similar functions. 

17 (7) THIS ACT.—Except as expressly provided 

18 otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in 

19 titles I through VIII shall be treated as referring 

20 only to the provisions of such titles. 

21 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY

22 SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 

23 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 

24 Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 

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1 I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As2 sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 

3 section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 

4 and accountability of civilian police authority 

5 through training and technical assistance in human 

6 rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 

7 planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

8 police roles that support democratic governance, in9 cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 

10 respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 

11 and foster improved police relations with the com12 munities they serve. 

13 (2) COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS

14 FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

15 heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

16 and Related Programs’’ shall be made available for 

17 the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for pro18 grams in areas liberated from, under the influence 

19 of, or adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq 

20 and Syria or other terrorist organizations: Provided, 

21 That such areas shall include the Kurdistan Region 

22 of Iraq: Provided further, That prior to the obliga23 tion of funds made available pursuant to this para24 graph, the Secretary of State shall take all prac25 ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 


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1 for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds: 

2 Provided further, That funds made available pursu3 ant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior con4 sultation with, and the regular notification proce5 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 (3) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 

7 (A) Consistent with the objectives of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 

9 Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 

10 Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper11 ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro12 gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas13 ualty training and equipment. 

14 (B) The Secretary of State shall offer com15 bat casualty care training and equipment as a 

16 component of any package of lethal assistance 

17 funded by this Act with funds appropriated 

18 under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 

19 and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 

20 Provided, That the requirement of this subpara21 graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un22 less the Secretary determines that such country 

23 has in place, to the maximum extent prac24 ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat25 ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 


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1 standards recommended by the Committee on 

2 Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur3 ther, That any such training and equipment for 

4 combat casualty care shall be made available 

5 through an open and competitive process. 

6 (4) TRAINING RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL

7 HUMANITARIAN LAW.—The Secretary of State shall 

8 offer training related to the requirements of inter9 national humanitarian law as a component of any 

10 package of lethal assistance funded by this Act with 

11 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peace12 keeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ13 ing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of 

14 this paragraph shall not apply to a country that is 

15 a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

16 (NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated by 

17 section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961, or is complying with international humani19 tarian law: Provided further, That any such training 

20 shall be made available through an open and com21 petitive process. 

22 (5) SECURITY FORCE PROFESSIONALIZATION.— 

23 Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

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1 made available to increase the capacity of foreign 

2 military and law enforcement personnel to operate in 

3 accordance with appropriate standards relating to 

4 human rights and the protection of civilians, fol5 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appro6 priations: Provided, That funds made available pur7 suant to this paragraph shall be made available 

8 through an open and competitive process. 

9 (6) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.— 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, up 

11 to $7,500,000 from funds appropriated by this Act 

12 under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and 

13 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be 

14 transferred to, and merged with, funds previously 

15 made available under the heading ‘‘Global Security 

16 Contingency Fund’’, subject to the regular notifica17 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria18 tions. 

19 (7) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Of 

20 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head21 ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

22 Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

23 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $7,500,000 shall 

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1 tion facilities, notwithstanding section 660 of the 

2 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the 

3 Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 

4 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

5 on the proposed uses of such funds prior to obliga6 tion and not later than 60 days after enactment of 

7 this Act: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

8 in addition to funds otherwise made available by this 

9 Act for such purpose. 

10 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

11 (1) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AU12 THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap13 propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 

15 nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 

16 mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 

17 other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 

18 as well as a nation emerging from instability. 

19 (2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE20 INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 

21 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

22 Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 

23 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

24 2021. 


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1 (3) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE

2 AUTHORITY.— 

3 (A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 

4 Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

5 108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘of this section’’ and all that follows 

7 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘of 

8 this section after September 30, 2023.’’. 

9 (B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 

10 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

12 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2021, 2022, and 2023’’. 

13 (4) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI14 CLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

16 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of 

17 section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

18 U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to 

19 Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza20 tion (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for the 

21 procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 

22 option to purchase) of defense articles from United 

23 States commercial suppliers, not including Major 

24 Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and 

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1 cation), if the President determines that there are 

2 compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 

3 for those defense articles being provided by commer4 cial lease rather than by government-to-government 

5 sale under such Act. 

6 (5) SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.— 

7 Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu8 ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 

9 Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the 

10 Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to re11 main available for obligation until September 30, 

12 2023: Provided, That the provision of defense arti13 cles and defense services to foreign countries or 

14 international organizations from the Fund shall be 

15 subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

16 (6) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—For the purposes of 

17 funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak18 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for19 eign operations, and related programs that are made 

20 available for assistance for units of foreign security 

21 forces, the term ‘‘to the maximum extent prac22 ticable’’ in section 620M(d)(7) of the Foreign Assist23 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) means that the 

24 identity of such units shall be made publicly avail25 able unless the Secretary of State, on a case-by-case 


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1 basis, determines and reports to the appropriate con2 gressional committees that non-disclosure is in the 

3 national security interest of the United States: Pro4 vided, That any such determination shall include a 

5 detailed justification, and may be submitted in clas6 sified form. 

7 (7) DUTY TO INFORM.—If assistance to a for8 eign security force is provided in a manner in which 

9 the recipient unit or units cannot be identified prior 

10 to the transfer of assistance, the Secretary of State 

11 shall provide a list of units prohibited from receiving 

12 such assistance pursuant to section 620M of the 

13 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to the recipient gov14 ernment. 

15 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

16 (1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 

17 this Act should not be used to support any military 

18 training or operations that include child soldiers. 

19 (2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 

20 (A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, demining equipment 

22 available to the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development and the Department of 

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1 itarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 

2 basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 

3 and conditions as the Secretary of State may 

4 prescribe. 

5 (B) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military 

6 assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni7 tions, no defense export license for cluster mu8 nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 

9 or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

10 transferred, unless— 

11 (i) the submunitions of the cluster 

12 munitions, after arming, do not result in 

13 more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 

14 across the range of intended operational 

15 environments, and the agreement applica16 ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 

17 such cluster munitions or cluster munitions 

18 technology specifies that the cluster muni19 tions will only be used against clearly de20 fined military targets and will not be used 

21 where civilians are known to be present or 

22 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

23 (ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 

24 transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 


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1 or permanently disposing of such cluster 

2 munitions. 

3 (3) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICA4 TIONS.—Of the funds realized pursuant to section 

5 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act and 

6 made available for obligation for expenses incurred 

7 by the Department of Defense, Defense Security Co8 operation Agency (DSCA) during fiscal year 2021 

9 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Con10 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), $25,000,000 shall be 

11 withheld from obligation until the DSCA, jointly 

12 with the Department of State, submits to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations the congressional budget 

14 justification for funds requested under the heading 

15 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for fiscal 

16 years 2021 and 2022, including the accompanying 

17 classified appendices. 

18 (4) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appro19 priated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, 

20 small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other 

21 items for crowd control purposes for foreign security 

22 forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful ex23 pression, association, or assembly in countries that 

24 the Secretary of State determines are undemocratic 

25 or are undergoing democratic transitions. 


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1 (d) REPORTS.— 

2 (1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 

3 than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec4 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex6 pended during fiscal year 2020, by country and pur7 pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace8 keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu9 cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi10 nancing Program’’. 

11 (2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE12 PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 

13 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 

14 ‘‘military training provided to foreign military per15 sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De16 partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 

17 military training provided by foreign governments 

18 with funds appropriated to the Department of De19 fense or the Department of State, except for train20 ing provided by the government of a country des21 ignated by section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

22 2321k(b)) as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Or23 ganization ally. 

24 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

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1 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

2 secondary boycott of American firms that have com3 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

4 in the region and to United States investment and 

5 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

6 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret7 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

8 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

9 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

10 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re11 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

12 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

13 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

14 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

15 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

16 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

17 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

18 weapons to said country; and 

19 (5) the President should report to Congress an20 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

21 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

22 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi23 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ24 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

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1 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal2 izing businesses that do comply. 

3 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

4 SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

5 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

6 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

7 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

9 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

10 state— 

11 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

12 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

13 and 

14 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

15 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

16 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

17 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

18 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

19 security organizations; and 

20 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

21 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

22 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef23 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

24 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

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1 context of full and normal relationships, which 

2 should include— 

3 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

4 belligerency; 

5 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

6 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

7 independence of every state in the area through 

8 measures including the establishment of demili9 tarized zones; 

10 (C) their right to live in peace within se11 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

12 threats or acts of force; 

13 (D) freedom of navigation through inter14 national waterways in the area; and 

15 (E) a framework for achieving a just set16 tlement of the refugee problem. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

19 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

20 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

21 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac22 countable governance. 

23 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

24 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

25 national security interest of the United States to do so. 


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1 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

2 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

3 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

4 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

5 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

6 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales7 tinian Authority’’). 

8 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

9 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

10 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

12 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

13 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

14 Corporation. 

15 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

16 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2021, 

17 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi18 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

19 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp21 troller General of the United States will have access to 

22 appropriate United States financial information in order 

23 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro24 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

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1 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap2 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup3 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

4 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

5 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

6 any individual, private or government entity, or edu7 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

8 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

9 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

10 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

11 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov12 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de13 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

14 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter15 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

16 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

17 steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 

18 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu19 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

20 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

21 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

22 (1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 

23 None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

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1 Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 

2 for— 

3 (A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 

4 honoring individuals who commit, or have com5 mitted acts of terrorism; and 

6 (B) any educational institution located in 

7 the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 

8 individual who the Secretary of State deter9 mines has committed an act of terrorism. 

10 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE11 QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law, none of the funds made available by this or 

13 prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 

14 available by transfer, may be made available for obli15 gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 

16 Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks 

18 that have been established for security assistance for 

19 the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent 

20 of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

21 (d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

22 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

23 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

24 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

25 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 


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1 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

2 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro3 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

4 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

5 section. 

6 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 

7 to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec8 tor General of the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development for audits, investigations, and 

10 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

11 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad12 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur13 poses. 

14 (e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

15 STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 

16 in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 

17 States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 

18 treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

19 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro20 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2021 

21 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

22 audit shall address— 

23 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

24 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

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1 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

2 and activities carried out under such Program, in3 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

4 (f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made 

5 available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 

6 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com7 mittees on Appropriations. 

8 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

9 AUTHORITY

10 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

11 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi12 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

14 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

15 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

16 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

17 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi18 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

19 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

20 to the national security interest of the United States. 

21 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

22 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

23 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

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1 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu2 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub3 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail4 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

5 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

6 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro7 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales8 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

9 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

10 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

11 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

12 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap13 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal14 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac15 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi16 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

17 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au18 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen19 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

20 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

21 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro22 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

23 Israel. 

24 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

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1 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

2 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

3 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

4 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

5 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

6 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

7 Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree8 ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 

9 undue influence. 

10 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

11 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

12 government only if the President certifies and re13 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

14 government, including all of its ministers or such 

15 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

16 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

17 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

18 as amended. 

19 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

20 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

21 1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 

22 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 

23 this subsection. 

24 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

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1 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro2 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

3 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern4 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva5 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

6 contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro8 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

9 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

10 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi11 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

12 such government. 

13 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

14 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as15 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

16 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

17 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

18 (1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap19 propriated by this Act that are available for assist20 ance for Egypt may be made available notwith21 standing any other provision of law restricting as22 sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 

23 section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

24 and may only be made available for assistance for 

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1 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro2 priations that such government is— 

3 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

4 with the United States; and 

5 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

6 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

7 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the funds 

8 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco9 nomic Support Fund’’, up to $125,000,000 may be 

10 made available for assistance for Egypt, of which up 

11 to $40,000,000 should be made available for higher 

12 education programs, including $15,000,000 for 

13 scholarships for Egyptian students with high finan14 cial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of high15 er education in Egypt that are currently accredited 

16 by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the 

17 United States Department of Education, or meets 

18 standards equivalent to those required for United 

19 States institutional accreditation by a regional ac20 crediting agency recognized by such Department: 

21 Provided, That such funds shall be made available 

22 for democracy programs, and for development pro23 grams in the Sinai: Provided further, That such 

24 funds may not be made available for cash transfer 

25 assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of 


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1 State certifies and reports to the appropriate con2 gressional committees that the Government of Egypt 

3 is taking consistent and effective steps to stabilize 

4 the economy and implement market-based economic 

5 reforms. 

6 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO7 GRAM.— 

8 (A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appro9 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

10 Military Financing Program’’, up to 

11 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2022, may be made available for as13 sistance for Egypt: Provided, That such funds 

14 may be transferred to an interest bearing ac15 count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

16 York, following consultation with the Commit17 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

18 20 percent of such funds shall be withheld from 

19 obligation until the Secretary of State certifies 

20 and reports to the Committees on Appropria21 tions that the Government of Egypt is taking, 

22 on a sustained and effective basis, the steps 

23 enumerated under this section in the report ac24 companying this Act: Provided further, That the 

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1 not apply to funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under such heading for counterterrorism, bor3 der security, and nonproliferation programs for 

4 Egypt. 

5 (B) WAIVER.— 

6 (i) The Secretary of State may waive 

7 the certification requirement in subpara8 graph (A) with respect to 95 percent of the 

9 amount withheld from obligation pursuant 

10 to such subparagraph if the Secretary de11 termines and reports to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations that to do so is important 

13 to the national security interest of the 

14 United States, and includes in such report 

15 a detailed justification for the use of such 

16 waiver and the reasons why any of the cer17 tification requirements of subparagraph 

18 (A) cannot be met: Provided, That the re19 port required by this paragraph shall be 

20 submitted in unclassified form, but may be 

21 accompanied by a classified annex. 

22 (ii) The remaining 5 percent may only 

23 be made available for obligation if the Sec24 retary of State determines and reports to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations that the 


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1 Government of Egypt has completed action 

2 to provide fair and commensurate com3 pensation to American citizen April Corley 

4 for injuries suffered by Egyptian armed 

5 forces on September 13, 2015: Provided, 

6 That none of the funds withheld pursuant 

7 to subparagraph (A) shall be transferred to 

8 the interest bearing account referenced in 

9 subparagraph (A) until the determination 

10 in the preceding sentence has been pro11 vided to the Committees on Appropria12 tions. 

13 (b) IRAN.— 

14 (1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

15 under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco16 nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti17 terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 

18 be made available for the programs and activities de19 scribed under this section in the report accom20 panying this Act. 

21 (2) REPORTS.— 

22 (A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Sec23 retary of State shall submit to the Committees 

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1 ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 

2 added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agree3 ment Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 

4 (B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 

5 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

6 Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

7 the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees a re9 port on— 

10 (i) the status of United States bilat11 eral sanctions on Iran; 

12 (ii) the reimposition and renewed en13 forcement of secondary sanctions; and 

14 (iii) the impact such sanctions have 

15 had on Iran’s destabilizing activities 

16 throughout the Middle East. 

17 (c) IRAQ.— 

18 (1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under ti19 tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

20 for assistance for Iraq for bilateral economic assist21 ance and international security assistance, including 

22 in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and for programs 

23 to protect and assist religious and ethnic minority 

24 populations in Iraq as described under this section 

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1 (2) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 

2 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

3 this Act may be used by the Government of the 

4 United States to enter into a permanent basing 

5 rights agreement between the United States and 

6 Iraq. 

7 (d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

8 under titles III and IV, not less than $1,525,000,000 shall 

9 be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 

10 less than $800,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

11 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 

12 available for budget support for the Government of Jordan 

13 and not less than $425,000,000 shall be made available 

14 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro15 gram’’. 

16 (e) LEBANON.— 

17 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

18 titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

19 for assistance for Lebanon: Provided, That such 

20 funds made available under the heading ‘‘Economic 

21 Support Fund’’ may be made available notwith22 standing section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Au23 thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 

24 228; 22 U.S.C. 2346 note). 

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1 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

2 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

3 and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

4 Financing Program’’ that are made available 

5 for assistance for Lebanon may be made avail6 able for programs and equipment for the Leba7 nese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the 

8 Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to address secu9 rity and stability requirements in areas affected 

10 by conflict in Syria, following consultation with 

11 the appropriate congressional committees. 

12 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro14 gram’’ that are made available for assistance 

15 for Lebanon may only be made available for 

16 programs to— 

17 (i) professionalize the LAF to miti18 gate internal and external threats from 

19 non-state actors, including Hizballah; 

20 (ii) strengthen border security and 

21 combat terrorism, including training and 

22 equipping the LAF to secure the borders 

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1 ments, and preventing the use of Lebanon 

2 as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and 

3 (iii) implement United Nations Secu4 rity Council Resolution 1701: 

5 Provided, That prior to obligating funds made 

6 available by this subparagraph for assistance 

7 for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall sub8 mit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

9 spend plan, including actions to be taken to en10 sure equipment provided to the LAF is used 

11 only for the intended purposes, except such plan 

12 may not be considered as meeting the notifica13 tion requirements under section 7015 of this 

14 Act or under section 634A of the Foreign As15 sistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted 

16 not later than June 1, 2021: Provided further, 

17 That any notification submitted pursuant to 

18 such section shall include any funds specifically 

19 intended for lethal military equipment. 

20 (3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro21 priated by this Act may be made available for the 

22 ISF or the LAF if the ISF or the LAF is controlled 

23 by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated 

24 pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Na25 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 


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1 (f) LIBYA.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds 

2 made available by this Act for assistance for Libya, the 

3 Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations that all practicable steps have been 

5 taken to ensure that mechanisms are in place for moni6 toring, oversight, and control of such funds. 

7 (g) MOROCCO.— 

8 (1) AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION RE9 QUIREMENT.—Funds appropriated under title III of 

10 this Act shall be made available for assistance for 

11 the Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 

12 90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the 

13 obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State, in 

14 consultation with the Administrator of the United 

15 States Agency for International Development, shall 

16 consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 

17 the proposed uses of such funds. 

18 (2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO19 GRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

20 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that 

21 are available for assistance for Morocco may only be 

22 used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 

23 Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal 

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1 (h) SAUDI ARABIA.—None of the funds appropriated 

2 by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Military 

3 Education and Training’’ may be made available for as4 sistance for the Government of Saudi Arabia. 

5 (i) SYRIA.— 

6 (1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro7 priated or otherwise made available by this Act may 

8 be made available notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law for non-lethal stabilization assistance for 

10 Syria, including for emergency medical and rescue 

11 response and chemical weapons use investigations. 

12 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pur13 suant to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 

14 (A) may not be made available for a 

15 project or activity that supports or otherwise le16 gitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign ter17 rorist organizations (as designated pursuant to 

18 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in 

20 Syria; 

21 (B) may not be made available for activi22 ties that further the strategic objectives of the 

23 Government of the Russian Federation that 

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1 (C) should not be used in areas of Syria 

2 controlled by a government led by Bashar al3 Assad or associated forces. 

4 (3) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—Prior to 

5 the obligation of any funds appropriated by this Act 

6 and made available for assistance for Syria, the Sec7 retary of State shall take all practicable steps to en8 sure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 

9 oversight, and control of such assistance inside 

10 Syria. 

11 (4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

12 Funds made available pursuant to this subsection 

13 may only be made available following consultation 

14 with the appropriate congressional committees, and 

15 shall be subject to the regular notification proce16 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (j) TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 

18 III and IV of this Act, not less than $191,400,000 shall 

19 be made available for assistance for Tunisia. 

20 (k) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

21 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini22 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

23 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

24 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec25 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 


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1 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

2 is to— 

3 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

4 (B) improve security in the region; 

5 (C) continue support for transparent and 

6 accountable government institutions; 

7 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

8 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

9 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

10 (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated 

11 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

12 in this Act may be made available for assistance 

13 for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act— 

15 (I) the Palestinians obtain the same 

16 standing as member states or full member17 ship as a state in the United Nations or 

18 any specialized agency thereof outside an 

19 agreement negotiated between Israel and 

20 the Palestinians; or 

21 (II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter22 national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 

23 authorized investigation, or actively sup24 port such an investigation, that subjects 


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1 Israeli nationals to an investigation for al2 leged crimes against Palestinians. 

3 (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 

4 restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re5 sulting from the application of subclause (I) of 

6 such clause if the Secretary certifies to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is 

8 in the national security interest of the United 

9 States, and submits a report to such Commit10 tees detailing how the waiver and the continu11 ation of assistance would assist in furthering 

12 Middle East peace. 

13 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi14 sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 

15 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 

16 (Public Law 100–204) if the President deter17 mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

18 the House of Representatives, the President pro 

19 tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con20 gressional committees that the Palestinians 

21 have not, after the date of enactment of this 

22 Act— 

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1 ship as a state outside an agreement nego2 tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 

3 and 

4 (II) initiated or actively supported an 

5 ICC investigation against Israeli nationals 

6 for alleged crimes against Palestinians. 

7 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi8 dent is unable to make the certification pursu9 ant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the 

10 President may waive section 1003 of Public 

11 Law 100–204 if the President determines and 

12 certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 

13 of Representatives, the President pro tempore 

14 of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro15 priations that the Palestinians have entered 

16 into direct and meaningful negotiations with 

17 Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provi18 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 

19 under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 

20 previous provisions of law must expire before 

21 the waiver under the preceding sentence may be 

22 exercised. 

23 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara24 graph shall be effective for no more than a pe25 riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 


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1 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 (3) APPLICATION OF TAYLOR FORCE ACT.— 

4 Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

5 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and made available for 

6 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza shall not be 

7 made available in contravention of section 1004(a) 

8 of the Taylor Force Act (title X of division S of 

9 Public Law 115–141). 

10 (4) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP PRO11 GRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

12 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

13 State, foreign operations, and related programs may 

14 be made available for private sector partnership pro15 grams for the West Bank and Gaza if such funds 

16 are authorized: Provided, That funds made available 

17 pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior 

18 consultation with the appropriate congressional com19 mittees, and the regular notification procedures of 

20 the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (5) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require22 ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro23 priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 

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1 a description of modifications, if any, to the security 

2 strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 

3 (6) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 

4 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

5 State shall submit a report to the appropriate con6 gressional committees detailing steps taken by the 

7 Palestinian Authority to counter incitement of vio8 lence against Israelis and to promote peace and co9 existence with Israel. 

10 (l) YEMEN.—Funds appropriated under title III of 

11 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De12 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro13 grams shall be made available for global health, humani14 tarian, and stabilization assistance for Yemen. 

15 AFRICA

16 SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION AS17 SISTANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

18 under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

19 Training’’ for the central government of a country in the 

20 African Great Lakes region may be made available only 

21 for Expanded International Military Education and Train22 ing and professional military education until the Secretary 

23 of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap24 propriations that such government is not facilitating or 

25 otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a 


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1 neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed 

2 groups. 

3 (b) CAMEROON.—Funds appropriated under title IV 

4 of this Act that are made available for assistance for the 

5 armed forces of Cameroon, including the Rapid Interven6 tion Battalion, may only be made available to counter re7 gional terrorism, including Boko Haram and other Islamic 

8 State affiliates, participate in international peacekeeping 

9 operations, and for military education and maritime secu10 rity programs. 

11 (c) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds ap12 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup13 port Fund’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail14 able for a contribution to the Special Criminal Court in 

15 Central African Republic. 

16 (d) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appro17 priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made 

18 available, following consultation with the Committees on 

19 Appropriations, for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, 

20 and Nigeria for— 

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1 cluding Boko Haram, consistent with the provisions 

2 of section 7059 of this Act; 

3 (3) assistance for individuals displaced by vio4 lent conflict; and 

5 (4) counterterrorism programs. 

6 (e) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

8 than $60,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

9 for Malawi, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be made 

10 available for higher education programs. 

11 (f) SOUTH SUDAN.— 

12 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

13 under title III of this Act that are made available 

14 for assistance for South Sudan, not less than 

15 $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 

16 programs and not less than $8,000,000 shall be 

17 made available for conflict mitigation and reconcili18 ation programs. 

19 (2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE CEN20 TRAL GOVERNMENT.—Funds appropriated by this 

21 Act that are made available for assistance for the 

22 central Government of South Sudan may only be 

23 made available, following consultation with the Com24 mittees on Appropriations, for— 

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1 (B) health programs, including to prevent, 

2 detect, and respond to the Ebola virus disease; 

3 (C) assistance to support South Sudan 

4 peace negotiations or to advance or implement 

5 a peace agreement; and 

6 (D) assistance to support implementation 

7 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

8 Peace Agreement and mutual arrangements re9 lated to such agreement: 

10 Provided, That prior to the initial obligation of 

11 funds made available pursuant to subparagraphs (C) 

12 and (D), the Secretary of State shall consult with 

13 the Committees on Appropriations on the intended 

14 uses of such funds and steps taken by such govern15 ment to advance or implement a peace agreement. 

16 (g) SUDAN.— 

17 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

18 Act under title III should be made available to sup19 port the civilian-led transition in Sudan, including 

20 for assistance for health, democracy, economic 

21 growth, agriculture, and education. 

22 (2) LIMITATION ON LOANS.—None of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act may be made available for 

24 the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 


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1 loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, 

2 including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling 

3 amounts owed to the United States, and modifying 

4 concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agree5 ments. 

6 (3) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by 

7 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

8 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re9 lated programs that are made available for any new 

10 program or activity in Sudan shall be subject to 

11 prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

12 committees. 

13 (h) ZIMBABWE.— 

14 (1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treas15 ury shall instruct the United States executive direc16 tor of each international financial institution to vote 

17 against any extension by the respective institution of 

18 any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, 

19 except to meet basic human needs or to promote de20 mocracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

21 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

22 the rule of law has been restored, including respect 

23 for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of 

24 expression, association, and assembly. 


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1 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro2 priated by this Act shall be made available for as3 sistance for the central Government of Zimbabwe, 

4 except for health and education, unless the Secretary 

5 of State certifies and reports as required in para6 graph (1). 

7 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

8 SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 

9 (1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 

10 (A) Funds appropriated under title III of 

11 this Act for assistance for Burma— 

12 (i) may be made available notwith13 standing any other provision of law, except 

14 for this subsection, and following consulta15 tion with the Committees on Appropria16 tions; 

17 (ii) may be made available for ethnic 

18 groups and civil society in Burma to help 

19 sustain ceasefire agreements and further 

20 prospects for reconciliation and peace, 

21 which may include support to representa22 tives of ethnic armed groups for this pur23 pose; and 

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1 and civil society organizations, to promote 

2 ethnic and religious tolerance, and to com3 bat gender-based violence, including in 

4 Kachin, Karen, Rakhine, and Shan states 

5 and for the purposes enumerated under 

6 this section in the report accompanying 

7 this Act. 

8 (B) Funds appropriated under title III of 

9 this Act for assistance for Burma shall be made 

10 available for community-based organizations op11 erating in Thailand to provide food, medical, 

12 and other humanitarian assistance to internally 

13 displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addition 

14 to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds 

15 appropriated by this Act under the heading 

16 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’: Provided, 

17 That such funds may be available for programs 

18 to support the return of Kachin, Karen, 

19 Rohingya, Shan, and other refugees and inter20 nally displaced persons to their locations of ori21 gin or preference in Burma only if such returns 

22 are voluntary and consistent with international 

23 law. 

24 (C) Funds appropriated under title III of 

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1 made available for assistance for the Govern2 ment of Burma to support the implementation 

3 of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement conferences, 

4 committees, and other procedures may only be 

5 made available if the Secretary of State reports 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

7 conferences, committees, and procedures are di8 rected toward a sustainable peace and the Gov9 ernment of Burma is implementing its commit10 ments under such Agreement. 

11 (2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

12 None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 the headings ‘‘International Military Education and 

14 Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro15 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 

16 Burma: Provided, That the Department of State 

17 may continue consultations with the armed forces of 

18 Burma only on human rights and disaster response 

19 in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal year, 

20 and following consultation with the appropriate con21 gressional committees. 

22 (3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro23 priated under title III of this Act for assistance for 

24 Burma may be made available to any organization 

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1 or to any individual or organization that has com2 mitted a gross violation of human rights or advo3 cates violence against ethnic or religious groups or 

4 individuals in Burma, as determined by the Sec5 retary of State for programs administered by the 

6 Department of State and USAID or the President 

7 of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) 

8 for programs administered by NED. 

9 (4) CONSULTATION.—Any new program or ac10 tivity in Burma initiated in fiscal year 2021 shall be 

11 subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

12 congressional committees. 

13 (b) CAMBODIA.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

15 title III of this Act, shall be made available for as16 sistance for Cambodia. 

17 (2) DETERMINATION AND EXCEPTIONS.— 

18 (A) DETERMINATION.—None of the funds 

19 appropriated by this Act that are made avail20 able for assistance for the Government of Cam21 bodia may be obligated or expended unless the 

22 Secretary of State determines and reports to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations that such 

24 Government is taking effective steps to— 


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1 (i) strengthen regional security and 

2 stability, particularly regarding territorial 

3 disputes in the South China Sea and the 

4 enforcement of international sanctions with 

5 respect to North Korea; 

6 (ii) cease violence and harassment 

7 against civil society in Cambodia, including 

8 the political opposition, and dismiss any 

9 politically motivated criminal charges 

10 against those who criticize the government; 

11 and 

12 (iii) respect the rights, freedoms, and 

13 responsibilities enshrined in the Constitu14 tion of the Kingdom of Cambodia as en15 acted in 1993. 

16 (B) EXCEPTIONS.—The determination re17 quired by subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 

18 funds appropriated by this Act and made avail19 able for democracy, health, education, and envi20 ronment programs, programs to strengthen the 

21 sovereignty of Cambodia, and programs to edu22 cate and inform the people of Cambodia of the 

23 influence efforts of the People’s Republic of 

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1 (3) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

2 under title III of this Act for assistance for Cam3 bodia may be made available for— 

4 (A) research and education programs asso5 ciated with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; and 

6 (B) programs in the Khmer language to 

7 monitor, map, and publicize the efforts by the 

8 People’s Republic of China to expand its influ9 ence in Cambodia. 

10 (c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY AND THE COUNTERING

11 CHINESE INFLUENCE FUND.— 

12 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

13 titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

14 to support the implementation of the Indo-Pacific 

15 Strategy and the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 

16 2018 (Public Law 115–409). 

17 (2) COUNTERING CHINESE INFLUENCE

18 FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

19 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

20 Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

21 and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi22 nancing Program’’, may be made available for a 

23 Countering Chinese Influence Fund to counter the 

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1 which shall be subject to prior consultation with the 

2 Committees on Appropriations. 

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; and 

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, deter17 mines that such use does not adversely impact 

18 the national security of the United States. 

19 (d) NORTH KOREA.— 

20 (1) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall sub21 mit the report required by section 209 of the North 

22 Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

23 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 U.S.C. 9229) to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 (2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 

3 Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 

4 broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not 

5 less than the prior fiscal year. 

6 (3) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AND LIMITA7 TION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

10 ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made available for 

11 the promotion of human rights in North Korea: 

12 Provided, That the authority of section 

13 7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such 

14 funds. 

15 (B) None of the funds made available by 

16 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

17 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for 

18 the Government of North Korea. 

19 (e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

20 (1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 

21 the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo22 matic Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated or ex23 pended for processing licenses for the export of sat24 ellites of United States origin (including commercial 

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1 Republic of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in 

2 advance, the Committees on Appropriations are noti3 fied of such proposed action. 

4 (2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur6 suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 

7 contract, or cooperative agreement with the People’s 

8 Liberation Army (PLA), or any entity that the Sec9 retary of State has reason to believe is owned or 

10 controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA. 

11 (3) HONG KONG.— 

12 (A) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 

13 this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ 

14 for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of 

15 the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

16 Labor, Department of State, shall be made 

17 available for democracy programs for Hong 

18 Kong, including legal and other support for de19 mocracy activists. 

20 (B) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds ap21 propriated by this Act may be made available to 

22 enterprises, organizations, or other entities in 

23 Hong Kong that receive funding from, or are 

24 supported by, the Government of the PRC. 


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1 (C) REPORT.—Funds appropriated under 

2 title I of this Act shall be made available to pre3 pare and submit to Congress the report re4 quired by section 301 of the United States5 Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 

6 5731) pursuant to section 7043(f)(4)(B) of the 

7 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

8 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 

9 (division G of Public Law 116-94), which shall 

10 also include a description of— 

11 (i) actions taken by the Government 

12 of the PRC and the Hong Kong authorities 

13 to implement the decision approved by the 

14 National People’s Congress on May 28, 

15 2020 for the Hong Kong Special Adminis16 tration Region; and 

17 (ii) actions taken by the Government 

18 of the PRC and the Hong Kong authorities 

19 to modify Hong Kong’s existing judicial 

20 systems and enforcement mechanisms in 

21 order to erode democratic rights and civil 

22 liberties protected under Hong Kong Basic 

23 Law. 

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1 ernment officials and their immediate family 

2 members about whom the Secretary of State 

3 has credible information have been involved in 

4 implementing the decision approved by the Na5 tional People’s Congress on May 28, 2020 for 

6 the Hong Kong Special Administration Region 

7 that undermines the autonomy and funda8 mental freedoms of the people of Hong Kong: 

9 Provided, That not later than 60 days after en10 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

11 a report to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees describing the implementation of this 

13 subparagraph. 

14 (f) PHILIPPINES.— 

15 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

17 and Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for 

18 counternarcotics assistance for the Philippines, ex19 cept for drug demand reduction, maritime law en20 forcement, or transnational interdiction. 

21 (2)(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 

22 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

23 Program’’ may be made available for assistance for 

24 the Government of Philippines unless the Secretary 

25 of State determines and reports to the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations that such Government is taking 

2 effective steps to promote human rights and 

3 strengthen accountability mechanisms. 

4 (B) The Secretary of State may waive the re5 striction on assistance required by subparagraph (A) 

6 if the Secretary determines and reports to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations that providing such as8 sistance is important to the national security inter9 est of the United States, including a description of 

10 the national security interest served. 

11 (g) TIBET.— 

12 (1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The 

13 Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 

14 States executive director of each international finan15 cial institution to use the voice and vote of the 

16 United States to support financing of projects in 

17 Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 

18 the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 

19 Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti20 betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 

21 are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 

22 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti23 betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef24 fective monitoring. 

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1 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, of the funds appropriated by this Act 

3 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

4 not less than $8,000,000 shall be made avail5 able to nongovernmental organizations to sup6 port activities which preserve cultural traditions 

7 and promote sustainable development, edu8 cation, and environmental conservation in Ti9 betan communities in the Tibet Autonomous 

10 Region and in other Tibetan communities in 

11 China. 

12 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

14 not less than $6,000,000 shall be made avail15 able for programs to promote and preserve Ti16 betan culture and language in the refugee and 

17 diaspora Tibetan communities, development, 

18 and the resilience of Tibetan communities and 

19 the Central Tibetan Administration in India 

20 and Nepal, and to assist in the education and 

21 development of the next generation of Tibetan 

22 leaders from such communities: Provided, That 

23 such funds are in addition to amounts made 

24 available in subparagraph (A) for programs in25 side Tibet. 


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1 (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

3 not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail4 able for programs to strengthen the capacity of 

5 the Central Tibetan Administration: Provided, 

6 That such funds shall be administered by the 

7 United States Agency for International Devel8 opment. 

9 (h) VIETNAM.—Funds appropriated under titles III 

10 and IV of this Act and made available for assistance for 

11 Vietnam, should be made available for— 

12 (1) health and disability programs in areas 

13 sprayed with Agent Orange and contaminated with 

14 dioxin, to assist individuals with severe upper or 

15 lower body mobility impairment or cognitive or de16 velopmental disabilities; and 

17 (2) activities related to the remediation of 

18 dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be 

19 made available for assistance for the Government of 

20 Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes, 

21 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

22 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

23 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

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1 nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics 

2 Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are made avail3 able for assistance for Afghanistan— 

4 (A) shall be made available to implement 

5 the South Asia Strategy, the Revised Strategy 

6 for United States Engagement in Afghanistan, 

7 and the United States Agency for International 

8 Development Country Development Cooperation 

9 Strategy for Afghanistan, or any updated sub10 sequent strategy; 

11 (B) shall be made available to continue 

12 support for institutions of higher education in 

13 Kabul, Afghanistan that are accessible to both 

14 women and men in a coeducational environ15 ment, including for the costs for operations and 

16 security for such institutions; 

17 (C) shall be made available for programs 

18 that protect and strengthen the rights of Af19 ghan women and girls and promote the political 

20 and economic empowerment of women including 

21 their meaningful inclusion in political processes: 

22 Provided, That such assistance to promote the 

23 economic empowerment of women shall be made 

24 available as grants to Afghan organizations, to 

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1 (D) shall be made available to support 

2 long-term development assistance programs in 

3 areas previously under the control of the 

4 Taliban: Provided, That such funds may be 

5 made available notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law and following consultation with the 

7 Committees on Appropriation; and 

8 (E) may not be made available for any 

9 program, project, or activity pursuant to section 

10 7044(a)(1)(C) of the Department of State, For11 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appro12 priations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 

13 116–6). 

14 (2) AFGHAN WOMEN.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

16 shall promote the meaningful participation of 

17 Afghan women in ongoing peace and reconcili18 ation processes in Afghanistan in a manner 

19 consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security 

20 Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68), including 

21 advocacy for the inclusion of Afghan women 

22 leaders in ongoing and future dialogue and ne23 gotiations and efforts to ensure that any long24 term peace agreement reached between the Af25 ghan Government and the Taliban protects the 


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1 rights of women and girls and ensures their 

2 freedom of movement, rights to education and 

3 work, and access to healthcare and legal rep4 resentation. 

5 (B) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 

6 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

7 for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

8 and related programs under the heading ‘‘Eco9 nomic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

10 for an endowment pursuant to paragraph 

11 (3)(A)(iv) of this subsection for an institution 

12 of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan that 

13 is accessible to both women and men in a co14 educational environment: Provided, That such 

15 endowment shall be established in partnership 

16 with a United States-based American higher 

17 education institution that will serve on its board 

18 of trustees: Provided further, That prior to the 

19 obligation of funds for such an endowment, the 

20 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

21 International Development shall submit a re22 port to the Committees on Appropriations de23 scribing the governance structure, including a 

24 proposed board of trustees, and financial safe25 guards, including regular audit and reporting 


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1 requirements, in any endowment agreement: 

2 Provided further, That the USAID Adminis3 trator shall provide a report on the expenditure 

4 of funds generated from such an endowment to 

5 the Committees on Appropriations on an annual 

6 basis. 

7 (3) AUTHORITIES.— 

8 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 titles III through VI that are made available for 

10 assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail11 able— 

12 (i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 

13 this Act or any similar provision of law 

14 and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 

15 Act of 1961; 

16 (ii) for reconciliation programs and 

17 disarmament, demobilization, and re18 integration activities for former combat19 ants who have renounced violence against 

20 the Government of Afghanistan, including 

21 in accordance with section 

22 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Department of 

23 State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

24 Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (divi25 sion I of Public Law 112–74); 


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1 (iii) for an endowment to empower 

2 women and girls; and 

3 (iv) for an endowment for higher edu4 cation. 

5 (B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Depart6 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

7 Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I 

8 of Public Law 112–74) shall apply to funds ap9 propriated by this Act for assistance for Af10 ghanistan. 

11 (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up 

13 to $3,000,000 may be transferred to any other 

14 appropriation of any department or agency of 

15 the United States Government, upon the con16 currence of the head of such department or 

17 agency, to support operations in, and assistance 

18 for, Afghanistan and to carry out the provisions 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Pro20 vided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

21 to the regular notification procedures of the 

22 Committees on Appropriations. 

23 (4) STRATEGY.—Not later than 45 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

25 State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 


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1 United States Agency for International Develop2 ment, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

3 committees a comprehensive, multi-year strategy for 

4 diplomatic and development engagement with Af5 ghanistan that reflects the agreement between the 

6 United States Government and the Taliban, as well 

7 as on-going intra-Afghan negotiations: Provided, 

8 That such strategy shall include information regard9 ing, but not limited to, the inclusion of women in 

10 intra-Afghan negotiations, political concessions be11 tween the Afghan government and the Taliban, and 

12 expected Department of State and United States 

13 military presence in Afghanistan. 

14 (5) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 

15 funds made available by this Act may be used by the 

16 United States Government to enter into a perma17 nent basing rights agreement between the United 

18 States and Afghanistan. 

19 (b) BANGLADESH.—Funds appropriated under titles 

20 III and IV of this Act shall be made available for— 

21 (1) programs to address the needs of commu22 nities impacted by refugees from Burma; 

23 (2) programs to protect freedom of expression 

24 and due process of law; and 


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1 (3) democracy programs, of which not less than 

2 $2,000,000 shall be made available for such pro3 grams for the Rohingya community in Bangladesh. 

4 (c) NEPAL.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 

5 IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for 

6 Nepal, including for development and democracy pro7 grams. 

8 (d) PAKISTAN.—The terms and conditions of section 

9 7044(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

10 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division 

11 F of Public Law 116–6) shall continue in effect during 

12 fiscal year 2021. 

13 (e) SRI LANKA.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

15 title III of this Act shall be made available for as16 sistance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic 

17 development programs, particularly in areas recov18 ering from ethnic and religious conflict: Provided, 

19 That such funds shall be made available for pro20 grams to assist in the identification and resolution 

21 of cases of missing persons. 

22 (2) DETERMINATION.—Funds appropriated by 

23 this Act for assistance for the central Government of 

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1 nical assistance to promote fiscal transparency and 

2 sovereignty, may be made available only if the Sec3 retary of State determines and reports to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations that such Government is 

5 taking effective and consistent steps to— 

6 (A) respect and uphold the rights and free7 doms of the people of Sri Lanka regardless of 

8 ethnicity and religious belief, including by inves9 tigating violations of human rights and holding 

10 perpetrators of such violations accountable; 

11 (B) assert its sovereignty against inter12 ference by the People’s Republic of China; and 

13 (C) promote reconciliation between ethnic 

14 and religious groups arising from past conflict 

15 in Sri Lanka, including by addressing land con16 fiscation and ownership issues, resolving cases 

17 of missing persons, and reducing the presence 

18 of the armed forces in former conflict zones. 

19 (3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

20 Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act that 

21 are available for assistance for Sri Lanka shall be 

22 subject to the following conditions— 

23 (A) not to exceed $500,000 may be made 

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1 port humanitarian and disaster response pre2 paredness and maritime security, including 

3 professionalization and training for the navy 

4 and coast guard; and 

5 (B) funds under the heading ‘‘Peace6 keeping Operations’’ may only be made avail7 able subject to the regular notification proce8 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (f) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

10 this Act shall be made available for assistance for Afghani11 stan, Pakistan, and other countries in South and Central 

12 Asia to significantly increase the recruitment, training, 

13 and retention of women in the judiciary, police, and other 

14 security forces, and to train judicial and security personnel 

15 in such countries to prevent and address gender-based vio16 lence, human trafficking, and other practices that dis17 proportionately harm women and girls. 

18 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

19 SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

20 (1) ASSISTANCE.— 

21 (A) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—Of the funds ap22 propriated by this Act under titles III and IV, 

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1 curity Initiative, of which not less than 

2 $420,790,000 shall be for assistance for El Sal3 vador, Guatemala, and Honduras: Provided, 

4 That such assistance shall be prioritized for 

5 programs and activities that addresses the key 

6 factors that contribute to the migration of un7 accompanied, undocumented minors to the 

8 United States and such funds shall be made 

9 available for global health, humanitarian, devel10 opment, democracy, border security, and law 

11 enforcement programs for such countries, in12 cluding for programs to reduce violence against 

13 women and girls and to combat corruption, and 

14 for support of commissions against corruption 

15 and impunity, as appropriate: Provided further, 

16 That not less than $45,000,000 shall be for 

17 support of offices of Attorneys General and of 

18 other entities and activities to combat corrup19 tion and impunity in such countries. 

20 (B) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Section 

21 7045(a)(1)(A) of the Department of State, For22 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appro23 priations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 

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1 should’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

2 ‘‘$519,885,000 shall’’. 

3 (2) NORTHERN TRIANGLE.— 

4 (A) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO CER5 TAIN CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS.—Of the funds 

6 made available pursuant to paragraph (1) 

7 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

8 and under title IV of this Act that are made 

9 available for assistance for each of the central 

10 governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

11 Honduras, 50 percent may only be obligated 

12 after the Secretary of State certifies and re13 ports to the appropriate congressional commit14 tees that such government is— 

15 (i) combating corruption and impu16 nity, including prosecuting corrupt govern17 ment officials; 

18 (ii) implementing reforms, policies, 

19 and programs to increase transparency and 

20 strengthen public institutions; 

21 (iii) protecting the rights of civil soci22 ety, opposition political parties, and the 

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1 (iv) providing effective and account2 able law enforcement and security for its 

3 citizens, and upholding due process of law; 

4 (v) implementing policies to reduce 

5 poverty and promote equitable economic 

6 growth and opportunity; 

7 (vi) supporting the independence of 

8 the judiciary and of electoral institutions; 

9 (vii) improving border security; 

10 (viii) combating human smuggling 

11 and trafficking and countering the activi12 ties of criminal gangs, drug traffickers, 

13 and transnational criminal organizations; 

14 and 

15 (ix) informing its citizens of the dan16 gers of the journey to the southwest border 

17 of the United States. 

18 (B) REPROGRAMMING.—If the Secretary is 

19 unable to make the certification required by 

20 subparagraph (A) for one or more of the gov21 ernments, such assistance for such central gov22 ernment shall be reprogrammed for assistance 

23 for other countries in Latin America and the 

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1 tion 7019 of this Act: Provided, That any such 

2 reprogramming shall be subject to the regular 

3 notification procedures of the Committees on 

4 Appropriations. 

5 (C) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of sub6 paragraph (A) shall not apply to funds appro7 priated by this Act that are made available 

8 for— 

9 (i) the International Commission 

10 Against Impunity in El Salvador, and sup11 port of offices of Attorneys General and of 

12 other entities and activities related to com13 bating corruption and impunity; 

14 (ii) programs to combat gender-based 

15 violence; 

16 (iii) humanitarian assistance; and 

17 (iv) food security programs. 

18 (D) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO19 GRAM.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

20 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi21 nancing Program’’ may be made available for 

22 assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, or Hon23 duras. 

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1 ing on American citizens detained in Costa Rica: 

2 Provided, That such report shall include the number 

3 of American citizens known to be detained and 

4 whether such individuals are serving sentences or in 

5 pre-trial detention, provided regular access to United 

6 States Consular officers, being treated humanely, 

7 and afforded access to legal representation: Provided 

8 further, That such report shall be updated every 45 

9 days until September 30, 2022: Provided further, 

10 That such report shall be submitted in unclassified 

11 form, but may include a classified annex. 

12 (b) COLOMBIA.— 

13 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

14 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 

15 $457,253,000 shall be made available for assistance 

16 for Colombia: Provided, That such funds shall be 

17 made available for the programs and activities de18 scribed under this section in the report accom19 panying this Act. 

20 (2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

21 (A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds 

22 appropriated by this Act under the heading 

23 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En24 forcement’’ and made available for assistance 

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1 after the Secretary of State determines and re2 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

3 the Government of Colombia is continuing to 

4 implement a national whole-of-government 

5 counternarcotics strategy intended to reduce by 

6 50 percent cocaine production and coca cultiva7 tion levels in Colombia by 2023 and such pro8 gram is not in violation of the 2016 peace ac9 cord between the Government of Colombia and 

10 the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. 

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 after the Secretary of 

16 State determines and reports to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations that— 

18 (i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace 

19 and other judicial authorities are taking ef20 fective steps to hold accountable perpetra21 tors of gross violations of human rights in 

22 a manner consistent with international law, 

23 including for command responsibility, and 

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1 (ii) the Government of Colombia is 

2 taking effective steps to prevent attacks 

3 against human rights defenders and other 

4 civil society activists, trade unionists, and 

5 journalists, and judicial authorities are 

6 prosecuting those responsible for such at7 tacks; 

8 (iii) the Government of Colombia is 

9 taking effective steps to protect Afro-Co10 lombian and indigenous communities and 

11 is respecting their rights and territory; 

12 (iv) senior military officers responsible 

13 for ordering, committing, and covering up 

14 cases of false positives are being held ac15 countable, including removal from active 

16 duty if found guilty through criminal or 

17 disciplinary proceedings; and 

18 (v) the Government of Colombia has 

19 investigated and is taking steps to hold ac20 countable Government officials credibly al21 leged to have directed, authorized, or con22 ducted illegal surveillance of political oppo23 nents, government officials, journalists, 

24 and human rights defenders, including the 

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1 for combating counterterrorism and coun2 ternarcotics for such purposes. 

3 (3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of para4 graph (2) shall not apply to funds made available for 

5 aviation instruction and maintenance, and maritime 

6 and riverine security programs. 

7 (4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds 

8 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap9 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

10 operations, and related programs and made available 

11 for assistance for Colombia may be used to trans12 port personnel and supplies involved in drug eradi13 cation and interdiction, including security for such 

14 activities, and to provide transport in support of al15 ternative development programs and investigations 

16 by civilian judicial authorities. 

17 (c) HAITI.— 

18 (1) CERTIFICATION.—The certification require19 ment contained in section 7045(c)(1) of the Depart20 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro21 grams Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Pub22 lic Law 116-94) shall continue in effect during fiscal 

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1 ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made 

2 available for assistance for Haiti. 

3 (2) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government 

4 of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles 

5 and services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

6 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 

7 (3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 

8 available by this Act may be used to provide assist9 ance to the armed forces of Haiti. 

10 (d) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by 

11 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $74,800,000 

12 shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security 

13 Initiative. 

14 (e) VENEZUELA.— 

15 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

17 than $30,000,000 shall be made available for democ18 racy programs for Venezuela. 

19 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

20 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

21 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

22 programs shall be made available for assistance for 

23 communities in countries supporting or otherwise 

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1 Tobago: Provided, That such amounts are in addi2 tion to funds otherwise made available for assistance 

3 for such countries, subject to prior consultation 

4 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

5 Committees on Appropriations. 

6 EUROPE AND EURASIA

7 SEC. 7046. (a) GEORGIA.— 

8 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

9 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 

10 $132,025,000 shall be made available for assistance 

11 for Georgia. 

12 (2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 

13 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assist14 ance to Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ and 

15 made available for assistance for the central Govern16 ment of Georgia, 15 percent may not be obligated 

17 until the Secretary of State determines and reports 

18 to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov19 ernment is taking effective steps to— 

20 (A) strengthen democratic institutions as 

21 described under this section in the report ac22 companying this Act; 

23 (B) combat corruption within the govern24 ment, including in the application of anti-cor25 ruption laws and regulations; and 


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1 (C) ensure the rule of law in the private 

2 sector is consistent with internationally recog3 nized standards, including protecting the rights 

4 of foreign businesses to operate free from har5 assment and to fully realize all due commercial 

6 and financial benefits resulting from invest7 ments made in Georgia. 

8 (3) EXEMPTIONS.—The withholding in para9 graph (2) of this subsection shall not apply to pro10 grams that support democracy, the rule of law, civil 

11 society and the media, or programs to reduce gen12 der-based violence and to protect vulnerable popu13 lations. 

14 (4) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap15 plication of paragraph (2) if the Secretary deter16 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropria17 tions that to do so is important to the national inter18 est of the United States, including a description of 

19 the national interest served. 

20 (b) UKRAINE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under titles III and IV, not less than $453,000,000 shall 

22 be made available for assistance for Ukraine. 

23 (c) TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—None of the funds ap24 propriated by this Act may be made available for assist25 ance for a government of an Independent State of the 


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1 former Soviet Union if such government directs any action 

2 in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov3 ereignty of any other Independent State of the former So4 viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel5 sinki Final Act: Provided, That except as otherwise pro6 vided in section 7047(a) of this Act, funds may be made 

7 available without regard to the restriction in this sub8 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

9 national security interest of the United States: Provided 

10 further, That prior to executing the authority contained 

11 in the previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall con12 sult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such 

13 assistance supports the national security interest of the 

14 United States. 

15 (d) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUPPORT

16 ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 

17 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to— 

18 (1) activities to support democracy or assist19 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

20 (22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the 

21 Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act 

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1 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

2 Development Agency under section 661 of the For3 eign Assistance Act of 1961; 

4 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

5 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

6 acting within his or her official capacity; 

7 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

8 other assistance provided by the United States 

9 International Development Finance Corporation as 

10 authorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 

11 of Public Law 115–254); 

12 (5) any financing provided under the Export13 Import Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 

14 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

15 (e) TURKEY.— 

16 (1) None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of 

18 defense articles or defense services to the Turkish 

19 Presidential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under 

20 Chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

21 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless the Secretary of State 

22 determines and reports to the appropriate congres23 sional committees that members of the TPPD who 

24 are named in the July 17, 2017, indictment by the 

25 Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and 


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1 against whom there are pending charges, have re2 turned to the United States to stand trial in connec3 tion with the offenses contained in such indictment 

4 or have otherwise been brought to justice: Provided, 

5 That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply 

6 to the use of funds made available by this Act for 

7 border security purposes, for North Atlantic Treaty 

8 Organization or coalition operations, or to enhance 

9 the protection of United States officials and facilities 

10 in Turkey. 

11 (2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

12 made available by this Act and prior Acts making 

13 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

14 operations, and related programs, may be made 

15 available to transfer or deliver, or to facilitate the 

16 transfer or delivery of, F-35 aircraft to Turkey, in17 cluding any defense articles or services related to 

18 such aircraft, until the Secretary of State certifies to 

19 the appropriate congressional committees that the 

20 Government of Turkey no longer possesses the Rus21 sian S-400 missile defense system or any other 

22 equipment, materials, or personnel associated with 

23 such system and has provided credible assurances 

24 that the Government of Turkey will not in the future 

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1 COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION

2 SEC. 7047. (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sec3 tion 7068(a) of this Act, none of the funds appropriated 

4 by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 

5 central Government of the Russian Federation. 

6 (b) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.— 

7 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro8 priated by this Act may be made available for assist9 ance for the central government of a country that 

10 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative 

12 steps intended to support or be supportive of the 

13 Russian Federation annexation of Crimea or other 

14 territory in Ukraine: Provided, That except as other15 wise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may 

16 waive the restriction on assistance required by this 

17 paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports to 

18 such Committees that to do so is in the national in19 terest of the United States, and includes a justifica20 tion for such interest. 

21 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro22 priated by this Act may be made available for— 

23 (A) the implementation of any action or 

24 policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the 


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1 Russian Federation over Crimea or other terri2 tory in Ukraine; 

3 (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 

4 of United States Government investments in 

5 Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the 

6 control of Russian-backed separatists, if such 

7 activity includes the participation of Russian 

8 Government officials, or other Russian owned 

9 or controlled financial entities; or 

10 (C) assistance for Crimea or other terri11 tory in Ukraine under the control of Russian12 backed separatists, if such assistance includes 

13 the participation of Russian Government offi14 cials, or other Russian owned or controlled fi15 nancial entities. 

16 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU17 TIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in18 struct the United States executive directors of each 

19 international financial institution to use the voice 

20 and vote of the United States to oppose any assist21 ance by such institution (including any loan, credit, 

22 or guarantee) for any program that violates the sov23 ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 

24 (4) DURATION.—The requirements and limita25 tions of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if 


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1 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

3 of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Cri4 mea and other territory in Ukraine under the con5 trol of Russian-backed separatists. 

6 (c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF

7 ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 

8 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro9 priated by this Act may be made available for assist10 ance for the central government of a country that 

11 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations has recognized the 

13 independence of, or has established diplomatic rela14 tions with, the Russian Federation occupied Geor15 gian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/ 

16 South Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

17 publish on the Department of State website a list of 

18 any such central governments in a timely manner: 

19 Provided further, That except as otherwise provided 

20 in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive the re21 striction on assistance required by this paragraph if 

22 the Secretary determines and reports to the Com23 mittees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na24 tional interest of the United States, and includes a 

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1 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro2 priated by this Act may be made available to sup3 port the Russian Federation occupation of the Geor4 gian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/ 

5 South Ossetia. 

6 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU7 TIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in8 struct the United States executive directors of each 

9 international financial institution to use the voice 

10 and vote of the United States to oppose any assist11 ance by such institution (including any loan, credit, 

12 or guarantee) for any program that violates the sov13 ereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 

14 (d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 

15 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

16 this Act under the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

17 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

18 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Mili19 tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Mili20 tary Financing Program’’, not less than 

21 $290,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 

22 the purposes of the Countering Russian Influence 

23 Fund, as authorized by section 254 of the Coun24 tering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act 

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1 notwithstanding the country limitation in subsection 

2 (b) of such section, and programs to enhance the ca3 pacity of law enforcement and security forces in 

4 countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia and 

5 strengthen security cooperation between such coun6 tries and the United States and the North Atlantic 

7 Treaty Organization, as appropriate. 

8 (2) ECONOMICS AND TRADE.—Funds appro9 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

10 for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made 

11 available to advance the implementation of Associa12 tion Agreements and trade agreements with the Eu13 ropean Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 

14 external economic and political pressure from the 

15 Russian Federation. 

16 (e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

17 this Act shall be made available to support democracy pro18 grams in the Russian Federation and other countries in 

19 Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, including to promote 

20 Internet freedom: Provided, That of the funds appro21 priated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur22 asia and Central Asia’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall 

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1 pendent media, rule of law, minority rights, and programs 

2 to combat anti-Semitism. 

3 UNITED NATIONS

4 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT5 ABILITY.—Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

6 Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 

7 on Appropriations whether each organization, department, 

8 or agency receiving a contribution from funds appro9 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Contributions to 

10 International Organizations’’ and ‘‘International Organi11 zations and Programs’’ is— 

12 (1) posting on a publicly available website, con13 sistent with privacy regulations and due process, 

14 regular financial and programmatic audits of such 

15 organization, department, or agency, and providing 

16 the United States Government with necessary access 

17 to such financial and performance audits; 

18 (2) effectively implementing and enforcing poli19 cies and procedures which meet or exceed best prac20 tices in the United States for the protection of whis21 tleblowers from retaliation, including— 

22 (A) protection against retaliation for inter23 nal and lawful public disclosures; 

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1 (C) statutes of limitation for reporting re2 taliation; 

3 (D) access to binding independent adju4 dicative bodies, including shared cost and selec5 tion of external arbitration; and 

6 (E) results that eliminate the effects of 

7 proven retaliation, including provision for the 

8 restoration of prior employment; and 

9 (3) effectively implementing and enforcing poli10 cies and procedures on the appropriate use of travel 

11 funds, including restrictions on first-class and busi12 ness-class travel. 

13 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA14 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

15 (1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGA16 TIONS.—None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to pay expenses for any United 

18 States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or 

19 commission of the United Nations if such agency, 

20 body, or commission is chaired or presided over by 

21 a country, the government of which the Secretary of 

22 State has determined, for purposes of section 

23 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 

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1 (2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None 

2 of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

3 by the Secretary of State as a contribution to any 

4 organization, agency, commission, or program within 

5 the United Nations system if such organization, 

6 agency, commission, or program is chaired or pre7 sided over by a country the government of which the 

8 Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 

9 section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

10 section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 

11 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 

12 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), or any other provision of law, 

13 is a government that has repeatedly provided sup14 port for acts of international terrorism. 

15 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 

16 waive the restriction in this subsection if the Sec17 retary determines and reports to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations that to do so is important to the na19 tional interest of the United States, including a de20 scription of the national interest served. 

21 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

22 Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available 

23 in support of the United Nations Human Rights Council 

24 unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

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1 the Council does not serve the national interest of the 

2 United States and that such Council is neither taking sig3 nificant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda 

4 item nor taking actions to ensure integrity in the election 

5 of members to such Council: Provided, That such report 

6 shall include a description of how the national interest is 

7 better served by the United States not being a member 

8 of the Council: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

9 State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

10 not later than September 30, 2021, on the resolutions con11 sidered in the United Nations Human Rights Council dur12 ing the previous 12 months, and on steps taken to remove 

13 Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure integrity 

14 in the election of members to such Council. 

15 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN16 CY.—Funds appropriated by this Act under title III shall 

17 be made available to the United Nations Relief and Works 

18 Agency (UNRWA), unless the Secretary of State deter19 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations, 

20 in writing, that UNRWA— 

21 (1) is inappropriately utilizing Operations Sup22 port Officers in the West Bank, Gaza, and other 

23 fields of operation to inspect UNRWA installations; 

24 (2) is not acting promptly to address any staff 

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1 the policies on neutrality and impartiality of employ2 ees) and the legal requirements under section 301(c) 

3 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

4 (3) is not implementing procedures to maintain 

5 the neutrality of its facilities, including imple6 menting a no-weapons policy, and conducting reg7 ular inspections of its installations, to ensure they 

8 are only used for humanitarian or other appropriate 

9 purposes; 

10 (4) is not taking necessary and appropriate 

11 measures to ensure it is operating in compliance 

12 with the conditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign 

13 Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing regular re14 porting to the Department of State on actions it has 

15 taken to ensure conformance with such conditions; 

16 (5) is not taking steps to ensure the content of 

17 all educational materials currently taught in 

18 UNRWA-administered schools and summer camps is 

19 consistent with the values of human rights, dignity, 

20 and tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

21 (6) is engaging in operations with financial in22 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 

23 United States law, and is not taking steps to im24 prove the financial transparency of the organization; 

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1 (7) is not in compliance with the United Na2 tions Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements 

3 and is not implementing in a timely fashion the 

4 Board’s recommendations. 

5 (e) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NA6 TIONS MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or 

7 made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 

8 Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

9 may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 

10 arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations 

11 or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chap12 ter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

13 the costs for participation of another country’s delegation 

14 at international conferences held under the auspices of 

15 multilateral or international organizations. 

16 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 

17 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

18 to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount 

19 of funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

20 year 2021 for contributions to any organization, depart21 ment, agency, or program within the United Nations sys22 tem or any international program that are withheld from 

23 obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: Pro24 vided, That the Secretary shall update such report each 

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1 provision of law: Provided further, That the reprogram2 ming of any withheld funds identified in such report, in3 cluding updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consulta4 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

5 Committees on Appropriations. 

6 (g) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE7 KEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State should 

8 withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of 

9 a foreign country if the Secretary has credible information 

10 that such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, 

11 including while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping 

12 operation, until the Secretary determines that the govern13 ment of such country is taking effective steps to hold the 

14 responsible members of such unit accountable and to pre15 vent future incidents: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

16 promptly notify the government of each country subject 

17 to any withholding of assistance pursuant to this para18 graph, and shall notify the appropriate congressional com19 mittees of such withholding not later than 10 days after 

20 a determination to withhold such assistance is made: Pro21 vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

22 extent practicable, assist such government in bringing the 

23 responsible members of such unit to justice. 

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1 priations, funds appropriated by this Act which are re2 turned or not made available due to the third proviso 

3 under the heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peace4 keeping Activities’’ in title I of this Act or section 307(a) 

5 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

6 2227(a)), shall remain available for obligation until Sep7 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That the requirement to with8 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

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

10 funds appropriated by this Act. 

11 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

12 SEC. 7049. (a) If the President determines that doing 

13 so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

14 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

15 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec16 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

17 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

18 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

19 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

20 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

21 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola22 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

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1 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

2 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti3 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

4 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

5 be made available for a United States contribution to the 

6 International Criminal Court: Provided, That funds may 

7 be made available for technical assistance, training, assist8 ance for victims, protection of witnesses, and law enforce9 ment support related to international investigations, ap10 prehensions, prosecutions, and adjudications of genocide, 

11 crimes against humanity, and war crimes: Provided fur12 ther, That the previous proviso shall not apply to inves13 tigations, apprehensions, or prosecutions of American 

14 service members and other United States citizens or na15 tionals, or nationals of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi16 zation (NATO) or major non-NATO allies initially des17 ignated pursuant to section 517(b) of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961. 

19 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

20 SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 

21 obligation during fiscal year 2021 under the headings 

22 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic 

23 Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 

24 Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than 

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1 mote Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such pro2 grams shall be prioritized for countries whose governments 

3 restrict freedom of expression on the Internet, and that 

4 are important to the national interest of the United 

5 States: Provided further, That funds made available pursu6 ant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum ex7 tent practicable, by sources other than the United States 

8 Government, including from the private sector. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED

11 STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP12 MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

13 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

14 Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

15 Central Asia’’ that are made available pursuant to 

16 subsection (a) shall be— 

17 (A) coordinated with other democracy pro18 grams funded by this Act under such headings, 

19 and shall be incorporated into country assist20 ance and democracy promotion strategies, as 

21 appropriate; 

22 (B) for programs and activities described 

23 under this section in the report accompanying 

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1 (C) made available only after the Assistant 

2 Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

3 Labor, Department of State, concurs that such 

4 funds are allocated consistent with— 

5 (i) programs and activities described 

6 in the report accompanying this Act pursu7 ant to subparagraph (B); 

8 (ii) best practices regarding security 

9 for, and oversight of, Internet freedom pro10 grams; and 

11 (iii) sufficient resources and support 

12 for the development and maintenance of 

13 anti-censorship technology and tools. 

14 (2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL

15 MEDIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

16 heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 

17 that are made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

18 shall be— 

19 (A) made available only for tools and tech20 niques to securely develop and distribute United 

21 States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) dig22 ital content, facilitate audience access to such 

23 content on websites that are censored, coordi24 nate the distribution of USAGM digital content 

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1 and distribute such tools and techniques, in2 cluding digital security techniques; 

3 (B) coordinated with programs funded by 

4 this Act under the heading ‘‘International 

5 Broadcasting Operations’’, and shall be incor6 porated into country broadcasting strategies, as 

7 appropriate; 

8 (C) coordinated by the Chief Executive Of9 ficer (CEO) of USAGM to provide Internet cir10 cumvention tools and techniques for audiences 

11 in countries that are strategic priorities for the 

12 USAGM and in a manner consistent with the 

13 USAGM Internet freedom strategy; and 

14 (D) made available for the research and 

15 development of new tools or techniques author16 ized in subparagraph (A) only after the 

17 USAGM CEO, in consultation with the Sec18 retary of State and other relevant United 

19 States Government departments and agencies, 

20 evaluates the risks and benefits of such new 

21 tools or techniques, and establishes safeguards 

22 to minimize the use of such new tools or tech23 niques for illicit purposes. 

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1 and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 

2 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

3 and the USAGM CEO shall submit to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations spend plans for funds made available by 

5 this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom glob6 ally, which shall include a description of safeguards estab7 lished by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs 

8 are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the De9 partment of State spend plan shall include funding for all 

10 such programs for all relevant Department of State and 

11 the United States Agency for International Development 

12 offices and bureaus. 

13 (d) SECURITY AUDITS.—Funds made available pur14 suant to this section to promote Internet freedom globally 

15 may only be made available to support technologies that 

16 undergo comprehensive security audits conducted by the 

17 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De18 partment of State to ensure that such technology is secure 

19 and has not been compromised in a manner detrimental 

20 to the interest of the United States or to individuals and 

21 organizations benefiting from programs supported by such 

22 funds: Provided, That the security auditing procedures 

23 used by such Bureau shall be reviewed and updated peri24 odically to reflect current industry security standards. 


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1 TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING

2 TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

3 SEC. 7051. (a) LIMITATION.—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 and following consultation with the Committees on 

12 Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture and 

13 other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punish14 ment by foreign police, military or other security forces 

15 in countries receiving assistance from funds appropriated 

16 by this Act. 

17 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE

18 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith19 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

20 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

21 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

22 foreign operations, and related programs under the head23 ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

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1 Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 

2 used for any other program and in any region. 

3 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 

4 in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 

5 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro6 priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 

7 programmatic purposes in the designated country or re8 gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

9 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

10 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

12 (1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft pur13 chased or leased by the Department of State and the 

14 United States Agency for International Development 

15 with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 

16 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

17 foreign operations, and related programs shall be co18 ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 

19 Chief of Mission: Provided, That notwithstanding 

20 section 7063(b) of this Act, such aircraft may be 

21 used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim22 bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 

23 supporting Department of State and USAID pro24 grams and activities: Provided further, That official 

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1 supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim2 bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 

3 Provided further, That funds received by the Depart4 ment of State in connection with the use of aircraft 

5 owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of 

6 State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund 

7 of the Department and shall be available for ex8 penses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 

9 chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 

10 (2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities 

11 of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the 

12 primary purpose of which is the transportation of 

13 personnel. 

14 (d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

15 To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper16 ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 

17 by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country. 

18 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

19 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

20 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

21 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re22 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 

23 Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 

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1 (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘Sep2 tember 30, 2020’’. 

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 

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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 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

17 SEC. 7056. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available under titles III through VI of this 

19 Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 

20 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter21 prise currently located in the United States for the 

22 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

23 outside the United States if such incentive or in24 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ25 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 


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1 because United States production is being replaced 

2 by such enterprise outside the United States; 

3 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac4 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation5 ally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 

6 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

7 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

8 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

9 of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 

10 2467(4)(D) and (E)) should be commensurate with 

11 the level of development of the recipient country and 

12 sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the in13 formal sector in such country, micro and small-scale 

14 enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; or 

15 (3) any assistance to an entity outside the 

16 United States if such assistance is for the purpose 

17 of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 

18 United States to other countries and adversely im19 pacts the labor force in the United States. 

20 DISABILITY PROGRAMS

21 SEC. 7057. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 

22 this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

23 shall be made available for programs and activities admin24 istered by the United States Agency for International De25 velopment to address the needs and protect and promote 


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1 the rights of people with disabilities in developing coun2 tries, including initiatives that focus on independent living, 

3 economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employ4 ment, transportation, sports, political and electoral par5 ticipation, and integration of individuals with disabilities, 

6 including for the cost of translation. 

7 (b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL

8 SUPPORT.—Of the funds made available pursuant to this 

9 section, 5 percent may be used by USAID for manage10 ment, oversight, and technical support. 

11 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

12 SEC. 7058. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds 

13 made available under titles III through VI of this Act may 

14 be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro15 priate congressional committees are notified at least 15 

16 days in advance. 

17 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the 

18 distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, 

19 dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 

20 or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 

22 assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

23 (c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 

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1 prise Fund, the President shall submit such transition or 

2 operating plan to the appropriate congressional commit3 tees. 

4 GENDER EQUALITY

5 SEC. 7059. (a) WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT.— 

6 (1) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated 

7 by this Act shall be made available to promote gen8 der equality in United States Government diplomatic 

9 and development efforts by raising the status, in10 creasing the participation, and protecting the rights 

11 of women and girls worldwide. 

12 (2) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.— 

13 Funds appropriated by this Act are available to im14 plement the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Eco15 nomic Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

16 428): Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 

17 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

18 International Development, as appropriate, shall 

19 consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 

20 the implementation of such Act. 

21 (3) WOMEN’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND

22 PROSPERITY FUND.—Of the funds appropriated 

23 under title III of this Act, up to $100,000,000 may 

24 be made available for the Women’s Global Develop25 ment and Prosperity Fund. 


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1 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro2 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

3 shall be made available for programs specifically designed 

4 to increase leadership opportunities for women in coun5 tries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to 

6 law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for 

7 women’s political status, expanding women’s participation 

8 in political parties and elections, and increasing women’s 

9 opportunities for leadership positions in the public and 

10 private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels. 

11 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

12 (1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III 

13 and IV of this Act, not less than $165,000,000 shall 

14 be made available to implement a multi-year strat15 egy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence 

16 in countries where it is common in conflict and non17 conflict settings. 

18 (2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 

19 of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 

20 judicial, and military personnel, including for inter21 national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 

22 where appropriate, prevention and response to gen23 der-based violence and trafficking in persons, and 

24 shall promote the integration of women into the po25 lice and other security forces. 


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1 (d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Of the funds 

2 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Develop3 ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assist4 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Inter5 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ not 

6 less than $130,000,000 shall be made available to support 

7 a multi-year strategy to expand, and improve coordination 

8 of, United States Government efforts to empower women 

9 as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, 

10 transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in coun11 tries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to 

12 ensure the equitable provision of relief and recovery assist13 ance to women and girls. 

14 (e) WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK FROM EXTREMISM

15 AND CONFLICT.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

17 than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support 

18 women and girls who are at risk from extremism and con19 flict, and for the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) 

20 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re21 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of 

22 Public Law 115–141): Provided, That such funds are in 

23 addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act 

24 for such purposes, and shall be made available following 


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1 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

2 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

4 SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER

5 EDUCATION.— 

6 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

7 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

8 this Act, not less than $975,000,000 shall be made 

9 available for assistance for basic education, and such 

10 funds may be made available notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law that restricts assistance to 

12 foreign countries: Provided, That such funds shall 

13 also be used for secondary education activities: Pro14 vided further, That of the funds made available by 

15 this paragraph not less than $150,000,000 shall be 

16 available for the education of girls in areas of con17 flict: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 

18 United States Agency for International Develop19 ment, following consultation with the Committees on 

20 Appropriations, may reprogram such funds between 

21 countries: Provided further, That funds made avail22 able under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

23 and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the support of 

24 non-state schools in this Act and prior Acts making 

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1 operations, and related programs shall be subject to 

2 the regular notification procedures of the Commit3 tees on Appropriations. 

4 (B) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

5 this Act for assistance for basic education programs, 

6 not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available 

7 for contributions to multilateral partnerships that 

8 support education. 

9 (C) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

10 Act and made available for assistance for basic edu11 cation as provided for in this paragraph shall be re12 ferred to as the ‘‘Nita M. Lowey Basic Education 

13 Fund’’. 

14 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro15 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $235,000,000 

16 shall be made available for assistance for higher education: 

17 Provided, That such funds may be made available notwith18 standing any other provision of law that restricts assist19 ance to foreign countries, and shall be subject to the reg20 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro21 priations: Provided further, That of such amount, not less 

22 than $35,000,000 shall be made available for new and on23 going partnerships between higher education institutions 

24 in the United States and developing countries focused on 

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1 systems in developing countries: Provided further, That 

2 not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 

3 USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees 

4 on Appropriations on the proposed uses of funds for such 

5 partnerships. 

6 (b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro7 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As8 sistance’’, not less than $17,000,000 shall be made avail9 able for cooperative development programs of USAID and 

10 not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for the 

11 American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. 

12 (c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 

13 (1)(A) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 

14 out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 

15 chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act 

16 of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, except for the provisions of this 

18 subsection, to support environment programs. 

19 (B) Funds made available pursuant to this sub20 section shall be subject to the regular notification 

21 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (C) Of the funds made available under the 

23 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act and 

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1 grams, not less than $500,000,000 shall be made 

2 available for a contribution, grant, or any other 

3 available funding mechanism to a dedicated inter4 national fund to assist developing nations to reduce 

5 greenhouse gas emissions and pursue adaptation and 

6 mitigation strategies: Provided, That any such use of 

7 funds shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

8 the regular notification procedures of, the Commit9 tees on Appropriations. 

10 (2)(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III 

11 of this Act, not less than $315,000,000 shall be 

12 made available for biodiversity conservation pro13 grams. 

14 (B) Not less than $100,664,000 of the funds 

15 appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall 

16 be made available to combat the transnational threat 

17 of wildlife poaching and trafficking. 

18 (C) None of the funds appropriated under title 

19 IV of this Act may be made available for training or 

20 other assistance for any military unit or personnel 

21 that the Secretary of State determines has been 

22 credibly alleged to have participated in wildlife 

23 poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports 

24 to the appropriate congressional committees that to 


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1 do so is in the national security interest of the 

2 United States. 

3 (D) Funds appropriated by this Act for bio4 diversity programs shall not be used to support the 

5 expansion of industrial scale logging or any other in6 dustrial scale extractive activity into areas that were 

7 primary/intact tropical forests as of December 30, 

8 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall in9 struct the United States executive directors of each 

10 international financial institutions (IFI) to use the 

11 voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 

12 financing of any such activity. 

13 (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

14 the United States executive director of each IFI that 

15 it is the policy of the United States to use the voice 

16 and vote of the United States, in relation to any 

17 loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution, 

18 regarding the construction of any large dam in a 

19 manner consistent with the criteria set forth in Sen20 ate Report 114–79, while also considering whether 

21 the project involves important foreign policy objec22 tives. 

23 (4) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

24 this Act, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made 

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1 (5) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

2 this Act, not less than $177,000,000 shall be made 

3 available for adaptation programs. 

4 (6) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

5 this Act, not less than $179,000,000 shall be made 

6 available for renewable energy programs. 

7 (d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP8 MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 

9 not less than $1,005,600,000 shall be made available for 

10 food security and agricultural development programs to 

11 carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act 

12 of 2016 (Public Law 114–195): Provided, That funds may 

13 be made available for a contribution as authorized by sec14 tion 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

15 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 3310 

16 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 

17 115–334). 

18 (e) MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTER19 PRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 

20 than $265,000,000 shall be made available to support the 

21 development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, 

22 and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe23 cially women. 

24 (f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER25 SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 


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1 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

2 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

3 Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En4 forcement’’, not less than $67,000,000 shall be made 

5 available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 

6 internationally, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall 

7 be from funds made available under the heading ‘‘Inter8 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’: Pro9 vided, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

10 available for programs to end modern slavery shall be in 

11 addition to funds made available by this subsection to 

12 combat trafficking in persons. 

13 (g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap14 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 

15 Assistance’’, not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 

16 available to support people-to-people reconciliation pro17 grams which bring together individuals of different ethnic, 

18 religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil 

19 strife and war, including cross-border programs between 

20 Israelis and Palestinians: Provided, That the USAID Ad21 ministrator shall consult with the Committees on Appro22 priations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the 

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1 tent practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources 

2 other than the United States Government: Provided fur3 ther, That such funds shall be administered by the Office 

4 of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID. 

5 (h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro6 priated by this Act, not less than $450,000,000 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 $225,000,000 shall be for 

10 programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less 

11 than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support ini12 tiatives by local communities in developing countries to 

13 build and maintain safe latrines. 

14 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

15 SEC. 7061. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

16 45 days after enactment of this Act, each department, 

17 agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of 

18 this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and Inde19 pendent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including 

20 the Inter-American Foundation and the United States Af21 rican Development Foundation, shall submit to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds ap23 propriated to such department, agency, or organization in 

24 such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for ob25 ligation in fiscal year 2021, that provides details of the 


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1 uses of such funds at the program, project, and activity 

2 level: Provided, That such plans shall include, as applica3 ble, a comparison between the congressional budget jus4 tification funding levels, the most recent congressional di5 rectives or approved funding levels, and the funding levels 

6 proposed by the department or agency; and a clear, con7 cise, and informative description/justification: Provided 

8 further, That operating plans that include changes in lev9 els of funding for programs, projects, and activities speci10 fied in the congressional budget justification, in this Act, 

11 or amounts specifically designated in the respective tables 

12 included in the report accompanying this Act, as applica13 ble, shall be subject to the notification and reprogramming 

14 requirements of section 7015 of this Act. 

15 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

16 (1) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

17 this Act, the Secretary of State or Administrator of 

18 the United States Agency for International Develop19 ment, as appropriate, shall submit to the Commit20 tees on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made 

21 available by this Act, for— 

22 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Iraq, Leb23 anon, Pakistan, Colombia, and countries in 

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1 (B) assistance made available pursuant to 

2 section 7047(d) of this Act to counter Russian 

3 influence and aggression, except that such plan 

4 shall be on a country-by-country basis; 

5 (C) assistance made available pursuant to 

6 section 7059 of this Act; 

7 (D) the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the 

8 Countering Chinese Influence Fund; 

9 (E) democracy programs, Power Africa, 

10 Prosper Africa, and sectors enumerated in sub11 sections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of sec12 tion 7060 of this Act; 

13 (F) funds provided under the heading 

14 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En15 forcement’’ for International Organized Crime 

16 and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property 

17 Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall in18 clude bilateral and global programs funded 

19 under such heading along with a brief descrip20 tion of the activities planned for each country; 

21 and 

22 (G) the regional security initiatives de23 scribed under this heading in Senate Report 

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1 (2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

2 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

4 spend plan for funds made available by this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury, 

6 International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title 

7 III. 

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.— 

13 (1) SUBMISSION.—The congressional budget 

14 justification for Department of State operations and 

15 foreign operations shall be provided to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations concurrent with the date of 

17 submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 

18 2022: Provided, That the appendices for such jus19 tification shall be provided to the Committees on Ap20 propriations not later than 10 calendar days there21 after. 

22 (2) MULTI-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN

23 FUNDS.—The Secretary of State and the USAID 

24 Administrator shall include in the congressional 

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1 year availability for any funds requested under the 

2 headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating 

3 Expenses’’. 

4 REORGANIZATION

5 SEC. 7062. (a) OVERSIGHT.— 

6 (1) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICA7 TION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts 

8 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

9 foreign operations, and related programs, or any 

10 other Act may not be used to implement a reorga11 nization, redesign, or other plan described in para12 graph (2) by the Department of State, the United 

13 States Agency for International Development, or any 

14 other Federal department, agency, or organization 

15 funded by this Act without prior consultation by the 

16 head of such department, agency, or organization 

17 with the appropriate congressional committees: Pro18 vided, That such funds shall be subject to the reg19 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

20 Appropriations: Provided further, That any such no21 tification submitted to such Committees shall include 

22 a detailed justification for any proposed action, in23 cluding the information specified under section 7073 

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1 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division 

2 F of Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That con3 gressional notifications submitted in prior fiscal 

4 years pursuant to similar provisions of law in prior 

5 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

6 State, foreign operations, and related programs may 

7 be deemed to meet the notification requirements of 

8 this section. 

9 (2) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to 

10 paragraph (1), a reorganization, redesign, or other 

11 plan shall include any action to— 

12 (A) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or 

13 downsize covered departments, agencies, or or14 ganizations, including bureaus and offices with15 in or between such departments, agencies, or 

16 organizations, including the transfer to other 

17 agencies of the authorities and responsibilities 

18 of such bureaus and offices; 

19 (B) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or 

20 downsize the United States official presence 

21 overseas, including at bilateral, regional, and 

22 multilateral diplomatic facilities and other plat23 forms; or 

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1 ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the 

2 Department of State and USAID from the lev3 els specified in sections 7063(d)(1) and 

4 7064(i)(1) of this Act. 

5 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITA6 TIONS.— 

7 (1) USAID REORGANIZATION.—Not later than 

8 30 days after enactment of this Act, and quarterly 

9 thereafter until September 30, 2022, the USAID 

10 Administrator shall submit a report to the appro11 priate congressional committees on the status of 

12 USAID’s reorganization in the manner described in 

13 House Report 116–78. 

14 (2) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND

15 MIGRATION, DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—None of the 

16 funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making 

17 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

18 operations, and related programs, or any other Act 

19 may be used to downsize, downgrade, consolidate, 

20 close, move, or relocate the Bureau of Population, 

21 Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, or 

22 any activities of such Bureau, to another Federal 

23 agency. 

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1 (A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and 

2 Refugee Assistance’’ shall be administered by 

3 the Assistant Secretary for Population, Refu4 gees, and Migration, Department of State, and 

5 this responsibility shall not be delegated; and 

6 (B) that are made available for the Office 

7 of Global Women’s Issues shall be administered 

8 by the United States Ambassador-at-Large for 

9 Global Women’s Issues, Department of State, 

10 and this responsibility shall not be delegated. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT

12 SEC. 7063. (a) FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IMPROVE13 MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations 

14 of the Department of State under the headings ‘‘Diplo15 matic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ shall be 

16 made available to implement the recommendations con17 tained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review Findings 

18 Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) 

19 report entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insuf20 ficient to Track and Report on Foreign Assistance 

21 Funds’’: Provided, That such funds may not be obligated 

22 for enhancements to, or expansions of, the Budget System 

23 Modernization Financial System, Central Resource Man24 agement System, Joint Financial Management System, or 

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1 until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations: Provided further, That such funds may 

3 not be obligated for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc 

4 electronic systems to track commitments, obligations, or 

5 expenditures of funds unless the Secretary of State, fol6 lowing consultation with the Chief Information Officer of 

7 the Department of State, has reviewed and certified that 

8 such new system or expansion is consistent with the 

9 FADR and OIG recommendations: Provided further, That 

10 not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 

11 Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap12 propriations an update to the plan required under section 

13 7006 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

14 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 

15 Public Law 115–31) for implementing the FADR and 

16 OIG recommendations. 

17 (b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 

18 by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 

19 of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 

20 only be used for the service centers included in the Con21 gressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 

22 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 

23 2021: Provided, That the amounts for such service centers 

24 shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 

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1 further, That Federal agency components shall be charged 

2 only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund 

3 service: Provided further, That prior to increasing the per4 centage charged to Department of State bureaus and of5 fices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of 

6 State shall include the proposed increase in the Depart7 ment of State budget justification or, at least 60 days 

8 prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appro9 priations a justification for such increase, including a de10 tailed assessment of the cost and benefit of the services 

11 provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That 

12 Federal agency components may only pay for Working 

13 Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 

14 and authorities of such components: Provided further, 

15 That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 

16 or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 

17 each service. 

18 (c) 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 

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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 (d) PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 

24 (1) Funds made available by this Act are made 

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1 and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of 

2 State at not less than the hiring targets established 

3 in the fiscal year 2020 operating plan. 

4 (2) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

5 this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until Sep6 tember 30, 2022, the Secretary of State shall report 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees on the 

8 on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the 

9 Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family mem10 ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the De11 partment of State, on an operating unit-by-operating 

12 unit basis: Provided, That such report shall also in13 clude a hiring plan, including timelines, for main14 taining the agency-wide, on-board Foreign Service 

15 and Civil Service at not less than the levels specified 

16 in paragraph (1). 

17 (e) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.— 

18 (1) None of the funds appropriated in title I of 

19 this Act under the heading ‘‘Administration of For20 eign Affairs’’ may be made available for a new major 

21 information technology (IT) investment without the 

22 concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, De23 partment of State. 

24 (2) None of the funds appropriated in title I of 

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1 eign Affairs’’ may be used by an agency to submit 

2 a project proposal to the Technology Modernization 

3 Board for funding from the Technology Moderniza4 tion Fund unless, not later than 15 days in advance 

5 of submitting the project proposal to the Board, the 

6 head of the agency— 

7 (A) notifies the Committees on Appropria8 tions of the proposed submission of the project 

9 proposal; and 

10 (B) submits to the Committees on Appro11 priations a copy of the project proposal. 

12 (3) None of the funds appropriated in title I of 

13 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

14 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re15 lated programs under the heading ‘‘Administration 

16 of Foreign Affairs’’ may be used by an agency to 

17 carry out a project that is approved by the Board 

18 unless the head of the agency— 

19 (A) submits to the Committees on Appro20 priations a copy of the approved project pro21 posal, including the terms of reimbursement of 

22 funding received for the project; and 

23 (B) agrees to submit to the Committees on 

24 Appropriations a copy of each report relating to 


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1 the project that the head of the agency submits 

2 to the Board. 

3 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

4 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

5 SEC. 7064. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $100,000,000 of 

6 the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 

7 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

8 Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 

9 under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

10 Central Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency 

11 for International Development to hire and employ individ12 uals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap13 pointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 

14 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

15 3948 and 3949). 

16 (b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 

17 contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

18 2022. 

19 (c) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

20 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

21 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

22 to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 

23 relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 

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1 appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Op2 erating Expenses’’. 

3 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi4 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

5 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

6 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re7 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

8 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may 

9 be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 

10 the limitation set forth in such section. 

11 (e) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro12 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

13 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap14 propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

15 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to 

16 funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 

17 (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 

18 employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to 

19 carry out programs in response to natural disasters, or 

20 man-made disasters subject to the regular notification 

21 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (f) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap23 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

24 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As25 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 


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1 Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be 

2 used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services con3 tractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, in5 terim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 

6 activities managed by the agency until permanent direct 

7 hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not 

8 more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any 

9 bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro10 priated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act 

11 (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 

12 available only for personal services contractors assigned 

13 to the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. 

14 (g) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

15 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro16 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

17 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

18 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

19 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

20 (h) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT21 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro22 vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For23 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

24 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be 

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1 stan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 

2 making appropriations for the Department of State, for3 eign operations, and related programs. 

4 (i) PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 

5 (1) Funds made available by this Act under the 

6 heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ are made available to 

7 support not less than 1,850 permanent Foreign 

8 Service Officers and 1,600 permanent Civil Service 

9 staff. 

10 (2) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

11 this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until Sep12 tember 30, 2022, the USAID Administrator shall re13 port to the appropriate congressional committees on 

14 the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of 

15 the Civil Service, Foreign Service, and foreign serv16 ice national workforce of USAID, on an operating 

17 unit-by-operating unit basis: Provided, That such re18 port shall also include a hiring plan, including 

19 timelines, for maintaining the agency-wide, on-board 

20 Foreign Service Officers and Civil Service staff at 

21 not less than the levels specified in paragraph (1). 

22 STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS

23 IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT

24 SEC. 7065. (a) PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION

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1 (1) FUNDS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Of 

2 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head3 ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Nar4 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non5 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

6 Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘For7 eign Military Financing Program’’, up to 

8 $100,000,000 may be made available for the Preven9 tion and Stabilization Fund for the purposes enu10 merated in section 509(a) of the Global Fragility 

11 Act of 2019 (title V of division J of Public Law 

12 116–94): Provided, That unless specifically des13 ignated in this Act or in the report accompanying 

14 this Act for assistance for countries, such funds are 

15 in addition to amounts otherwise made available for 

16 such purposes: Provided further, That such funds 

17 appropriated under such headings may be trans18 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 

19 under such headings: Provided further, That such 

20 transfer authority is in addition to any other trans21 fer authority provided by this Act or any other Act, 

22 and is subject to the regular notification procedures 

23 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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1 nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics 

2 Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are made avail3 able for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund, not 

4 less than $10,000,000 may be made available for 

5 programs to promote accountability for genocide, 

6 crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including 

7 in Iraq and Syria, which shall be in addition to any 

8 other funds made available by this Act for such pur9 poses: Provided, That such programs shall include 

10 components to develop local investigative and judi11 cial skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and 

12 maintain the chain of custody of evidence, including 

13 for use in prosecutions, and may include the estab14 lishment of, and assistance for, transitional justice 

15 mechanisms: Provided further, That such funds shall 

16 be administered by the Special Coordinator for the 

17 Office of Global Criminal Justice, Department of 

18 State: Provided further, That funds made available 

19 by this paragraph shall be made available on an 

20 open and competitive basis. 

21 (b) GLOBAL CONCESSIONAL FINANCING FACILITY.— 

22 Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

23 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $25,000,000 may be made 

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1 gees and host communities: Provided, That such funds 

2 shall be in addition to funds allocated for bilateral assist3 ance in the report required by section 653(a) of the For4 eign Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be made avail5 able subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 

6 Appropriations. 

7 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

8 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

9 SEC. 7066. None of the funds made available to carry 

10 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

11 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor12 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

13 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 

14 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist15 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

16 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

17 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

18 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

19 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 

20 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 

21 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

22 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

23 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

24 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

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1 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

2 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 

3 such country or organization would violate any of the 

4 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri5 lizations. 

6 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

7 SEC. 7067. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 

8 available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations 

9 and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2021, 

10 $55,500,000 shall be made available for the United Na11 tions Population Fund (UNFPA). 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

13 by this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 

14 UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 

15 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac16 count and shall be made available for family planning, ma17 ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the 

18 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap19 propriations. 

20 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

21 None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

22 by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub23 lic of China. 


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1 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

2 Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may not 

3 be made available unless— 

4 (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 

5 this Act in an account separate from other accounts 

6 of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 

7 other sums; and 

8 (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

9 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOL10 LAR WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

11 (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of 

12 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

13 submit a report to the Committees on Appropria14 tions indicating the amount of funds that UNFPA 

15 is budgeting for the year in which the report is sub16 mitted for a country program in the People’s Repub17 lic of China. 

18 (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 

19 that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country 

20 program in the People’s Republic of China in the 

21 year covered by the report, then the amount of such 

22 funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Re23 public of China shall be deducted from the funds 

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1 tion for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the 

2 report is submitted. 

3 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

4 SEC. 7068. (a)(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appro5 priated under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in 

6 this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance 

7 for global health programs including activities relating to 

8 research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, 

9 HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law except for provisions under this sec11 tion and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

12 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 

13 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That 

14 of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 

15 less than $750,000,000 shall be made available for family 

16 planning/reproductive health, including in areas where 

17 population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered 

18 species: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

19 available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

20 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re21 lated programs shall be made available to implement the 

22 Presidential Memorandum on Mexico City Policy dated 

23 January 23, 2017: Provided further, That none of the 

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1 and section 104(f)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

2 1961. 

3 (2) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made available 

4 in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro5 priations Acts may be made available to any organization 

6 or program which, as determined by the President, di7 rectly supports or participates in the management of a 

8 program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: 

9 Provided, That any determination made pursuant to this 

10 paragraph must be made not later than 6 months after 

11 the date of enactment of this Act, and must be accom12 panied by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the 

13 determination: Provided further, That none of the funds 

14 made available under this Act may be used to pay for the 

15 performance of abortion as a method of family planning 

16 or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 

17 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

18 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

19 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

21 made available under this Act may be used to lobby for 

22 or against abortion. 

23 (3) LIMITATIONS.—In order to reduce reliance on 

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1 ther directly or through referral to, or information about 

2 access to, a broad range of family planning methods and 

3 services, and that any such voluntary family planning 

4 project shall meet the following requirements— 

5 (A) service providers or referral agents in the project 

6 shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other nu7 merical targets, of total number of births, number of fam8 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

9 of family planning (this provision shall not be construed 

10 to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators 

11 for budgeting and planning purposes); 

12 (B) the project shall not include payment of incen13 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: 

14 (i) an individual in exchange for becoming a 

15 family planning acceptor; or 

16 (ii) program personnel for achieving a numer17 ical target or quota of total number of births, num18 ber of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a 

19 particular method of family planning; 

20 (C) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, 

21 including the right of access to participate in any program 

22 of general welfare or the right of access to health care, 

23 as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 

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1 (D) the project shall provide family planning accep2 tors comprehensible information on the health benefits 

3 and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 

4 that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 

5 those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the 

6 use of the method; and 

7 (E) the project shall ensure that experimental contra8 ceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro9 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

10 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

11 and 

12 (F) not less than 60 days after the date on which 

13 the USAID Administrator determines that there has been 

14 a violation of the requirements contained in subpara15 graphs (A), (B), (C), or (E) of this paragraph, or a pat16 tern or practice of violations of the requirements contained 

17 in subparagraph (D) of such paragraph, the Adminis18 trator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

19 a report containing a description of such violation and the 

20 corrective action taken by the Agency. 

21 (4) NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING.—In awarding 

22 grants for natural family planning under section 104 of 

23 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, no applicant shall be 

24 discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious 

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1 planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall com2 ply with the requirements of paragraph (3). 

3 (5) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this or any other 

4 Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the Depart5 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

6 the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning as7 sistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, 

8 consistent with local law, of information or counseling 

9 about all pregnancy options. 

10 (6) INFORMATION.—Information provided about the 

11 use of condoms as part of projects or activities that are 

12 funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be 

13 medically accurate and shall include the public health ben14 efits and failure rates of such use. 

15 (7) 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 other 

21 global health, emerging infectious disease, and child sur22 vival activities to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharma23 ceuticals and other products, subject to the terms and con24 ditions in such section: Provided, That the authority in 

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1 nancing, and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2005 

2 (Public Law 108–447) shall be exercised by the Assistant 

3 Administrator for Global Health, USAID, with respect to 

4 funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals 

5 and other products, and shall be subject to the regular 

6 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria7 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

8 include in the congressional budget justification an ac9 counting of budgetary resources, disbursements, balances, 

10 and reimbursements related to such fund. 

11 (b) INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 

12 (1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Sec13 retary of State determines and reports to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations that an international in15 fectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 

16 spreading internationally, or that it is in the na17 tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer18 gency of International Concern, funds appropriated 

19 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro20 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 

21 Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

22 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 

23 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

24 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millen25 nium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made available 


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1 to combat such infectious disease or public health 

2 emergency, and may be transferred to, and merged 

3 with, funds appropriated under such headings for 

4 the purposes of this paragraph. 

5 (2) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Up to 

6 $50,000,000 of the funds made available under the 

7 heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made 

8 available for the Emergency Reserve Fund estab9 lished pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Depart10 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro11 grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Pub12 lic Law 115–31): Provided, That such funds shall be 

13 made available under the same terms and conditions 

14 of such section, as amended. 

15 (3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

16 Funds made available by this subsection shall be 

17 subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

18 congressional committees and the regular notifica19 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria20 tions. 

21 ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL

22 ORGANIZATIONS

23 SEC. 7069. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

24 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

25 104C the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 104D ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. 

2 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regula3 tion, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance 

4 under sections 104, 104A, 104B, and 104C, a foreign non5 governmental organization— 

6 ‘‘(1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance 

7 solely on the basis of health or medical services, in8 cluding counseling and referral services, provided by 

9 such organization with non-United States Govern10 ment funds if such services— 

11 ‘‘(A) are permitted in the country in which 

12 they are being provided; and 

13 ‘‘(B) would not violate United States law if 

14 provided in the United States; and 

15 ‘‘(2) shall not be subject to requirements relat16 ing to the use of non-United States Government 

17 funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than 

18 those that apply to United States nongovernmental 

19 organizations receiving assistance under this part.’’. 

20 DESIGNATION

21 SEC. 7070. Each amount designated in this Act by 

22 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

23 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

24 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

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1 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 

2 to the Congress. 

3 TITLE VIII 

4 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND 

5 RESPONSE EMERGENCY FUNDING 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

7 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

8 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro10 grams’’, $955,000,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre12 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for evacu13 ation expenses, emergency preparedness, maintaining con14 sular operations, and other operations and maintenance 

15 requirements related to the consequences of coronavirus: 

16 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

17 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

22 General’’, $4,400,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2022, for oversight of funds administered by the De24 partment of State and made available to prevent, prepare 

25 for, and respond to coronavirus by this title and by prior 


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1 acts: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

2 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

3 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

6 DEVELOPMENT 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

10 $105,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus 

12 and for other operations and maintenance requirements 

13 related to the consequences of coronavirus: Provided, That 

14 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

15 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For an additional ammount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

20 General’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2022, for oversight of funds administered by the 

22 United States Agency for International Development and 

23 made available to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 

24 coronavirus by this title and by prior acts: Provided, That 

25 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 


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1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985 

4 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro8 grams’’, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre10 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such 

11 funds shall be administered by the Administrator of the 

12 United States Agency for International Development: Pro13 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

14 heading in this title, not less than $150,000,000 shall be 

15 transferred to, and merged with, funds made available for 

16 the Emergency Reserve Fund established pursuant to sec17 tion 7058(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper18 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 

19 (division J of Public Law 115-31): Provided further, That 

20 funds made available pursuant to the preceding proviso 

21 shall be made available under the terms and conditions 

22 of such section, as amended: Provided further, That funds 

23 appropriated under this heading in this title shall be made 

24 available for a contribution to a multilateral vaccine devel25 opment partnership to support epidemic preparedness: 


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1 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

2 this heading in this title, not less than $750,000,000 shall 

3 be made available for a United States contribution to The 

4 GAVI Alliance and not less than $800,000,000 shall be 

5 made available as a United States contribution to the 

6 Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 

7 (Global Fund): Provided further, That funds made avail8 able to the Global Fund pursuant to the previous proviso 

9 shall be made available notwithstanding section 

10 202(d)(4)(A)(i) of the United States Leadership Against 

11 HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 

12 U.S.C. 7622(d)(4)(A)(i)): Provided further, That funds 

13 appropriated under this heading for fiscal years 2020 and 

14 2021 which are designated as being for an emergency re15 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

17 and made available as a United States contribution to the 

18 Global Fund shall not be considered a contribution for the 

19 purpose of applying such section 202(d)(4)(A)(i): Provided 

20 further, That funds made available under this heading in 

21 this title shall be allocated and allotted not later than 60 

22 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur23 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

24 being for 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. 

3 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Development Assist5 ance’’, $900,000,000, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, 

7 and respond to coronavirus, including to address related 

8 economic, and stabilization requirements, of which not less 

9 than $150,000,000 shall be made available to maintain 

10 access to basic education and to not-for-profit institutions 

11 of higher education for costs related to the consequences 

12 of coronavirus: Provided, That such institutions of higher 

13 education shall meet standards equivalent to those re14 quired for United States institutional accreditation by a 

15 regional accreditation agency recognized by the United 

16 States Department of Education: Provided further, That 

17 funds made available under this heading in this title shall 

18 be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the date of 

19 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 

20 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

21 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

23 1985. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

3 Assistance’’, $1,125,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, 

5 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That funds made 

6 available under this heading in this title shall be allocated 

7 and allotted within 60 days of the date of enactment of 

8 this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

9 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

14 Fund’’, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre16 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to address 

17 related economic and stabilization requirements: Provided, 

18 That funds made available under this heading in this title 

19 shall be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the date 

20 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

22 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for Eu3 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, $500,000,000, to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses 

5 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in6 cluding to address related economic and stabilization re7 quirements: Provided, funds made available under this 

8 heading in this title shall be allocated and allotted within 

9 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 

10 further, That such amount is designated by Congress as 

11 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

15 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref17 ugee Assistance’’, $1,125,000,000, to remain available 

18 until expended, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare 

19 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That funds 

20 made available under this heading in this title shall be al21 located and allotted within 60 days of the date of enact22 ment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is 

23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Inter-American Foun4 dation’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 

5 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, 

6 and respond to coronavirus, including to address related 

7 economic and stabilization requirements: Provided, that 

8 funds made avaiable under this heading in this title shall 

9 be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the enactment 

10 of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States African 

16 Development Foundation’’, $10,000,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to 

18 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, includ19 ing to address related economic and stabilization require20 ments: Provided, that funds made available under this 

21 heading in this title shall be allocated and allotted within 

22 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

24 for 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. 

3 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Organi7 zations and Programs’’, $1,281,150,000, to remain avail8 able until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to 

9 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and to 

10 support the United Nations Global Humanitarian Re11 sponse Plan COVID–19: Provided, That funds made avail12 able under this heading in this title shall be allocated and 

13 allotted within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 

14 Act: Provided further, That such amount 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. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS — THIS TITLE 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 TRANSFERS AND LIMITATIONS

21 SEC. 8001. The authorities and limitations of section 

22 402 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Sup23 plemental Appropriations Act (division A of Public Law 

24 116-123) shall apply to funds appropriated by this title 

25 as follows: 


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1 (1) Subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply 

2 to funds under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply 

5 to funds under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro6 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 

7 Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

8 and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

9 REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORITY

10 SEC. 8002. Funds appropriated by this title under 

11 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Operating Ex12 penses’’, ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development As13 sistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Eco14 nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

15 and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 

16 ‘‘Inter-American Foundation’’, and ‘‘United States Afri17 can Development Foundation’’ may be used to reimburse 

18 such accounts administered by the Department of State 

19 and the United States Agency for International Develop20 ment for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare for, and 

21 respond to coronavirus prior to the date of enactment of 

22 this Act. 

23 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

24 SEC. 8003. The reporting requirements of section 

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1 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of 

2 Public Law 116-123) shall apply to funds appropriated 

3 by this title. 

4 CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 8004. Section 404 of the Coronavirus Prepared6 ness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (divi7 sion A of Public Law 116-123) shall apply to funds appro8 priated by this title under the same headings as specified 

9 by such section. 

10 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 SEC. 8005. Section 21005 of the Emergency Appro12 priations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency 

13 Operations (division B of Public Law 116-136) is amend14 ed by inserting at the end before the period ‘‘and is further 

15 amended by striking ‘$5,563,619’ in the second proviso 

16 under the heading ‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’ 

17 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$15,563,619’ ’’. 

18 CONSULAR SERVICES

19 SEC. 8006. Section 21009 of the Emergency Appro20 priations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency 

21 Operations (division B of Public Law 116-136) is amend22 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting in lieu 

23 thereof ‘‘fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’: Provided, That the 

24 amount provided by this section is designated by the Con25 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 


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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 DEFINITION

4 SEC. 8007. In this title, the term ‘‘coronavirus’’ 

5 means SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus with pandemic 

6 potential. 

7 DESIGNATION

8 SEC. 8008. Each amount designated in this title by 

9 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur10 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail12 able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 

13 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 

14 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

15 TITLE IX 

16 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE 

17 SEC. 9001. SHORT TITLE. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Middle East Partner19 ship for Peace Act of 2020’’. 

20 SEC. 9002. FINDINGS. 

21 Congress finds the following: 

22 (1) Economic development in conflict settings 

23 has been shown to support stabilization by empow24 ering entrepreneurs, growing the middle class, and 

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1 (2) In 2018, unemployment in the Palestinian 

2 territories was 32.4 percent. Gross Domestic Prod3 uct (GDP) growth in the Palestinian territories de4 clined from 2017 to 2019, and it is projected to fur5 ther decline in 2020. 

6 (3) According to the World Bank Ad Hoc Liai7 son Committee’s April 2019 Economic Monitoring 

8 Report, ‘‘to achieve sustainable economic growth, in 

9 the Palestinian territories, growth and job creation 

10 going forward will need to be private sector driven’’. 

11 (4) According to the 2018 Joint Strategic Plan 

12 of the Department of State and the United States 

13 Agency for International Development, ‘‘assistance 

14 can help prevent new recruitment to terrorist organi15 zations, reduce levels of violence, promote legitimate 

16 governance structures that strengthen inclusion, and 

17 reduce policies that marginalize communities’’. 

18 (5) Although economic development is an im19 portant tool for stabilizing conflict-prone settings 

20 and establishing connections between communities, 

21 economic development by itself will not lead to last22 ing peace. People-to-people peace-building programs 

23 further advance reconciliation efforts by promoting 

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1 (6) While the United States and its inter2 national partners continue to support diplomatic and 

3 political negotiations between the representatives of 

4 the parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such 

5 efforts require broad popular support among the 

6 people on the ground to succeed. 

7 (7) Achieving sustainable, high-level agreements 

8 for lasting peace in the Middle East must come 

9 through, and with the support of, the people who 

10 live there, and the United States and its inter11 national partners can help the people of the region 

12 build popular support for sustainable agreements for 

13 lasting peace. 

14 SEC. 9003. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) building a viable Palestinian economy is 

17 central to the effort to preserve the possibility of a 

18 negotiated settlement leading to a sustainable two19 state solution with the democratic, Jewish state of 

20 Israel and a demilitarized, democratic Palestinian 

21 state living side-by-side in peace, security, and mu22 tual recognition; 

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1 lution, can help counter extremist propaganda and 

2 the growing issue of incitement; 

3 (3) strengthening engagement between Palestin4 ians, Israelis, and through people-to-people peace5 building programs can increase the bonds of friend6 ship and understanding; 

7 (4) investing in the development of the Pales8 tinian economy and in joint economic ventures can 

9 advance multiple sectors to the benefit of local, re10 gional, and global parties; and 

11 (5) Congress encourages cooperation between 

12 Palestinian, American, and Israeli business sectors 

13 in order to benefit the Palestinian, American, and 

14 Israeli peoples and economies. 

15 SEC. 9004. PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE 

16 FUND. 

17 Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

18 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 535 PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE 

21 FUND. 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning on the date that 

23 is one year after the date of enactment of this section, 

24 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development is authorized to establish a program 


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1 to provide funding for projects to help build the founda2 tion for peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Pal3 estinians and for a sustainable two-state solution. The 

4 program established under this subsection shall be known 

5 as the ‘People-to-People Partnership for Peace Fund’ (re6 ferred to in this section as the ‘Fund’). 

7 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPORT.—In providing fund8 ing for projects through the Fund, the Administrator may 

9 provide support for qualified organizations, prioritizing 

10 those organizations that seek to build better cooperation 

11 between Israelis and Palestinians, including Palestinian 

12 organizations, Israeli organizations, and international or13 ganizations that bring Israelis and Palestinians together. 

14 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPORT.—In 

15 providing funding for projects through the Fund, The Ad16 ministrator may additionally provide support to qualified 

17 organizations that further shared community building, 

18 peaceful co-existence, dialogue, and reconciliation between 

19 Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel. 

20 ‘‘(d) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Administrator— 

21 ‘‘(1) is encouraged to work with foreign govern22 ments and international organizations to leverage 

23 the impact of United States resources and achieve 

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1 ‘‘(2) is authorized to make and accept contribu2 tions for the purposes of the Fund, consistent with 

3 subsections (b) and (d) of section 635. 

4 ‘‘(e) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator 

6 shall establish an advisory board to make rec7 ommendations to the Administrator regarding the 

8 types of projects that should be funded through the 

9 Fund. 

10 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara12 graph (B), the advisory board shall be com13 posed of 13 members, none of whom may be 

14 Members of Congress, who shall be appointed 

15 for renewable periods of 3 years, as follows: 

16 ‘‘(i) One member appointed by the 

17 Administrator, in consultation with the 

18 Secretary of State. 

19 ‘‘(ii) One member appointed by the 

20 chair, and one member appointed by the 

21 ranking member, of the Committee on For22 eign Relations of the Senate. 

23 ‘‘(iii) One member appointed by the 

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1 eign Affairs of the House of Representa2 tives. 

3 ‘‘(iv) One member appointed by the 

4 chair, and one member appointed by the 

5 ranking member, of the Committee on Ap6 propriations of the Senate. 

7 ‘‘(v) One member appointed by the 

8 chair, and one member appointed by the 

9 ranking member, of the Committee on Ap10 propriations of the House of Representa11 tives. 

12 ‘‘(vi) One member appointed by the 

13 majority leader, and one member ap14 pointed by the minority leader, of the Sen15 ate. 

16 ‘‘(vii) One member appointed by the 

17 Speaker, and one member appointed by the 

18 minority leader, of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 ‘‘(B) INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION.— 

21 The Administrator may appoint up to 2 addi22 tional members to the advisory board who are 

23 representatives of foreign governments or inter24 national organizations for renewable periods of 

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1 ‘‘(C) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the 

2 advisory board shall have demonstrated regional 

3 expertise and experience and expertise in con4 flict mitigation and people-to-people programs. 

5 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

6 The Administrator should consider the input 

7 and recommendations from missions of the 

8 United States Agency for International Devel9 opment in the region and mission directors 

10 when considering types of projects.’’. 

11 SEC. 9005. JOINT INVESTMENT FOR PEACE INITIATIVE. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning on the date that is 

13 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

14 Chief Executive Officer of the United States International 

15 Development Finance Corporation (referred to in this sec16 tion as the ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ and the ‘‘Corpora17 tion’’, respectively) is authorized to establish a program 

18 to provide investments in entities that carry out projects 

19 that contribute to the development of the Palestinian pri20 vate sector economy. The program established under this 

21 subsection shall be known as the ‘‘Joint Investment for 

22 Peace Initiative’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Initia23 tive’’). 

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1 cer shall ensure participation by small and medium-sized 

2 enterprises owned by Palestinians. 

3 (c) PRIORITY.—In providing investments through the 

4 Initiative, the Chief Executive Officer shall prioritize 

5 projects that increase economic cooperation between 

6 Israelis and Palestinians. 

7 (d) USE OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES.—In carrying 

8 out the Initiative, the Chief Executive Officer shall utilize 

9 the authorities under section 1421 of the Better Utiliza10 tion of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 

11 (22 U.S.C. 9621) to— 

12 (1) select a manager of the Initiative with the 

13 consensus of the majority of the Board of Directors 

14 of the Corporation; 

15 (2) oversee and direct the operation of the Ini16 tiative consistent with such Act and other provisions 

17 of law; 

18 (3) provide the Initiative with loans, guaranties, 

19 equity, and insurance, as appropriate, to enable the 

20 Initiative to attract private investment; and 

21 (4) carry out the purposes of the Initiative con22 sistent with the provisions of this section and other 

23 applicable provisions of law. 

24 (e) EXPENDITURES.—Funds made available to carry 

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1 necessary to make timely payments for projects and activi2 ties carried out under the Initiative. 

3 (f) PRIVATE CHARACTER OF INITIATIVE.—Any entity 

4 that receives an investment under the Initiative shall not 

5 by virtue of receipt of such investment be considered to 

6 be an agency or establishment of the United States Gov7 ernment for purposes of title 5, United States Code. 

8 (g) OVERSIGHT.—Operations of the Corporation 

9 under the Initiative shall be subject to— 

10 (1) audits, investigations, and inspections con11 ducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the 

12 United States International Development Finance 

13 Corporation; and 

14 (2) assessment by the Comptroller General of 

15 the United States. 

16 (h) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

18 2021, and each December 31 thereafter, the Chief 

19 Executive Officer shall submit to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees a report that describes the 

21 following: 

22 (A) The extent to which the Initiative has 

23 contributed to promoting and supporting Pales24 tinian economic development. 


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1 (B) The extent to which the Initiative has 

2 contributed to greater integration of the Pales3 tinian economy into the international rules4 based business system. 

5 (C) The extent to which projects that in6 crease economic cooperation between Israelis 

7 and Palestinians have been prioritized. 

8 (D) Information on the following: 

9 (i) Investments received and provided 

10 through the Initiative. 

11 (ii) The mechanisms established for 

12 transparency and accountability of invest13 ments provided through the Initiative. 

14 (E) A description of the Initiative’s oper15 ations, activities, budget, receipts, and expendi16 tures for the preceding 12-month period, includ17 ing an audited report of the Initiative’s finances 

18 which shall further include statements of finan19 cial position, operations, equity positions and 

20 cash flows, in accordance with generally accept21 ed government auditing standards prescribed by 

22 the Comptroller General of the United States. 

23 (F) Lessons learned from improvements to 

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1 (G) A description of potential strategies 

2 for achieving sustainability for civic institutions 

3 that the Initiative develops or supports, includ4 ing novel financing mechanisms. 

5 (H) A description of the process for vetting 

6 and oversight of entities eligible for support 

7 from the Initiative to ensure compliance with 

8 the requirements of section 9006(b). 

9 (2) FORM.—The reports required under this 

10 subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

11 without the designation ‘‘For Official Use Only’’ or 

12 any related or successor designation, but may be ac13 companied by a classified annex. 

14 (i) EXCEPTIONS TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.—In pro15 viding investments through the Initiative described in sub16 section (c)— 

17 (1) the Corporation may provide support for 

18 projects in countries with upper-middle-income 

19 economies or high-income economies (as those terms 

20 are defined by the International Bank for Recon21 struction and Development and the International 

22 Development Association); and 

23 (2) the restriction under section 1412(c)(2) of 

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1 not apply with respect to support for projects in 

2 countries described in paragraph (1). 

3 (j) TERMINATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to carry out 

5 the Initiative shall terminate on the date that is 10 

6 years after the date on which the Chief Executive 

7 Officer makes the first investment under the Initia8 tive. 

9 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Chief Executive Officer 

10 is authorized to continue to manage investments 

11 made under the Initiative on and after the date 

12 specified in paragraph (1). 

13 SEC. 9006. LIMITATIONS, VETTING, COORDINATION, AND 

14 OVERSIGHT. 

15 (a) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds made available 

16 to carry out this title, or any amendment made by this 

17 title, may be used to provide— 

18 (1) financial assistance to the national govern19 ment of any foreign country; 

20 (2) assistance for— 

21 (A) any individual or group the Secretary 

22 of State determines to be involved in, or advo23 cating, terrorist activity; or 

24 (B) any individual who is a member of a 

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1 pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 

2 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)); or 

3 (3) assistance for the Palestinian Authority or 

4 the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

5 (b) APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.—Assistance made 

6 available under this title, and any amendment made by 

7 this title, shall adhere to the mission directives and vetting 

8 practices for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, as 

9 set forth by the United States Agency for International 

10 Development. 

11 (c) COORDINATION.— 

12 (1) The Chief Executive Officer of the United 

13 States International Development Finance Corpora14 tion, acting through the Chief Development Officer 

15 of such Corporation, shall coordinate with the Ad16 ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development to ensure that all expenditures 

18 from the Joint Investment for Peace Initiative com19 ply with this section. 

20 (2) To the extent practicable, the Administrator 

21 of the United States Agency for International Devel22 opment and the Chief Executive Officer of the 

23 United States International Development Finance 

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1 ple-to-People Partnership for Peace Fund and the 

2 Joint Investment for Peace Initiative. 

3 (d) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

5 the end of the first fiscal year in which both the 

6 People-to-People Partnership for Peace Fund and 

7 the Joint Investment for Peace Initiative are in ef8 fect, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of 

9 the United States Agency for International Develop10 ment and the Chief Executive Officer of the United 

11 States International Development Finance Corpora12 tion shall jointly submit to the appropriate congres13 sional committees a report in writing that de14 scribes— 

15 (A)(i) lessons learned and best practices 

16 developed from funding for projects under the 

17 People-to-People Partnership for Peace Fund 

18 during the prior fiscal year; and 

19 (ii) the extent to which such projects have 

20 contributed to the purposes of the People-to21 People Partnership for Peace Fund; 

22 (B)(i) lessons learned and best practices 

23 developed from investments provided under the 

24 Joint Investment for Peace Initiative during the 

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1 (ii) the extent to which such investments 

2 have contributed to the purposes of the Joint 

3 Investment for Peace Initiative; and 

4 (C) how the United States International 

5 Development Finance Corporation and the 

6 United States Agency for International Devel7 opment coordinate and share information with 

8 respect to the People-to-People Partnership for 

9 Peace Fund and the Joint Investment for Peace 

10 Initiative. 

11 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator of the 

12 United States Agency for International Development 

13 shall consult with the advisory board established by 

14 subsection (e) of section 535 of the Foreign Assist15 ance Act of 1961 (as added by section 9004) to in16 form the reports required by paragraph (1). 

17 SEC. 9007. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 

18 DEFINED. 

19 In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

20 committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

21 1402 of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to 

22 Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601). 

23 SEC. 9008. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro25 priated to carry out this title, and the amendments made 


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1 by this title, $50,000,000 for each of the first 5 fiscal 

2 years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act. 

4 (b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS TO CARRY OUT SEC5 TION 535 OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.— 

6 Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by sub7 section (a) for each of the fiscal years described in such 

8 subsection, the following amounts shall be made available 

9 to carry out section 535 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

10 of 1961 (as added by section 9004): 

11 (1) 60 percent of such amounts for the first fis12 cal year. 

13 (2) 50 percent of such amounts for the second 

14 fiscal year. 

15 (3) 40 percent of such amounts for each of the 

16 third and fourth such fiscal years. 

17 (4) 30 percent of such amounts for the fifth 

18 such fiscal year. 

19 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 3 

20 percent of amounts authorized to be appropriated by sub21 section (a) for a fiscal year may be made available for ad22 ministrative expenses to carry out section 535 of the For23 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 9004). 

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1 ized to remain available for such fiscal year and the subse2 quent 4 fiscal years. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

4 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria5 tions Act, 2021’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 356 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7608 

[Report No. 116–444] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, State, foreign operations, and related programs 

JULY 13, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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