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Union Calendar No. 133 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2855 

[Report No. 113–185] 

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

related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2013 

Ms. GRANGER, 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, 2014, 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, 2014, 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 AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

14 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

15 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

16 $5,666,032,000, of which up to $1,791,174,000 is for 

17 Worldwide Security Protection (to remain available until 

18 expended): Provided, That funds made available under 

19 this heading shall be allocated as follows: 

20 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex21 penses for training, human resources management, 

22 and salaries, including employment without regard 

23 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

24 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au25 thorized by section 801 of the United States InforVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 

2 $2,069,218,000, to remain available until September 

3 30, 2015, of which up to $255,866,000 is for World4 wide Security Protection and shall remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex7 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

8 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

9 $1,202,401,000, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2015. 

11 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

12 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

13 Department of State, including representation to 

14 certain international organizations in which the 

15 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati16 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen17 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra18 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar19 mament activities as authorized, $754,890,000, to 

20 remain available until September 30, 2015. 

21 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex22 penses for security activities, $1,639,523,000, to re23 main available until September 30, 2015, of which 

24 up to $1,535,308,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro25 tection and shall remain available until expended. 


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1 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad2 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

3 this heading— 

4 (A) not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be de5 rived from fees collected from other executive 

6 agencies for lease or use of facilities located at 

7 the International Center in accordance with sec8 tion 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 

9 addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

10 Act, $520,150, to be derived from the reserve 

11 authorized by that section, to be used for the 

12 purposes set out in that section; 

13 (B) as authorized by section 810 of the 

14 United States Information and Educational Ex15 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re16 main available until expended, may be credited 

17 to this appropriation from fees or other pay18 ments received from English teaching, library, 

19 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

20 from fees from educational advising and coun21 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 

22 (C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 

23 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

24 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 


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1 (6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER

2 MATTERS.— 

3 (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 

4 Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and 

5 between subsections under this heading subject 

6 to section 7015 of this Act; 

7 (B) Of the amount made available under 

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

9 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

10 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer11 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv12 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu13 ations and rewards, as authorized; 

14 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

15 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur16 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

17 by law and, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for 

18 the field examination of programs and activities 

19 in the United States funded from any account 

20 contained in this title; 

21 (D) Of the amount made available under 

22 this heading, up to $9,400,000 may be trans23 ferred to, and merged with, funds made avail24 able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Depart25 ment of State, Administration of Foreign AfVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 fairs, Payment to the American Institute in 

2 Taiwan’’: Provided, That the transfer authority 

3 of this subparagraph is in addition to any other 

4 transfer authority available to the Secretary of 

5 State; 

6 (E) Of the amount made available under 

7 this heading, up to $30,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, may be transferred to, 

9 and merged with, funds previously made avail10 able under the heading ‘‘Conflict Stabilization 

11 Operations’’ in title I of prior acts making ap12 propriations for the Department of State, for13 eign operations, and related programs; and 

14 (F) None of the funds appropriated or oth15 erwise made available under this heading shall 

16 be available for the Ambassador’s Fund for 

17 Cultural Preservation. 

18 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

19 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

20 Fund, $76,900,000, to remain available until expended, 

21 as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 

22 Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this 

23 heading. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, $59,406,000. 

4 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

5 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

6 programs, as authorized, $438,847,000, to remain avail7 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

8 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

9 credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 

10 received from or in connection with English teaching, edu11 cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 

12 visitor programs as authorized. 

13 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

14 For representation allowances as authorized, 

15 $6,933,000. 

16 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

18 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 

19 services, as authorized, $25,642,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2015. 

21 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

23 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre24 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 

25 that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 


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1 State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, 

2 the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip3 lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

4 $785,351,000, to remain available until expended as au5 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

6 domestic and overseas representation expenses as author7 ized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 

8 paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 

9 furnishings, or generators for other departments and 

10 agencies. 

11 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up12 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

13 $1,614,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

15 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 

16 on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 

17 available under this heading and the actual and antici18 pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2014. 

19 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

20 SERVICE

21 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

22 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo23 matic and Consular Service, $8,832,000, to remain avail24 able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 

25 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 


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1 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 

2 Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and 

3 conditions. 

4 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For the cost of direct loans, $1,374,000, as author6 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur9 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli10 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex11 ceed $2,690,000. 

12 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela14 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $20,046,000. 

15 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

16 DISABILITY FUND

17 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

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

19 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

20 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

23 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

24 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven25 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $671,625,000: ProVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 

2 the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

3 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

4 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 

5 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 

6 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 

7 That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 

8 on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an 

9 emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 

10 United Nations action to increase funding for any United 

11 Nations program without identifying an offsetting de12 crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary of State shall report to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations not later than May 1, 

15 2014, on any credits available to the United States, in16 cluding from the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund 

17 (TEF), and provide updated fiscal year 2015 assessment 

18 costs including offsets from available TEF credits and up19 dated foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, 

20 That any such credits shall only be available for United 

21 States assessed contributions to the United Nations and 

22 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

23 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

24 any payment of arrearages under this heading shall be di25 rected toward activities that are mutually agreed upon by 


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1 the United States and the respective international organi2 zation: Provided further, That none of the funds appro3 priated under this heading shall be available for a United 

4 States contribution to an international organization for 

5 the United States share of interest costs made known to 

6 the United States Government by such organization for 

7 loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through exter8 nal borrowings. 

9 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

10 ACTIVITIES

11 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex12 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

13 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

14 security, $1,680,827,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That none of the funds made 

16 available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for 

17 any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mis18 sion unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for a 

19 new or expanded mission in the United Nations Security 

20 Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is prac21 ticable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified: 

22 (1) of the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the 

23 national interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; 

24 (2) that the United Nations has taken necessary measures 

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1 sonnel, and peacekeeping troops serving in the mission 

2 from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of traf3 ficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation 

4 or other violations of human rights, and to bring to justice 

5 individuals who engage in such acts while participating in 

6 the peacekeeping mission, including prosecution in their 

7 home countries of such individuals in connection with such 

8 acts, and to make information about such cases publicly 

9 available in the country in which an alleged crime occurs 

10 and on the United Nations’ Web site; and (3) pursuant 

11 to section 7015 of this Act, and the procedures therein 

12 followed, of the source of funds that will be used to pay 

13 the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, 

14 That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses 

15 unless the Secretary of State determines that American 

16 manufacturers and suppliers are not being given opportu17 nities to provide equipment, services, and material for 

18 United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 

19 being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Pro20 vided further, That the Secretary of State shall work with 

21 the United Nations and foreign governments contributing 

22 peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting proce23 dures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 

24 rights: Provided further, That none of the funds appro25 priated or otherwise made available under this heading 


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1 may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission 

2 that will involve United States Armed Forces under the 

3 command or operational control of a foreign national, un4 less the President’s military advisors have submitted to 

5 the President a recommendation that such involvement is 

6 in the national interests of the United States and the 

7 President has submitted such a recommendation to the 

8 Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

9 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 

10 than May 1, 2014, of any credits available to the United 

11 States, including those resulting from United Nations 

12 peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax Equali13 zation Fund: Provided further, That any such credits shall 

14 only be available for United States assessed contributions 

15 to the United Nations and shall be subject to the regular 

16 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria17 tions. 

18 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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

22 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

23 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

24 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

25 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 


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1 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli2 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

3 $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 $41,249,000. 

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au9 thorized projects, $27,675,000, to remain available until 

10 expended, as authorized. 

11 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

13 the International Joint Commission and the International 

14 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au15 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can16 ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co17 operation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103– 

18 182, $11,335,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

19 under this heading for the International Joint Commis20 sion, $9,000 may be made available for representation ex21 penses. 

22 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

23 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

24 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

25 law, $31,445,000: Provided, That the United States share 


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1 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com2 missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

3 RELATED AGENCY 

4 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

5 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

7 Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out 

8 international communication activities, and to make and 

9 supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to 

10 the Middle East, $691,578,000: Provided, That funds ap11 propriated under this heading shall be made available to 

12 expand unrestricted access to information on the Internet 

13 through the development and use of circumvention and se14 cure communication technologies: Provided further, That 

15 the circumvention technologies and programs supported 

16 by such funds shall undergo a review, to include an assess17 ment of protections against such technologies being used 

18 for illicit purposes: Provided further, That of the total 

19 amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

20 $35,000 may be used for representation expenses, of 

21 which $10,000 may be used for representation expenses 

22 within the United States as authorized, and not to exceed 

23 $30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio 

24 Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the 

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1 in 15 days of any determination by the Board that any 

2 of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organiza3 tions, provides an open platform for international terror4 ists or those who support international terrorism, or is in 

5 violation of the principles and standards set forth in sub6 sections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 

7 International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) 

8 or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Provided further, 

9 That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours 

10 previously justified to Congress, including changes to 

11 transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, sat12 ellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language serv13 ices shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

14 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

15 That in addition to funds made available under this head16 ing, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 

17 to $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue 

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

19 cooperating international organizations, and up to 

20 $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 

21 Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu22 reau, to remain available until expended for carrying out 

23 authorized purposes. 


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1 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

2 For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve3 ment of facilities for radio, television, and digital trans4 mission and reception, and purchase and installation of 

5 necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital 

6 transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as author7 ized, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended, as 

8 authorized. 

9 RELATED PROGRAMS 

10 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

11 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

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

13 $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au14 thorized. 

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, $10,705,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2015, which shall not be used for construction 

20 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, 2014, 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, 2014, 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 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord17 ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 

18 Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 

19 Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 

20 for personal services. 

21 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar23 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

24 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

25 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 


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1 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

2 30, 2014, to remain available until expended. 

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

4 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

5 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

6 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $117,764,000, 

7 to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 

8 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary man9 ner, including for the core institutes, and $17,764,000 

10 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of law pro11 grams: Provided, That the President of the National En12 dowment for Democracy shall submit to the Committees 

13 on Appropriations, not later than 45 days after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act, a report on the proposed uses 

15 of funds under this heading on a regional and country 

16 basis. 

17 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

18 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

19 HERITAGE ABROAD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

22 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $690,000, as 

23 authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 


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1 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

2 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for the United States Com5 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

6 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

7 1998 (Public Law 105–292), as amended, $3,500,000, in8 cluding not more than $4,000 for representation expenses. 

9 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

10 EUROPE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu13 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

14 Law 94–304, $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 

15 for representation expenses, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2015. 

17 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

18 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu21 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au22 thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 

23 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911–6919), $2,000,000, including not 

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

25 available until September 30, 2015. 


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1 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

2 REVIEW COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

5 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

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

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

8 $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen9 tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2015: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi11 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

12 sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public 

13 Law 111–117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

14 2014 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

15 heading as if included in this Act. 

16 TITLE II 

17 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

18 DEVELOPMENT 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 $942,944,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2015: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

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1 ment Fund’’ in this title may be made available to finance 

2 the construction (including architect and engineering serv3 ices), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by 

4 the United States Agency for International Development 

5 (USAID), unless the USAID Administrator has identified 

6 such proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 

8 the obligation of funds for such purposes: Provided fur9 ther, That contracts or agreements entered into with funds 

10 appropriated under this heading during fiscal year 2015 

11 may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 

12 through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That 

13 the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary 

15 of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chap16 ter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 

17 accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided 

18 further, That of the funds appropriated or made available 

19 under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be avail20 able for representation and entertainment expenses of 

21 which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain22 ment expenses, for USAID during the current fiscal year: 

23 Provided further, That appropriate steps shall be taken to 

24 assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United 


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1 States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dol2 lars. 

3 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

4 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

5 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

6 of information technology and related capital investments, 

7 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961, $117,940,000, to remain available until expended: 

9 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other10 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

11 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

12 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

13 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

17 $44,162,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2015, which sum shall be available for the Office of In19 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter20 national Development. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

5 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

6 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

7 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

11 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

12 $2,505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2015, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

14 United States Agency for International Development 

15 (USAID): Provided, That this amount shall be made avail16 able for training, equipment, and technical assistance to 

17 build the capacity of public health institutions and organi18 zations in developing countries, and for such activities as: 

19 (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) im20 munization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other 

21 health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which di22 rectly address the needs of mothers and children, and re23 lated education programs; (4) assistance for children dis24 placed or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) pro25 grams for the prevention, treatment, control of, and reVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 search on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 

2 other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis3 eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 

4 by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by 

5 AIDS; and (6) family planning/reproductive health: Pro6 vided further, That funds appropriated under this para7 graph may be made available for a United States contribu8 tion to the GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That none 

9 of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobli10 gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be 

11 made available to any organization or program which, as 

12 determined by the President of the United States, sup13 ports or participates in the management of a program of 

14 coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur15 ther, That any determination made under the previous 

16 proviso must be made no later than 6 months after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied 

18 by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the deter19 mination: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

20 available under this Act may be used to pay for the per21 formance of abortion as a method of family planning or 

22 to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 

23 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

24 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

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1 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

2 made available under this Act may be used to lobby for 

3 or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re4 duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 

5 shall be available only to voluntary family planning 

6 projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, 

7 or information about access to, a broad range of family 

8 planning methods and services, and that any such vol9 untary family planning project shall meet the following re10 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 

11 project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or 

12 other numerical targets, of total number of births, number 

13 of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular 

14 method of family planning (this provision shall not be con15 strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi16 cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 

17 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, 

18 gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex19 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 

20 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 

21 quota of total number of births, number of family planning 

22 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

23 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben24 efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro25 gram of general welfare or the right of access to health 


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1 care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to 

2 accept family planning services; (4) the project shall pro3 vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 

4 on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in5 cluding those conditions that might render the use of the 

6 method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known 

7 to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the 

8 project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs 

9 and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 

10 the context of a scientific study in which participants are 

11 advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 

12 60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator 

13 determines that there has been a violation of the require14 ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this 

15 proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re16 quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 

17 Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appro18 priations a report containing a description of such viola19 tion and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Pro20 vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 

21 planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

22 of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be23 cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com24 mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi25 tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requireVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for 

2 purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro3 priating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper4 ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it 

5 relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con6 strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 

7 of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 

8 Provided further, That information provided about the use 

9 of condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 

10 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 

11 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 

12 failure rates of such use. 

13 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

14 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

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

16 HIV/AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2015, which shall be apportioned directly 

18 to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro19 priated under this paragraph may be made available, not20 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

21 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber22 culosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 

23 as amended, for a United States contribution to the Global 

24 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

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1 essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 

2 Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate 

3 amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in 

4 fiscal year 2014 may be made available to USAID for 

5 technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 

6 Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

7 under this paragraph, up to $14,250,000 may be made 

8 available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

9 such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office 

10 of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. 

11 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

15 Act of 1961, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2015. 

17 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

20 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon21 struction assistance, $772,602,000, to remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

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1 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

2 $43,755,000, to remain available until expended, to sup3 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop4 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 

5 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

6 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in7 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

8 Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development (USAID) shall submit a report to 

10 the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior 

11 to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided fur12 ther, That if the Secretary of State determines that it is 

13 important to the national interests of the United States 

14 to provide transition assistance in excess of the amount 

15 appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the 

16 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

17 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 

18 used for purposes of this heading and under the authori19 ties applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 

20 Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 

21 the previous proviso shall be made available subject to 

22 prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: 

23 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

24 heading shall be administered only by the Office of Transi25 tion Initiatives of the USAID. 


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1 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro4 vided by the United States Agency for International De5 velopment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 

6 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 

7 $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds ap8 propriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act: 

9 Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 

10 funds provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available 

12 only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban pro13 grams, and other programs which further the purposes of 

14 part I of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, in15 cluding the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed 

16 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

18 That funds made available by this paragraph may be used 

19 for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

20 this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall 

21 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

22 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

23 provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi24 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 

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1 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com2 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

3 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

4 under this heading, except that the principal amount of 

5 loans made or guaranteed under this heading with respect 

6 to any single country shall not exceed $300,000,000: Pro7 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

8 total loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaran9 teed, of up to $750,000,000. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

11 credit programs administered by the USAID, $7,882,000, 

12 which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

13 made available under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 

14 in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds made available 

15 under this heading shall remain available until September 

16 30, 2016. 

17 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

20 1961, $1,367,717,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2015. 

22 DEMOCRACY FUND

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

25 of democracy globally, $111,500,000, to remain available 


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1 until September 30, 2015, of which $70,500,000 shall be 

2 made available for the Human Rights and Democracy 

3 Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 

4 Labor, Department of State, and $41,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for the Office of Democracy, Human 

6 Rights, and Governance of the Bureau for Democracy, 

7 Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States 

8 Agency for International Development. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

10 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

11 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

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

13 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As14 sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 

15 and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 

16 and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

17 of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 

18 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and 

19 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author20 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

21 $1,264,400,000, to remain available until expended, of 

22 which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 

23 to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian require24 ments: Provided, That $15,000,000 of the funds appro25 priated under this heading in this Act, or in prior Acts 


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1 making appropriations for the Department of State, for2 eign operations, and related programs, shall be made 

3 available for refugees resettling in Israel: Provided further, 

4 That no amounts in the previous proviso may be made 

5 available from amounts that were designated by Congress 

6 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

7 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

10 ASSISTANCE FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

13 Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 

14 $25,832,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

16 PEACE CORPS

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501–2523), including 

19 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

20 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

21 States, $356,135,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Of22 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

24 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

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


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

2 $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur3 suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 

4 amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper5 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

6 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail7 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

8 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

9 Provided further, That any decision to open, close, signifi10 cantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or 

11 country program shall be subject to prior consultation 

12 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com13 mittees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation 

14 and regular notification procedures may be waived when 

15 there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other 

16 Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this 

17 Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

18 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions. 

19 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (MCA), 

22 $701,900,000 to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

24 up to $99,700,000 may be available for administrative ex25 penses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the CorVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 poration): Provided further, That section 605(e) of the 

2 MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this head3 ing: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

4 heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge 

5 Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA 

6 only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commitment 

7 to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the mu8 tual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 

9 the entire amount of the United States Government fund10 ing anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided 

11 further, That the Chief Executive Officer of the Corpora12 tion shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not 

13 later than 15 days prior to signing any new country com14 pact; terminating or suspending any country compact or 

15 threshold country program; or commencing negotiations 

16 for any new compact: Provided further, That any funds 

17 that are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Com18 pact shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

19 of the Committees on Appropriations prior to re-obliga20 tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

21 606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country shall be a candidate 

22 country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the 

23 fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal 

24 to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income country 

25 threshold for the fiscal year and is among the 75 lowest 


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1 per capita income countries as identified by the World 

2 Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 

3 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided further, That notwith4 standing section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, in addition to 

5 countries described in the preceding proviso, a country 

6 shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for 

7 assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per cap8 ita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower mid9 dle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is not 

10 among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identi11 fied by the World Bank; and the country meets the re12 quirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 

13 further, That any Millennium Challenge Corporation can14 didate country under section 606 of the MCA with a per 

15 capita income that changes in the fiscal year such that 

16 the country would be reclassified from a low income coun17 try to a lower middle income country or from a lower mid18 dle income country to a low income country shall retain 

19 its candidacy status in its former income classification for 

20 the fiscal year and the two subsequent fiscal years: Pro21 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 

22 this heading in this Act, or in prior Acts making appro23 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

24 and related programs, may be made available for assist25 ance for Tunisia: Provided further, That of the funds apVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 propriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 

2 may be available for representation and entertainment ex3 penses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available 

4 for entertainment expenses. 

5 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

7 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

8 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

9 of 1969, $13,700,000, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2015: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

12 representation expenses. 

13 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

15 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

16 of 1980 (Public Law 96–533), $9,777,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2015, of which not exceed 

18 $2,000 may be made available for representation expenses: 

19 Provided, That funds made available to grantees may be 

20 invested pending expenditure for project purposes when 

21 authorized by the Board of Directors of the African Devel22 opment Foundation (Foundation): Provided further, That 

23 interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for 

24 which the grant was made: Provided further, That notwith25 standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development 


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1 Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the Board 

2 of Directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 

3 limitation contained in that section with respect to a 

4 project and a project may exceed the limitation by up to 

5 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 

6 fluctuation: Provided further, That the Foundation shall 

7 provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

10 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

13 $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2016, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law. 

16 TITLE IV 

17 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

18 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

19 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

20 ENFORCEMENT

21 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $919,153,000 to re23 main available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That 

24 during fiscal year 2014, the Department of State may also 

25 use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 


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1 Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive 

2 excess property from an agency of the United States Gov3 ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun4 try or international organization under chapter 8 of part 

5 I of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures 

6 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

7 That the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations, not later than 45 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act and prior to the initial obli10 gation of program and country funds appropriated under 

11 this heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds 

12 under this heading on a program and country-by-country 

13 basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Pro14 vided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assist15 ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

16 under this heading: Provided further, That assistance pro17 vided with funds appropriated under this heading that is 

18 made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available sub20 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit21 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the 

22 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail23 able for assistance for the Bolivian military and police: 

24 Provided further, That the reporting requirements con25 tained in section 1404 of Public Law 110–252 shall apply 


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1 to funds made available by this Act, including a descrip2 tion of modifications, if any, to the security strategy of 

3 the Palestinian Authority: Provided further, That funds 

4 appropriated under this heading shall be made available 

5 to support training and technical assistance for foreign 

6 law enforcement, corrections, and other judicial authori7 ties, utilizing regional partners. 

8 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

9 RELATED PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter11 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

12 $501,533,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2015, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

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

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

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

17 section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear19 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

20 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

22 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec23 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol24 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

25 Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to 


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1 the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 

2 Commission: Provided, That funds made available under 

3 this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 

4 Fund shall be available notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law and subject to prior consultation with, and the 

6 regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap7 propriations, to promote bilateral and multilateral activi8 ties relating to nonproliferation, disarmament and weap9 ons destruction, and shall remain available until expended: 

10 Provided further, That such funds may also be used for 

11 such countries other than the Independent States of the 

12 former Soviet Union and international organizations when 

13 it is in the national security interest of the United States 

14 to do so: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

15 this heading may be made available for the IAEA only 

16 if the Secretary of State determines and so reports to the 

17 Congress that the Government of Israel is not being de18 nied its right to participate in the activities of that Agen19 cy: Provided further, That funds made available for 

20 demining, conventional weapons destruction, and related 

21 activities, in addition to funds otherwise made available 

22 for such purposes, may be used for administrative ex23 penses related to the operation and management of 

24 demining, conventional weapons destruction, and related 

25 programs. 


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1 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 $285,715,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

5 under this heading, up to $34,000,000 may be made avail6 able for a United States contribution to the Multinational 

7 Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: Provided fur8 ther, That up to $136,600,000 of the funds made available 

9 under this heading in titles IV and VIII may be used to 

10 pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping activi11 ties in Somalia and shall be available until September 30, 

12 2015: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

13 this Act should not be used to support any military train14 ing or operations that include child soldiers: Provided fur15 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head16 ing shall be obligated or expended except as provided 

17 through the regular notification procedures of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations. 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 $105,573,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 

24 available until September 30, 2015, and may only be pro25 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian 

2 personnel for whom military education and training may 

3 be provided under this heading may include civilians who 

4 are not members of a government whose participation 

5 would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civil6 ian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 

7 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

8 this heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be available for 

9 entertainment expenses. 

10 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

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

13 Arms Export Control Act, $5,096,059,000: Provided, 

14 That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 

15 countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 

16 State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap17 propriations and subject to the regular notification proce18 dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro19 priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

20 services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: 

21 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

22 this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be avail23 able for grants only for Israel, and $1,300,000,000 shall 

24 be made available for grants only for Egypt, including for 

25 counterterrorism programs, border security programs, and 


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1 activities in the Sinai: Provided further, That the funds 

2 appropriated under this heading for assistance for Israel 

3 shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: 

4 Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 

5 of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, 

6 grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, 

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

8 for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

9 $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

10 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

11 research and development: Provided further, That funds 

12 appropriated under this heading estimated to be outlayed 

13 for Egypt during fiscal year 2014 may be transferred to 

14 an interest bearing account for Egypt in the Federal Re15 serve Bank of New York: Provided further, That of the 

16 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

17 $300,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 

18 Jordan: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

19 available under this heading may be made available to sup20 port or continue any program initially funded under the 

21 authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Author22 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 

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1 ther, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

2 under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding 

3 any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

4 Act: Provided further, That funds made available under 

5 this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in ac6 cordance with section 1501(a)(5)(C) of title 31, United 

7 States Code. 

8 None of the funds made available under this heading 

9 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

10 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv11 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

12 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

13 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

14 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

15 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

16 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun17 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub18 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec19 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

20 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

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

22 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in23 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

24 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

25 only those countries for which assistance was justified for 


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

2 fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as3 sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 

4 this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

5 services or design and construction services that are not 

6 sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

7 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro8 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min9 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 

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

11 $60,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

12 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

13 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

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

15 of administering military assistance and sales, except that 

16 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

17 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria18 tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

19 under this heading for general costs of administering mili20 tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 

21 available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

22 $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 

23 Provided further, That not more than $885,000,000 of 

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

25 Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred 


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1 by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2014 

2 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, 

3 except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 

4 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

5 Appropriations. 

6 TITLE V 

7 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

8 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

10 ASSOCIATION

11 For payment to the International Development Asso12 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $942,305,000, 

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

15 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

16 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

17 $74,544,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

19 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

20 the Secretary of the Treasury, $134,585,000, to remain 

21 available until expended. 


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1 TITLE VI 

2 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

4 INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,100,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2015. 

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au11 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

12 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora13 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con14 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi15 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

16 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

17 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor18 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur19 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi20 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

21 equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than 

22 a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the 

23 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi24 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

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1 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not2 withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 

3 amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 

4 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2014. 

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 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 

10 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

11 Board of Directors, not to exceed $89,900,000: Provided, 

12 That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, pay13 ment or services provided by transaction participants for 

14 legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 

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

17 further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

18 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 

19 (a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2014: 

20 Provided further, That the Export-Import Bank shall 

21 charge fees for necessary expenses (including special serv22 ices performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including 

23 other personal services) in connection with the collection 

24 of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession or 

25 sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the 


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1 Export-Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the 

2 Export-Import Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of 

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

4 technical aspects of any transaction for which an applica5 tion for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

6 been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting 

7 transactions: Provided further, That, in addition to other 

8 funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees 

9 shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 

10 expended. 

11 In addition, for renovation expenses of the Export12 Import Bank’s headquarters, not to exceed $10,500,000, 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 

14 That such funds shall be made available subject to the 

15 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap16 propriations. 

17 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

18 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

19 Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit 

20 Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to 

21 exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 

22 as offsetting collections to this account: Provided, That the 

23 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

24 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col25 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 


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1 from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

2 That amounts collected in fiscal year 2014 in excess of 

3 obligations, up to $10,000,000, shall become available on 

4 September 1, 2014, and shall remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2017. 

6 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

7 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

8 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au9 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

10 as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and 

11 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

12 in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, 

13 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

14 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

15 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

16 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 

17 $53,348,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans18 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

19 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

20 with services provided to specific investors or potential in21 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex23 penses for the purposes of this heading. 


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1 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

3 $23,742,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

4 Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from 

5 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

6 Account: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur9 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli10 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

11 during fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016: Provided fur12 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2014 remain 

13 available for disbursement through 2022; funds obligated 

14 in fiscal year 2015 remain available for disbursement 

15 through 2023; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2016 re16 main available for disbursement through 2024: Provided 

17 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 

19 to undertake any program authorized by title IV of chap20 ter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 

21 Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pursu22 ant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 

23 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

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1 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad2 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

3 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex4 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

5 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

6 Account and merged with said account. 

7 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 $47,485,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2015: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 

12 heading, not more than $4,000 may be available for rep13 resentation and entertainment expenses. 

14 TITLE VII 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

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

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

19 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

20 59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author21 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transpor22 tation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 

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 2014 or any pre7 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

8 That the report required by this section should specify by 

9 account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilat10 eral agreements which have not been further sub-obli11 gated. 

12 CONSULTING SERVICES

13 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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

15 procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall 

16 be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 

17 a matter of public record and available for public inspec18 tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 

19 or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist20 ing law. 

21 EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

22 SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 

23 Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con24 struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 

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1 ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 

2 of State determines that such department or agency has 

3 not provided to the Department of State the full amount 

4 of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of 

5 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

6 Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 

7 of Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of 

8 that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended by section 

9 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 

10 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

11 2005. 

12 (b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 

13 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

14 States may include office space or other accommodations 

15 for members of the United States Marine Corps. 

16 (c) For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 

17 2014 costs of providing new United States diplomatic fa18 cilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 

19 Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 

20 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consulta21 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

22 Budget, shall determine the annual program level and 

23 agency shares in a manner that is proportional to the De24 partment of State’s contribution for this purpose. 


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1 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act, and any prior 

2 Act making appropriations for the Department of State, 

3 foreign operations, and related programs, which may be 

4 made available for the acquisition of property for diplo5 matic facilities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, shall 

6 be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti7 fication procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

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

10 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per11 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in12 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg13 etary resources available under title I to such department 

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

15 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

16 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

19 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 

20 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex21 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

22 section. 

23 LIMITATION ON THE NEW LONDON EMBASSY

24 SEC. 7006. None of the funds appropriated under the 

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1 nance’’ in this Act and in prior Acts making appropria2 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

3 related programs, made available through Federal agency 

4 Capital Security Cost Sharing contributions and reim5 bursements, or generated from the proceeds of real prop6 erty sales, other than from real property sales located in 

7 London, United Kingdom, may be made available for site 

8 acquisition and mitigation, planning, design, or construc9 tion of the New London Embassy: Provided, That the re10 porting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of di11 vision I of Public Law 112-74 shall remain in effect. 

12 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

13 COUNTRIES

14 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

16 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

17 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

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

19 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

20 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 

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

22 COUPS D’E ́TAT

23 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

25 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 


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1 any assistance to the government of any country whose 

2 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 

3 coup d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of 

4 this Act, a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the military 

5 plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re6 sumed to such government if the President determines and 

7 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subse8 quent to the termination of assistance a democratically 

9 elected government has taken office: Provided further, 

10 That the provisions of this section shall not apply to as11 sistance to promote democratic elections or public partici12 pation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 

13 funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 

14 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

15 the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

17 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD18 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

19 (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria20 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

21 the Department of State under title I of this Act 

22 may be transferred between and merged with such 

23 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

24 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

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1 (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria2 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

3 the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 

4 of this Act may be transferred between and merged 

5 with such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 

6 except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in7 creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans8 fers. 

9 (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

10 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sub11 sections (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and 

12 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

13 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

14 that section. 

15 (b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 

16 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 

17 for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 

18 2014, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 

19 transferred between such appropriations for use for any 

20 of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the 

21 funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such 

22 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

23 shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 

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1 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN4 CIES.— 

5 (1) None of the funds made available under ti6 tles II through V of this Act may be transferred to 

7 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

8 United States Government, except pursuant to a 

9 transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 

10 this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

11 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition 

12 to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, 

13 this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

14 the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 

16 United States Government pursuant to the provi17 sions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961. 

19 (3) Any agreement entered into by the United 

20 States Agency for International Development 

21 (USAID) or the Department of State with any de22 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

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

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

25 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 


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

2 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

3 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

4 related programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

5 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Eco6 nomic Support Fund’’ shall be subject to the regular 

7 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro8 priations: Provided, That the requirement in the pre9 vious sentence shall not apply to agreements entered 

10 into between USAID and the Department of State. 

11 (d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

12 funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 

13 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

14 such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers 

15 specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, 

16 not less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any authority 

17 contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to trans18 fer funds, consults with and provides a written policy jus19 tification to the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 

21 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro22 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

23 the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

24 of the United States Government under the authority of 

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1 any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide 

2 that the Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving 

3 the transfer or allocation of such funds, or other entity 

4 with audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not 

5 have an IG, shall perform periodic program and financial 

6 audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That such au7 dits shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropria8 tions: Provided further, That funds transferred under such 

9 authority may be made available for the cost of such au10 dits. 

11 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

12 SEC. 7010. The Secretary of State shall provide the 

13 Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 

14 2014, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 

15 the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For16 eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili17 tary Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper18 ations’’, and ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability 

19 Fund’’ in this Act, or prior Acts making appropriations 

20 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re21 lated programs: Provided, That such report shall include 

22 a description of the obligation and expenditure of funds, 

23 and the specific country in receipt of, and the use or pur24 pose of the assistance provided by such funds. 


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1 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

3 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

4 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 

5 provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

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

7 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

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

9 Control Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘De10 velopment Credit Authority’’, shall remain available for an 

11 additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 

12 of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds 

13 are initially obligated before the expiration of their respec14 tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 

17 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 

19 disbursements in order to address balance of payments or 

20 economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available 

21 for an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail22 ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 

23 funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expira24 tion of their respective periods of availability contained in 

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1 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria2 tions at the beginning of each fiscal year, detailing by ac3 count and source year, the use of this authority during 

4 the previous fiscal year. 

5 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

6 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

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

8 furnish assistance to the government of any country which 

9 is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year 

10 in payment to the United States of principal or interest 

11 on any loan made to the government of such country by 

12 the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 

13 are appropriated under this Act unless the President de14 termines, following consultations with the Committees on 

15 Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 

16 national interest of the United States. 

17 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

18 ASSISTANCE

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

20 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

21 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

22 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov23 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist24 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

25 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 


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

2 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 

3 expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi4 lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re5 quirement. 

6 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

7 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as8 sessed during fiscal year 2014 on funds appropriated by 

9 this Act by a foreign government or entity against com10 modities financed under United States assistance pro11 grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 

12 directly or through grantees, contractors, and subcontrac13 tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro14 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2015 and allocated 

15 for the central government of such country and for the 

16 West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that the Sec17 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 

19 reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

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

21 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

22 subsection (b). 

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1 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

2 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

3 substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 

4 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

5 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

6 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

7 determines— 

8 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

9 assistance or which has an effective arrange10 ment that is providing substantial reimburse11 ment 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) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

17 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

18 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

19 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

21 issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 

22 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist23 ance contained in this section. 

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1 (1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 

2 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

3 commodities financed with United States assistance 

4 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

5 this Act; and 

6 (2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 

7 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern8 ment of the United States and the government of 

9 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

10 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

11 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

12 or an individual agreement between the Government 

13 of the United States and such government that de14 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

15 purposes that will be accorded the United States as16 sistance provided under that agreement. 

17 (h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit a 

18 report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

19 than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, detailing 

20 steps taken by the Department of State to comply with 

21 the requirements provided in subsections (a) and (f). 

22 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

23 SEC. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles II 

24 through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 

25 may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 


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1 account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 

2 with the designation is made impossible by operation of 

3 any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any 

4 such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi5 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

6 Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

7 pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 

8 the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

9 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub10 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap11 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

12 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

13 that are specifically designated for particular programs or 

14 activities by this or any other Act shall be extended for 

15 an additional fiscal year if the USAID Administrator de16 termines and reports promptly to the Committees on Ap17 propriations that the termination of assistance to a coun18 try or a significant change in circumstances makes it un19 likely that such designated funds can be obligated during 

20 the original period of availability: Provided, That such des21 ignated funds that continue to be available for an addi22 tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 

23 of such designation. 

24 (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 

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1 authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 

2 any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 

3 Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 

4 minimum funding requirements contained in any other 

5 Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 

6 Act. 

7 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

8 SEC. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in 

9 titles I and II of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts 

10 to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 

11 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

12 year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

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

14 of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 

15 available by transfer, to the agencies and departments 

16 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex17 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 

18 (1) creates new programs; 

19 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

20 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

21 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

22 denied or restricted; 

23 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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1 (6) creates, reorganizes, or renames bureaus, 

2 centers, or offices; 

3 (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

4 (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

5 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

6 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

7 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: Pro8 vided, That unless previously justified to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations, the requirements of this subsection 

10 shall apply to all obligations of funds appropriated under 

11 titles I and II of this Act for paragraphs (5) and (6) of 

12 this subsection. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided under titles I and II 

14 of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations 

15 Acts to the agency or department funded under titles I 

16 and II of this Act that remain available for obligation or 

17 expenditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any ac18 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

19 the collection of fees available to the agency or department 

20 funded under title I of this Act, shall be available for obli21 gation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 

22 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

23 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

24 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac25 tivities; 


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1 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist2 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per3 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

4 (3) results from any general savings, including 

5 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

6 result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 

7 projects as approved by Congress; unless the Com8 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 

9 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

10 (c) None of the funds made available under titles III 

11 through VI in this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

12 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Trade and De13 velopment Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

14 Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ15 racy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera16 tion, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

17 ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military 

18 Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education 

19 and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for 

20 obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of mate21 riel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified 

22 or in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific 

24 headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are no25 tified 15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided, 


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1 That the President shall not enter into any commitment 

2 of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of 

3 the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major 

4 defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, 

5 or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, 

6 missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to 

7 Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified 

8 to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are 

9 notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: Provided 

10 further, That requirements of this subsection or any simi11 lar provision of this or any other Act shall not apply to 

12 any reprogramming for an activity, program, or project 

13 for which funds are appropriated under titles III through 

14 VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount pre15 viously justified to the Congress for obligation for such 

16 activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year: 

17 Provided further, That any notification submitted pursu18 ant to this subsection shall identify when funds are being 

19 provided notwithstanding any other provision of law and 

20 include justification for the use of such notwithstanding. 

21 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 

22 the exception of funds transferred to, and merged with, 

23 funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds trans24 ferred by the Department of Defense to the Department 

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1 Development for assistance for foreign countries and 

2 international organizations, and funds made available for 

3 programs authorized by section 1206 of the National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

5 109–163), shall be subject to the regular notification pro6 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 (e) The requirements of this section or any similar 

8 provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 

9 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

10 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria11 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub12 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

13 in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations shall be provided as early as prac15 ticable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the 

16 action to which such notification requirement was applica17 ble, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such 

18 waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 

19 pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation 

20 of the emergency circumstances. 

21 (f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

22 through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for 

23 assistance for Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, 

24 Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, 

25 Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Russian 


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1 Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, 

2 Sudan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 

3 Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica4 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

5 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

6 SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 

7 Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De9 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

10 same extent and under the same conditions as other com11 mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro12 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

13 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

14 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

15 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

16 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

17 significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 

18 of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 

19 of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 

20 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

21 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re22 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

23 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac24 quisition cost of such defense articles. 


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1 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

2 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro5 priated under titles III through VI of this Act, which are 

6 returned or not made available for organizations and pro7 grams because of the implementation of section 307(a) of 

8 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7049(a) of 

9 this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep10 tember 30, 2015. 

11 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

12 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

13 SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 

14 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

15 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor16 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

17 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 

18 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

20 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

21 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

22 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

23 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 

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1 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

2 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

3 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

4 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

5 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

6 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 

7 such country or organization would violate any of the 

8 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri9 lizations. 

10 ALLOCATIONS

11 SEC. 7019. (a) Funds provided in this Act shall be 

12 made available for programs and countries in the amounts 

13 contained in the report accompanying this Act. 

14 (b) For the purposes of implementing this section and 

15 only with respect to the amounts included in the report 

16 accompanying this Act, the Secretary of State, the Admin17 istrator of the United States Agency for International De18 velopment, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as 

19 appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts ref20 erenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notifica21 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

23 SEC. 7020. (a) Each Federal department, agency, or 

24 entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Depart25 ment of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 


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1 titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that 

2 domestic and overseas representation and entertainment 

3 expenses further official agency business and United 

4 States foreign policy interests and are— 

5 (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 

6 the Executive Branch; 

7 (2) principally for meals and events of a pro8 tocol nature; 

9 (3) not for employee-only events; and 

10 (4) do not include activities that are substan11 tially of a recreational character. 

12 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter14 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

15 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

16 activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro17 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Sup18 port Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

19 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

20 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

21 are substantially of a recreational character, includ22 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

23 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

24 amusement parks. 


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1 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

2 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

3 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX4 PORTS.— 

5 (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available by titles III through VI of this Act 

7 may be available to any foreign government which 

8 provides lethal military equipment to a country the 

9 government of which the Secretary of State has de10 termined supports international terrorism for pur11 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration 

12 Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the 

13 International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Pro14 vided, That the prohibition under this section with 

15 respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 

16 months after that government ceases to provide such 

17 military equipment: Provided further, That this sec18 tion applies with respect to lethal military equipment 

19 provided under a contract entered into after October 

20 1, 1997. 

21 (2) Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) or 

22 any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 

23 if the President determines that to do so is impor24 tant to the national interests of the United States. 


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1 (3) Whenever the President makes a determina2 tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall 

3 submit to the Committees on Appropriations a re4 port with respect to the furnishing of such assist5 ance, including a detailed explanation of the assist6 ance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount of 

7 such assistance, and an explanation of how the as8 sistance furthers United States national interests. 

9 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

10 (1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 

11 in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appro12 priated under any such title in prior Acts making 

13 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

14 operations, and related programs, shall not be made 

15 available to any foreign government which the Presi16 dent determines— 

17 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

18 any individual or group which has committed 

19 an act of international terrorism; 

20 (B) otherwise supports international ter21 rorism; or 

22 (C) is controlled by an organization des23 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec24 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

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1 (2) The President may waive the application of 

2 paragraph (1) to a government if the President de3 termines that national security or humanitarian rea4 sons justify such waiver: Provided, That the Presi5 dent shall publish each such waiver in the Federal 

6 Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 

7 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro8 priations of the waiver (including the justification 

9 for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notifi10 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria11 tions. 

12 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

13 SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

14 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel15 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith16 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 

17 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec18 tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis19 cal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and sec20 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

21 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

22 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

23 SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 

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1 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

2 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

3 for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

4 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 

5 project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 

6 country, regional, and central program level funding with7 in each such account; and for the development assistance 

8 accounts of the United States Agency for International 

9 Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 

10 be considered to include central, country, regional, and 

11 program level funding, either as— 

12 (1) justified to the Congress; or 

13 (2) allocated by the executive branch in accord14 ance with a report, to be provided to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 

16 of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For17 eign Assistance Act of 1961. 

18 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

19 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

20 SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

21 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

22 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria23 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

24 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi25 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 


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1 Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 

2 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con3 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro4 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 

5 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

6 days of taking such action. 

7 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

8 SEC. 7025. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

9 made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 

10 Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 

11 made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Over12 seas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 

13 expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 

14 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro15 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

16 than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 

17 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro18 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

19 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

20 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 

21 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex22 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc23 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

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1 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 

2 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this 

3 subsection shall not prohibit— 

4 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as5 sistance from the International Development Asso6 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter7 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

8 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri9 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

10 is furnished; or 

11 (2) activities in a country the President deter12 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu13 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

14 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 

15 other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

17 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro18 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

19 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

20 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

21 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro22 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

23 shall not prohibit— 

24 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

25 in developing countries where such activities will not 


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1 have a significant impact on the export of agricul2 tural commodities of the United States; 

3 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

4 benefit American producers; 

5 (3) activities in a country that is eligible for as6 sistance from the International Development Asso7 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter8 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

9 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri10 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

11 is furnished; or 

12 (4) activities in a country the President deter13 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu14 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

15 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

16 United States Executive Directors of the International 

17 Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter18 national Development Association, the International Fi19 nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

20 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel21 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora22 tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro23 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri24 can Development Bank, and the African Development 

25 Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 


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1 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 

2 appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 

3 through VI of this Act, for the production or extraction 

4 of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus 

5 on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan6 tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 

7 or competing commodity. 

8 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

9 SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

10 CURRENCIES.— 

11 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

12 of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

13 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

14 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 

15 generation of local currencies of that country, the 

16 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

17 International Development (USAID) shall— 

18 (A) require that local currencies be depos19 ited in a separate account established by that 

20 government; 

21 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov22 ernment which sets forth— 

23 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

24 to be generated; and 


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1 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

2 which the currencies so deposited may be 

3 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

4 (C) establish by agreement with that gov5 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

6 government to monitor and account for deposits 

7 into and disbursements from the separate ac8 count. 

9 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 

10 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur11 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

12 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur13 rencies, shall be used only— 

14 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 

15 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 

17 purposes as— 

18 (i) project and sector assistance activi19 ties; or 

20 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

21 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

22 the United States Government. 

23 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

24 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

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1 to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 

2 established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 

3 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

4 (a)(2). 

5 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO6 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun7 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

8 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 

9 the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 

10 funds which remain in a separate account estab11 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 

12 for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov13 ernment of that country and the United States Gov14 ernment. 

15 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 

16 Administrator shall report on an annual basis as 

17 part of the justification documents submitted to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations on the use of local 

19 currencies for the administrative requirements of the 

20 United States Government as authorized in sub21 section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 

22 amount of local currency (and United States dollar 

23 equivalent) used or to be used for such purpose in 

24 each applicable country. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail2 able to the government of a foreign country, under 

3 chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 

4 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

5 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

6 country shall be required to maintain such funds in 

7 a separate account and not commingle them with 

8 any other funds. 

9 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

10 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

11 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon12 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

13 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan14 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac15 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re16 port No. 98–1159). 

17 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 

18 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec19 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica20 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

21 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in22 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro23 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis24 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

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1 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

2 be promoted by such assistance). 

3 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

4 funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub5 section (b)(1) only through the regular notification 

6 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

8 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN9 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

10 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

11 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

12 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

13 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

14 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 

15 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, 

16 That before using the authority of this subsection to fur17 nish assistance in support of programs of nongovern18 mental organizations, the President shall submit a notifi19 cation through the regular notification procedures of the 

20 Committees on Appropriations, including a description of 

21 the program to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, 

22 and the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided 

23 further, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

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1 tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any 

2 other Act. 

3 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2014, re4 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

5 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re6 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

7 Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 

9 pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 

10 except as provided through the regular notification proce11 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

13 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

15 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup16 port international terrorism; or 

17 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

19 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

20 country that violates internationally recognized 

21 human rights. 

22 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

23 SEC. 7028. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available under titles III through VI of this 

25 Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 


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1 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter2 prise currently located in the United States for the 

3 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

4 outside the United States if such incentive or in5 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ6 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

7 because United States production is being replaced 

8 by such enterprise outside the United States; 

9 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac10 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation11 ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 

12 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

13 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

14 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

15 of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 

16 commensurate with the level of development of the 

17 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

18 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

19 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

20 agriculture; 

21 (3) any assistance to an entity outside the 

22 United States if such assistance is for the purpose 

23 of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 

24 United States to other countries and adversely im25 pacts the labor force in the United States; or 


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1 (4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 

2 or policy at the Export-Import Bank of the United 

3 States or the Overseas Private Investment Corpora4 tion, if such enforcement or implementation would 

5 prohibit insurance, reinsurance, financing, guaran6 tees, or other assistance, or have the effect of lim7 iting insurance, reinsurance, financing, guarantees, 

8 or other assistance, for any power-generation project 

9 that would increase exports of goods and services 

10 from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs 

11 in the United States. 

12 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

13 SEC. 7029. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available under title V of this Act may 

15 be made as payment to any international financial institu16 tion while the United States executive director to such in17 stitution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, 

18 together with whatever compensation such executive direc19 tor receives from the United States, is in excess of the 

20 rate provided for an individual occupying a position at 

21 level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 

22 title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United 

23 States executive director to such institution is com24 pensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate 

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1 of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 

2 United States Code. 

3 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

4 United States executive director of each international fi5 nancial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or 

6 policy of such institution that would require user fees or 

7 service charges on poor people for primary education or 

8 primary healthcare, including prevention, care and treat9 ment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, 

10 child, and maternal health, in connection with such insti11 tution’s financing programs. 

12 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

13 United States Executive Director of the International 

14 Monetary Fund (IMF) to use the voice and vote of the 

15 United States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, 

16 memorandum, instrument, plan, or other program of the 

17 IMF to a Heavily Indebted Poor Country that imposes 

18 budget caps or restraints that do not allow the mainte19 nance of or an increase in governmental spending on 

20 healthcare or education; and to promote government 

21 spending on healthcare, education, agriculture and food 

22 security, or other critical safety net programs in all of the 

23 IMF’s activities with respect to Heavily Indebted Poor 

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1 (d) The Secretary of State, after consultation with 

2 the Secretary of the Treasury and the Committees on Ap3 propriations, may transfer funds made available under the 

4 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Sup5 port Fund’’ in title III of this Act to funds previously 

6 made available under the heading ‘‘Multilateral Assist7 ance, International Financial Institutions’’ for payments 

8 to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop9 ment (IBRD), the African Development Bank, the Inter10 American Development Bank, and the Asian Development 

11 Bank for the United States share of the paid-in portion 

12 of the increases in capital stock; for payment to the IBRD 

13 as a trustee for the Global Environment Facility; for pay14 ment to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Pro15 gram; for payment to the Enterprise for the Americas 

16 Multilateral Investment Fund; and for payment to the 

17 International Fund for Agricultural Development. 

18 (e) For the purposes of this Act, ‘‘international finan19 cial institutions’’ shall mean the International Bank for 

20 Reconstruction and Development, the International Devel21 opment Association, the International Finance Corpora22 tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter23 national Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, 

24 the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Invest25 ment Corporation, the North American Development 


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1 Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel2 opment, the African Development Bank, and the African 

3 Development Fund. 

4 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

5 SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici6 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel7 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern8 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

9 the United States Agency for International Development 

10 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

11 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

13 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

14 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

16 provided to that organization. 

17 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

18 SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN19 MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

20 (1) None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used for direct government-to-govern22 ment assistance unless the Secretary of State cer23 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

24 (A) each implementing agency or ministry 

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1 considered to have the systems required to 

2 manage such assistance and any identified 

3 vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 

4 ministry have been addressed, including that— 

5 (i) the recipient agency or ministry 

6 employs and utilizes staff with the nec7 essary technical, financial, and manage8 ment capabilities; 

9 (ii) the recipient agency or ministry 

10 has adopted competitive procurement poli11 cies and systems; 

12 (iii) effective monitoring and evalua13 tion systems are in place to ensure that 

14 such assistance is used for its intended 

15 purposes; 

16 (iv) no level of acceptable fraud is as17 sumed; and 

18 (v) the government of the recipient 

19 country is taking steps to publicly disclose 

20 on an annual basis its national budget, to 

21 include income and expenditures; 

22 (B) the recipient government has dem23 onstrated a commitment to democracy or is tak24 ing significant steps to strengthen democratic 

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1 (C) the recipient government is taking 

2 steps to protect the rights of civil society, in3 cluding freedom of association and assembly; 

4 (D) the recipient government, agency, or 

5 ministry is not headed or controlled by an orga6 nization designated as a terrorist organization 

7 under section 219 of the Immigration and Na8 tionality Act; and 

9 (E) the Government of the United States 

10 and the government of the recipient country 

11 have agreed, in writing— 

12 (i) on clear and achievable objectives 

13 for the use of such assistance; and 

14 (ii) that such assistance should be 

15 made on a cost-reimbursable basis. 

16 (2) In addition to the requirements in sub17 section (a), no funds may be made available for di18 rect government-to-government assistance without 

19 prior consultation with, and notification of, the Com20 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such noti21 fication shall contain an explanation of how the pro22 posed activity meets the requirements of paragraph 

23 (1): Provided further, That the requirements of this 

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1 all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 

2 and cash payments to individuals. 

3 (3) The Administrator of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development (USAID) or 

5 the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend 

6 any direct government-to-government assistance if 

7 the Administrator or the Secretary has credible in8 formation of material misuse of such assistance, un9 less the Administrator or the Secretary determines 

10 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 that it is in the national interest of the United 

12 States to continue such assistance, including a jus13 tification. 

14 (4) The USAID Administrator shall submit to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with 

16 the fiscal year 2015 congressional budget justifica17 tion materials, amounts planned for assistance de18 scribed in subsection (a) by country, proposed fund19 ing amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 

20 (5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 

21 of this Act and 6 months thereafter, the USAID Ad22 ministrator shall submit to the Committees on Ap23 propriations a report that— 

24 (A) details all assistance described in sub25 section (a) provided during the previous 6- 


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1 month period by country, funding amount, 

2 source of funds, and type of such assistance; 

3 and 

4 (B) the type of procurement instrument or 

5 mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 

6 was provided on a reimbursable basis. 

7 (6) None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used for any foreign country for debt 

9 service payments owed by any country to any inter10 national financial institution: Provided, That for 

11 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘international 

12 financial institution’’ has the meaning given the 

13 term in section 7029(e) of this Act. 

14 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS15 PARENCY.— 

16 (1) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—None of the 

17 funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 

18 Act may be made available to the central govern19 ment of any country that does not meet minimum 

20 standards of fiscal transparency: Provided, That the 

21 Secretary of State shall develop ‘‘minimum stand22 ards of fiscal transparency’’ to be updated and 

23 strengthened, as appropriate, to reflect best prac24 tices: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

25 make an annual determination of the degree to 


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1 which those countries meet each minimum standard 

2 of fiscal transparency and make those determina3 tions publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans4 parency Report’’. 

5 (2) MINIMUM STANDARDS OF FISCAL TRANS6 PARENCY.—For purposes of paragraph (1), ‘‘min7 imum standards of fiscal transparency’’ shall include 

8 standards for the public disclosure of budget docu9 mentation, including receipts and expenditures by 

10 ministry, and government contracts and licenses for 

11 natural resource extraction, to include bidding and 

12 concession allocation practices. 

13 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the 

14 limitation on funding in paragraph (1) on a country15 by-country basis if the Secretary reports to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations that the waiver is impor17 tant to the national interest of the United States: 

18 Provided, That such waiver shall identify any steps 

19 taken by the government of the country to publicly 

20 disclose its budget documentation and contracts 

21 which are additional to those which were undertaken 

22 in previous fiscal years, include specific rec23 ommendations of short- and long-term steps such 

24 government can take to improve budget and contract 

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1 funds appropriated by this Act are being used to im2 prove budget and contract transparency, and iden3 tify benchmarks for measuring progress: Provided 

4 further, That a list of countries receiving waivers in 

5 a given year should be made publicly available in the 

6 annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ required by 

7 paragraph (1). 

8 (4) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

9 under title III of this Act, not less than $5,000,000 

10 should be made available for programs and activities 

11 to assist the central governments of countries named 

12 in the list required by paragraph (1) to improve 

13 budget transparency or to support civil society orga14 nizations in such countries that promote budget 

15 transparency: Provided, That such sums shall be in 

16 addition to funds otherwise made available for such 

17 purposes: Provided further, That a list of the recipi18 ents of such sums shall be included in the annual 

19 ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ required by para20 graph (1). 

21 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY.— 

22 (1) Officials of foreign governments and their 

23 immediate family members who the Secretary of 

24 State has credible information have been involved in 

25 significant corruption, including corruption related 


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1 to the extraction of natural resources, shall be ineli2 gible for entry into the United States. 

3 (2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 

4 into the United States would further important 

5 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec6 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli7 gations under the United Nations Headquarters 

8 Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

9 shall be construed to derogate from United States 

10 Government obligations under applicable inter11 national agreements. 

12 (3) The Secretary may waive the application of 

13 paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 

14 waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 

15 that the circumstances which caused the individual 

16 to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 

17 (4) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

18 this Act and 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of 

19 State shall submit a report, in classified form if nec20 essary, to the Committees on Appropriations describ21 ing the information regarding corruption concerning 

22 each of the individuals found ineligible pursuant to 

23 paragraph (1), a list of any waivers provided under 

24 subsection (3), and the justification for each waiver. 


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1 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

2 SEC. 7032. (a) Funds made available by this Act that 

3 are made available for democracy programs may be made 

4 available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 

5 with regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 

6 (NED), any regulation. 

7 (b) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 

8 the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs that 

9 support good governance, credible and competitive elec10 tions, freedom of expression, association, assembly, and 

11 religion, human rights, independent media, and the rule 

12 of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 

13 democratic political parties, governments, nongovern14 mental organizations and institutions, and citizens to sup15 port the development of democratic states, and institutions 

16 that are responsive and accountable to citizens. 

17 (c) With respect to the provision of assistance for de18 mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 

19 Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 

20 specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 

21 such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 

22 by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 

23 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis24 trator of the United States Agency for International De25 velopment (USAID), shall report to the Committees on 


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1 Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment 

2 of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of 

3 State and USAID to comply with the requirements of this 

4 subsection. 

5 (d) With respect to the conduct of governance pro6 grams in a country in which the central government acts 

7 in a manner contrary to the advancement of democracy, 

8 the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 

9 shall— 

10 (1) submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

11 comprehensive strategy to promote democracy in such a 

12 country prior to the obligation of democracy program 

13 funds made available by this Act; and 

14 (2) take steps to only support institutions and indi15 viduals within the government that demonstrate a commit16 ment to democracy. 

17 (e) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

18 available for democracy programs shall be made available 

19 to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle 

20 East and North Africa. 

21 (f) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

22 Labor, Department of State and the Bureau for Democ23 racy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 

24 shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the 

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1 MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENTS

2 SEC. 7033. None of the funds appropriated by this 

3 Act may be used to make a future year funding pledge 

4 for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles 

5 III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was— 

6 (1) previously justified, including the projected 

7 future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica8 tion; 

9 (2) included in an Act making appropriations 

10 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

11 related programs or previously authorized by an Act 

12 of Congress; 

13 (3) notified in accordance with the regular noti14 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria15 tions, including the projected future year costs; or 

16 (4) the subject of prior consultation with the 

17 Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 

18 was conducted at least 7 business days in advance 

19 of the pledge. 

20 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL22 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

23 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

24 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

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1 of such trafficking, may be made available notwith2 standing any other provision of law. 

3 (b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR4 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

5 this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta7 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis8 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

9 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta10 bility. 

11 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by 

12 the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

13 Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel14 opment (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be 

15 made available as a general contribution to the World 

16 Food Program, notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law. 

18 (d) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND RE19 INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by 

21 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De22 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro23 grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

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1 able to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and re2 integrate into civilian society former members of foreign 

3 terrorist organizations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

4 State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

5 prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this sub6 section: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 

7 subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 

8 means an organization designated as a terrorist organiza9 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act. 

11 (e) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated 

12 by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

13 may be made available to carry out the Program for Re14 search and Training on Eastern Europe and the Inde15 pendent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized 

16 by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training 

17 Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508). 

18 (f) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated in this 

19 Act or any prior Acts making appropriations for the De20 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro21 grams shall be used by the Secretary of State and the 

22 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support the con23 tinued implementation of the Partner Vetting System 

24 (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Secretary of 

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1 a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

2 than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, on 

3 the estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the PVS 

4 for expansion: Provided further, That such report shall in5 clude the requirements under this section in the report ac6 companying this Act: Provided further, That such report 

7 may be delivered in classified form, if necessary. 

8 (g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2014, the 

9 President may use up to $100,000,000 under the author10 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

11 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

12 (h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec13 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

14 title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern15 ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 

16 to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

17 International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc18 tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 

20 withholding funds under this subsection. 

21 (i) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 585 in the matter 

22 under section 101(c) of Division A of Public Law 104– 

23 208, Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997; 

24 and subsection (g)(3) of section 7081 of the Department 

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1 propriations Act, 2010 (Division F of Public Law 111– 

2 117) are hereby repealed. 

3 (j) EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION COSTS.—The Sec4 retary of State may transfer to, and merge with, ‘‘Protec5 tion of Foreign Missions and Officials’’ for reimbursement 

6 of valid claims of qualifying local jurisdictions unobligated 

7 expired balances of funds appropriated under ‘‘Diplomatic 

8 and Consular Programs’’ for fiscal year 2014, except for 

9 funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

10 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later than the end of 

13 the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which any such 

14 funds were appropriated or otherwise made available: Pro15 vided, That transfers pursuant to this authority shall not 

16 exceed the amount appropriated by this Act under ‘‘Pro17 tection of Foreign Missions and Officials’’. 

18 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

19 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

20 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

21 secondary boycott of American firms that have com22 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

23 in the region and to United States investment and 

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1 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret2 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

3 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

4 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

5 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re6 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

7 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

8 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

9 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

10 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

11 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

12 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

13 weapons to said country; and 

14 (5) the President should report to Congress an15 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

16 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

17 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi18 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ19 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

20 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi21 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal22 izing businesses that do comply. 

23 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

24 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

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1 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

2 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

3 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

4 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

5 state— 

6 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

7 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

8 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

9 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

10 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

11 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

12 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

13 security organizations; and 

14 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

15 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

16 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef17 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

18 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

19 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

20 context of full and normal relationships, which 

21 should include— 

22 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

23 belligerency; 

24 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

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1 independence of every state in the area through 

2 measures including the establishment of demili3 tarized zones; 

4 (C) their right to live in peace within se5 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

6 threats or acts of force; 

7 (D) freedom of navigation through inter8 national waterways in the area; and 

9 (E) a framework for achieving a just set10 tlement of the refugee problem. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

13 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

14 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

15 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac16 countable governance. 

17 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

18 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

19 national security interests of the United States to do so. 

20 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

21 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

22 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

23 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

24 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 


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1 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales2 tinian Authority’’). 

3 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

4 AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti6 tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex7 pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 

8 of any department or agency of the United States Govern9 ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 

10 Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 

11 Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 

12 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin13 ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 

14 the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con15 sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet16 ings between officers and employees of the United States 

17 and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 

18 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel19 PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con20 ducting official United States Government business with 

21 such authority should continue to take place in locations 

22 other than Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been 

23 true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

24 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

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1 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

2 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

3 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

4 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

5 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

7 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

8 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

9 Corporation. 

10 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

11 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2014, 

12 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi13 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

14 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp16 troller General of the United States will have access to 

17 appropriate United States financial information in order 

18 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro19 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

20 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

21 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap22 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup23 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

24 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

25 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 


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1 any individual, private or government entity, or edu2 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

3 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

4 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

5 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

6 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov7 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de8 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

9 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter10 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

11 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

12 steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 

13 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu14 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

15 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

16 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

17 (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

18 III through VI of this Act for assistance under the 

19 West Bank and Gaza Program may be made avail20 able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon21 oring individuals who commit, or have committed 

22 acts of terrorism. 

23 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 none of the funds made available by this or prior ap25 propriations Acts, including funds made available by 


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1 transfer, may be made available for obligation for se2 curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 

3 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 

5 established for security assistance for the West 

6 Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales7 tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

8 (d) AUDITS.— 

9 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

10 Agency for International Development (USAID) 

11 shall ensure that Federal or non-Federal audits of 

12 all contractors and grantees, and significant sub13 contractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank 

14 and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an an15 nual basis to ensure, among other things, compliance 

16 with this section. 

17 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

18 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 

19 General of the USAID for audits, inspections, and 

20 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

21 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad22 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur23 poses. 

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1 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat2 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

3 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro4 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2014 

5 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

6 audit shall address— 

7 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

8 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

9 and 

10 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

11 and activities carried out under such Program, in12 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

13 (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 

14 and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce15 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

17 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con19 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

20 Law 109–13. 

21 (h) Prior to the initial obligation of funds made avail22 able in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

23 Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the 

24 Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations that such assistance— 


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1 (1) advances Middle East peace; 

2 (2) enhances Israeli-Palestinian cooperation; 

3 (3) improves security in the region; 

4 (4) continues support only for transparent and 

5 accountable government institutions; 

6 (5) promotes a private sector-driven economy; 

7 or 

8 (6) addresses critical and immediate humani9 tarian needs. 

10 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

11 AUTHORITY

12 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

13 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi14 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

15 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

16 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

17 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

18 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

19 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi20 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

21 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

22 to the national security interests of the United States. 

23 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

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1 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

2 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

3 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu4 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub5 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail6 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

7 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

8 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro9 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales10 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

11 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

12 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

13 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

14 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap15 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal16 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac17 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi18 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

19 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au20 thority treasury account, there is a single comprehensive 

21 civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Au22 thority is moving to halt anti-Israel incitement and is en23 gaged in activities aimed at promoting peace, coexistence, 

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1 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

2 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

3 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

4 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

5 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

6 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

7 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

8 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

9 Hamas is a member or that results from an agree10 ment with Hamas. 

11 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of subsection 

12 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

13 government only if the President certifies and re14 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

15 government, including all of its ministers or such 

16 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

17 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

18 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

19 as amended. 

20 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

21 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act as 

22 added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 

23 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to this 

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1 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

2 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

3 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro4 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

5 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern6 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva7 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

8 contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro10 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

11 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

12 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi13 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

14 such government. 

15 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

16 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as17 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

18 LIMITATIONS

19 SEC. 7041. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

20 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 

21 made available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority 

22 if, after the date of enactment of this Act— 

23 (1) the Palestinians obtain the same standing 

24 as member states or full membership as a state in 

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1 outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and 

2 the Palestinians; or 

3 (2) the Palestinians request, petition, apply, 

4 refer, or actively support an investigation or pros5 ecution of Israeli nationals before the International 

6 Criminal Court. 

7 (b)(1) The President may waive the provisions of sec8 tion 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the President deter9 mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 

10 of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Sen11 ate, and the Committees on Appropriations that the Pal12 estinians have not, after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 obtained in the United Nations or any specialized agency 

14 thereof the same standing as member states or full mem15 bership as a state outside an agreement negotiated be16 tween Israel and the Palestinians. 

17 (2) Not less than 90 days after the President 

18 is unable to make the certification pursuant to sub19 section (b)(1), the President may waive section 1003 

20 of Public Law 100–204 if the President determines 

21 and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 

22 of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 

23 Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that 

24 the Palestinians have entered into direct and mean25 ingful negotiations with Israel: Provided, That any 


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1 waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of Public 

2 Law 100–204 under paragraph (1) of this sub3 section or under previous provisions of law must ex4 pire before the waiver under the preceding sentence 

5 may be exercised. 

6 (3) Any waiver pursuant to this subsection shall 

7 be effective for no more than a period of 6 months 

8 at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months 

9 after the enactment of this Act. 

10 NEAR EAST

11 SEC. 7042. (a) EGYPT.— 

12 (1)(A) None of the funds appropriated under ti13 tles III and IV of this Act and in prior Acts making 

14 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

15 operations, and related programs may be made 

16 available for assistance for the central Government 

17 of Egypt unless the Secretary of State certifies to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations that such govern19 ment is meeting its obligations under the 1979 

20 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

21 (B) Prior to the obligation of funds appro22 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 

23 Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

24 Program’’ for assistance for the central Government 

25 of Egypt, the Secretary of State shall certify to the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

2 of Egypt is— 

3 (i) demonstrating a commitment to a plu4 ralistic and inclusive democracy, including by— 

5 (I) planning for and conducting free 

6 and fair elections; 

7 (II) protecting freedom of expression, 

8 association, assembly, religion, and due 

9 process of law; and 

10 (III) respecting the rights of civil soci11 ety organizations to operate without har12 assment or interference; and 

13 (ii) taking action to eliminate smuggling 

14 networks between Egypt and Gaza and to com15 bat terrorism, including in the Sinai. 

16 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

17 the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 

18 transfer of funds appropriated by this Act under the 

19 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ to 

20 an interest-bearing account for Egypt. 

21 (b) IRAN.— 

22 (1) It is the policy of the United States to seek 

23 to prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 

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1 forts to halt Iran’s uranium enrichment program, 

2 and the President should fully implement and en3 force the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended 

4 (Public Law 104–172) as a means of encouraging 

5 foreign governments to require state-owned and pri6 vate entities to cease all investment in, and support 

7 of, Iran’s energy sector and all exports of refined pe8 troleum products to Iran. 

9 (2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available in this Act under the heading ‘‘Ex11 port-Import Bank of the United States’’ may be 

12 used by the Export-Import Bank of the United 

13 States to provide any new financing (including loans, 

14 guarantees, other credits, insurance, and reinsur15 ance) to any person that is subject to sanctions 

16 under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 5(a) of the 

17 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172). 

18 (3) The reporting requirements in section 

19 7043(c) in division F of Public Law 111–117 shall 

20 continue in effect during fiscal year 2014 as if part 

21 of this Act: Provided, That the date in subsection 

22 (c)(1) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

23 (c) IRAQ.— 

24 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act for assist25 ance for the Government of Iraq should be made 


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1 available only if such government is implementing 

2 policies to support international efforts to promote 

3 regional stability, including in Syria. 

4 (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

5 available by this Act for assistance for Iraq shall be 

6 made available in accordance with the cost-matching 

7 and other requirements in the Department of State’s 

8 April 9, 2009 ‘‘Guidelines for Government of Iraq 

9 Financial Participation in United States Govern10 ment-Funded Civilian Foreign Assistance Programs 

11 and Projects’’. 

12 (3) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act may be used by the Gov14 ernment of the United States to enter into a perma15 nent basing rights agreement between the United 

16 States and Iraq. 

17 (d) JORDAN.— 

18 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act for 

19 assistance for Jordan— 

20 (A) not less than $360,000,000 shall be 

21 made available under the heading ‘‘Economic 

22 Support Fund’’ and not less than $300,000,000 

23 shall be made available under the heading 

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1 (B) from amounts appropriated for Over2 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

3 Terrorism, $340,000,000 above the levels in4 cluded in the Memorandum of Understanding 

5 between the United States and Jordan shall be 

6 made available for the extraordinary costs re7 lated to instability in the region. 

8 (2) Funds appropriated under the heading 

9 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may be made 

10 available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guar12 antees for Jordan, which are authorized to be pro13 vided: Provided, That amounts that are made avail14 able under this paragraph for the cost of guarantees 

15 shall not be considered ‘‘assistance’’ for the purposes 

16 of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. 

17 (e) LEBANON.— 

18 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro20 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for Leb21 anon unless the Secretary of State certifies and re22 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

23 (A) the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is 

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1 rorist organization designated pursuant to sec2 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

3 Act; and 

4 (B) such assistance will only be used to— 

5 (i) professionalize the LAF; 

6 (ii) strengthen border security and 

7 combat terrorism, including training and 

8 equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 

9 borders against infiltration, interdicting 

10 arms shipments, and preventing the use of 

11 Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist 

12 groups; and 

13 (iii) implement United Nations Secu14 rity Council Resolution 1701. 

15 (2) If the Secretary of State makes the certifi16 cation contained in paragraph (1), funds may not be 

17 made available for obligation until a detailed spend 

18 plan is submitted to the Committees on Appropria19 tions, except such plan may not be considered as 

20 meeting the notification requirements under section 

21 7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the For22 eign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted 

23 not later than September 1, 2014: Provided, That 

24 any notification submitted pursuant to section 634A 

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1 7015 of this Act shall include any funds specifically 

2 intended for lethal military equipment: Provided fur3 ther, That the Secretary of State shall regularly con4 sult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 

5 activities of the LAF and assistance provided by the 

6 United States: Provided further, That not later than 

7 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations detailing the actions taken to ensure 

10 that equipment provided to the LAF is used only for 

11 intended purposes. 

12 (f) LIBYA.— 

13 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 may be made available for assistance for the central 

15 Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State 

16 reports in writing to the Committees on Appropria17 tions that such government is cooperating with 

18 United States Government efforts to investigate and 

19 bring to justice those responsible for the attack on 

20 United States facilities and personnel in Benghazi, 

21 Libya in September 2012: Provided, That the limita22 tion in this paragraph shall not apply to assistance 

23 provided for the purpose of protecting United States 

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1 (2) Any notification required for assistance for 

2 Libya for funds appropriated under the heading 

3 ‘‘International Security Assistance’’ in this Act shall 

4 include a detailed justification for such assistance, 

5 and a description of the vetting procedures used for 

6 any individual or unit receiving such assistance. 

7 (g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated in title III of 

8 this Act that are available for assistance for Morocco shall 

9 be made available for any region or territory administered 

10 by Morocco, including the Western Sahara: Provided, That 

11 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Adminis12 trator of the United States Agency for International De13 velopment, shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap14 propriations, not less than 90 days after enactment of this 

15 Act, on requirements under this section in the report ac16 companying this Act. 

17 (h) SYRIA.—Prior to the obligation of funds made 

18 available by this Act for assistance for Syria, the Secretary 

19 of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropria20 tions: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 

21 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap22 propriations. 

23 (i) YEMEN.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

24 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro25 gram’’ for assistance for Yemen may be made available 


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1 until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations that the Armed Forces of Yemen— 

3 (1) are not controlled by a foreign terrorist or4 ganization, designated pursuant to section 219 of 

5 the Immigration and Nationality Act; and 

6 (2) are cooperating with the United States on 

7 counterterrorism efforts against Al Qaeda and other 

8 terrorist organizations. 

9 AFRICA

10 SEC. 7043. (a) CENTRAL AFRICA.—Funds appro11 priated by this Act shall be made available for programs 

12 and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 

13 Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Re14 sistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recov15 ery Act (Public Law 111–172), including to improve phys16 ical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early17 warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, de18 mobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat19 ants, especially child soldiers: Provided, That not later 

20 than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

21 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and 

22 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development, shall submit a report to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations detailing progress toward im25 plementation of the Administration’s counter-LRA stratVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 egy and the policy objectives included in Public Law 111– 

2 172: Provided further, That such report shall include the 

3 amounts and description of United States assistance pro4 vided for such purposes. 

5 (b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 

6 appropriated by this Act, not less than $45,042,000 

7 should be made available for the Trans-Sahara Counter8 terrorism Partnership program, and not less than 

9 $22,223,000 should be made available for the Partnership 

10 for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program. 

11 (c) NATURAL RESOURCE TRANSPARENCY.—Funds 

12 appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance 

13 for Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, 

14 Ghana, and the countries participating in the Congo Basin 

15 Forest Partnership should be made available to promote 

16 and support transparency and accountability in relation 

17 to the extraction of timber, oil and gas, cacao, and other 

18 natural resources, including by strengthening implementa19 tion and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans20 parency Initiative and the Kimberley Process Certification 

21 Scheme. 

22 (d) SUDAN LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.— 

23 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 


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1 made available for assistance for the Government of 

2 Sudan. 

3 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

5 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

7 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

8 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

9 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

10 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

11 (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

12 shall not apply to— 

13 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

14 (B) assistance for the Darfur region, 

15 Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 

16 other marginalized areas and populations in 

17 Sudan, and Abyei; and 

18 (C) assistance to support implementation 

19 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

20 Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements 

21 related to post-referendum issues associated 

22 with the CPA, or any other internationally rec23 ognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

24 (4)(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 

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1 available for assistance to the central government of 

2 any country that admits President Omar al-Bashir 

3 of Sudan. 

4 (B) The prohibition of subparagraph (A) 

5 shall apply unless the Secretary of State deter6 mines and reports to the Committees on Appro7 priations that such admission occurred for the 

8 purposes of— 

9 (i) bringing to justice President Omar 

10 al-Bashir for crimes against humanity, war 

11 crimes, or genocide; or 

12 (ii) furthering the peace process be13 tween Sudan and South Sudan. 

14 (C) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) 

15 shall not apply to assistance provided for hu16 manitarian purposes. 

17 (e) SOUTH SUDAN.— 

18 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act should be 

19 made available for assistance for South Sudan, in20 cluding to increase agricultural productivity, expand 

21 educational opportunities especially for girls, 

22 strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of 

23 law, and enhance the capacity of the Federal Legis24 lative Assembly to conduct oversight over govern25 ment revenues and expenditures. 


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1 (2) Not less than 15 days prior to the obliga2 tion of funds appropriated by this Act that are avail3 able for assistance for the Government of South 

4 Sudan, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

6 extent to which the Government of South Sudan 

7 is— 

8 (A) supporting freedom of expression and 

9 association, the establishment of democratic in10 stitutions, including an independent judiciary, 

11 parliament, and security forces that are ac12 countable to civilian authority; and 

13 (B) investigating and punishing members 

14 of security forces who have violated human 

15 rights. 

16 (3) The Secretary of State shall seek to obtain 

17 regular audits of the financial accounts of the Gov18 ernment of South Sudan to ensure transparency and 

19 accountability of funds, including revenues from the 

20 extraction of oil and gas, and the timely, public dis21 closure of such audits: Provided, That the Secretary 

22 should assist the Government of South Sudan in 

23 conducting such audits, and by providing technical 

24 assistance to enhance the capacity of the National 

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1 and shall submit a report, not later than 90 days 

2 after enactment of this Act, to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations detailing the steps that will be taken 

4 by the Government of South Sudan, which are addi5 tional to those taken in the previous fiscal year, to 

6 improve resource management and ensure trans7 parency and accountability of funds. 

8 (f) WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA.— 

9 (1) The Congress reaffirms its support for the 

10 efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for 

11 Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra 

12 Leone (SCSL) to bring to justice individuals respon13 sible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in 

14 a timely manner. 

15 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

16 made available for assistance for the central govern17 ment of a country in which individuals indicted by 

18 the ICTR and the SCSL are credibly alleged to be 

19 living, if the Secretary of State determines and re20 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

21 government is cooperating with the ICTR and the 

22 SCSL, including the apprehension, surrender, and 

23 transfer of indictees in a timely manner: Provided, 

24 That this subsection shall not apply to assistance 

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1 ance Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title 

2 VI of this Act: Provided further, That the United 

3 States shall use its voice and vote in the United Na4 tions Security Council to fully support efforts by the 

5 ICTR and the SCSL to bring to justice individuals 

6 indicted by such tribunals in a timely manner. 

7 (3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) may be 

8 waived on a country-by-country basis if the Presi9 dent determines that doing so is in the national se10 curity interest of the United States: Provided, That 

11 prior to exercising such waiver authority, the Presi12 dent shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap13 propriations, in classified form if necessary, on— 

14 (A) the steps being taken to obtain the co15 operation of the government in apprehending 

16 and surrendering the indictee in question to the 

17 court of jurisdiction; 

18 (B) a strategy, including a timeline, for 

19 bringing the indictee before such court; and 

20 (C) the justification for exercising the 

21 waiver authority. 

22 (g) ZIMBABWE.— 

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1 tension by the respective institution of any loans or 

2 grants to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to 

3 meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, 

4 unless the Secretary of State determines and reports 

5 in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that 

6 the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, in7 cluding respect for ownership and title to property, 

8 and freedom of speech and association. 

9 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

11 Government of Zimbabwe, except for health, edu12 cation, and macroeconomic growth assistance, unless 

13 the Secretary of State makes the determination re14 quired in paragraph (1). 

15 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

16 SEC. 7044. (a) BURMA.—Funds appropriated by this 

17 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 

18 made available for assistance for Burma notwithstanding 

19 any other provision of law, except that no funds shall be 

20 made available to any successor or affiliated organization 

21 of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) con22 trolled by former SPDC members that promote the repres23 sive policies of the SPDC: Provided, That such funds shall 

24 be made available for programs along Burma’s border and 

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1 Burma, and may be available to support programs in 

2 Burma: Provided further, That in addition to assistance 

3 for Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 

5 funds shall be made available for community-based organi6 zations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical, 

7 and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced 

8 persons in eastern Burma: Provided further, That funds 

9 appropriated by this Act for assistance for Burma should 

10 be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by the 

11 Government of Burma or other international donors: Pro12 vided further, That any new program or activity in Burma 

13 begun in fiscal year 2014 shall be subject to prior con14 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (b) NORTH KOREA.—None of the funds made avail16 able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

17 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the Gov18 ernment of North Korea. 

19 (c) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—(1) None of the 

20 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 

21 Consular Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated or ex22 pended for processing licenses for the export of satellites 

23 of United States origin (including commercial satellites 

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1 China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees 

2 on Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

3 (2) The terms and requirements of section 

4 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

5 apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of 

6 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s 

7 Republic of China, to include such projects or activi8 ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 

9 an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

10 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur11 suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 

12 contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or 

13 any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 

14 believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 

15 the PLA. 

16 (3)(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 

17 Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

18 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support 

19 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the 

20 government of the People’s Republic of China. 

21 (B) The limitation of subparagraph (A) 

22 shall not apply to assistance described in para23 graph (2) of subsection (d) of this section and 

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1 (d) TIBET.—(1) The Secretary of the Treasury 

2 should instruct the United States executive director of 

3 each international financial institution to use the voice and 

4 vote of the United States to support projects in Tibet if 

5 such projects do not provide incentives for the migration 

6 and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 

7 transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re8 sources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough needs9 assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 

10 and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are sub11 ject to effective monitoring. 

12 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

13 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

14 Support Fund’’ shall be made available to nongovern15 mental organizations to support activities which preserve 

16 cultural traditions and promote sustainable development 

17 and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities 

18 in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan 

19 communities in China. 

20 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

21 SEC. 7045. (a) COLOMBIA.—(1) The matter pre22 ceding the first proviso and the first through fifth provisos 

23 of paragraph (1), and paragraph (3), of section 7045(a) 

24 of division I of Public Law 112–74 shall continue in effect 

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1 priated in this Act and made available for assistance for 

2 Colombia as if included in this Act. 

3 (2) Pursuant to the directive included in the report 

4 accompanying this Act, funds appropriated in this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assist6 ance for Colombia may be transferred to, and merged 

7 with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Migration 

8 and Refugee Assistance’’ and should be available only for 

9 assistance to nongovernmental and international organiza10 tions that provide assistance to Colombian refugees in 

11 neighboring countries. 

12 (3) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations, not later than 60 

14 days after enactment of this Act, the report de15 scribed under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

16 Control and Law Enforcement’’ in the report accom17 panying this Act. 

18 (b) CUBA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

20 $20,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 

21 funds available under the heading ‘‘National Endowment 

22 for Democracy’’ to promote democracy and strengthen 

23 civil society in Cuba. 

24 (c) HAITI.—The Government of Haiti shall be eligible 

25 to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms 


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1 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast 

2 Guard. 

3 (d) HONDURAS.—Prior to the obligation of 20 per4 cent of the funds appropriated by this Act that are avail5 able for assistance for Honduran military and police 

6 forces, the Secretary of State shall report in writing to 

7 the Committees on Appropriations that: the Government 

8 of Honduras is implementing policies to protect freedom 

9 of expression and association, and due process of law; and 

10 is investigating and prosecuting in the civilian justice sys11 tem, in accordance with Honduran and international law, 

12 military and police personnel who are credibly alleged to 

13 have violated human rights, and the Honduran military 

14 and police are cooperating with civilian judicial authorities 

15 in such cases: Provided, That the restriction in this sub16 section shall not apply to assistance to combat drug traf17 ficking and related violence, and to promote transparency, 

18 anti-corruption and the rule of law within the military and 

19 police forces. 

20 (e) TRADE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated in this 

21 Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 

22 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available for 

23 labor and environmental capacity building activities relat24 ing to free trade agreements with countries of Central 

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1 (f) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 

2 the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations 

3 and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this 

4 Act should be borne by the recipient country. 

5 SOUTH ASIA

6 SEC. 7046. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

7 (1) OPERATIONS.—Of the funds appropriated 

8 in this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and 

9 Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 

10 that are made available for operations in Afghani11 stan, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation 

12 until the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

13 Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the 

14 United States Agency for International Development 

15 (USAID), submits the report to the Committees on 

16 Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on 

17 transition and security plans for the Department of 

18 State and USAID required under this section in the 

19 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such 

20 report shall be updated every 6 months until Sep21 tember 30, 2015. 

22 (2) ASSISTANCE.— 

23 (A) None of the funds appropriated or oth24 erwise made available in this Act under the 

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1 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En2 forcement’’ may be obligated for assistance for 

3 the Government of Afghanistan until the Sec4 retary of State, in consultation with the USAID 

5 Administrator, submits to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations the certification on oversight 

7 and accountability and the rights of Afghan 

8 women and girls required under this section in 

9 the report accompanying this Act. 

10 (B) The following provisions of section 

11 7046(a) of division I of Public Law 112–74 

12 shall apply to funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act for assistance for Af14 ghanistan to the same extent and in the man15 ner as such provisions of law apply to funds ap16 propriated or otherwise made available by divi17 sion I of Public Law 112–74 for assistance for 

18 Afghanistan— 

19 (i) Subparagraphs (A), (C), (F), and 

20 (H) of paragraph (2); 

21 (ii) Clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 

22 (2)(B); and 

23 (iii) Paragraph (3). 

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1 stan shall be matched, to the maximum extent 

2 practicable, from sources other than the Gov3 ernment of the United States. 

4 (D) The Coordinator for Rule of Law at 

5 the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghani6 stan, shall be consulted on the use of all funds 

7 appropriated by this Act for rule of law pro8 grams in Afghanistan. 

9 (E) None of the funds made available by 

10 this Act may be used by the United States Gov11 ernment to enter into a permanent basing 

12 rights agreement between the United States 

13 and Afghanistan. 

14 (F) When submitting notifications required 

15 by this Act that include infrastructure assist16 ance projects in Afghanistan that exceed 

17 $5,000,000, the Secretary of State or the 

18 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall de19 scribe in detail how each project meets the cri20 teria included under this subsection in the re21 port accompanying this Act. 

22 (G) The Secretary of State should suspend 

23 assistance for the Government of Afghanistan if 

24 any report required by paragraph (4) indicates 

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1 progress in meeting the goals or benchmarks 

2 detailed in such reports. 

3 (3) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after 

4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations— 

6 (A) a report on the International Monetary 

7 Fund (IMF) country program for Afghanistan, 

8 including actions requested by the IMF and 

9 taken by the Government of Afghanistan to ad10 dress the Kabul Bank crisis and restore con11 fidence in Afghanistan’s banking sector; and 

12 (B) a report on the costs to support agree13 ments and programs related to the Afghan 

14 Strategic Partnership, including contributions 

15 from the Government of Afghanistan. 

16 (4) SPEND PLAN.—The spend plan required by 

17 section 7076 of this Act for assistance for Afghani18 stan shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 

19 benchmarks for measuring progress, and expected 

20 results regarding furthering development in Afghani21 stan and establishing conditions conducive to the 

22 rule of law and transparent and accountable govern23 ance: Provided, That not later than 6 months after 

24 submission of such spend plan, and every 6 months 

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1 of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations on the status of achieving the goals 

3 and benchmarks in such plan. 

4 (5) TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSIST5 ANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under the head6 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act that are 

7 made available for direct government-to-government 

8 assistance for Afghanistan, 15 percent shall be with9 held from obligation until the Secretary of State cer10 tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria11 tions that all necessary policies and procedures are 

12 in place between the Department of State and the 

13 Government of Afghanistan to ensure full compli14 ance with section 7013 of this Act: Provided, That 

15 such report shall include all official guidance issued 

16 to implementing partners and all agreements with 

17 the Government of Afghanistan with regard to taxes 

18 and revenue of United States assistance: Provided 

19 further, That such report may be submitted in classi20 fied form if necessary. 

21 (b) PAKISTAN.— 

22 (1) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appro23 priated or otherwise made available by this Act 

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1 ment’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

2 or by transfer to ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Ca3 pability Fund’’ for assistance for the Government of 

4 Pakistan may be made available unless the Secretary 

5 of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria6 tions that the Government of Pakistan is— 

7 (A) cooperating with the United States in 

8 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 

9 Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e10 Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and 

11 other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza12 tions, including taking steps to end support for 

13 such groups and prevent them from basing and 

14 operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 

15 border attacks into neighboring countries; 

16 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

17 against United States or coalition forces in Af18 ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel19 ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi20 cially into political and judicial processes in 

21 Pakistan; 

22 (C) dismantling improvised explosive device 

23 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 

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1 (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear2 related material and expertise; 

3 (E) implementing policies to protect judi4 cial independence and due process of law; 

5 (F) issuing visas in a timely manner for 

6 United States visitors engaged in counterter7 rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki8 stan; and 

9 (G) providing humanitarian organizations 

10 access to detainees, internally displaced per11 sons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by 

12 the conflict. 

13 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

14 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

15 Program’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 

16 available only to support counterterrorism and coun17 terinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan, and are sub18 ject to section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961. 

20 (3) REPORTS.— 

21 (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 

22 7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan 

23 shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 

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1 in Pakistan, countering extremism, and estab2 lishing conditions conducive to the rule of law 

3 and transparent and accountable governance: 

4 Provided, That such benchmarks may incor5 porate those required in title III of Public Law 

6 111–73, as appropriate: Provided further, That 

7 not later than 6 months after submission of 

8 such spend plan, and every 6 months thereafter 

9 until September 30, 2015, the Secretary of 

10 State shall submit a report to the Committees 

11 on Appropriations on the status of achieving 

12 the goals and benchmarks in the spend plan. 

13 (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 

14 assistance for the Government of Pakistan if 

15 any report required by clause (i) indicates that 

16 Pakistan is failing to make measurable progress 

17 in meeting these goals or benchmarks. 

18 (B) Not later than 90 days after enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

20 submit a report to the Committees on Appro21 priations detailing the costs and objectives asso22 ciated with significant infrastructure projects 

23 supported by the United States in Pakistan, 

24 and an assessment of the extent to which such 

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1 (c) REGIONAL CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.—Funds 

2 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

3 Support Fund’’ for assistance for Afghanistan and Paki4 stan may be provided, notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, for 

6 cross border stabilization and development programs be7 tween Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either coun8 try and the Central Asian republics. 

9 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

10 MEMBERS

11 SEC. 7047. None of the funds appropriated or made 

12 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

13 carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 

14 used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear15 ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, 

16 from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

17 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 

18 costs for participation of another country’s delegation at 

19 international conferences held under the auspices of multi20 lateral or international organizations. 

21 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

22 SEC. 7048. If the President determines that doing so 

23 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

24 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

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1 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

2 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

3 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

4 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

5 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

6 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola7 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

8 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina9 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de10 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro11 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

12 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti13 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 LIMITATIONS ON THE UNITED NATIONS

15 SEC. 7049. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT16 ABILITY.—Not more than 70 percent of the funds made 

17 available in this Act for a contribution to any organization, 

18 agency, or program within the United Nations system or 

19 any international organization may be provided to such 

20 organization, agency, or program or such international or21 ganization until the Secretary of State certifies that the 

22 organization— 

23 (1) is publishing on a publicly available Web 

24 site, consistent with privacy regulations and due 

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1 of such agency or organization and its grantees and 

2 provides the United States Government with full and 

3 unfettered access to such audits; and 

4 (2) is implementing best practices for the pro5 tection of whistleblowers from retaliation. 

6 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA7 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.—(1) None of the funds made 

8 available by this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 

9 United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, 

10 or commission of the United Nations if such commission 

11 is chaired or presided over by a country, the government 

12 of which the Secretary of State has determined, for pur13 poses of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act 

14 of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter15 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

16 App. 2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 

17 (2) None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a con19 tribution to any organization, agency, or program 

20 within the United Nations system if such organiza21 tion, agency, commission, or program is chaired or 

22 presided over by a country the government of which 

23 the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes 

24 of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

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1 section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 

2 1979, or any other provision of law, is a government 

3 that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

4 international terrorism. 

5 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

6 None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

7 available in support of the United Nations Human Rights 

8 Council unless the Secretary of State determines and re9 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that participa10 tion in the Council is in the national security interest of 

11 the United States and that the Council is taking steps to 

12 remove Israel as a permanent agenda item: Provided, That 

13 such report shall include a justification for making the de14 termination and a description of the steps taken to remove 

15 Israel as a permanent agenda item. 

16 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN17 CY.—None of the funds made available by this Act under 

18 the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ may be 

19 made available as a contribution to the United Nations 

20 Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until the Secretary 

21 of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap22 propriations, in writing, that UNRWA is— 

23 (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 

24 West Bank and Gaza to inspect UNRWA installa25 tions and reporting any inappropriate use; 


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1 (2) acting promptly to address any staff or ben2 eficiary violation of its own policies (including the 

3 policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 

4 and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of 

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

6 (3) taking necessary and appropriate measures 

7 to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con8 ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the 

10 Department of State on actions it has taken to en11 sure conformance with such conditions; 

12 (4) taking steps to improve the transparency of 

13 all educational materials currently in use in 

14 UNRWA-administered schools; 

15 (5) using curriculum materials in UNRWA-sup16 ported schools and summer camps designed to pro17 mote tolerance, non-violent conflict resolution, and 

18 human rights; 

19 (6) not engaging in operations with financial in20 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 

21 United States law, is enhancing its transparency and 

22 financial due diligence, and working to diversify its 

23 banking operations in the region; and 

24 (7) in compliance with the United Nations 

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1 is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec2 ommendations. 

3 (e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.— 

4 None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

5 for the design, renovation, or construction of the United 

6 Nations Headquarters in New York. 

7 (f) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or pursu8 ant to subsections (a) and (d) may be waived on a case9 by-case basis by the Secretary of State if the Secretary 

10 determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria11 tions that such waiver is necessary to avert a humani12 tarian crisis. 

13 (g) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 45 

14 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

15 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 detailing the amount of funds available for obligation or 

17 expenditure in fiscal year 2014 for contributions to any 

18 organization, agency, or program within the United Na19 tions system or any international program that are with20 held from obligation or expenditure due to any provision 

21 of law: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall update 

22 such report each time additional funds are withheld by op23 eration of any provision of law: Provided further, That the 

24 reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such 

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1 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

2 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

4 SEC. 7050. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

5 by titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 

6 of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II 

7 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, not8 withstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effec9 tiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

10 through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

11 the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and 

12 through assistance to foster civilian police roles that sup13 port democratic governance, including assistance for pro14 grams to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 

15 gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 

16 with the communities they serve. 

17 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub18 section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification pro19 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

21 SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend23 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart24 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

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1 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

2 Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro3 priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 

4 is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 

5 purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con6 ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa7 tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov8 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern9 mental organizations. 

10 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION

11 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith12 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

13 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

14 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

15 foreign operations, and related programs under the head16 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 

17 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

18 Counterdrug Initiative’’ and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro19 grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 

20 region, including for the transportation of active and 

21 standby Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment 

22 during a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for 

23 policy decisions and justification for the use of such trans24 fer authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary 


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1 of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this re2 sponsibility shall not be delegated. 

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.—(1) The uses of air12 craft purchased or leased by the Department of State and 

13 the United States Agency for International Development 

14 (USAID) with funds made available in this Act or prior 

15 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

16 foreign operations, and related programs shall be coordi17 nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of Mis18 sion: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to trans19 port, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, Fed20 eral and non-Federal personnel supporting Department of 

21 State and USAID programs and activities: Provided fur22 ther, That official travel for other agencies for other pur23 poses may be supported on a reimbursable basis, or with24 out reimbursement when traveling on a space available 

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1 (2) The requirement and authorities of this 

2 subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary 

3 purpose of which is the transportation of personnel. 

4 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

5 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

6 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

7 of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall apply to this 

8 Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in 

9 subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 

10 2013’’. 

11 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

12 SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, demining equipment available to 

14 the United States Agency for International Development 

15 and the Department of State and used in support of the 

16 clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for hu17 manitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis 

18 in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions 

19 as the Secretary of State may prescribe. 

20 (b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 

21 shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

22 license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

23 munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

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1 (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 

2 after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

3 unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 

4 operational environments, and the agreement appli5 cable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such clus6 ter munitions or cluster munitions technology speci7 fies that the cluster munitions will only be used 

8 against clearly defined military targets and will not 

9 be used where civilians are known to be present or 

10 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

11 (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

12 for the purpose of demilitarizing or disposing of such 

13 cluster munitions. 

14 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

15 SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 

16 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur17 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Pro19 vided, That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available 

20 to carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 

21 96–533. 

22 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

23 SEC. 7056. Of the funds appropriated or made avail24 able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed 

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1 United States Agency for International Development dur2 ing the current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate 

3 steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent 

4 possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are uti5 lized in lieu of dollars. 

6 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

7 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of 

10 the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry 

11 out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

12 of 1961 may be used by the United States Agency for 

13 International Development (USAID) to hire and employ 

14 individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited 

15 appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 

16 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

17 (b) RESTRICTIONS.—(1) The number of individuals 

18 hired in any fiscal year pursuant to the authority con19 tained in subsection (a) may not exceed 175. 

20 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

21 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

22 2015. 

23 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

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1 tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 

2 are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 

3 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated. 

4 (d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

5 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

6 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

7 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate: 

8 Provided, That funds made available to carry out this sec9 tion may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro10 priated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper11 ating Expenses’’. 

12 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi13 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

14 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

15 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re16 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

17 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for 

18 a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 

19 set forth in such section. 

20 (f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro21 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, in addi23 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

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1 bility is to carry out programs in response to natural dis2 asters, or man-made disasters subject to the regular notifi3 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

4 (g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap5 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

6 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

8 Act (Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to em9 ploy up to 40 personal services contractors in the United 

10 States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

11 purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 

12 expanded overseas programs and activities managed by 

13 the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

14 and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such con15 tractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided 

16 further, That such funds appropriated to carry out title 

17 II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may 

18 be made available only for personal services contractors 

19 assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 

20 (h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

21 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro22 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

23 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

24 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

25 of small or small disadvantaged business. 


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1 (i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT2 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro3 vided by section 7059(o) of division F of Public Law 111– 

4 117 may be assigned to or support programs in Iraq, Af5 ghanistan, or Pakistan with funds made available in this 

6 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart7 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

8 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

9 SEC. 7058. (a) Funds appropriated by titles III and 

10 IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assist11 ance for child survival activities or disease programs in12 cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven13 tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 

14 available notwithstanding any other provision of law ex15 cept for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro16 grams’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

17 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 

18 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 

19 (b) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not more 

20 than $461,000,000 may be made available for family plan21 ning/reproductive health. 

22 (c) GLOBAL FUND.—(1) Of funds appropriated by 

23 this Act that are available for a contribution to the Global 

24 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

25 Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation until 


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1 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations that— 

3 (A) the Global Fund is maintaining and 

4 implementing a policy of transparency, includ5 ing the authority of the Global Fund Office of 

6 the Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG re7 ports on a public Web site; 

8 (B) the Global Fund is providing sufficient 

9 resources to maintain an independent OIG 

10 that— 

11 (i) reports directly to the Board of the 

12 Global Fund; 

13 (ii) maintains a mandate to conduct 

14 thorough investigations and programmatic 

15 audits, free from undue interference; and 

16 (iii) compiles regular, publicly pub17 lished audits and investigations of finan18 cial, programmatic, and reporting aspects 

19 of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipi20 ents, sub-recipients, and Local Fund 

21 Agents; 

22 (C) the Global Fund maintains an effective 

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1 dures for reporting possible misconduct or 

2 irregularities; and 

3 (D) the Global Fund is implementing the 

4 recommendations contained in the Consolidated 

5 Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 

6 the Global Fund on November 21, 2011. 

7 (2) The withholding required by this subsection 

8 shall not be in addition to funds that are withheld 

9 from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2014 pursuant 

10 to the application of any other provision contained 

11 in this or any other Act. 

12 PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO

13 SEC. 7059. None of the funds provided by this Act 

14 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

15 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

16 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

17 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

18 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

19 products of the same type. 

20 PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY

21 SEC. 7060. (a) Programs funded under title III of 

22 this Act shall include, where appropriate, efforts to im23 prove the status of women, including through gender con24 siderations in the planning, assessment, implementation, 

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1 (b) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act 

2 shall be made available to support programs to expand 

3 economic opportunities for poor women in developing 

4 countries, including increasing the number and capacity 

5 of women-owned enterprises, improving property rights for 

6 women, increasing women’s access to financial services 

7 and capital, enhancing the role of women in economic deci8 sionmaking at the local, national and international levels, 

9 and improving women’s ability to participate in the global 

10 economy. 

11 (c) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act 

12 shall be made available to increase political opportunities 

13 for women, including strengthening protections for wom14 en’s personal status, increasing women’s participation in 

15 elections, and enhancing women’s positions in government 

16 and role in government decisionmaking. 

17 (d) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 

18 food security and agricultural development shall take into 

19 consideration the unique needs of women, and technical 

20 assistance for women farmers should be a priority. 

21 (e) The Department of State and the United States 

22 Agency for International Development shall fully integrate 

23 gender into all diplomatic and development efforts through 

24 the inclusion of gender in strategic planning and budget 

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1 tion mechanisms to measure the impact of United States 

2 policies and programs on women and girls in foreign coun3 tries. 

4 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

5 SEC. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated in this Act under 

6 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development 

7 Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter8 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ shall 

9 be made available for gender-based violence prevention 

10 and response efforts, and funds appropriated under the 

11 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migra12 tion and Refugee Assistance’’ should be made available for 

13 such efforts. 

14 (b) Programs and activities funded under titles III 

15 and IV of this Act to train foreign police, judicial, and 

16 military personnel, including for international peace17 keeping operations, shall address, where appropriate, pre18 vention and response to gender-based violence and traf19 ficking in persons. 

20 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

21 SEC. 7062. (a) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

22 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

23 this Act, not less than $800,000,000 shall be made 

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1 (2) The United States Agency for International 

2 Development shall ensure that programs supported 

3 with funds appropriated for basic education in this 

4 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

5 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

6 programs are integrated, when appropriate, with 

7 health, agriculture, governance, and economic devel8 opment activities to address the economic and social 

9 needs of the broader community. 

10 (3) Funds appropriated by title III of this Act 

11 for basic education may be made available for a con12 tribution to multilateral partnerships that support 

13 education. 

14 (b) CONSERVATION.— 

15 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

16 this Act, $200,000,000 shall be made available for 

17 biodiversity conservation programs. 

18 (2) Of the funds appropriated in titles III and 

19 IV of this Act, not less than $45,000,000 shall be 

20 made available for programs to combat wildlife 

21 poaching and trafficking. 

22 (3) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 under the headings, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 

24 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 

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1 made available to support the training or operation 

2 of any military unit or military personnel that the 

3 Secretary of State determines has been credibly al4 leged to have participated in wildlife poaching or 

5 trafficking in wildlife or wildlife parts: Provided, 

6 That the restriction shall not apply to assistance in 

7 support of counterterrorism operations. 

8 (c) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOP9 MENT.—Funds appropriated by title III of this Act may 

10 be made available for food security and agriculture devel11 opment programs notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law to address critical food shortages. 

13 (d) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 

14 funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 

15 $265,000,000 should be made available for microenter16 prise and microfinance development programs for the 

17 poor, especially women. 

18 (e) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the funds appro19 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As20 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

21 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ not less than 

22 $44,000,000 shall be made available for activities to com23 bat trafficking in persons internationally. 

24 (f) WATER.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

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1 water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Sen2 ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public 

3 Law 109–121). 

4 (g) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CAPACITY.—Of the funds 

5 appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than 

6 $20,000,000 shall be made available for programs to im7 prove women’s leadership capacity in recipient countries. 

8 (h) AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ABROAD.— 

9 Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

10 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $23,000,000 

11 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hos12 pitals Abroad program. 

13 CENTRAL ASIA

14 SEC. 7063. The terms and conditions of subsections 

15 (a) through (e) of section 7076 of the Department of 

16 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro17 priations Act, 2009 (division H of Public Law 111–8) 

18 shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act: Provided, 

19 That the Secretary of State may waive the application of 

20 section 7076(a) if the Secretary certifies to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations that the waiver is in the national 

22 security interest and necessary to obtain access to and 

23 from Afghanistan for the United States, and the waiver 

24 includes an assessment of progress, if any, by the Govern25 ment of Uzbekistan in meeting the requirements in section 


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1 7076(a): Provided further, That any waiver pursuant to 

2 the previous proviso shall be effective for no more than 

3 a period of six months at a time and shall not apply be4 yond 12 months after the enactment of this Act: Provided 

5 further, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

6 the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations not later than 180 days 

8 after enactment of this Act and 12 months thereafter, on 

9 all United States Government assistance provided to the 

10 Government of Uzbekistan and expenditures made in sup11 port of the Northern Distribution Network in Uzbekistan, 

12 including any credible information that such assistance or 

13 expenditures are being diverted for corrupt purposes: Pro14 vided further, That information provided in the report re15 quired by the previous proviso may be provided in a classi16 fied annex and such annex shall indicate the basis for such 

17 classification: Provided further, That for the purposes of 

18 the application of section 7076(e) to this Act, the term 

19 ‘‘assistance’’ shall not include expanded international mili20 tary education and training. 

21 REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS

22 SEC. 7064. None of the funds appropriated or made 

23 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 

24 be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 

25 any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 


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1 any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re2 quirements of the United States Agency for International 

3 Development. 

4 LIMITATIONS ON FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE

5 HEALTH

6 SEC. 7065. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

7 otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail8 able for the United Nations Population Fund. 

9 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available by this Act for population planning activi11 ties or other population assistance may be made available 

12 to any foreign nongovernmental organization that pro13 motes or performs abortion, except in cases of rape or in14 cest or when the life of the mother would be endangered 

15 if the fetus were carried to term. 

16 INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS

17 SEC. 7066. Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 

18 out the provisions of chapters 1 and 11 of part I and chap19 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

20 and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) 

21 Act of 1989, may be made available, notwithstanding sec22 tion 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assist23 ance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons 

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1 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

2 SEC. 7067. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 

4 cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract 

5 employee of the United States Government. 

6 EXTRADITION

7 SEC. 7068. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

8 Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

9 provided under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 

10 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

11 Assistance’’, ‘‘Emergency Migration and Refugee Assist12 ance’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

13 and Related Assistance’’) for the central government of 

14 a country which has notified the Department of State of 

15 its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual 

16 indicted for a criminal offense for which the maximum 

17 penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of pa18 role or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified 

19 in a United States extradition request. 

20 (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov21 ernment of a country with which the United States main22 tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 

23 States has an extradition treaty and the government of 

24 that country is in violation of the terms and conditions 

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1 (c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

2 in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 

3 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

4 waiver is important to the national interests of the United 

5 States. 

6 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

7 SEC. 7069. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

9 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec10 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 

11 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, and NATO, and 

12 major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 

13 (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense 

14 articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in15 cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters 

16 and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica17 tion), if the President determines that there are compel18 ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 

19 defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 

20 than by government-to-government sale under such Act. 

21 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

22 SEC. 7070. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

23 this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

24 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics 

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1 for assistance for a government of an Independent State 

2 of the former Soviet Union if that government directs any 

3 action in violation of the territorial integrity or national 

4 sovereignty of any other Independent State of the former 

5 Soviet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel6 sinki Final Act: Provided, That such 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. 

10 (b) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

11 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available, not12 withstanding any other provision of law, for assistance and 

13 related programs for the countries identified in section 

14 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European Democracy Act 

15 of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and section 3 of the 

16 FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511) and may 

17 be used to carry out the provisions of those Acts: Provided, 

18 That such assistance and related programs from funds ap19 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

20 Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter21 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ shall 

22 be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of 

23 the coordinator designated pursuant to section 601 of the 

24 Support for Eastern European Democracy Act of 1989 


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1 (Public Law 101–179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM 

2 Support Act (Public Law 102–511). 

3 (c) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

4 not apply to— 

5 (1) activities to support democracy or assist6 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

7 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non8 proliferation assistance; 

9 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

10 Development Agency under section 661 of the For11 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

12 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

13 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

14 acting within his or her official capacity; 

15 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

16 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

17 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

18 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

19 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

20 (5) any financing provided under the Export21 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

22 (6) humanitarian assistance. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

2 SEC. 7071. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 

3 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of division F of Public 

4 Law 111–117 shall apply to this Act. 

5 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

6 United States Executive Director of the International 

7 Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan 

8 will be repaid to the IMF before other private creditors. 

9 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations, not later than 45 days 

11 after enactment of this Act, a description and estimate 

12 of IMF surcharges on outstanding and new loans for cal13 endar years 2011, 2012, and 2013; the IMF’s internal use 

14 of funds derived from such surcharges; and details of the 

15 IMF’s internal budget for the calendar years 2011, 2012, 

16 and 2013. 

17 RUSSIAN FEDERATION

18 SEC. 7072. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 

19 title III of this Act may be made available for assistance 

20 for the central Government of the Russian Federation. 

21 (b) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

22 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations describing the support of 

24 the Government of the Russian Federation for— 


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1 (1) the Government of Syria, including arms 

2 sales and the use of such arms against civilian popu3 lations; 

4 (2) the Government of Iran, including support 

5 for nuclear research, cooperation, and sanctions; 

6 (3) persecution of government critics, civil soci7 ety, democratic opposition, and domestic and inter8 national nongovernmental and media organizations, 

9 and a detailed description of such actions; 

10 (4) perpetuation of official corruption, including 

11 its impact on governance and the economy in Rus12 sia; and 

13 (5) discrimination against religious groups or 

14 religious communities in Russia in violation of inter15 national agreements on human rights and religious 

16 freedom. 

17 (c) The report required by subsection (b) shall also 

18 include a description of efforts by the Government of the 

19 Russian Federation to investigate and prosecute law en20 forcement personnel alleged to have committed human 

21 rights abuses against opposition political leaders, business22 men, social activists, and journalists. 

23 PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL

24 SEC. 7073. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

2 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed3 eral Regulations. 

4 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN AWARDS

5 SEC. 7074. (a) CONVICTIONS.—None of the funds 

6 made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 

7 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

8 agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or 

9 loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of 

10 a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within 

11 the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency has 

12 direct knowledge of the conviction, unless a Federal agen13 cy has considered suspension or debarment of the corpora14 tion and made a determination that this further action 

15 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Govern16 ment. 

17 (b) UNPAID TAXES.—None of the funds made avail18 able by this Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

19 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

20 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

21 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil22 ity that has been assessed for which all judicial and ad23 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

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1 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency has 

2 direct knowledge of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Fed3 eral agency has considered suspension or debarment of the 

4 corporation and made a determination that this further 

5 action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Gov6 ernment. 

7 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The requirements of this 

8 section shall be implemented 180 days after enactment of 

9 this Act. 

10 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

11 SEC. 7075. (a) None of the funds made available 

12 under titles III through VI of this Act may be made avail13 able for Enterprise Funds unless the Committees on Ap14 propriations are notified at least fifteen days in advance. 

15 (b) Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 

16 from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an En17 terprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall sub18 mit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 

19 with the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

20 on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets 

21 of the Enterprise Fund. 

22 (c) Prior to a transition to and operation of any pri23 vate equity fund or other parallel investment fund under 

24 an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall submit 

25 such transition or operating plan to the Committees on 


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1 Appropriations, in accordance with the regular notification 

2 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 OPERATING AND SPEND PLANS

4 SEC. 7076. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

5 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de6 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I and 

7 II, and the Department of the Treasury and Independent 

8 Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including the 

9 Inter-American Foundation and the African Development 

10 Foundation, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria11 tions an operating plan for funds appropriated to such de12 partment, agency, or organization in such titles of this 

13 Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in fiscal 

14 year 2014, that provides details of the use of such funds 

15 at the program, project, and activity level. 

16 (b) SPEND PLANS.—Prior to the initial obligation of 

17 funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ad18 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

19 Development (USAID), shall submit to the Committees on 

20 Appropriations a single detailed spend plan for each of 

21 the following— 

22 (1) funds made available in titles III and IV of 

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1 tive, and for the Central American Regional Security 

2 Initiative; 

3 (2) funds made available for assistance for 

4 countries or programs and activities referenced in— 

5 (A) section 7032; 

6 (B) sections 7039 and 7040; 

7 (C) section 7042(a), (e), (f), and (i); 

8 (D) section 7043(b); and 

9 (E) section 7046(a) and (b); 

10 (3) funds appropriated in title III for food secu11 rity and agriculture development programs; and 

12 (4) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

13 this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 

14 the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend 

15 plan for funds made available during fiscal year 

16 2013 under the heading ‘‘Development Credit Au17 thority’’. 

18 (c) NOTIFICATIONS.—The spend plans referenced in 

19 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti20 fication requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 

21 under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

22 RESCISSIONS

23 SEC. 7077. (a) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.—(1) Of the 

24 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Export and 

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1 States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ from Acts prior to fiscal 

2 year 2010 making appropriations for the Department of 

3 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

4 $245,000,000 shall be deobligated and rescinded. 

5 (2) Of the unexpended balances available under 

6 the heading ‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, Ex7 port-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Ap8 propriation’’ from prior Acts making appropriations 

9 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

10 related programs, $50,000,000 are rescinded. 

11 (b) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the unexpended 

12 balances available to the President for bilateral economic 

13 assistance under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

14 from prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart15 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

16 $477,626,000 are rescinded: Provided, That no amounts 

17 may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 

18 Congress as an emergency requirement or for Overseas 

19 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu20 ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Reduction Act of 

22 1985. 

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1 days prior to implementing the rescissions made in sub2 section (b). 

3 REFORMS RELATED TO GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASES

4 SEC. 7078. Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

5 available by this Act may not be disbursed for a United 

6 States contribution to the general capital increases of the 

7 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

8 (World Bank), the African Development Bank (AfDB), or 

9 the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) until the 

10 Secretary of the Treasury certifies and reports to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations that such institution, as 

12 appropriate, is successfully implementing— 

13 (1) specific reform commitments agreed to by 

14 the World Bank and the AfDB as described in the 

15 Pittsburgh Leaders’ Statement issued at the Pitts16 burgh G20 Summit in September 2009 concerning 

17 sound finances, effective management and govern18 ance, transparency and accountability, focus on core 

19 mission, and results; 

20 (2) specific reform commitments agreed to by 

21 the IDB in Resolution AG–7/10 ‘‘Report on the 

22 Ninth General Capital Increase in the resources of 

23 the Inter-American Development Bank’’ as approved 

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1 fers of at least $200,000,000 annually to a grant fa2 cility for Haiti; 

3 (3) procurement guidelines that maximize inter4 national competitive bidding in accordance with 

5 sound procurement practices, including trans6 parency, competition, and cost-effective results for 

7 borrowers; 

8 (4) best practices for the protection of whistle9 blowers from retaliation, including best practices for 

10 legal burdens of proof, access to independent adju11 dicative bodies, results that eliminate the effects of 

12 retaliation, and statutes of limitation for reporting 

13 retaliation; 

14 (5) a requirement that each candidate for budg15 et support or development policy loans provides an 

16 assessment of reforms needed to budgetary and pro17 curement processes to encourage transparency, in18 cluding budget publication and public scrutiny, prior 

19 to loan approval; 

20 (6) public disclosure of external and internal 

21 performance and financial audits of such institu22 tion’s projects on the institution’s Web site; 

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1 verse social or environmental impacts and projects 

2 that affect indigenous peoples are either excluded 

3 from P4R or subject to the World Bank’s own poli4 cies; require that at the close of the pilot there will 

5 be a thorough, independent evaluation, with input 

6 from civil society and the private sector, to provide 

7 guidance concerning next steps for the pilot; and 

8 fully staff the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice 

9 Presidency, with agreement from Borrowers on the 

10 World Bank’s jurisdiction and authority to inves11 tigate allegations of fraud and corruption in any of 

12 the World Bank’s lending programs including P4R; 

13 and 

14 (8) concerning the World Bank, public disclo15 sure of information regarding International Finance 

16 Corporation (IFC) subprojects when the IFC is 

17 funding a financial intermediary, including— 

18 (A) requiring that higher-risk subprojects 

19 comply with the relevant Performance Standard 

20 requirements; and 

21 (B) agreeing to periodically disclose on the 

22 IFC Web site a listing of the name, location, 

23 and sector of high-risk subprojects supported by 

24 IFC investments through private equity funds. 


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1 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

2 SEC. 7079. If the President makes a determination 

3 not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu4 tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 

5 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 

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

7 determination and any resulting changes to program and 

8 policy. 

9 UNITED NATIONS ARMS TRADE TREATY

10 SEC. 7080. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to implement the Arms Trade Treaty, 

12 or any similar agreement, or to conduct activities relevant 

13 to the Arms Trade Treaty, or any similar agreement, un14 less the Arms Trade Treaty has been signed by the Presi15 dent, received the advice and consent of the Senate, and 

16 has been the subject of implementing legislation by Con17 gress. 

18 LIMITATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT

19 NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

20 SEC. 7081. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for the De22 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro23 grams, may be obligated for any country, including a state 

24 with a compact of free association with the United States, 

25 that concludes an agreement with the United States to 


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1 receive by transfer or release individuals detained at Naval 

2 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless, not later than 

3 five days after the conclusion of the agreement, but prior 

4 to implementation of the agreement, the Secretary of 

5 State notifies the Committees on Appropriations in writ6 ing of the terms of the agreement. 

7 BUDGET PRESENTATIONS

8 SEC. 7082. (a) PRESENTATION OF CONGRESSIONAL

9 BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The Congressional Budget 

10 Justifications for Department of State Operations and 

11 Foreign Operations shall be provided to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations concurrent with the date of submission 

13 of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2015. 

14 (b) JUSTIFIED PROGRAMS.—None of the funds made 

15 available by this Act may be used to eliminate or reduce 

16 funding for a program, project or activity as proposed in 

17 the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such 

18 proposed change is subsequently enacted in an appropria19 tion Act, or unless such change is made pursuant to the 

20 reprogramming or transfer provisions of this Act. 

21 SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND

22 SEC. 7083. Not to exceed $100,000,000 may be obli23 gated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export 

24 Control Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acqui25 sition Fund (Fund), to remain available for obligation 


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1 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That the provision 

2 of defense articles and defense services to foreign coun3 tries or international organizations from the Fund shall 

4 be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

5 LOCAL COMPETITION

6 SEC. 7084. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO

7 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appro8 priated by this Act that are made available to the United 

9 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

10 may only be made available for limited competitions 

11 through local entities if— 

12 (1) prior to the determination to limit competi13 tion to local entities, USAID has— 

14 (A) assessed the level of local capacity to 

15 effectively implement, manage, and account for 

16 programs included in such competition; and 

17 (B) documented the written results of the 

18 assessment and decisions made; and 

19 (2) prior to making an award after limiting 

20 competition to local entities— 

21 (A) each successful local entity has been 

22 determined to be responsible in accordance with 

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1 (B) effective monitoring and evaluation 

2 systems are in place to ensure that award fund3 ing is used for its intended purposes; and 

4 (3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 

5 (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), 

6 the USAID Administrator shall report, on a semi-annual 

7 basis, to the Committees on Appropriations on all awards 

8 subject to limited or no competition for local entities: Pro9 vided, That such report should be posted on the USAID 

10 Web site: Provided further, That the requirements of this 

11 subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of 

12 $3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities in ex13 cess of $2,000,000. 

14 AFGHANISTAN AUDITS

15 SEC. 7085. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to pay more than 75 percent of the salary 

17 of the Secretary of State or the Special Representative for 

18 Afghanistan and Pakistan during the period beginning on 

19 July 1, 2014, and ending on September 30, 2014, unless 

20 as of July 1, 2014, the Department of State has submitted 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate a plan to implement the rec23 ommendations of the July 2013 SIGAR audit 13–12. 


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1 TITLE VIII 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 

3 WAR ON TERRORISM 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

5 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

6 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con9 sular Programs’’, $2,171,512,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2015, of which $390,961,000 is for 

11 Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 

12 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 

13 transfer up to $100,000,000 of the total funds made avail14 able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 

15 department or agency of the United States, upon the con16 currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup17 port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 

18 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 

20 treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsections 

21 (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and shall not be 

22 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli23 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con25 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 


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

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

5 General’’, $59,650,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2015, of which $55,864,000 shall be for the 

7 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 

8 for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That such amount 

9 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

10 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Educational and Cul15 tural Exchange Programs’’, as authorized, $12,500,000, 

16 to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 

17 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over18 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

23 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $250,000,000, to re24 main available until expended: Provided, That such 

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1 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

2 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer3 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

5 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 

7 International Organizations’’, $74,400,000: Provided, 

8 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over9 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 RELATED AGENCY 

13 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

14 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broad16 casting Operations’’, $32,502,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount 

18 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

19 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

6 $240,702,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

8 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

14 General’’, $10,038,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is des16 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper17 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

18 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

21 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

22 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

24 Assistance’’, $156,398,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is desVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:47 Jul 30, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00198 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2855.RH H2855

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1 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper2 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

3 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

4 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia7 tives’’, $13,845,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

9 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

10 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

12 1985. 

13 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

15 Fund’’, $1,541,374,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is des17 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper18 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref24 ugee Assistance’’, $720,728,000, to remain available until 

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1 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper2 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

3 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

4 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

7 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

8 ENFORCEMENT

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar10 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $554,574,000, to 

11 remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 

12 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over13 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

14 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

17 RELATED PROGRAMS

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

19 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

20 $114,592,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2015: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

22 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

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1 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper3 ations’’, $136,185,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount is des5 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper6 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

10 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi12 nancing Program’’, $811,000,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That such amount 

14 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

15 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

20 SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

22 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

23 Act for fiscal year 2014. 


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1 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

2 SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

3 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro4 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 

5 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria6 tions accounts. 

7 RESCISSION

8 SEC. 8003. Of the unexpended balances from funds 

9 appropriated under title VIII in division I of Public Law 

10 112-74 under the heading ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency 

11 Capability Fund’’ and designated by the Congress for 

12 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter13 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

15 $380,000,000 is rescinded. 

16 TRANSFER OF FUNDS

17 SEC. 8004. Funds appropriated by this Act and des18 ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

19 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

21 under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ 

22 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro23 priated by this title under such heading if the Secretary 

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1 countability Review Board or other security requirements: 

2 Provided, That no such transfer shall exceed 20 percent 

3 of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 

4 year for the Department of State under the heading ‘‘Ad5 ministration of Foreign Affairs’’ and no such appropria6 tion shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

7 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer 

8 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sub9 sections (a) and (b) of this Act: Provided further, That 

10 the transfer authority in this section is in addition to any 

11 transfer authority otherwise available under any other pro12 vision of law. 

13 DESIGNATION

14 SEC. 8005. Each amount designated in this Act by 

15 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

16 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 

19 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

20 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

21 TITLE IX 

22 ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 

23 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

24 SEC. 9001. The amount by which the applicable allo25 cation of new budget authority made by the Committee 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

2 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

3 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

4 $0. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

6 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria7 tions Act, 2014’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 133 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2855 

[Report No. 113–185] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, State, foreign operations, and related programs 

JULY 30, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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