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Union Calendar No. 112 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2772 

[Report No. 114–154] 

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

related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2015 

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, 2016, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

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1 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 

2 for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

5 AGENCY 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

7 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

8 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

10 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

11 $6,529,685,000, of which up to $630,380,000 may remain 

12 available until September 30, 2017, and of which up to 

13 $2,327,137,000 may remain available until expended for 

14 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 

15 made available under this heading shall be allocated in ac16 cordance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

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

19 and salaries, including employment without regard 

20 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

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

24 $2,316,212,000, of which up to $358,833,000 is for 

25 Worldwide Security Protection. 


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1 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex2 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

3 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

4 $1,473,829,000. 

5 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

6 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

7 Department of State, including representation to 

8 certain international organizations in which the 

9 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati10 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen11 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra12 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar13 mament activities as authorized, $753,170,000. 

14 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex15 penses for security activities, $1,986,474,000, of 

16 which up to $1,968,304,000 is for Worldwide Secu17 rity Protection. 

18 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad19 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

20 this heading— 

21 (A) not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be de22 rived from fees collected from other executive 

23 agencies for lease or use of facilities located at 

24 the International Center in accordance with sec25 tion 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 


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1 addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

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

3 authorized by that section, to be used for the 

4 purposes set out in that section; 

5 (B) as authorized by section 810 of the 

6 United States Information and Educational Ex7 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re8 main available until expended, may be credited 

9 to this appropriation from fees or other pay10 ments received from English teaching, library, 

11 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

12 from fees from educational advising and coun13 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 

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

15 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

16 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

17 (6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER

18 MATTERS.— 

19 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 

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

22 this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 

23 (B) Of the amount made available under 

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

25 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 


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1 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer2 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv3 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu4 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

5 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

6 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur7 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

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

9 the field examination of programs and activities 

10 in the United States funded from any account 

11 contained in this title. 

12 (D) Of the funds made available under this 

13 heading in this Act, up to $99,134,000 may be 

14 made available for a Foreign Affairs Security 

15 Training Center (FASTC): Provided, That none 

16 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

17 available in this Act and in prior Acts making 

18 appropriations for the Department of State, 

19 foreign operations, and related programs may 

20 be obligated or expended for FASTC until such 

21 Center is specifically authorized by a subse22 quent Act of Congress: Provided further, That 

23 if FASTC is not specifically authorized before 

24 September 30, 2016, funds designated for 

25 FASTC may be made available to support and 


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1 expand training at sites in existence prior to 

2 October 1, 2014 and for other embassy security 

3 activities. 

4 (E) None of the funds appropriated or oth5 erwise made available under this heading shall 

6 be available for the Ambassador’s Fund for 

7 Cultural Preservation. 

8 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

9 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

10 Fund, $56,400,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 as authorized. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General, $82,400,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 

15 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) 

16 as it relates to post inspections: Provided, That of the 

17 funds appropriated under this heading, $12,400,000 may 

18 remain available until September 30, 2017. 

19 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

20 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

21 programs, as authorized, $582,531,000, to remain avail22 able until expended: Provided, That fees or other pay23 ments received from or in connection with English teach24 ing, educational advising and counseling programs, and 

25 exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited 


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1 to this account, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided further, That not later than 45 days after enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations detailing modifica5 tions made to existing educational and cultural exchange 

6 programs since calendar year 2014, including for special 

7 academic and special professional and cultural exchanges: 

8 Provided further, That any further substantive modifica9 tions to programs funded under this heading shall be sub10 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

11 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

13 For representation expenses as authorized, 

14 $8,030,000. 

15 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

17 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 

18 services, as authorized, $30,036,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2017. 

20 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

21 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

22 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre23 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 

24 that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 

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


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1 the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip2 lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

3 $785,097,000, to remain available until expended as au4 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

5 domestic and overseas representation expenses as author6 ized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 

7 paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 

8 furnishings, or generators for other departments and 

9 agencies. 

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

12 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

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

15 on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 

16 available under this heading and the actual and antici17 pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2016. 

18 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

19 SERVICE

20 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

21 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo22 matic and Consular Service, $7,900,000, to remain avail23 able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 

24 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

25 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 


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

2 conditions. 

3 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as author5 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

7 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur8 ther, That such funds are available to subsidize gross obli9 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex10 ceed $2,469,136. 

11 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela13 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $30,000,000. 

14 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

15 DISABILITY FUND

16 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

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

18 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

19 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

22 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

23 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven24 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,399,151,000: Pro25 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 


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1 the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

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

3 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 

4 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 

5 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 

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

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

9 United Nations action to increase funding for any United 

10 Nations program without identifying an offsetting de11 crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 

12 further, That not later than May 1, 2016, and 30 days 

13 after the end of fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of State 

14 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on any 

15 credits available to the United States, including from the 

16 United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide up17 dated fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 assessment 

18 costs including offsets from available credits and updated 

19 foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 

20 any such credits shall only be available for United States 

21 assessed contributions to the United Nations, shall be sub22 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit23 tees on Appropriations, and the Committees on Appropria24 tions shall be notified when such credits are applied to 

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1 rearages: Provided further, That any notification regard2 ing funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 

3 this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropria4 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

5 related programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of 

6 this Act, section 34 of the State Department Basic Au7 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating 

8 plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall 

9 include an estimate of all known credits currently available 

10 to the United States and provide updated assessment costs 

11 including offsets from available credits and updated for12 eign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That any 

13 payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 

14 to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 

15 States and the respective international organization and 

16 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

17 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

18 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

19 be available for a United States contribution to an inter20 national organization for the United States share of inter21 est costs made known to the United States Government 

22 by such organization for loans incurred on or after Octo23 ber 1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided fur24 ther, That the Secretary of State shall review the budg25 etary and personnel procedures of the United Nations and 


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1 affiliated agencies funded under this heading and, not 

2 later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, submit 

3 a report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps 

4 taken at each agency to eliminate unnecessary administra5 tive costs and duplicative activities and ensure that per6 sonnel practices are transparent and merit-based. 

7 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

8 ACTIVITIES

9 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex10 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

11 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

12 security, $2,118,891,000, of which 15 percent shall re13 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

14 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli15 gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na16 tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in ad17 vance of voting for such mission in the United Nations 

18 Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance 

19 as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are 

20 notified: (1) of the estimated cost and duration of the mis21 sion, the objectives of the mission, the national interest 

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

23 United Nations has in place measures to prevent United 

24 Nations employees, contractor personnel, and peace25 keeping troops serving in the mission from trafficking in 


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1 persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing 

2 acts of illegal sexual exploitation or other violations of 

3 human rights, and to bring to justice individuals who en4 gage in such acts while participating in the peacekeeping 

5 mission, including prosecution in their home countries of 

6 such individuals in connection with such acts, and to make 

7 information about such cases publicly available in the 

8 country where an alleged crime occurs and on the United 

9 Nations’ Web site; and (3) the source of funds that will 

10 be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, 

11 including whether such source of funds will require re12 programming or transfer of existing funds or additional 

13 appropriations, and the estimated cost in future fiscal 

14 years: Provided further, That funds shall be available for 

15 peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State deter16 mines that American manufacturers and suppliers are not 

17 being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, 

18 and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities 

19 equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and 

20 suppliers: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

21 shall work with the United Nations and foreign govern22 ments contributing peacekeeping troops to implement ef23 fective vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have 

24 not violated human rights: Provided further, That none of 

25 the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 


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1 this heading may be used for any United Nations peace2 keeping mission that will involve United States Armed 

3 Forces under the command or operational control of a for4 eign national, unless the President’s military advisors have 

5 submitted to the President a recommendation that such 

6 involvement is in the national interest of the United States 

7 and the President has submitted to the Congress such a 

8 recommendation: Provided further, That not later than 

9 May 1, 2016, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 

10 2016, the Secretary of State shall report to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations on any credits available to the 

12 United States, including those resulting from United Na13 tions peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax 

14 Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2016 

15 and fiscal year 2017 assessment costs including offsets 

16 from available credits: Provided further, That any such 

17 credits shall only be available for United States assessed 

18 contributions to the United Nations, shall be subject to 

19 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

20 Appropriations, and the Committees on Appropriations 

21 shall be notified when such credits are applied to any as22 sessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: 

23 Provided further, That any notification regarding funds 

24 appropriated or otherwise made available under this head25 ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 


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1 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

2 programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, 

3 section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

4 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub5 mitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include 

6 an estimate of all known credits currently available to the 

7 United States and provide updated assessment costs in8 cluding offsets from available credits: Provided further, 

9 That any payment of arrearages under this heading shall 

10 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

12 Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and 

13 members of the United Nations Security Council to evalu14 ate and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and consider 

15 phase-out and withdrawal when mission goals have been 

16 substantially achieved: Provided further, That the Sec17 retary of State shall report to the Committees on Appro18 priations, not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

19 Act, on efforts and progress made to address these issues. 

20 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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


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1 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

2 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

3 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

4 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

5 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli6 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

7 $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 $45,307,000. 

11 CONSTRUCTION

12 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au13 thorized projects, $28,400,000, to remain available until 

14 expended, as authorized. 

15 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

17 the International Joint Commission and the International 

18 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au19 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can20 ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co21 operation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103– 

22 182, $12,330,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

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1 tember, 30 2017 and $9,000 may be made available for 

2 representation expenses. 

3 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

4 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

5 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

6 law, $33,181,000: Provided, That the United States share 

7 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com8 missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

9 RELATED AGENCY 

10 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

11 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

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

14 international communication activities, and to make and 

15 supervise grants for radio, internet, and television broad16 casting, including to the Middle East, $737,991,000: Pro17 vided, That in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

18 such purposes, up to $28,635,000 of the amount appro19 priated under this heading may remain available until ex20 pended for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom 

21 programs, of which not less than $17,500,000 shall be for 

22 Internet freedom programs: Provided further, That of the 

23 total amount appropriated under this heading, not to ex24 ceed $35,000 may be used for representation expenses, of 

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


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

2 $30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio 

3 Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the au4 thority provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations 

5 Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 

6 228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through 

7 September 30, 2016: Provided further, That the BBG 

8 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 

9 days of any determination by the Board that any of its 

10 broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, 

11 provides an open platform for international terrorists or 

12 those who support international terrorism, or is in viola13 tion of the principles and standards set forth in sub14 sections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 

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

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

17 That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours 

18 previously justified to Congress, including changes to 

19 transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, sat20 ellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language serv21 ices shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

22 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

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

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


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

2 cooperating international organizations, and up to 

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

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

6 authorized purposes. 

7 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

8 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser9 vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 

10 and digital transmission and reception, the purchase, rent, 

11 and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele12 vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 

13 to Cuba, as authorized, and physical security worldwide, 

14 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur15 poses, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as 

16 authorized. 

17 RELATED PROGRAMS 

18 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

19 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

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

21 $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au22 thorized. 

23 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

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


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1 Peace Act, $35,300,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2017, which shall not be used for construction 

3 activities. 

4 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

5 TRUST FUND

6 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

7 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

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

9 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

10 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter11 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep12 tember 30, 2016, to remain available until expended. 

13 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel15 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

16 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

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

18 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

19 Fund on or before September 30, 2016, to remain avail20 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap21 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

22 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

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

24 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord25 ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 


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

2 Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 

3 for personal services. 

4 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar6 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

7 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 

9 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

10 30, 2016, to remain available until expended. 

11 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

12 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

13 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

14 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $170,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended, of which $117,500,000 

16 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary man17 ner, including for the core institutes, and $52,500,000 

18 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of law pro19 grams. 

20 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

21 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

22 HERITAGE ABROAD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

25 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $676,000, as 


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1 authorized by chapter 3123 of Public Law 113–287: Pro2 vided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 

3 intermittent, and other services notwithstanding para4 graph (3) of section 312304(b) of Public Law 113–287: 

5 Provided, That such authority shall terminate on October 

6 1, 2016: Provided further, That the Commission shall no7 tify the Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising 

8 such authority. 

9 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

10 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the United States Com13 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

14 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

15 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2017, including not more 

17 than $4,000 for representation expenses. 

18 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

19 EUROPE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu22 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

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

24 for representation expenses, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2017. 


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1 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

2 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu5 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au6 thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 

7 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911–6919), $2,000,000, including not 

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

9 available until September 30, 2017. 

10 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

11 REVIEW COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

14 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

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

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

17 $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen18 tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2017: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi20 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

21 sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public 

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

23 2016 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

24 heading as if included in this Act. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

8 $1,058,110,000, of which up to $159,000,000 may remain 

9 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That none 

10 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

12 be made available to finance the construction (including 

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

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

15 International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 

16 Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds 

17 in a report submitted to the Committees on Appropria18 tions at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for 

19 such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or agree20 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

21 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

22 such funds through the following fiscal year: Provided fur23 ther, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 

25 Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 


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1 out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex2 penses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec3 tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated or 

4 made available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 

5 may be available for representation and entertainment ex6 penses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available 

7 for entertainment expenses, for USAID during the current 

8 fiscal year. 

9 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

10 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

11 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

12 of information technology and related capital investments, 

13 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961, $169,580,000 to remain available until expended: 

15 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other16 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

17 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

18 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

19 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 $63,000,000, of which up to $9,500,000 may remain 

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1 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter2 national Development. 

3 TITLE III 

4 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

7 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

9 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

13 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

14 $2,783,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2017, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

16 United States Agency for International Development 

17 (USAID): Provided, That this amount shall be made avail18 able for training, equipment, and technical assistance to 

19 build the capacity of public health institutions and organi20 zations in developing countries, and for such activities as: 

21 (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) im22 munization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other 

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1 placed or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) pro2 grams for the prevention, treatment, control of, and re3 search on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 

4 other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis5 eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 

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

7 AIDS; and (6) family planning/reproductive health: Pro8 vided further, That funds appropriated under this para9 graph may be made available for United States contribu10 tions to the GAVI Alliance and to the United Nations 

11 Children’s Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances 

13 from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to 

14 any organization or program which, as determined by the 

15 President of the United States, supports or participates 

16 in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 

17 involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any deter18 mination made under the previous proviso must be made 

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

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

21 criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

23 Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion 

24 as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 

25 any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That 


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1 nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any 

2 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under sec3 tion 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

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

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

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

7 developing nations, funds shall be available only to vol8 untary family planning projects which offer, either directly 

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

10 broad range of family planning methods and services, and 

11 that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet 

12 the following requirements: (1) service providers or refer13 ral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 

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

15 births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 

16 of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

17 shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 

18 estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur19 poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen20 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi21 vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep22 tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 

23 target or quota of total number of births, number of fam24 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

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


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

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

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

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

5 provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor6 mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho7 sen, including those conditions that might render the use 

8 of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 

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

10 (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep11 tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro12 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

13 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

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

15 USAID Administrator determines that there has been a 

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

17 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 

18 of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 

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

20 Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de21 scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 

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

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1 scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan2 ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 

3 with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 

4 further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author5 izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 

6 foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti7 vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 

8 be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 

9 local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 

10 options: Provided further, That information provided 

11 about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities 

12 that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act 

13 shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 

14 health benefits and failure rates of such use. 

15 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

16 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

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

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

19 September 30, 2020, which shall be apportioned directly 

20 to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro21 priated under this paragraph may be made available, not22 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

23 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber24 culosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 

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


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1 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

2 Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate nec3 essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 

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

5 amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in 

6 fiscal year 2016 may be made available to USAID for 

7 technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 

8 Fund: Provided further, That funds made available in the 

9 previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notification 

10 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

11 further, That of the funds appropriated under this para12 graph, up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in addi13 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for 

14 administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 

15 Global AIDS Coordinator. 

16 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

19 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

20 Act of 1961, $2,507,001,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds appro22 priated under this heading, not less than $26,000,000 

23 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hos24 pitals Abroad program, and not less than $10,500,000 

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1 grams of the United States Agency for International De2 velopment. 

3 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

6 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon7 struction assistance, $1,085,000,000, to remain available 

8 until expended. 

9 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

10 For necessary expenses for international disaster re11 habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 

12 the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 

13 for International Development (USAID), pursuant to sec14 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

15 $47,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup16 port transition to democracy and long-term development 

17 of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support may 

18 include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

19 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in20 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

21 Provided further, That the USAID Administrator shall 

22 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 

23 least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist24 ance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State de25 termines that it is important to the national interest of 


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1 the United States to provide transition assistance in ex2 cess of the amount appropriated under this heading, up 

3 to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to 

4 carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading 

6 and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated 

7 under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 

8 available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made 

9 available subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

10 on Appropriations. 

11 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

12 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro13 vided by the United States Agency for International De14 velopment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 

15 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 

16 $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds ap17 propriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act: 

18 Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 

19 funds provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this 

20 paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign As21 sistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for 

22 micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 

23 and other programs which further the purposes of part 

24 I of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, including 

25 the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 


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1 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

2 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 

3 funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 

4 the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

5 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De6 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro7 grams, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to 

8 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

9 Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of 

10 section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable 

11 to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign As12 sistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 

13 1486 as reported by the House Committee on Inter14 national Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to 

15 direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this head16 ing, except that the principal amount of loans made or 

17 guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single 

18 country shall not exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, 

19 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin20 cipal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 

21 $1,500,000,000. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

23 credit programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000, 

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

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


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

2 under this heading shall remain available until September 

3 30, 2018. 

4 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 1961, $1,817,315,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2017. 

9 DEMOCRACY FUND

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

12 of democracy globally, $140,500,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2017, of which $77,750,000 shall be 

14 made available for the Human Rights and Democracy 

15 Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 

16 Labor, Department of State, and $62,750,000 shall be 

17 made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, 

18 and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for 

19 International Development. 

20 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

21 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

22 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

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

24 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As25 sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 


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1 and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 

2 and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

3 of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 

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

5 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author6 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 $2,092,611,000, to remain available until expended, of 

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

9 to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian require10 ments, and $10,000,000 shall be made available for refu11 gees resettling in Israel. 

12 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

13 ASSISTANCE FUND

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

17 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

19 PEACE CORPS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

24 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

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1 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

3 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

4 Account, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not 

5 to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds trans6 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived 

7 from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas op8 erations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

9 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail10 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

11 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

12 Provided further, That any decision to open, close, signifi13 cantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or 

14 country program shall be subject to prior consultation 

15 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com16 mittees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation 

17 and regular notification procedures may be waived when 

18 there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other 

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

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

21 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro22 vided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 

23 section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall 

24 apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 


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1 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 $899,500,000 to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

6 up to $105,000,000 may be available for administrative 

7 expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the 

8 Corporation): Provided further, That up to 5 percent of 

9 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

10 available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the 

11 MCA for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That section 

12 605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated 

13 under this heading: Provided further, That funds appro14 priated under this heading may be made available for a 

15 Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to 

16 section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact obligates, 

17 or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the avail18 ability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties 

19 to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the 

20 United States Government funding anticipated for the du21 ration of the Compact: Provided further, That the Chief 

22 Executive Officer of the Corporation shall notify the Com23 mittees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to 

24 commencing negotiations for any country compact or 

25 threshold country program; signing any such compact or 


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1 threshold program; or terminating or suspending any such 

2 compact or threshold program: Provided further, That 

3 funds appropriated under this heading by this Act and 

4 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

5 State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 

6 available to implement section 609(g) of the MCA shall 

7 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

8 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 

9 country should be eligible for a threshold program after 

10 such country has completed a country compact: Provided 

11 further, That any funds that are deobligated from a Mil12 lennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular 

13 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria14 tions prior to re-obligation: Provided further, That none 

15 of the funds made available by this Act or prior Acts mak16 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

17 operations, and related programs shall be available for a 

18 threshold program or compact in a country that is not cur19 rently a candidate country: Provided further, That of the 

20 funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

21 $100,000 may be available for representation and enter22 tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 

23 available for entertainment expenses. 


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1 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

3 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

4 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

5 of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

8 representation expenses. 

9 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

10 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

11 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

12 of 1980 (Public Law 96–533), $30,000,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed 

14 $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: Pro15 vided, That funds made available to grantees may be in16 vested pending expenditure for project purposes when au17 thorized by the Board of Directors of the United States 

18 African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided fur19 ther, That interest earned shall be used only for the pur20 poses for which the grant was made: Provided further, 

21 That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African De22 velopment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances 

23 the Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the 

24 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

25 to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 


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1 up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign 

2 currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF 

3 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

4 after each time such waiver authority is exercised: Pro5 vided further, That the USADF may make rent or lease 

6 payments in advance from appropriations available for 

7 such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters 

8 in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions. 

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 2018, 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, $935,020,000 to re23 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

24 the Department of State may use the authority of section 

25 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard 


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1 to its restrictions, to receive excess property from an agen2 cy of the United States Government for the purpose of 

3 providing such property to a foreign country or inter4 national organization under chapter 8 of part I of that 

5 Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

6 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That sec7 tion 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

8 not apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except 

9 that any funds made available notwithstanding such sec10 tion shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

11 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

12 That the reporting requirements contained in section 1404 

13 of Public Law 110–252 shall apply to funds made avail14 able by this Act until September 30, 2016, including a 

15 description of modifications, if any, to the security strat16 egy of the Palestinian Authority: Provided further, That 

17 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail18 able to support training and technical assistance for for19 eign law enforcement, corrections, and other judicial au20 thorities, utilizing regional partners. 

21 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

22 RELATED PROGRAMS

23 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter24 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

25 $588,076,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2017, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

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

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

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

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

6 Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear7 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

8 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

10 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec11 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol12 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

13 Agency (IAEA): Provided, That funds made available 

14 under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disar15 mament Fund shall be available notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law and subject to prior consultation 

17 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com18 mittees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multi19 lateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament 

20 and weapons destruction, and shall remain available until 

21 expended: Provided further, That such funds may also be 

22 used for such countries other than the Independent States 

23 of the former Soviet Union and international organiza24 tions when it is in the national security interest of the 

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1 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

2 the IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines that 

3 Israel is being denied its right to participate in the activi4 ties of that Agency: Provided further, That funds made 

5 available for conventional weapons destruction programs, 

6 including demining and related activities, in addition to 

7 funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 

8 for administrative expenses related to the operation and 

9 management of such programs and activities, subject to 

10 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

11 Appropriations. 

12 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

15 $231,274,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

16 this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 

17 such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity 

18 of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 

19 participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 

20 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

21 less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for a United 

22 States contribution to the Multinational Force and Ob23 servers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That funds 

24 appropriated under this Act should not be used to support 

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1 diers: Provided further, That none of the funds appro2 priated under this heading shall be obligated except as 

3 provided through the regular notification procedures of the 

4 Committees on Appropriations. 

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

9 $108,115,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 

10 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That the 

11 civilian personnel for whom military education and train12 ing may be provided under this heading may include civil13 ians who are not members of a government whose partici14 pation would contribute to improved civil-military rela15 tions, civilian control of the military, or respect for human 

16 rights: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

17 under this heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be avail18 able for entertainment expenses. 

19 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

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

22 Arms Export Control Act, $5,160,559,000: Provided, 

23 That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 

24 countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 

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1 propriations and subject to the regular notification proce2 dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro3 priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

4 services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: 

5 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

6 this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be avail7 able for grants only for Israel, and funds are available for 

8 assistance for Jordan and Egypt subject to section 7041 

9 of this Act: Provided further, That the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading for assistance for Israel shall be dis11 bursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

12 further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel 

13 requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 

14 made available for Israel under this heading shall, as 

15 agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for 

16 advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

17 $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

18 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

19 research and development: Provided further, That none of 

20 the funds made available under this heading shall be made 

21 available to support or continue any program initially 

22 funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National 

23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

24 Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456) (or any successor author25 ity, including section 2282 of title 10, United States Code) 


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1 unless the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec2 retary of Defense, has justified such program to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

4 appropriated or otherwise made available under this head5 ing shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any require6 ment in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Pro7 vided further, That funds made available under this head8 ing shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance 

9 with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, sec10 tion 1501(a). 

11 None of the funds made available under this heading 

12 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

13 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv14 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

15 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

16 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

17 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

18 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

19 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun20 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub21 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec22 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

23 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

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1 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

2 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

3 only those countries for which assistance was justified for 

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

5 fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as6 sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 

7 this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

8 services or design and construction services that are not 

9 sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

10 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro11 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min12 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 

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

14 $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

15 in this Act may be obligated for necessary expenses, in16 cluding the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for re17 placement only for use outside of the United States, for 

18 the general costs of administering military assistance and 

19 sales, except that this limitation may be exceeded only 

20 through the regular notification procedures of the Com21 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 

22 funds made available under this heading for general costs 

23 of administering military assistance and sales, not to ex24 ceed $4,000 may be available for entertainment expenses 

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1 tation expenses: Provided further, That not more than 

2 $904,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 

3 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli4 gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense 

5 during fiscal year 2016 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 

6 Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may 

7 be exceeded only through the regular notification proce8 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 TITLE V 

10 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

11 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

13 ASSOCIATION

14 For payment to the International Development Asso15 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,167,850,000, 

16 to remain available until expended. 

17 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

18 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

19 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

20 $104,977,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

22 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

23 the Secretary of the Treasury, $175,668,000, to remain 

24 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, $6,000,000. 

8 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au10 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

11 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora12 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con13 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi14 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

15 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

16 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor17 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur18 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi19 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

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

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

22 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi23 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

24 Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 

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1 paragraph shall not be construed or interpreted to extend 

2 the date specified in section 7 of the Export-Import Bank 

3 Act of 1945. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

6 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

9 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

10 Board of Directors, not to exceed $106,250,000: Provided, 

11 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

12 available under this heading by this Act may be made 

13 available for any function of the Export-Import Bank of 

14 the United States (the Bank), including to acquire new 

15 obligations, after June 30, 2015 or after the date specified 

16 in section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, 

17 whichever is later, except as permitted by section 7 of such 

18 Act: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not be 

19 construed or interpreted to extend the date specified in 

20 section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945: Pro21 vided further, That the Bank may accept, and use, pay22 ment or services provided by transaction participants for 

23 legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 

24 any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar25 antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 


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1 further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary ex2 penses (including special services performed on a contract 

3 or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 

4 connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, 

5 repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets 

6 acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the 

7 Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, 

8 or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical as9 pects of any transaction for which an application for a 

10 loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 

11 or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: 

12 Provided further, That, in addition to other funds appro13 priated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 

14 credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

17 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

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

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

20 exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 

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

22 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

23 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col24 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

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1 That this paragraph shall not be construed or interpreted 

2 to extend the date specified in section 7 of the Export3 Import Bank Act of 1945. 

4 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

5 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

6 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au7 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

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

9 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

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

11 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

12 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

13 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

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

15 $62,787,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans16 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

17 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

18 with services provided to specific investors or potential in19 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

20 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex21 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

22 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

24 $20,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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1 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

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

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

4 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur5 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli6 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

7 during fiscal years 2016, 2017 and 2018: Provided fur8 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2016 remain 

9 available for disbursement through 2024; funds obligated 

10 in fiscal year 2017 remain available for disbursement 

11 through 2025; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2018 re12 main available for disbursement through 2026: Provided 

13 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

14 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 

15 to undertake any program authorized by title IV of chap16 ter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 

17 Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pursu18 ant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 

19 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

20 on Appropriations. 

21 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad22 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

23 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex24 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 


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1 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

2 Account and merged with said account. 

3 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

6 $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2017: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

8 under this heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made avail9 able to provide comprehensive procurement advice to for10 eign governments to support local procurements funded by 

11 the United States Agency for International Development, 

12 the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Depart13 ment of State: Provided further, That of the funds appro14 priated under this heading, not more than $4,000 may be 

15 available for representation and entertainment expenses. 

16 TITLE VII 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

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

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

21 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

22 59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author23 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transpor24 tation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 


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1 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

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

3 States Government to which funds are appropriated or 

4 otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 

6 cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex7 pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 

8 Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 

9 such department or agency in fiscal year 2016 or any pre10 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

11 That the report required by this section should specify by 

12 account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilat13 eral agreements which have not been further sub-obli14 gated. 

15 CONSULTING SERVICES

16 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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

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

19 be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 

20 a matter of public record and available for public inspec21 tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 

22 or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to ex23 isting law. 


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1 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

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

3 Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con4 struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 

5 include office space or other accommodations for an em6 ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 

7 of State determines that such department or agency has 

8 not provided to the Department of State the full amount 

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

10 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

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

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

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

14 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 

15 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

16 2005. 

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

18 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

19 States may include office space or other accommodations 

20 for members of the United States Marine Corps. 

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

22 2016 costs of providing new United States diplomatic fa23 cilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 

24 Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 

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1 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

2 Budget, shall determine the annual program level and 

3 agency shares in a manner that is proportional to the De4 partment of State’s contribution for this purpose. 

5 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act, and prior Acts 

6 making appropriations for the Department of State, for7 eign operations, and related programs, which may be made 

8 available for the acquisition of property or award of con9 struction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities during 

10 fiscal year 2016, shall be subject to prior consultation 

11 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com12 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications 

13 pursuant to this subsection shall include the information 

14 enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Con15 struction, and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying 

16 this Act. 

17 (e)(1) None of the funds appropriated under the 

18 heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte19 nance’’ in this Act and in prior Acts making appropria20 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

21 related programs, made available through Federal agency 

22 Capital Security Cost Sharing contributions and reim23 bursements, or generated from the proceeds of real prop24 erty sales, other than from real property sales located in 

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1 acquisition and mitigation, planning, design, or construc2 tion of the New London Embassy: Provided, That the re3 porting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of di4 vision I of Public Law 112–74 shall remain in effect dur5 ing fiscal year 2016. 

6 (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

7 available by this Act and prior Acts making appro8 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper9 ations, and related programs, under the heading 

10 ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 

11 may be obligated for the relocation of the United 

12 States Embassy to the Holy See only if the Sec13 retary of State reports in writing to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations that such relocation continues to 

15 be consistent with the conditions of section 

16 7004(e)(2) of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

17 (3) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act 

18 and every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 

19 2016, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations a report on the new 

21 Mexico City Embassy project: Provided, That such 

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1 mated to be derived from, real property sales in 

2 Mexico City, Mexico, and options for modifying the 

3 scope of the project in the event that costs escalate 

4 above amounts justified to the Committees on Ap5 propriations in Appendix 1 of the Congressional 

6 Budget Justification, Department of State Oper7 ations, Fiscal Year 2015. 

8 (4) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act 

9 and every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 

10 2016, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations a report on the new 

12 Beirut Embassy project: Provided; That such report 

13 shall include cost projections, cost containment ef14 forts, project schedule and actual project status, the 

15 impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations on 

16 project costs, revenues derived, or estimated to be 

17 derived, from, real property sales in Beirut, Leb18 anon, and options for modifying the scope of the 

19 project in the event that costs escalate above 

20 amounts justified to the Committees on Appropria21 tions in Appendix 1 of the Congressional Budget 

22 Justification, Department of State, Diplomatic En23 gagement, Fiscal Year 2016. 

24 (f) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

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1 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re2 lated programs, under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 

3 Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be obligated for the 

4 award of a construction contract for a new diplomatic fa5 cility justified to the Committees on Appropriations in Ap6 pendix 1 of the Congressional Budget Justification, De7 partment of State, Diplomatic Engagement, Fiscal Year 

8 2016, or not previously justified to the Committees on Ap9 propriations, unless as part of the notification required by 

10 subsection (d) of this section the Secretary of State re11 ports in such notification that the Department of State 

12 has completed the requisite Value Engineering studies re13 quired pursuant to the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Op14 erations Policy and Procedure Directive, P&PD PE/DE 

15 03: Value Engineering, May 26, 2004. 

16 (g) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo17 matic and Consular Programs’’, including for Worldwide 

18 Security Protection, and under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se19 curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in titles I and 

20 VIII of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, 

21 funds appropriated by such titles under such headings if 

22 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com23 mittees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 

24 implement the recommendations of the Benghazi Account25 ability Review Board, or to prevent or respond to security 


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1 situations and requirements, following consultation with, 

2 and subject to the regular notification procedures of, such 

3 Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

4 addition to any transfer authority otherwise available 

5 under any other provision of law. 

6 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

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

8 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per9 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in10 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg11 etary resources available under title I to such department 

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

13 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

14 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

17 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 

18 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex19 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

20 section. 

21 LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS

22 SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 

23 contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 

24 accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au25 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 

2 to award such contracts on the basis of best value as de3 termined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as de4 scribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), 

5 notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of such section, for high 

6 risk, high threat posts: Provided, That the authority in 

7 this section shall apply to any options for renewal that 

8 may be exercised under such contracts that are awarded 

9 during the current fiscal year. 

10 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

11 COUNTRIES

12 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

14 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

15 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

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

17 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

18 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 

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

20 COUPS D’E ́TAT

21 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

23 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

24 any assistance to the government of any country whose 

25 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 


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

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

3 plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re4 sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer5 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit6 tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 

7 democratically elected government has taken office: Pro8 vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 

9 apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 

10 public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur11 ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 

12 provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce13 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

15 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD16 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

17 (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria18 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

19 the Department of State under title I of this Act 

20 may be transferred between, and merged with, such 

21 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

22 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

23 more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 

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1 the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 

2 of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 

3 with, such appropriations, but no such appropria4 tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

5 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 

6 transfers. 

7 (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

8 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec9 tion 7015 (a) and (b) of this Act and shall not be 

10 available for obligation or expenditure except in com11 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

12 (b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN13 CIES.— 

14 (1) None of the funds made available under ti15 tles II through V of this Act may be transferred to 

16 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

17 United States Government, except pursuant to a 

18 transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 

19 this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

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

21 to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, 

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

23 the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

24 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 

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1 sions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 

2 Assistance Act of 1961. 

3 (3) Any agreement entered into by the United 

4 States Agency for International Development 

5 (USAID) or the Department of State with any de6 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

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

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

9 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 

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

11 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

12 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

13 related programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

14 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

15 Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Con16 trol and Law Enforcement’’ shall be subject to the 

17 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

18 Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 

19 the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 

20 entered into between USAID and the Department of 

21 State. 

22 (c) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

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

24 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

25 such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers 


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

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

3 contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to trans4 fer funds, consults with and provides a written policy jus5 tification to the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 (d) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 

7 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro8 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

9 the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

10 of the United States Government under the authority of 

11 section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

12 any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide 

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

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

15 with audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not 

16 have an IG, shall perform periodic program and financial 

17 audits of the use of such funds and report to the Depart18 ment of State or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion 

19 of such audits: Provided, That such audits shall be trans20 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations by the De21 partment of State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided 

22 further, That funds transferred under such authority may 

23 be made available for the cost of such audits. 

24 (e) PROHIBITION AND REPORT.—None of the funds 

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1 partment of State or USAID to another agency of the 

2 United States Government pursuant to section 632(a) and 

3 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 until the 

4 Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appro5 priate, submits a report to the Committees on Appropria6 tions on all transfers made with funds provided in the De7 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro8 grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) as 

9 of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such 

10 reports shall include a list of each transfer made pursuant 

11 to section 632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance 

12 Act of 1961 with the respective funding level, appropria13 tion account, and the receiving agency. 

14 SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT

15 SEC. 7010. Not later than 120 days after enactment 

16 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations a report on funds obligated 

18 and expended during fiscal year 2015 under the headings 

19 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace20 keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

21 Program’’, including the specific countries and military 

22 services that received assistance and the amounts and pur23 poses of such assistance. 


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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 not later than October 30, 2016, detailing by ac3 count and source year, the use of this authority during 

4 fiscal year 2016. 

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 1 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 2016 on funds appropriated by 

9 this Act by a foreign government or entity against United 

10 States assistance programs for which funds are appro11 priated by this Act, either directly or through grantees, 

12 contractors, and subcontractors shall be withheld from ob13 ligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal 

14 year 2017 and allocated for the central government of 

15 such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program 

16 to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies and re17 ports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

18 later than September 30, 2017 that such taxes have not 

19 been 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, and that can 

4 reasonably accommodate such assistance in a program5 matically responsible manner. 

6 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

7 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

8 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

9 reports to the Committees on Appropriations— 

10 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

11 assistance or which has an effective arrange12 ment that is providing substantial reimburse13 ment of such taxes; or 

14 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

15 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec16 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

17 not subject to taxation. 

18 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

19 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

20 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

21 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

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

24 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist25 ance contained in this section. 


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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

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

3 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern4 ment of the United States and the government of 

5 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

6 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

7 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

8 or an individual agreement between the Government 

9 of the United States and such government that de10 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

11 purposes that will be accorded the United States as12 sistance provided under that agreement; 

13 (2) the term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ shall include 

14 value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 

15 include individual income taxes assessed to local 

16 staff. 

17 (h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 

18 with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 

19 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria20 tions, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 

21 Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies 

22 to comply with the requirements of this section. 

23 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

24 SEC. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles III 

25 through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 


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1 may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 

2 account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 

3 with the designation is made impossible by operation of 

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

5 such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi6 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

7 Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

8 pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 

9 the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

10 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub11 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap12 propriated by this Act and administered by the Depart13 ment of State or the United States Agency for Inter14 national Development (USAID) that are specifically des15 ignated for particular programs or activities by this or any 

16 other Act may be extended for an additional fiscal year 

17 if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as 

18 appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations that the termination of assist20 ance to a country or a significant change in circumstances 

21 makes it unlikely that such designated funds can be obli22 gated during the original period of availability: Provided, 

23 That such designated funds that continue to be available 

24 for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the 

25 purpose of such designation. 


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1 (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 

2 contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 

3 authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 

4 any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 

5 Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 

6 minimum funding requirements contained in any other 

7 Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 

8 Act. 

9 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

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

12 to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 

13 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

14 year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

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

16 of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 

17 available by transfer, to the agencies and departments 

18 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex19 penditure of funds that— 

20 (1) creates new programs; 

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

22 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

23 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

24 denied or restricted; 

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1 (5) closes or opens a mission or post; 

2 (6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bu3 reaus, centers, or offices; 

4 (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

5 (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

6 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

7 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

8 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: Pro9 vided, That unless previously justified to the Committees 

10 on Appropriations, the requirements of this subsection 

11 shall apply to all obligations of funds appropriated under 

12 titles I and II of this Act for paragraphs (1), (2), (5), 

13 and (6) of this subsection. 

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

15 of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations 

16 Acts to the agency or department funded under titles I 

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

18 expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac19 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

20 the collection of fees available to the agency or department 

21 funded under title I of this Act, shall be available for obli22 gation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 

23 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

24 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 


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1 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac2 tivities; 

3 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist4 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per5 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

6 (3) results from any general savings, including 

7 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

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

9 projects as approved by Congress; unless the Com10 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 

11 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

12 (c) None of the funds made available by this Act 

13 under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Develop14 ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, 

15 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

16 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Peace17 keeping Operations’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

18 Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge 

19 Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

20 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 

21 ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for obligation for activi22 ties, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, coun23 tries, or other operations not justified or in excess of the 

24 amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for 

25 obligation under any of these specific headings unless the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad2 vance: Provided, That the President shall not enter into 

3 any commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes 

4 of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the pro5 vision of major defense equipment, other than conven6 tional ammunition, or other major defense items defined 

7 to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre8 viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of 

9 the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees 

10 on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 

11 commitment: Provided further, That requirements of this 

12 subsection or any similar provision of this or any other 

13 Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, 

14 program, or project for which funds are appropriated 

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

16 percent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 

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

18 current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 

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

20 include information (if known on the date of transmittal 

21 of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author22 ity: Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification 

23 of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwith24 standing authority, the Committees on Appropriations 


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1 should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the 

2 extent practicable. 

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

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

5 funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds trans6 ferred by the Department of Defense to the Department 

7 of State and the United States Agency for International 

8 Development for assistance for foreign countries and 

9 international organizations, and funds made available for 

10 programs authorized by section 1206 of the National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

12 109–163) (or any successor authority, including section 

13 2282 of title 10, United States Code), shall be subject to 

14 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

15 Appropriations. 

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

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

18 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

19 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria20 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub21 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

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

23 on Appropriations shall be provided as early as prac24 ticable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the 

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1 ble, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such 

2 waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 

3 pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation 

4 of the emergency circumstances. 

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

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

7 assistance for Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, 

8 Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, 

9 Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Rus10 sian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 

11 Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 

12 Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica13 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

15 SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 

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

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De18 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

19 same extent and under the same conditions as other com20 mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro21 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

22 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

23 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

24 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

25 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 


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

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

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

4 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

5 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re6 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

7 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac8 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

9 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

10 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

11 SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce12 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro13 priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 

14 are returned or not made available for organizations and 

15 programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) 

17 of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep18 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the requirement to with19 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

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

21 funds appropriated by this Act. 

22 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

23 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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


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1 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor2 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

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

4 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

6 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

7 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

8 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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

11 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

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

13 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

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

16 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

18 such country or organization would violate any of the 

19 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri20 lizations. 

21 ALLOCATIONS

22 SEC. 7019. Funds provided by this Act shall be made 

23 available for programs and countries in the amounts con24 tained in the respective tables included in the report ac25 companying this Act. 


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1 REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

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

3 entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Depart4 ment of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 

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

6 domestic and overseas representation and entertainment 

7 expenses further official agency business and United 

8 States foreign policy interest and are— 

9 (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 

10 the Executive Branch; 

11 (2) principally for meals and events of a pro12 tocol nature; 

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

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

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter18 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

19 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

20 activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro21 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Sup22 port Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

23 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

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1 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

2 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

3 amusement parks. 

4 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

5 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

6 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX7 PORTS.— 

8 (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by titles III through VI of this Act 

10 may be available to any foreign government which 

11 provides lethal military equipment to a country the 

12 government of which the Secretary of State has de13 termined supports international terrorism for pur14 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration 

15 Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the 

16 International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Pro17 vided, That the prohibition under this section with 

18 respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 

19 months after that government ceases to provide such 

20 military equipment: Provided further, That this sec21 tion applies with respect to lethal military equipment 

22 provided under a contract entered into after October 

23 1, 1997. 

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

25 any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 


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1 if the President determines that to do so is impor2 tant to the national interests of the United States. 

3 (3) Whenever the President makes a determina4 tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations a re6 port with respect to the furnishing of such assist7 ance, including a detailed explanation of the assist8 ance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount of 

9 such assistance, and an explanation of how the as10 sistance furthers United States national interests. 

11 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

12 (1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 

13 in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appro14 priated under any such title in prior Acts making 

15 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

16 operations, and related programs, shall not be made 

17 available to any foreign government which the Presi18 dent determines— 

19 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

20 any individual or group which has committed 

21 an act of international terrorism; 

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1 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

2 Act. 

3 (2) The President may waive the application of 

4 paragraph (1) to a government if the President de5 termines that national security or humanitarian rea6 sons justify such waiver: Provided, That the Presi7 dent shall publish each such waiver in the Federal 

8 Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 

9 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro10 priations of the waiver (including the justification 

11 for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notifi12 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria13 tions. 

14 PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL

15 SEC. 7022. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used for first-class travel by employees of 

17 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

18 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed19 eral Regulations. 

20 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

22 of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de23 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in24 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

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

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

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

4 country, regional, and central program level funding with5 in each such account; and for the development assistance 

6 accounts of the United States Agency for International 

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

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

9 program level funding, either as— 

10 (1) justified to the Congress; or 

11 (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac12 cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of the en14 actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

16 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

17 FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL18 OPMENT FOUNDATION

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

20 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

21 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria22 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

23 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi24 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

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1 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con2 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro3 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 

4 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

5 days of taking such action. 

6 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

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

8 made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 

9 Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 

10 made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Over11 seas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 

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

13 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro14 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

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

16 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro17 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

18 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

20 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex21 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc22 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

23 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

24 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com25 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this 

2 subsection shall not prohibit— 

3 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as4 sistance from the International Development Asso5 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter6 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

7 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri8 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

9 is furnished; or 

10 (2) activities in a country the President deter11 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu12 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

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

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

15 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

16 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro17 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

18 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

19 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

20 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro21 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

22 shall not prohibit— 

23 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

24 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 fi17 nancial institutions, as defined in section 7029(e) of this 

18 Act, to use the voice and vote of the United States to op19 pose any assistance by such institutions, using funds ap20 propriated or made available by this Act, for the produc21 tion or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, 

22 if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance 

23 will cause substantial injury to United States producers 

24 of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 


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1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

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

3 CURRENCIES.— 

4 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

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

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

7 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 

8 generation of local currencies of that country, the 

9 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

10 International Development (USAID) shall— 

11 (A) require that local currencies be depos12 ited in a separate account established by that 

13 government; 

14 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov15 ernment which sets forth— 

16 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

17 to be generated; and 

18 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

19 which the currencies so deposited may be 

20 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

21 (C) establish by agreement with that gov22 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

23 government to monitor and account for deposits 

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

2 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur3 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

4 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur5 rencies, shall be used only— 

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

7 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 

9 purposes as— 

10 (i) project and sector assistance activi11 ties; or 

12 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

13 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

14 the United States Government. 

15 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

16 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

17 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

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

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

20 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

21 (a)(2). 

22 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO23 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun24 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

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1 the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 

2 funds which remain in a separate account estab3 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 

4 for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov5 ernment of that country and the United States Gov6 ernment. 

7 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 

8 Administrator shall report as part of the justifica9 tion documents submitted to the Committees on Ap10 propriations on the use of local currencies for the 

11 administrative requirements of the United States 

12 Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), 

13 and such report shall include the amount of local 

14 currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used 

15 or to be used for such purpose in each applicable 

16 country. 

17 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail19 able to the government of a foreign country, under 

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

21 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

22 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

23 country shall be required to maintain such funds in 

24 a separate account and not commingle them with 

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1 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

2 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

3 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon4 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

5 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan6 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac7 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re8 port No. 98–1159). 

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

10 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec11 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica12 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

13 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in14 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro15 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis16 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

17 served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 

18 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

19 be promoted by such assistance). 

20 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

21 funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub22 section (b)(1) only through the regular notification 

23 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

2 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN3 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

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

5 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

6 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

7 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

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

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

10 That before using the authority of this subsection to fur11 nish assistance in support of programs of nongovern12 mental organizations, the President shall notify the Com13 mittees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notifi14 cation procedures, including a description of the program 

15 to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the rea16 sons for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 

17 nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 

18 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun19 tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 

20 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2016, re21 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

22 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re23 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

24 Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro25 priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 


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1 pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 

2 except as provided through the regular notification proce3 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

6 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

7 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup8 port international terrorism; or 

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

10 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

11 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

12 country that violates internationally recognized 

13 human rights. 

14 LOCAL COMPETITION

15 SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO

16 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appro17 priated by this Act that are made available to the United 

18 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

19 may only be made available for limited competitions 

20 through local entities if— 

21 (1) prior to the determination to limit competi22 tion to local entities, USAID has— 

23 (A) assessed the level of local capacity to 

24 effectively implement, manage, and account for 

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1 (B) documented the written results of the 

2 assessment and decisions made; and 

3 (2) prior to making an award after limiting 

4 competition to local entities— 

5 (A) each successful local entity has been 

6 determined to be responsible in accordance with 

7 USAID guidelines; and 

8 (B) effective monitoring and evaluation 

9 systems are in place to ensure that award fund10 ing is used for its intended purposes; and 

11 (3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 

12 (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), 

13 the Administrator of USAID shall report, on a semi-an14 nual basis during fiscal year 2016, to the appropriate con15 gressional committees on all awards subject to limited or 

16 no competition for local entities: Provided, That such re17 port should be posted on the USAID Web site: Provided 

18 further, That the requirements of this subsection shall only 

19 apply to awards in excess of $3,000,000 and sole source 

20 awards to local entities in excess of $2,000,000. 

21 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

22 SEC. 7029. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

23 instruct the United States executive director of each inter24 national financial institution to seek to require that such 

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1 icy, including the strategic use of peer reviews and exter2 nal experts, to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations 

3 of the effectiveness of at least 25 percent of all loans, 

4 grants, programs, and significant analytical non-lending 

5 activities in advancing the institution’s goals of reducing 

6 poverty and promoting equitable economic growth, con7 sistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure that decisions 

8 to support such loans, grants, programs, and activities are 

9 based on accurate data and objective analysis: Provided, 

10 That not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, 

11 the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations on steps taken by the United States execu13 tive directors and the international financial institutions 

14 consistent with this paragraph. 

15 (b) None of the funds appropriated under title V of 

16 this Act may be made as payment to any international 

17 financial institution while the United States executive di18 rector to such institution is compensated by the institution 

19 at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such 

20 executive director receives from the United States, is in 

21 excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a 

22 position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec23 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any al24 ternate United States executive director to such institution 

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1 the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 

2 at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

3 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

5 United States executive director of each international fi6 nancial institution to promote in loan, grant, and other 

7 financing agreements improvements in borrowing coun8 tries’ financial management and judicial capacity to inves9 tigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 

10 (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

11 United States executive director of each international fi12 nancial institution to seek to require that such institution 

13 conducts rigorous human rights due diligence and human 

14 rights risk management, as appropriate, in connection 

15 with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu16 tion: Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, 

17 grant, policy, or strategy the executive director shall con18 sult with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 

19 Rights, and Labor, Department of State, if the executive 

20 director has reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, 

21 or strategy could result in forced displacement or other 

22 violation of human rights. 

23 (e) For the purposes of this Act, ‘‘international finan24 cial institutions’’ shall mean the International Bank for 

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1 opment Association, the International Finance Corpora2 tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter3 national Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, 

4 the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Invest5 ment Corporation, the North American Development 

6 Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel7 opment, the African Development Bank, the African De8 velopment Fund and the Multilateral Investment Guar9 antee Agency. 

10 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

11 SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici12 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel13 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern14 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

15 the United States Agency for International Development 

16 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

17 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

19 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

20 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

22 provided to that organization. 

23 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

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1 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

2 made available for direct government-to-government 

3 assistance only if— 

4 (A) each implementing agency or ministry 

5 to receive assistance has been assessed and is 

6 considered to have the systems required to 

7 manage such assistance and any identified 

8 vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 

9 ministry have been addressed; and 

10 (i) the recipient agency or ministry 

11 employs and utilizes staff with the nec12 essary technical, financial, and manage13 ment capabilities; 

14 (ii) the recipient agency or ministry 

15 has adopted competitive procurement poli16 cies and systems; 

17 (iii) effective monitoring and evalua18 tion systems are in place to ensure that 

19 such assistance is used for its intended 

20 purposes; 

21 (iv) no level of acceptable fraud is as22 sumed; and 

23 (v) the government of the recipient 

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1 on an annual basis its national budget, to 

2 include income and expenditures; 

3 (B) the recipient government is in compli4 ance with the principles set forth in section 

5 7013 of this Act; 

6 (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 

7 headed or controlled by an organization des8 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 

9 under section 219 of the Immigration and Na10 tionality Act; 

11 (D) the Government of the United States 

12 and the government of the recipient country 

13 have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 

14 objectives for the use of such assistance, which 

15 should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 

16 basis; and 

17 (E) the recipient government is taking 

18 steps to protect the rights of civil society, in19 cluding freedoms of expression, association and 

20 assembly. 

21 (2) In addition to the requirements in sub22 section (a), no funds may be made available for di23 rect government-to-government assistance without 

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1 fication shall contain an explanation of how the pro2 posed activity meets the requirements of paragraph 

3 (1): Provided further, That the requirements of this 

4 paragraph shall only apply to direct government-to5 government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and 

6 all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 

7 and cash payments to individuals. 

8 (3) The Administrator of the United States 

9 Agency for International Development (USAID) or 

10 the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend 

11 any direct government-to-government assistance if 

12 the Administrator or the Secretary has credible in13 formation of material misuse of such assistance, un14 less the Administrator or the Secretary reports to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 

16 national interest of the United States to continue 

17 such assistance, including a justification, or that 

18 such misuse has been appropriately addressed. 

19 (4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the 

21 fiscal year 2017 congressional budget justification 

22 materials, amounts planned for assistance described 

23 in subsection (a) by country, proposed funding 

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1 (5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 

2 of this Act and 6 months thereafter until September 

3 30, 2016, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 

4 the Committees on Appropriations a report that— 

5 (A) details all assistance described in sub6 section (a) provided during the previous 6- 

7 month period by country, funding amount, 

8 source of funds, and type of such assistance; 

9 and 

10 (B) the type of procurement instrument or 

11 mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 

12 was provided on a reimbursable basis. 

13 (6) None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used for any foreign country for debt 

15 service payments owed by any country to any inter16 national financial institution: Provided, That for 

17 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘international 

18 financial institution’’ has the meaning given the 

19 term in section 7029(e) of this Act. 

20 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS21 PARENCY.— 

22 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL

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1 ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 

2 as identified in the report required by section 

3 7031(b) of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

4 (2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 

5 (1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 

6 are requirements consistent with those in subsection 

7 (a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 

8 documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 

9 by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 

10 for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 

11 and concession allocation practices). 

12 (3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

13 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 

14 the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 

15 enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de16 termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi17 cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require18 ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter19 minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 

20 Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart21 ment of State’s Web site: Provided, That the Sec22 retary shall identify the significant progress made by 

23 each such government to publicly disclose national 

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1 vious fiscal years, and include specific recommenda2 tions of short- and long-term steps such government 

3 should take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided 

4 further, That the annual report shall include a de5 tailed description of how funds appropriated by this 

6 Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, 

7 and identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 

8 (4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

9 title III of this Act shall be made available for pro10 grams and activities to assist governments identified 

11 pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans12 parency and to support civil society organizations in 

13 such countries that promote budget transparency: 

14 Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 

15 funds otherwise made available for such purposes: 

16 Provided further, That a description of the uses of 

17 such funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal 

18 Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 

19 (c) CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA20 TIONS.—— 

21 (1)(A) Officials of foreign governments and 

22 their immediate family members about whom the 

23 Secretary of State has credible information have 

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1 sources, or a gross violation of human rights shall 

2 be ineligible for entry into the United States. 

3 (B) The Secretary may also publicly or pri4 vately designate or identify officials of foreign 

5 governments and their immediate family mem6 bers about whom the Secretary has such cred7 ible information without regard to whether the 

8 individual has applied for a visa. 

9 (2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 

10 into the United States would further important 

11 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec12 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli13 gations under the United Nations Headquarters 

14 Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

15 shall be construed to derogate from United States 

16 Government obligations under applicable inter17 national agreements. 

18 (3) The Secretary may waive the application of 

19 paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 

20 waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 

21 that the circumstances which caused the individual 

22 to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 

23 (4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of 

24 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a re25 port, including a classified annex if necessary, to the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations and the Committees 

2 on the Judiciary describing the information related 

3 to corruption or violation of human rights con4 cerning each of the individuals found ineligible in the 

5 previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as 

6 well as the individuals who the Secretary designated 

7 or identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who 

8 would be ineligible but for the application of para9 graph (2), a list of any waivers provided under para10 graph (3), and the justification for each waiver. 

11 (5) Any unclassified portion of the report re12 quired under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 

13 Department of State’s Web site. 

14 (6) For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), 

15 and (5), the records of the Department of State and 

16 of diplomatic and consular offices of the United 

17 States pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas 

18 or permits to enter the United States shall not be 

19 considered confidential. 

20 (7) The waiver authority contained in para21 graph (3) shall not apply with respect to officials 

22 and their immediate family members from Cuba: 

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1 clude members of the Cuban military and high level 

2 officials of the Cuban Communist Party. 

3 (d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro4 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 

5 available for any independent agency in title III, as appro6 priate, shall be made available to support the provision 

7 of additional information on United States Government 

8 foreign assistance on the Department of State’s foreign 

9 assistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 

10 funded under this Act shall provide such information on 

11 foreign assistance, upon request, to the Department of 

12 State. 

13 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

14 SEC. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

15 not less than $2,264,986,000 shall be made available for 

16 democracy programs, as defined in subsection (c), of which 

17 not less than $312,000,000 shall be made available to sup18 port such programs in Africa. 

19 (b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy 

20 programs may be made available notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, and with regard to the National 

22 Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 

23 (c) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 

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1 tions, civil society, freedom of expression, association, as2 sembly, and religion, human rights, independent media, 

3 and the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the ca4 pacity of democratic political parties, governments, non5 governmental organizations and institutions, and citizens 

6 to support the development of democratic states, and insti7 tutions that are responsive and accountable to citizens. 

8 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

9 available for governance programs shall be made available 

10 only to support institutions and individuals that dem11 onstrate a commitment to democracy. 

12 (e) With respect to the provision of assistance for de13 mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 

14 Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 

15 specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 

16 such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 

17 by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 

18 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis19 trator of the United States Agency for International De20 velopment (USAID), shall report to the Committees on 

21 Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment 

22 of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of 

23 State and USAID to comply with the requirements of this 

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1 (f) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

2 available for democracy programs shall be made available 

3 to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle 

4 East and North Africa. 

5 (g) Funds appropriated by this Act in title III shall 

6 be allocated and administered according to the require7 ments under this subsection in the report accompanying 

8 this Act for Western Hemisphere democracy promotion. 

9 (h) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

10 Labor, Department of State and the Bureau for Democ11 racy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 

12 shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the 

13 NED. 

14 (i) The Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis15 trator shall notify the Committees on Appropriations with16 in 30 days of a decision to change the objectives or the 

17 content of a democracy and governance program or to 

18 close a program due to the increasingly repressive nature 

19 of the host country government: Provided, That the notifi20 cation shall also include a strategy for continuing support 

21 for democracy promotion if there are plans to close the 

22 program. 

23 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

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1 ing for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in ti2 tles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was— 

3 (1) previously justified, including the projected 

4 future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica5 tion; 

6 (2) included in an Act making appropriations 

7 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

8 related programs or previously authorized by an Act 

9 of Congress; 

10 (3) notified in accordance with the regular noti11 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria12 tions, including the projected future year costs; or 

13 (4) the subject of prior consultation with the 

14 Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 

15 was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the 

16 pledge. 

17 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL19 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

20 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

21 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

22 and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 

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1 (b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR2 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

3 this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta5 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis6 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

7 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta8 bility. 

9 (c) CONTRIBUTION.—Funds managed by the Bureau 

10 for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 

11 United States Agency for International Development 

12 (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made avail13 able as a general contribution to the World Food Program: 

14 Provided, That funds made available pursuant to the au15 thority of this subsection shall be subject to section 7048 

16 of this Act. 

17 (d) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.—(1) Any agency 

18 receiving funds made available by this Act shall, subject 

19 to paragraphs (2) and (3), post on the public Web site 

20 of such agency any report required by this Act to be sub21 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations, upon a de22 termination by the head of such agency that to do so is 

23 in the national interest. 

24 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 

25 if— 


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1 (A) the public posting of such report would 

2 compromise national security, including the 

3 conduct of diplomacy; or 

4 (B) the report contains proprietary, privi5 leged, or sensitive information. 

6 (3) The head of the agency posting such report 

7 shall do so only after such report has been made 

8 available to the Committees on Appropriations for 

9 not less than 45 days. 

10 (e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) Funds ap11 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup12 port Fund’’ shall be made available to carry out the Pro13 gram for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and 

14 the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as au15 thorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and 

16 Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508). 

17 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act, and prior 

18 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

19 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

20 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may 

21 be made available as a contribution to establish and 

22 maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 

23 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

24 Appropriations. 


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1 (f) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act or in titles I through IV of prior Acts making appro3 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

4 and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of 

5 State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to 

6 support the continued implementation of the Partner Vet7 ting System (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Sec8 retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly 

9 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

10 later than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, 

11 on the estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the 

12 PVS for possible expansion: Provided further, That such 

13 report shall include the requirements under this subsection 

14 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

15 That such report may be delivered in classified form, if 

16 necessary. 

17 (g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2016, the 

18 President may use up to $100,000,000 under the author19 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

20 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

21 (h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec22 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

23 title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern24 ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 

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1 International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc2 tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 

4 withholding funds under this subsection. 

5 (i) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 616(c) of the De6 partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 

7 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (division 

8 A of Public Law 105–277) and section 570(d) of the For9 eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 

10 Appropriations Act, 1997 (division A of Public Law 104– 

11 208) are hereby repealed. 

12 (j) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTEC13 TION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge 

14 with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Mis15 sions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds 

16 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

17 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2016, except for funds 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 at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 

22 last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 

23 purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not more 

24 than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 

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1 (1) The authority contained in section 1115(d) 

2 of Public Law 111–32 shall remain in effect through 

3 September 30, 2016. 

4 (2) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act 

5 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by 

6 substituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 

7 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

8 (3) Section 61(a) of the State Department 

9 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) 

10 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

11 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

12 (4) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 

14 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 

15 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

16 (5) The authorities provided in section 1015(b) 

17 of Public Law 111–212 shall remain in effect 

18 through September 30, 2016. 

19 (6) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

20 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 

21 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

22 (A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

23 note)— 


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1 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

2 ‘‘and 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2015, and 

3 2016’’; and 

4 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

5 ‘‘2015’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘2016’’; and 

7 (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 

8 in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and in9 serting ‘‘2016’’. 

10 (l) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under 

11 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ only in title III 

12 of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

13 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro14 grams may be made available for the costs, as defined in 

15 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 

16 loan guarantees for Jordan, Ukraine, and Tunisia, which 

17 are authorized to be provided: Provided, That amounts 

18 made available under this paragraph for the costs of such 

19 guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the pur20 poses of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: 

21 Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 

22 this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

23 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

24 on Appropriations. 


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1 (m) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

2 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab3 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper4 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro5 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may be made 

6 available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 

7 survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 

8 HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 

9 the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 

10 the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper11 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro12 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) shall be exer13 cised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, 

14 USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non15 HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall 

16 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

17 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

18 Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budg19 et justification an accounting of budgetary resources, dis20 bursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 

21 fund. 

22 (n) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES

23 OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI24 ZATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 

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1 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110- 

2 457): Provided, That in determining whether to suspend 

3 the issuance of A-3 or G-5 visas under such section, the 

4 Secretary should consider the following as ‘‘credible evi5 dence’’: (1) a final court judgment (including a default 

6 judgment) issued against a current or former employee of 

7 such mission or organization (for which the time period 

8 for appeal has expired); (2) the issuance of a T-visa to 

9 the victim; or (3) a request by the Department of State 

10 to the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats 

11 or family members be waived to permit criminal prosecu12 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary should assist 

13 in obtaining payment of final court judgments awarded 

14 to A-3 and G-5 visa holders, including encouraging the 

15 sending states to provide compensation directly to victims: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary shall include in the 

17 Trafficking in Persons annual report a concise summary 

18 of each trafficking case involving an A- 3 or G-5 visa hold19 er which meets one or more of the items in the first pro20 viso of this subsection. 

21 (o) DEFINITIONS.— 

22 (1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

23 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres24 sional committees’’ shall mean the Committees on 

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1 and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 

2 Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

3 (2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

4 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated 

5 in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

6 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re7 lated programs’’ shall mean funds that remain avail8 able for obligation, and have not expired, and shall 

9 not include amounts that were designated by Con10 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

11 War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 

12 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 

13 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

14 Act of 1985. 

15 (3) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this 

16 or any other Act making appropriations for the De17 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

18 programs shall be deemed to include portions of 

19 Western Kordofan that were previously part of 

20 Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of 

21 Southern Kordofan. 

22 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

23 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

24 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

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1 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

2 in the region and to United States investment and 

3 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

4 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret5 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

6 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

7 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

8 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re9 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

10 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

11 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

12 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

13 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

14 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

15 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

16 weapons to said country; and 

17 (5) the President should report to Congress an18 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

19 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

20 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi21 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ22 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

23 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi24 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal25 izing businesses that do comply. 


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1 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

2 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

3 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

4 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

5 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

7 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

8 state— 

9 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

10 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

11 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

12 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

13 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

14 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

15 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

16 security organizations; and 

17 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

18 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

19 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef20 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

21 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

22 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

23 context of full and normal relationships, which 

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1 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

2 belligerency; 

3 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

4 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

5 independence of every state in the area through 

6 measures including the establishment of demili7 tarized zones; 

8 (C) their right to live in peace within se9 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

10 threats or acts of force; 

11 (D) freedom of navigation through inter12 national waterways in the area; and 

13 (E) a framework for achieving a just set14 tlement of the refugee problem. 

15 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

17 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

18 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

19 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac20 countable governance. 

21 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

22 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

23 national security interest of the United States to do so. 

24 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

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1 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

2 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

3 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

4 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales5 tinian Authority’’). 

6 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

7 AUTHORITY

8 SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti9 tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex10 pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 

11 of any department or agency of the United States Govern12 ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 

13 Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 

14 Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 

15 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin16 ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 

17 the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con18 sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet19 ings between officers and employees of the United States 

20 and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 

21 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel22 PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con23 ducting official United States Government business with 

24 such authority should continue to take place in locations 

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1 true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

2 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

3 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

4 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

5 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

6 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

7 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

8 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

10 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

11 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

12 Corporation. 

13 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

14 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2016, 

15 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi16 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

17 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp19 troller General of the United States will have access to 

20 appropriate United States financial information in order 

21 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro22 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

23 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

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1 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

2 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

3 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

4 any individual, private or government entity, or edu5 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

6 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

7 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

8 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

9 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov10 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de11 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

12 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter13 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

14 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

15 steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 

16 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu17 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

18 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

19 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

20 (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

21 III through VI of this Act for assistance under the 

22 West Bank and Gaza Program may be made avail23 able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon24 oring individuals who commit, or have committed 

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1 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds made available by this or prior ap3 propriations Acts, including funds made available by 

4 transfer, may be made available for obligation for se5 curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 

6 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 

8 established for security assistance for the West 

9 Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales10 tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

11 (d) AUDITS.— 

12 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

13 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

14 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

15 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

16 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro17 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

18 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

19 section. 

20 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

21 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 

22 General of the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

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1 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur2 poses. 

3 (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub4 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

5 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat6 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

7 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro8 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2016 

9 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

10 audit shall address— 

11 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

12 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

13 and 

14 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

15 and activities carried out under such Program, in16 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

17 (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 

18 and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce19 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

21 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con23 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

24 Law 109–13. 


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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

4 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi5 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

7 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

9 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi11 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

12 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

13 to the national security interest of the United States. 

14 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

15 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

16 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

17 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu19 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub20 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail21 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

22 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

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1 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

2 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

3 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

4 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

5 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap6 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal7 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac8 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi9 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

10 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au11 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen12 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

13 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

14 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro15 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

16 Israel. 

17 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

18 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

19 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

20 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

21 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

22 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

23 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

24 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 


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1 Hamas is a member or that results from an agree2 ment with Hamas. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

4 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

5 government only if the President certifies and re6 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

7 government, including all of its ministers or such 

8 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

9 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

10 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

11 as amended. 

12 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

13 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 

15 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 

16 this subsection. 

17 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

18 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

19 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro20 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

21 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern22 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva23 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

24 contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 

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1 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

2 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

3 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi4 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

5 such government. 

6 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

7 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as8 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

9 NEAR EAST

10 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated or oth12 erwise made available by this Act that are made 

13 available for assistance for the Government of Egypt 

14 may be made available notwithstanding any provi15 sion of law restricting assistance for Egypt, except 

16 such funds may only be made available if the Sec17 retary of State certifies and reports to the appro18 priate congressional committees that such govern19 ment is— 

20 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

21 with the United States; and 

22 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

23 Egypt- Israel Peace Treaty. 

24 (2) REPORT ON GOVERNANCE.—(A) Not later 

25 than 90 days after enactment of this Act and every 


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1 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2016, the 

2 Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations on steps taken by the Government of 

4 Egypt to— 

5 (i) hold parliamentary elections; 

6 (ii) protect and advance the rights of 

7 women and religious minorities; 

8 (iii) implement laws or policies to gov9 ern democratically, protect the rights of in10 dividuals, and uphold due process of law; 

11 (iv) implement reforms that protect 

12 freedoms of expression, association, and 

13 peaceful assembly, including the ability of 

14 civil society organizations and the media to 

15 function without interference; and 

16 (v) improve the transparency and ac17 countability of security forces. 

18 (B) The report required by subparagraph (A) 

19 may be provided in classified form if necessary. 

20 (3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the funds 

21 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco22 nomic Support Fund’’, up to $150,000,000 may be 

23 made available for assistance for Egypt, subject to 

24 prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

25 committees and the regular notification procedures 


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1 of the Committees on Appropriations and section 

2 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Pro3 vided, That such funds may be made available for 

4 democracy programs: Provided further, That such 

5 funds may not be made available for cash transfer 

6 assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of 

7 State certifies to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees that the Government of Egypt is taking con9 sistent and effective steps to stabilize the economy 

10 and implement market-based economic reforms. 

11 (4) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO12 GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

14 up to $1,300,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2017, shall be made available for assist16 ance for Egypt which may be transferred to an in17 terest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank 

18 of New York, following consultation with the Com19 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That not later 

20 than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary shall consult with the Committees on Appro22 priations on any plans to restructure military assist23 ance for Egypt. 

24 (5) EXTENSION OF PROTECTIONS.—No convic25 tion issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 


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1 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the 

2 Year 2012’’, against a citizen or national of the 

3 United States or an alien lawfully admitted for per4 manent residence in the United States, shall be con5 sidered a conviction for purposes of United States 

6 law or for any activity undertaken within the juris7 diction of the United States. 

8 (b) IRAN.— 

9 (1) The terms and conditions of paragraphs (1) 

10 and (2) of section 7041(c) in division I of Public 

11 Law 112-74 shall continue in effect during fiscal 

12 year 2016 as if part of this Act. 

13 (2)(A) The Secretary of State shall submit to 

14 the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 90 

15 days after the date of enactment of this Act and at 

16 the end of each 90-day period thereafter until Sep17 tember 30, 2016, a report on the status of the bilat18 eral and multilateral efforts aimed at curtailing the 

19 pursuit by Iran of nuclear weapons technology. 

20 (B) The Secretary of State, in consultation with 

21 the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations, not later than 180 

23 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a re24 port on the status of bilateral United States and 

25 multilateral sanctions against Iran and actions taken 


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1 by the United States and the international commu2 nity to enforce sanctions against Iran, including for 

3 proliferation, terrorism, and human rights violations: 

4 Provided, That the report shall include the require5 ments described under this subsection in the report 

6 accompanying this Act and may be submitted in 

7 classified form if necessary. 

8 (C) The Secretary of State shall submit to 

9 the appropriate congressional committees, not 

10 later than 30 days after enactment of this Act 

11 and at the end of each 30-day period thereafter 

12 until September 30, 2016, a report on the im13 plementation of the Joint Plan of Action be14 tween the P5+1 and the Government of Iran 

15 concluded on November 24, 2013, and any ex16 tension of or successor to that agreement: Pro17 vided, That the report shall include the require18 ments under this subsection in the report ac19 companying this Act, and may be submitted in 

20 classified form if necessary. 

21 (c) IRAQ.— 

22 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

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1 pacted by the conflict in Syria, and among Iraq’s re2 ligious and ethnic minority populations. 

3 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be made available for construction, rehabilita5 tion, or other improvements to United States facili6 ties in Iraq on property for which no land-use agree7 ment has been entered into by the Governments of 

8 the United States and Iraq: Provided, That the re9 strictions in this paragraph shall not apply if such 

10 funds are necessary to protect United States Gov11 ernment facilities or the security, health, and welfare 

12 of United States personnel. 

13 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

14 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

15 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro16 gram’’ that are available for assistance for Iraq 

17 should be made available to enhance the capacity of 

18 Kurdistan Regional Government security services 

19 and for security programs in Kurdistan to address 

20 requirements arising from the violence in Syria and 

21 Iraq: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall 

22 consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 

23 to obligating such funds. 

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1 ernment of the United States to enter into a perma2 nent basing rights agreement between the United 

3 States and Iraq. 

4 (d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘For6 eign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 

7 $1,000,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 

8 Jordan. 

9 (e) LEBANON.— 

10 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Se12 curity Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed Forces 

13 (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a for14 eign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant 

15 to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

16 Act. 

17 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

18 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

19 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro20 gram’’ that are available for assistance for Lebanon 

21 may be made available for programs and equipment 

22 for the ISF and LAF to address security and sta23 bility requirements in areas affected by the conflict 

24 in Syria, following consultation with the appropriate 

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1 (3) In addition to the activities described in 

2 paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 

3 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

4 for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

5 only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 

6 border security and combat terrorism, including 

7 training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 

8 borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 

9 use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 

10 and to implement United Nations Security Council 

11 Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 

12 obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec13 retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro14 priations a detailed spend plan, including actions to 

15 be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF 

16 is only used for the intended purposes, except such 

17 plan may not be considered as meeting the notifica18 tion requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 

19 under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

20 1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep21 tember 1, 2016: Provided further, That any notifica22 tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in23 clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili24 tary equipment. 

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1 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be made available for the Government of Libya 

3 (GOL) if the GOL is controlled by a foreign ter4 rorist organization, as designated pursuant to sec5 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

6 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 may be made available for assistance for the GOL 

8 unless the Secretary of State reports to the Commit9 tees on Appropriations that such government is co10 operating with United States Government efforts to 

11 investigate and bring to justice those responsible for 

12 the attack on United States personnel and facilities 

13 in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: Provided, 

14 That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply 

15 to funds made available for the purpose of pro16 tecting United States Government personnel or fa17 cilities. 

18 (3)(A) Any notification required for assistance 

19 for Libya for funds appropriated under title IV of 

20 this Act shall include a detailed justification for such 

21 assistance, and a description of the vetting proce22 dures used for any individual or unit receiving such 

23 assistance. 

24 (B) Any notification required for assistance for 

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1 Act shall include a detailed description of how reg2 ular oversight will be provided by the Department of 

3 State or the United States Agency for International 

4 Development. 

5 (g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

6 under title III that are available for assistance for Morocco 

7 shall also be made available for any region or territory 

8 administered by Morocco, including the Western Sahara: 

9 Provided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of 

10 this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 

11 Committees on Appropriations on the requirements de12 scribed under this section in the report accompanying this 

13 Act. 

14 (h) SYRIA.— 

15 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

16 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

17 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

18 programs may be made available notwithstanding 

19 any other provision of law for non-lethal assistance 

20 for programs to address the needs of civilians af21 fected by conflict in Syria, and for programs that 

22 seek to— 

23 (A) establish governance in Syria that is 

24 representative, inclusive, and accountable; 


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1 (B) expand the role of women in negotia2 tions to end the violence and in any political 

3 transition in Syria; 

4 (C) develop and implement political proc5 esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad6 here to the rule of law; 

7 (D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian 

8 opposition through cross-border programs; 

9 (E) develop civil society and an inde10 pendent media in Syria; 

11 (F) promote economic development in 

12 Syria; 

13 (G) document, investigate, and prosecute 

14 human rights violations in Syria, including 

15 through transitional justice programs and sup16 port for nongovernmental organizations; 

17 (H) counter extremist ideologies; and 

18 (I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 

19 has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 

20 complete higher education requirements at re21 gional academic institutions. 

22 (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appro23 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

24 for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all prac25 ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 


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1 for monitoring, oversight, and control of such assist2 ance inside Syria: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

3 promptly inform the appropriate congressional com4 mittees of any instance in which assistance provided 

5 pursuant to the authority of this subsection has been 

6 compromised, to include the type and amount of as7 sistance affected, a description of the incident and 

8 parties involved, and an explanation of the Depart9 ment of State’s response. 

10 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

11 made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to 

12 the authority of this subsection may only be made 

13 available after the Secretary of State, in consultation 

14 with the heads of relevant United States Govern15 ment agencies, submits, in classified form if nec16 essary, an update to the comprehensive strategy re17 quired in section 7041(i)(3) of Public Law 113–76. 

18 (4) Funds made available pursuant to this sub19 section may only be made available following con20 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit21 tees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

22 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 (i) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

24 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini25 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 


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1 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

2 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec3 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

5 is to— 

6 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

7 (B) improve security in the region; 

8 (C) continue support for transparent and 

9 accountable government institutions; 

10 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

11 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

12 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

13 (A) None of the funds appropriated under 

14 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 

15 Act may be made available for assistance for 

16 the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act— 

18 (i) the Palestinians obtain the same 

19 standing as member states or full member20 ship as a state in the United Nations or 

21 any specialized agency thereof outside an 

22 agreement negotiated between Israel and 

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1 ized investigation, or actively support such 

2 an investigation, that subjects Israeli na3 tionals to an investigation for alleged 

4 crimes against Palestinians. 

5 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi6 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if 

7 the President determines and certifies in writ8 ing to the Speaker of the House of Representa9 tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, 

10 and the appropriate congressional committees 

11 that the Palestinians have not, after the date of 

12 enactment of this Act, obtained in the United 

13 Nations or any specialized agency thereof the 

14 same standing as member states or full mem15 bership as a state outside an agreement nego16 tiated between Israel and the Palestinians, and 

17 the Palestinians have not, after the date of en18 actment of this Act, initiated or actively sup19 ported an International Criminal Court inves20 tigation against Israeli nationals for alleged 

21 crimes against Palestinians. 

22 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the 

23 President is unable to make the certifi24 cation pursuant to clause (i), the President 

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1 100–204 if the President determines and 

2 certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 

3 House of Representatives, the President 

4 pro tempore of the Senate, and the Com5 mittees on Appropriations that the Pal6 estinians have entered into direct and 

7 meaningful negotiations with Israel: Pro8 vided, That any waiver of the provisions of 

9 section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 under 

10 clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 

11 previous provisions of law must expire be12 fore the waiver under the preceding sen13 tence may be exercised. 

14 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this sub15 paragraph shall be effective for no more 

16 than a period of 6 months at a time and 

17 shall not apply beyond 12 months after the 

18 enactment of this Act. 

19 (3) FUNDING REDUCTION.—If the requirements 

20 for the obligation of assistance in subsection 7040(f) 

21 of this Act are met, the Secretary of State shall re22 duce the amount of assistance made available by this 

23 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

24 for the Palestinian Authority by an amount the Sec25 retary determines is equivalent to that expended by 


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1 the Palestinian Authority in payments to individuals 

2 and the families of such individuals that are impris3 oned for acts of terrorism or who died committing 

4 such acts during the previous calendar year: Pro5 vided, That the Secretary shall report to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations on the amount reduced 

7 for fiscal year 2016 prior to the obligation of funds 

8 for the Palestinian Authority: Provided further, That 

9 the report in the previous proviso shall also include 

10 steps taken to prevent any such payments. 

11 AFRICA

12 SEC. 7042. (a) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.— 

13 Funds made available by this Act for assistance for the 

14 Central African Republic shall be made available for rec15 onciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activi16 ties to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and 

17 local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against 

18 humanity. 

19 (b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 

20 appropriated by this Act, not less than $69,821,000 

21 should be made available for the Trans-Sahara Counter22 terrorism Partnership program, and not less than 

23 $24,150,000 should be made available for the Partnership 

24 for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program. 


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1 (c) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appro2 priated by this Act shall be made available for programs 

3 and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 

4 Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Re5 sistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recov6 ery Act (Public Law 111–172), including to improve phys7 ical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early8 warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, de9 mobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat10 ants, especially child soldiers. 

11 (d) 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 (e) NIGERIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 

23 are made available for assistance for Nigeria— 

24 (1) shall be made available for assistance for women 

25 and girls who are targeted by the terrorist organization 


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1 Boko Haram, consistent with the provisions of section 

2 7059 of this Act; and 

3 (2) may be made available for counterterrorism pro4 grams to combat the terrorist organization Boko Haram. 

5 (f) SOUTH SUDAN.— 

6 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

7 made available for assistance for South Sudan 

8 should— 

9 (A) be prioritized for programs that re10 spond to urgent humanitarian needs and the 

11 delivery of basic services and to mitigate con12 flict and promote stability, including to address 

13 protection needs and prevent and respond to 

14 gender-based violence; 

15 (B) support programs that build resilience 

16 of communities to address food insecurity, 

17 maintain educational opportunities, and en18 hance local governance; 

19 (C) be used to advance democratic prin20 ciples, including support for civil society, inde21 pendent media, and other means to strengthen 

22 the rule of law; 

23 (D) continue to support transparency and 

24 accountability measures, including in the oil 

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1 (E) support the professionalization of secu2 rity forces, including human rights and ac3 countability to civilian authorities. 

4 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 that are available for assistance for the central Gov6 ernment of South Sudan may be made available 

7 until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations that such govern9 ment is taking steps to— 

10 (A) provide access for humanitarian orga11 nizations; 

12 (B) end the use of child soldiers; 

13 (C) support a cessation of hostilities agree14 ment; 

15 (D) protect freedoms of expression, asso16 ciation, and assembly; 

17 (E) reduce corruption related to the ex18 traction and sale of oil and gas; and 

19 (F) establish democratic institutions, in20 cluding accountable military and police forces 

21 under civilian authority. 

22 (3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not 

23 apply to— 

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1 (B) assistance to directly support South 

2 Sudan peace negotiations or to implement a 

3 peace agreement; and 

4 (C) assistance to support implementation 

5 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

6 Peace Agreement (CPA) and mutual arrange7 ment related to the CPA. 

8 (g) SUDAN.— 

9 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

11 made available for assistance for the Government of 

12 Sudan. 

13 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

15 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

16 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

17 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

18 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

19 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

20 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

21 (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

22 shall not apply to— 

23 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

24 (B) assistance for the Darfur region, 

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1 other marginalized areas and populations in 

2 Sudan, and Abyei; and 

3 (C) assistance to support implementation 

4 of outstanding issues of the CPA, mutual ar5 rangements related to post-referendum issues 

6 associated with the CPA, or any other inter7 nationally recognized viable peace agreement in 

8 Sudan. 

9 (h) ZIMBABWE.— 

10 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

11 the United States executive director of each inter12 national financial institution to vote against any ex13 tension by the respective institution of any loan or 

14 grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to 

15 meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, 

16 unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

17 the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of 

18 law has been restored, including respect for owner19 ship and title to property, and freedoms of expres20 sion, association, and assembly. 

21 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

22 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

23 Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and 

24 education, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

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1 be made available for macroeconomic growth assist2 ance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations that such government is imple4 menting transparent fiscal policies, including public 

5 disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural 

6 resources. 

7 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

8 SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 

9 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

10 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

11 available for assistance for Burma notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law: Provided, That no such 

13 funds shall be made available to any successor or af14 filiated organization of the State Peace and Develop15 ment Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC 

16 members that promotes the repressive policies of the 

17 SPDC, or to any individual or organization credibly 

18 alleged to have committed gross violations of human 

19 rights, including against Rohingyas and other minor20 ity groups: Provided further, That such funds may 

21 be made available for programs administered by the 

22 Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agen23 cy for International Development, for ethnic groups 

24 and civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire 

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1 and peace, which may include support to representa2 tives of ethnic armed groups for this purpose. 

3 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

4 Act for assistance for Burma— 

5 (A) may not be made available for budget 

6 support for the Government of Burma; 

7 (B) shall be provided to strengthen civil so8 ciety organizations in Burma, including as core 

9 support for such organizations; 

10 (C) shall be made available for community11 based organizations operating in Thailand to 

12 provide food, medical, and other humanitarian 

13 assistance to internally displaced persons in 

14 eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for 

15 Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by 

16 this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref17 ugee Assistance’’; 

18 (D) shall be made available for parliamen19 tary strengthening programs; and 

20 (E) shall be made available for ethnic and 

21 religious reconciliation programs, including in 

22 ceasefire areas, as appropriate, and to address 

23 the Rohingya and Kachin crises. 

24 (3) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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1 cation and Training’ ’’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi2 nancing Program’’ may be made available for assist3 ance for Burma: Provided, That the Department of 

4 State may continue consultations with the armed 

5 forces of Burma only on human rights and disaster 

6 response in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal 

7 year, and following consultation with the appropriate 

8 congressional committees. 

9 (4) Funds appropriated by this Act shall only 

10 be made available for assistance for the central Gov11 ernment of Burma if the Secretary of State certifies 

12 and reports to the appropriate congressional com13 mittees that such government has implemented re14 forms, in consultation with Burma’s political opposi15 tion and ethnic groups, providing for free and fair 

16 presidential and parliamentary elections, to include 

17 participation as voters and candidates: Provided, 

18 That the Secretary of State may waive the require19 ments of this paragraph if the Secretary certifies 

20 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 that to do so is important to the democratic develop22 ment of Burma, including a detailed justification for 

23 such waiver. 

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1 consultation with the appropriate congressional com2 mittees. 

3 (b) NORTH KOREA.—None of the funds made avail4 able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

5 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the gov6 ernment of North Korea. 

7 (c) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

8 (1) None of the funds appropriated under the 

9 heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in 

10 this Act may be obligated or expended for processing 

11 licenses for the export of satellites of United States 

12 origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 

13 components) to the People’s Republic of China un14 less, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 

15 Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

16 (2) The terms and requirements of section 

17 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

18 apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of 

19 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s 

20 Republic of China, to include such projects or activi21 ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 

22 an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

23 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur24 suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 

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1 any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 

2 believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 

3 the PLA. 

4 (3)(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 

5 Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

6 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support 

7 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the 

8 government of the People’s Republic of China. 

9 (B) The limitation of subparagraph (A) 

10 shall not apply to assistance described in para11 graph (2) of subsection (d) of this section and 

12 for programs to detect, prevent, and treat infec13 tious disease. 

14 (d) TIBET.— 

15 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury should in16 struct the United States executive director of each 

17 international financial institution to use the voice 

18 and vote of the United States to support financing 

19 of projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide 

20 incentives for the migration and settlement of non21 Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of own22 ership of Tibetan land and natural resources to non23 Tibetans, are based on a thorough needs-assessment, 

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1 spect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are subject 

2 to effective monitoring. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

5 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

6 to nongovernmental organizations to support activi7 ties which preserve cultural traditions and promote 

8 sustainable development, education, and environ9 mental conservation in Tibetan communities in the 

10 Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan 

11 communities in China. 

12 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

13 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

14 (1) OPERATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

15 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro17 grams’’, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

18 Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ that 

19 are available for the construction and renova20 tion of United States Government facilities in 

21 Afghanistan may not be made available if the 

22 purpose is to accommodate Federal employee 

23 positions or to expand aviation facilities or as24 sets above those notified by the Department of 

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1 national Development (USAID) to the Commit2 tees on Appropriations, or contractors in addi3 tion to those in place on the date of enactment 

4 of this Act: Provided, That the limitations in 

5 this paragraph shall not apply if funds are nec6 essary to protect such facilities or the security, 

7 health, and welfare of United States personnel. 

8 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

9 under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

10 Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ that are 

11 available for operations in Afghanistan, 15 per12 cent shall be withheld from obligation until the 

13 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec14 retary of Defense, and the USAID Adminis15 trator, submits to the Committees on Appro16 priations, in classified form if necessary, the re17 port described under this section in the report 

18 accompanying this Act. 

19 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

20 Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

21 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En22 forcement’’ for assistance for Afghanistan— 

23 (A) may not be used to support any pro24 gram, project, or activity that— 


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1 (i) does not have regular oversight by 

2 the Department of State or USAID, as ap3 propriate, to include site visits; 

4 (ii) involves any individual or organi5 zation that the Secretary of State deter6 mines to be involved in corrupt practices; 

7 or 

8 (iii) initiates new major infrastruc9 ture; 

10 (B) shall only be made available for pro11 grams that the Government of Afghanistan or 

12 other Afghan entity is capable of sustaining, as 

13 appropriate and as determined by the United 

14 States Chief of Mission; 

15 (C) shall be prioritized for programs that 

16 promote women’s economic and political em17 powerment, strengthen and protect the rights of 

18 women and girls, and to implement the United 

19 States Embassy Kabul Gender Strategy; and 

20 (D) shall be implemented in accordance 

21 with all applicable audit policies of the Depart22 ment of State and USAID. 

23 (3) NOTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION RE24 QUIREMENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

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1 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

2 for assistance for the central Government of Afghan3 istan shall be subject to the regular notification pro4 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and 

5 may not be obligated unless the Secretary of State 

6 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro7 priations that the Government of Afghanistan is— 

8 (A) continuing to implement laws and poli9 cies to govern democratically and protect the 

10 rights of individuals and civil society, including 

11 taking consistent steps to protect and advance 

12 the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan; 

13 (B) maintaining the strategic relationship 

14 with the United States, including implementing 

15 the Bilateral Security Agreement with the 

16 United States; 

17 (C) improving the public reporting of the 

18 national budget of the Government of Afghani19 stan, including revenues and expenditures; and 

20 (D) reducing corruption and prosecuting 

21 individuals alleged to be involved in illegal ac22 tivities in Afghanistan. 

23 (4) AUTHORITIES.— 

24 (A) Funds appropriated under titles III 

25 through VI of this Act that are made available 


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1 for assistance for Afghanistan may be made 

2 available notwithstanding section 7012 of this 

3 Act or any similar provision of law and section 

4 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

5 (B) The authority of section 7046(a)(2)(A) 

6 of division I of Public Law 112–74 shall apply 

7 to funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 

8 for Afghanistan. 

9 (C) The authority of section 1102(c) of 

10 title IX of Public Law 111-32 shall apply to 

11 funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 

12 for Afghanistan. 

13 (D) The authority of section 7044(a)(7) of 

14 division J of Public Law 113-235 shall apply to 

15 funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 

16 for Afghanistan: Provided, that the Secretary of 

17 State or the USAID Administrator, as appro18 priate, shall consult with the appropriate con19 gressional committees prior to the use of such 

20 authority on the goals, strategy and impact of 

21 the program. 

22 (5) FUNDING REDUCTION.—Funds appro23 priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro24 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper25 ations, and related programs that are available for 


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1 assistance for the Government of Afghanistan shall 

2 be reduced by $5 for every $1 that such government 

3 imposes in taxes, duties, penalties, or other fees on 

4 the transport of property of the United States Gov5 ernment (including the United States Armed 

6 Forces), entering or leaving Afghanistan. 

7 (6) BASE RIGHTS.—None of the funds made 

8 available by this Act may be used by the United 

9 States Government to enter into a permanent basing 

10 rights agreement between the United States and Af11 ghanistan. 

12 (7) SPEND PLAN.—The spend plan required by 

13 section 7076 of this Act for assistance for Afghani14 stan shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 

15 benchmarks for measuring progress, and expected 

16 results regarding combating poverty and furthering 

17 development in Afghanistan, countering terrorism, 

18 and establishing conditions conducive to the rule of 

19 law and transparent and accountable governance: 

20 Provided, That not later than 6 months after sub21 mission of such spend plan, and each 6 months 

22 thereafter until September 30, 2016, the Secretary 

23 of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 

24 Appropriations on the status of achieving the goals 

25 and benchmarks in such plan. 


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1 (b) PAKISTAN.— 

2 (1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of 

3 the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

4 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

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

6 Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

7 Program’’ for assistance for the Government of 

8 Pakistan may be made available unless the Secretary 

9 of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations that the Government of Pakistan 

11 is— 

12 (A) cooperating with the United States in 

13 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 

14 Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e15 Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and 

16 other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza17 tions, including taking steps to end support for 

18 such groups and prevent them from basing and 

19 operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 

20 border attacks into neighboring countries; 

21 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

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1 cially into political and judicial processes in 

2 Pakistan; 

3 (C) dismantling improvised explosive device 

4 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 

5 chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

6 (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear7 related material and expertise; 

8 (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 

9 United States visitors engaged in counterter10 rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki11 stan; and 

12 (F) providing humanitarian organizations 

13 access to detainees, internally displaced per14 sons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by 

15 the conflict. 

16 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after 

17 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may 

18 waive the certification requirement of paragraph (1) 

19 if the Secretary of State determines that to do so is 

20 important to the national security interest of the 

21 United States and the Secretary submits a report to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form 

23 if necessary, on the justification for the waiver and 

24 the reasons why any part of the certification require25 ment of paragraph (1) has not been met. 


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1 (3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

3 Program’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 

4 available only to support counterterrorism and coun5 terinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan, and are sub6 ject to section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 

7 of 1961. 

8 (4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.—The author9 ity and directives of section 7044(d)(4) of division J 

10 of Public Law 113-235 shall apply to funds appro11 priated by this Act for assistance for Pakistan. 

12 (5) REPORTS.— 

13 (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 

14 7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan 

15 shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 

16 benchmarks for measuring progress, and ex17 pected results regarding combating poverty and 

18 furthering development in Pakistan, countering 

19 terrorism, and establishing conditions conducive 

20 to the rule of law and transparent and account21 able governance: Provided, That such bench22 marks may incorporate those required in title 

23 III of Public Law 111–73, as appropriate: Pro24 vided further, That not later than 6 months 

25 after submission of such spend plan, and each 


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1 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2016, 

2 the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

3 the Committees on Appropriations on the status 

4 of achieving the goals and benchmarks in such 

5 plan. 

6 (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 

7 assistance for the Government of Pakistan if 

8 any report required by this paragraph indicates 

9 that Pakistan is failing to make measurable 

10 progress in meeting such goals or benchmarks. 

11 (B) Not later than 90 days after enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

13 submit a report to the Committees on Appro14 priations detailing the costs and objectives asso15 ciated with significant infrastructure projects 

16 supported by the United States in Pakistan, 

17 and an assessment of the extent to which such 

18 projects achieve such objectives. 

19 (c) REGIONAL CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.— 

20 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head21 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Afghani22 stan and Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign 

24 countries, for cross border stabilization and development 


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1 programs between Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between 

2 either country and the Central Asian countries. 

3 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head4 ing ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce5 ment’’ that are available for assistance for Afghanistan 

6 and Pakistan should be made available to enhance the re7 cruitment, retention, and professionalism of women in po8 lice and other security forces. 

9 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

10 SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

11 (1) STRATEGY.— 

12 (A) Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

13 this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

14 the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

15 International Development (USAID), shall submit to 

16 the Committees on Appropriations a multi-year 

17 strategy for assistance to Central America: Provided, 

18 That such assistance shall address the key factors in 

19 the countries in Central America contributing to the 

20 migration of unaccompanied, undocumented minors 

21 to the United States. 

22 (B) The strategy required by this paragraph 

23 shall include— 

24 (i) a clear mission statement; 


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1 (ii) achievable goals and objectives and as2 sociated benchmarks and timelines; 

3 (iii) a spend plan that describes how funds 

4 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

5 appropriations for the Department of State, 

6 foreign operations, and related programs will 

7 achieve such goals and objectives; and 

8 (iv) a description of host country actions 

9 and commitments, including host country fund10 ing. 

11 (C) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

12 the Committees on Appropriations prior to the devel13 opment of the strategy required by this paragraph. 

14 (D) The Secretary of State shall provide quar15 terly updates to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 on the implementation of the strategy in this para17 graph and funding to implement such strategy. 

18 (E) Funds made available to implement the 

19 strategy in this paragraph shall be subject to the 

20 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

21 Appropriations, and such strategy shall be submitted 

22 prior to the notification of funds. 

23 (2) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under titles III 

24 and IV of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

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1 lated programs that are made available to implement the 

2 strategy described in paragraph (1) shall be made avail3 able for programs to— 

4 (A) improve border security; 

5 (B) counter the activities of criminal gangs, 

6 drug traffickers, and organized crime; 

7 (C) combat human smuggling and trafficking; 

8 and 

9 (D) repatriate and reintegrate migrants return10 ing from the United States. 

11 (3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

12 State shall suspend further obligation of funds provided 

13 for programs and activities described in the strategy re14 quired by paragraph (1) for a country if the Secretary de15 termines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 that the government of such country is not taking steps 

17 to— 

18 (A) improve border security; 

19 (B) enforce laws and policies to reduce the flow 

20 of illegal migrants to the United States, including to 

21 increase penalties for human smuggling; 

22 (C) conduct public outreach campaigns to ex23 plain the dangers of the journey to the southwest 

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1 migrants of relevant United States immigration 

2 laws; and 

3 (D) cooperate with United States Federal agen4 cies to facilitate and expedite the return, repatri5 ation, and reintegration of illegal migrants arriving 

6 at the southwest border of the United States. 

7 (4) FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.—Funds ap8 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 

9 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ shall be made 

10 available for DNA forensic technology programs to combat 

11 human trafficking in Central America as described under 

12 such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

13 (b) COLOMBIA.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

15 Act and made available to the Department of State 

16 for assistance for the Government of Colombia may 

17 be used to support a unified campaign against nar18 cotics trafficking, organizations designated as For19 eign Terrorist Organizations, and other criminal or 

20 illegal armed groups, and to take actions to protect 

21 human health and welfare in emergency cir22 cumstances, including undertaking rescue oper23 ations: Provided, That the first through fifth pro24 visos of paragraph (1), and paragraph (3) of section 

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1 continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 and shall 

2 apply to funds appropriated by this Act and made 

3 available for assistance for Colombia as if included 

4 in this Act: Provided further, That of the funds ap5 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

6 Support Fund’’, not less than $133,000,000 shall be 

7 apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 

8 International Development. 

9 (2) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall sub10 mit to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

11 than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the report 

12 described under the heading ‘‘International Nar13 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ in the report 

14 accompanying this Act. 

15 (c) CUBA.— 

16 (1) DEMOCRACY PROMOTION.—Of the funds appro17 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

18 Fund’’, $30,000,000 shall be made available to promote 

19 democracy and strengthen civil society in Cuba: Provided, 

20 That no funds shall be obligated for business promotion, 

21 economic reform, entrepreneurship, or any other assist22 ance that is not democracy-building as expressly author23 ized in the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 

24 Act of 1996 and the Cuban Democracy Act (CDA) of 

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1 (2) OFFICE OF CUBA BROADCASTING.—None of the 

2 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

3 Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper4 ations’’ may be used to establish an independent grantee 

5 organization, as a private nonprofit organization, to carry 

6 out any and all broadcasting and related programs to the 

7 Latin America and Caribbean region, including Cuba, or 

8 otherwise substantively alter the structure of the Office 

9 of Cuba Broadcasting unless specifically authorized by a 

10 subsequent act of Congress: Provided, That the prohibi11 tion of this paragraph shall be construed to include the 

12 merger of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and the Voice 

13 of America Latin America Division. 

14 (3) DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.— 

15 (A) None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act or prior acts making 

17 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

18 operations, and related programs may be obligated 

19 or expended— 

20 (i) for the establishment or operations of a 

21 United States diplomatic presence, including an 

22 Embassy, Consulate, or liaison office, in Cuba 

23 beyond that which was in existence prior to De24 cember 17, 2014; or 


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1 (ii) to facilitate the establishment or oper2 ation of a diplomatic mission of Cuba, including 

3 an Embassy, Consulate, or liaison office, in the 

4 United States beyond that which was in exist5 ence prior to December 17, 2014. 

6 (B) The prohibition of subparagraph (A) shall 

7 not apply if the President determines and reports to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees that the 

9 government in Cuba has met the requirements and 

10 factors specified in section 205 of the Cuban Liberty 

11 and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 

12 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6065). 

13 (d) HAITI.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds appropriated by 

15 this Act may be made available for assistance for the cen16 tral Government of Haiti until the Secretary of State cer17 tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 that the Government of Haiti— 

19 (A) is taking steps to hold free and fair par20 liamentary elections and to seat a new Haitian Par21 liament; 

22 (B) is selecting judges in a transparent manner 

23 and respecting the independence of the judiciary; 


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1 (C) is combating corruption, including imple2 menting the anti-corruption law by prosecuting cor3 rupt officials; and 

4 (D) is improving governance and implementing 

5 financial transparency and accountability require6 ments for government institutions. 

7 (2) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to pur8 chase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 

9 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 

10 (e) HONDURAS.—The Secretary of State shall submit 

11 a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

12 than 45 days after this Act, on steps being taken by the 

13 Government of Honduras to address the matters described 

14 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

15 Law Enforcement’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

16 (f) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 

17 the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations 

18 and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this 

19 Act should be borne by the recipient country. 

20 (g) TRADE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

21 Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 

22 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available for 

23 capacity building activities relating to free trade agree24 ments with countries of Central America, Colombia, Peru, 

25 and the Dominican Republic. 


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1 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

2 MEMBERS

3 SEC. 7046. None of the funds appropriated or made 

4 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

5 carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 

6 used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear7 ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, 

8 from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

9 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 

10 costs for participation of another country’s delegation at 

11 international conferences held under the auspices of multi12 lateral or international organizations. 

13 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

14 SEC. 7047. If the President determines that doing so 

15 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

16 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

17 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec18 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

19 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

20 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

21 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

22 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

23 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola24 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

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1 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de2 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro3 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

4 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti5 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 LIMITATIONS ON THE UNITED NATIONS

7 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT8 ABILITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title I of this 

9 Act that are available for contributions to the United Na10 tions (including the Department of Peacekeeping Oper11 ations), any United Nations agency, or the Organization 

12 of American States, 15 percent may not be obligated for 

13 such organization, department, or agency until the Sec14 retary of State reports to the Committees on Appropria15 tions that the organization, department, or agency is— 

16 (1) posting on a publicly available Web site, 

17 consistent with privacy regulations and due process, 

18 regular financial and programmatic audits of such 

19 organization, department, or agency, and providing 

20 the United States Government with necessary access 

21 to such financial and performance audits; and 

22 (2) effectively implementing and enforcing poli23 cies and procedures which reflect best practices for 

24 the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, in25 cluding best practices for— 


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1 (A) protection against retaliation for inter2 nal and lawful public disclosures; 

3 (B) legal burdens of proof; 

4 (C) statutes of limitation for reporting re5 taliation; 

6 (D) access to independent adjudicative 

7 bodies, including external arbitration; and 

8 (E) results that eliminate the effects of 

9 proven retaliation. 

10 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA11 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

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

13 Act may be used to pay expenses for any United 

14 States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or 

15 commission of the United Nations if such commis16 sion is chaired or presided over by a country, the 

17 government of which the Secretary of State has de18 termined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Ex19 port Administration Act of 1979 as continued in ef20 fect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco21 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), sup22 ports international terrorism. 

23 (2) None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a con25 tribution to any organization, agency, commission, 


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1 or program within the United Nations system if 

2 such organization, agency, commission, or program 

3 is chaired or presided over by a country the govern4 ment of which the Secretary of State has deter5 mined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign 

6 Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Ex7 port Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Ad8 ministration Act of 1979, or any other provision of 

9 law, is a government that has repeatedly provided 

10 support for acts of international terrorism. 

11 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

12 None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

13 available in support of the United Nations Human Rights 

14 Council unless the Secretary of State determines and re15 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that participa16 tion in the Council is in the national security interest of 

17 the United States and that the Council is taking signifi18 cant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item: 

19 Provided, That such report shall include a justification for 

20 making the determination and a description of the steps 

21 taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item: Pro22 vided further, That the Secretary of State shall report to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations not later than Sep24 tember 30, 2016, on the resolutions considered in the 

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1 vious 12 months, and on steps taken to remove Israel as 

2 a permanent agenda item. 

3 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN4 CY.—None of the funds made available by this Act under 

5 the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ may be 

6 made available as a contribution to the United Nations 

7 Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until the Secretary 

8 of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro9 priations, in writing, that UNRWA is— 

10 (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 

11 West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to 

12 inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any in13 appropriate use; 

14 (2) acting promptly to address any staff or ben15 eficiary violation of its own policies (including the 

16 policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 

17 and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of 

18 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

19 (3) implementing procedures to maintain the 

20 neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 

21 no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec22 tions of its installations, to ensure they are only 

23 used for humanitarian or other appropriate pur24 poses; 


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1 (4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 

2 to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con3 ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the 

5 Department of State on actions it has taken to en6 sure conformance with such conditions; 

7 (5) taking steps to ensure the content of all 

8 educational materials currently taught in UNRWA9 administered schools and summer camps is con10 sistent with the values of human rights, dignity, and 

11 tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

12 (6) not engaging in operations with financial in13 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 

14 United States law, and is taking steps to improve 

15 the financial transparency of the organization; and 

16 (7) in compliance with the United Nations 

17 Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 

18 is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec19 ommendations. 

20 (e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.— 

21 None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

22 for the design, renovation, or construction of the United 

23 Nations Headquarters in New York. 

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1 by-case basis by the Secretary of State if the Secretary 

2 determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria3 tions that such waiver is necessary to avert or respond 

4 to a humanitarian crisis. 

5 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

7 report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

8 amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 

9 fiscal year 2016 for contributions to any organization, de10 partment, agency, or program within the United Nations 

11 system or any international program that are withheld 

12 from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 

13 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall update such 

14 report each time additional funds are withheld by oper15 ation of any provision of law: Provided further, That the 

16 reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such 

17 report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 

18 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

19 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

21 SEC. 7049. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

22 by titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 

23 of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II 

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1 tiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

2 through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

3 the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and 

4 through assistance to foster civilian police roles that sup5 port democratic governance, including assistance for pro6 grams to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 

7 gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 

8 with the communities they serve. 

9 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub10 section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification pro11 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 RESCISSION

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 7050. Of the unexpended balances available to 

15 the President for bilateral economic assistance under the 

16 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior Acts mak17 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

18 operations, and related programs, $200,000,000 are re19 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

20 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an 

21 emergency requirement or for Overseas Contingency Oper22 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent 

23 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

2 SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend4 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart5 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

6 in the United States, at any single international con7 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

8 Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro9 priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 

10 is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 

11 purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con12 ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa13 tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov14 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern15 mental organizations. 

16 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION

17 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith18 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

19 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

20 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

21 foreign operations, and related programs under the head22 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 

23 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

24 Counterdrug Initiative’’ and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro25 grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 


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1 region, including for the transportation of active and 

2 standby Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment 

3 during a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for 

4 policy decisions and justification for the use of such trans5 fer authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary 

6 of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this re7 sponsibility shall not be delegated. 

8 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 

9 in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 

10 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro11 priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 

12 programmatic purposes in the designated country or re13 gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

14 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

15 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.—(1) The uses of air17 craft purchased or leased by the Department of State and 

18 the United States Agency for International Development 

19 (USAID) with funds made available in this Act or prior 

20 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

21 foreign operations, and related programs shall be coordi22 nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of Mis23 sion: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to trans24 port, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, Fed25 eral and non-Federal personnel supporting Department of 


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1 State and USAID programs and activities: Provided fur2 ther, That official travel for other agencies for other pur3 poses may be supported on a reimbursable basis, or with4 out reimbursement when traveling on a space available 

5 basis: Provided further, That funds received by the De6 partment of State for the use of aircraft owned, leased, 

7 or chartered by the Department of State may be credited 

8 to the Department’s Working Capital Fund and shall be 

9 available for expenses related to the purchase, lease, main10 tenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 

11 (2) The requirement and authorities of this 

12 subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary 

13 purpose of which is the transportation of personnel. 

14 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

15 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

16 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

17 of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall apply to this 

18 Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in 

19 subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 

20 2015’’. 

21 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

22 SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, demining equipment available to 

24 the United States Agency for International Development 

25 and the Department of State and used in support of the 


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1 clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for hu2 manitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis 

3 in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions 

4 as the Secretary of State may prescribe. 

5 (b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 

6 shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

7 license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

8 munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

9 transferred, unless— 

10 (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 

11 after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

12 unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 

13 operational environments, and the agreement appli14 cable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such clus15 ter munitions or cluster munitions technology speci16 fies that the cluster munitions will only be used 

17 against clearly defined military targets and will not 

18 be used where civilians are known to be present or 

19 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

20 (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

21 for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently dis22 posing of such cluster munitions. 

23 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

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1 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Pro3 vided, That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available 

4 to carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 

5 96–533. 

6 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

7 SEC. 7056. Of the funds appropriated or made avail8 able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed 

9 $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses of the 

10 United States Agency for International Development dur11 ing the current fiscal year. 

12 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

13 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of 

16 the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 

17 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 may be used by the United States 

19 Agency for International Development (USAID) to hire 

20 and employ individuals in the United States and overseas 

21 on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority 

22 of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 

23 1980. 

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1 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis2 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub3 section (a) may not exceed 175. 

4 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

5 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

6 2017. 

7 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

8 should only be used to the extent that an equivalent num9 ber of positions that are filled by personal services contrac10 tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 

11 are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 

12 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated. 

13 (d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

14 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

15 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

16 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate: 

17 Provided, That funds made available to carry out this sec18 tion may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro19 priated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper20 ating Expenses’’. 

21 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi22 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

23 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

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1 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for 

2 a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 

3 set forth in such section. 

4 (f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro5 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, in addi7 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

8 the cost (including the support costs) of individuals de9 tailed to or employed by USAID whose primary responsi10 bility is to carry out programs in response to natural dis11 asters, or man-made disasters subject to the regular notifi12 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap14 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

15 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

17 Act (Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to em18 ploy up to 40 personal services contractors in the United 

19 States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

20 purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 

21 expanded overseas programs and activities managed by 

22 the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

23 and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such con24 tractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided 

25 further, That such funds appropriated to carry out title 


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1 II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may 

2 be made available only for personal services contractors 

3 assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 

4 (h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

5 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro6 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

7 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

8 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

9 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

10 (i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT11 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro12 vided by section 7059(o) of division F of Public Law 111– 

13 117 may be assigned to or support programs in Afghani14 stan or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act 

15 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

16 of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

17 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

18 SEC. 7058. (a) Funds appropriated by titles III and 

19 IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assist20 ance for child survival activities or disease programs in21 cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven22 tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 

23 available notwithstanding any other provision of law ex24 cept for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro25 grams’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 


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1 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 

2 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 

3 (b) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not more 

4 than $461,000,000 may be made available for family plan5 ning/reproductive health. 

6 (c) GLOBAL FUND.— 

7 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act that 

8 are available for a contribution to the Global Fund 

9 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

10 Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obliga11 tion until the Secretary of State determines and re12 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

13 (A) the Global Fund is maintaining and 

14 implementing a policy of transparency, includ15 ing the authority of the Global Fund Office of 

16 the Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG re17 ports on a public Web site; 

18 (B) the Global Fund is providing sufficient 

19 resources to maintain an independent OIG 

20 that— 

21 (i) reports directly to the Board of the 

22 Global Fund; 

23 (ii) maintains a mandate to conduct 

24 thorough investigations and programmatic 

25 audits, free from undue interference; and 


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1 (iii) compiles regular, publicly pub2 lished audits and investigations of finan3 cial, programmatic, and reporting aspects 

4 of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipi5 ents, sub-recipients, and Local Fund 

6 Agents; 

7 (C) the Global Fund maintains an effective 

8 whistleblower policy to protect whistleblowers 

9 from retaliation, including confidential proce10 dures for reporting possible misconduct or 

11 irregularities; and 

12 (D) the Global Fund is implementing the 

13 recommendations contained in the Consolidated 

14 Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 

15 the Global Fund on November 21, 2011. 

16 (2) The withholding required by this subsection 

17 shall not be in addition to funds that are withheld 

18 from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2016 pursuant 

19 to the application of any other provision contained 

20 in this or any other Act. 

21 GENDER EQUALITY

22 SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro23 priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen24 der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 

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1 participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 

2 worldwide. 

3 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro4 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

5 shall be made available to increase leadership opportuni6 ties for women in countries where women and girls suffer 

7 discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength8 ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 

9 women’s participation in political parties and elections, 

10 and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi11 tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin12 cial, and national levels. 

13 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

14 (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 

15 and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall 

16 be made available to implement a multi-year strat17 egy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence 

18 in countries where it is common in conflict and non19 conflict settings. 

20 (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and 

21 IV of this Act that are available to train foreign 

22 police, judicial, and military personnel, includ23 ing for international peacekeeping operations, 

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1 ficking in persons, and shall promote the inte2 gration of women into the police and other se3 curity forces. 

4 (2) Department of State and United States 

5 Agency for International Development gender pro6 grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to com7 bat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, in8 cluding child marriage, rape, female genital cutting 

9 and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 

10 forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non11 conflict settings. 

12 (d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro13 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As14 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

15 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 

16 available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 

17 improve coordination of, United States Government ef18 forts to empower women as equal partners in conflict pre19 vention, peace building, transitional processes, and recon20 struction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in po21 litical transition, and to ensure the equitable provision of 

22 relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. 

23 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

24 SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER

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1 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

2 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

3 III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 

4 shall be made available for assistance for basic 

5 education, and such funds may be made avail6 able notwithstanding any provision of law that 

7 restricts assistance to foreign countries, except 

8 for the conditions provided in this subsection: 

9 Provided, That not later than 30 days after en10 actment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

11 United States Agency for International Devel12 opment (USAID) shall report to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations on the status of cumu14 lative unobligated balances and obligated, but 

15 unexpended, balances in each country where 

16 USAID provides basic education assistance and 

17 such report shall also include details on the 

18 types of contracts and grants provided and the 

19 goals and objectives of such assistance: Pro20 vided further, That the USAID Administrator 

21 shall update such report on a monthly basis 

22 during fiscal year 2016. 

23 (B) USAID shall ensure that programs 

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1 propriations for the Department of State, for2 eign operations, and related programs are inte3 grated, as appropriate, with health, agriculture, 

4 governance, and economic and social develop5 ment activities to address the broader needs of 

6 target populations: Provided, That USAID shall 

7 work to achieve quality universal basic edu8 cation by— 

9 (i) assisting foreign governments, non10 governmental, and multilateral organiza11 tions working in developing countries to 

12 provide children with a quality basic edu13 cation, including through strengthening 

14 host country educational systems; and 

15 (ii) promoting basic education as the 

16 foundation for comprehensive community 

17 development programs. 

18 (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 under title III for basic education, not less than 

20 $70,000,000 shall be made available for a con21 tribution to multilateral partnerships that sup22 port education. 

23 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro24 priated by title III of this Act, not less than 

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1 for higher education, including not less than 

2 $25,000,000 for new institutional capacity develop3 ment partnerships between developing nations and 

4 United States higher education institutions. 

5 (b) CONSERVATION.— 

6 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

7 this Act, $250,000,000 shall be made available for 

8 biodiversity conservation programs. 

9 (2)(A) Not less than $55,000,000 of the funds 

10 appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall 

11 be made available to combat the transnational threat 

12 of wildlife poaching and trafficking. 

13 (B) None of the funds appropriated under 

14 title IV of this Act may be made available for 

15 training or other assistance for any military 

16 unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 

17 determines has been credibly alleged to have 

18 participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, 

19 unless the Secretary reports to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations that to do so is in the na21 tional security interests of the United States. 

22 (c) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOP23 MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act under title III 

24 should be made available for food security and agriculture 

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1 withstanding any other provision of law to address food 

2 shortages: Provided, That up to $65,000,000 shall be 

3 made available for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs. 

4 (d) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 

5 funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 

6 $265,000,000 should be made available for microenter7 prise and microfinance development programs for the 

8 poor, especially women. 

9 (e) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.— 

10 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

11 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

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

13 Enforcement’’, not less than $58,000,000 shall be made 

14 available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 

15 internationally. 

16 (2) Funds made available in the previous paragraph 

17 shall be made available to support a multifaceted approach 

18 to combat human trafficking in Guatemala: Provided, 

19 That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Com20 mittees on Appropriations, not later than 30 days after 

21 enactment of this Act, on the use of such funds. 

22 (f) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro23 priated by this Act, not less than $382,500,000 shall be 

24 made available for water and sanitation supply projects 

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1 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of which not less than 

2 $135,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Afri3 ca. 

4 (g) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Deviations 

5 from funding levels contained in this section shall be sub6 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

7 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS

9 SEC. 7061. None of the funds appropriated or made 

10 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 

11 be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 

12 any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

13 any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re14 quirements of the United States Agency for International 

15 Development. 

16 ARMS TRADE TREATY

17 SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated by this 

18 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

19 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

20 ratification for the Treaty. 

21 LIMITATIONS ON FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE

22 HEALTH

23 SEC. 7063. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

24 otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail25 able for the United Nations Population Fund. 


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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this Act for population planning activi3 ties or other population assistance may be made available 

4 to any foreign nongovernmental organization that pro5 motes or performs abortion, except in cases of rape or in6 cest or when the life of the mother would be endangered 

7 if the fetus were carried to term. 

8 LIMITATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT

9 NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

10 SEC. 7064. (a) Not later than 5 days after the conclu11 sion of an agreement with a country, including a state 

12 with a compact of free association with the United States, 

13 to receive by transfer or release individuals detained at 

14 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the 

15 Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro16 priations in writing of the terms of the agreement, includ17 ing whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 

18 making appropriations for the Department of State, for19 eign operations, and related programs will be made avail20 able for assistance for such country pursuant to such 

21 agreement. 

22 (b) The Secretary of State shall report to the Com23 mittees on Appropriations, not more than 45 days after 

24 enactment of this Act, and every 45 days thereafter 

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1 45 days between Department of State personnel and offi2 cials of Foreign governments over the potential transfer 

3 to such governments of an individual, or individuals, de4 tained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

5 Cuba: Provided, That such reports may be provided in 

6 classified form if necessary. 

7 INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS

8 SEC. 7065. Funds appropriated under the headings 

9 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

10 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce11 ment’’ in this Act may be made available, notwithstanding 

12 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 

13 assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign 

14 prisons and other detention facilities. 

15 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

16 SEC. 7066. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 

18 cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract 

19 employee of the United States Government. 

20 EXTRADITION

21 SEC. 7067. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

22 Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

23 provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster As24 sistance’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En25 forcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United 


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1 States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance’’, 

2 and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re3 lated Assistance’’) for the central government of a country 

4 which has notified the Department of State of its refusal 

5 to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 

6 for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is 

7 life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or for 

8 killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 

9 States extradition request. 

10 (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov11 ernment of a country with which the United States main12 tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 

13 States has an extradition treaty and the government of 

14 that country is in violation of the terms and conditions 

15 of the treaty. 

16 (c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

17 in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 

18 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

19 waiver is important to the national interests of the United 

20 States. 

21 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

22 SEC. 7068. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

24 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec25 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 


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1 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, and the North Atlan2 tic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO 

3 allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing 

4 with an option to purchase) of defense articles from 

5 United States commercial suppliers, not including Major 

6 Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other 

7 types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the 

8 President determines that there are compelling foreign 

9 policy or national security reasons for those defense arti10 cles being provided by commercial lease rather than by 

11 government-to-government sale under such Act. 

12 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

13 SEC. 7069. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

14 this Act may be made available for assistance for a govern15 ment of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 

16 if that government directs any action in violation of the 

17 territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 

18 Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as 

19 those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro20 vided, That except as otherwise provided in section 

21 7070(a) of this Act, funds may be made available without 

22 regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 

23 determines that to do so is in the national security interest 

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1 partment of State shall consult with the Committees on 

2 Appropriations on how such assistance supports the na3 tional interests of the United States. 

4 (b) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

5 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available, not6 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

7 limitation contained in section 7070(a) of this Act, for as8 sistance and related programs for the countries identified 

9 in section 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European De10 mocracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and 

11 section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 

12 102–511) and may be used to carry out the provisions 

13 of those Acts: Provided, That such assistance and related 

14 programs from funds appropriated by this Act under the 

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

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

17 Enforcement’’ shall be administered in accordance with 

18 the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant 

19 to section 601 of the Support for Eastern European De20 mocracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and 

21 section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 

22 102–511). 

23 (c) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

24 not apply to— 


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1 (1) activities to support democracy or assist2 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

3 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non4 proliferation assistance; 

5 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

6 Development Agency under section 661 of the For7 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

8 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

9 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

10 acting within his or her official capacity; 

11 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

12 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

13 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

14 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

15 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

16 (5) any financing provided under the Export17 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

18 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

19 (d) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles 

20 III through VI, not less than $524,000,000 shall be made 

21 available for assistance for Ukraine. 

22 RUSSIA

23 SEC. 7070. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

24 this Act may be made available for assistance for the cen25 tral Government of the Russian Federation. 


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1 (b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be made available for assistance for the central gov3 ernment of a country that the Secretary of State deter4 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

5 has taken affirmative steps intended to support or be sup6 portive of the Russian Federation annexation of Crimea: 

7 Provided, That except as otherwise provided in subsection 

8 (a), the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance 

9 required by this paragraph if the Secretary certifies to 

10 such Committees that to do so is in the national interest 

11 of the United States, and includes a justification for such 

12 interest. 

13 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

14 be made available for— 

15 (A) the implementation of any action or policy 

16 that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Fed17 eration over Crimea; 

18 (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of 

19 United States Government investments in Crimea, if 

20 such activity includes the participation of Russian 

21 Government officials, and Russian owned and con22 trolled banks, or other Russian Government owned 

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1 cials, and Russian owned and controlled banks, and 

2 other Russian Government owned and controlled fi3 nancial entities. 

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

5 United States executive directors of each international fi6 nancial institution to vote against any assistance by such 

7 institution (including but not limited to any loan, credit, 

8 or guarantee) for any program that violates the sov9 ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 

10 (4) The requirements of subsection (b) shall cease to 

11 be in effect if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

13 of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea. 

14 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 

15 the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made available 

16 to advance the implementation of Association Agreements, 

17 trade agreements, and visa liberalization agreements with 

18 the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 

19 external economic and political pressure from the Russian 

20 Federation. 

21 (d) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

22 Act, the Secretary of State shall update the reports re23 quired by section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of division K 

24 of Public Law 113–76. 


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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 seek to re10 quire that the IMF implements and enforces policies and 

11 procedures which reflect best practices as defined in the 

12 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat13 ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) for the 

14 protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including 

15 best practices for— 

16 (1) protection against retaliation for internal 

17 and lawful public disclosures; 

18 (2) legal burdens of proof; 

19 (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia20 tion; 

21 (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 

22 including external arbitration; and 

23 (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

24 retaliation. 


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1 SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND

2 SEC. 7072. Not to exceed $100,000,000 may be obli3 gated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export 

4 Control Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acqui5 sition Fund (Fund), to remain available for obligation 

6 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the provision 

7 of defense articles and defense services to foreign coun8 tries or international organizations from the Fund shall 

9 be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

10 COUNTERING FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS

11 SEC. 7073. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

12 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera13 tion, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

14 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce15 ment’’ shall be made available for programs to counter the 

16 flow of foreign terrorist fighters, including by supporting 

17 efforts of partner governments and multilateral organiza18 tions to— 

19 (1) counter recruitment; 

20 (2) detect and disrupt foreign terrorist fighter travel 

21 and secure ports of entry; 

22 (3) implement and establish criminal laws and poli23 cies to counter foreign terrorist fighters; 

24 (4) arrest, investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate ter25 rorist suspects, facilitators, and financiers. 


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1 (b) Prior to the initial obligation of funds made avail2 able under paragraph (1), but not later than 45 days after 

3 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta4 tion with the heads of other appropriate departments and 

5 agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, a strat7 egy for countering foreign fighters: Provided, That such 

8 strategy shall include a summary of activities and funding 

9 provided to date to counter foreign terrorist fighters, and 

10 a clear mission statement and goals. 

11 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

12 SEC. 7074. (a) None of the funds made available 

13 under titles III through VI of this Act may be made avail14 able for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate congres15 sional committees are notified at least 15 days in advance. 

16 (b) Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 

17 from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an En18 terprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall sub19 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for 

20 the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

21 (c) Prior to a transition to and operation of any pri22 vate equity fund or other parallel investment fund under 

23 an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall submit 

24 such transition or operating plan to the appropriate con25 gressional committees. 


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1 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

2 SEC. 7075. 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 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

10 SEC. 7076. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

11 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de12 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I II, 

13 and VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury 

14 and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, 

15 including the Inter-American Foundation and the United 

16 States African Development Foundation, shall submit to 

17 the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for 

18 funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organi19 zation in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise avail20 able for obligation in fiscal year 2016, that provides de21 tails of the uses of such funds at the program, project, 

22 and activity level: Provided, That such plans shall include, 

23 as applicable, a comparison between the most recent con24 gressional directives or approved funding levels and the 

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1 a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: 

2 Provided further, That operating plans that include 

3 changes in levels of funding specified in this Act or in the 

4 report accompanying this Act shall be subject to the reg5 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro6 priations. 

7 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

8 (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

9 Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 

10 on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds 

11 made available by this Act, for— 

12 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, 

13 Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 

14 Pakistan, and the West Bank and Gaza; 

15 (B) the Caribbean Basin Security Initia16 tive, the Central American Regional Security 

17 Initiative, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 

18 Partnership program, and the Partnership for 

19 Regional East Africa Counterterrorism pro20 gram; and 

21 (C) democracy programs, each sector enu22 merated in section 7060, and the programs de23 scribed in section 7073 of this Act. 

24 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

25 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 


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1 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

2 spend plan for funds made available by this Act 

3 under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury’’ 

4 in title III and ‘‘International Financial Institu5 tions’’ in title V. 

6 (c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days 

7 after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

8 United States Agency for International Development 

9 (USAID) shall submit to the Committees on Appropria10 tions a detailed report on spending of funds made avail11 able during fiscal year 2015 under the heading ‘‘Develop12 ment Credit Authority’’. 

13 (d) NOTIFICATIONS.—The spend plans referenced in 

14 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti15 fication requirements in this Act or under section 634A 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

17 (e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS.— 

18 (1) The congressional budget justifications for 

19 Department of State operations and foreign oper20 ations shall be provided to the Committees on Ap21 propriations concurrent with the date of submission 

22 of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2017. 

23 (2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Ad24 ministrator shall include in the congressional budget 

25 justification a detailed justification for multi-year 


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1 availability for any funds requested under the head2 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Op3 erating Expenses’’. 

4 PRESERVATION AND TRANSPARENCY OF DEPARTMENT OF

5 STATE RECORDS

6 SEC. 7077. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 

8 and Consular Programs’’ and not designated for World9 wide Security Protection, 15 percent shall be withheld 

10 from obligation until the Secretary of State— 

11 (a) certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro12 priations in writing that the Department of State has up13 dated policies, directives, and oversight necessary to com14 ply with Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential ex15 ecutive orders and memorandum concerning the preserva16 tion of all records made or received in the conduct of offi17 cial business, including record emails, instant messaging, 

18 and other online tools, and has taken steps to improve the 

19 response time for identifying and retrieving such records: 

20 Provided, That the certification required by this section 

21 shall include at a minimum that— 

22 (1) all employees at every level of the Department 

23 have been directed to ensure that the documentation of 

24 their official duties is captured, preserved, managed, pro25 tected, and accessible in official Government systems; 


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1 (2) all departing employees at every level have been 

2 directed that all Federal records generated by employees, 

3 including senior officials, belong to the Department; 

4 (3) the Department has implemented all rec5 ommendations of the Office of the Inspector General of 

6 the Department in the March 2015 Review of State Mes7 saging and Archive Retrieval Toolset and Record Email 

8 (ISP-1-15-15); 

9 (4) the Department has developed and is imple10 menting a plan to both reduce the backlog of Freedom 

11 of Information Act and Congressional oversight requests 

12 and measurably improve the response time for answering 

13 such requests; and 

14 (5) updated policies for Department employees have 

15 been codified in the Foreign Affairs Manual; and 

16 (b) requests from the Committees on Appropriations 

17 in writing the authority to obligate such funds and such 

18 Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, a pe19 riod of 15 days has elapsed. 

20 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

21 SEC. 7078. (a) Of the funds available for obligation 

22 during fiscal year 2016 under the headings ‘‘International 

23 Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

24 and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than $50,500,000 shall 

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1 dom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 

2 prioritized for countries whose governments restrict free3 dom of expression on the Internet, and that are important 

4 to the national interests of the United States: Provided 

5 further, That funds made available pursuant to this sec6 tion shall be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, 

7 by sources other than the United States Government, in8 cluding from the private sector. 

9 (b) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

10 shall be— 

11 (1) coordinated with other democracy, govern12 ance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act 

13 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Op14 erations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Democ15 racy Fund’’, and shall be incorporated into country 

16 assistance, democracy promotion, and broadcasting 

17 strategies, as appropriate; 

18 (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 

19 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State for 

20 programs to implement the May 2011, International 

21 Strategy for Cyberspace and the comprehensive 

22 strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to 

23 information in Iran, as required by section 414 of 

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1 (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board 

2 of Governors (BBG) to provide tools and techniques 

3 to access the Internet Web sites of BBG broad4 casters that are censored, and to work with such 

5 broadcasters to promote and distribute such tools 

6 and techniques, including digital security techniques; 

7 (4) made available for programs that support 

8 the efforts of civil society to counter the development 

9 of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, 

10 including countering threats to Internet freedom at 

11 international organizations; to combat violence 

12 against bloggers and other users; and to enhance 

13 digital security training and capacity building for de14 mocracy activists; and 

15 (5) made available for research of key threats 

16 to Internet freedom; the continued development of 

17 technologies that provide or enhance access to the 

18 Internet, including circumvention tools that bypass 

19 Internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship 

20 techniques used by authoritarian governments; and 

21 maintenance of the United States Government’s 

22 technological advantage over such censorship tech23 niques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in 

24 consultation with the BBG, shall coordinate any 

25 such research and development programs with other 


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1 relevant United States Government departments and 

2 agencies in order to share information, technologies, 

3 and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness of 

4 such technologies. 

5 (c) After consultation among the relevant agency 

6 heads to coordinate and de-conflict planned activities, but 

7 not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

8 Secretary of State and the BBG Chairman shall submit 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for 

10 funds made available by this Act for programs to promote 

11 Internet freedom globally, which shall include a descrip12 tion of safeguards established by relevant agencies to en13 sure that such programs are not used for illicit purposes. 

14 PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO

15 SEC. 7079. None of the funds provided by this Act 

16 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

17 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

18 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

19 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

20 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

21 products of the same type. 

22 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

23 SEC. 7080. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available under titles III through VI of this 

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1 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro2 grams, may be obligated or expended to provide— 

3 (1) for fiscal year 2016, any financial incentive 

4 to a business enterprise currently located in the 

5 United States for the purpose of inducing such an 

6 enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 

7 such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the 

8 number of employees of such business enterprise in 

9 the United States because United States production 

10 is being replaced by such enterprise outside the 

11 United States; 

12 (2) for fiscal year 2016, assistance for any pro13 gram, project, or activity that contributes to the vio14 lation of internationally recognized workers rights, 

15 as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 

16 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including 

17 any designated zone or area in that country: Pro18 vided, That the application of section 507(4)(D) and 

19 (E) of such Act should be commensurate with the 

20 level of development of the recipient country and 

21 sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the in22 formal sector in such country, micro and small-scale 

23 enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; 

24 (3) for fiscal year 2016, any assistance to an 

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1 for the purpose of directly relocating or transferring 

2 jobs from the United States to other countries and 

3 adversely impacts the labor force in the United 

4 States; or 

5 (4) for fiscal year 2016, or any fiscal year 

6 thereafter, for the enforcement of any rule, regula7 tion, or policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant 

8 to— 

9 (A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) 

10 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; 

11 (B) the modification proposed by the Over12 seas Private Investment Corporation in Novem13 ber 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental 

14 and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; 

15 (C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High 

16 Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Ex17 port-Import Bank of the United States on De18 cember 12, 2013; or 

19 (D) the World Bank Group’s Directions 

20 for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector re21 leased on July 16, 2013, 

22 when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 

23 guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of pro24 hibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation 

25 project the purpose of which is to increase exports 


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1 of goods and services from the United States or pre2 vent the loss of jobs in the United States. 

3 TITLE VIII 

4 GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM 

5 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

6 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

7 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con10 sular Programs’’, $1,507,422,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2017, of which $1,067,963,000 is for 

12 Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 

13 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 

14 transfer up to $10,000,000 of the total funds made avail15 able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 

16 department or agency of the United States, upon the con17 currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup18 port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 

19 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

20 1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 

21 treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsections 

22 (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and shall not be 

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1 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

2 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

6 General’’, $56,900,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2017, which shall be for the Special Inspector 

8 General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for re9 construction oversight: Provided, That printing and repro10 duction costs shall not exceed amounts for such costs dur11 ing fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That such amount 

12 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

13 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

18 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $134,800,000, to re19 main available until expended, of which $124,000,000 

20 shall be for Worldwide Security Upgrades, acquisition, and 

21 construction as authorized: Provided, That such amount 

22 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

23 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 

4 International Organizations’’, $74,400,000: Provided, 

5 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over6 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

7 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

8 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 RELATED AGENCY 

10 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

11 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broad13 casting Operations’’, $8,796,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper16 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

20 DEVELOPMENT 

21 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

24 $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 


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1 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

4 1985. 

5 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

6 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

7 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

9 Assistance’’, $810,000,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper12 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia17 tives’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

19 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

20 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

21 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

22 1985. 

23 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

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1 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des2 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper3 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

7 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref9 ugee Assistance’’, $966,389,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper12 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

16 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

17 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

18 ENFORCEMENT

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar20 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $366,650,000, to 

21 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

22 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over23 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

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

25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

2 RELATED PROGRAMS

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

4 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

5 $170,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

7 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

8 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

10 1985. 

11 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper13 ations’’, $306,868,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper16 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds 

19 available for obligation under this heading in this Act may 

20 be used to pay assessed expenses of international peace21 keeping activities in Somalia, subject to the regular notifi22 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

2 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi4 nancing Program’’, $740,000,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount 

6 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

7 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

11 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

12 SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

14 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

15 Act for fiscal year 2016. 

16 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

17 SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

18 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro19 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 

20 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria21 tions accounts. 

22 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

23 SEC. 8003. Of the funds made available by this Act 

24 in this title under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

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1 merged with, funds available under the heading ‘‘United 

2 States Agency for International Development, Funds Ap3 propriated to the President, Office of Inspector General’’: 

4 Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to 

5 any other transfer authority provided by this or any other 

6 Act, and shall be subject to the regular notification proce7 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 DESIGNATION

9 SEC. 8004. Each amount designated in this Act by 

10 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

11 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

13 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 

14 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

15 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

16 TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 

17 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

18 SEC. 9001. The amount by which the applicable allo19 cation of new budget authority made by the Committee 

20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

21 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

22 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

23 $0. 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

2 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria3 tions Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 112 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2772 

[Report No. 114–154] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, State, foreign operations, and related programs 

JUNE 15, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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