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Calendar No. 144 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1725 

[Report No. 114–79] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 9, 2015 

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

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

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

5 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro6 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 

7 for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

3 AGENCY 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

5 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

6 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

8 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

9 $6,342,470,000, of which up to $637,164,000 may remain 

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

11 $2,094,707,000 may remain available until expended for 

12 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 

13 made available under this heading shall be allocated in ac14 cordance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

15 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex16 penses for training, human resources management, 

17 and salaries, including employment without regard 

18 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

19 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au20 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor21 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 

22 (Public Law 80–402), $2,238,853,000, of which up 

23 to $358,833,000 is for Worldwide Security Protec24 tion. 
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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 $1,561,840,000. 

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, $787,951,000. 

14 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex15 penses for security activities, $1,753,826,000, of 

16 which up to $1,735,874,000 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 $1,840,900 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 (Public 
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1 Law 97–186), and, in addition, as authorized 

2 by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, to be de3 rived from the reserve authorized by that sec4 tion, to be used for the purposes set out in that 

5 section; 

6 (B) as authorized by section 810 of Public 

7 Law 80–402, 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 section 1108(g) of title 

9 31, United States Code, for the field examina10 tion of programs and activities in the United 

11 States funded from any account contained in 

12 this title. 

13 (D) Of the funds appropriated under this 

14 heading, up to $11,000,000, to remain available 

15 until expended, shall be for Conflict Stabiliza16 tion Operations (CSO) and for related recon17 struction and stabilization assistance to prevent 

18 or respond to conflict or civil strife in foreign 

19 countries or regions, or to enable transition 

20 from such strife: Provided, That additional 

21 funds appropriated under this heading may be 

22 made available, as necessary, only to fund the 

23 salary and benefit costs for CSO staff employed 

24 on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 

25 further, That funds appropriated under this 
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1 heading may be transferred to, and merged 

2 with, funds previously made available under the 

3 heading ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Operations’’ in 

4 title I of prior acts making appropriations for 

5 the Department of State, foreign operations, 

6 and related programs. 

7 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

8 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

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

10 as authorized. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General, $72,700,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 

14 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), 

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

16 funds appropriated under this heading, $10,905,000 may 

17 remain available until September 30, 2017. 

18 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

19 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

20 programs, as authorized, $590,900,000, to remain avail21 able until expended, of which not less than $236,000,000 

22 shall be for the Fulbright Program: Provided, That fees 

23 or other payments received from, or in connection with, 

24 English teaching, educational advising and counseling pro25 grams, and exchange visitor programs as authorized may 
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1 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex2 pended: Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright 

3 awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall 

4 be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, fol5 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria6 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

7 62.32(h)(16) of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regula8 tions, the Secretary of State shall permit participants in 

9 the Summer Work Travel program who are admitted 

10 under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Na11 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) to be employed 

12 in seafood processing positions until September 30, 2016, 

13 if such placements comply with all the requirements of 

14 such program: Provided further, That any substantive 

15 modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs fund16 ed by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior 

17 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

18 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

20 For representation expenses as authorized, 

21 $8,030,000. 

22 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

24 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
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1 services, as authorized, $29,807,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017. 

3 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

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

6 preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build7 ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 

8 of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail9 able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 

10 Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

11 $785,097,000, to remain available until expended as au12 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

13 domestic and overseas representation expenses as author14 ized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 

15 paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 

16 furnishings, or generators for other departments and 

17 agencies. 

18 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up19 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

20 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

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

23 on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 

24 available under this heading and the actual and antici25 pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2016. 
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1 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

2 SERVICE

3 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

4 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo5 matic and Consular Service, $7,900,000, to remain avail6 able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 

7 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

8 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 

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

10 conditions. 

11 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as author13 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

15 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur16 ther, That such funds are available to subsidize gross obli17 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex18 ceed $2,444,528. 

19 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela21 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $30,000,000. 

22 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

23 DISABILITY FUND

24 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

25 Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

5 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

6 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven7 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,456,179,000: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 

9 the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

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

11 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 

12 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 

13 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 

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

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

17 United Nations action to increase funding for any United 

18 Nations program without identifying an offsetting de19 crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 

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

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

22 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any 

23 credits available to the United States, including from the 

24 United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide up25 dated fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 assessment 
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1 costs including offsets from available credits and updated 

2 foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 

3 any such credits shall only be available for United States 

4 assessed contributions to the United Nations and the 

5 Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such 

6 credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including 

7 any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any no8 tification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts mak10 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

11 operations, and related programs submitted pursuant to 

12 section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Depart13 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or 

14 any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 

15 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 

16 currently available to the United States and provide up17 dated assessment costs including offsets from available 

18 credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: Pro19 vided further, That any payment of arrearages under this 

20 heading shall be directed to activities that are mutually 

21 agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter22 national organization and shall be subject to the regular 

23 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria24 tions: Provided further, That none of the funds appro25 priated under this heading shall be available for a United 
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1 States contribution to an international organization for 

2 the United States share of interest costs made known to 

3 the United States Government by such organization for 

4 loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through exter5 nal borrowings. 

6 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

7 ACTIVITIES

8 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex9 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

10 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

11 security, $2,248,223,000, of which 15 percent shall re12 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

13 none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli14 gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na15 tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in ad16 vance of voting for such mission in the United Nations 

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

18 as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are 

19 notified: (1) of the estimated cost and duration of the mis20 sion, the objectives of the mission, the national interest 

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

22 source of funds that will be used to pay the cost of the 

23 new or expanded mission, and the estimated cost in future 

24 fiscal years: Provided further, That none of the funds ap25 propriated under this heading may be made available for 
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1 obligation unless the Secretary of State certifies and re2 ports to the Committees on Appropriations on a peace3 keeping mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations 

4 is implementing effective policies and procedures to pre5 vent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 

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

8 committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation or other vio9 lations of human rights, and to bring to justice individuals 

10 who engage in such acts while participating in such mis11 sion, including prosecution in their home countries and 

12 making information about such prosecutions publicly 

13 available on the Web site of the United Nations: Provided 

14 further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex15 penses unless the Secretary of State determines that 

16 American manufacturers and suppliers are not being given 

17 opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material 

18 for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 

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

21 the United Nations and foreign governments contributing 

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

24 rights, and shall submit a report to the Committees on 

25 Appropriations not later than 90 days after enactment of 
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1 this Act assessing the effectiveness of such procedures: 

2 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 

3 otherwise made available under this heading may be used 

4 for any United Nations peacekeeping mission that will in5 volve United States Armed Forces under the command or 

6 operational control of a foreign national, unless the Presi7 dent’s military advisors have submitted to the President 

8 a recommendation that such involvement is in the national 

9 interest of the United States and the President has sub10 mitted to Congress such a recommendation: Provided fur11 ther, That not later than May 1, 2016, and 30 days after 

12 the end of fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of State shall 

13 report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits 

14 available to the United States, including those resulting 

15 from United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United 

16 Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fis17 cal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 assessment costs in18 cluding offsets from available credits: Provided further, 

19 That any such credits shall only be available for United 

20 States assessed contributions to the United Nations, and 

21 the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when 

22 such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, in23 cluding any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That 

24 any notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts 
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1 making appropriations for the Department of State, for2 eign operations, and related programs submitted pursuant 

3 to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Depart4 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or 

5 any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 

6 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 

7 currently available to the United States and provide up8 dated assessment costs including offsets from available 

9 credits: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made 

11 available under this heading may be made available for 

12 United States assessed contributions up to the amount 

13 specified in the Annex accompanying United Nations Gen14 eral Assembly document A/67/224/Add.1, if the Secretary 

15 of State determines and reports to the appropriate con16 gressional committees that to do so is important to the 

17 national interest of the United States. 

18 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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

22 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

23 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

24 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

25 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
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1 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli2 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

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

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 $45,307,000. 

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au9 thorized projects, $28,400,000, to remain available until 

10 expended, as authorized. 

11 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

13 the International Joint Commission and the International 

14 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au15 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can16 ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co17 operation Commission as authorized by the North Amer18 ican Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 

19 $12,330,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

20 under this heading for the International Joint Commis21 sion, up to $500,000 may remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2017, and $9,000 may be made available for 

23 representation expenses. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

2 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

3 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

4 law, $36,681,000: Provided, That the United States share 

5 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com6 missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 

7 States Code. 

8 RELATED AGENCY 

9 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

10 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

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

13 international communication activities, and to make and 

14 supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to 

15 the Middle East, $728,257,000: Provided, That in addi16 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up 

17 to $28,635,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

18 heading may remain available until expended for satellite 

19 transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 

20 not less than $12,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom 

21 programs: Provided further, That of the total amount ap22 propriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may 

23 be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 

24 may be used for representation expenses within the United 

25 States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be 
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1 used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/ 

2 Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the authority pro3 vided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Author4 ization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 

5 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through Sep6 tember 30, 2016: Provided further, That the BBG shall 

7 notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days 

8 of any determination by the Board that any of its broad9 cast entities, including its grantee organizations, provides 

10 an open platform for international terrorists or those who 

11 support international terrorism, or is in violation of the 

12 principles and standards set forth in subsections (a) and 

13 (b) of section 303 of the United States International 

14 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s 

15 journalistic code of ethics: Provided further, That signifi16 cant modifications to BBG broadcast hours previously jus17 tified to Congress, including changes to transmission plat18 forms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and 

19 television), for all BBG language services shall be subject 

20 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

21 on Appropriations: Provided further, That in addition to 

22 funds made available under this heading, and notwith23 standing any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in 

24 receipts from advertising and revenue from business ven25 tures, up to $500,000 in receipts from cooperating inter-
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1 national organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts 

2 from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the 

3 International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available 

4 until expended for carrying out authorized purposes. 

5 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

6 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser7 vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 

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

9 and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele10 vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 

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

12 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur13 poses, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as 

14 authorized. 

15 RELATED PROGRAMS 

16 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

17 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

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

19 $17,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

21 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

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

23 Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $35,300,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2017, which shall not 

25 be used for construction activities. 
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1 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

2 TRUST FUND

3 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

4 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

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

6 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

7 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter8 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep9 tember 30, 2016, to remain available until expended. 

10 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel12 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

13 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

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

15 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

16 Fund on or before September 30, 2016, to remain avail17 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap18 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

19 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

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

21 section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur22 poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title 

23 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re24 strictions on compensation for personal services. 
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1 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar3 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

4 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

5 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 

6 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

7 30, 2016, to remain available until expended. 

8 EAST-WEST CENTER

9 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car10 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

11 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 

12 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

13 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha14 waii, $16,700,000. 

15 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

16 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

17 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

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

19 4412), $170,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

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 title 54, United States 

2 Code: Provided, That the Commission may procure tem3 porary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding 

4 paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro5 vided further, That such authority shall terminate on Oc6 tober 1, 2016: Provided further, That the Commission 

7 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 

8 to exercising 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 established in 

14 title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

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

16 until September 30, 2017, including not more than $4,000 

17 for representation expenses, subject to authorization. 

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 sections 

23 3001 et seq. of title 22, United States Code, $2,579,000, 

24 including not more than $4,000 for representation ex25 penses, to remain available until September 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 et seq.), $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 the Department of 

22 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro23 priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 

24 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 and shall 
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1 apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if in2 cluded in this Act. 

3 TITLE II 

4 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

5 DEVELOPMENT 

6 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 $1,143,614,000, of which up to $171,542,000 may remain 

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

12 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

14 be made available to finance the construction (including 

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

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

17 International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 

18 Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds 

19 in a report submitted to the Committees on Appropria20 tions at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for 

21 such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or agree22 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

23 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

24 such funds through the following fiscal year: Provided fur25 ther, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the 
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1 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 

2 Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 

3 out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex4 penses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec5 tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated or 

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

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

9 for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 

10 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID during 

11 the current fiscal year. 

12 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

13 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

14 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

15 of information technology and related capital investments, 

16 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

17 1961, $168,300,000, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other19 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

20 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

21 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com22 mittees on Appropriations. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
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1 $66,000,000, of which up to $9,900,000 may remain 

2 available until September 30, 2017, for the Office of In3 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter4 national Development. 

5 TITLE III 

6 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

8 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

9 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

11 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

15 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

16 $2,798,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2017, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

18 United States Agency for International Development 

19 (USAID): Provided, That this amount shall be made avail20 able for training, equipment, and technical assistance to 

21 build the capacity of public health institutions and organi22 zations in developing countries, and for such activities as: 

23 (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) im24 munization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other 

25 health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which di-
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1 rectly address the needs of mothers and children, and re2 lated education programs; (4) assistance for children dis3 placed or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) pro4 grams for the prevention, treatment, control of, and re5 search on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 

6 other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis7 eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 

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

9 AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises; 

10 and (7) family planning/reproductive health: Provided fur11 ther, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may 

12 be made available for a United States contribution to 

13 GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance: Provided further, That none 

14 of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobli15 gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be 

16 made available to any organization or program which, as 

17 determined by the President of the United States, sup18 ports or participates in the management of a program of 

19 coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur20 ther, That any determination made under the previous 

21 proviso must be made not later than 6 months after the 

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

23 by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the deter24 mination: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

25 available under this Act may be used to pay for the per-
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1 formance of abortion as a method of family planning or 

2 to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 

3 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

4 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

5 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist6 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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

8 or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re9 duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 

10 shall be available only to voluntary family planning 

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

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

13 planning methods and services, and that any such vol14 untary family planning project shall meet the following re15 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 

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

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

18 of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular 

19 method of family planning (this provision shall not be con20 strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi21 cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 

22 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, 

23 gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex24 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 

25 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 
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1 quota of total number of births, number of family planning 

2 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

3 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben4 efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro5 gram of general welfare or the right of access to health 

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

7 accept family planning services; (4) the project shall pro8 vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 

9 on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in10 cluding those conditions that might render the use of the 

11 method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known 

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

13 project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs 

14 and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 

15 the context of a scientific study in which participants are 

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

17 60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator 

18 determines that there has been a violation of the require19 ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this 

20 proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re21 quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 

22 Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appro23 priations a report containing a description of such viola24 tion and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Pro25 vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 
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1 planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

2 of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be3 cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com4 mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi5 tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the require6 ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for 

7 purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro8 priating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper9 ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it 

10 relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con11 strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 

12 of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 

13 Provided further, That information provided about the use 

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

15 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 

16 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 

17 failure rates of such use. 

18 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

19 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

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

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

22 September 30, 2020, which shall be apportioned directly 

23 to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro24 priated under this paragraph may be made available, not25 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
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1 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber2 culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 

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

4 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

5 Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate nec6 essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 

7 Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 

8 should be $1,350,000,000: Provided further, That 

9 amounts specified for such a contribution in this Act or 

10 in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re11 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 

12 Public Law 113–235) may be made available notwith13 standing section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) of Public Law 108–25: 

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

15 amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in 

16 fiscal year 2016 may be made available to USAID for 

17 technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 

18 Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

19 under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made 

20 available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

21 such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office 

22 of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. 

23 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 
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1 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

2 Act of 1961, $2,637,854,000, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2017. 

4 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon8 struction assistance, $560,000,000, to remain available 

9 until expended. 

10 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

11 For necessary expenses for international disaster re12 habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec13 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

14 $47,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup15 port transition to democracy and long-term development 

16 for countries in crisis: Provided, That such support may 

17 include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

18 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in19 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

20 Provided further, That the USAID Administrator shall 

21 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 

22 least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist23 ance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State de24 termines that it is important to the national interest of 

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

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

3 carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist4 ance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading 

5 and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated 

6 under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 

7 available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made 

8 available subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

9 on Appropriations. 

10 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support pro14 grams and activities to prevent or respond to emerging 

15 or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises over16 seas, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

17 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 

18 may be made available on such terms and conditions as 

19 are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of pre20 venting or responding to such challenges and crises, except 

21 that no funds shall be made available for lethal assistance 

22 or to respond to natural disasters: Provided further, That 

23 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail24 able notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 

25 sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 
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1 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

2 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

3 be used for administrative expenses, in addition to funds 

4 otherwise made available for such purposes, except that 

5 such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds ap6 propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

7 funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to 

8 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

9 Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be 

10 transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of 

11 funds. 

12 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

13 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro14 vided by the United States Agency for International De15 velopment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 

16 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 

17 $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds ap18 propriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and 

19 under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

20 Central Asia’’: Provided, That funds provided under this 

21 paragraph and funds provided as a gift that are used for 

22 purposes of this paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of 

23 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made avail24 able only for micro- and small enterprise programs, urban 

25 programs, and other programs which further the purposes 
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1 of part I of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, 

2 including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed 

3 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

5 That funds made available by this paragraph may be used 

6 for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

7 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De8 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro9 grams, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to 

10 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

11 Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of 

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

13 to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 

15 1486 as reported by the House Committee on Inter16 national Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to 

17 direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this head18 ing, except that the principal amount of loans made or 

19 guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single 

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

21 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin22 cipal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 

23 $1,500,000,000. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

25 credit programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000, 
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1 which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

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

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

4 under this heading shall remain available until September 

5 30, 2018. 

6 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

9 1961, $1,991,070,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2017. 

11 DEMOCRACY FUND

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

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

15 until September 30, 2017. 

16 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 

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

20 Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Pub21 lic Law 101–179), $443,061,000, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2017, which shall be available, notwith23 standing any other provision of law, except section 7070 

24 of this Act, for assistance and related programs for coun25 tries identified in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 and 
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1 section 3(c) of Public Law 101–179, in addition to funds 

2 otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That 

3 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global 

4 Health Programs’’ for assistance for such countries shall 

5 be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of 

6 the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102 of 

7 Public Law 102–511 and section 601 of Public Law 101– 

8 179: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

9 heading shall be considered to be economic assistance 

10 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes 

11 of making available the administrative authorities con12 tained in that Act for the use of economic assistance. 

13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

14 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

15 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

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

17 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As18 sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 

19 and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 

20 and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

21 of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 

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

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author24 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

25 $931,886,000, to remain available until expended, of 
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1 which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 

2 to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian require3 ments, and $10,000,000 shall be made available for refu4 gees resettling in Israel. 

5 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

6 ASSISTANCE FUND

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

10 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

12 PEACE CORPS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

16 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

17 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

18 States, $379,500,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Of19 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

21 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

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

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

24 $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur25 suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 
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1 amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper2 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

3 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail4 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

5 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

6 Provided further, That any decision to open, close, signifi7 cantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or 

8 country program shall be subject to prior consultation 

9 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com10 mittees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation 

11 and regular notification procedures may be waived when 

12 there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other 

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

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

15 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro16 vided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 

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

18 apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 

19 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

22 et seq.) (MCA), $901,000,000, to remain available until 

23 expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

24 this heading, up to $105,000,000 may be available for ad25 ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Cor-
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1 poration (the Corporation): Provided further, That up to 

2 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading 

3 may be made available to carry out the purposes of section 

4 616 of the MCA for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, 

5 That section 605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds ap6 propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

7 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail8 able for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into 

9 pursuant to section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact 

10 obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to 

11 the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the 

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

13 the United States Government funding anticipated for the 

14 duration of the Compact: Provided further, That the Chief 

15 Executive Officer of the Corporation shall notify the Com16 mittees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to 

17 commencing negotiations for any country compact or 

18 threshold country program; signing any such compact or 

19 threshold program; or terminating or suspending any such 

20 compact or threshold program: Provided further, That 

21 funds appropriated under this heading by this Act and 

22 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

23 State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 

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

25 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 

2 country should be eligible for a threshold program after 

3 such country has completed a country compact: Provided 

4 further, That any funds that are deobligated from a Mil5 lennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular 

6 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria7 tions prior to re-obligation: Provided further, That not8 withstanding section 606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country 

9 shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for 

10 assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per cap11 ita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower mid12 dle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is 

13 among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identi14 fied by the World Bank; and the country meets the re15 quirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 

16 further, That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of the 

17 MCA, in addition to countries described in the preceding 

18 proviso, a country shall be a candidate country for pur19 poses of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the 

20 country has a per capita income equal to or below the 

21 World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for 

22 the fiscal year and is not among the 75 lowest per capita 

23 income countries as identified by the World Bank; and the 

24 country meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) 

25 of the MCA: Provided further, That any Millennium Chal-
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1 lenge Corporation candidate country under section 606 of 

2 the MCA with a per capita income that changes in the 

3 fiscal year such that the country would be reclassified 

4 from a low income country to a lower middle income coun5 try or from a lower middle income country to a low income 

6 country shall retain its candidacy status in its former in7 come classification for the fiscal year and the 2 subsequent 

8 fiscal years: Provided further, That in this fiscal year and 

9 hereafter, publication in the Federal Register of a notice 

10 of availability of a copy of a Compact on the Millennium 

11 Challenge Corporation Web site shall be deemed to satisfy 

12 the requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such 

13 Compact: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

14 available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

15 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re16 lated programs shall be available for a threshold program 

17 in a country that is not currently a candidate country: 

18 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

19 this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be available for 

20 representation and entertainment expenses, of which not 

21 to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment ex22 penses. 

23 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

25 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 
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1 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

3 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

5 representation expenses. 

6 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

7 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

8 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

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

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

11 $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: Pro12 vided, That funds made available to grantees may be in13 vested pending expenditure for project purposes when au14 thorized by the Board of Directors of the United States 

15 African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided fur16 ther, That interest earned shall be used only for the pur17 poses for which the grant was made: Provided further, 

18 That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African De19 velopment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances 

20 the Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the 

21 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

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

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

24 currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF 

25 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 after each time such waiver authority is exercised: Pro2 vided further, That the USADF may make rent or lease 

3 payments in advance from appropriations available for 

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

5 in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: 

6 Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank 

7 accounts outside the United States Treasury and retain 

8 any interest earned on such accounts, in furtherance of 

9 the purposes of the African Foundation Development Act: 

10 Provided further, That the USADF may not withdraw any 

11 appropriation from the Treasury prior to the need of 

12 spending such funds for program purposes. 

13 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

14 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

17 $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2018, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

4 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

5 ENFORCEMENT

6 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

7 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $735,701,000, to re8 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

9 the provision of assistance by any other United States 

10 Government department or agency which is comparable to 

11 assistance that may be made available under this heading, 

12 but which is provided under any other provision of law, 

13 should be provided only with the concurrence of the Sec14 retary of State and in accordance with the provisions of 

15 sections 481(b) and 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

16 of 1961: Provided further, That the Department of State 

17 may use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign As18 sistance Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, 

19 to receive excess property from an agency of the United 

20 States Government for the purpose of providing such 

21 property to a foreign country or international organization 

22 under chapter 8 of part I of that Act, subject to the reg23 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro24 priations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the 

25 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds 
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1 appropriated under this heading, except that any funds 

2 made available notwithstanding such section shall be sub3 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit4 tees on Appropriations. 

5 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

6 RELATED PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter8 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

9 $474,187,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2017, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

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

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

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

14 section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign 

15 Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear16 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

17 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

19 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec20 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol21 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

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

23 the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 

24 Commission: Provided, That for the clearance of 

25 unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should 
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1 prioritize those areas where such ordnance was caused by 

2 the United States: Provided further, That funds made 

3 available under this heading for the Nonproliferation and 

4 Disarmament Fund shall be available notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law and subject to prior consultation 

6 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com7 mittees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multi8 lateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disar9 mament, and weapons destruction, and shall remain avail10 able until expended: Provided further, That such funds 

11 may also be used for such countries other than the inde12 pendent states of the former Soviet Union and inter13 national organizations when it is in the national security 

14 interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, 

15 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

16 available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State deter17 mines that Israel is being denied its right to participate 

18 in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That 

19 funds made available for conventional weapons destruction 

20 programs, including demining and related activities, in ad21 dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may 

22 be used for administrative expenses related to the oper23 ation and management of such programs and activities. 
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1 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 $166,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

5 this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 

6 such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity 

7 of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 

8 participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 

9 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

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

11 States contribution to the Multinational Force and Ob12 servers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That none 

13 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli14 gated except as provided through the regular notification 

15 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

17 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

20 $107,587,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 

21 available until September 30, 2017, and may only be pro22 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian 

24 personnel for whom military education and training may 

25 be provided under this heading may include civilians who 
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1 are not members of a government whose participation 

2 would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civil3 ian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 

4 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

6 entertainment expenses. 

7 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

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

10 Arms Export Control Act, $4,543,934,000: Provided, 

11 That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 

12 countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 

13 State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap14 propriations and subject to the regular notification proce15 dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro16 priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

17 services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: 

18 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

19 this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be avail20 able for grants only for Israel, and funds are available for 

21 assistance for Jordan and Egypt subject to section 7041 

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

23 under this heading for assistance for Israel shall be dis24 bursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

25 further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel 
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1 requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 

2 made available for Israel under this heading shall, as 

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

4 advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

5 $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

6 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

7 research and development: Provided further, That none of 

8 the funds made available under this heading shall be made 

9 available to support or continue any program initially 

10 funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National 

11 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

12 Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or section 2282 of title 

13 10, United States Code, unless the Secretary of State, in 

14 coordination with the Secretary of Defense, has justified 

15 such program to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro16 vided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made 

17 available under this heading shall be nonrepayable not18 withstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms 

19 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made 

20 available under this heading shall be obligated upon appor21 tionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 

22 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code. 

23 None of the funds made available under this heading 

24 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

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

2 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

3 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

4 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

5 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

6 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun7 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub8 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec9 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

10 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

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

12 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in13 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

14 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

15 only those countries for which assistance was justified for 

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

17 fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as18 sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 

19 this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

20 services, or design and construction services that are not 

21 sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

22 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro23 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min24 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 

25 articles and services: Provided further, That not more than 
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1 $63,945,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

2 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

3 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

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

5 of administering military assistance and sales, except that 

6 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

7 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria8 tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

9 under this heading for general costs of administering mili10 tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 

11 available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

12 $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 

13 Provided further, That not more than $904,000,000 of 

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

15 Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred 

16 by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2016 

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

18 except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 

19 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

20 Appropriations. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 

8 Participation Act of 1973, $339,000,000: Provided, That 

9 section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

10 not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democ11 racy Fund. 

12 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

13 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

14 For payment to the International Bank for Recon15 struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi16 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

17 $84,132,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

19 ASSOCIATION

20 For payment to the International Development Asso21 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $645,300,000, 

22 to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

2 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

3 For payment to the International Bank for Recon4 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas5 ury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 

6 the increases in capital stock, $96,460,000, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

9 The United States Governor of the International 

10 Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 

11 without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 

12 of the United States share of increases in capital stock 

13 in an amount not to exceed $2,928,990,899. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND

15 For payment to the International Bank for Recon16 struction and Development as trustee for the Clean Tech17 nology Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

18 $85,340,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUND

20 For payment to the International Bank for Recon21 struction and Development as trustee for the Strategic 

22 Climate Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 $29,810,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

2 BANK

3 For payment to the Inter-American Development 

4 Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United 

5 States share of the paid-in portion of the increase in cap6 ital stock, $51,010,000, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

9 The United States Governor of the Inter-American 

10 Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi11 tation to the callable capital portion of the United States 

12 share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

13 $4,098,794,833. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

15 For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the 

16 Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 

17 the paid-in portion of increase in capital stock, 

18 $5,608,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

20 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

21 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

22 $83,043,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

24 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

25 the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
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1 of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 

2 $17,059,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

4 The United States Governor of the African Develop5 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

6 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

7 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

8 $507,860,808. 

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

10 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

11 the Secretary of the Treasury, $113,750,000, to remain 

12 available until expended. 

13 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

14 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

15 For payment to the International Fund for Agricul16 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

17 $15,965,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM

19 For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Se20 curity Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

21 $21,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

23 BANK

24 For payment to the North American Development 

25 Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United 
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1 States share of the paid-in portion of the increase in cap2 ital stock, $22,500,000, to remain available until ex3 pended. 

4 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

5 The Secretary of the Treasury may subscribe without 

6 fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 

7 United States share of such capital stock in an amount 

8 not to exceed $255,000,000. 

9 TITLE VI 

10 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

11 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

12 INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, as amended, $6,000,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2017. 

17 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 The Export-Import Bank (the Bank) of the United 

19 States is authorized to make such expenditures within the 

20 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such 

21 corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make such 

22 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

23 limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

24 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

25 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
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1 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur2 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi3 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

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

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

6 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi7 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

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

9 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not 

10 less than 20 percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and 

11 insurance authority available to the Bank under this Act 

12 should be used to finance exports directly by small busi13 ness concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small 

14 Business Act): Provided further, That not less than 10 

15 percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance 

16 authority available to the Bank under this Act should be 

17 used for renewable energy technologies or energy efficiency 

18 technologies: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec19 tion 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, sections 

20 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain in effect 

21 through October 1, 2016. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

24 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
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1 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not 

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

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

4 exceed $106,250,000: Provided, That the Export-Import 

5 Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment or serv6 ices provided by transaction participants for legal, finan7 cial, or technical services in connection with any trans8 action for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 

9 insurance commitment has been made: Provided further, 

10 That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the 

11 Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof 

12 shall remain in effect until September 30, 2016: Provided 

13 further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary ex14 penses (including special services performed on a contract 

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

16 connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, 

17 repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets 

18 acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the 

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

20 or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical as21 pects of any transaction for which an application for a 

22 loan, guarantee, or insurance commitment has been made, 

23 or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: 

24 Provided further, That in addition to other funds appro25 priated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 
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1 credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

4 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

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

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

7 exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 

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

9 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

10 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col11 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

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

13 That amounts collected in fiscal year 2016 in excess of 

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

15 September 1, 2016, and shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2019. 

17 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

18 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

19 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au20 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

21 as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States 

22 Code, such expenditures and commitments within the lim23 its of funds available to it and in accordance with law as 

24 may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for 

25 administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insur-
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1 ance programs (including an amount for official reception 

2 and representation expenses which shall not exceed 

3 $35,000) shall not exceed $62,787,000: Provided further, 

4 That project-specific transaction costs, including direct 

5 and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and 

6 other direct costs associated with services provided to spe7 cific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 

8 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 

9 considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this 

10 heading. 

11 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

13 $20,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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

15 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

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

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

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur19 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli20 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

21 during fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018: Provided fur22 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2016 remain 

23 available for disbursement through 2024; funds obligated 

24 in fiscal year 2017 remain available for disbursement 

25 through 2025; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2018 re-
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1 main available for disbursement through 2026: Provided 

2 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 

4 to undertake any program authorized by title IV of chap5 ter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 

6 Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pursu7 ant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 

8 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

9 on Appropriations. 

10 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad11 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

12 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex13 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

14 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

15 Account and merged with said account. 

16 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

19 $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2017: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 

21 heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for rep22 resentation and entertainment expenses. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

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

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

6 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

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

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

10 United States Code. 

11 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

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

13 States Government to which funds are appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 

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

18 Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 

19 such department or agency in fiscal year 2016 or any pre20 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

21 That the report required by this section should specify by 

22 account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilat23 eral agreements which have not been further sub-obli24 gated. 
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1 CONSULTING SERVICES

2 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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

4 procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 

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

6 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

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

9 Order issued pursuant to existing law. 

10 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

11 SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHAR12 ING.—Of funds provided under title I of this Act, except 

13 as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a dip14 lomatic facility of the United States may not include office 

15 space or other accommodations for an employee of a Fed16 eral agency or department if the Secretary of State deter17 mines that such department or agency has not provided 

18 to the Department of State the full amount of funding 

19 required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Secure 

20 Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 

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

22 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 

23 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended by section 629 of the De24 partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 

25 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the prohibition in 

2 subsection (a), a project to construct a diplomatic facility 

3 of the United States may include office space or other ac4 commodations for members of the United States Marine 

5 Corps. 

6 (c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur7 poses of calculating the fiscal year 2016 costs of providing 

8 new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 

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

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

11 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 

12 the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 

13 annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 

14 is proportional to the Department of State’s contribution 

15 for this purpose. 

16 (d) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIRE17 MENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 

18 making appropriations for the Department of State, for19 eign operations, and related programs, which may be made 

20 available for the acquisition of property or award of con21 struction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities during 

22 fiscal year 2016, shall be subject to prior consultation 

23 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com24 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That any such notifi25 cation for a new diplomatic facility justified to the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations in Appendix I of the Congres2 sional Budget Justification, Department of State, Diplo3 matic Engagement, Fiscal Year 2016, or not previously 

4 justified to such Committees, shall include confirmation 

5 that the Department of State has completed the requisite 

6 value engineering studies required pursuant to OMB Cir7 cular A–131, Value Engineering December 31, 2013 and 

8 the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Policy and 

9 Procedure Directive, P&PD, PE/DE 03; Value Engineer10 ing, May 26, 2004. 

11 (e) EXPEDITIONARY, INTERIM, AND TEMPORARY FA12 CILITIES ABROAD.— 

13 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

14 heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

15 Maintenance’’ may be made available to address se16 curity vulnerabilities at expeditionary, interim, and 

17 temporary facilities abroad, including physical secu18 rity upgrades and local guard staffing, except that 

19 the amount of funds made available for such pur20 poses from this Act and prior Acts making appro21 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper22 ations, and related programs shall be a minimum of 

23 $25,000,000: Provided, That the uses of such funds 

24 should be the responsibility of the Assistant Sec25 retary of State for the Bureau of Diplomatic Secu-
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1 rity and Foreign Missions, in consultation with the 

2 Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Oper3 ations: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

4 subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 

5 Appropriations. 

6 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 the opening, closure, or any significant modification 

8 to an expeditionary, interim, or temporary diplo9 matic facility shall be subject to prior consultation 

10 with the appropriate congressional committees and 

11 the regular notification procedures of the Commit12 tees on Appropriations, except that such consulta13 tion and notification may be waived if there is a se14 curity risk to personnel. 

15 (3) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

16 this Act, the Department of State shall document 

17 standard operating procedures and best practices as18 sociated with the delivery, construction, and protec19 tion of temporary structures in high threat and con20 flict environments: Provided, That the Secretary of 

21 State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

22 after completing such documentation. 

23 (f) FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECURITY TRAINING CEN24 TER.— 
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1 (1) None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

3 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

4 programs may be obligated for design, site prepara5 tion or construction of a Foreign Affairs Security 

6 Training Center (FASTC) at Fort Pickett, Virginia, 

7 until each of the following occurs: 

8 (A) The Secretary of State submits to the 

9 appropriate congressional committees, the 

10 Comptroller General of the United States, and 

11 the Director of the Office of Management and 

12 Budget a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of 

13 the construction of FASTC at Fort Pickett, 

14 Virginia that includes, at a minimum, the fol15 lowing: a life-cycle cost estimate of construction, 

16 maintenance, and sustainment of FASTC; an 

17 estimate of the effect of FASTC on the total 

18 cost associated with conducting security train19 ing for Department of State personnel and de20 pendents, as appropriate; and a detailed anal21 ysis that quantifies the impact of FASTC on 

22 the training capacity and operational effective23 ness of Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Depart24 ment of State; 
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1 (B) The Comptroller General submits an 

2 assessment of the analysis required by subpara3 graph (A) to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees on the methodology, analysis and con5 clusions of the report submitted by the Sec6 retary of State; and 

7 (C) The Secretary of State, in consultation 

8 with the Director of the Office of Management 

9 and Budget, reviews the report required under 

10 subparagraph (A) and the assessment required 

11 under subparagraph (B), and certifies to the 

12 appropriate congressional committees that the 

13 construction of FASTC at Fort Pickett, Vir14 ginia would provide efficiencies and increases in 

15 the training capacity and operational effective16 ness of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security com17 mensurate with the estimated life-cycle costs of 

18 constructing, maintaining, and sustaining 

19 FASTC. 

20 (2) Not later than 180 days after the enact21 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

22 the report required subparagraph (A), and not later 

23 than 180 days after receiving such report, the 

24 Comptroller General shall submit the assessment re25 quired under subparagraph (B). 
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1 (g) COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIENNA CONVENTION

2 ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

3 OF CHINA.—Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

4 this Act, the Secretary of State shall determine and report 

5 to the appropriate congressional committees the extent to 

6 which the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

7 (PRC) has taken action to interfere with the repair and 

8 renovation of United States diplomatic facilities in the 

9 PRC during the past calendar year, including any action 

10 taken in contravention of the Vienna Convention on Diplo11 matic Relations, 1961. 

12 (h) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated 

13 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

14 including for Worldwide Security Protection, and under 

15 the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main16 tenance’’ in titles I and VIII of this Act may be trans17 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by such 

18 titles under such headings if the Secretary of State deter19 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 that to do so is necessary to implement the recommenda21 tions of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, or to 

22 prevent or respond to security situations and require23 ments, following consultation with, and subject to the reg24 ular notification procedures of, such Committees: Pro25 vided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
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1 transfer authority otherwise available under any other pro2 vision of law. 

3 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

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

5 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per6 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in7 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg8 etary resources available under title I to such department 

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

10 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

11 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

14 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 

15 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex16 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

17 section. 

18 LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS

19 SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 

20 contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 

21 accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au22 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 

23 4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 

24 to award such contracts on the basis of best value as de25 termined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as de-
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1 scribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), 

2 notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of such section: Pro3 vided, That the authority in this section shall apply to any 

4 options for renewal that may be exercised under such con5 tracts that are awarded during the current fiscal year. 

6 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

7 COUNTRIES

8 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

10 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

11 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

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

13 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

14 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 

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

16 COUPS D’E ́TAT

17 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

19 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

20 any assistance to the government of any country whose 

21 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 

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

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

24 plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re25 sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer-
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1 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit2 tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 

3 democratically elected government has taken office: Pro4 vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 

5 apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 

6 public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur7 ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 

8 provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce9 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

11 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD12 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

13 (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

15 the Department of State under title I of this Act 

16 may be transferred between, and merged with, such 

17 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

18 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

19 more than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 

20 such transfer may be made to increase the appro21 priation under the heading ‘‘Representation Ex22 penses’’. 

23 (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria24 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

25 the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 
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1 of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 

2 with, such appropriations, but no such appropria3 tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

4 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 

5 transfers. 

6 (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

7 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sub8 sections (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and 

9 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

10 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

11 that section. 

12 (b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 

13 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 

14 for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 

15 2016, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 

16 transferred between such appropriations for use for any 

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

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

19 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

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

21 transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority 

22 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

23 the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 (c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN25 CIES.— 
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1 (1) None of the funds made available under ti2 tles II through V of this Act may be transferred to 

3 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

4 United States Government, except pursuant to a 

5 transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 

6 this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

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

8 to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, 

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

10 the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

11 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 

12 United States Government pursuant to the provi13 sions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961. 

15 (3) Any agreement entered into by the United 

16 States Agency for International Development 

17 (USAID) or the Department of State with any de18 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

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

20 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

21 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 

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

23 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

24 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

25 related programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
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1 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

2 Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur3 asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg4 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

5 Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 

6 the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 

7 entered into between USAID and the Department of 

8 State. 

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

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

11 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

12 such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers 

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

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

15 contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to trans16 fer funds, consults with and provides a written policy jus17 tification to the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

19 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro20 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

21 the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

22 of the United States Government under the authority of 

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

24 any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide 

25 that the Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving 
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1 the transfer or allocation of such funds, or other entity 

2 with audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not 

3 have an IG, shall perform periodic program and financial 

4 audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That such au5 dits shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropria6 tions: Provided further, That funds transferred under such 

7 authority may be made available for the cost of such au8 dits. 

9 PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL

10 SEC. 7010. None of the funds made available in this 

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

12 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

13 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed14 eral Regulations. 

15 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

16 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

17 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

18 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 

19 provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

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

21 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

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

23 Control Act, and funds provided under the headings ‘‘De24 velopment Credit Authority’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

25 Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an 
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1 additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 

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

3 are initially obligated before the expiration of their respec4 tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 

5 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 

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

7 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 

9 disbursements in order to address balance of payments or 

10 economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available 

11 for an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail12 ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 

13 funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expira14 tion of their respective periods of availability contained in 

15 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

16 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria17 tions at the beginning of each fiscal year, detailing by ac18 count and source year, the use of this authority during 

19 the previous fiscal year. 

20 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

21 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

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

23 furnish assistance to the government of any country which 

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

25 in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
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1 on any loan made to the government of such country by 

2 the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 

3 are appropriated under this Act unless the President de4 termines, following consultations with the Committees on 

5 Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 

6 national interest of the United States. 

7 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

8 ASSISTANCE

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

10 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

11 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

12 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov13 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist14 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

15 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

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

17 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 

18 expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi19 lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re20 quirement. 

21 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

22 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as23 sessed during fiscal year 2016 on funds appropriated by 

24 this Act by a foreign government or entity against United 

25 States assistance programs for which funds are appro-
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1 priated by this Act, either directly or through grantees, 

2 contractors, and subcontractors shall be withheld from ob3 ligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal 

4 year 2017 and allocated for the central government of 

5 such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program 

6 to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies and re7 ports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

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

9 been reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

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

11 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

12 subsection (b). 

13 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

14 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub15 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for coun16 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

17 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

18 substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can 

19 reasonably accommodate such assistance in a program20 matically responsible manner. 

21 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

22 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

23 apply to any country or entity if the Secretary of 

24 State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 that— 
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1 (A) such country or entity does not assess 

2 taxes on United States assistance or has an ef3 fective arrangement that is providing substan4 tial reimbursement of such taxes; or 

5 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

6 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec7 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

8 not subject to taxation. 

9 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

10 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

11 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

12 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

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

15 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist16 ance contained in this section. 

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

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

19 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern20 ment of the United States and the government of 

21 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

22 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

23 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

24 or an individual agreement between the Government 

25 of the United States and such government that de-
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1 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

2 purposes that will be accorded the United States as3 sistance provided under that agreement; and 

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

5 value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 

6 include individual income taxes assessed to local 

7 staff. 

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

9 with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 

10 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria11 tions, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 

12 Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies 

13 to comply with the requirements of this section. 

14 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

15 SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro16 priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 

17 specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 

18 programs within the same account notwithstanding the 

19 designation if compliance with the designation is made im20 possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 

21 Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub22 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit23 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 

24 that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
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1 made available under the same terms and conditions as 

2 originally provided. 

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

4 the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe5 riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 

6 administered by the Department of State or the United 

7 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

8 that are specifically designated for particular programs or 

9 activities by this or any other Act may be extended for 

10 an additional fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the 

11 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines and re12 ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 

13 the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 

14 change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such des15 ignated funds can be obligated during the original period 

16 of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that 

17 continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall 

18 be obligated only for the purpose of such designation. 

19 (c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des20 ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 

21 applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other22 wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 

23 Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des24 ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
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1 contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 

2 appropriated by this Act. 

3 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

4 SEC. 7015. (a) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—None 

5 of the funds made available in titles I and II of this Act, 

6 or in prior appropriations Acts to the agencies and depart7 ments funded by this Act that remain available for obliga8 tion or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from 

9 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

10 by the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other 

11 offsetting collections, or made available by transfer, to the 

12 agencies and departments funded by this Act, shall be 

13 available for obligation or expenditure through a re14 programming of funds that— 

15 (1) creates new programs; 

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

17 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

18 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

19 denied or restricted; 

20 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

22 (6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bu23 reaus, centers, or offices; 

24 (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
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1 (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

2 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

3 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

4 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: Pro5 vided, That unless previously justified to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations, the requirements of this subsection 

7 shall apply to all obligations of funds appropriated under 

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

9 and (6) of this subsection. 

10 (b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds provided under 

11 titles I and II of this Act, or provided under previous ap12 propriations Acts to the agency or department funded 

13 under titles I and II of this Act that remain available for 

14 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided 

15 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

16 derived by the collection of fees available to the agency 

17 or department funded under title I of this Act, shall be 

18 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro19 grams, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 

20 excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

21 that— 

22 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac23 tivities; 
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1 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist2 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per3 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

4 (3) results from any general savings, including 

5 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

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

7 projects as approved by Congress; 

8 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

9 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

10 (c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 

11 funds made available by this Act under the headings 

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

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

14 Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

15 and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘De16 mocracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

17 Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Non18 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro19 grams’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 

20 Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 

21 Education and Training’’, ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Oper22 ations’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for obliga23 tion for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel as24 sistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in 

25 excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations for obligation under any of these specific 

2 headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are no3 tified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President 

4 shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 

5 for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

6 Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 

7 than conventional ammunition, or other major defense 

8 items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve9 hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent 

10 in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 

11 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad12 vance of such commitment: Provided further, That require13 ments of this subsection or any similar provision of this 

14 or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming 

15 for an activity, program, or project for which funds are 

16 appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less 

17 than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Con18 gress for obligation for such activity, program, or project 

19 for the current fiscal year. 

20 (d) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Not21 withstanding any other provision of law, with the excep22 tion of funds transferred to, and merged with, funds ap23 propriated under title I of this Act, funds transferred by 

24 the Department of Defense to the Department of State 

25 and the United States Agency for International Develop-
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1 ment for assistance for foreign countries and international 

2 organizations, and funds made available for programs pre3 viously authorized under section 1206 of the National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

5 109–163) or section 2282 of title 10, United States Code, 

6 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

7 the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

11 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

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

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

15 Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 

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

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

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

22 (f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 

23 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

24 this Act shall be obligated or expended for assistance for 

25 Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, 
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1 Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, 

2 Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Russian Fed3 eration, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 

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

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

7 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

8 SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 

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

10 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De11 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

12 same extent and under the same conditions as other com13 mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro14 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

15 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

16 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

17 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

18 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

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

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

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

22 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

23 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re24 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
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1 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac2 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

3 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

4 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

5 SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce6 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro7 priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 

8 are returned or not made available for organizations and 

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

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

11 of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep12 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the requirement to with13 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

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

15 funds appropriated by this Act. 

16 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

17 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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

20 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor21 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

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

23 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

25 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
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1 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

2 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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

5 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

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

7 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

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

10 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

12 such country or organization would violate any of the 

13 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri14 lizations. 

15 ALLOCATIONS

16 SEC. 7019. (a) REPORT TABLES.—Funds provided 

17 by this Act shall be made available for programs and coun18 tries in the amounts specifically designated in the report 

19 accompanying this Act, including such amounts in the re20 spective tables. 

21 (b) LIMITED DEVIATION AUTHORITY.—For the pur22 poses of implementing this section and only with respect 

23 to the amounts for programs and countries specifically 

24 designated in the tables in the report accompanying this 

25 Act, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 
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1 United States Agency for International Development, and 

2 the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as appropriate, may 

3 propose deviations to the amounts referenced in subsection 

4 (a), subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

5 Committees on Appropriations. 

6 REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

7 SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de8 partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 

9 Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 

10 agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 

11 steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 

12 and entertainment expenses further official agency busi13 ness and United States foreign policy interests and are— 

14 (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 

15 the Executive Branch; 

16 (2) principally for meals and events of a pro17 tocol nature; 

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

19 (4) do not include activities that are substan20 tially of a recreational character. 

21 (b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 

22 or otherwise made available by this Act under the head23 ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 

24 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 

25 Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
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1 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup2 port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

3 Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

4 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

5 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

6 are substantially of a recreational character, includ7 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

8 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

9 amusement parks. 

10 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

11 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

12 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX13 PORTS.— 

14 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro15 priated or otherwise made available by titles III 

16 through VI of this Act may be made available to any 

17 foreign government which provides lethal military 

18 equipment to a country the government of which the 

19 Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations supports inter21 national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 

22 Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 

23 effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco24 nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 

25 under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
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1 ment shall terminate 12 months after the Secretary 

2 determines and reports to such Committees that 

3 such government ceases to provide such military 

4 equipment: Provided further, That this section ap5 plies with respect to lethal military equipment pro6 vided under a contract entered into after October 1, 

7 1997. 

8 (2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 

9 paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 

10 may be furnished if the President determines that to 

11 do so is important to the national interests of the 

12 United States. 

13 (3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 

14 determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi15 dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria16 tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 

17 assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 

18 assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 

19 amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 

20 how the assistance furthers United States national 

21 interests. 

22 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

23 (1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi24 lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 

25 and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
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1 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

2 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

3 shall not be made available to any foreign govern4 ment which the President determines— 

5 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

6 any individual or group which has committed 

7 an act of international terrorism; 

8 (B) otherwise supports international ter9 rorism; or 

10 (C) is controlled by an organization des11 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec12 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

13 Act. 

14 (2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap15 plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 

16 President determines that national security or hu17 manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 

18 That the President shall publish each such waiver in 

19 the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 

20 waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica22 tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 

23 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro24 priations. 
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1 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

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

3 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel4 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith5 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 

6 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec7 tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis8 cal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and sec9 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

10 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

11 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

13 of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de14 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in15 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

16 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

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

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

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

20 country, regional, and central program level funding with21 in each such account; and for the development assistance 

22 accounts of the United States Agency for International 

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

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

25 program level funding, either as— 
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1 (1) justified to Congress; or 

2 (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac3 cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of the en5 actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

7 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

8 FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL9 OPMENT FOUNDATION

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

11 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

12 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria13 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

14 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi15 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

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

17 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con18 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro19 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 

20 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

21 days of taking such action. 

22 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

23 SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 

24 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 

25 III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
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1 of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im2 port Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corpora3 tion shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, 

4 any assistance, or any other financial commitments for es5 tablishing or expanding production of any commodity for 

6 export by any country other than the United States, if 

7 the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 

8 at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected 

9 to become operative and if the assistance will cause sub10 stantial injury to United States producers of the same, 

11 similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 

12 prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if 

13 in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 

14 industry and employment in the United States are likely 

15 to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 

16 same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 

17 of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropria18 tions: Provided further, That this subsection shall not pro19 hibit— 

20 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as21 sistance from the International Development Asso22 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter23 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

24 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
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1 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

2 is furnished; or 

3 (2) activities in a country the President deter4 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu5 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

6 (b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 

7 this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 

9 for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im10 provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con11 ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro12 duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 

13 for export which would compete with a similar commodity 

14 grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 

15 this subsection shall not prohibit— 

16 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

17 in developing countries where such activities will not 

18 have a significant impact on the export of agricul19 tural commodities of the United States; 

20 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

21 benefit United States producers; 

22 (3) activities in a country that is eligible for as23 sistance from the International Development Asso24 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter25 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
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1 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri2 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

3 is furnished; or 

4 (4) activities in a country the President deter5 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu6 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

7 (c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

8 The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

9 States executive directors of the international financial in10 stitutions, as defined in section 7034(r)(3) of this Act, to 

11 use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 

12 assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated 

13 or made available by this Act, for the production or extrac14 tion of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in 

15 surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause 

16 substantial injury to United States producers of the same, 

17 similar, or competing commodity. 

18 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

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

20 CURRENCIES.— 

21 (1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 

22 the government of a foreign country under chapters 

23 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 

25 which result in the generation of local currencies of 
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1 that country, the Administrator of the United States 

2 Agency for International Development (USAID) 

3 shall— 

4 (A) require that local currencies be depos5 ited in a separate account established by that 

6 government; 

7 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov8 ernment which sets forth— 

9 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

10 to be generated; and 

11 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

12 which the currencies so deposited may be 

13 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

14 (C) establish by agreement with that gov15 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

16 government to monitor and account for deposits 

17 into and disbursements from the separate ac18 count. 

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

20 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur21 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

22 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur23 rencies, shall be used only— 

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

25 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
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1 ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 

2 purposes as— 

3 (i) project and sector assistance activi4 ties; or 

5 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

6 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

7 the United States Government. 

8 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

9 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

10 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

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

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

13 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

14 (a)(2). 

15 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO16 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun17 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

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

19 the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 

20 funds which remain in a separate account estab21 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 

22 for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov23 ernment of that country and the United States Gov24 ernment. 
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1 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 

2 Administrator shall report on an annual basis as 

3 part of the justification documents submitted to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations on the use of local 

5 currencies for the administrative requirements of the 

6 United States Government as authorized in sub7 section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 

8 amount of local currency (and United States dollar 

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

10 each applicable country. 

11 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail13 able to the government of a foreign country, under 

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

15 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

16 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

17 country shall be required to maintain such funds in 

18 a separate account and not commingle with any 

19 other funds. 

20 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

21 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

22 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon23 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

24 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan25 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
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1 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re2 port No. 98–1159). 

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

4 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec5 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica6 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

7 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in8 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro9 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis10 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

11 served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 

12 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

13 be promoted by such assistance). 

14 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

15 funds may be exempt from the requirements of para16 graph (1) only through the regular notification pro17 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

18 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

19 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN20 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

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

22 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

23 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

24 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

25 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
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1 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 

2 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu3 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 

4 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

5 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

6 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria7 tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in8 cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 

9 assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 

10 such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 

11 subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu12 tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza13 tions contained in this or any other Act. 

14 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2016, re15 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

16 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re17 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

18 Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro19 priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 

20 pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 

21 except as provided through the regular notification proce22 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

25 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
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1 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup2 port international terrorism; or 

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

4 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

5 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

6 country that violates internationally recognized 

7 human rights. 

8 LOCAL COMPETITION

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

10 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appro11 priated by this Act that are made available to the United 

12 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

13 may only be made available for limited competitions 

14 through local entities if— 

15 (1) prior to the determination to limit competi16 tion to local entities, USAID has— 

17 (A) assessed the level of local capacity to 

18 effectively implement, manage, and account for 

19 programs included in such competition; and 

20 (B) documented the written results of the 

21 assessment and decisions made; and 

22 (2) prior to making an award after limiting 

23 competition to local entities— 
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1 (A) each successful local entity has been 

2 determined to be responsible in accordance with 

3 USAID guidelines; and 

4 (B) effective monitoring and evaluation 

5 systems are in place to ensure that award fund6 ing is used for its intended purposes; and 

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

8 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the 

9 requirements of paragraph (1), the USAID Administrator 

10 shall report, on an annual basis, to the appropriate con11 gressional committees on all awards subject to limited or 

12 no competition for local entities: Provided, That such re13 port should be posted on the USAID Web site: Provided 

14 further, That the requirements of this subsection shall only 

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

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

17 (c) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— 

18 Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper19 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

20 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect 

21 during fiscal year 2016, as amended by the Department 

22 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap23 propriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 

24 76). 
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1 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

2 SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The 

3 Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 

4 executive director of each international financial institu5 tion to seek to require that such institution adopts and 

6 implements a publicly available policy, including the stra7 tegic use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct 

8 independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of 

9 at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and sig10 nificant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the 

11 institution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equi12 table economic growth, consistent with relevant safe13 guards, to ensure that decisions to support such loans, 

14 grants, programs, and activities are based on accurate 

15 data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later than 

16 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

17 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 

18 steps taken by the United States executive directors and 

19 the international financial institutions consistent with this 

20 subsection. 

21 (b) SAFEGUARDS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

22 shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 

23 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

24 and the International Development Association to vote 

25 against any loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such institu-
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1 tion has adopted and is implementing any social or envi2 ronmental safeguard relevant to such loan, grant, policy, 

3 or strategy that provides less protection than World Bank 

4 safeguards in effect on September 30, 2015. 

5 (c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro6 priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 

7 to any international financial institution while the United 

8 States executive director to such institution is com9 pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 

10 whatever compensation such executive director receives 

11 from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 

12 for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 

13 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

14 States Code, or while any alternate United States execu15 tive director to such institution is compensated by the in16 stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 

17 individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

18 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

21 shall instruct the United States executive director of each 

22 international financial institution to seek to require that 

23 such institution conducts rigorous human rights due dili24 gence and human rights risk management, as appropriate, 

25 in connection with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of 
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1 such institution: Provided, That prior to voting on any 

2 such loan, grant, policy, or strategy the executive director 

3 shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 

4 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, if the 

5 executive director has reason to believe that such loan, 

6 grant, policy, or strategy could result in forced displace7 ment or other violation of human rights. 

8 (e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 

9 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc10 tor of each international financial institution to promote 

11 in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improve12 ments in borrowing countries’ financial management and 

13 judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish 

14 fraud and corruption. 

15 (f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 

16 Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 

17 executive director of each international financial institu18 tion to seek to require that such institution collects, 

19 verifies, and publishes, to the maximum extent practicable, 

20 beneficial ownership information (excluding proprietary 

21 information) for any corporation or limited liability com22 pany, other than a publicly listed company, that receives 

23 funds appropriated by this Act that are provided as pay24 ment to such institution: Provided, That not later than 

25 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
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1 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 

2 steps taken by the United States executive directors and 

3 the international financial institutions consistent with this 

4 subsection. 

5 (g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 

6 of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 

7 director of each international financial institution to seek 

8 to require that each such institution is effectively imple9 menting and enforcing policies and procedures which re10 flect best practices for the protection of whistleblowers 

11 from retaliation, including best practices for— 

12 (1) protection against retaliation for internal 

13 and lawful public disclosure; 

14 (2) legal burdens of proof; 

15 (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia16 tion; 

17 (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 

18 including external arbitration; and 

19 (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

20 retaliation. 

21 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

22 SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici23 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel24 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern25 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
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1 the United States Agency for International Development 

2 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

3 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

5 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

6 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

8 provided to that organization. 

9 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

10 SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN11 MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

12 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 

13 this Act may be made available for direct govern14 ment-to-government assistance only if— 

15 (A)(i) each implementing agency or min16 istry to receive assistance has been assessed 

17 and is considered to have the systems required 

18 to manage such assistance and any identified 

19 vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 

20 ministry have been addressed; 

21 (ii) the recipient agency or ministry em22 ploys and utilizes staff with the necessary tech23 nical, financial, and management capabilities; 
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1 (iii) the recipient agency or ministry has 

2 adopted competitive procurement policies and 

3 systems; 

4 (iv) effective monitoring and evaluation 

5 systems are in place to ensure that such assist6 ance is used for its intended purposes; 

7 (v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 

8 and 

9 (vi) the government of the recipient coun10 try is taking steps to publicly disclose on an an11 nual basis its national budget, to include in12 come and expenditures; 

13 (B) the recipient government is in compli14 ance with the principles set forth in section 

15 7013 of this Act; 

16 (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 

17 headed or controlled by an organization des18 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 

19 under section 219 of the Immigration and Na20 tionality Act; 

21 (D) the Government of the United States 

22 and the government of the recipient country 

23 have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 

24 objectives for the use of such assistance, which 
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1 should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 

2 basis; and 

3 (E) the recipient government is taking 

4 steps to protect the rights of civil society, in5 cluding freedoms of expression, association, and 

6 assembly. 

7 (2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In 

8 addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), no 

9 funds may be made available for direct government10 to-government assistance without prior consultation 

11 with, and notification of, the Committees on Appro12 priations: Provided, That such notification shall con13 tain an explanation of how the proposed activity 

14 meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided 

15 further, That the requirements of this paragraph 

16 shall only apply to direct government-to-government 

17 assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all funds 

18 available for cash transfer, budget support, and cash 

19 payments to individuals. 

20 (3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin21 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter22 national Development (USAID) or the Secretary of 

23 State, as appropriate, shall suspend any direct gov24 ernment-to-government assistance if the Adminis25 trator or the Secretary has credible information of 
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1 material misuse of such assistance, unless the Ad2 ministrator or the Secretary reports to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations that it is in the national in4 terest of the United States to continue such assist5 ance, including a justification, or that such misuse 

6 has been appropriately addressed. 

7 (4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec8 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2017 

10 congressional budget justification materials, amounts 

11 planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 

12 country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 

13 and type of assistance. 

14 (5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

15 enactment of this Act and 6 months thereafter until 

16 September 30, 2016, the USAID Administrator 

17 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 

18 report that— 

19 (A) details all assistance described in para20 graph (1) provided during the previous 6-month 

21 period by country, funding amount, source of 

22 funds, and type of such assistance; and 

23 (B) the type of procurement instrument or 

24 mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 

25 was provided on a reimbursable basis. 
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1 (6) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 

2 None of the funds made available by this Act may 

3 be used for any foreign country for debt service pay4 ments owed by any country to any international fi5 nancial institution: Provided, That for purposes of 

6 this paragraph, the term ‘‘international financial in7 stitution’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

8 7034(r)(3) of this Act. 

9 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS10 PARENCY.— 

11 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL

12 TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con13 tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re14 quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern15 ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 

16 as identified in the report required by section 

17 7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper18 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

19 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

20 (2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 

21 (1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 

22 are requirements consistent with those in subsection 

23 (a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 

24 documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 

25 by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 
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1 for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 

2 and concession allocation practices). 

3 (3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

4 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 

5 the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 

6 enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de7 termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi8 cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require9 ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter10 minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 

11 Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart12 ment of State Web site: Provided, That the Sec13 retary shall identify the significant progress made by 

14 each such government to publicly disclose national 

15 budget documentation, contracts, and licenses which 

16 are additional to such information disclosed in pre17 vious fiscal years, and include specific recommenda18 tions of short- and long-term steps such government 

19 should take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided 

20 further, That the annual report shall include a de21 tailed description of how funds appropriated by this 

22 Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, 

23 and identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 

24 (4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

25 title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
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1 grams and activities to assist governments identified 

2 pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans3 parency and to support civil society organizations in 

4 such countries that promote budget transparency: 

5 Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 

6 funds otherwise made available for such purposes: 

7 Provided further, That a description of the uses of 

8 such funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal 

9 Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 

10 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

11 (1)(A) INELIGIBILITY.—Officials of foreign gov12 ernments and their immediate family members about 

13 whom the Secretary of State has credible informa14 tion have been involved in significant corruption, in15 cluding corruption related to the extraction of nat16 ural resources, or a gross violation of human rights 

17 shall be ineligible for entry into the United States. 

18 (B) The Secretary may also publicly or pri19 vately designate or identify officials of foreign gov20 ernments and their immediate family members about 

21 whom the Secretary has such credible information 

22 without regard to whether the individual has applied 

23 for a visa. 

24 (2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli25 gible if entry into the United States would further 
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1 important United States law enforcement objectives 

2 or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 

3 its obligations under the United Nations Head4 quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in 

5 paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from 

6 United States Government obligations under applica7 ble international agreements. 

8 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap9 plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter10 mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na11 tional interest or that the circumstances which 

12 caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 

13 sufficiently. 

14 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 

15 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

16 submit a report, including a classified annex if nec17 essary, to the Committees on Appropriations and the 

18 Committees on the Judiciary describing the informa19 tion related to corruption or violation of human 

20 rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli21 gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para22 graph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Sec23 retary designated or identified pursuant to para24 graph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the 

25 application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers 
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1 provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 

2 for each waiver. 

3 (5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified 

4 portion of the report required under paragraph (4) 

5 shall be posted on the Department of State Web 

6 site. 

7 (6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para8 graphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the records of the De9 partment of State and of diplomatic and consular of10 fices of the United States pertaining to the issuance 

11 or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

12 States shall not be considered confidential. 

13 (d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

15 Act shall be made available to promote and support 

16 transparency and accountability of expenditures and 

17 revenues related to the extraction of natural re18 sources, including by strengthening implementation 

19 and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans20 parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec21 tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

22 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 

23 and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and 

24 provide technical assistance to promote independent 
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1 audit mechanisms and support civil society partici2 pation in natural resource management. 

3 (2) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 

4 (A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in5 form the management of the international fi6 nancial institutions, and post on the Depart7 ment of the Treasury Web site, that it is the 

8 policy of the United States to vote against any 

9 assistance by such institutions (including any 

10 loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extrac11 tion and export of a natural resource if the gov12 ernment of the country has in place laws, regu13 lations, or procedures to prevent or limit the 

14 public disclosure of company payments as re15 quired by section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 

16 Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

17 (Public Law 111–203; 124 Stat. 2220), and 

18 unless such government has adopted laws, regu19 lations, or procedures in the sector in which as20 sistance is being considered for— 

21 (i) accurately accounting for and pub22 lic disclosure of payments to the host gov23 ernment by companies involved in the ex24 traction and export of natural resources; 
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1 (ii) the independent auditing of ac2 counts receiving such payments and public 

3 disclosure of the findings of such audits; 

4 and 

5 (iii) public disclosure of such docu6 ments as Host Government Agreements, 

7 Concession Agreements, and bidding docu8 ments, allowing in any such dissemination 

9 or disclosure for the redaction of, or excep10 tions for, information that is commercially 

11 proprietary or that would create competi12 tive disadvantage. 

13 (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 

14 shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 

15 building the capacity of such government to 

16 meet the requirements of this subparagraph. 

17 (e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro18 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 

19 available for any independent agency in title III, as appro20 priate, may be made available to support the provision of 

21 additional information on United States Government for22 eign assistance on the Department of State foreign assist23 ance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded 

24 under this Act shall provide such information on foreign 

25 assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 
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1 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

2 SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 

3 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act in ti4 tles III, IV, and V, not less than $2,308,517,000 

5 shall be made available for democracy programs, of 

6 which amounts shall be allocated as follows— 

7 (A) not less than $312,963,000 for Africa; 

8 (B) not less than $157,423,000 for the 

9 East Asia and the Pacific region; 

10 (C) not less than $193,244,000 for Europe 

11 and Eurasia; 

12 (D) not less than $409,316,000 for the 

13 Near East region; 

14 (E) not less than $627,944,000 for South 

15 and Central Asia; and 

16 (F) not less than $480,526,000 for the 

17 Western Hemisphere. 

18 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act not 

19 less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for 

20 democracy programs in countries experiencing polit21 ical, ethnic, racial, religious, or other instability or 

22 conflict, or emerging from conflict, including Sri 

23 Lanka and Nepal, which shall be administered by 

24 the United States chief of mission in such countries: 

25 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult 
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1 with the Committees on Appropriations prior to obli2 gating funds for such purpose. 

3 (b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 

4 for democracy programs may be made available notwith5 standing any other provision of law, and with regard to 

6 the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any reg7 ulation. 

8 (c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 

9 purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de10 mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 

11 governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 

12 expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 

13 rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 

14 law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo15 cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or16 ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 

17 development of democratic states, and institutions that are 

18 responsive and accountable to citizens. 

19 (d) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re20 spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro21 grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 

22 assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 

23 participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 

24 prior approval by the government of any foreign country: 

25 Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination 
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1 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

2 International Development (USAID), shall report to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days 

4 after enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the 

5 Department of State and USAID to comply with the re6 quirements of this subsection. 

7 (e) PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING MECHANISMS.— 

8 Democracy programs implemented by funds made avail9 able by this Act shall be designed to have grants and coop10 erative agreements as the primary delivery mechanisms 

11 for such programs: Provided, That not later than 60 days 

12 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and 

13 USAID Administrator shall each submit a report to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations detailing the steps to be 

15 taken by the Department of State and USAID to comply 

16 with the requirements of this subsection: Provided further, 

17 That for contracts to be used to implement such programs 

18 with funds made available by this Act that exceed 

19 $1,000,000, the Secretary of State and USAID Adminis20 trator, as appropriate, shall submit to the Committees on 

21 Appropriations a justification for the use of such mecha22 nisms on a case-by-case basis and before Requests for Pro23 posals are released. 

24 (f) REPORTS.— 
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1 (1) POLICY IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary 

2 of State and USAID Administrator shall develop 

3 and establish revised guidelines on the uses of 

4 grants and cooperative agreements for democracy 

5 programs, in accordance with the objectives of pro6 moting resilient, open, and democratic societies in 

7 the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Re8 view, 2015, and the foreign policy objectives in the 

9 ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI of 

10 Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 8202): Provided, 

11 That the Secretary and USAID Administrator shall 

12 consult with democracy program implementers in es13 tablishing such guidelines, and shall each submit 

14 such guidelines to the appropriate congressional 

15 committees once established. 

16 (2) TRAINING.—Not later than 90 days after 

17 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

18 update and submit to the Committees on Appropria19 tions the report required by section 2141(c) of the 

20 ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI of 

21 Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 8241): Provided, 

22 That such report shall also include the total number 

23 of democracy and human rights officers, including 

24 Democracy Liaison Officers and other positions with 

25 responsibility for democracy and human rights re-
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1 lated issues and programs, at the Department of 

2 State and USAID for calendar years 2013, 2014, 

3 and 2015. 

4 (g) NONDEMOCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIC

5 TRANSITIONING COUNTRIES.— 

6 (1) DEMOCRACY STRATEGIC REVIEWS AND AS7 SESSMENTS.—Prior to the obligation of funds made 

8 available for Department of State and USAID de9 mocracy programs in a nondemocratic or democratic 

10 transitioning country, the Under Secretary for Civil11 ian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, De12 partment of State, in consultation with other rel13 evant officials at the Department of State and 

14 USAID, including the Director of the Center of Ex15 cellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Govern16 ance, USAID, shall review and assess the annual 

17 country strategy required by section 2111(c)(1) of 

18 the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI 

19 of Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 8211), and submit 

20 a report to the Committees on Appropriations de21 scribing— 

22 (A) the goals and objectives of such pro23 gram, including a timeline for achieving results, 

24 and any modification proposed as a result of 

25 the review and assessment; 
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1 (B) the political and social conditions in 

2 such country that may impact the promotion of 

3 democracy; 

4 (C) the assessed risks to intended bene5 ficiaries of such program; 

6 (D) the assessed risks to implementers in 

7 the conduct of such program, to be developed in 

8 consultation with implementers and other 

9 United States Government agencies, as appro10 priate; and 

11 (E) the funding requirements of initiating 

12 and sustaining such program in fiscal year 

13 2016 and subsequent fiscal years. 

14 (2) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of the sub15 section the term ‘‘nondemocratic or democratic 

16 transitioning country’’ shall have the same meaning 

17 as in section 2104(6) of the ADVANCE Democracy 

18 Act of 2007 (title XXI of Public Law 110–53; 22 

19 U.S.C. 8203). 

20 (h) CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION REQUIRE21 MENTS.— 

22 (1) CHANGE IN ALLOCATION OF FOREIGN AS23 SISTANCE.—The Deputy Secretary for Management 

24 and Resources, Department of State, shall consult 

25 with the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, De-
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1 mocracy and Human Rights, Department of State, 

2 and the Director of the Center of Excellence on De3 mocracy, Human Rights, and Governance, USAID, 

4 on the proposed funding level for democracy pro5 grams submitted to Congress pursuant to section 

6 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

7 (2) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT

8 FOR DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for De9 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

10 State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democ11 racy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 

12 USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endow13 ment for Democracy of democracy programs that 

14 are planned and supported by funds made available 

15 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

16 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

17 related programs. 

18 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

19 SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE20 DOM OFFICE AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELI21 GIOUS FREEDOM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

22 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

23 not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for the 

24 Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Reli25 gious Freedom, and not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
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1 made available for the Special Envoy to Promote Religious 

2 Freedom in the Near East and South Central Asia, includ3 ing for support staff. 

4 (b) ASSISTANCE.— 

5 (1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRO6 GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ and available 

8 for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 

9 (HRDF), not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 

10 available for international religious freedom pro11 grams: Provided, That the Ambassador-at-Large for 

12 International Religious Freedom shall consult with 

13 the Committees on Appropriations on the uses of 

14 such funds. 

15 (2) PROTECTION AND INVESTIGATION PRO16 GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

17 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

18 less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 

19 programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted reli20 gious minorities: Provided, That a portion of such 

21 funds shall be made available for programs to inves22 tigate the persecution of such minorities by govern23 ments and non-state entities and for the public dis24 semination of information collected on such persecu25 tion, including on the Department of State Web site. 
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1 (3) HUMANITARIAN AND RELIEF PROGRAMS.— 

2 Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

3 ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 

4 and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for 

5 humanitarian and relief assistance for vulnerable 

6 and persecuted religious minorities. 

7 (4) RESPONSIBILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made 

8 available by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the re9 sponsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for Inter10 national Religious Freedom, in consultation with 

11 other relevant United States Government officials. 

12 (c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appro13 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting 

14 Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Oper15 ations’’ shall be made available for programs related to 

16 international religious freedom, including reporting on the 

17 plight of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 

18 (d) GENOCIDE DETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 

19 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

20 in consultation with the heads of other relevant United 

21 States Government agencies and representatives from 

22 United States civil society, shall submit to the appropriate 

23 congressional committees determinations on whether the 

24 ongoing violence against Christians in the Middle East by 

25 Islamic extremists or against the Rohingya people in 
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1 Burma by Buddhist extremists constitutes genocide, as de2 fined in section 1091 of title 18, United States Code: Pro3 vided, That if the Secretary of State makes a determina4 tion that such violence constitutes genocide, the Secretary 

5 shall concurrently submit to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees a strategy for addressing such genocide. 

7 (e) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ENTITIES.—The 

8 President shall, concurrent with the annual review re9 quired by section 402(b)(1) of the International Religious 

10 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)), identify any 

11 non-state entities that have engaged in significant viola12 tions of religious freedom, and designate each such entity 

13 as a non-state entity of particular concern for religious 

14 freedom: Provided, That whenever the President des15 ignates a non-state entity as a non-state entity of par16 ticular concern for religious freedom under this para17 graph, the President shall, as soon as practicable after the 

18 designation is made, submit a report to the appropriate 

19 congressional committees detailing the reasons for such 

20 designation. 

21 (f) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2016, 

22 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Broad23 casting Board of Governors and the Administrator of the 

24 United States Agency for International Development, shall 

25 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
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1 tees detailing, by account, agency, and on a country-by2 country basis, funds made available by this Act and prior 

3 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

4 foreign operations, and related programs for the previous 

5 5 fiscal years for international religious freedom pro6 grams; protection and investigation programs regarding 

7 vulnerable and persecuted religious minorities; humani8 tarian and relief assistance for such minorities; and inter9 national broadcasting regarding religious freedom. 

10 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL12 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

13 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

14 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

15 and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 

16 of such trafficking, may be made available notwith17 standing any other provision of law. 

18 (b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY.— 

19 (1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 

20 this Act should not be used to support any military 

21 training or operations that include child soldiers. 

22 (2) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appro23 priated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, 

24 small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other 

25 items for crowd control purposes for foreign security 
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1 forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful ex2 pression, association, or assembly in countries un3 dergoing democratic transition. 

4 (3) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE5 INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 

6 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

7 Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 

8 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

9 2016 as if part of this Act. 

10 (4) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds ap11 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter12 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

13 not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for 

14 forensic assistance relating to the exhumation of 

15 mass graves and identification of victims of war 

16 crimes and crimes against humanity, including in 

17 Sri Lanka, Central America, Peru, Colombia, and 

18 Africa, which shall be administered by the Assistant 

19 Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

20 Labor, Department of State. 

21 (5) INTERNATIONAL PRISONS CONDITIONS.— 

22 Section 7065 of the Department of State, Foreign 

23 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

24 Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
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1 continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part 

2 of this Act. 

3 (6) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AU4 THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap5 propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 

7 nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 

8 mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 

9 other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 

10 as well as a nation emerging from instability. 

11 (7) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 

12 than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec13 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

14 Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex15 pended during fiscal year 2015, by country and pur16 pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Non17 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

18 Programs’’ (for Anti-terrorism Programs), ‘‘Peace19 keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu20 cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi21 nancing Program’’, as well as excess defense articles 

22 provided. 

23 (8) LEAHY VETTING REPORT.—(A) Not later 

24 than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec25 retary of State shall submit a report to the appro-
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1 priate congressional committees on foreign assist2 ance cases submitted for vetting for purposes of sec3 tion 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

4 during the preceding fiscal year, including: 

5 (i) the total number of cases submitted, 

6 approved, suspended, or rejected for human 

7 rights reasons; and 

8 (ii) for cases rejected for human rights 

9 reasons, a description of the steps taken to en10 courage and assist a foreign government in 

11 bringing such individuals responsible to justice, 

12 in accordance with section 620M(c) of the For13 eign Assistance Act of 1961. 

14 (B) The report required by this paragraph shall 

15 be submitted in unclassified form, but may be ac16 companied by a classified annex. 

17 (9) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE18 PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 

19 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 

20 ‘‘military training provided to foreign military per21 sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De22 partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 

23 military training provided by foreign governments 

24 with funds appropriated to the Department of De25 fense or the Department of State, except for train-
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1 ing provided by the government of a country des2 ignated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 

3 non-NATO ally, excluding Egypt. 

4 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 

5 the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

6 Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel7 opment (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be 

8 made available as a general contribution to the World 

9 Food Programme, notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law. 

11 (d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 

12 (1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro13 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

14 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 

15 made available to carry out the Program for Re16 search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 

17 Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 

18 authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 

19 and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 

20 (2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES.— 

21 Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak22 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for23 eign operations, and related programs under the 

24 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist25 ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
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1 made available as contributions to establish and 

2 maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 

3 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

4 Appropriations. 

5 (3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the 

6 amounts made available by title I of this Act under 

7 the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

8 up to $500,000 may be made available for grants 

9 pursuant to section 504 of Public Law 95–426 (22 

10 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate collaboration 

11 with indigenous communities, and up to $1,000,000 

12 may be made available for grants to carry out the 

13 activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 

14 (4) EXTENSION OF LEGAL PROTECTION.—Sec15 tion 7041(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Department of State, 

16 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro17 priations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 

18 235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 

19 and thereafter as if part of this Act. 

20 (5) CONDITIONS ON AUTHORITY.—The authori21 ties provided for under the headings ‘‘Program Ac22 count’’, ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’, and ‘‘Receipts 

23 Collected’’ for the Export-Import Bank of the 

24 United States under title VI of this Act shall not be 

25 construed or interpreted to extend the date specified 
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1 in section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 

2 (Public Law 79–173). 

3 (6) MODIFICATION OF LIFE INSURANCE SUP4 PLEMENTAL APPLICABLE TO THOSE KILLED IN TER5 RORIST ATTACKS.— 

6 (A) Section 415(a) of the Foreign Service 

7 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3975(a)) is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘a payment from the United States in 

9 an amount that, when added to the amount of 

10 the employee’s employer-provided group life in11 surance policy coverage (if any), equals 

12 $400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘a special payment of 

13 $400,000, which shall be in addition to any em14 ployer provided life insurance policy coverage’’. 

15 (B) The insurance benefit under section 

16 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

17 U.S.C. 3975), as amended by subparagraph 

18 (A), shall be applicable to eligible employees 

19 who die as a result of injuries sustained while 

20 on duty abroad because of an act of terrorism, 

21 as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Re22 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 

23 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), anytime on or 

24 after April 18, 1983. 
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1 (7) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act may be made available in accordance with sec3 tion 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova4 tion Act of 1980, except that foreign citizens and 

5 foreign private entities may be eligible notwith6 standing section 24(g)(3) of such Act. 

7 (e) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated by this 

8 Act or in titles I through IV of prior Acts making appro9 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

10 and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of 

11 State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to 

12 support the continued implementation of the Partner Vet13 ting System (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Sec14 retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly 

15 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

16 later than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, 

17 on the estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the 

18 PVS pilot program for possible expansion: Provided fur19 ther, That such report shall include the requirements spec20 ified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur21 ther, That after completion of the pilot program the De22 partment of State and USAID may not proceed with im23 plementation of a PVS program until the Secretary of 

24 State and USAID Administrator, following the submission 

25 of the report required by the previous proviso, consult with 
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1 the Committees on Appropriations on the results and find2 ings of the pilot program, and review such results and 

3 findings with appropriate representatives from civil soci4 ety. 

5 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2016, the 

6 President may use up to $150,000,000 under the author7 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

8 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

9 (g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec10 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

11 title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern12 ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 

13 to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

14 International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc15 tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 

17 withholding funds under this subsection. 

18 (h) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 10(b) of Public 

19 Law 109–446; section 4 of Public Law 107–243; section 

20 616(c) of Public Law 105–277; section 620C(c) of Public 

21 Law 87–195; and section 303 of title 22, United States 

22 Code, are hereby repealed. 

23 (i) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTEC24 TION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge 

25 with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Mis-
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1 sions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds 

2 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

3 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2016, except for funds des4 ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

5 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

6 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

7 1985, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 

8 the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 

9 the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not 

10 more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 

11 (j) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES

12 OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI13 ZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) of the Department of State, 

14 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria15 tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 

16 continue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of 

17 this Act. 

18 (k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

19 (1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 

20 Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 

21 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

22 2016’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

23 (2) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The 

24 authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni25 bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
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1 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 

2 for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 

3 2016, except that the notification and reporting re4 quirements contained in such section shall include 

5 the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 (3) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The 

7 authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup8 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

9 111–32) shall remain in effect through September 

10 30, 2016. 

11 (4) FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER ANNUITANT

12 WAIVER.—Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act 

13 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by 

14 substituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 

15 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

16 (5) DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE AN17 NUITANT WAIVER.—Section 61(a) of the State De18 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

19 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep20 tember 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in para21 graph (2). 

22 (6) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV23 ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

24 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 
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1 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ for ‘‘October 

2 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

3 (7) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI4 TATION.—(A) Subject to the limitation described in 

5 subparagraph (B), the authority provided by section 

6 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 

7 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain 

8 in effect through September 30, 2016. 

9 (B) The authority described in subparagraph 

10 (A) may not be used to pay an eligible member of 

11 the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of 

12 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009) a local13 ity-based comparability payment (stated as a per14 centage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of 

15 the locality-based comparability payment (stated as 

16 a percentage) that would be payable to such member 

17 under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 

18 if such member’s official duty station were in the 

19 District of Columbia. 

20 (8) ALIEN STATUS.—The Foreign Operations, 

21 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro22 priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is 

23 amended— 

24 (A) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

25 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 (9) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIV11 ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 

12 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 

13 Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep14 tember 30, 2016. 

15 (l) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKING CAPITAL

16 FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise 

17 made available to the Department of State for payments 

18 to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the 

19 activities and in the amounts justified in the President’s 

20 fiscal year 2016 budget: Provided, That Federal agency 

21 components shall be charged only for their direct usage 

22 of each Working Capital Fund service: Provided further, 

23 That Federal agency components may only pay for Work24 ing Capital Fund services that are consistent with the 

25 component’s purpose and authorities: Provided further, 
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1 That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 

2 or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 

3 each service. 

4 (m) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro5 priated by this Act that are available for monitoring and 

6 evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘International 

7 Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist8 ance’’ shall, as appropriate, be made available for the reg9 ular collection of feedback obtained directly from bene10 ficiaries on the quality and relevance of such assistance: 

11 Provided, That the Department of State and USAID shall 

12 conduct regular oversight to ensure that such feedback is 

13 collected and used by implementing partners to maximize 

14 the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assistance, and 

15 require such partners that receive funds under such head16 ings to establish procedures for collecting and responding 

17 to such feedback. 

18 (n) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

19 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab20 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper21 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro22 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may be made 

23 available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 

24 survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 

25 HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 
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1 the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 

2 the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper3 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro4 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) shall be exer5 cised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, 

6 USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non7 HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall 

8 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

9 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budg11 et justification an accounting of budgetary resources, dis12 bursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 

13 fund. 

14 (o) LOAN GUARANTEES AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.— 

15 (1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 

16 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ only 

17 in title III of this Act and prior Acts making appro18 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper19 ations, and related programs may be made available 

20 for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees 

22 for Jordan, Ukraine, and Tunisia, which are author23 ized to be provided: Provided, That amounts made 

24 available under this paragraph for the costs of such 

25 guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
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1 purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 

2 a country. 

3 (2) ENTERPRISE FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

4 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in 

5 this Act may be made available to establish and op6 erate one or more enterprise funds for Egypt and 

7 Tunisia, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 and following consultation with the Committees on 

9 Appropriations: Provided, That the first, third and 

10 fifth provisos under section 7041(b) of the Depart11 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro12 grams Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public 

13 Law 112–74) shall apply to funds appropriated by 

14 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

15 Fund’’ for an enterprise fund or funds to the same 

16 extent and in the same manner as such provision of 

17 law applied to funds made available under such sec18 tion (except that the clause excluding subsection 

19 (d)(3) of section 201 of the SEED Act shall not 

20 apply): Provided further, That the authority of any 

21 such enterprise fund or funds to provide assistance 

22 shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2026. 

23 (3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

24 Funds made available by this subsection shall be 

25 subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
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1 notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap2 propriations. 

3 (p) ASSESSMENT OF INDIRECT COSTS.—Not later 

4 than 90 days after enactment of this Act and following 

5 consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the 

6 Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 

7 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

8 shall submit to such Committees an assessment of the ef9 fectiveness of current policies and procedures in ensuring 

10 that payments for indirect costs, including for negotiated 

11 indirect cost rate agreements (NICRA), are reasonable 

12 and comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulations 

13 (FAR), as applicable, and title 2, part 200 of the Code 

14 of Federal Regulations (CFR); an assessment of potential 

15 benefits of setting a cap on such indirect costs to ensure 

16 the cost-effective use of appropriated funds; a plan to re17 vise such policies and procedures to comply with the FAR 

18 and CFR and ensure that indirect costs are reasonable; 

19 and a timeline for implementing such plan. 

20 (q) SMALL GRANTS AND ENTITIES.—(1) Of the 

21 funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Devel22 opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

23 less than $45,000,000 shall be made available to conduct, 

24 and pursuant to the authorities of, the Small Grants Pro25 gram established by section 7080 of the Department of 
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1 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro2 priations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), 

3 which may remain available until September 30, 2020. 

4 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

5 Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

6 International Development (USAID) shall post on the 

7 USAID Web site detailed information describing the proc8 ess by which small nongovernmental organizations, edu9 cational institutions, and other small entities seeking 

10 funding from USAID for unsolicited proposals through 

11 grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 

12 mechanism and agreements, can apply for such funding: 

13 Provided, That the USAID Administrator should ensure 

14 that each bureau, office, and overseas mission has author15 ity to approve, and sufficient funds to implement, such 

16 grants or other agreements that meet appropriate criteria 

17 for unsolicited proposals. 

18 (3) Section 7080 of Public Law 113–235 is amended 

19 as follows: 

20 (A) in subsections (b) and (c), strike ‘‘Grants’’, 

21 and insert ‘‘Awards’’; 

22 (B) in subsection (c)(1), delete ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘pro23 posals;’’; 

24 (C) in subsection (c)(2) delete the period after 

25 ‘‘process’’, and insert ‘‘; or’’; 
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1 (D) after subsection (c)(2), insert ‘‘(3) as other2 wise allowable under Federal Acquisition Regula3 tions and USAID procurement policies.’’; and 

4 (E) in subsection (e)(3), strike ‘‘12’’, and insert 

5 ‘‘20’’, and strike ‘‘administrative and oversight ex6 penses associated with managing’’ and insert ‘‘ad7 ministrative expenses, and other necessary support 

8 associated with managing and strengthening’’. 

9 (4) For the purposes of section 7080 of Public Law 

10 113–235, ‘‘eligible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, 

11 international, and United States-based nongovernmental 

12 organizations, educational institutions, and other small en13 tities that have received less than a total of $5,000,000 

14 in USAID funding over the previous five years: Provided, 

15 That departments or centers of such educational institu16 tions may be considered individually in determining such 

17 eligibility. 

18 (r) DEFINITIONS.— 

19 (1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

20 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres21 sional committees’’ shall mean the Committees on 

22 Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate 

23 and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 

24 Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
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1 (2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

2 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated 

3 in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

4 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re5 lated programs’’ shall mean funds that remain avail6 able for obligation, and have not expired. 

7 (3) For the purposes of this Act ‘‘international 

8 financial institutions’’ shall mean the International 

9 Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

10 International Development Association, the Inter11 national Finance Corporation, the Inter-American 

12 Development Bank, the International Monetary 

13 Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De14 velopment Fund, the Inter-American Investment 

15 Corporation, the North American Development 

16 Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 

17 Development, the African Development Bank, the 

18 African Development Fund, and the Multilateral In19 vestment Guarantee Agency. 

20 (4) For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘coun21 tering violent extremism’’ shall be defined as non-co22 ercive interventions aimed directly at reducing public 

23 support for non-state entities that engage in ter24 rorist activities. 
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1 (5) For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘best 

2 practices’’ for the protection of whistleblowers means 

3 practices that are implemented consistent with terms 

4 specified in international conventions or adopted by 

5 international organizations such as the Organization 

6 of Economic Cooperation and Development and the 

7 Organization of American States. 

8 (6) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this 

9 or any other Act making appropriations for the De10 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

11 programs shall be deemed to include portions of 

12 Western Kordofan that were previously part of 

13 Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of 

14 Southern Kordofan. 

15 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

16 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

18 secondary boycott of American firms that have com19 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

20 in the region and to United States investment and 

21 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

22 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret23 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

24 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

25 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
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1 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re2 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

3 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

4 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

5 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

6 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

7 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

8 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

9 weapons to said country; and 

10 (5) the President should report to Congress an11 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

12 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

13 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi14 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ15 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

16 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi17 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal18 izing businesses that do comply. 

19 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

20 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

21 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

22 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

23 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees that— 
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1 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

2 state— 

3 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

4 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

5 and 

6 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

7 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

8 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

9 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

10 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

11 security organizations; and 

12 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

13 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

14 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef15 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

16 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

17 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

18 context of full and normal relationships, which 

19 should include— 

20 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

21 belligerency; 

22 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

23 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

24 independence of every state in the area through 
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1 measures including the establishment of demili2 tarized zones; 

3 (C) their right to live in peace within se4 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

5 threats or acts of force; 

6 (D) freedom of navigation through inter7 national waterways in the area; and 

8 (E) a framework for achieving a just set9 tlement of the refugee problem. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

12 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

13 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

14 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac15 countable governance. 

16 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

17 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

18 national security interest of the United States to do so. 

19 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

20 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

21 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

22 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

23 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

24 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales25 tinian Authority’’). 
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1 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti4 tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex5 pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 

6 of any department or agency of the United States Govern7 ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 

8 Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 

9 Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 

10 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin11 ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 

12 the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con13 sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet14 ings between officers and employees of the United States 

15 and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 

16 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel17 PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con18 ducting official United States Government business with 

19 such authority should continue to take place in locations 

20 other than Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been 

21 true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

22 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

23 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

24 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

25 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 
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1 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

2 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

3 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

5 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

6 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

7 Corporation. 

8 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

9 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2016, 

10 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi11 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

12 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

13 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp14 troller General of the United States will have access to 

15 appropriate United States financial information in order 

16 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro17 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

18 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

19 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap20 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup21 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

22 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

23 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

24 any individual, private or government entity, or edu25 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
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1 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

2 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

3 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

4 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov5 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de6 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

7 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter8 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

9 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

10 steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 

11 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu12 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

13 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

14 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

15 (1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 

16 None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

17 through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 

18 Bank and Gaza Program may be made available for 

19 the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring in20 dividuals who commit, or have committed acts of 

21 terrorism. 

22 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE23 QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law, none of the funds made available by this or 

25 prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
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1 available by transfer, may be made available for obli2 gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 

3 Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks 

5 that have been established for security assistance for 

6 the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent 

7 of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

8 (d) AUDITS BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR

9 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

10 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

11 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

12 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

13 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

14 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro15 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

16 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

17 section. 

18 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

19 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 

20 General of the United States Agency for Inter21 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

22 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

23 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad24 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur25 poses. 
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1 (e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

2 STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 

3 in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 

4 States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 

5 treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

6 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro7 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2016 

8 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

9 audit shall address— 

10 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

11 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

12 and 

13 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

14 and activities carried out under such Program, in15 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

16 (f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made 

17 available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 

18 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com19 mittees on Appropriations. 

20 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after enact21 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

22 report to the Committees on Appropriations updating the 

23 report contained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II 

24 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
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1 Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 

2 2005 (Public Law 109–13). 

3 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

4 AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

6 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi7 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

8 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

9 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

10 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

11 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

12 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi13 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

14 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

15 to the national security interest of the United States. 

16 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

17 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

18 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

19 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

20 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu21 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub22 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail23 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

24 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

25 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
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1 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales2 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

3 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

4 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

5 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

6 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap7 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal8 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac9 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi10 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

11 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au12 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen13 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

14 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

15 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro16 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

17 Israel. 

18 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

19 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

20 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

21 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

22 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

23 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

24 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

25 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 and over which Hamas exercises 

3 undue influence. 

4 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

5 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

6 government only if the President certifies and re7 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

8 government, including all of its ministers or such 

9 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

10 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

11 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

12 as amended. 

13 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

14 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 

16 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 

17 this subsection. 

18 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

19 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

20 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro21 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

22 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern23 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva24 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

25 contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 
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1 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro2 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

3 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

4 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi5 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

6 such government. 

7 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

8 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as9 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

10 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

11 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

12 (1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap13 propriated by this Act that are available for assist14 ance for the Government of Egypt may only be made 

15 available if the Secretary of State certifies and re16 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

17 government is— 

18 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

19 with the United States; and 

20 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

21 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

22 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 

23 (A) FUNDING AND LIMITATION.—Of the 

24 funds appropriated by this Act under the head25 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to 
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1 $150,000,000 may be made available for assist2 ance for Egypt, of which not less than 

3 $35,000,000 should be made available for high4 er education programs including not less than 

5 $10,000,000 for scholarships at not-for-profit 

6 institutions for Egyptian students with high fi7 nancial needs: Provided, That such funds may 

8 be made available for education and economic 

9 growth programs notwithstanding any provision 

10 of law restricting assistance for Egypt, and fol11 lowing prior consultation with the Committees 

12 on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 

13 funds may not be made available for cash 

14 transfer assistance or budget support unless the 

15 Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

16 appropriate congressional committees that the 

17 Government of Egypt is taking consistent and 

18 effective steps to stabilize the economy and im19 plement market-based economic reforms. 

20 (B) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of 

21 State shall withhold from obligation an amount 

22 of such funds that the Secretary determines to 

23 be equivalent to that expended by the United 

24 States Government for bail, and by nongovern25 mental organizations for legal and court fees, 
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1 associated with democracy-related trials in 

2 Egypt until the Secretary certifies and reports 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

4 Government of Egypt has dismissed the convic5 tions issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on 

6 June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution Case No. 

7 1110 for the Year 2012.’’ 

8 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO9 GRAM.— 

10 (A) DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CER11 TIFICATION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

12 Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi13 nancing Program’’, up to $1,300,000,000, to 

14 remain available until September 30, 2017, may 

15 be made available for assistance for Egypt if 

16 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

17 the Committees on Appropriations that the 

18 Government of Egypt— 

19 (i) is taking effective steps to advance 

20 democracy and human rights in Egypt, in21 cluding to govern democratically and pro22 tect religious minorities and the rights of 

23 women, which are in addition to steps 

24 taken during the previous calendar year 

25 for such purposes; 
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1 (ii) is implementing reforms that pro2 tect freedoms of expression, association, 

3 and peaceful assembly, including the abil4 ity of civil society organizations and the 

5 media to function without interference; 

6 (iii) has released all political prisoners 

7 and is providing detainees with due process 

8 of law; and 

9 (iv) is conducting credible investiga10 tions and prosecutions of the use of exces11 sive force by security forces: 

12 Provided, That such funds may be transferred 

13 to an interest bearing account in the Federal 

14 Reserve Bank of New York, following consulta15 tion with the Committees on Appropriations: 

16 Provided further, That the certification require17 ment of this paragraph shall not apply to funds 

18 appropriated by this Act under such heading 

19 for counterterrorism, border security, and non20 proliferation programs for Egypt, and for devel21 opment programs in the Sinai, which may be 

22 made available notwithstanding any provision of 

23 law restricting assistance for Egypt. 

24 (B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 

25 waive the certification requirement in subpara-
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1 graph (A) or any provision of law restricting as2 sistance for Egypt if the Secretary of State de3 termines and reports to the Committees on Ap4 propriations that to do so is important to the 

5 national security interest of the United States, 

6 and submits a report to such Committees con7 taining a detailed justification for the use of 

8 such waiver and the reasons why any of the re9 quirements of subparagraph (A) cannot be met. 

10 (4) OVERSIGHT AND CLARIFICATION.— 

11 (A) The Secretary of State shall take all 

12 practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are 

13 in place for monitoring, oversight, and control 

14 of funds made available by this subsection for 

15 assistance for Egypt. 

16 (B) Notwithstanding any provision of this 

17 subsection, section 620M of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 shall apply to funds made 

19 available by this subsection for assistance for 

20 Egypt. 

21 (b) IRAN.— 

22 (1) NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

23 (A) The terms and conditions of para24 graphs (1) and (2) of section 7041(c) of the 

25 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
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1 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

2 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall con3 tinue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part 

4 of this Act. 

5 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

7 not less than $32,000,000 shall be made avail8 able for democracy programs for Iran: Pro9 vided, That such funds shall be the responsi10 bility of the Assistant Secretary for Near East11 ern Affairs, Department of State, in consulta12 tion with the Assistant Secretary for Democ13 racy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

14 State. 

15 (2) REPORTS.— 

16 (A) The reporting requirements in section 

17 7043(c) of the Department of State, Foreign 

18 Operations, and Related Programs Appropria19 tions Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111– 

20 117) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

21 2016 as if part of this Act: Provided, That the 

22 date in subsection (c)(1) shall be deemed to be 

23 ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 

24 (B) The Secretary of State shall submit to 

25 the appropriate congressional committees, not 
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1 later than 30 days after enactment of this Act 

2 and at the end of each 30-day period thereafter 

3 until September 30, 2016, a report on the im4 plementation of the Joint Plan of Action be5 tween the P5+1 and the Government of Iran 

6 concluded on November 24, 2013, and any ex7 tension of or successor to that agreement, 

8 which may be submitted in classified form if 

9 necessary. 

10 (c) IRAQ.— 

11 (1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated by this 

12 Act may be made available for assistance for Iraq to 

13 promote governance, security, and internal and re14 gional stability, including in Kurdistan and other 

15 areas impacted by the conflict in Syria, and among 

16 Iraq’s religious and ethnic minority populations. 

17 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro18 priated by this Act may be made available for con19 struction, rehabilitation, or other improvements to 

20 United States diplomatic facilities in Iraq on prop21 erty for which no land-use agreement has been en22 tered into by the Governments of the United States 

23 and Iraq: Provided, That the restrictions in this 

24 paragraph shall not apply if such funds are nec25 essary to protect United States diplomatic facilities 
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1 or the security, health, and welfare of United States 

2 personnel. 

3 (3) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS SE4 CURITY SERVICES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

6 and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi7 nancing Program’’ that are available for assistance 

8 for Iraq should be made available to enhance the ca9 pacity of Kurdistan Regional Government security 

10 services and for security programs in Kurdistan to 

11 address requirements arising from the violence in 

12 Syria and Iraq: Provided, That the Secretary of 

13 State shall consult with the Committees on Appro14 priations prior to obligating such funds. 

15 (d) JORDAN.— 

16 (1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON

17 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.—Of the funds appro18 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 

19 Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

20 Program’’, not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be 

21 made available for assistance for Jordan, consistent 

22 with the Memorandum of Understanding on Stra23 tegic Partnership between the Hashemite Kingdom 

24 of Jordan and the United States, signed on March 

25 2, 2015. 
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1 (2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.— 

2 (A) RESPONSE TO THE SYRIAN CRISIS.—In 

3 addition to amounts made available in para4 graph (1), funds appropriated by this Act shall 

5 be made available for programs to implement 

6 the Jordan Response Plan 2015 for the Syria 

7 Crisis, including assistance for host commu8 nities in Jordan: Provided, That not later than 

9 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary of State shall submit a report to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations describing the 

12 United States and other donor contributions to 

13 such Plan. 

14 (B) BUDGET SUPPORT.—In addition to 

15 amounts made available in paragraphs (1), 

16 2(A), and 2(C), of the funds appropriated by 

17 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

18 Fund’’, not less than $75,000,000 shall be 

19 made available for budget support for the Gov20 ernment of Jordan: Provided, That of the funds 

21 appropriated by this Act for assistance for Jor22 dan, not less than $204,000,000 shall be made 

23 available for budget support for the Govern24 ment of Jordan. 
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1 (C) WATER SECTOR SUPPORT.—In addi2 tion to amounts made available in paragraphs 

3 (1), (2)(A), and (2)(B), of the funds appro4 priated by this Act, $100,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for water sector support for Jor6 dan: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall 

7 consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

8 prior to obligating such funds. 

9 (e) LEBANON.— 

10 (1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro11 priated by this Act may be made available for the 

12 Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb13 anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 

14 is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 

15 designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra16 tion and Nationality Act. 

17 (2) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds ap18 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter19 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

20 and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are 

21 available for assistance for Lebanon may be made 

22 available for programs and equipment for the ISF 

23 and the LAF to address security and stability re24 quirements in areas affected by the conflict in Syria, 
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1 following consultation with the appropriate congres2 sional committees. 

3 (3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appro4 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

5 Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance for 

6 Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding 

7 section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

8 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 

9 U.S.C. 2346 note). 

10 (4) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO11 GRAM.—In addition to the activities described in 

12 paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

14 for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

15 only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 

16 border security and combat terrorism, including 

17 training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 

18 borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 

19 use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 

20 and to implement United Nations Security Council 

21 Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 

22 obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec23 retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro24 priations a detailed spend plan, including actions to 

25 be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF 
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1 is only used for the intended purposes, except such 

2 plan may not be considered as meeting the notifica3 tion requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 

4 under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

5 1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep6 tember 1, 2016: Provided further, That any notifica7 tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in8 clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili9 tary equipment. 

10 (f) LIBYA.— 

11 (1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 

12 titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 

13 $20,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

14 for Libya for programs to strengthen governing in15 stitutions, improve border security, and promote de16 mocracy and stability in Libya, and for activities to 

17 address the humanitarian needs of the people of 

18 Libya. 

19 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

20 (A) COOPERATION ON THE SEPTEMBER

21 2012 ATTACK ON UNITED STATES PERSONNEL

22 AND FACILITIES.—None of the funds appro23 priated by this Act may be made available for 

24 assistance for the central Government of Libya 

25 unless the Secretary of State reports to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations that such gov2 ernment is cooperating with United States Gov3 ernment efforts to investigate and bring to jus4 tice those responsible for the attack on United 

5 States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, 

6 Libya in September 2012: Provided, That the 

7 limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to 

8 funds made available for the purpose of pro9 tecting United States Government personnel or 

10 facilities. 

11 (B) INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.—The 

12 limitation on the uses of funds in section 

13 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign 

14 Operations, and Related Programs Appropria15 tions Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 

16 76) shall apply to funds appropriated by this 

17 Act that are made available for assistance for 

18 Libya. 

19 (3) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to 

20 the initial obligation of funds made available by this 

21 Act for assistance for Libya, the Secretary of State 

22 shall certify and report to the Committees on Appro23 priations that all practicable steps have been taken 

24 to ensure that mechanisms are in place for moni-
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1 toring, oversight, and control of funds made avail2 able by this subsection for assistance for Libya. 

3 (g) MOROCCO.— 

4 (1) AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION RE5 QUIREMENT.—Funds appropriated under title III of 

6 this Act shall be made available for assistance for 

7 the Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 

8 90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the 

9 obligation of such funds the Secretary of State, in 

10 consultation with the Administrator of the United 

11 States Agency for International Development, shall 

12 consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 

13 the proposed uses of such funds. 

14 (2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO15 GRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

16 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that 

17 are available for assistance for Morocco may only be 

18 used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 

19 Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal 

20 Year 2016. 

21 (h) SYRIA.— 

22 (1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Eco24 nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

25 Control and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping 
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1 Operations’’, not less than $175,000,000 shall be 

2 made available, notwithstanding any other provision 

3 of law, for non-lethal assistance for programs to ad4 dress the needs of civilians affected by conflict in 

5 Syria, and for programs that seek to— 

6 (A) establish governance in Syria that is 

7 representative, inclusive, and accountable; 

8 (B) expand the role of women in negotia9 tions to end the violence and in any political 

10 transition in Syria; 

11 (C) develop and implement political proc12 esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad13 here to the rule of law; 

14 (D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian 

15 opposition through cross-border programs; 

16 (E) develop civil society and an inde17 pendent media in Syria; 

18 (F) promote economic development in 

19 Syria; 

20 (G) document, investigate, and prosecute 

21 human rights violations in Syria, including 

22 through transitional justice programs and sup23 port for nongovernmental organizations; 

24 (H) counter extremist ideologies; 
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1 (I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 

2 has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 

3 complete higher education requirements at re4 gional academic institutions; and 

5 (J) assist vulnerable populations in Syria 

6 and in neighboring countries. 

7 (2) SYRIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGY UP8 DATE.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

9 made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to 

10 the authority of this subsection shall be made avail11 able for a program to strengthen the capability of 

12 Syrian diaspora-led organizations and local Syrian 

13 civil society organizations to address the immediate 

14 and long-term needs of the Syrian people inside 

15 Syria in a manner that supports the sustainability of 

16 such organizations in implementing Syrian-led hu17 manitarian and development programs and the com18 prehensive strategy required in section 7041(i)(3) of 

19 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

20 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (divi21 sion K of Public Law 113–76): Provided further, 

22 That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

23 Act, and prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

24 Secretary of State shall submit an update to such 
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1 strategy to the Committees on Appropriations, in 

2 classified form if necessary. 

3 (3) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—Prior to 

4 the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and 

5 made available for assistance for Syria, the Sec6 retary of State shall take all practicable steps to en7 sure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 

8 oversight, and control of such assistance inside 

9 Syria: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall 

10 promptly inform the appropriate congressional com11 mittees of each significant instance in which assist12 ance provided pursuant to the authority of this sub13 section has been compromised, to include the type 

14 and amount of assistance affected, a description of 

15 the incident and parties involved, and an explanation 

16 of the Department of State response. 

17 (4) CONSULTATION.—Funds made available 

18 pursuant to this subsection may only be made avail19 able following consultation with the appropriate con20 gressional committees. 

21 (i) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

22 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini23 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

24 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

25 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
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1 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

3 is to— 

4 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

5 (B) improve security in the region; 

6 (C) continue support for transparent and 

7 accountable government institutions; 

8 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

9 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

10 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

11 (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated 

12 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

13 in this Act may be made available for assistance 

14 for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date 

15 of enactment of this Act— 

16 (I) the Palestinians obtain the same 

17 standing as member states or full member18 ship as a state in the United Nations or 

19 any specialized agency thereof outside an 

20 agreement negotiated between Israel and 

21 the Palestinians; or 

22 (II) the Palestinians initiate an Inter23 national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 

24 authorized investigation, or actively sup25 port such an investigation, that subjects 
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1 Israeli nationals to an investigation for al2 leged crimes against Palestinians. 

3 (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 

4 restriction in clause (i) of this subparagraph re5 sulting from the application of subclause (I) of 

6 such clause if the Secretary certifies to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is 

8 in the national security interest of the United 

9 States, and submits a report to such Commit10 tees detailing how the waiver and the continu11 ation of assistance would assist in furthering 

12 Middle East peace. 

13 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi14 sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 

15 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 

16 (Public Law 100–204) if the President deter17 mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

18 the House of Representatives, the President pro 

19 tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con20 gressional committees that the Palestinians 

21 have not, after the date of enactment of this 

22 Act— 

23 (I) obtained in the United Nations or 

24 any specialized agency thereof the same 

25 standing as member states or full member-
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1 ship as a state outside an agreement nego2 tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 

3 and 

4 (II) taken any action with respect to 

5 the ICC that is intended to influence a de6 termination by the ICC to initiate a judi7 cially authorized investigation, or to ac8 tively support such an investigation, that 

9 subjects Israeli nationals to an investiga10 tion for alleged crimes against Palestin11 ians. 

12 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi13 dent is unable to make the certification and re14 port pursuant to clause (i) of this subpara15 graph, the President may waive section 1003 of 

16 Public Law 100–204 if the President deter17 mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

18 the House of Representatives, the President pro 

19 tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

20 Appropriations that the Palestinians have en21 tered into direct and meaningful negotiations 

22 with Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the 

23 provisions of section 1003 of Public Law 100– 

24 204 under clause (i) of this subparagraph or 

25 under previous provisions of law must expire 
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1 before the waiver under the preceding sentence 

2 may be exercised. 

3 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara4 graph shall be effective for no more than a pe5 riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 

6 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 (3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall 

9 reduce the amount of assistance made available by 

10 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority by an amount 

12 the Secretary determines is equivalent to the amount 

13 expended by the Palestinian Authority as payments 

14 for acts of terrorism by individuals who are impris15 oned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts 

16 of terrorism and by individuals who died committing 

17 acts of terrorism during the previous calendar year: 

18 Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations on the amount re20 duced for fiscal year 2016 prior to the obligation of 

21 funds for the Palestinian Authority. 

22 (4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require23 ments contained in section 1404 of the Supple24 mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 

25 252) shall apply to funds made available by this Act, 
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1 including a description of modifications, if any, to 

2 the security strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 

3 AFRICA

4 SEC. 7042. (a) ETHIOPIA.— 

5 (1) FORCED EVICTIONS.— 

6 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act for as7 sistance for Ethiopia may not be made available 

8 for any activity that involves forced evictions. 

9 (B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

10 instruct the United States executive director of 

11 each international financial institution to vote 

12 against financing for any activity that involves 

13 forced evictions. 

14 (2) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Programs 

15 and activities to improve livelihoods shall include 

16 prior consultation with, and the participation of, af17 fected communities, including in the South Omo and 

18 Gambella regions. 

19 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO20 GRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

21 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for 

22 assistance for Ethiopia may only be made available 

23 for border security and counter terrorism programs, 

24 support for international peacekeeping efforts, and 
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1 assistance for the Ethiopian Defense Command and 

2 Staff College. 

3 (b) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appro4 priated by this Act shall be made available for democracy 

5 programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, con6 sistent with the requirements of section 7073 of this Act 

7 and following consultation with the Committees on Appro8 priations: Provided, That such programs should protect 

9 freedoms of expression, association and religion, including 

10 for journalists, civil society, and opposition political par11 ties, and should be used to assist the governments of such 

12 countries to strengthen accountability and the rule of law, 

13 including within the security forces. 

14 (c) PROGRAMS IN AFRICA.— 

15 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Eco17 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $7,000,000 

18 shall be made available for the purposes of section 

19 7042(g)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Op20 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

21 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

22 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter24 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

25 not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for 
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1 the purposes of section 7042(g)(2) of the Depart2 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro3 grams Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Pub4 lic Law 113–76). 

5 (3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) 

6 and (2) shall be programmed in a manner that 

7 leverages a United States Government-wide ap8 proach to addressing shared challenges and mutually 

9 beneficial opportunities, and shall be the responsi10 bility of United States Chiefs of Mission in countries 

11 in Africa seeking enhanced partnerships with the 

12 United States in areas of trade, investment, develop13 ment, health, and security. 

14 (d) SOUTH SUDAN.— 

15 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

16 made available for assistance for South Sudan 

17 should— 

18 (A) be prioritized for programs that re19 spond to humanitarian needs and the delivery 

20 of basic services and to mitigate conflict and 

21 promote stability, including to address protec22 tion needs and prevent and respond to gender23 based violence; 

24 (B) support programs that build resilience 

25 of communities to address food insecurity, 
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1 maintain educational opportunities, and en2 hance local governance; 

3 (C) be used to advance democracy, includ4 ing support for civil society, independent media, 

5 and other means to strengthen the rule of law; 

6 (D) support the transparent and sustain7 able management of natural resources by assist8 ing the Government of South Sudan in con9 ducting regular audits of financial accounts, in10 cluding revenues from oil and gas, and the 

11 timely public disclosure of such audits; and 

12 (E) support the professionalization of secu13 rity forces, including human rights and ac14 countability to civilian authorities. 

15 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 that are available for assistance for the central Gov17 ernment of South Sudan may be made available 

18 until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

19 the Committees on Appropriations that such govern20 ment is taking effective steps to— 

21 (A) end hostilities and pursue good faith 

22 negotiations for a political settlement of the in23 ternal conflict; 

24 (B) provide access for humanitarian orga25 nizations; 
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1 (C) end the recruitment and use of child 

2 soldiers; 

3 (D) protect freedoms of expression, asso4 ciation, and assembly; 

5 (E) reduce corruption related to the ex6 traction and sale of oil and gas; and 

7 (F) establish democratic institutions, in8 cluding accountable military and police forces 

9 under civilian authority. 

10 (3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not 

11 apply to— 

12 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

13 (B) assistance to support South Sudan 

14 peace negotiations or to advance or implement 

15 a peace agreement; and 

16 (C) assistance to support implementation 

17 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

18 Peace Agreement (CPA) and mutual arrange19 ments related to the CPA. 

20 (e) SUDAN.— 

21 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

23 made available for assistance for the Government of 

24 Sudan. 
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1 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

3 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

4 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

5 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

6 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

7 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

8 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

9 (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

10 shall not apply to— 

11 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

12 (B) assistance for democracy programs; 

13 (C) assistance for the Darfur region, 

14 Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 

15 other marginalized areas and populations in 

16 Sudan, and Abyei; and 

17 (D) assistance to support implementation 

18 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

19 Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements 

20 related to post-referendum issues associated 

21 with the CPA, or any other internationally rec22 ognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

23 (f) VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT EXTREMIST

24 GROUPS.— 
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1 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

2 made available for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, 

3 Niger, and Nigeria shall be made available for as4 sistance for women and girls who are targeted by 

5 the terrorist organization Boko Haram, consistent 

6 with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act, and 

7 in consultation with the governments of such coun8 tries. 

9 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

10 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

11 than $10,000,000 shall be made available for pro12 grams and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s 

13 Resistance Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of 

14 the Lord’s Resistance Army and Disarmament and 

15 Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 111– 

16 172), including to improve physical access, tele17 communications infrastructure, and early-warning 

18 mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demo19 bilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat20 ants, especially child soldiers. 

21 (3) Funds made available by this Act for assist22 ance for the Central African Republic shall be made 

23 available for reconciliation and peacebuilding pro24 grams, including activities to promote inter-faith 
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1 dialogue at the national and local levels, and for pro2 grams to prevent crimes against humanity. 

3 (g) ZIMBABWE.— 

4 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

5 the United States executive director of each inter6 national financial institution to vote against any ex7 tension by the respective institution of any loan or 

8 grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to 

9 meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, 

10 unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

11 the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of 

12 law has been restored, including respect for owner13 ship and title to property, and freedoms of expres14 sion, association, and assembly. 

15 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

17 Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and 

18 education, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

19 reports as required in paragraph (1), and funds may 

20 be made available for macroeconomic growth assist21 ance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations that such government is imple23 menting transparent fiscal policies, including public 

24 disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural 

25 resources. 
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1 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

2 SEC. 7043. (a) ASIA REBALANCING INITIATIVE.— 

3 Except for paragraphs (1)(C), (4), (5)(B) and (C), and 

4 6(B), section 7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign 

5 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

6 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall continue 

7 in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 

8 (b) BURMA.— 

9 (1) FREE AND FAIR NATIONAL ELECTIONS.— 

10 Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection, of 

11 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head12 ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International 

13 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ for assist14 ance for Burma, $15,000,000 shall be withheld from 

15 obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and 

16 reports to the appropriate congressional committees 

17 that the Government of Burma, including the armed 

18 forces, is— 

19 (A) furthering democratic reforms in an 

20 inclusive and transparent manner that includes 

21 the participation of civil society, opposition po22 litical parties, and parliament; 

23 (B) taking effective steps to hold free and 

24 fair elections consistent with internationally rec25 ognized standards for democratic elections, in-
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1 cluding those identified by the National League 

2 for Democracy in its January 13, 2015 state3 ment on elections; 

4 (C) supporting the independence of the 

5 Union Election Commission, and refraining 

6 from using official resources for electioneering; 

7 (D) promoting and protecting human 

8 rights, particularly for Rohingya, Kachin, and 

9 other religious and ethnic groups; 

10 (E) releasing all political prisoners; and 

11 (F) fulfilling international commitments 

12 and reform pledges outlined in Myanmar Presi13 dent Office Press Release No. 2/2012. 

14 (2) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—(A) 

15 Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

16 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Burma 

17 may be made available notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, except for this subsection, and fol19 lowing consultation with the appropriate congres20 sional committees. 

21 (B) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

22 Act for assistance for Burma— 

23 (i) may not be made available for budget 

24 support for the Government of Burma; 
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1 (ii) shall be provided to strengthen civil so2 ciety organizations in Burma, including as core 

3 support for such organizations; 

4 (iii) shall be made available for the imple5 mentation of the democracy and human rights 

6 strategy required by section 7043(b)(3)(A) of 

7 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

8 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

9 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76); 

10 (iv) 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 (v) shall be made available for programs to 

19 promote ethnic and religious tolerance, includ20 ing in Rakhine and Kachin states; 

21 (vi) may not be made available to any suc22 cessor or affiliated organization of the State 

23 Peace and Development Council (SPDC) con24 trolled by former SPDC members that pro25 motes the repressive policies of the SPDC, or to 
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1 any individual or organization credibly alleged 

2 to have committed gross violations or human 

3 rights, including against Rohingya and other 

4 minority groups; and 

5 (vii) may be made available for programs 

6 administrated by the Office of Transition Initia7 tives, United States Agency for International 

8 Development (USAID), or ethnic groups and 

9 civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire 

10 agreements and further prospects for reconcili11 ation and peace, which may include support to 

12 representatives of ethnic armed groups for this 

13 purpose. 

14 (3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

15 None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the headings ‘‘International Military Education and 

17 Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro18 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 

19 Burma: Provided, That if the Secretary of State 

20 makes the certification and report required in para21 graph (1), the Department of State may continue 

22 consultations with the armed forces of Burma only 

23 on human rights and disaster response in a manner 

24 consistent with the prior fiscal year, and following 
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1 consultation with the appropriate congressional com2 mittees. 

3 (4) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec4 retary of the Treasury should instruct the United 

5 States executive director of each international finan6 cial institution to use the voice and vote of the 

7 United States to support projects in Burma only if 

8 such projects— 

9 (A) promote accountability and trans10 parency, including on-site monitoring through11 out the life of the project; 

12 (B) are developed and carried out in ac13 cordance with best practices regarding environ14 mental conservation; social and cultural protec15 tion and empowerment of local populations, 

16 particularly ethnic nationalities; and extraction 

17 of resources; 

18 (C) do not promote the displacement of 

19 local populations without appropriate consulta20 tion, harm mitigation and compensation, and do 

21 not provide incentives for, or facilitate, the 

22 forced migration of indigenous communities; 

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1 (D) do not partner with or otherwise in2 volve military-owned enterprises or state-owned 

3 enterprises associated with the military. 

4 (5) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

6 of the United States shall initiate an assessment of 

7 democracy programs in Burma conducted by the De8 partment of State and USAID, including the strat9 egy for such programs, and programmatic imple10 mentation and results: Provided, That of the funds 

11 appropriated by this Act for assistance for Burma, 

12 up to $100,000 shall be made available to the Comp13 troller for such assessment. 

14 (6) PROGRAMS, POSITION, AND RESPONSIBIL15 ITIES.— 

16 (A) Any new program or activity in Burma 

17 initiated in fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to 

18 prior consultation with the appropriate congres19 sional committees. 

20 (B) Section 7043(b)(7) of the Department 

21 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro22 grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 

23 Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect 

24 during fiscal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 
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1 (C) The United States Chief of Mission in 

2 Burma, in consultation with the Assistant Sec3 retary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

4 Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall 

5 be responsible for democracy programs in 

6 Burma. 

7 (c) CAMBODIA.— 

8 (1) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap9 propriated under title III of this Act, not less than 

10 $19,750,000 shall be made available for democracy 

11 programs in Cambodia, including to promote Inter12 net freedom: Provided, That the decisions on the 

13 uses of such funds shall be the responsibility of the 

14 Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 

15 and Labor, Department of State, in consultation 

16 with the United States Chief of Mission in Cam17 bodia. 

18 (2) KHMER ROUGE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

19 PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

20 Act may be made available for a United States con21 tribution to the Extraordinary Chambers in the 

22 Court of Cambodia (ECCC): Provided, That funds 

23 made available by this Act for democracy programs 

24 in Cambodia shall be made available for research 

25 and education programs associated with the Khmer 
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1 Rouge genocide in Cambodia: Provided further, That 

2 the Secretary of State shall continue to consult with 

3 the Principal Donors Group on reimbursements to 

4 the Documentation Center of Cambodia for costs in5 curred in support of the ECCC. 

6 (d) NORTH KOREA.— 

7 (1) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 

8 Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 

9 Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 

10 broadcasts into North Korea at levels consistent 

11 with the prior fiscal year. 

12 (2) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this 

13 Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee As14 sistance’’ shall be made available for assistance for 

15 refugees from North Korea, including protection ac16 tivities in the People’s Republic of China and other 

17 countries in the Asia region. 

18 (3) DATABASE AND REPORT.—Funds appro19 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy 

20 Fund’’ that are made available to the Bureau of De21 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

22 State, shall be made available to maintain a data23 base of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in ac24 cordance with section 7032(i) of the Department of 

25 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
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1 Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 

2 113–76): Provided, That not later than 30 days 

3 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

4 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro5 priations describing the sources of information and 

6 format of such database. 

7 (4) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 

8 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head9 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made avail10 able for assistance for the Government of North 

11 Korea. 

12 (e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

13 (1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 

14 the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo15 matic and Consular Programs’’ in this Act may be 

16 obligated or expended for processing licenses for the 

17 export of satellites of United States origin (including 

18 commercial satellites and satellite components) to 

19 the People’s Republic of China (PRC) unless, at 

20 least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appro21 priations are notified of such proposed action. 

22 (2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms 

23 and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assist25 ance projects or activities of the People’s Liberation 
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1 Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such projects or 

2 activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 

3 by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none 

4 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail5 able pursuant to this Act may be used to finance 

6 any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with 

7 the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State 

8 has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 

9 an affiliate of, the PLA. 

10 (3) PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN

11 TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CIVIC ADVO12 CACY.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

14 than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democ15 racy and environment programs for the PRC: Pro16 vided, That the strategic objective of such programs 

17 shall be to promote and strengthen transparency, ac18 countability, and civic advocacy at the grassroots 

19 and national levels in the PRC: Provided further, 

20 That none of such funds may be made available for 

21 assistance for the Government of the PRC. 

22 (4) COUNTER INFLUENCE PROGRAMS.—Funds 

23 appropriated by this Act for public diplomacy under 

24 title I and for assistance under titles III and IV 

25 shall be made available to counter the influence of 
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1 the PRC, in accordance with the strategy required 

2 by section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, 

3 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro4 priations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 

5 76), following consultation with the Committees on 

6 Appropriations. 

7 (5) COST-MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 

8 7032(f) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper9 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

10 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall con11 tinue in effect during fiscal year 2016 as if part of 

12 this Act. 

13 (6) HONG KONG REPORT.—Not later than 90 

14 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of State shall submit to the appropriate congres16 sional committees the report required under section 

17 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 

18 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731): Provided, That such report 

19 shall be made publicly available on the Department 

20 of State Web site. 

21 (f) TIBET.— 

22 (1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The 

23 Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 

24 States executive director of each international finan25 cial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
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1 United States to support financing of projects in 

2 Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 

3 the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 

4 Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti5 betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 

6 are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 

7 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti8 betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef9 fective monitoring. 

10 (2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

12 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

13 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’$8,000,000 shall be made 

14 available to nongovernmental organizations to sup15 port activities which preserve cultural traditions and 

16 promote sustainable development, education, and en17 vironmental conservation in Tibetan communities in 

18 the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Ti19 betan communities in China. 

20 (3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

21 the heading, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less 

22 than $6,000,000 shall be made available for pro23 grams to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, de24 velopment, and the resilience of Tibetan commu25 nities in India and Nepal, and to assist in the edu-
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1 cation and development of the next generation of Ti2 betan leaders from such communities: Provided, 

3 That such funds are in addition to amounts made 

4 available in paragraph (2) for programs inside Tibet. 

5 (g) VIETNAM.— 

6 (1) DIOXIN REMEDIATION.—Of the funds ap7 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

8 Support Fund’’, not less than $25,000,000 shall be 

9 made available for remediation of dioxin contami10 nated sites in Vietnam and may be made available 

11 for assistance for the Government of Vietnam, in12 cluding the military, for such purposes. 

13 (2) HEALTH AND DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Of 

14 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head15 ing ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 

16 $7,000,000 shall be made available for health and 

17 disability programs in areas sprayed with Agent Or18 ange and otherwise contaminated with dioxin, to as19 sist individuals with severe upper or lower body mo20 bility impairment and/or cognitive or developmental 

21 disabilities. 

22 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

23 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

24 (1) DIPLOMATIC OPERATIONS.— 
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1 (A) FACILITIES.—Funds appropriated by 

2 this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and 

3 Consular Programs’’, ‘‘Embassy Security, Con4 struction, and Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Operating 

5 Expenses’’ that are available for construction 

6 and renovation of United States Government 

7 facilities in Afghanistan may not be made avail8 able if the purpose is to accommodate Federal 

9 employee positions or to expand aviation facili10 ties or assets above those notified by the De11 partment of State and the United States Agen12 cy for International Development (USAID) to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations, or contrac14 tors in addition to those in place on the date of 

15 enactment of this Act: Provided, That the limi16 tations in this paragraph shall not apply if 

17 funds are necessary to implement plans for ac18 commodating other United States Government 

19 agencies under Chief of Mission authority per 

20 section 3927 of title 22, United States Code, or 

21 to protect such facilities or the security, health, 

22 and welfare of United States Government per23 sonnel. 

24 (B) PERSONNEL AND OFFICES REPORTS.— 
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1 (i) Not later than 30 days after enact2 ment of this Act and every 120 days there3 after until September 30, 2016, the Sec4 retary of State shall submit a report, in 

5 classified form if necessary, to the appro6 priate congressional committees detailing 

7 by agency the number of personnel present 

8 in Afghanistan under Chief of Mission au9 thority per section 3927 of title 22, United 

10 States Code, at the end of the 120 day pe11 riod preceding the submission of such re12 port: Provided, That such report shall also 

13 include the number of locally employed 

14 staff and contractors supporting United 

15 States Embassy operations in Afghanistan 

16 during the reporting period. 

17 (ii) Not later than 90 days after en18 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

19 and the USAID Administrator shall each 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional 

21 committees transition plans for the Office 

22 of the Special Representative for Afghani23 stan and Pakistan, Department of State, 

24 and the Office of Afghanistan and Paki25 stan Affairs, USAID, respectively: Pro-
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1 vided, That such plans shall include a 

2 timeline, estimated costs, and the per3 sonnel requirements for the merger of such 

4 offices into the relevant bureaus and of5 fices of the Department of State and 

6 USAID. 

7 (2) ASSISTANCE AND CONDITIONS.— 

8 (A) FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS.—Funds 

9 appropriated by this Act under the headings 

10 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International 

11 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may 

12 be made available for assistance for Afghani13 stan: Provided, That such funds may not be ob14 ligated for any program, project, or activity 

15 that— 

16 (i) includes the participation of any 

17 Afghan individual or organization that the 

18 Secretary of State determines to be in19 volved in corrupt practices or violation of 

20 human rights; 

21 (ii) cannot be sustained, as appro22 priate, by the Government of Afghanistan 

23 or other Afghan entity; 

24 (iii) is inaccessible for the purposes of 

25 conducting regular oversight in accordance 
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1 with applicable Federal statutes and regu2 lations; and 

3 (iv) initiates any new, major infra4 structure development. 

5 (B) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Prior 

6 to the initial obligation of funds made available 

7 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup8 port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Con9 trol and Law Enforcement’’ for assistance for 

10 the Government of Afghanistan, the Secretary 

11 of State shall certify and report to the Commit12 tees on Appropriations that the Government of 

13 the United States, after consultation with the 

14 Government of Afghanistan, has established— 

15 (i) goals and benchmarks for the spe16 cific uses of such funds; 

17 (ii) conditions that increase the trans18 parency and accountability of the Govern19 ment of Afghanistan for funds obligated 

20 under the New Development Partnership; 

21 (iii) monitoring and oversight frame22 works in accordance with all applicable 

23 audit policies of the Department of State 

24 and USAID; and 
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1 (iv) processes for the public reporting 

2 of the Government of Afghanistan’s na3 tional budget, including revenues and ex4 penditures. 

5 (C) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, 

6 after consultation with the Secretary of De7 fense, may waive the certification requirement 

8 of subparagraph (B) if the Secretary deter9 mines that to do so is important to the national 

10 security interest of the United States and the 

11 Secretary submits a report to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations, in classified form if nec13 essary, on the justification for the waiver and 

14 the reasons why any part of the certification re15 quirement of subparagraph (B) has not been 

16 met. 

17 (D) PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

18 this Act that are made available for assistance 

19 for Afghanistan shall be made available in the 

20 following manner— 

21 (i) not less than $50,000,000 shall be 

22 made available for rule of law programs, 

23 the decisions for which shall be the respon24 sibility of the Chief of Mission, in consulta-
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1 tion with other appropriate United States 

2 Government officials in Afghanistan; 

3 (ii) funds may be made available for 

4 an endowment to empower women and 

5 girls, and shall be made available for pro6 grams that protect the rights of women 

7 and promote the political and economic 

8 empowerment of women, including their 

9 meaningful inclusion in political processes: 

10 Provided, That such assistance to promote 

11 economic empowerment of women shall 

12 made available as grants to Afghan and 

13 international organizations, to the max14 imum extent practicable; 

15 (iii) funds shall be made available for 

16 programs in Central and South Asia to ex17 pand linkages between Afghanistan and 

18 countries in the region, subject to the reg19 ular notification procedures of the Commit20 tees on Appropriations; and 

21 (iv) funds may be made available to 

22 assist the Government of Afghanistan to 

23 increase revenue collection and expendi24 ture. 

25 (3) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
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1 (A) GOALS AND BENCHMARKS.—Not later 

2 than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

3 Secretary of State shall submit to the appro4 priate congressional committees a report de5 scribing the goals and benchmarks required in 

6 clause (2)(B)(i): Provided, That not later than 

7 6 months after the submission of such report 

8 and every 6 months thereafter until September 

9 30, 2017, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

10 report to such committees on the status of 

11 achieving such goals and benchmarks: Provided 

12 further, That the Secretary of State should sus13 pend assistance for the Government of Afghani14 stan if any report required by this paragraph 

15 indicates that Afghanistan is failing to make 

16 measurable progress in meeting such goals and 

17 benchmarks. 

18 (B) CORRUPTION AND CRIMINAL PROSECU19 TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after enact20 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

21 submit to the appropriate congressional com22 mittees a report detailing steps taken by the 

23 Government of Afghanistan to combat corrup24 tion and prosecute individuals alleged to be in25 volved in illegal activities in Afghanistan. 
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1 (4) AUTHORITIES.— 

2 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

3 title III through VI that are made available for 

4 assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail5 able— 

6 (i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 

7 this Act or any similar provision of law 

8 and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961; and 

10 (ii) for reconciliation programs and 

11 disarmament, demobilization, and re12 integration activities for former combat13 ants who have renounced violence against 

14 the Government of Afghanistan, including 

15 as a United States contribution to the Af16 ghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund and 

17 an internationally managed fund for such 

18 purposes, subject to the regular notifica19 tion procedures of the Committees on Ap20 propriations. 

21 (B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Depart22 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

23 Programs Appropriations Act, 2012, (division I 

24 of Public Law 112–74) shall apply to funds ap-
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1 propriated by this Act for assistance for Af2 ghanistan. 

3 (C) Section 1102(c) of the Supplemental 

4 Appropriations Act, 2009 (title XI of Public 

5 Law 111–32) shall continue in effect during fis6 cal year 2016 as if part of this Act. 

7 (b) BANGLADESH.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

8 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ that are 

9 made available for assistance for Bangladesh shall be 

10 made available for programs to improve labor conditions 

11 by strengthening the capacity of independent workers’ or12 ganizations in Bangladesh’s readymade garment, shrimp, 

13 and fish export sectors. 

14 (c) NEPAL.— 

15 (1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Of 

16 the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III 

17 and IX, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made 

18 available for assistance for Nepal for earthquake re19 lief, recovery, and reconstruction programs: Pro20 vided, That such amounts shall be in addition to 

21 funds made available by this Act for development 

22 and democracy programs in Nepal: Provided further, 

23 That funds made available for earthquake relief, re24 covery, and reconstruction programs should— 
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1 (A) target affected communities on an eq2 uitable basis; 

3 (B) promote political reforms, as appro4 priate, including to strengthen institutions and 

5 constitutional processes; and 

6 (C) include sufficient oversight mecha7 nisms, to include the participation of civil soci8 ety organizations. 

9 (2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO10 GRAM.— 

11 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

12 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro13 gram’’ shall only be made available for humani14 tarian and disaster relief and reconstruction ac15 tivities in Nepal, and in support of international 

16 peacekeeping operations: Provided, That any 

17 additional uses of such funds may only be made 

18 available if the Secretary of State certifies and 

19 reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 that the Government of Nepal is investigating 

21 and prosecuting violations of human rights and 

22 the law of war, and the Nepal army is cooper23 ating fully with civilian judicial authorities on 

24 such efforts. 
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1 (B) Of the funds appropriated under titles 

2 IV and VIII of this Act and prior Acts making 

3 appropriations for the Department of State, 

4 foreign operations, and related programs under 

5 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro6 gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan, up to 

7 $36,000,000 may be made available for the 

8 purchase and operation of aircraft for the Gov9 ernment of Nepal for the purposes of disaster 

10 response and preparedness: Provided, That such 

11 funds shall be subject to prior consultation with 

12 the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (d) PAKISTAN.— 

14 (1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of 

15 the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

16 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

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

18 Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

19 Program’’ for assistance for the Government of 

20 Pakistan may be made available unless the Secretary 

21 of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations that the Government of Pakistan 

23 is— 

24 (A) cooperating with the United States in 

25 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 
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1 Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e2 Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 

3 other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza4 tions, including taking effective steps to end 

5 support for such groups and prevent them from 

6 basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying 

7 out cross border attacks into neighboring coun8 tries; 

9 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

10 against United States or coalition forces in Af11 ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel12 ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi13 cially into political and judicial processes in 

14 Pakistan; 

15 (C) dismantling improvised explosive device 

16 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 

17 chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

18 (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear19 related material and expertise; 

20 (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 

21 United States visitors engaged in counterter22 rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki23 stan; and 

24 (F) providing humanitarian organizations 

25 access to detainees, internally displaced per-
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1 sons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by 

2 the conflict. 

3 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after 

4 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may 

5 waive the certification requirement of paragraph (1) 

6 if the Secretary of State determines that to do so is 

7 important to the national security interest of the 

8 United States and the Secretary submits a report to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form 

10 if necessary, on the justification for the waiver and 

11 the reasons why any part of the certification require12 ment of paragraph (1) has not been met. 

13 (3) ASSISTANCE.— 

14 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

15 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro16 gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 

17 available only to support counterterrorism and 

18 counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan. 

19 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

20 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

21 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

22 and Related Programs’’ that are available for 

23 assistance for Pakistan shall be made available 

24 to interdict precursor materials from Pakistan 

25 to Afghanistan that are used to manufacture 
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1 IEDs, including calcium ammonium nitrate; to 

2 support programs to train border and customs 

3 officials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for 

4 agricultural extension programs that encourage 

5 alternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farm6 ers. 

7 (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

8 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

9 made available for assistance for infrastructure 

10 projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a 

11 manner consistent with section 507(6) of the 

12 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 

13 (D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

14 titles III and IV for assistance for Pakistan 

15 may be made available notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law, except for this sub17 section and section 620M of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961. 

19 (E) Of the funds appropriated under titles 

20 III and IV of this Act that are made available 

21 for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall 

22 be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 

23 of State reports to the Committees on Appro24 priations that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been re25 leased from prison and cleared of all charges re-
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1 lating to the assistance provided to the United 

2 States in locating Osama bin Laden. 

3 (4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.—Funds ap4 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

5 Support Fund’’ that are made available for assist6 ance for Pakistan shall be made available to increase 

7 the number of scholarships for women under the 

8 Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program during 

9 fiscal year 2016: Provided, That not less than 50 

10 percent of the scholarships available under such Pro11 gram should be awarded to Pakistani women. 

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 extremism, and establishing conditions condu20 cive to the rule of law and transparent and ac21 countable governance: Provided, That such 

22 benchmarks may incorporate those required in 

23 title III of the Enhanced Partnership with 

24 Pakistan Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 8441 et seq.), 

25 as appropriate: Provided further, That not later 
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1 than 6 months after submission of such spend 

2 plan, and each 6 months thereafter until Sep3 tember 30, 2017, the Secretary of State shall 

4 submit a report to the Committees on Appro5 priations on the status of achieving the goals 

6 and benchmarks in such plan. 

7 (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 

8 assistance for the Government of Pakistan if 

9 any report required by clause (i) indicates that 

10 Pakistan is failing to make measurable progress 

11 in meeting such goals or benchmarks. 

12 (B) Not later than 90 days after enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

14 submit a report to the Committees on Appro15 priations detailing the costs and objectives asso16 ciated with significant infrastructure projects 

17 supported by the United States in Pakistan, 

18 and an assessment of the extent to which such 

19 projects achieve such objectives. 

20 (6) OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary of State shall 

21 take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms 

22 are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of 

23 funds made available by this subsection for assist24 ance for Pakistan. 

25 (e) SRI LANKA.— 
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1 (1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Of 

2 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head3 ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Sup4 port Fund’’, not less than $40,417,000 shall be 

5 made available for assistance for Sri Lanka for de6 mocracy and economic development programs, par7 ticularly in areas recovering from ethnic and reli8 gious conflict: Provided, That such funds shall be 

9 made available for programs to assist in the identi10 fication and resolution of cases of missing persons. 

11 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 

12 this Act for assistance for the central Government of 

13 Sri Lanka may be made available only if the Sec14 retary of State certifies and reports to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations that the Government of Sri 

16 Lanka is— 

17 (A) addressing the underlying causes of 

18 conflict in Sri Lanka; and 

19 (B) increasing accountability and trans20 parency in governance. 

21 (3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

22 None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

24 may be made available for assistance for Sri Lanka: 

25 Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act under 
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1 the heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

2 Training’’ may only be made available for training 

3 related to international peacekeeping operations and 

4 expanded IMET: Provided further, That funds ap5 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Peace6 keeping Operations’’ may only be made available for 

7 training related to international peacekeeping oper8 ations. 

9 (f) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— 

10 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

11 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance 

12 for Afghanistan and Pakistan may be provided, not13 withstanding any other provision of law that re14 stricts assistance to foreign countries, for cross bor15 der stabilization and development programs between 

16 Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either country 

17 and the Central Asian countries. 

18 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

19 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

20 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

21 and Central Asia’’ that are available for assistance 

22 for countries in South and Central Asia shall be 

23 made available to enhance the recruitment, reten24 tion, and professionalism of women in the judiciary, 

25 police, and other security forces, of which 
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1 $5,000,000 shall be made available for such pur2 poses in Pakistan. 

3 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

4 SEC. 7045. (a) SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN OF THE AL5 LIANCE FOR PROSPERITY IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE

6 OF CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

7 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Subject to the requirements 

8 of this subsection, funds appropriated by this Act 

9 shall be made available to support implementation of 

10 the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the North11 ern Triangle of Central America (the Plan), estab12 lished by the governments of El Salvador, Guate13 mala, and Honduras in cooperation with the Inter14 American Bank, through the United States Strategy 

15 (the Strategy) for Engagement in Central America, 

16 only as follows— 

17 (A) up to $13,000,000 may be made avail18 able under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro19 grams’’ for assistance for Guatemala; 

20 (B) up to $347,190,000 may be made 

21 available under the heading ‘‘Development As22 sistance’’, including for assistance for Nica23 ragua; 
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1 (C) up to $138,500,000 may be made 

2 available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

3 Fund; 

4 (D) up to $155,000,000 may be made 

5 available under the heading ‘‘International Nar6 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, includ7 ing for the Central America Regional Security 

8 Initiative; 

9 (E) up to $500,000 may be made available 

10 under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter11 rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ for 

12 assistance for Panama; 

13 (F) up to $3,907,000 may be made avail14 able under the heading ‘‘International Military 

15 Education and Training’’, including for assist16 ance for Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama; 

17 (G) up to $15,225,000 may be made avail18 able under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi19 nancing Program’’, including for assistance for 

20 Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama; and 

21 (H) up to $2,000,000 may be made avail22 able under the heading ‘‘Overseas Private In23 vestment Corporation’’ for regional programs. 

24 (2) PRE-OBLIGATION CONDITIONS.— 
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1 (A) Prior to the obligation of funds made 

2 available pursuant to subparagraph (1), the 

3 Secretary of State shall submit to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations a multi-year spend plan 

5 specifying the proposed uses of such funds in 

6 each country and the objectives, indicators, and 

7 a timeline to measure progress in implementing 

8 the Strategy, which shall include programs to 

9 empower local communities and civil society or10 ganizations (including indigenous and other 

11 marginalized groups) to address the causes of 

12 poverty and violence, and the amount made 

13 available from prior Acts making appropriations 

14 for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

15 and related programs for projects and activities 

16 related to the Strategy: Provided, That such 

17 spend plan shall also include a description of 

18 how such assistance will complement and lever19 age funds allocated by each government, the 

20 Inter-American Development Bank, and other 

21 donors to implement the Plan. 

22 (B) Prior to the obligation of 75 percent of 

23 such funds for assistance for the central gov24 ernments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Hon25 duras, the Secretary shall certify and report to 
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1 the appropriate congressional committees that 

2 such government is taking effective steps to— 

3 (i) support transparency and combat 

4 corruption in coordination with relevant 

5 international entities, including reforming 

6 bank secrecy laws and strengthening anti7 money laundering laws, and with respect to 

8 the Government of Guatemala, such steps 

9 shall include the approval by the Congress 

10 of reforms to the Electoral and Political 

11 Parties Law proposed by the Supreme 

12 Electoral Tribunal, and the investigation 

13 and prosecution by the Public Ministry, 

14 the Supreme Court, and the Constitutional 

15 Court of government employees and high 

16 ranking political appointees credibly al17 leged to be involved in corruption; 

18 (ii) establish and implement specific 

19 institutional and legal reforms, policies, 

20 and programs addressing the causes of 

21 poverty, violence, and corruption in such 

22 country; 

23 (iii) create a professional, accountable 

24 civilian police force and end the role of the 

25 military in internal policing; 
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1 (iv) protect the rights of political op2 position parties, journalists, trade union3 ists, and human rights defenders to oper4 ate without interference; 

5 (v) prosecute and punish in civilian 

6 courts members of security forces who vio7 late human rights; 

8 (vi) protect and promote democracy, 

9 including implementing reforms to protect 

10 the independence and improve the profes11 sionalism of the judiciary, and cooperating 

12 with the Inter-American Commission on 

13 Human Rights, the Inter-American Court 

14 on Human Rights, and international com15 missions against impunity, as appropriate; 

16 (vii) reform tax laws and enforce tax 

17 collection, strengthen customs agencies, 

18 and match, on at least a dollar-for-dollar 

19 basis, the amounts to be expended for the 

20 projects and activities funded by this Act 

21 in support of the Strategy; 

22 (viii) resolve commercial disputes in a 

23 timely manner, including the confiscation 

24 of real property, between United States en-
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1 tities and the governments of such coun2 tries; 

3 (ix) establish an autonomous public 

4 accountable entity to oversee, manage, and 

5 implement the Plan, similar to manage6 ment entities established to support Millen7 nium Challenge Corporation Compacts; 

8 and 

9 (x) provide access to all available 

10 sources of energy, especially for individuals 

11 who lack affordable and reliable electricity. 

12 (C) Concurrent with the submission of the 

13 certification required in paragraph (B), the Sec14 retary of State shall certify and report to the 

15 appropriate congressional committees that rep16 resentatives of local communities and civil soci17 ety organizations (including indigenous and 

18 other marginalized groups) in the respective 

19 country are consulted in the design, and partici20 pate in the implementation and evaluation of, 

21 projects and activities in support of the Strat22 egy that affect them. 

23 (3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND SUSPENSION OF AS24 SISTANCE.—Not later than 120 days after enact25 ment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until 
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1 September 30, 2017, the Secretary of State shall re2 view the progress of such governments in meeting 

3 the objectives and indicators required in paragraph 

4 (2)(B) and shall submit to the appropriate congres5 sional committees a report assessing such progress: 

6 Provided, That if the Secretary of State is unable to 

7 determine that sufficient progress has been made in 

8 meeting the requirements of an objective or indi9 cator, the Secretary shall suspend assistance for pro10 grams supporting such objective or indicator, and 

11 shall notify such committees in writing of such ac12 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may re13 sume funding for such programs only after the Sec14 retary certifies to such committees that corrective 

15 measures have been identified and implemented. 

16 (4) COMMERCIAL DISPUTES REPORT.—Not 

17 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

18 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

19 congressional committees a report detailing the eco20 nomic investment conditions in El Salvador, Guate21 mala, and Honduras, and an assessment of out22 standing commercial disputes, including the confis23 cation of real property, between United States enti24 ties and the governments of such countries. 
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1 (5) CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.—The Secretary 

2 of State shall, following a change of government in 

3 El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras, certify and 

4 report to the appropriate congressional committees 

5 that any new government has committed to taking 

6 the effective steps enumerated in the pre-obligation 

7 requirements in paragraph (2): Provided, That if the 

8 Secretary is unable to make such a certification in 

9 a timely manner, assistance made available under 

10 this subsection shall be suspended until such time as 

11 the certification can be made. 

12 (6) PROGRAMS AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 

13 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

15 Control and Law Enforcement’’ for the Central 

16 America Regional Security Initiative, not less 

17 than $2,000,000 shall be made available, after 

18 consultation with the Committees on Appropria19 tions, for a United States contribution to an 

20 international commission against impunity in 

21 Honduras, if such a commission is established. 

22 (B) The Department of State and the 

23 United States Agency for International Devel24 opment (USAID) may, following consultation 

25 with the appropriate congressional committees, 
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1 transfer funds made available by this Act under 

2 the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ to the 

3 Inter-American Development Bank and the 

4 Inter-American Foundation for technical and 

5 other assistance in support of programs carried 

6 out in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras 

7 under the Plan. 

8 (b) COLOMBIA.— 

9 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act and made 

10 available to the Department of State for assistance 

11 for the Government of Colombia may be used to sup12 port a unified campaign against narcotics traf13 ficking, organizations designated as Foreign Ter14 rorist Organizations, and other criminal or illegal 

15 armed groups, and to take actions to protect human 

16 health and welfare in emergency circumstances, in17 cluding undertaking rescue operations: Provided, 

18 That the first through fifth provisos of paragraph 

19 (1), and paragraph (3) of section 7045(a) of the De20 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

21 Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of 

22 Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect during 

23 fiscal year 2016 and shall apply to funds appro24 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

25 for Colombia as if included in this Act: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

3 less than $133,000,000 shall be apportioned directly 

4 to USAID. 

5 (2)(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro7 gram’’ for assistance for Colombia, 19 percent shall 

8 be withheld from obligation unless the Secretary of 

9 State certifies and reports to the Committees on Ap10 propriations that— 

11 (i) cases involving members of the Colom12 bian military who have been credibly alleged to 

13 have violated human rights, including through 

14 command responsibility, are subject only to ci15 vilian jurisdiction, and that the Colombian mili16 tary is cooperating with civilian authorities in 

17 such cases, and no such military officers hold 

18 senior positions in the chain of command; 

19 (ii) the Government of Colombia is uphold20 ing its international obligations by prosecuting 

21 persons responsible for crimes against human22 ity, war crimes, and other gross violations of 

23 human rights, and is not offering amnesty to 

24 such persons; and 
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1 (iii) the Government of Colombia is dis2 mantling illegal armed groups; taking effective 

3 steps to protect the rights of human rights de4 fenders, journalists, trade unionists, and other 

5 social activists; and respecting the rights and 

6 territory of indigenous and Afro-Colombian 

7 communities. 

8 (B) The limitations of this paragraph shall not 

9 apply to funds made available under such heading 

10 for aviation instruction and maintenance, and mari11 time security programs. 

12 (3) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

13 the appropriation congressional committees on the 

14 uses of assistance for Colombia made available by 

15 this Act under such heading for programs that sup16 port and further peace talks. 

17 (c) CUBA.— 

18 (1) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS AND TRANSFER AU19 THORITY.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

21 $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 

22 programs for Cuba: Provided, That a portion of such 

23 funds may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

24 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Na25 tional Endowment for Democracy’’, following con-
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1 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit2 tees. 

3 (2) PRIVATE ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAMS AND

4 LIMITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

6 $5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 

7 support private Cuban entrepreneurs, notwith8 standing any other provision of law, except that no 

9 such assistance may be provided for the Government 

10 of Cuba: Provided, That such funds shall be made 

11 available following consultation with the appropriate 

12 congressional committees. 

13 (d) HAITI.— 

14 (1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 

15 this Act, not more than $181,413,000 may be made 

16 available for assistance for Haiti, as follows— 

17 (A) up to $129,213,000 under the heading 

18 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’; 

19 (B) up to $45,000,000 under the heading 

20 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’; 

21 (C) up to $6,000,000 under the heading 

22 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En23 forcement’’; and 

24 (D) up to $1,200,000 under the heading 

25 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
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1 (2) GOVERNANCE CERTIFICATION.—Funds 

2 made available in paragraph (1) may not be made 

3 available for the central Government of Haiti unless 

4 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

6 of Haiti is— 

7 (A) holding free and fair parliamentary 

8 elections and taking effective steps to seat a 

9 new Haitian Parliament; 

10 (B) strengthening the rule of law in Haiti, 

11 including by selecting judges in a transparent 

12 manner; respecting the independence of the ju13 diciary; and improving governance through im14 plementation of reforms to increase trans15 parency and accountability; 

16 (C) combating corruption, including by im17 plementing the anti-corruption law enacted in 

18 2014 and prosecuting corrupt officials; and 

19 (D) increasing government revenues, in20 cluding by implementing tax reforms and 

21 through credible tax collection efforts, and in22 creasing expenditures on health care. 

23 (3) SECURITY CERTIFICATION.—Prior to the 

24 initial obligation of funds made available in para25 graph (1) under the headings ‘‘International Nar-
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1 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign 

2 Military Financing Program’’, the Secretary of State 

3 shall certify and report to the Committees on Appro4 priations that the Haitian National Police and other 

5 intended recipients of such funds that are part of 

6 the Government of Haiti are not controlled by, or 

7 otherwise under the influence of, any private organi8 zation or individual. 

9 (4) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government 

10 of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles 

11 and services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 

13 (e) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 

14 the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations 

15 and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this 

16 Act should be borne by the recipient country. 

17 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

18 MEMBERS

19 SEC. 7046. None of the funds appropriated or made 

20 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

21 carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 

22 used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear23 ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, 

24 from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

25 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
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1 costs for participation of another country’s delegation at 

2 international conferences held under the auspices of multi3 lateral or international organizations. 

4 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

5 SEC. 7047. (a) If the President determines that doing 

6 so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

7 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

8 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec9 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

10 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

11 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

12 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

13 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

14 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola15 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

16 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina17 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de18 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro19 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

20 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti21 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

23 appropriated by this Act may be made available for train24 ing, technical assistance, support for victims, law enforce25 ment activity and cooperation, witness protection, and pro-
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1 fessional services in support of international judicial inves2 tigations, apprehensions, prosecutions, and adjudications 

3 of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes con4 sistent with section 2015 of the American 

5 Servicemembers’ Protection Act, 2002, as amended: Pro6 vided, That this subsection shall not apply to nationals 

7 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 

8 major non-NATO allies initially designated pursuant to 

9 section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

10 UNITED NATIONS

11 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT12 ABILITY.— 

13 (1) Of the funds appropriated under title I and 

14 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and 

15 Programs’’ in title V of this Act that are available 

16 for contributions to the United Nations (including 

17 the Department of Peacekeeping Operations), any 

18 United Nations agency, or the Organization of 

19 American States, 15 percent may not be obligated 

20 for such organization, department, or agency until 

21 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations that the organization, department, or 

23 agency is— 

24 (A) posting on a publicly available Web 

25 site, consistent with privacy regulations and due 
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1 process, regular financial and programmatic au2 dits of such organization, department, or agen3 cy, and providing the United States Govern4 ment with necessary access to such financial 

5 and performance audits; and 

6 (B) effectively implementing and enforcing 

7 policies and procedures which reflect best prac8 tices for the protection of whistleblowers from 

9 retaliation, including best practices for— 

10 (i) protection against retaliation for 

11 internal and lawful public disclosures; 

12 (ii) legal burdens of proof; 

13 (iii) statutes of limitation for report14 ing retaliation; 

15 (iv) access to independent adjudicative 

16 bodies, including external arbitration; and 

17 (v) results that eliminate the effects of 

18 proven retaliation. 

19 (2) The restrictions imposed by or pursuant to 

20 paragraph (1) may be waived on a case-by-case basis 

21 if the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver 

23 is necessary to avert or respond to a humanitarian 

24 crisis. 
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1 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA2 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

3 (1) None of the funds made available under 

4 title I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for 

5 any United States delegation to any specialized 

6 agency, body, or commission of the United Nations 

7 if such agency, body, or commission is chaired or 

8 presided over by a country, the government of which 

9 the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes 

10 of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act 

11 of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter12 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

13 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), supports international ter14 rorism. 

15 (2) None of the funds made available under 

16 title I of this Act may be used by the Secretary of 

17 State as a contribution to any organization, agency, 

18 commission, or program within the United Nations 

19 system if such organization, agency, commission, or 

20 program is chaired or presided over by a country the 

21 government of which the Secretary of State has de22 termined, for purposes of section 620A of the For23 eign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms 

24 Export Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export 

25 Administration Act of 1979, or any other provision 
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1 of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided 

2 support for acts of international terrorism. 

3 (3) The Secretary of State may waive the re4 striction in this subsection if the Secretary reports 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 

6 is in the national interest of the United States. 

7 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

8 Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 

9 to support the United Nations Human Rights Council only 

10 if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations that participation in the 

12 Council is in the national interest of the United States 

13 and that the Council is taking credible steps to remove 

14 Israel as a permanent agenda item: Provided, That such 

15 report shall include a description of the national interest 

16 served and a description of steps taken to remove Israel 

17 as a permanent agenda item: Provided further, That the 

18 Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Ap19 propriations not later than September 30, 2016, on the 

20 resolutions considered in the United Nations Human 

21 Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on 

22 steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item. 

23 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN24 CY.—The Secretary of State shall submit a report in writ25 ing to the Committees on Appropriations not less than 45 
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1 days after enactment of this Act on whether the United 

2 Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is— 

3 (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 

4 West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to 

5 inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any in6 appropriate use; 

7 (2) acting promptly to address any staff or ben8 eficiary violation of its own policies (including the 

9 policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 

10 and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of 

11 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

12 (3) implementing procedures to maintain the 

13 neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 

14 no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec15 tions of its installations, to ensure they are only 

16 used for humanitarian or other appropriate pur17 poses; 

18 (4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 

19 to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con20 ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

21 Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the 

22 Department of State on actions it has taken to en23 sure conformance with such conditions; 

24 (5) taking steps to ensure the content of all 

25 educational materials currently taught in UNRWA- 
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1 administered schools and summer camps is con2 sistent with the values of human rights, dignity, and 

3 tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

4 (6) not engaging in operations with financial in5 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 

6 United States law, and is taking steps to improve 

7 the financial transparency of the organization; and 

8 (7) in compliance with the United Nations 

9 Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 

10 is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec11 ommendations. 

12 (e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.— 

13 None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

14 for the design, renovation, or construction of the United 

15 Nations Headquarters in New York. 

16 (f) WITHHOLDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days 

17 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

18 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de19 tailing the amount of funds available for obligation or ex20 penditure in fiscal year 2016 for contributions to any or21 ganization, department, agency, or program within the 

22 United Nations system or any international program that 

23 are withheld from obligation or expenditure due to any 

24 provision of law: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

25 shall update such report each time additional funds are 
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1 withheld by operation of any provision of law: Provided 

2 further, That the reprogramming of any withheld funds 

3 identified in such report, including updates thereof, shall 

4 be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti5 fication procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

7 SEC. 7049. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

8 by titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 

9 of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II 

10 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, not11 withstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effec12 tiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

13 through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

14 the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and 

15 through assistance to foster civilian police roles that sup16 port democratic governance, including assistance for pro17 grams to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 

18 gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 

19 with the communities they serve. 

20 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub21 section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification pro22 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO

24 SEC. 7050. None of the funds provided by this Act 

25 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
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1 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

2 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

3 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

4 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

5 products of the same type. 

6 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

7 SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart10 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

11 in the United States, at any single international con12 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

13 Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro14 priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 

15 is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 

16 purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con17 ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa18 tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov19 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern20 mental organizations. 

21 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION

22 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith23 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

24 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

25 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
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1 foreign operations, and related programs under the head2 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 

3 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

4 Counterdrug Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro5 grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 

6 region, including for the transportation of active and 

7 standby Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment 

8 during a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for 

9 policy decisions and justification for the use of such trans10 fer authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary 

11 of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this re12 sponsibility shall not be delegated. 

13 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 

14 in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 

15 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro16 priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 

17 programmatic purposes in the designated country or re18 gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

19 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

20 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

22 (1) The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by 

23 the Department of State and the United States 

24 Agency for International Development (USAID) 

25 with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 
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1 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

2 foreign operations, and related programs shall be co3 ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 

4 Chief of Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may 

5 be used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim6 bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 

7 supporting Department of State and USAID pro8 grams and activities: Provided further, That official 

9 travel for other agencies for other purposes may be 

10 supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim11 bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 

12 Provided further, That funds received by the Depart13 ment of State for the use of aircraft owned, leased, 

14 or chartered by the Department of State may be 

15 credited to the Department Working Capital Fund 

16 and shall be available for expenses related to the 

17 purchase, lease, maintenance, chartering, or oper18 ation of such aircraft. 

19 (2) The requirement and authorities of this 

20 subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary 

21 purpose of which is the transportation of personnel. 

22 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

23 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

24 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

25 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
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1 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2011 (division F of 

2 Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 

3 That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in subsection 

4 (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘Sep5 tember 30, 2015’’. 

6 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

7 SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, demining equipment available to 

9 the United States Agency for International Development 

10 and the Department of State and used in support of the 

11 clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for hu12 manitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis 

13 in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions 

14 as the Secretary of State may prescribe. 

15 (b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 

16 shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

17 license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

18 munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

19 transferred, unless— 

20 (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 

21 after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

22 unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 

23 operational environments, and the agreement appli24 cable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such clus25 ter munitions or cluster munitions technology speci-
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1 fies that the cluster munitions will only be used 

2 against clearly defined military targets and will not 

3 be used where civilians are known to be present or 

4 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

5 (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

6 for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently dis7 posing of such cluster munitions. 

8 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

9 SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 

10 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur11 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act by Congress: Provided, 

13 That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to 

14 carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International 

15 Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Pub16 lic Law 96–533). 

17 CONSULAR IMMUNITY

18 SEC. 7056. The Secretary of State, in consultation 

19 with the Attorney General, may, on the basis of reciprocity 

20 and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

21 determine, specify privileges and immunities for a consular 

22 post, the members of a consular post and their families 

23 which result in more favorable or less favorable treatment 

24 than is provided in the Vienna Convention on Consular 
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1 Relations, of April 24, 1963 (T.I.A.S. 6820), entered into 

2 force for the United States December 24, 1969. 

3 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

4 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of 

7 the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 

8 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

9 Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 

10 under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

11 Central Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency 

12 for International Development (USAID) to hire and em13 ploy individuals in the United States and overseas on a 

14 limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of 

15 sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

16 (b) RESTRICTIONS.— 

17 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis18 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub19 section (a) may not exceed 175. 

20 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

21 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

22 2017. 

23 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

24 should only be used to the extent that an equivalent num25 ber of positions that are filled by personal services contrac-
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1 tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 

2 are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 

3 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 

4 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

5 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 

6 (d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

7 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

8 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

9 to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 

10 relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 

11 this section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

12 appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Op13 erating Expenses’’. 

14 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi15 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

16 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

17 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re18 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

19 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for 

20 a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 

21 set forth in such section. 

22 (f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro23 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

24 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap25 propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
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1 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to 

2 funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 

3 (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 

4 employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to 

5 carry out programs in response to natural disasters, or 

6 man-made disasters subject to the regular notification 

7 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap9 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

10 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As11 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

12 Act (Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to em13 ploy up to 40 personal services contractors in the United 

14 States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

15 purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 

16 expanded overseas programs and activities managed by 

17 the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

18 and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such con19 tractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided 

20 further, That such funds appropriated to carry out title 

21 II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may 

22 be made available only for personal services contractors 

23 assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 

24 (h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

25 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
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1 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

2 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

3 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

4 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

5 (i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT6 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro7 vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For8 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

9 Act, 2011 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be 

10 assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or Paki11 stan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 

12 making appropriations for the Department of State, for13 eign operations, and related programs. 

14 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

15 SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 

16 by titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 

17 for bilateral assistance for child survival activities or dis18 ease programs including activities relating to research on, 

19 and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS 

20 may be made available notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Glob22 al Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership 

23 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 

24 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amend25 ed: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under title 
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1 III of this Act, not less than $577,600,000 shall be made 

2 available for family planning/reproductive health, includ3 ing in areas where population growth threatens biodiver4 sity or endangered species. 

5 (b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by 

6 this Act that are available for a contribution to the Global 

7 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

8 Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation until 

9 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations that the Global Fund is— 

11 (1) maintaining and implementing a policy of 

12 transparency, including the authority of the Global 

13 Fund Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to pub14 lish OIG reports on a public Web site; 

15 (2) providing sufficient resources to maintain 

16 an independent OIG that— 

17 (A) reports directly to the Board of the 

18 Global Fund; 

19 (B) maintains a mandate to conduct thor20 ough investigations and programmatic audits, 

21 free from undue interference; and 

22 (C) compiles regular, publicly published 

23 audits and investigations of financial, pro24 grammatic, and reporting aspects of the Global 
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1 Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, 

2 and Local Fund Agents; 

3 (3) effectively implementing and enforcing poli4 cies and procedures which reflect best practices for 

5 the protection of whistleblowers for retaliation, in6 cluding best practices for— 

7 (A) protection against retaliation for inter8 nal and lawful public disclosures; 

9 (B) legal burdens of proof; 

10 (C) statutes of limitation for reporting re11 taliation; 

12 (D) access to independent adjudicative 

13 bodies, including external arbitration; and 

14 (E) results that eliminate the effects of 

15 proven retaliation; and 

16 (4) implementing the recommendations con17 tained in the Consolidated Transformation Plan ap18 proved by the Board of the Global Fund on Novem19 ber 21, 2011: 

20 Provided, That such withholding shall not be in addition 

21 to funds that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal 

22 year 2016 pursuant to the application of any other provi23 sion contained in this or any other Act. 

24 (c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUT25 BREAKS.—If the Secretary of State determines and re-
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1 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that an inter2 national infectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, 

3 and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the na4 tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency 

5 of International Concern, funds made available under title 

6 III of this Act may be made available to combat such in7 fectious disease or public health emergency: Provided, 

8 That funds made available pursuant to the authority of 

9 this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

10 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

11 on Appropriations. 

12 GENDER EQUALITY

13 SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro14 priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen15 der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 

16 development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 

17 participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 

18 worldwide. 

19 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro20 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

21 shall be made available to increase leadership opportuni22 ties for women in countries where women and girls suffer 

23 discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength24 ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 

25 women’s participation in political parties and elections, 
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1 and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi2 tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin3 cial, and national levels. 

4 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

5 (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 

6 and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall 

7 be made available to implement a multi-year strat8 egy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence 

9 in countries where it is common in conflict and non10 conflict settings. 

11 (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 

12 this Act that are available to train foreign police, ju13 dicial, and military personnel, including for inter14 national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 

15 where appropriate, prevention and response to gen16 der-based violence and trafficking in persons, and 

17 shall promote the integration of women into the po18 lice and other security forces. 

19 (2) Department of State and United States 

20 Agency for International Development gender pro21 grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to com22 bat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, in23 cluding child marriage, rape, female genital cutting 

24 and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 
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1 forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non2 conflict settings. 

3 (d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro4 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As5 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

6 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ shall be made 

7 available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 

8 improve coordination of, United States Government ef9 forts to empower women as equal partners in conflict pre10 vention, peace building, transitional processes, and recon11 struction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in po12 litical transition, and to ensure the equitable provision of 

13 relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. 

14 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

15 SEC. 7060. (a) EDUCATION.— 

16 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

17 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act that 

18 are made available for assistance for basic edu19 cation may only be made available for each 

20 country at a funding level for basic education 

21 that does not exceed that contained in the Con22 gressional Budget Justification, Foreign Oper23 ations, Summary Tables, Fiscal Year 2016: 

24 Provided, That such funds may only be used to 

25 implement the stated objectives of each Country 
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1 Development Cooperation Strategy or similar 

2 strategy: Provided further, That the Adminis3 trator of the United States Agency for Inter4 national Development (USAID), following con5 sultation with the Committees on Appropria6 tions, may reprogram funds between countries, 

7 except that no such reprogramming may result 

8 in an overall funding level for basic education 

9 exceeding the total amount justified for fiscal 

10 year 2016. 

11 (B) If the USAID Administrator deter12 mines that any unobligated balances of funds 

13 specifically designated for basic education in 

14 prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 

15 operations, export financing, and related pro16 grams are in excess of the absorptive capacity 

17 of recipient countries, such funds may be made 

18 available for other programs authorized under 

19 chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

20 Act of 1961, notwithstanding such funding des21 ignation: Provided, That the authority of this 

22 paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation 

23 with, and the regular notification procedures of, 

24 the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro2 priated by title III of this Act, not less than 

3 $225,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

4 for higher education, of which not less than 

5 $35,000,000 should be to support new partnerships 

6 between higher education institutions in the United 

7 States and developing countries. 

8 (3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of funds ap9 propriated under title III of this Act, the term ‘‘de10 mocracy programs’’ in section 7032(c) of this Act 

11 shall also include programs to rescue scholars, and 

12 fellowships, scholarships, and exchanges in the Mid13 dle East and North Africa for academic profes14 sionals and university students from countries in 

15 such region, subject to the regular notification pro16 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (b) DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds ap18 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 

19 Assistance’’, not less than $26,000,000 shall be made 

20 available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 

21 program, and not less than $12,000,000 shall be made 

22 available for cooperative development programs of the 

23 United States Agency for International Development 

24 (USAID). 

25 (c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
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1 (1) AUTHORITIES.— 

2 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, funds appropriated by this Act or prior 

4 Acts making appropriations for the Department 

5 of State, foreign operations, and related pro6 grams may be made available for the Green Cli7 mate Fund, including as a contribution: Pro8 vided, That any such funds made available for 

9 such purpose shall be subject to the regular no10 tification procedures of the Committees on Ap11 propriations. 

12 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

13 be made available for United States contribu14 tions to the Clean Technology Fund and the 

15 Strategic Climate Fund. 

16 (C) Funds appropriated by this Act to 

17 carry out the provisions of section 103 to 106, 

18 and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961 may be used to support envi20 ronment programs, notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law except for the provisions of this 

22 subsection: Provided, That such funds are sub23 ject to the regular notification procedures of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 (2) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND LIMITA2 TION.— 

3 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

4 III of this Act, $250,000,000 shall be made 

5 available for biodiversity conservation programs. 

6 (B) Not less than $55,000,000 of the 

7 funds appropriated under title III and IV of 

8 this Act shall be made available to combat the 

9 transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 

10 trafficking: Provided, That none of the funds 

11 appropriated under title IV of this Act may be 

12 made available for training or other assistance 

13 for any military unit or personnel that the Sec14 retary of State determines has been credibly al15 leged to have participated in wildlife poaching 

16 or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports to 

17 the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 

18 is in the national security interest of the United 

19 States. 

20 (C) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by 

21 this Act for biodiversity programs shall not be 

22 used to support the expansion of industrial 

23 scale logging or any other industrial scale ex24 tractive activity into areas that were primary/ 

25 intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, 
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1 and the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

2 the United States executive directors of each 

3 international financial institutions (IFI) to vote 

4 against any financing of any such activity. 

5 (3) LARGE DAMS.—The Secretary of the Treas6 ury shall instruct the United States executive direc7 tor of each IFI that it is the policy of the United 

8 States to vote in relation to any loan, grant, strat9 egy, or policy of such institution to support the con10 struction of any large dam consistent with the cri11 teria set forth in the report accompanying this Act, 

12 while also considering whether the project involves 

13 important foreign policy objectives. 

14 (4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.—Of the funds 

15 appropriated under title III of this Act, 

16 $123,500,000 shall be made available for sustainable 

17 landscape programs. 

18 (d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP19 MENT.— 

20 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

21 this Act, not less than $1,000,600,000 should be 

22 made available for food security and agricultural de23 velopment programs, of which $32,000,000 shall be 

24 made available for the Feed the Future Collabo25 rative Research Innovation Lab: Provided, That such 
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1 funds may be made available notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law to prevent or address food 

3 shortages, and for a United States contribution to 

4 the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. 

5 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

6 Act may be made available as a contribution to the 

7 Global Agriculture and Food Security Program if 

8 such contribution will not cause the United States to 

9 exceed 33 percent of the total amount of funds con10 tributed to such Program. 

11 (e) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 

12 funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 

13 $265,000,000 should be made available for microenter14 prise and microfinance development programs for the 

15 poor, especially women. 

16 (f) POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE.—Of the funds appro17 priated by this Act, $76,700,000 shall be made available 

18 for the Power Africa initiative, subject to the regular noti19 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (g) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER21 SONS AND END MODERN SLAVERY.— 

22 (1) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Devel24 opment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

25 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
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1 forcement’’, not less than $52,500,000 shall be made 

2 available for activities to combat trafficking in per3 sons internationally. 

4 (2) END MODERN SLAVERY.—Of the funds ap5 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Develop6 ment Assistance’’, in addition to funds made avail7 able pursuant to paragraph (1), $25,000,000, to re8 main available until expended, shall be made avail9 able on a competitive basis for a grant or grants to 

10 support innovative strategies, on a cost-matching 

11 basis, that reduce the prevalence of modern slavery 

12 in targeted populations within partner countries (or 

13 jurisdictions thereof) with a high prevalence of mod14 ern slavery: Provided, That for the purposes of this 

15 paragraph the terms ‘‘modern slavery’’ and ‘‘partner 

16 countries’’ shall have the same meaning as provided 

17 for in section 9 of the End Modern Slavery Initiative 

18 Act of 2015 (S. 553), as reported by the Senate 

19 Committee on Foreign Relations on February 26, 

20 2015: Provided further, That the requirements of 

21 section 7631(d) of title 22, United States Code, 

22 shall apply to such funds. 

23 (h) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap24 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 

25 Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
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1 than $26,000,000 shall be made available to support peo2 ple-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together 

3 individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political 

4 backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, 

5 That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the 

6 Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obliga7 tion of funds, on the uses of such funds: Provided further, 

8 That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall 

9 be matched by sources other than the United States Gov10 ernment. 

11 (i) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro12 priated by this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be 

13 made available for water supply and sanitation projects 

14 pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 

15 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of which not less than 

16 $145,000,000 should be for programs in sub-Saharan Af17 rica, and of which not less than $14,000,000 shall be 

18 made available for programs to design and build safe, pub19 lic latrines in Africa and Asia. 

20 (j) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Authorized de21 viations from funding levels contained in this section shall 

22 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 SEC. 7061. (a) TRANSFER.—Whenever the President 

3 determines that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the 

4 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to a total of 

5 $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title III of 

6 this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

7 appropriated by this Act for the Overseas Private Invest8 ment Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the 

9 terms and conditions of that account: Provided, That such 

10 funds shall not be available for administrative expenses 

11 of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Provided 

12 further, That designated funding levels in this Act shall 

13 not be transferred pursuant to this section: Provided fur14 ther, That the exercise of such authority shall be subject 

15 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations. 

17 (b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) 

18 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of 

19 subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 of such Act 

20 shall remain in effect until September 30, 2016. 

21 ARMS TRADE TREATY

22 SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated by this 

23 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

24 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

25 ratification for the Treaty. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE

2 HEALTH

3 SEC. 7063. (a) UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

4 FUND.— 

5 (1) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made 

6 available under the heading ‘‘International Organiza7 tions and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 

8 2016, $35,000,000 shall be made available for the 

9 United Nations Population Fund (referred to in this 

10 section as ‘‘UNFPA’’). 

11 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro12 priated by this Act for UNFPA that are not made 

13 available for UNFPA because of the operation of 

14 any provision of law shall be transferred to the 

15 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ account and shall be 

16 made available for family planning, maternal, and 

17 reproductive health activities, subject to the regular 

18 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro19 priations. 

20 (3) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN

21 CHINA.—None of the amounts made available under 

22 this Act may be used by UNFPA for a country pro23 gram in the People’s Republic of China. 
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1 (4) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF

2 FUNDS.—Amounts made available by this Act for 

3 UNFPA may not be made available unless— 

4 (A) UNFPA maintains such amounts in 

5 an account that is separate from other UNFPA 

6 accounts and does not commingle such funds 

7 with other funds; and 

8 (B) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

9 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL

10 ORGANIZATIONS.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 

11 amended by inserting after section 104C the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 104D. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. 

13 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regula14 tion, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance 

15 under sections 104, 104A, 104B, and 104C, a foreign non16 governmental organization— 

17 ‘‘(1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance 

18 solely on the basis of health or medical services, in19 cluding counseling and referral services, provided by 

20 such organization with non-United States Govern21 ment funds if such services— 

22 ‘‘(A) are permitted in the country in which 

23 they are being provided; and 

24 ‘‘(B) would not violate United States law if 

25 provided in the United States; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) shall not be subject to requirements relat2 ing to the use of non-United States Government 

3 funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than 

4 those that apply to United States nongovernmental 

5 organizations receiving assistance under this part.’’. 

6 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS

7 DETAINED AT NAVAL STATION, GUANTA ́NAMO BAY, CUBA

8 SEC. 7064. Not later than 5 days after the conclusion 

9 of an agreement with a country, including a state with 

10 a compact of free association with the United States, to 

11 receive by transfer or release individuals detained at 

12 United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, the 

13 Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro14 priations in writing of the terms of the agreement, includ15 ing whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 

16 making appropriations for the Department of State, for17 eign operations, and related programs will be made avail18 able for assistance for such country pursuant to such 

19 agreement. 

20 CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS

21 SEC. 7065. (a) There is established in the Treasury 

22 a separate fund to be known as the ‘‘Consular and Border 

23 Security Programs’’ account into which the following fees 

24 shall be deposited for the purposes of the consular and 

25 border security programs. 
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1 (b) MACHINE-READABLE VISA FEE.—Section 103(d) 

2 of Public Law 107–173 (8 U.S.C. 1713) is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘credited as an offsetting collection to any appro4 priation for the Department of State’’ and inserting ‘‘de5 posited in the Consular and Border Security Programs ac6 count’’. 

7 (c) PASSPORT AND IMMIGRANT VISA SECURITY SUR8 CHARGES.— 

9 (1) The fourth paragraph under the heading 

10 ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in title IV of 

11 division B of Public Law 108–447 (8 U.S.C. 1714) 

12 is amended— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘and the consular protec14 tion of U.S. citizens and their interests over15 seas’’ after ‘‘in support of enhanced border se16 curity’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘credited to this account’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘deposited in the Consular and 

19 Border Security Programs account’’. 

20 (2) Section 6 of Public Law 109–472 (8 U.S.C. 

21 1714 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the con22 sular protection of U.S. citizens and their interests 

23 overseas’’ after ‘‘in support of enhanced border secu24 rity’’ each place it appears. 
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1 (d) DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT LOTTERY FEE.—Section 

2 636 of title VI, division C of Public Law 104–208 (8 

3 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended by striking ‘‘as an offset4 ting collection to any Department of State appropriation’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘in the Consular and Border Security Pro6 grams account’’. 

7 (e) AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT FEE.—Section 232(c) of 

8 title II of division A of H.R. 3427 (106th Congress) (in9 corporated by reference by section 1000(a)(7) of division 

10 B of Public 106–113, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1183a note), 

11 is further amended by striking ‘‘as an offsetting collection 

12 to any Department of State appropriation’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘in the Consular and Border Security Programs account’’. 

14 (f) WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE

15 SURCHARGE.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1 of the Pass16 port Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) is amend17 ed by striking ‘‘as an offsetting collection to the appro18 priate Department of State appropriation’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘in the Consular and Border Security Programs account’’. 

20 (g) EXPEDITED PASSPORT FEE.—The first proviso 

21 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ 

22 in title V of Public Law 103–317 (22 U.S.C. 214 note) 

23 is amended by inserting ‘‘or in the Consular and Border 

24 Security Programs account’’ after ‘‘offsetting collection’’. 
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1 (h) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—The unobligated bal2 ances of amounts available from fees referenced under this 

3 section may be transferred to the Consular and Border 

4 Security Programs account. 

5 (i) Funds deposited in or transferred to the Consular 

6 and Border Security Programs account may be trans7 ferred between funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Ad8 ministration of Foreign Affairs’’. 

9 (j) The transfer authorities in this section shall be 

10 in addition to any other transfer authority available to the 

11 Department of State. 

12 (k) The amendments made by this section shall take 

13 effect not later than October 1, 2016, and shall be imple14 mented in a manner that ensures the fees collected, trans15 ferred, and used in fiscal year 2016 can be readily tracked. 

16 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

17 SEC. 7066. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds 

18 made available in this Act may be used to support or jus19 tify the use of torture, cruel, or inhumane treatment by 

20 any official or contract employee of the United States Gov21 ernment. 

22 (b) ASSISTANCE TO ELIMINATE TORTURE.—Funds 

23 appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be 

24 made available, notwithstanding section 660 of the For25 eign Assistance Act of 1961 and following consultation 
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1 with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance to 

2 eliminate torture by foreign police, military or other secu3 rity forces in countries receiving assistance from funds ap4 propriated by this Act. 

5 EXTRADITION

6 SEC. 7067. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap7 propriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance 

8 (other than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Inter9 national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

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

11 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 

12 Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and 

13 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

14 Assistance’’) for the central government of a country 

15 which has notified the Department of State of its refusal 

16 to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 

17 for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is 

18 life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or for 

19 killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 

20 States extradition request. 

21 (b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 

22 to the central government of a country with which the 

23 United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 

24 which the United States has an extradition treaty and the 
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1 government of that country is in violation of the terms 

2 and conditions of the treaty. 

3 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 

4 restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 

5 Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

6 that such waiver is important to the national interests of 

7 the United States. 

8 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

9 SEC. 7068. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

11 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec12 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 

13 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, and the North Atlan14 tic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO 

15 allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing 

16 with an option to purchase) of defense articles from 

17 United States commercial suppliers, not including Major 

18 Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other 

19 types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the 

20 President determines that there are compelling foreign 

21 policy or national security reasons for those defense arti22 cles being provided by commercial lease rather than by 

23 government-to-government sale under such Act. 
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1 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

2 SEC. 7069. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap3 propriated by this Act may be made available for assist4 ance for a government of an independent state of the 

5 former Soviet Union if that government directs any action 

6 in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov7 ereignty of any other independent state of the former So8 viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel9 sinki Final Act: Provided, That except as otherwise pro10 vided in section 7070(a) of this Act, funds may be made 

11 available without regard to the restriction in this sub12 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

13 national security interest of the United States: Provided 

14 further, That prior to executing the authority contained 

15 in this subsection the Department of State shall consult 

16 with the Committees on Appropriations on how such as17 sistance supports the national interest of the United 

18 States. 

19 (b) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUPPORT

20 ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

21 not apply to— 

22 (1) activities to support democracy or assist23 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

24 and section 1424 of the Defense Against Weapons 
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1 of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) 

2 or non-proliferation assistance; 

3 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

4 Development Agency under section 661 of the For5 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

6 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

7 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

8 acting within his or her official capacity; 

9 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

10 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

11 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

13 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

14 (5) any financing provided under the Export15 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

16 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

17 RUSSIA

18 SEC. 7070. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap19 propriated by this Act may be made available for assist20 ance for the central Government of the Russian Federa21 tion. 

22 (b) DETERMINATION AND CONDITIONS.— 

23 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 may be made available for assistance for the central 

25 government of a country that the Secretary of State 
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1 determines and reports to the Committees on Appro2 priations has taken affirmative steps intended to 

3 support or be supportive of the Russian Federation 

4 annexation of Crimea: Provided, That except as oth5 erwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may 

6 waive the restriction on assistance required by this 

7 paragraph if the Secretary certifies to such Commit8 tees that to do so is in the national interest of the 

9 United States, and includes a justification for such 

10 interest. 

11 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 may be made available for— 

13 (A) the implementation of any action or 

14 policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the 

15 Russian Federation over Crimea; 

16 (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 

17 of United States Government investments in 

18 Crimea, if such activity includes the participa19 tion of Russian Government officials, and Rus20 sian owned and controlled banks, or other Rus21 sian Government owned and controlled financial 

22 entities; or 

23 (C) assistance for Crimea, if such assist24 ance includes the participation of Russian Gov25 ernment officials, and Russian owned and con-
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1 trolled banks, and other Russian Government 

2 owned and controlled financial entities. 

3 (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

4 the United States executive directors of each inter5 national financial institution to vote against any as6 sistance by such institution (including but not lim7 ited to any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any pro8 gram that violates the sovereignty or territorial in9 tegrity of Ukraine. 

10 (4) The requirements and limitations of sub11 section (b) shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary 

12 of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 

13 Appropriations that the Government of Ukraine has 

14 reestablished sovereignty over Crimea. 

15 (c) ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND

16 PRESSURE.—Funds appropriated by this Act for assist17 ance for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made 

18 available to advance the implementation of Association 

19 Agreements, trade agreements, and visa liberalization 

20 agreements with the European Union, and to reduce their 

21 vulnerability to external economic and political pressure 

22 from the Russian Federation. 

23 (d) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 

24 by this Act shall be made available to support the advance25 ment of democracy and the rule of law in the Russian Fed-
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1 eration, including to promote Internet freedom, and shall 

2 also be made available to support the democracy and rule 

3 of law strategy required by section 7071(d) of the Depart4 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

5 Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 

6 76). 

7 (e) REPORTS.—Not later than 45 days after enact8 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall update the 

9 reports required by section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of the 

10 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

11 Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public 

12 Law 113–76). 

13 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

14 SEC. 7071. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT15 ABILITY.—The terms and conditions of sections 7086(b) 

16 (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of State, For17 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

18 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall apply 

19 to this Act. 

20 (b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

21 shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 

22 International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure 

23 that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other pri24 vate creditors. 
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1 SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND

2 SEC. 7072. Not to exceed $900,000,000 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 VIOLENT EXTREMISM

11 SEC. 7073. (a) STRENGTHENING THE STATE SYS12 TEM.—Funds appropriated by this Act for counterter13 rorism programs shall include programs to strengthen 

14 governance in states whose stability and legitimacy are 

15 threatened by Islamic or other extremist groups. 

16 (b) COUNTERING FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS.— 

17 Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available 

18 for programs to counter the flow of foreign terrorist fight19 ers to countries in which Islamic or other extremist groups 

20 operate. 

21 (c) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.—Funds ap22 propriated by this Act shall be made available for pro23 grams to reduce support for non-state entities that engage 

24 in terrorist activities through messaging campaigns to 

25 damage their appeal; programs to engage communities 
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1 and populations at risk of violent extremist radicalization 

2 and recruitment; counter radicalization, rehabilitation, 

3 and reintegration programs for potential and former vio4 lent extremists, including in prisons; law enforcement 

5 training programs; and capacity building for civil society 

6 organizations to combat radicalization in local commu7 nities. 

8 (d) ASSISTANCE FOR FRAGILE STATES.—Funds ap9 propriated by this Act shall be made available for pro10 grams that strengthen governance and security in fragile 

11 states bordering countries whose stability and legitimacy 

12 are threatened by Islamic or other extremists, as deter13 mined by the Secretary of State. 

14 (e) COORDINATOR AND REPORT.— 

15 (1) The Secretary of State shall designate, 

16 within the Bureau of Counterterrorism, Department 

17 of State, a Countering Violent Extremism Assistance 

18 Coordinator (the Coordinator) who shall be respon19 sible, consistent with the requirements of this sec20 tion, for— 

21 (A) designing an overall assistance and co22 operation strategy for countering violent extre23 mism, including strengthening governance; 

24 (B) ensuring program and policy coordina25 tion among bureaus of the Department and 
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1 other agencies of the United States Government 

2 in countering extremism, implementing security 

3 sector and governance reform programs, and in4 tegrating all security sector and civilian assist5 ance authorities and initiatives to counter vio6 lent extremism; 

7 (C) pursuing coordination with other coun8 tries and international organizations with re9 spect to assistance for countering extremism; 

10 (D) ensuring United States assistance pro11 grams for countering violent extremism funded 

12 by this Act and prior Acts making appropria13 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper14 ations, and related programs are consistent 

15 with all applicable laws, regulations and policies 

16 regarding the use of foreign assistance; 

17 (E) ensuring proper management, imple18 mentation, and oversight by agencies respon19 sible for assistance programs for countering vio20 lent extremism, including consistent policy 

21 standards and metrics; and 

22 (F) coordinating the uses of funds made 

23 available pursuant to subsections (a) through 

24 (d) under titles III and IV of this Act and prior 

25 Acts making appropriations for the Department 
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1 of State, foreign operations, and related pro2 grams: 

3 Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consulta4 tion with the Administrator of the United States 

5 Agency for International Development (USAID), 

6 shall designate a deputy coordinator, from within 

7 USAID, to assist such coordinator. 

8 (2) The Coordinator shall report to the Coordi9 nator for Counterterrorism, Department of State: 

10 Provided, That the Coordinator for Counterterrorism 

11 shall be deemed to be the equivalent rank of Assist12 ant Secretary of State. 

13 (3) Not later than September 30, 2016, the 

14 Secretary of State shall submit a report to the ap15 propriate congressional committees detailing coordi16 nation mechanisms for programs to counter ter17 rorism and violent extremism abroad across United 

18 States Government agencies, and a list of all such 

19 programs conducted by such agencies, which may be 

20 submitted in classified form, if necessary. 

21 (f) COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGY.—The strategy 

22 required by subsection (e)(1)(A) shall include the coherent 

23 integration of counterterrorism, governance and security 

24 sector reform programs proposed to be implemented from 

25 funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, 
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1 including programs to counter violent extremism in coun2 tries in which state systems are threatened by Islamic and 

3 other extremists groups, programs to support states bor4 dering such countries, programs to strengthen governance 

5 in such states, and programs to counter the radicalization 

6 and flow of foreign terrorist fighters: Provided, That such 

7 strategy shall include details on funding by country, ac8 count, and amount for each program: Provided further, 

9 That such strategy shall also include a description of 

10 counterterrorism training and equipment proposed to be 

11 provided: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

12 shall submit such strategy, in classified form if necessary, 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 

14 180 days after enactment of this Act, and shall include 

15 appropriate funding detail on programs supporting such 

16 strategy in the report required by section 653(a) of the 

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

18 (g) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—(1) Prior to the 

19 obligation of funds appropriated by this Act to implement 

20 such strategy, the Secretary of State shall take all prac21 ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for 

22 monitoring, oversight, and control of such assistance: Pro23 vided, That the Secretary of State shall inform the appro24 priate congressional committee of each significant instance 

25 in which assistance provided pursuant to this subsection 
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1 has been compromised, to include the amount and type 

2 of assistance affected, a description of the incident and 

3 parties involved, and an explanation of the response of the 

4 Department of Department. 

5 (2) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary 

6 of State designates the Coordinator, the Coordinator 

7 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro8 priations detailing procedures and mechanism for 

9 end-use monitoring, vetting procedures, and over10 sight of security sector and civilian assistance made 

11 available to implement the requirements of this sec12 tion: Provided, That such report shall include a de13 scription of the limitations of United States Govern14 ment personnel to areas in which assistance is pro15 vided, and the oversight procedures for such assist16 ance in areas where access by such personnel is lim17 ited. 

18 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

19 SEC. 7074. (a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

20 None of the funds made available under titles III through 

21 VI of this Act may be made available for Enterprise Funds 

22 unless the appropriate congressional committees are noti23 fied at least 15 days in advance. 

24 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the 

25 distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, 
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1 dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 

2 or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

3 congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 

4 assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

5 (c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 

6 transition to and operation of any private equity fund or 

7 other parallel investment fund under an existing Enter8 prise Fund, the President shall submit such transition or 

9 operating plan to the appropriate congressional commit10 tees. 

11 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

12 SEC. 7075. If the President makes a determination 

13 not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu14 tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 

15 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 

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

17 determination and any resulting changes to program and 

18 policy. 

19 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

20 SEC. 7076. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

21 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de22 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, 

23 and VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury 

24 and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, 

25 including the Inter-American Foundation and the United 
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1 States African Development Foundation, shall submit to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for 

3 funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organi4 zation in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise avail5 able for obligation in fiscal year 2016, that provides de6 tails of the uses of such funds at the program, project, 

7 and activity level: Provided, That such plans shall include, 

8 as applicable, a comparison between the most recent con9 gressional directives or approved funding levels and the 

10 funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and 

11 a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: 

12 Provided further, That operating plans for funds for such 

13 department, agency, or organization in titles I, II, or III 

14 and title VIII, shall simultaneously submit the operating 

15 plans for, and integrated information on, enduring and 

16 Overseas Contingency Operations funds: Provided further, 

17 That operating plans that include changes in levels of 

18 funding specified in this Act or in the report accom19 panying this Act shall be subject to the regular notifica20 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

22 (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

23 Secretary of State or Administrator of the United 

24 States Agency for International Development 

25 (USAID), as appropriate, shall submit to the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for 

2 funds made available by this Act, for— 

3 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, 

4 Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 

5 Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza, and 

6 Yemen; 

7 (B) the Caribbean Basin Security Initia8 tive; the Central America Regional Security Ini9 tiative; the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 

10 Partnership; the Partnership for Regional East 

11 Africa Counterterrorism; the West Africa Re12 gional Security Initiative; the Global Peace Op13 erations Initiative, including Africa Contingency 

14 Operations Training and Assistance; the Afri15 can Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership; 

16 the Africa Conflict Stabilization and Border Se17 curity program; the African Military Education 

18 Program; the Africa Maritime Security Initia19 tive; the Security Governance Initiative; the Af20 rica Regional Counter-Terrorism Fund; the 

21 Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund; the Re22 gional Security Initiative; the Africa Capacity 

23 for Immediate Crisis Response program; and 

24 the Southeast Asia Maritime Security Law En25 forcement Initiative: Provided, That the spend 
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1 plan for such programs shall include the 

2 amount of assistance planned for each country 

3 by account; and 

4 (C) democracy programs and each sector 

5 enumerated in section 7060 of this Act. 

6 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

7 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

9 spend plan for funds made available by this Act 

10 under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury’’ 

11 in title III and ‘‘International Financial Institu12 tions’’ in title V. 

13 (c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days 

14 after enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator 

15 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a de16 tailed report on spending of funds made available during 

17 fiscal year 2015 under the heading ‘‘Development Credit 

18 Authority’’. 

19 (d) NOTIFICATIONS.—The spend plans referenced in 

20 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti21 fication requirements in this Act or under section 634A 

22 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

23 (e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The 

24 Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall in25 clude in the congressional budget justification a detailed 
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1 justification for multi-year availability for any funds re2 quested under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

3 Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 

4 RECORDS MANAGEMENT, REQUESTS, AND REPORTS

5 SEC. 7077. (a)(1) RECORDS MANAGEMENT.—Funds 

6 appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic 

7 and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ shall 

8 be made available for purposes of Federal records manage9 ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. 

10 Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal 

11 records management statutes, regulations, or policies for 

12 the Department of State and the United States Agency 

13 for International Development (USAID): Provided, That 

14 no such funds may be made available to such agencies to 

15 support the use or establishment of email accounts or 

16 email servers created outside the .gov domain or not fitted 

17 for automated records management as part of a Federal 

18 government records management program. 

19 (2)(A) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after en20 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID 

21 Administrator shall each submit a report to the appro22 priate congressional committees and to the National Ar23 chives and Records Administration (NARA) detailing— 

24 (i) the policy of each agency regarding the 

25 use or establishment of email accounts or email 
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1 servers created outside the .gov domain or not 

2 fitted for automated records management as 

3 part of a Federal government records manage4 ment program; 

5 (ii) the extent to which each agency is in 

6 compliance with applicable Federal records 

7 management statutes, regulations, or policies; 

8 and 

9 (iii) a description of existing cyber security 

10 measures to mitigate vulnerabilities resulting 

11 from the use of email accounts or email servers 

12 outside the .gov domain. 

13 (B) REPORTS ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 

14 120 days after the submission of the reports re15 quired in subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General 

16 of the United States, in consultation with NARA, as 

17 appropriate, shall conduct an assessment of such re18 ports, and shall consult with the Committees on Ap19 propriations on the scope and requirements of such 

20 assessment. 

21 (b) REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS.—None of the funds 

22 appropriated or made available pursuant to title III 

23 through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovern24 mental organization, including any contractor, which fails 

25 to provide upon timely request any document, file, or 
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1 record necessary to the auditing requirements of the De2 partment of State and USAID. 

3 (c) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 

4 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Any agency receiving 

5 funds made available by this Act shall, subject to 

6 paragraphs (2) and (3), post on the publicly avail7 able Web site of such agency any report required by 

8 this Act to be submitted to the Committees on Ap9 propriations, upon a determination by the head of 

10 such agency that to do so is in the national interest. 

11 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

12 apply to a report if— 

13 (A) the public posting of such report would 

14 compromise national security, including the 

15 conduct of diplomacy; or 

16 (B) the report contains proprietary, privi17 leged, or sensitive information. 

18 (3) TIMING AND INTENTION.—The head of the 

19 agency posting such report shall, unless otherwise 

20 provided for in this Act, do so only after such report 

21 has been made available to the Committees on Ap22 propriations for not less than 45 days: Provided, 

23 That any report required by this Act to be submitted 

24 to the Committees on Appropriations shall include 
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1 information from the submitting agency on whether 

2 such report will be publicly posted. 

3 (d) SUNSET OF REPORTS.— 

4 (1) Effective September 30, 2017, each report 

5 described in paragraph (2) that is still required to 

6 be submitted to Congress as of such effective date 

7 shall no longer be required to be submitted to Con8 gress upon notification of the Committees on Appro9 priations, unless otherwise directed by a subsequent 

10 Act. 

11 (2) A report described in this subsection is a re12 port that is required to be submitted at regular peri13 odic intervals to Congress by any prior Act making 

14 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

15 operations, and related programs and that is pre16 pared primarily by the Department of State, 

17 USAID, or by any officer, official, component, or 

18 element of the Department or USAID, by a provi19 sion of statute (including title 22, United States 

20 Code, and any annual appropriations or authoriza21 tion Act) as of April 1, 2015. 

22 (3) This subsection shall not apply to reports 

23 required to be submitted by the Department of State 

24 or USAID Office of the Inspector General. 
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1 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

2 SEC. 7078. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 

3 obligation during fiscal year 2016 under the headings 

4 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic 

5 Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 

6 $50,500,000 shall be made available for programs to pro7 mote Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such pro8 grams shall be prioritized for countries whose governments 

9 restrict freedom of expression on the Internet, and that 

10 are important to the national interests of the United 

11 States: Provided further, That funds made available pursu12 ant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum ex13 tent practicable, by sources other than the United States 

14 Government, including from the private sector. 

15 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds made available pursu16 ant to subsection (a) shall be— 

17 (1) coordinated with other democracy, govern18 ance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Op20 erations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

21 Fund’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance 

22 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and shall be 

23 incorporated into country assistance, democracy pro24 motion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate; 
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1 (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 

2 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State for 

3 programs to implement the May 2011, International 

4 Strategy for Cyberspace and the comprehensive 

5 strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to 

6 information in Iran, as required by section 414 of 

7 the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

8 Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 

9 (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board 

10 of Governors (BBG) to provide tools and techniques 

11 to access the Web sites of BBG broadcasters that 

12 are censored, and to work with such broadcasters to 

13 promote and distribute such tools and techniques, 

14 including digital security techniques; 

15 (4) made available for programs that support 

16 the efforts of civil society to counter the development 

17 of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, 

18 including countering threats to Internet freedom at 

19 international organizations; to combat violence 

20 against bloggers and other users; and to enhance 

21 digital security training and capacity building for de22 mocracy activists; and 

23 (5) made available for research of key threats 

24 to Internet freedom; the continued development of 

25 technologies that provide or enhance access to the 
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1 Internet, including circumvention tools that bypass 

2 Internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship 

3 techniques used by authoritarian governments; and 

4 maintenance of the United States Government tech5 nological advantage over such censorship techniques: 

6 Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consulta7 tion with the BBG, shall coordinate any such re8 search and development programs with other rel9 evant United States Government departments and 

10 agencies in order to share information, technologies, 

11 and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness of 

12 such technologies. 

13 (c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con14 sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 

15 and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 

16 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

17 and the BBG Chairman shall submit to the Committees 

18 on Appropriations spend plans for funds made available 

19 by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 

20 globally, which shall include a description of safeguards 

21 established by relevant agencies to ensure that such pro22 grams are not used for illicit purposes. 

23 DISABILITY PROGRAMS

24 SEC. 7079. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 

25 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
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1 shall be made available for programs and activities admin2 istered by the United States Agency for International De3 velopment (USAID) to address the needs and protect and 

4 promote the rights of people with disabilities in developing 

5 countries, including initiatives that focus on independent 

6 living, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, em7 ployment, transportation, sports, and integration of indi8 viduals with disabilities, including for the cost of trans9 lation. 

10 (b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL

11 SUPPORT.—Of the funds made available pursuant to this 

12 section, 5 percent may be used for USAID for manage13 ment, oversight, and technical support. 

14 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

15 SEC. 7080. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available under titles III through VI of this 

17 Act or any other Act making appropriations for the De18 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro19 grams may be obligated or expended to provide— 

20 (1) for fiscal year 2016, any financial incentive 

21 to a business enterprise currently located in the 

22 United States for the purpose of inducing such an 

23 enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 

24 such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the 

25 number of employees of such business enterprise in 
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1 the United States because United States production 

2 is being replaced by such enterprise outside the 

3 United States; 

4 (2) for fiscal year 2016, assistance for any pro5 gram, project, or activity that contributes to the vio6 lation of internationally recognized workers rights, 

7 as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 

8 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including 

9 any designated zone or area in that country: Pro10 vided, That the application of section 507(4)(D) and 

11 (E) of such Act should be commensurate with the 

12 level of development of the recipient country and 

13 sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the in14 formal sector in such country, micro and small-scale 

15 enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; 

16 (3) for fiscal year 2016, any assistance to an 

17 entity outside the United States if such assistance is 

18 for the purpose of directly relocating or transferring 

19 jobs from the United States to other countries and 

20 adversely impacts the labor force in the United 

21 States; or 

22 (4) for fiscal year 2016, for the enforcement of 

23 any rule, regulation, or policy, or guidelines imple24 mented pursuant to— 
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1 (A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) 

2 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper3 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

4 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117); 

5 (B) the modification proposed by the Over6 seas Private Investment Corporation in Novem7 ber 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental 

8 and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; 

9 (C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High 

10 Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Ex11 port-Import Bank of the United States on De12 cember 12, 2013; or 

13 (D) the World Bank Group’s Directions 

14 for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector re15 leased on July 16, 2013, 

16 when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 

17 guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of pro18 hibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation 

19 project the purpose of which is to increase exports 

20 of goods and services from the United States and 

21 provide affordable electricity to people who lack ac22 cess to electricity, or prevent the loss of jobs in the 

23 United States. 
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1 COUNTRIES IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT REFUGEE

2 POPULATIONS OR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

3 SEC. 7081. (a) PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

4 this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

5 and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

6 for programs to assist significant populations of internally 

7 displaced persons or refugees in countries in conflict: Pro8 vided, That such funds shall be made available for pro9 grams to leverage increased assistance from donors other 

10 than the United States Government for central govern11 ments and local communities in such countries: Provided 

12 further, That the purposes of such assistance shall include 

13 activities to— 

14 (1) expand and improve host government social 

15 services and basic infrastructure to accommodate the 

16 needs of such populations and persons; 

17 (2) alleviate the social and economic strains 

18 placed on host communities; and 

19 (3) improve coordination of such assistance in 

20 a more effective and sustainable manner. 

21 (b) REPORT ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO FINANCING

22 FOR CERTAIN MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES.—Not later 

23 than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

24 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treas25 ury, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
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1 International Development, and the Chief Executive Offi2 cer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), shall 

3 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 

4 the economic and developmental impact of significant ref5 ugee populations or internally displaced persons on host 

6 communities and national economies in affected countries: 

7 Provided, That such report shall include— 

8 (1) specific recommendations for expanding ac9 cess for middle income countries to grants and 

10 concessional financing on favorable terms from inter11 national financial institutions to mitigate such im12 pacts; 

13 (2) an assessment of hybrid financial models 

14 that combine international financial institution lend15 ing programs with bilateral grant resources to accel16 erate development-led solutions to such impacts; and 

17 (3) an assessment of the implications for the 

18 MCC of modifying MCC eligibility requirements for 

19 new and ongoing projects that mutually benefit ref20 ugee populations and host communities in such 

21 countries: 

22 Provided further, That following the submission of the re23 port, the Secretary of State shall regularly update the ap24 propriate congressional committees on implementation of 

25 the recommendations in paragraph (1). 
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1 NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

2 SEC. 7082. Part 2 of Subtitle D of title V of Public 

3 Law 103–182, as amended (22 U.S.C. 290m et seq.), is 

4 further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol5 lowing new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 547. FIRST CAPITAL INCREASE. 

7 ‘‘(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 

8 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Treasury may sub9 scribe on behalf of the United States to 150,000 ad10 ditional shares of the capital stock of the Bank. 

11 ‘‘(2) Any subscription by the United States to 

12 the capital stock of the Bank shall be effective only 

13 to such extent and in such amounts as are provided 

14 in advance in appropriations Act. 

15 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO16 PRIATIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) In order to pay for the increase in the 

18 United States subscription to the Bank under sub19 section (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, 

20 without fiscal year limitation, $1,500,000,000 for 

21 payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

22 ‘‘(2) Of the amount authorized to be appro23 priated under paragraph (1)— 

24 ‘‘(A) $225,000,000 shall be for paid in 

25 shares of the Bank; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) $1,275,000,000 shall be callable 

2 shares of the Bank.’’. 

3 COUNTRY FOCUS AND SELECTIVITY

4 SEC. 7083. (a) TRANSITION PLAN REQUIREMENT.— 

5 Any country assistance strategy developed after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act for the provision of assistance 

7 for a foreign country shall include a transition plan for 

8 such assistance to be provided through other international 

9 donor support and budget support by the respective for10 eign government: Provided, That such transition plan shall 

11 be developed by the Department of State and United 

12 States Agency for International Development (USAID), in 

13 consultation with such foreign government and local civil 

14 society, as appropriate. 

15 (b) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 

16 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta17 tion with the USAID Administrator and the appropriate 

18 congressional committees, shall develop and implement a 

19 pilot program to gradually decrease assistance for at least 

20 two countries receiving assistance under this Act and prior 

21 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

22 foreign operations, and related programs that— 

23 (1) are historical or long-time recipients of such 

24 assistance; 
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1 (2) not engaged in regional conflict, or im2 pacted by large numbers of internally displaced per3 sons or significant refugee populations; and 

4 (3) are not vital to the national security interest 

5 of the United States, as determined by the Secretary 

6 of State: 

7 Provided, That such gradual decrease may occur over a 

8 period no longer than 5 years, and shall exclude democ9 racy programs and disaster assistance. 

10 RESCISSION OF FUNDS

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 7084. (a) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSIST13 ANCE.—Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts making 

14 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper15 ations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘Bilateral 

16 Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the Presi17 dent, Economic Support Fund’’, $205,125,000 are re18 scinded. 

19 (b) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Of the 

20 funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations 

21 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re22 lated programs under the heading ‘‘International Security 

23 Assistance, Department of State, International Narcotics 

24 Control and Law Enforcement’’, $159,691,000 are re25 scinded. 
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1 (c) LIMITATION.—None of the amounts in this sec2 tion may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 

3 by Congress as an emergency requirement or for Overseas 

4 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu5 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 TITLE VIII 

8 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

10 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

11 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con14 sular Programs’’, $1,884,569,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2017, of which $1,300,393,000 is for 

16 Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 

18 transfer up to $10,000,000 of the total funds made avail19 able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 

20 department or agency of the United States, upon the con21 currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup22 port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 

23 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 

25 treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsections 
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1 (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and shall not be 

2 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli3 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro4 vided further, That such amount is designated by Congress 

5 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter6 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal7 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONS

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Conflict Stabilization 

10 Operations’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

12 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

14 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

15 of 1985. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

18 General’’, $66,600,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2017, of which $56,900,000 shall be for the 

20 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 

21 (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That 

22 printing and reproduction costs shall not exceed amounts 

23 for such costs during fiscal year 2015: Provided further, 

24 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any em25 ployee of SIGAR who completes at least 12 months of con-
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1 tinuous service after the date of enactment of this Act or 

2 who is employed on the date on which SIGAR terminates, 

3 whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive status for 

4 appointment to any position in the competitive service for 

5 which the employee possesses the required qualifications: 

6 Provided further, That such amount is designated by Con7 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

8 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

12 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $134,800,000, to re13 main available until expended, of which $124,000,000 

14 shall be for Worldwide Security Upgrades, acquisition, and 

15 construction as authorized: Provided, That such amount 

16 is designated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper17 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

18 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

21 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 

23 International Organizations’’, $52,100,000: Provided, 

24 That such amount is designated by Congress for Overseas 

25 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
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1 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

4 ACTIVITIES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for 

6 International Peacekeeping Activities’’, $505,000,000, to 

7 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

8 That such amount is designated by Congress for Overseas 

9 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu10 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 RELATED AGENCY 

13 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

14 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broad16 casting Operations’’, $6,300,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

19 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

6 $139,262,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by Con8 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

9 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

15 Assistance’’, $1,037,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

17 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

19 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

20 of 1985. 

21 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia23 tives’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

24 Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress for 

25 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
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1 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

5 Fund’’, $2,019,034,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des7 ignated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

8 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for Eu13 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, $410,869,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 

15 amount is designated by Congress for Overseas Contin16 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

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

18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

20 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref22 ugee Assistance’’, $1,251,114,000, to remain available 

23 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

24 by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

25 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
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1 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

2 of 1985. 

3 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

5 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

6 ENFORCEMENT

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar8 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $284,000,000, to 

9 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

10 That such amount is designated by Congress for Overseas 

11 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu12 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

13 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

15 RELATED PROGRAMS

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

17 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

18 $262,521,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by Con20 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

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

23 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper25 ations’’, $210,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des2 ignated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

3 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

7 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi9 nancing Program’’, $1,186,868,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount 

11 is designated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper12 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

17 SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

19 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

20 Act for fiscal year 2016. 

21 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

22 SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

23 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro24 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 
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1 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria2 tions accounts. 

3 TRANSFER AND ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY

4 SEC. 8003. (a) Funds appropriated by this title in 

5 this Act under the headings ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, 

6 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur7 asia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

8 and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter9 rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 

10 Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

11 may be transferred to, and merged with— 

12 (1) funds appropriated by this title under such 

13 headings; and 

14 (2) funds appropriated by this title under the 

15 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 

16 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

17 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec18 tion, not to exceed $15,000,000 from funds appropriated 

19 under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

20 Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and 

21 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ by this title in this 

22 Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds pre23 viously made available under the heading ‘‘Global Security 

24 Contingency Fund’’: Provided, That not later than 15 

25 days prior to making any such transfer, the Secretary of 
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1 State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations on 

2 a country basis, including the implementation plan and 

3 timeline for each proposed use of such funds. 

4 (c) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) 

5 and (b) may only be exercised to address contingencies. 

6 (d) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) 

7 and (b) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

8 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

9 Appropriations: Provided, That such transfer authority is 

10 in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available 

11 under any other provision of law, including section 610 

12 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be exer13 cised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this 

14 title. 

15 DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT

16 SEC. 8004. Each amount designated in this title of 

17 this Act by Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper18 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or re21 scinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently 

22 so designates all such amounts and transmits such des23 ignations to Congress. 
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1 RESCISSION OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 8005. (a) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSIST3 ANCE.—Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts making 

4 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper5 ations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘Bilateral 

6 Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the Presi7 dent, Economic Support Fund’’ and designated by Con8 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

9 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

11 $194,540,000 are rescinded. 

12 (b) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Of the 

13 funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations 

14 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re15 lated programs under the heading ‘‘International Security 

16 Assistance, Department of State, International Narcotics 

17 Control and Law Enforcement’’ and designated by Con18 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

19 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

21 $27,497,000 are rescinded. 
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1 TITLE IX 

2 HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE 

3 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

7 Assistance’’, $298,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, for necessary expenses to address humanitarian 

9 crises globally: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading, up to $150,000,000 may be made 

11 available for assistance for Nepal for earthquake relief, re12 covery, and reconstruction: Provided further, That such 

13 amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref18 ugee Assistance’’, $461,000,000, to remain available until 

19 expended, for necessary expenses to address humanitarian 

20 crises globally: Provided, That such amount is designated 

21 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

22 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

3 SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

5 amount appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

6 Act for fiscal year 2016. 

7 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY AND CONDITIONS

8 SEC. 9002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

9 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro10 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 

11 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria12 tions accounts. 

13 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

14 SEC. 9003. Funds appropriated by this title in this 

15 Act under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assist16 ance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ may be 

17 transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 

18 this title under such headings, subject to the regular noti19 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

21 SEC. 9004. Not later than September 30, 2016, the 

22 Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations on the uses of such funds, including un24 obligated and unexpended balances, as appropriate. 
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1 DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT

2 SEC. 9005. Each amount designated in this title of 

3 this Act by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu4 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 

6 only if the President subsequently so designates all such 

7 amounts and transmits such designations to Congress. 

8 TITLE X 

9 OTHER MATTERS 

10 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

11 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY PROGRAMS

12 UNITED STATES QUOTA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY

13 FUND DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For an increase in the United States quota in the 

15 International Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 

16 40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain avail17 able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

18 provisos under the heading ‘‘International Assistance Pro19 grams—International Monetary Programs—United 

20 States Quota, International Monetary Fund’’ in the Sup21 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32), 

22 the costs of the amounts provided under this heading in 

23 this Act and in Public Law 111–32 shall be estimated on 

24 a present value basis, excluding administrative costs and 

25 any incidental effects on governmental receipts or outlays: 
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1 Provided further, That for purposes of the previous pro2 viso, the discount rate for purposes of the present value 

3 calculation shall be the appropriate interest rate on mar4 ketable Treasury securities: Provided further, That section 

5 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, shall not apply 

7 to amounts under this heading. 

8 LOANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

9 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 Of the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Inter12 national Assistance Programs—International Monetary 

13 Programs—Loans to International Monetary Fund’’ in 

14 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

15 111–32), the dollar equivalent of 40,871,800,000 Special 

16 Drawing Rights is hereby permanently cancelled as of the 

17 date when the rollback of the United States credit ar18 rangement in the New Arrangements to Borrow of the 

19 International Monetary Fund is effective, but no earlier 

20 than when the increase of the United States quota author21 ized in section 72 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act 

22 (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) becomes effective: Provided, That 

23 notwithstanding the second through fourth provisos under 

24 the heading ‘‘International Assistance Programs—Inter25 national Monetary Programs—Loans to International 
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1 Monetary Fund’’ in Public Law 111–32, the costs of the 

2 amounts under this heading in this Act and in Public Law 

3 111–32 shall be estimated on a present value basis, ex4 cluding administrative costs and any incidental effects on 

5 governmental receipts or outlays: Provided further, That 

6 for purposes of the previous proviso, the discount rate for 

7 purposes of the present value calculation shall be the ap8 propriate interest rate on marketable Treasury securities: 

9 Provided further, That section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

11 as amended, shall not apply to amounts under this head12 ing. 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 AMENDMENTS TO THE BRETTON WOODS 

15 AGREEMENTS ACT 

16 SEC. 10001. (a) Section 17 of the Bretton Woods 

17 Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286e–2) is amended in sub18 sections (b)(1) and (b)(2) by adding at the end in both 

19 subsections, after ‘‘Fund’’, ‘‘only to the extent that such 

20 amounts are not subject to cancellation’’. 

21 (b) The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 

22 286 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 71. ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTI2 CLES OF AGREEMENT OF THE FUND. 

3 ‘‘The United States Governor of the Fund may ac4 cept the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the 

5 Fund as proposed in resolution 66–2 of the Board of Gov6 ernors of the Fund. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 72. QUOTA INCREASE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of 

9 the Fund may consent to an increase in the quota of the 

10 United States in the Fund equivalent to 40,871,800,000 

11 Special Drawing Rights. 

12 ‘‘(b) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The authority 

13 provided by subsection (a) shall be effective only to such 

14 extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 

15 appropriations Acts.’’. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

17 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria18 tions Act, 2016’’. 

Calendar No. 144 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1725 

[Report No. 114–79] 

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 

JULY 9, 2015 

Read twice and placed on the calendar