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Union Calendar No. 372 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5013 

[Report No. 110–499] 

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

related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 27, 2014 

Ms. GRANGER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

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1 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 

2 for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

5 AGENCY 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

7 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

8 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

10 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

11 $6,739,647,000, of which up to $692,000,000 may remain 

12 available until September 30, 2016, and of which up to 

13 $2,128,115,000 may remain available until expended for 

14 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 

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

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

19 and salaries, including employment without regard 

20 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

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

24 $2,331,583,000, of which not less than 

25 $133,306,000 shall be available only for public diplomstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 macy American salaries, and of which up to 

2 $331,885,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 

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

5 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

6 $1,793,664,000, of which not less than 

7 $379,121,000 shall be available only for public diplo8 macy international information programs. 

9 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

10 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

11 Department of State, including representation to 

12 certain international organizations in which the 

13 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati14 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen15 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra16 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar17 mament activities as authorized, $800,462,000. 

18 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex19 penses for security activities, $1,813,938,000, of 

20 which up to $1,796,230,000 is for Worldwide Secu21 rity Protection. 

22 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad23 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

24 this heading— 

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1 (A) not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be de2 rived from fees collected from other executive 

3 agencies for lease or use of facilities located at 

4 the International Center in accordance with sec5 tion 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 

6 addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

7 Act, $533,000, to be derived from the reserve 

8 authorized by that section, to be used for the 

9 purposes set out in that section; 

10 (B) as authorized by section 810 of the 

11 United States Information and Educational Ex12 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re13 main available until expended, may be credited 

14 to this appropriation from fees or other pay15 ments received from English teaching, library, 

16 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

17 from fees from educational advising and coun18 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 

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

20 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

21 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

22 (6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER

23 MATTERS.— 

24 (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 

25 Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and 

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1 between paragraphs (1) through (4) under this 

2 heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 

3 (B) Of the amount made available under 

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

5 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

6 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer7 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv8 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu9 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

10 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

11 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur12 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

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

14 the field examination of programs and activities 

15 in the United States funded from any account 

16 contained in this title. 

17 (D) Of the funds appropriated under this 

18 heading, up to $41,600,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, for Conflict and Stabilization 

20 Operations and for related reconstruction and 

21 stabilization assistance and contributions to 

22 prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in 

23 foreign countries or regions, or to enable transi24 tion from such strife: Provided, That such 

25 funds may be transferred to, and merged with, 

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1 funds previously made available under the head2 ing ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Operations’’ in title 

3 I of prior acts making appropriations for the 

4 Department of State, foreign operations, and 

5 related programs. 

6 (E) Of the amount made available under 

7 this heading, not to exceed $1,000,000 may be 

8 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

9 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Rep10 resentation Expenses’’, to be available for offi11 cial representation activities, as authorized. 

12 (F) None of the funds appropriated or oth13 erwise made available under this heading shall 

14 be available for the Ambassador’s Fund for 

15 Cultural Preservation. 

16 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

17 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

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

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

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

21 heading. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General, $73,400,000, of which up to $11,000,000 may 

25 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

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1 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

2 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

3 programs, as authorized, $568,628,000, to remain avail4 able until expended, of which not less than $236,974,000 

5 shall be for the Fulbright Program, not less than 

6 $85,534,000 shall be for the International Visitor Leader7 ship Program, and not less than $101,035,000 shall be 

8 for the Citizen Exchanges Program: Provided, That fees 

9 or other payments received from or in connection with 

10 English teaching, educational advising and counseling pro11 grams, and exchange visitor programs as authorized may 

12 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided further, That any substantive modifica14 tions made to existing educational and cultural exchange 

15 programs shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

16 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

17 Appropriations. 

18 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

19 For representation allowances as authorized, 

20 $7,679,000. 

21 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

23 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 

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

25 until September 30, 2016. 

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1 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

2 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

3 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre4 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 

5 that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 

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

7 the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip8 lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

9 $822,755,000, to remain available until expended as au10 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

11 domestic and overseas representation expenses as author12 ized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 

13 paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 

14 furnishings, or generators for other departments and 

15 agencies. 

16 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up17 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

18 $1,240,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

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

21 on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 

22 available under this heading and the actual and antici23 pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2015. 

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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 these funds are available to subsidize gross obli17 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex18 ceed $2,469,136. 

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, $1,340,162,000: 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 and incorporate such 

14 information in the annual congressional budget justifica15 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

16 notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

17 in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is 

18 practicable) of any United Nations action to increase 

19 funding for any United Nations program without identi20 fying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Na21 tions budget: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

22 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 

23 than May 1, 2015, and monthly thereafter until Sep24 tember 30, 2015, all known credits available to the United 

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1 zation Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2016 assess2 ment costs including offsets from any credits and updated 

3 foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 

4 any such credits shall only be available for United States 

5 assessed contributions to the United Nations and shall be 

6 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com7 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any no8 tification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts sub10 mitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act or section 34 

11 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

12 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursu13 ant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate 

14 of all known credits currently available to the United 

15 States: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall, 

16 at the time of the submission of the operating plan sub17 mitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, certify to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations that such plan includes all 

19 known credits: Provided further, That any payment of ar20 rearages under this heading shall be directed toward ac21 tivities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 

22 States and the respective international organization and 

23 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

24 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

25 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

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1 be available for a United States contribution to an inter2 national organization for the United States share of inter3 est costs made known to the United States Government 

4 by such organization for loans incurred on or after Octo5 ber 1, 1984, through external 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, $1,765,519,000, of which 15 percent shall re12 main available until September 30, 2016: 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 a new or expanded mission in the 

17 United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as 

18 far in advance as is practicable), the Committees on Ap19 propriations are notified: (1) of the estimated cost and du20 ration of the mission, the goals and objectives of the mis21 sion, the national interest that will be served, and the exit 

22 strategy; (2) that the United Nations has in place meas23 ures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor per24 sonnel, and peacekeeping troops serving in the mission 

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1 ficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation 

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

3 individuals who engage in such acts while participating in 

4 the peacekeeping mission, including prosecution in their 

5 home countries of such individuals in connection with such 

6 acts, and to make information about such cases publicly 

7 available in the country where an alleged crime occurs and 

8 on the United Nations’ Web site; and (3) pursuant to sec9 tion 7015 of this Act, and the procedures therein followed, 

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

11 of the new or expanded mission, including whether such 

12 source of funds will require a reprogramming or transfer 

13 of existing funds or additional appropriations: 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: Provided further, That none of the funds appro25 priated or otherwise made available under this heading 

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1 may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission 

2 that will involve United States Armed Forces under the 

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

5 the President a recommendation that such involvement is 

6 in the national interests of the United States and the 

7 President has submitted to the Congress such a rec8 ommendation: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

9 State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

10 not later than May 1, 2015, and monthly thereafter until 

11 September 30, 2015, all known credits available to the 

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

14 Equalization Fund: Provided further, That any such cred15 its shall only be available for United States assessed con16 tributions to the United Nations and shall be subject to 

17 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

18 Appropriations: Provided further, That any notification re19 garding funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

20 under this heading in this Act or prior Acts submitted pur21 suant to section 7015 of this Act or section 34 of the State 

22 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

23 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to sec24 tion 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all 

25 known credits currently available to the United States: 

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1 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall, at the 

2 time of the submission of the operating plan submitted 

3 pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, certify to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations that such plan includes all 

5 known credits: Provided further, That any payment of ar6 rearages under this heading shall be directed toward ac7 tivities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 

8 States and the United Nations and shall be subject to the 

9 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap10 propriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated or 

11 otherwise made available under this heading shall be avail12 able for United States assessed contributions up to the 

13 amount authorized in section 404(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 

14 Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995, 

15 as amended (22 U.S.C. 287e note), only after deducting 

16 from the current assessed contribution the amount by 

17 which credits applied by the United Nations in the pre18 ceding fiscal year combined, with the expenditure of funds 

19 appropriated or otherwise made available under this head20 ing for the preceding fiscal year, exceed 27.14 percent. 

21 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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

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1 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

2 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

3 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

4 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

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

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

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 $44,000,000. 

11 CONSTRUCTION

12 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au13 thorized projects, $33,438,000, to remain available until 

14 expended, as authorized. 

15 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

17 the International Joint Commission and the International 

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

22 182, $12,311,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

23 under this heading for the International Joint Commis24 sion, $9,000 may be made available for representation ex25 penses. 

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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, $32,980,000: Provided, That the United States share 

5 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com6 missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

7 RELATED AGENCY 

8 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

9 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

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

12 international communication activities, and to make and 

13 supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to 

14 the Middle East, $738,680,000: Provided, That in addi15 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purpose, up 

16 to $22,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

17 heading for satellite transmissions and related costs shall 

18 remain available until expended, and not less than 

19 $25,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head20 ing for Internet freedom programs shall remain available 

21 until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

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

23 may be used for representation expenses, of which 

24 $10,000 may be used for representation expenses within 

25 the United States as authorized, and not to exceed 

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1 $30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio 

2 Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the au3 thority provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations 

4 Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107- 

5 228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through 

6 September 30, 2015: Provided further, That the BBG 

7 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 

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

9 broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, 

10 provides an open platform for international terrorists or 

11 those who support international terrorism, or is in viola12 tion of the principles and standards set forth in sub13 sections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 

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

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

16 That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours 

17 previously justified to Congress, including changes to 

18 transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, sat19 ellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language serv20 ices shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

21 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

22 That in addition to funds made available under this head23 ing, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 

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

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

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1 cooperating international organizations, and up to 

2 $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 

3 Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu4 reau, to remain available until expended for carrying out 

5 authorized purposes. 

6 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

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

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

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

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

13 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur14 poses, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as 

15 authorized. 

16 RELATED PROGRAMS 

17 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

18 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

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

20 $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au21 thorized. 

22 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

23 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

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

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1 tember 30, 2016, which shall not be used for construction 

2 activities. 

3 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

4 TRUST FUND

5 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

6 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

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

8 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

9 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter10 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep11 tember 30, 2015, to remain available until expended. 

12 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

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

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

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

17 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

18 Fund on or before September 30, 2015, to remain avail19 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap20 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

21 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

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

23 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord24 ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 

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

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1 Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 

2 for personal services. 

3 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

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

6 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

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

8 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

9 30, 2015, to remain available until expended. 

10 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

11 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

12 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

13 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $135,000,000, 

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

15 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary man16 ner, including for the core institutes, and $35,000,000 

17 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of law pro18 grams. 

19 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

20 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

21 HERITAGE ABROAD

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

24 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $644,000, as 

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

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1 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

2 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

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

9 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

10 EUROPE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

15 for representation expenses, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2016. 

17 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

18 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

25 available until September 30, 2016. 

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1 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

2 REVIEW COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

5 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

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

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

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

10 2016: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi11 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

12 sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public 

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

14 2015 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

15 heading as if included in this Act. 

16 TITLE II 

17 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

18 DEVELOPMENT 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 $1,082,229,000, of which up to $162,000,000 may remain 

24 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That none 

25 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

2 be made available to finance the construction (including 

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

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

5 International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 

6 Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds 

7 in a report submitted to the Committees on Appropria8 tions at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for 

9 such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or agree10 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

11 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

12 such funds through the following fiscal year: Provided fur13 ther, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the 

14 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 

15 Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 

16 out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex17 penses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec18 tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated or 

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

20 may be available for representation and entertainment ex21 penses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available 

22 for entertainment expenses, for USAID during the current 

23 fiscal year. 

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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

2 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

3 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

4 of information technology and related capital investments, 

5 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

6 1961, $130,815,000 to remain available until expended: 

7 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other8 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

10 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

11 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

15 $54,285,000, of which up to $8,142,000 may remain 

16 available until September 30, 2016, for the Office of In17 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development. 

19 TITLE III 

20 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

21 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

22 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

23 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

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1 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

5 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

6 $2,637,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

8 United States Agency for International Development 

9 (USAID): Provided, That this amount shall be made avail10 able for training, equipment, and technical assistance to 

11 build the capacity of public health institutions and organi12 zations in developing countries, and for such activities as: 

13 (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) im14 munization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other 

15 health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which di16 rectly address the needs of mothers and children, and re17 lated education programs; (4) assistance for children dis18 placed or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) pro19 grams for the prevention, treatment, control of, and re20 search on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 

21 other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis22 eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 

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

24 AIDS; and (6) family planning/reproductive health: Pro25 vided further, That funds appropriated under this paramstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 graph may be made available for a United States contribu2 tion to the GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That none 

3 of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobli4 gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be 

5 made available to any organization or program which, as 

6 determined by the President of the United States, sup7 ports or participates in the management of a program of 

8 coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur9 ther, That any determination made under the previous 

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

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

12 by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the deter13 mination: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

14 available under this Act may be used to pay for the per15 formance of abortion as a method of family planning or 

16 to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 

17 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

18 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

19 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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

22 or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re23 duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 

24 shall be available only to voluntary family planning 

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

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

2 planning methods and services, and that any such vol3 untary family planning project shall meet the following re4 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 

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

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

7 of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular 

8 method of family planning (this provision shall not be con9 strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi10 cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 

11 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, 

12 gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex13 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 

14 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 

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

16 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

17 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben18 efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro19 gram of general welfare or the right of access to health 

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

21 accept family planning services; (4) the project shall pro22 vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 

23 on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in24 cluding those conditions that might render the use of the 

25 method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known 

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

2 project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs 

3 and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 

4 the context of a scientific study in which participants are 

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

6 60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator 

7 determines that there has been a violation of the require8 ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this 

9 proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re10 quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 

11 Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appro12 priations a report containing a description of such viola13 tion and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Pro14 vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 

15 planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

16 of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be17 cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com18 mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi19 tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the require20 ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for 

21 purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro22 priating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper23 ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it 

24 relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con25 strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 

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1 of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 

2 Provided further, That information provided about the use 

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

4 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 

5 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 

6 failure rates of such use. 

7 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

8 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

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

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

11 September 30, 2019, which shall be apportioned directly 

12 to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro13 priated under this paragraph may be made available, not14 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

15 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber16 culosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 

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

18 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

19 Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate nec20 essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 

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

22 amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in 

23 fiscal year 2015 may be made available to USAID for 

24 technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 

25 Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

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

2 available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

3 such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office 

4 of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. 

5 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

8 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961, $2,527,697,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds appro11 priated under this heading, not less than $23,000,000 

12 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hos13 pitals Abroad program, and not less than $10,000,000 

14 shall be made available for cooperative development pro15 grams of the United States Agency for International De16 velopment: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

17 under this heading may be made available as a contribu18 tion to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program 

19 if such contribution will not cause the United States to 

20 exceed thirty-three percent of the total amount of funds 

21 contributed to the Global Agriculture and Food Security 

22 Program. 

23 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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1 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon2 struction assistance, $1,026,828,000, to remain available 

3 until expended. 

4 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

5 For necessary expenses for international disaster re6 habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 

7 the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 

8 for International Development (USAID), pursuant to sec9 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

10 $67,600,000, to remain available until expended, to sup11 port transitions to democracy and long-term development 

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

13 include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

14 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in15 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

16 Provided further, That the Administrator of USAID shall 

17 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 

18 least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist19 ance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State de20 termines that it is important to the national interests of 

21 the United States to provide transition assistance in ex22 cess of the amount appropriated under this heading, up 

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

24 carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist25 ance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading 

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1 and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated 

2 under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 

3 available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made 

4 available subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

5 on Appropriations. 

6 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

7 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro8 vided by the United States Agency for International De9 velopment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 

10 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 

11 $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds ap12 propriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act: 

13 Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 

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

15 paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for 

17 micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 

18 and other programs which further the purposes of part 

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

20 the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 

21 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

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

23 funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 

24 the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

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

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1 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

2 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

3 provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi4 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec6 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com7 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

8 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

9 under this heading, except that the principal amount of 

10 loans made or guaranteed under this heading with respect 

11 to any single country shall not exceed $300,000,000: Pro12 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

13 total loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaran14 teed, of up to $1,500,000,000. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

16 credit programs administered by the USAID, $8,041,000, 

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

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

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

20 under this heading shall remain available until September 

21 30, 2017. 

22 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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1 1961, $2,986,612,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2016. 

3 DEMOCRACY FUND

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

6 of democracy globally, $130,500,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2016, of which $70,500,000 shall be 

8 made available for the Human Rights and Democracy 

9 Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 

10 Labor, Department of State, and $60,000,000 shall be 

11 made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, 

12 and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for 

13 International Development. 

14 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

15 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

16 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

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

18 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As19 sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 

20 and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 

21 and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

22 of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 

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

24 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author25 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

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1 $2,299,704,000, to remain available until expended, of 

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

3 to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian require4 ments, and $10,000,000 shall be made available for refu5 gees resettling in Israel. 

6 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

7 ASSISTANCE FUND

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

11 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

13 PEACE CORPS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

17 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

18 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

19 States, $379,000,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Of20 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

22 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

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

24 to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds trans25 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived 

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1 from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas op2 erations: 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 (MCA), 

22 $898,200,000 to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

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

25 expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the 

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

2 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

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

4 MCA for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That section 

5 605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated 

6 under this heading: Provided further, That funds appro7 priated under this heading may be made available for a 

8 Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to 

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

10 or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the avail11 ability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties 

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

13 United States Government funding anticipated for the du14 ration 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 Chalmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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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 publication in the Fed9 eral Register of a notice of availability of a copy of a Com10 pact on the Millennium Challenge Corporation Web site 

11 shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 

12 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such Compact: Provided further, 

13 That none of the funds made available by this Act or prior 

14 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

15 foreign operations, and related programs shall be available 

16 for a threshold program in a country that is not currently 

17 a candidate country: Provided further, That of the funds 

18 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 

19 may be available for representation and entertainment ex20 penses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available 

21 for entertainment expenses. 

22 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

24 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

25 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

2 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

4 representation expenses. 

5 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

6 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

7 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

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

9 available until September 30, 2016, of which not exceed 

10 $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: Pro11 vided, That funds made available to grantees may be in12 vested pending expenditure for project purposes when au13 thorized by the Board of Directors of the United States 

14 African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided fur15 ther, That interest earned shall be used only for the pur16 poses for which the grant was made: Provided further, 

17 That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African De18 velopment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances 

19 the Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the 

20 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

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

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

23 currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF 

24 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria25 tions after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 

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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

5 $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2017, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law. 

8 TITLE IV 

9 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

11 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

12 ENFORCEMENT

13 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,005,610,000 to 

15 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

16 That the Department of State may also use the authority 

17 of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

18 without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess prop19 erty from an agency of the United States Government for 

20 the purpose of providing it to a foreign country or inter21 national organization under chapter 8 of part I of that 

22 Act subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

24 Secretary of State shall provide to the Committees on Ap25 propriations, not later than 45 days after the date of enmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 actment of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of 

2 program and country funds appropriated under this head3 ing, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this 

4 heading on a program and country-by-country basis for 

5 each proposed program, project, or activity: Provided fur6 ther, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

7 of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this 

8 heading, except that any funds made available notwith9 standing such section shall be made available subject to 

10 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

11 Appropriations: Provided further, That the reporting re12 quirements contained in section 1404 of Public Law 110– 

13 252 shall apply to funds made available by this Act, in14 cluding a description of modifications, if any, to the secu15 rity strategy of the Palestinian Authority: Provided fur16 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

17 made available to support training and technical assist18 ance for foreign law enforcement, corrections, and other 

19 judicial authorities, utilizing regional partners. 

20 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

21 RELATED PROGRAMS

22 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter23 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

24 $672,796,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2016, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

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

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

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

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

5 Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear6 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

7 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

9 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec10 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol11 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

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

13 the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 

14 Commission: Provided, That funds made available under 

15 this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 

16 Fund shall be available notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law and subject to prior consultation with, and the 

18 regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap19 propriations, to promote bilateral and multilateral activi20 ties relating to nonproliferation, disarmament and weap21 ons destruction, and shall remain available until expended: 

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

23 such countries other than the Independent States of the 

24 former Soviet Union and international organizations when 

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

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

2 this heading may be made available for the IAEA unless 

3 the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being de4 nied its right to participate in the activities of that Agen5 cy: Provided further, That funds made available for con6 ventional weapons destruction programs, including 

7 demining and related activities, in addition to funds other8 wise available for such purposes, may be used for adminis9 trative expenses related to the operation and management 

10 of such programs and activities. 

11 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

14 $221,150,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

15 this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 

16 such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity 

17 of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 

18 participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 

19 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

20 less than $28,000,000 shall be made available for a United 

21 States contribution to the Multinational Force and Ob22 servers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That funds 

23 appropriated under this Act should not be used to support 

24 any military training or operations that include child sol25 diers: Provided further, That none of the funds appromstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended 

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

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

8 $107,474,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 

9 available until September 30, 2016, and may only be pro10 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian 

12 personnel for whom military education and training may 

13 be provided under this heading may include civilians who 

14 are not members of a government whose participation 

15 would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civil16 ian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 

17 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

19 entertainment expenses. 

20 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

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

23 Arms Export Control Act, $5,540,258,000: Provided, 

24 That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 

25 countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 

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1 State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap2 propriations and subject to the regular notification proce3 dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro4 priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

5 services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: 

6 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

7 this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be avail8 able for grants only for Israel, and funds are available for 

9 assistance for Jordan and Egypt subject to section 7041 

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

11 under this heading for assistance for Israel shall be dis12 bursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

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

14 requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 

15 made available for Israel under this heading shall, as 

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

17 advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

18 $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

19 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

20 research and development: Provided further, That none of 

21 the funds made available under this heading shall be made 

22 available to support or continue any program initially 

23 funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National 

24 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

25 Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456) unless the Secretary of 

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1 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, has 

2 justified such program to the Committees on Appropria3 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated or other4 wise made available under this heading shall be nonrepay5 able notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the 

6 Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 

7 made available under this heading shall be obligated upon 

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

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

10 None of the funds made available under this heading 

11 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

12 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv13 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

14 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

15 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

16 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

17 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

18 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun19 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub20 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec21 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

22 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

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

24 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in25 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

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1 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

2 only those countries for which assistance was justified for 

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

4 fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as5 sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 

6 this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

7 services or design and construction services that are not 

8 sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

9 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro10 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min11 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 

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

13 $63,945,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

14 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

15 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

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

17 of administering military assistance and sales, except that 

18 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

19 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria20 tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

21 under this heading for general costs of administering mili22 tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 

23 available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

24 $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 

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

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

2 Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred 

3 by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2015 

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

5 except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 

6 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations. 

8 TITLE V 

9 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

10 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

11 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

14 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 

15 Participation Act of 1973, $271,270,000: Provided, That 

16 none of the funds in this Act may be made available for 

17 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/United 

18 Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Pro19 vided further, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contributions to the 

21 United Nations Democracy Fund. 

22 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

23 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

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1 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

2 $136,563,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4 ASSOCIATION

5 For payment to the International Development Asso6 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,290,600,000, 

7 to remain available until expended. 

8 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

9 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For payment to the International Bank for Recon11 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas12 ury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 

13 the increases in capital stock, $186,957,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

16 The United States Governor of the International 

17 Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 

18 without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 

19 of the United States share of increases in capital stock 

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

21 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

22 BANK

23 For payment to the Inter-American Development 

24 Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United 

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1 ital stock, $102,020,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

4 The United States Governor of the Inter-American 

5 Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi6 tation to the callable capital portion of the United States 

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

8 $4,098,794,833. 

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

10 For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the 

11 Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 

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

13 $106,586,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

15 The United States Governor of the Asian Develop16 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

17 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

18 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

19 $2,558,048,769. 

20 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

21 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

22 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 $109,854,000, to remain available until expended. 

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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

2 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

3 the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 

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

5 $32,418,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

7 The United States Governor of the African Develop8 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

9 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

10 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

11 $507,860,808. 

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

14 the Secretary of the Treasury, $176,336,000, to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

17 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

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

20 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

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1 TITLE VI 

2 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

4 INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,750,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2016. 

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

16 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2015. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

7 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

10 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

11 Board of Directors, not to exceed $105,000,000: Provided, 

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

13 use, payment or services provided by transaction partici14 pants for legal, financial, or technical services in connec15 tion with any transaction for which an application for a 

16 loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: 

17 Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of 

18 section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, sub19 section (a) thereof shall remain in effect until September 

20 30, 2015: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge 

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

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

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

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

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

5 been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting 

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

7 funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees 

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

9 expended. 

10 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

11 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

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

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

14 exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 

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

16 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

17 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col18 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

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

20 That amounts collected in fiscal year 2015 in excess of 

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

22 September 1, 2015, and shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2018. 

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1 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

3 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au4 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

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

6 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

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

8 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

9 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

10 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

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

12 $62,574,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans13 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

14 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

15 with services provided to specific investors or potential in16 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

17 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex18 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

19 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

21 $25,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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

23 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

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

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

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1 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur2 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli3 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

4 during fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017: Provided fur5 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2015 remain 

6 available for disbursement through 2023; funds obligated 

7 in fiscal year 2016 remain available for disbursement 

8 through 2024; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2017 re9 main available for disbursement through 2025: Provided 

10 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 

12 to undertake any program authorized by title IV of chap13 ter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 

14 Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pursu15 ant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 

16 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

17 on Appropriations. 

18 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad19 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

20 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex21 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

22 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

23 Account and merged with said account. 

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1 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 $57,573,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2016: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

6 under this heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made avail7 able to provide comprehensive procurement advice to for8 eign governments to support local procurements funded by 

9 the United States Agency for International Development, 

10 the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Depart11 ment of State: Provided further, That of the funds appro12 priated under this heading, not more than $4,000 may be 

13 available for representation and entertainment expenses. 

14 TITLE VII 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

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

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

19 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

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

23 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

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

25 States Government to which funds are appropriated or 

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1 otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 

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

5 Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 

6 such department or agency in fiscal year 2015 or any pre7 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

8 That the report required by this section should specify by 

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

12 CONSULTING SERVICES

13 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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

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

16 be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 

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

19 or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to ex20 isting law. 

21 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

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

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

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1 ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 

2 of State determines that such department or agency has 

3 not provided to the Department of State the full amount 

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

5 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

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

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

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

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

10 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

11 2005. 

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

13 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

14 States may include office space or other accommodations 

15 for members of the United States Marine Corps. 

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

17 2015 costs of providing new United States diplomatic fa18 cilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 

19 Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 

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

22 Budget, shall determine the annual program level and 

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

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

2 Act making appropriations for the Department of State, 

3 foreign operations, and related programs, which may be 

4 made available for the acquisition of property or award 

5 of construction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities 

6 during fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to the regular 

7 notification procedures of, and prior approval by, the Com8 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications 

9 pursuant to this subsection shall include the information 

10 enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Con11 struction, and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying 

12 this Act. 

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

14 heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte15 nance’’ in this Act and in prior Acts making appropria16 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

17 related programs, made available through Federal agency 

18 Capital Security Cost Sharing contributions and reim19 bursements, or generated from the proceeds of real prop20 erty sales, other than from real property sales located in 

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

22 acquisition and mitigation, planning, design, or construc23 tion of the New London Embassy: Provided, That the re24 porting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of di25 vision I of Public Law 112–74 shall remain in effect. 

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1 (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available by this Act and prior Acts making appro3 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper4 ations, and related programs, under the heading 

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

6 may be obligated for the relocation of the United 

7 States Embassy to the Holy See only if the Sec8 retary of State reports in writing to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations that such relocation continues to 

10 be consistent with the conditions of section 

11 7004(e)(2) of division K of Public Law 113-76. 

12 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

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

14 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per15 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in16 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg17 etary resources available under title I to such department 

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

19 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

20 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

23 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 

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1 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

2 section. 

3 PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL

4 SEC. 7006. None of the funds made available in this 

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

6 agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

7 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed8 eral Regulations. 

9 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

10 COUNTRIES

11 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

13 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

14 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

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

16 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

17 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 

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

19 COUPS D’E ́TAT

20 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

22 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

23 any assistance to the government of any country whose 

24 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 

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

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

2 plays a decisive role: Provided, That, not later than 30 

3 days after an elected head of government is deposed 

4 through force or other undemocratic processes, the Sec5 retary of State shall determine and report to the appro6 priate congressional committees if the events described in 

7 the matter preceding this proviso have transpired: Pro8 vided further, That the determination in the previous pro9 viso may be submitted in classified form if necessary: Pro10 vided further, That assistance terminated by the applica11 tion of this section may be resumed if the Secretary of 

12 State determines and certifies to the appropriate congres13 sional committees that subsequent to the termination of 

14 assistance a democratically elected government has taken 

15 office or that provision of assistance is vital to the national 

16 security interests of the United States: Provided further, 

17 That the provisions of this section shall not apply to as18 sistance to promote democratic elections or public partici19 pation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 

20 funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 

21 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

22 the Committees on Appropriations and under section 

23 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

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1 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

2 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD3 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

4 (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria5 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

6 the Department of State under title I of this Act 

7 may be transferred between, and merged with, such 

8 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

9 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

10 more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 

11 (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria12 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

13 the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 

14 of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 

15 with, such appropriations, but no such appropria16 tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

17 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 

18 transfers. 

19 (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

20 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec21 tion 7015 (a) and (b) of this Act and shall not be 

22 available for obligation or expenditure except in com23 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

24 (b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 

25 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 

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1 for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 

2 2015, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 

3 transferred between such appropriations for use for any 

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

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

6 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

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

8 transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority 

9 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

10 the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 (c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN12 CIES.— 

13 (1) None of the funds made available under ti14 tles II through V of this Act may be transferred to 

15 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

16 United States Government, except pursuant to a 

17 transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 

18 this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

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

20 to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, 

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

22 the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

23 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 

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

2 Assistance Act of 1961. 

3 (3) Any agreement entered into by the United 

4 States Agency for International Development 

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

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

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

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

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

11 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

12 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

13 related programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

14 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Eco15 nomic Support Fund’’ shall be subject to the regular 

16 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro17 priations: Provided, That the requirement in the pre18 vious sentence shall not apply to agreements entered 

19 into between USAID and the Department of State. 

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

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

22 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

23 such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers 

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

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

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1 contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to trans2 fer funds, consults with and provides a written policy jus3 tification to the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

5 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro6 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

7 the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

8 of the United States Government under the authority of 

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

10 any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide 

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

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

13 with audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not 

14 have an IG, shall perform periodic program and financial 

15 audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That such au16 dits shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropria17 tions: Provided further, That funds transferred under such 

18 authority may be made available for the cost of such au19 dits. 

20 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

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

22 Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 

23 2015, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 

24 the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For25 eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Milimstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tary Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper2 ations’’, and ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability 

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

4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re5 lated programs: Provided, That such report shall include 

6 a description of the obligation and expenditure of funds, 

7 and the specific country in receipt of, and the use or pur8 pose of, the assistance provided by such funds. 

9 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

10 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

11 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

12 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 

13 provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

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

15 661, section 667, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II 

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

17 Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under the 

18 heading ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’ shall remain 

19 available for an additional 4 years from the date on which 

20 the availability of such funds would otherwise have ex21 pired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expi22 ration of their respective periods of availability contained 

23 in this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

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

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1 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allo2 cated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to ad3 dress balance of payments or economic policy reform ob4 jectives, shall remain available for an additional 4 years 

5 from the date on which the availability of such funds 

6 would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially 

7 allocated or obligated before the expiration of their respec8 tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 

9 further, That the Secretary of State shall provide a report 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations at the beginning of 

11 each fiscal year, detailing by account and source year, the 

12 use of this authority during the previous fiscal year. 

13 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

14 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

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

16 furnish assistance to the government of any country which 

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

18 in payment to the United States of principal or interest 

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

20 the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 

21 are appropriated under this Act unless the President de22 termines, following consultations with the Committees on 

23 Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 

24 national interest of the United States. 

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1 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

2 ASSISTANCE

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

4 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

5 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

6 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov7 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist8 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

9 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

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

11 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 

12 expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi13 lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re14 quirement. 

15 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

16 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as17 sessed during fiscal year 2015 on funds appropriated by 

18 this Act by a foreign government or entity against United 

19 States assistance programs for which funds are appro20 priated by this Act, either directly or through grantees, 

21 contractors, and subcontractors shall be withheld from ob22 ligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal 

23 year 2016 and allocated for the central government of 

24 such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program 

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1 ports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

2 later than September 30, 2016 that such taxes have not 

3 been reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

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

5 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

6 subsection (b). 

7 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

8 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub9 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for coun10 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

11 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

12 substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can 

13 reasonably accommodate such assistance in a program14 matically responsible manner. 

15 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

16 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

17 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

18 reports to the Committees on Appropriations— 

19 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

20 assistance or which has an effective arrange21 ment that is providing substantial reimburse22 ment of such taxes; or 

23 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

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1 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

2 not subject to taxation. 

3 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

4 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

5 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

6 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

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

9 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist10 ance contained in this section. 

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

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

13 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern14 ment of the United States and the government of 

15 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

16 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

17 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

18 or an individual agreement between the Government 

19 of the United States and such government that de20 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

21 purposes that will be accorded the United States as22 sistance provided under that agreement; 

23 (2) the terms ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ shall include 

24 value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 

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1 include individual income taxes assessed to personnel 

2 employed by the United States. 

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

4 with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 

5 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria6 tions, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 

7 Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies 

8 to comply with the requirements of this section. 

9 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

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

11 through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 

12 may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 

13 account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 

14 with the designation is made impossible by operation of 

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

16 such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi17 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

18 Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

19 pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 

20 the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

21 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub22 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap23 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

24 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

25 that are specifically designated for particular programs or 

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

2 an additional fiscal year if the USAID Administrator de3 termines and reports promptly to the Committees on Ap4 propriations that the termination of assistance to a coun5 try or a significant change in circumstances makes it un6 likely that such designated funds can be obligated during 

7 the original period of availability: Provided, That such des8 ignated funds that continue to be available for an addi9 tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 

10 of such designation. 

11 (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 

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

13 authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 

14 any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 

15 Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 

16 minimum funding requirements contained in any other 

17 Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 

18 Act. 

19 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

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

22 to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 

23 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

24 year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

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

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1 of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 

2 available by transfer, to the agencies and departments 

3 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex4 penditure of funds that— 

5 (1) creates new programs; 

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

7 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

8 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

9 denied or restricted; 

10 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

12 (6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bu13 reaus, branches, centers, offices, or other units of 

14 personnel; 

15 (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

16 (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

17 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

18 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

19 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: Pro20 vided, That unless previously justified to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations, the requirements of this subsection 

22 shall apply to all obligations of funds appropriated under 

23 titles I and II of this Act. 

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

25 of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations 

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1 Acts to the agency or department funded under titles I 

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

3 expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac4 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

5 the collection of fees available to the agency or department 

6 funded under title I of this Act, shall be available for obli7 gation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 

8 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

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

10 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac11 tivities; 

12 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist13 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per14 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

15 (3) results from any general savings, including 

16 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

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

18 projects as approved by Congress; unless the Com19 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 

20 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

22 through VI of this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

23 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 

24 Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development 

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1 forcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

2 Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

3 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Mil4 lennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Fi5 nancing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 

6 Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for obli7 gation for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel 

8 assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or 

9 in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific 

11 headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are no12 tified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President 

13 shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 

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

15 Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 

16 than conventional ammunition, or other major defense 

17 items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve18 hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent 

19 in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 

20 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad21 vance of such commitment: Provided further, That require22 ments of this subsection or any similar provision of this 

23 or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming 

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

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

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1 than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the 

2 Congress for obligation for such activity, program, or 

3 project for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 

4 any notification submitted pursuant to this subsection 

5 shall identify when funds are being provided notwith6 standing any other provision of law and include justifica7 tion for the use of such notwithstanding. 

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

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

10 funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds trans11 ferred by the Department of Defense to the Department 

12 of State and the United States Agency for International 

13 Development for assistance for foreign countries and 

14 international organizations, and funds made available for 

15 programs authorized by section 1206 of the National De16 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

17 109–163), shall be subject to the regular notification pro18 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

21 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

22 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria23 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub24 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

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

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1 on Appropriations shall be provided as early as prac2 ticable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the 

3 action to which such notification requirement was applica4 ble, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such 

5 waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 

6 pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation 

7 of the emergency circumstances. 

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

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

10 assistance for Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, 

11 Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the 

12 Russian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 

13 Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Zimbabwe 

14 except as provided through the regular notification proce15 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

17 SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 

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

19 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De20 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

21 same extent and under the same conditions as other com22 mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro23 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

24 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

25 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

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1 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

2 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

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

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

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

6 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

7 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re8 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

9 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac10 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

11 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

12 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

13 SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce14 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro15 priated under titles III through VI of this Act, which are 

16 returned or not made available for organizations and pro17 grams because of the implementation of section 307(a) of 

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

19 this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep20 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the requirement to with21 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

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

23 funds appropriated by this Act. 

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1 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

2 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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

5 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor6 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

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

8 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist9 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

10 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

11 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

12 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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

15 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

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

17 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

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

20 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

22 such country or organization would violate any of the 

23 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri24 lizations. 

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1 ALLOCATIONS

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

3 made available for programs and countries in the amounts 

4 contained in the respective tables included in the report 

5 accompanying this Act. 

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

7 only with respect to the tables included in the report ac8 companying this Act, the Secretary of State, the Adminis9 trator of the United States Agency for International De10 velopment, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as 

11 appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts ref12 erenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notifica13 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

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

16 entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Depart17 ment of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 

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

19 domestic and overseas representation and entertainment 

20 expenses further official agency business and United 

21 States foreign policy interests and are— 

22 (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 

23 the Executive Branch; 

24 (2) principally for meals and events of a pro25 tocol nature; 

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

2 (4) do not include activities that are substan3 tially of a recreational character. 

4 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter6 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

7 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

8 activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro9 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Sup10 port Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

11 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

12 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

13 are substantially of a recreational character, includ14 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

15 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

16 amusement parks. 

17 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

18 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

19 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX20 PORTS.— 

21 (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available by titles III through VI of this Act 

23 may be available to any foreign government which 

24 provides lethal military equipment to a country the 

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1 termined supports international terrorism for pur2 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration 

3 Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the 

4 International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Pro5 vided, That the prohibition under this section with 

6 respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 

7 months after that government ceases to provide such 

8 military equipment: Provided further, That this sec9 tion applies with respect to lethal military equipment 

10 provided under a contract entered into after October 

11 1, 1997. 

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

13 any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 

14 if the President determines that to do so is impor15 tant to the national interests of the United States. 

16 (3) Whenever the President makes a determina17 tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall 

18 submit to the Committees on Appropriations a re19 port with respect to the furnishing of such assist20 ance, including a detailed explanation of the assist21 ance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount of 

22 such assistance, and an explanation of how the as23 sistance furthers United States national interests. 

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1 (1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 

2 in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appro3 priated under any such title in prior Acts making 

4 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

5 operations, and related programs, shall not be made 

6 available to any foreign government which the Presi7 dent determines— 

8 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

9 any individual or group which has committed 

10 an act of international terrorism; 

11 (B) otherwise supports international ter12 rorism; or 

13 (C) is controlled by an organization des14 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec15 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

16 Act. 

17 (2) The President may waive the application of 

18 paragraph (1) to a government if the President de19 termines that national security or humanitarian rea20 sons justify such waiver: Provided, That the Presi21 dent shall publish each such waiver in the Federal 

22 Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 

23 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro24 priations of the waiver (including the justification 

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1 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria2 tions. 

3 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

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

5 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel6 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith7 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 

8 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec9 tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis10 cal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and sec11 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

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

13 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

15 of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de16 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in17 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

18 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

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

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

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

22 country, regional, and central program level funding with23 in each such account; and for the development assistance 

24 accounts of the United States Agency for International 

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

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

2 program level funding, either as— 

3 (1) justified to the Congress; or 

4 (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac5 cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of the en7 actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

9 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

10 FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL11 OPMENT FOUNDATION

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

13 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

14 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria15 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

16 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi17 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

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

19 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con20 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro21 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 

22 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

23 days of taking such action. 

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1 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

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

3 made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 

4 Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 

5 made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Over6 seas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 

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

8 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro9 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

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

11 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro12 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

13 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

15 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex16 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc17 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

18 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

19 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com20 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 

21 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this 

22 subsection shall not prohibit— 

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1 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

2 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri3 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

4 is furnished; or 

5 (2) activities in a country the President deter6 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu7 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

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

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

10 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

11 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro12 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

13 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

14 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

15 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro16 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

17 shall not prohibit— 

18 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

19 in developing countries where such activities will not 

20 have a significant impact on the export of agricul21 tural commodities of the United States; 

22 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

23 benefit American producers; 

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1 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter2 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

3 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri4 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

5 is furnished; or 

6 (4) activities in a country the President deter7 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu8 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

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

10 United States executive directors of the international fi11 nancial institutions, as defined in section 7029(f) of this 

12 Act, to use the voice and vote of the United States to op13 pose any assistance by such institutions, using funds ap14 propriated or made available by this Act, for the produc15 tion or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, 

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

17 will cause substantial injury to United States producers 

18 of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 

19 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

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

21 CURRENCIES.— 

22 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

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

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

25 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 

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1 generation of local currencies of that country, the 

2 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

3 International Development (USAID) 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— 

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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 them with 

19 any 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 

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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 sub16 section (b)(1) only through the regular notification 

17 procedures 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 

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

2 That before using the authority of this subsection to fur3 nish assistance in support of programs of nongovern4 mental organizations, the President shall notify the Com5 mittees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notifi6 cation procedures, including a description of the program 

7 to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the rea8 sons for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 

9 nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 

10 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun11 tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 

12 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2015, re13 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

14 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re15 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

16 Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro17 priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 

18 pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 

19 except as provided through the regular notification proce20 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

23 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

24 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup25 port international terrorism; or 

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

2 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

3 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

4 country that violates internationally recognized 

5 human rights. 

6 LOCAL COMPETITION

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

8 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appro9 priated by this Act that are made available to the United 

10 States Agency for International Development (USAID) 

11 may only be made available for limited competitions 

12 through local entities if— 

13 (1) prior to the determination to limit competi14 tion to local entities, USAID has— 

15 (A) assessed the level of local capacity to 

16 effectively implement, manage, and account for 

17 programs included in such competition; and 

18 (B) documented the written results of the 

19 assessment and decisions made; and 

20 (2) prior to making an award after limiting 

21 competition to local entities— 

22 (A) each successful local entity has been 

23 determined to be responsible in accordance with 

24 USAID guidelines; and 

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1 (B) effective monitoring and evaluation 

2 systems are in place to ensure that award fund3 ing is used for its intended purposes; and 

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

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

6 the Administrator of USAID shall report, on a semi-an7 nual basis, to the appropriate congressional committees on 

8 all awards subject to limited or no competition for local 

9 entities: Provided, That such report should be posted on 

10 the USAID Web site: Provided further, That the require11 ments of this subsection shall only apply to awards in ex12 cess of $3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities 

13 in excess of $2,000,000. 

14 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

15 SEC. 7029. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 

16 title V of this Act may be made as payment to any inter17 national financial institution, including payments to World 

18 Bank-administered trust funds, until the Secretary of the 

19 Treasury certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 that such institution or fund has in place or is developing 

21 a policy and practice of requiring independent, outside 

22 evaluations of each project and program loan or grant and 

23 significant analytical, non-lending activity, and the impact 

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1 uitable economic growth, consistent with effective safe2 guards. 

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

4 this Act may be made as payment to any international 

5 financial institution while the United States executive di6 rector to such institution is compensated by the institution 

7 at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such 

8 executive director receives from the United States, is in 

9 excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a 

10 position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec11 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any al12 ternate United States executive director to such institution 

13 is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of 

14 the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 

15 at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

16 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

18 United States executive director of each international fi19 nancial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy, or 

20 policy of such institution that would require user fees or 

21 service charges on poor people for primary education or 

22 primary healthcare, including maternal and child health, 

23 and the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, ma24 laria, and tuberculosis in connection with such institu25 tion’s financing programs. 

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1 (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

2 United States Executive Director of the International 

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

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

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

6 IMF to a Heavily Indebted Poor Country that imposes 

7 budget caps or restraints that do not allow the mainte8 nance of or an increase in governmental spending on 

9 healthcare or education; and to promote government 

10 spending on healthcare, education, agriculture and food 

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

12 IMF’s activities with respect to Heavily Indebted Poor 

13 Countries. 

14 (e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

15 United States executive director of each international fi16 nancial institution to seek to ensure that each such insti17 tution responds to the findings and recommendations of 

18 its accountability mechanisms by providing just compensa19 tion or other appropriate redress to individuals and com20 munities that suffer violations of human rights, including 

21 forced displacement, resulting from any loan, grant, strat22 egy or policy of such institution. 

23 (f) For the purposes of this Act, ‘‘international finan24 cial institutions’’ shall mean the International Bank for 

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1 opment Association, the International Finance Corpora2 tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter3 national Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, 

4 the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Invest5 ment Corporation, the North American Development 

6 Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel7 opment, the African Development Bank, and the African 

8 Development Fund. 

9 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

10 SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici11 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel12 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern13 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

14 the United States Agency for International Development 

15 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

16 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

18 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

19 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

21 provided to that organization. 

22 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

23 SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN24 MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

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1 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

2 made available for direct government-to-government 

3 assistance only if— 

4 (A) each implementing agency or ministry 

5 to receive assistance has been assessed and is 

6 considered to have the systems required to 

7 manage such assistance and any identified 

8 vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 

9 ministry have been addressed; and 

10 (i) the recipient agency or ministry 

11 employs and utilizes staff with the nec12 essary technical, financial, and manage13 ment capabilities; 

14 (ii) the recipient agency or ministry 

15 has adopted competitive procurement poli16 cies and systems; 

17 (iii) effective monitoring and evalua18 tion systems are in place to ensure that 

19 such assistance is used for its intended 

20 purposes; 

21 (iv) no level of acceptable fraud is as22 sumed; and 

23 (v) the government of the recipient 

24 country is taking steps to publicly disclose 

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1 on an annual basis its national budget, to 

2 include income and expenditures; 

3 (B) the recipient government is in compli4 ance with the principles set forth in section 

5 7013 of this Act; 

6 (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 

7 headed or controlled by an organization des8 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 

9 under section 219 of the Immigration and Na10 tionality Act; 

11 (D) the Government of the United States 

12 and the government of the recipient country 

13 have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 

14 objectives for the use of such assistance, which 

15 should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 

16 basis; and 

17 (E) the recipient government is taking 

18 steps to protect the rights of civil society, in19 cluding freedom of association and assembly. 

20 (2) In addition to the requirements in sub21 section (a), no funds may be made available for di22 rect government-to-government assistance without 

23 prior consultation with, and notification of, the Com24 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such noti25 fication shall contain an explanation of how the promstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 posed activity meets the requirements of paragraph 

2 (1): Provided further, That the requirements of this 

3 paragraph shall only apply to direct government-to4 government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and 

5 all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 

6 and cash payments to individuals. 

7 (3) The Administrator of the United States 

8 Agency for International Development (USAID) or 

9 the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend 

10 any direct government-to-government assistance if 

11 the Administrator or the Secretary has credible in12 formation of material misuse of such assistance, un13 less the Administrator or the Secretary reports to 

14 the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 

15 national interest of the United States to continue 

16 such assistance, including a justification, or that 

17 such misuse has been appropriately addressed. 

18 (4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the 

20 fiscal year 2016 congressional budget justification 

21 materials, amounts planned for assistance described 

22 in subsection (a) by country, proposed funding 

23 amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 

24 (5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 

25 of this Act and 6 months thereafter until September 

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1 30, 2015, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations a report that— 

3 (A) details all assistance described in sub4 section (a) provided during the previous 6- 

5 month period by country, funding amount, 

6 source of funds, and type of such assistance; 

7 and 

8 (B) the type of procurement instrument or 

9 mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 

10 was provided on a reimbursable basis. 

11 (6) None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used for any foreign country for debt 

13 service payments owed by any country to any inter14 national financial institution: Provided, That for 

15 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘international 

16 financial institution’’ has the meaning given the 

17 term in section 7029(f) of this Act. 

18 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS19 PARENCY.— 

20 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL

21 TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con22 tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re23 quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern24 ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 

25 as identified in the report required by section 

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1 7031(b) of division K of Public Law 113-76 (‘‘the 

2 Report’’). 

3 (2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 

4 (1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 

5 are requirements consistent with those in subsection 

6 (a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 

7 documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 

8 by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 

9 for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 

10 and concession allocation practices). 

11 (3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

12 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 

13 the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 

14 enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de15 termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi16 cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require17 ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter18 minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 

19 Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart20 ment of State’s Web site: Provided, That the Sec21 retary shall identify the significant progress made by 

22 each such government to publicly disclose national 

23 budget documentation, contracts, and licenses which 

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1 tions of short- and long-term steps such government 

2 should take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided 

3 further, That the annual report shall include a de4 tailed description of how funds appropriated by this 

5 Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, 

6 and identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 

7 (4) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

8 under title III of this Act, not less than $10,000,000 

9 should be made available for programs and activities 

10 to assist governments identified pursuant to para11 graph (1) to improve budget transparency and to 

12 support civil society organizations in such countries 

13 that promote budget transparency: Provided, That 

14 such sums shall be in addition to funds otherwise 

15 made available for such purposes: Provided further, 

16 That a description of the uses of such funds shall 

17 be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Re18 port’’ required by paragraph (3). 

19 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

20 (1) Officials of foreign governments and their 

21 immediate family members who the Secretary of 

22 State has credible information have been involved in 

23 significant corruption, including corruption related 

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1 lation of human rights shall be ineligible for entry 

2 into the United States. 

3 (2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 

4 into the United States would further important 

5 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec6 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli7 gations under the United Nations Headquarters 

8 Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

9 shall be construed to derogate from United States 

10 Government obligations under applicable inter11 national agreements. 

12 (3) The Secretary may waive the application of 

13 paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 

14 waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 

15 that the circumstances which caused the individual 

16 to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 

17 (4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of 

18 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a re19 port, including a classified annex if necessary, to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations describing the infor21 mation relating to corruption or violation of human 

22 rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli23 gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para24 graph (1), or who would be ineligible but for the ap25 plication of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers promstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 vided under paragraph (3), and the justification for 

2 each waiver. 

3 (5) Any unclassified portion of the report re4 quired under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 

5 Department of State’s Web site, without regard to 

6 the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with re8 spect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the 

9 issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the 

10 United States. 

11 (d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro12 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

13 Fund’’ may be made available to support the provision of 

14 additional information on United States Government for15 eign assistance on the Department of State’s foreign as16 sistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 

17 funded under this Act shall provide such information on 

18 foreign assistance, upon request, to the Department of 

19 State. 

20 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

21 SEC. 7032. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 

22 democracy programs may be made available notwith23 standing any other provision of law, and with regard to 

24 the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any reg25 ulation. 

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1 (b) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 

2 the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs that 

3 support good governance, credible and competitive elec4 tions, freedom of expression, association, assembly, and 

5 religion, human rights, independent media, and the rule 

6 of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 

7 democratic political parties, governments, nongovern8 mental organizations and institutions, and citizens to sup9 port the development of democratic states, and institutions 

10 that are responsive and accountable to citizens. 

11 (c) With respect to the provision of assistance for de12 mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 

13 Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 

14 specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 

15 such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 

16 by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 

17 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis18 trator of the United States Agency for International De19 velopment (USAID), shall report to the Committees on 

20 Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment 

21 of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of 

22 State and USAID to comply with the requirements of this 

23 subsection. 

24 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

25 available for governance programs shall be made available 

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1 only to support institutions and individuals that dem2 onstrate a commitment to democracy. 

3 (e) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

4 available for democracy programs shall be made available 

5 to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle 

6 East and North Africa. 

7 (f) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head8 ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

9 Fund’’ shall be allocated and administered according to 

10 the requirements under this subsection in the report ac11 companying this Act for Western Hemisphere democracy 

12 promotion. 

13 (g) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

14 Labor, Department of State and the Bureau for Democ15 racy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 

16 shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the 

17 NED. 

18 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

19 SEC. 7033. None of the funds appropriated by this 

20 Act may be used to make any pledge for future year fund21 ing for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in ti22 tles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was— 

23 (1) previously justified, including the projected 

24 future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica25 tion; 

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1 (2) included in an Act making appropriations 

2 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

3 related programs or previously authorized by an Act 

4 of Congress; 

5 (3) notified in accordance with the regular noti6 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria7 tions, including the projected future year costs; or 

8 (4) the subject of prior consultation with the 

9 Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 

10 was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the 

11 pledge. 

12 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

13 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL14 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

15 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

16 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

17 and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 

18 of such trafficking, may be made available notwith19 standing any other provision of law. 

20 (b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR21 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

22 this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 

23 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta24 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis25 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

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1 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta2 bility. 

3 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by 

4 the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

5 Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel6 opment (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be 

7 made available as a general contribution to the World 

8 Food Program, notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law. 

10 (d) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND RE11 INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by 

13 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De14 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro15 grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

16 ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Disaster As17 sistance’’, and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ may be made avail18 able to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and re19 integrate into civilian society former members of foreign 

20 terrorist organizations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

21 State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

22 prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this sub23 section: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 

24 subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 

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1 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

2 Act. 

3 (e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) Funds ap4 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup5 port Fund’’ shall be made available to carry out the Pro6 gram for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and 

7 the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as au8 thorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and 

9 Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508). 

10 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act, and prior 

11 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

12 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

13 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may 

14 be made available as a contribution to establish and 

15 maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 

16 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

17 Appropriations. 

18 (f) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated in this 

19 Act or any prior Acts making appropriations for the De20 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro21 grams shall be used by the Secretary of State and the 

22 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support the con23 tinued implementation of the Partner Vetting System 

24 (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Secretary of 

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1 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

2 later than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, 

3 on the estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the 

4 PVS for expansion: Provided further, That such report 

5 shall include the requirements under this subsection in the 

6 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That such 

7 report may be delivered in classified form, if necessary. 

8 (g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2015, the 

9 President may use up to $100,000,000 under the author10 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

11 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

12 (h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec13 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

14 title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern15 ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 

16 to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

17 International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc18 tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 

20 withholding funds under this subsection. 

21 (i) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTEC22 TION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge 

23 with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Mis24 sions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds 

25 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

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1 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2015, except for funds des2 ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

3 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

5 at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 

6 last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 

7 purposes for which appropriated. 

8 (j) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

9 (1) The authority contained in section 1115(d) 

10 of Public Law 111–32 shall remain in effect through 

11 September 30, 2015. 

12 (2) 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, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 

15 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

16 (3) Section 61(a) of the State Department 

17 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) 

18 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

19 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

20 (4) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

21 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 

22 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 

23 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

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1 (5) The authorities provided in section 1015(b) 

2 of Public Law 111–212 shall remain in effect 

3 through September 30, 2015. 

4 (6) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

5 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 

6 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

7 (A) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

8 note)— 

9 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

10 ‘‘and 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, and 

11 2015’’; and 

12 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

13 ‘‘2014’’ each place it appears and inserting 

14 ‘‘2015’’; and 

15 (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 

16 in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in17 serting ‘‘2015’’. 

18 (k) 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, and shall 

7 not include amounts that were designated by Con8 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 

10 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or 

11 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

12 Act of 1985. 

13 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

14 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

15 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

16 secondary boycott of American firms that have com17 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

18 in the region and to United States investment and 

19 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

20 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret21 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

22 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

23 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

24 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re25 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

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1 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

2 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

3 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

4 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

5 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

6 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

7 weapons to said country; and 

8 (5) the President should report to Congress an9 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

10 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

11 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi12 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ13 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

14 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi15 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal16 izing businesses that do comply. 

17 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

18 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

19 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

20 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

21 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

22 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

23 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

24 state— 

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1 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

2 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

3 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

4 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

5 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

6 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

7 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

8 security organizations; and 

9 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

10 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

11 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef12 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

13 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

14 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

15 context of full and normal relationships, which 

16 should include— 

17 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

18 belligerency; 

19 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

20 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

21 independence of every state in the area through 

22 measures including the establishment of demili23 tarized zones; 

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1 (C) their right to live in peace within se2 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

3 threats or acts of force; 

4 (D) freedom of navigation through inter5 national waterways in the area; and 

6 (E) a framework for achieving a just set7 tlement of the refugee problem. 

8 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

10 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

11 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

12 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac13 countable governance. 

14 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

15 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

16 national security interests of the United States to do so. 

17 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

18 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

19 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

20 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

21 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

22 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales23 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 2015, 

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) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

16 III through VI of this Act for assistance under the 

17 West Bank and Gaza Program may be made avail18 able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon19 oring individuals who commit, or have committed 

20 acts of terrorism. 

21 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 none of the funds made available by this or prior ap23 propriations Acts, including funds made available by 

24 transfer, may be made available for obligation for se25 curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 

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1 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 

3 established for security assistance for the West 

4 Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales5 tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

6 (d) AUDITS.— 

7 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

8 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

9 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

10 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

11 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro12 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

13 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

14 section. 

15 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

16 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 

17 General of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

19 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

20 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad21 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur22 poses. 

23 (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub24 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

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1 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

2 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro3 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2015 

4 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

5 audit shall address— 

6 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

7 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

8 and 

9 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

10 and activities carried out under such Program, in11 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

12 (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 

13 and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce14 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

16 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con18 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

19 Law 109–13. 

20 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

21 AUTHORITY

22 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

23 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi24 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

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1 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

2 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

3 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

4 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

5 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi6 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

7 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

8 to the national security interests of the United States. 

9 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

10 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

11 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

12 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

13 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu14 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub15 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail16 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

17 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

18 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro19 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales20 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

21 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

22 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

23 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

24 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap25 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Palmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac2 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi3 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

4 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au5 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen6 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

7 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

8 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro9 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

10 Israel. 

11 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

12 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

13 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

14 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

15 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

16 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

17 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

18 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

19 Hamas is a member or that results from an agree20 ment with Hamas. 

21 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of subsection 

22 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

23 government only if the President certifies and re24 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

25 government, including all of its ministers or such 

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1 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

2 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

3 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

4 as amended. 

5 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

6 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

7 1961 as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 

8 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 

9 this subsection. 

10 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

11 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

12 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro13 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

14 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern15 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva16 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

17 contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro19 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

20 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

21 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi22 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

23 such government. 

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1 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

2 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as3 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

4 NEAR EAST

5 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by this 

7 Act that are available for assistance for the Govern8 ment of Egypt may only be made available if the 

9 Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations that such government is— 

11 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

12 with the United States; and 

13 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

14 Egypt- Israel Peace Treaty. 

15 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—(A) Of the 

16 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

17 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and subject to para18 graph (6) of this subsection, up to $200,000,000 

19 may be made available for assistance for Egypt, sub20 ject to the regular notification procedures of the 

21 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 

22 funds may also be made available for democracy pro23 grams. 

24 (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law 

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1 graph (6) of this subsection, funds made avail2 able under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

3 Fund’’ in this Act and prior Acts making ap4 propriations for the Department of State, for5 eign operations, and related programs for as6 sistance for Egypt may be made available for 

7 education and economic growth programs, sub8 ject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

9 congressional committees: Provided, That such 

10 funds may not be made available for cash 

11 transfer assistance or budget support unless the 

12 Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 

13 congressional committees that the Government 

14 of Egypt is taking steps to stabilize the econ15 omy and implement market-based economic re16 forms. 

17 (C) The Secretary of State may reduce the 

18 amount of assistance for the central Govern19 ment of Egypt under the heading ‘‘Economic 

20 Support Fund’’ by an amount the Secretary de21 termines is equivalent to that expended by the 

22 United States Government for bail, and by non23 governmental organizations for legal and court 

24 fees, associated with democracy-related trials in 

25 Egypt. 

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1 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO2 GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

3 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

4 and subject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, up 

5 to $1,300,000,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2016, may be made available for assist7 ance for Egypt which may be transferred to an in8 terest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank 

9 of New York, following consultation with the Com10 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That if the 

11 Secretary of State is unable to make the certification 

12 in subparagraph (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection, 

13 such funds may be made available at the minimum 

14 rate necessary to continue existing contracts, not15 withstanding any other provision of law restricting 

16 assistance for Egypt and following consultation with 

17 the Committees on Appropriations, except that de18 fense articles and services from such contracts shall 

19 not be delivered until the certification requirements 

20 in subparagraph (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection are 

21 met: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 

22 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

23 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro24 priations describing any defense articles withheld 

25 from delivery to Egypt as of the date of enactment 

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1 of this Act: Provided further, That the report re2 quired in the previous proviso shall include a de3 tailed description of the conditions and timeline 

4 under which the delivery of such items will resume, 

5 and the costs incurred from such withholding and 

6 the costs planned for the subsequent delivery for 

7 each defense article. 

8 (4) PRIOR YEAR FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

9 under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

10 Program’’ and ‘‘International Military Education 

11 and Training’’ in prior Acts making appropriations 

12 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

13 related programs may be made available notwith14 standing any provision of law restricting assistance 

15 for Egypt, except that such funds under the heading 

16 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall only be 

17 made available at the minimum rate necessary to 

18 continue existing contracts, and following consulta19 tion with the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (5) SECURITY EXEMPTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law restricting assistance for 

22 Egypt, including paragraphs (3), (4), and (6) of this 

23 subsection, funds made available for assistance for 

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1 ations, and related programs may be made available 

2 for counterterrorism, border security, and non3 proliferation programs in Egypt, and for develop4 ment activities in the Sinai. 

5 (6) FISCAL YEAR 2015 FUNDS.—Except as pro6 vided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of this sub7 section, funds appropriated by this Act under the 

8 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 

9 Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign 

10 Military Financing Program’’ for assistance for the 

11 Government of Egypt may be made available not12 withstanding any provision of law restricting assist13 ance for Egypt as follows— 

14 (A) up to $975,000,000 may be made 

15 available if the Secretary of State certifies to 

16 the Committees on Appropriations that the 

17 Government of Egypt has held parliamentary 

18 elections and is taking steps to support a demo19 cratic transition in Egypt; and 

20 (B) up to $526,700,000 may be made 

21 available if the Secretary of State certifies to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations that the 

23 Government of Egypt is taking steps to govern 

24 democratically. 

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1 (1) It is the policy of the United States to seek 

2 to prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 

3 produce or otherwise manufacture nuclear weapons, 

4 including by supporting international diplomatic ef5 forts to halt Iran’s uranium enrichment program, 

6 and the President should fully implement and en7 force the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended 

8 (Public Law 104–172) as a means of encouraging 

9 foreign governments to require state-owned and pri10 vate entities to cease all investment in, and support 

11 of, Iran’s energy sector and all exports of refined pe12 troleum products to Iran. 

13 (2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available in this Act under the heading ‘‘Ex15 port-Import Bank of the United States’’ may be 

16 used to provide any new financing (including loans, 

17 guarantees, other credits, insurance, and reinsur18 ance) to any person that is subject to sanctions 

19 under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 5(a) of the 

20 Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172). 

21 (3)(A) The reporting requirements in section 

22 7043(c) in division F of Public Law 111–117 shall 

23 continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part 

24 of this Act: Provided, That the date in subsection 

25 (c)(1) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

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1 (B) The President shall submit to the ap2 propriate congressional committees, not later 

3 than 30 days after enactment of this Act and 

4 at the end of each 30-day period thereafter 

5 until September 30, 2015, a report on the im6 plementation of the Joint Plan of Action be7 tween the P5+1 and the Government of Iran 

8 concluded on November 24, 2013, and any ex9 tension of or successor to that agreement: Pro10 vided, That the report shall include the require11 ments under this subsection in the report ac12 companying this Act, and may be submitted in 

13 classified form if necessary. 

14 (c) IRAQ.— 

15 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act for assist16 ance for the Government of Iraq under Bilateral 

17 Economic Assistance and International Security As18 sistance should be made available to such govern19 ment to support efforts to promote internal and re20 gional stability, including in Kurdistan to address 

21 requirements arising from the conflict in the region. 

22 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 may be made available for construction, rehabilita24 tion, or other improvements to United States facili25 ties in Iraq on property for which no land-use agreemstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ment has been entered into by the Governments of 

2 the United States and Iraq: Provided, That the re3 strictions in this paragraph shall not apply if such 

4 funds are necessary to protect United States Gov5 ernment facilities or the security, health, and welfare 

6 of United States personnel. 

7 (d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

8 for assistance for Jordan— 

9 (1) not less than $360,000,000 shall be made 

10 available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’ in title III and not less than $300,000,000 

12 shall be made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

13 Military Financing Program’’ in title IV; and 

14 (2) from amounts appropriated under title VIII 

15 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

16 Terrorism, $340,000,000 shall be made available for 

17 the extraordinary costs related to instability in the 

18 region. 

19 (e) LEBANON.— 

20 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 may be made available for the Lebanese Armed 

22 Forces (LAF) if the LAF is controlled by a foreign 

23 terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to sec24 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

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1 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

2 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for 

3 assistance for Lebanon may be made available only 

4 to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen border 

5 security and combat terrorism, including training 

6 and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, 

7 interdicting arms shipments, preventing the use of 

8 Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, and to 

9 implement United Nations Security Council Resolu10 tion 1701: Provided, That funds may not be made 

11 available for obligation for assistance for the LAF 

12 until the Secretary of State submits a detailed spend 

13 plan, including actions to be taken to ensure that 

14 equipment provided to the LAF is used only for the 

15 intended purposes, to the Committees on Appropria16 tions, except such plan may not be considered as 

17 meeting the notification requirements under section 

18 7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted 

20 not later than September 1, 2015: Provided further, 

21 That any notification submitted pursuant to section 

22 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or sec23 tion 7015 of this Act shall include any funds specifi24 cally intended for lethal military equipment. 

25 (f) LIBYA.— 

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1 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be made available for assistance for the central 

3 Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State 

4 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

5 such government is cooperating with United States 

6 Government efforts to investigate and bring to jus7 tice those responsible for the attack on United 

8 States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, Libya in 

9 September 2012: Provided, That the limitation in 

10 this paragraph shall not apply to funds made avail11 able for the purpose of protecting United States 

12 Government personnel or facilities. 

13 (2) Any notification required for assistance for 

14 Libya for funds appropriated under title IV of this 

15 Act shall include a detailed justification for such as16 sistance, and a description of the vetting procedures 

17 used for any individual or unit receiving such assist18 ance. 

19 (g) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated by 

20 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

21 may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 

22 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan 

23 guarantees for Tunisia and Jordan, which are authorized 

24 to be provided: Provided, That amounts made available 

25 under this subsection for the cost of guarantees shall not 

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1 be considered ‘‘assistance’’ for the purposes of provisions 

2 of law limiting assistance to a country: Provided further, 

3 That funds made available by this subsection shall be sub4 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

5 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 (h) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

7 under title III that are available for assistance for Morocco 

8 shall also be made available for any region or territory 

9 administered by Morocco, including the Western Sahara: 

10 Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

11 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter12 national Development, shall submit a report to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations, not less than 90 days after en14 actment of this Act, on requirements under this section 

15 in the report accompanying this Act. 

16 (i) SYRIA.— 

17 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

18 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

19 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

20 programs may be made available notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law for non-lethal assistance 

22 for programs to address the needs of civilians af23 fected by conflict in Syria, and for programs that 

24 seek to— 

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1 (A) establish governance in Syria that is 

2 representative, inclusive, and accountable; 

3 (B) develop and implement political proc4 esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad5 here to the rule of law; 

6 (C) further the legitimacy of the Syrian 

7 opposition through cross-border programs; 

8 (D) develop civil society and an inde9 pendent media in Syria; 

10 (E) promote economic development in 

11 Syria; 

12 (F) document, investigate, and prosecute 

13 human rights violations in Syria, including 

14 through transitional justice programs and sup15 port for nongovernmental organizations; and 

16 (G) counter extremist ideologies. 

17 (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appro18 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

19 for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all appro20 priate steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 

21 for the adequate monitoring, oversight, and control 

22 of such assistance inside Syria: Provided, That the 

23 Secretary of State shall promptly inform the appro24 priate congressional committees of each significant 

25 instance in which assistance provided pursuant to 

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1 the authority of this subsection has been com2 promised, to include the type and amount of assist3 ance affected, a description of the incident and par4 ties involved, and an explanation of the Department 

5 of State’s response. 

6 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

7 made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to 

8 the authority of this subsection may only be made 

9 available after the Secretary of State, in consultation 

10 with the heads of relevant United States Govern11 ment agencies, submits, in classified form if nec12 essary, an update to the comprehensive strategy re13 quired in subsection 7041(i) of Public Law 113-76. 

14 (4) Funds made available pursuant to this sub15 section may only be made available following con16 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit17 tees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

18 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 (j) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

20 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini21 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

22 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

23 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec24 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 

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1 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

2 is to— 

3 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

4 (B) improve security in the region; 

5 (C) continue support for transparent and 

6 accountable government institutions; 

7 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

8 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

9 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

10 (A) None of the funds appropriated under 

11 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 

12 Act may be made available for assistance for 

13 the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 

14 enactment of this Act— 

15 (i) the Palestinians obtain the same 

16 standing as member states or full member17 ship as a state in the United Nations or 

18 any specialized agency thereof outside an 

19 agreement negotiated between Israel and 

20 the Palestinians; or 

21 (ii) the Palestinians initiate an Inter22 national Criminal Court judicially author23 ized investigation, or actively support such 

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1 tionals to an investigation for alleged 

2 crimes against Palestinians. 

3 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi4 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 if 

5 the President determines and certifies in writ6 ing to the Speaker of the House of Representa7 tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, 

8 and the Committees on Appropriations that the 

9 Palestinians have not, after the date of enact10 ment of this Act, obtained in the United Na11 tions or any specialized agency thereof the same 

12 standing as member states or full membership 

13 as a state outside an agreement negotiated be14 tween Israel and the Palestinians. 

15 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the 

16 President is unable to make the certifi17 cation pursuant to clause (i), the President 

18 may waive section 1003 of Public Law 

19 100-204 if the President determines and 

20 certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 

21 House of Representatives, the President 

22 pro tempore of the Senate, and the Com23 mittees on Appropriations that the Pal24 estinians have entered into direct and 

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1 vided, That any waiver of the provisions of 

2 section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 under 

3 clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 

4 previous provisions of law must expire be5 fore the waiver under the preceding sen6 tence may be exercised. 

7 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this sub8 paragraph shall be effective for no more 

9 than a period of 6 months at a time and 

10 shall not apply beyond 12 months after the 

11 enactment of this Act. 

12 (3) FUNDING REDUCTION.—If the requirements 

13 for the obligation of assistance in subsection 7040(f) 

14 of this Act are met, the Secretary of State shall re15 duce the amount of assistance made available by this 

16 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

17 for the Palestinian Authority by an amount the Sec18 retary determines is equivalent to that expended by 

19 the Palestinian Authority in payments to individuals 

20 and the families of such individuals that are impris21 oned for acts of terrorism or who died committing 

22 such acts during the previous calendar year: Pro23 vided, That the Secretary shall report to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations on the amount reduced 

25 for fiscal year 2015 prior to the obligation of funds 

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1 for the Palestinian Authority: Provided further, That 

2 the report in the previous proviso shall also include 

3 steps taken to prevent any such payments. 

4 (k) YEMEN.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

5 Act for assistance for Yemen may be made available for 

6 the Armed Forces of Yemen if such forces are controlled 

7 by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant 

8 to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

9 AFRICA

10 SEC. 7042. (a) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.— 

11 Funds made available by this Act for assistance for the 

12 Central African Republic shall be made available for rec13 onciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activi14 ties to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and 

15 local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against 

16 humanity. 

17 (b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 

18 appropriated by this Act, not less than $63,331,000 

19 should be made available for the Trans-Sahara Counter20 terrorism Partnership program, and not less than 

21 $24,000,000 should be made available for the Partnership 

22 for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program. 

23 (c) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appro24 priated by this Act shall be made available for programs 

25 and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 

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1 Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Re2 sistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recov3 ery Act (Public Law 111–172), including to improve phys4 ical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early5 warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, de6 mobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat7 ants, especially child soldiers. 

8 (d) NATURAL RESOURCE TRANSPARENCY.—Funds 

9 appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance 

10 for Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, 

11 Ghana, and the countries participating in the Congo Basin 

12 Forest Partnership should be made available to promote 

13 and support transparency and accountability in relation 

14 to the extraction of timber, oil and gas, cacao, and other 

15 natural resources, including by strengthening implementa16 tion and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans17 parency Initiative and the Kimberley Process Certification 

18 Scheme. 

19 (e) SUDAN.— 

20 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

22 made available for assistance for the Government of 

23 Sudan. 

24 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

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1 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

2 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

3 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

4 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

5 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

6 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

7 (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

8 shall not apply to— 

9 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

10 (B) assistance for the Darfur region, 

11 Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 

12 other marginalized areas and populations in 

13 Sudan, and Abyei; and 

14 (C) assistance to support implementation 

15 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

16 Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements 

17 related to post-referendum issues associated 

18 with the CPA, or any other internationally rec19 ognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

20 (f) SOUTH SUDAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

21 that are made available for assistance for South Sudan 

22 should— 

23 (1) be prioritized for programs that respond to 

24 urgent humanitarian needs and the delivery of basic 

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1 bility, including to address protection needs and pre2 vent and respond to gender-based violence; 

3 (2) support programs that build resilience of 

4 communities to address food insecurity, maintain 

5 educational opportunities, and enhance local govern6 ance; 

7 (3) be used to advance democratic principles, 

8 including support for civil society, independent 

9 media, and other means to strengthen the rule of 

10 law; 

11 (4) continue to support transparency and ac12 countability measures, including in the oil and gas 

13 sector; and 

14 (5) support the professionalization of security 

15 forces, including human rights and accountability to 

16 civilian authorities. 

17 (g) ZIMBABWE.— 

18 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

19 the United States executive director of each inter20 national financial institution to vote against any ex21 tension by the respective institution of any loans or 

22 grants to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to 

23 meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, 

24 unless the Secretary of State determines and reports 

25 in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that 

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1 the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, in2 cluding respect for ownership and title to property, 

3 and freedom of speech and association. 

4 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

6 Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and 

7 education, unless the Secretary of State makes the 

8 determination required in paragraph (1), and funds 

9 may be made available for macroeconomic growth 

10 assistance if the Secretary reports to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations that such government is im12 plementing transparent fiscal policies, including pub13 lic disclosure of revenues from the extraction of nat14 ural resources. 

15 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

16 SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 

17 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

18 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

19 available for assistance for Burma notwithstanding 

20 any other provision of law: Provided, That no such 

21 funds shall be made available to any successor or af22 filiated organization of the State Peace and Develop23 ment Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC 

24 members that promote the repressive policies of the 

25 SPDC, or to any individual or organization credibly 

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1 alleged to have committed gross violations of human 

2 rights, including against Rohingyas and other minor3 ity Muslim groups: Provided further, That such 

4 funds may be made available for programs adminis5 tered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United 

6 States Agency for International Development, for 

7 ethnic groups and civil society in Burma to help sus8 tain ceasefire agreements and further prospects for 

9 reconciliation and peace, which may include support 

10 to representatives of ethnic armed groups for this 

11 purpose. 

12 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

13 Act for assistance for Burma— 

14 (A) may not be made available for budget 

15 support for the Government of Burma; 

16 (B) shall be provided to strengthen civil so17 ciety organizations in Burma, including as core 

18 support for such organizations; 

19 (C) shall be made available for community20 based organizations operating in Thailand to 

21 provide food, medical, and other humanitarian 

22 assistance to internally displaced persons in 

23 eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for 

24 Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by 

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1 this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref2 ugee Assistance’’; and 

3 (D) shall be made available for ethnic and 

4 religious reconciliation programs, including in 

5 ceasefire areas, as appropriate, and to address 

6 the Rohingya and Kachin crises. 

7 (3) The Department of State may continue con8 sultations with the armed forces of Burma only on 

9 human rights and disaster response, and following 

10 consultation with the appropriate congressional com11 mittees. 

12 (4) Funds appropriated by this Act should only 

13 be made available for assistance for the central Gov14 ernment of Burma if such government is imple15 menting Constitutional reforms, in consultation with 

16 Burma’s political opposition and ethnic groups, pro17 viding for inclusive, transparent, and fair participa18 tion in presidential and parliamentary elections in 

19 Burma, including as voters and candidates. 

20 (5) Any new program or activity in Burma ini21 tiated in fiscal year 2015 shall be subject to prior 

22 consultation with the appropriate congressional com23 mittees. 

24 (b) NORTH KOREA.—None of the funds made avail25 able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

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1 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the Gov2 ernment of North Korea. 

3 (c) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

4 (1) None of the funds appropriated under the 

5 heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in 

6 this Act may be obligated or expended for processing 

7 licenses for the export of satellites of United States 

8 origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 

9 components) to the People’s Republic of China un10 less, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 

11 Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

12 (2) The terms and requirements of section 

13 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

14 apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of 

15 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s 

16 Republic of China, to include such projects or activi17 ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 

18 an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

19 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur20 suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 

21 contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or 

22 any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 

23 believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 

24 the PLA. 

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1 (3)(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 

2 Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

3 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support 

4 Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for the 

5 government of the People’s Republic of China. 

6 (B) The limitation of subparagraph (A) 

7 shall not apply to assistance described in para8 graph (2) of subsection (d) of this section and 

9 for programs to detect, prevent, and treat infec10 tious disease. 

11 (d) TIBET.— 

12 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury should in13 struct the United States executive director of each 

14 international financial institution to use the voice 

15 and vote of the United States to support projects in 

16 Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 

17 the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 

18 Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti19 betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 

20 are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 

21 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti22 betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef23 fective monitoring. 

24 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

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1 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

2 to nongovernmental organizations to support activi3 ties which preserve cultural traditions and promote 

4 sustainable development and environmental con5 servation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Au6 tonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities 

7 in China. 

8 (e) VIETNAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 

10 available for remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in 

11 Vietnam and may be made available for assistance for the 

12 Government of Vietnam, including the military, for such 

13 purposes, and funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘De14 velopment Assistance’’ shall be made available for health/ 

15 disability activities in areas sprayed with Agent Orange 

16 or otherwise contaminated with dioxin. 

17 SOUTH ASIA

18 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

19 (1) OPERATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

20 (A) Funds appropriated under titles I and 

21 II of this Act that are available for the con22 struction and renovation of United States Gov23 ernment facilities in Afghanistan may not be 

24 made available if the purpose is to accommo25 date Federal employee positions or to expand 

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1 aviation facilities or assets above those notified 

2 by the Department of State and the United 

3 States Agency for International Development 

4 (USAID) to the Committees on Appropriations, 

5 or contractors in addition to those in place on 

6 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, 

7 That the limitations in this paragraph shall not 

8 apply if funds are necessary to protect such fa9 cilities or the security, health, and welfare of 

10 United States personnel. 

11 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

13 Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ that are 

14 made available for operations in Afghanistan, 

15 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation 

16 until the Secretary of State, in consultation 

17 with the Secretary of Defense and the Adminis18 trator of USAID, submits the report to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations, in classified 

20 form if necessary, on transition and security 

21 plans for the Department of State and USAID 

22 required under this subsection in the report Ac23 companying this Act: Provided, That such re24 port shall be updated every 6 months until Sep25 tember 30, 2016. 

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1 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

3 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En4 forcement’’ for assistance for Afghanistan— 

5 (A) shall be prioritized for programs enu6 merated under this subsection in the report ac7 companying this Act; 

8 (B) may not be used to initiate any new 

9 program, project, or activity that— 

10 (i) is not enumerated under this sec11 tion in the report accompanying this Act; 

12 (ii) would not have adequate over13 sight, to include site visits; or 

14 (iii) involves any individual or organi15 zation involved in corrupt practices; 

16 (C) shall only be made available for pro17 grams that the Government of Afghanistan 

18 (GoA) or other Afghan entity is capable of sus19 taining, as appropriate and as determined by 

20 the Chief of Mission; 

21 (D) may be made available for reconcili22 ation programs and disarmament, demobiliza23 tion and reintegration activities for former com24 batants who have renounced violence against 

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1 the GoA, in accordance with section 

2 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of Public Law 112-74; and 

3 (E) shall be implemented in accordance 

4 with all applicable audit policies of the Depart5 ment of State and USAID. 

6 (3) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

8 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

9 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En10 forcement’’ for assistance for the central Gov11 ernment of Afghanistan may not be obligated 

12 unless the Secretary of State certifies to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations that— 

14 (i) the GoA— 

15 (I) has agreed to a Bilateral Se16 curity Agreement with the United 

17 States Government; 

18 (II) is taking credible steps to 

19 protect and advance the rights of 

20 women and girls in Afghanistan; and 

21 (III) is making credible efforts to 

22 reduce corruption and recover Kabul 

23 Bank stolen assets; and 

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1 (ii) the necessary policies and proce2 dures are in place to ensure GoA compli3 ance with section 7013 of this Act. 

4 (B) The requirement of this paragraph 

5 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

6 Act for assistance for Afghanistan that are 

7 made available for education and health pro8 grams and programs that are consistent with 

9 the activities described in section 7059 of this 

10 Act. 

11 (4) FUNDING REDUCTION.—Funds appro12 priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro13 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper14 ations, and related programs that are available for 

15 assistance for the GoA shall be reduced by $5 for 

16 every $1 that the GoA imposes in taxes, duties, pen17 alties, or other fees on the transport of property of 

18 the United States Government (including the United 

19 States Armed Forces), entering or leaving Afghani20 stan. 

21 (5) BASE RIGHTS.—None of the funds made 

22 available by this Act may be used by the United 

23 States Government to enter into a permanent basing 

24 rights agreement between the United States and Af25 ghanistan. 

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1 (b) PAKISTAN.— 

2 (1) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appro3 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 

4 Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

5 and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi6 nancing Program’’ for assistance for the Govern7 ment of Pakistan may be made available unless the 

8 Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations that the Government of Pakistan 

10 is— 

11 (A) cooperating with the United States in 

12 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 

13 Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e14 Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and 

15 other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza16 tions, including taking steps to end support for 

17 such groups and prevent them from basing and 

18 operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 

19 border attacks into neighboring countries; 

20 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

21 against United States or coalition forces in Af22 ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel23 ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi24 cially into political and judicial processes in 

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1 (C) dismantling improvised explosive device 

2 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 

3 chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

4 (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear5 related material and expertise; 

6 (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 

7 United States visitors engaged in counterter8 rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki9 stan; and 

10 (F) providing humanitarian organizations 

11 access to detainees, internally displaced per12 sons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by 

13 the conflict. 

14 (2) ASSISTANCE.— 

15 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro17 gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 

18 available only to support counterterrorism and 

19 counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan, and 

20 are subject to section 620M of the Foreign As21 sistance Act of 1961. 

22 (B) Of the funds appropriated under titles 

23 III and IV of this Act that are made available 

24 for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall 

25 be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 

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1 of State reports to the Committees on Appro2 priations that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been re3 leased from prison and cleared of all charges re4 lating to the assistance provided to the United 

5 States in locating Osama bin Laden. 

6 (3) REPORTS.— 

7 (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 

8 7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan 

9 shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 

10 benchmarks for measuring progress, and ex11 pected results regarding combating poverty and 

12 furthering development in Pakistan, countering 

13 extremism, and establishing conditions condu14 cive to the rule of law and transparent and ac15 countable governance: Provided, That such 

16 benchmarks may incorporate those required in 

17 title III of Public Law 111–73, as appropriate: 

18 Provided further, That not later than 6 months 

19 after submission of such spend plan, and each 

20 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2016, 

21 the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations on the status 

23 of achieving the goals and benchmarks in such 

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1 (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 

2 assistance for the Government of Pakistan if 

3 any report required by clause (i) indicates that 

4 Pakistan is failing to make measurable progress 

5 in meeting such goals or benchmarks. 

6 (B) Not later than 90 days after enact7 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

8 submit a report to the Committees on Appro9 priations detailing the costs and objectives asso10 ciated with significant infrastructure projects 

11 supported by the United States in Pakistan, 

12 and an assessment of the extent to which such 

13 projects achieve such objectives. 

14 (c) SRI LANKA.— 

15 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may 

17 be made available for assistance for Sri Lanka unless the 

18 Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro19 priations that the Government of Sri Lanka is meeting 

20 the conditions specified under such heading in the report 

21 accompanying this Act. 

22 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for 

23 humanitarian demining, disaster relief, and aerial and 

24 maritime surveillance. 

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1 (3) If the Secretary makes the certification required 

2 in paragraph (1), funds appropriated under the heading 

3 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are made 

4 available for assistance for Sri Lanka should be used to 

5 support the recruitment of Tamils into the Sri Lankan 

6 military in an inclusive and transparent manner, Tamil 

7 language training for Sinhalese military personnel, and 

8 human rights training for all military personnel. 

9 (4) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Inter10 national Military Education and Training’’ (IMET) in this 

11 Act that are available for assistance for Sri Lanka, may 

12 be made available only for training related to international 

13 peacekeeping operations and expanded IMET: Provided, 

14 That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to 

15 maritime security. 

16 (5) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

17 United States executive directors of the international fi18 nancial institutions to vote against any loan, agreement, 

19 or other financial support for Sri Lanka except to meet 

20 basic human needs, unless the Secretary of State certifies 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

22 of Sri Lanka is meeting the conditions referenced in para23 graph (1) of this subsection. 

24 (d) REGIONAL CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.—Funds 

25 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

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1 Support Fund’’ for assistance for Afghanistan and Paki2 stan may be provided, notwithstanding any other provision 

3 of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, for 

4 cross border stabilization and development programs be5 tween Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either coun6 try and the Central Asian countries. 

7 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

8 SEC. 7045. (a) 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 division 

20 I of Public Law 112–74 shall continue in effect dur21 ing fiscal year 2015 and shall apply to funds appro22 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

23 for Colombia as if included in this Act: Provided fur24 ther, That of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

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1 less than $141,500,000 shall be apportioned directly 

2 to the United States Agency for International Devel3 opment for alternative development/institution build4 ing and local governance programs in Colombia. 

5 (2) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations, not later than 60 

7 days after enactment of this Act, the report de8 scribed under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

9 Control and Law Enforcement’’ in the report accom10 panying this Act. 

11 (b) CUBA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

13 $20,000,000 shall be made available to promote democ14 racy and strengthen civil society in Cuba. 

15 (c) HAITI.— 

16 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

17 be made available for assistance for the central Govern18 ment of Haiti until the Secretary of State certifies and 

19 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov20 ernment of Haiti— 

21 (A) is taking steps to hold free and fair par22 liamentary elections and to seat a new Haitian Par23 liament; 

24 (B) is respecting the independence of the judici25 ary; 

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1 (C) is combating corruption, including imple2 menting the anti-corruption law by prosecuting cor3 rupt officials; and 

4 (D) is improving governance and implementing 

5 financial transparency and accountability require6 ments for government institutions. 

7 (2) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to pur8 chase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 

9 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 

10 (d) HONDURAS.—The Secretary of State shall submit 

11 a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

12 than 45 days after this Act, on steps being taken by the 

13 Government of Honduras to address the matters described 

14 under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

15 (e) WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGIONAL.— 

16 (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by the this Act, not 

17 less than $120,000,000 shall be made available for assist18 ance for Mexico and Central American countries to en19 hance border security; to combat human trafficking and 

20 smuggling; to provide for the repatriation and reintegra21 tion of citizens from such countries; and to support a re22 gional dialogue on such issues. 

23 (B) Prior to the initial obligation of funds made 

24 available under subparagraph (A), but not later than 

25 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

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1 of State shall submit to the Committees on Appro2 priations a multi-country strategy for implementing 

3 such enhanced border security initiatives, which shall 

4 have a focus on the southern border of Mexico: Pro5 vided, That such strategy should be developed in 

6 consultation with the heads of other Federal depart7 ments and agencies, as appropriate. 

8 (C) The Secretary of State shall provide quar9 terly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

10 on the implementation of the strategy in subpara11 graph (B) and funding provided pursuant to sub12 paragraph (A). 

13 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head14 ing ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce15 ment’’ shall be made available for DNA forensic tech16 nology programs to combat human trafficking in Central 

17 America as described under this section in the report ac18 companying this Act. 

19 (f) TRADE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated in this 

20 Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 

21 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available for 

22 labor and environmental capacity building activities relat23 ing to free trade agreements with countries of Central 

24 America, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. 

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1 (g) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

2 To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper3 ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 

4 by this Act should be borne by the recipient country. 

5 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

6 MEMBERS

7 SEC. 7046. None of the funds appropriated or made 

8 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

9 carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 

10 used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear11 ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, 

12 from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

13 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 

14 costs for participation of another country’s delegation at 

15 international conferences held under the auspices of multi16 lateral or international organizations. 

17 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

18 SEC. 7047. If the President determines that doing so 

19 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

20 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

21 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec22 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

23 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

24 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

25 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

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1 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

2 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola3 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

4 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina5 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de6 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro7 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

8 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti9 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 LIMITATIONS ON THE UNITED NATIONS

11 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT12 ABILITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title I and 

13 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro14 grams’’ in title V of this Act that are available for con15 tributions to the United Nations, any United Nations 

16 agency, the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 

17 Operations, or the Organization of American States, 15 

18 percent may not be obligated for such organization, de19 partment, or agency until the Secretary of State reports 

20 to the Committees on Appropriations that the organiza21 tion, department, or agency is— 

22 (1) posting on a publicly available Web site, 

23 consistent with privacy regulations and due process, 

24 regular financial and programmatic audits of such 

25 organization, department, or agency, and providing 

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1 the United States Government with necessary access 

2 to such financial and performance audits; and 

3 (2) implementing best practices for the protec4 tion of whistleblowers from retaliation, including 

5 best practices for— 

6 (A) protection against retaliation for inter7 nal and lawful public disclosures; 

8 (B) legal burdens of proof; 

9 (C) statutes of limitation for reporting re10 taliation; 

11 (D) access to independent adjudicative 

12 bodies, including external arbitration; and 

13 (E) results that eliminate the effects of 

14 proven retaliation. 

15 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA16 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.—(1) None of the funds made 

17 available by this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 

18 United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, 

19 or commission of the United Nations if such commission 

20 is chaired or presided over by a country, the government 

21 of which the Secretary of State has determined, for pur22 poses of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act 

23 of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

25 App. 2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 

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

2 Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a con3 tribution to any organization, agency, or program 

4 within the United Nations system if such organiza5 tion, agency, commission, or program is chaired or 

6 presided over by a country the government of which 

7 the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes 

8 of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

9 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 

10 section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 

11 1979, or any other provision of law, is a government 

12 that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

13 international terrorism. 

14 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

15 None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

16 available in support of the United Nations Human Rights 

17 Council unless the Secretary of State determines and re18 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that participa19 tion in the Council is in the national security interest of 

20 the United States and that the Council is taking steps to 

21 remove Israel as a permanent agenda item: Provided, That 

22 such report shall include a justification for making the de23 termination and a description of the steps taken to remove 

24 Israel as a permanent agenda item. 

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1 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN2 CY.—None of the funds made available by this Act under 

3 the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ may be 

4 made available as a contribution to the United Nations 

5 Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) until the Secretary 

6 of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap7 propriations, in writing, that UNRWA is— 

8 (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 

9 West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to 

10 inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any in11 appropriate use; 

12 (2) acting promptly to address any staff or ben13 eficiary violation of its own policies (including the 

14 policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 

15 and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of 

16 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

17 (3) taking necessary and appropriate measures 

18 to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con19 ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

20 Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the 

21 Department of State on actions it has taken to en22 sure conformance with such conditions; 

23 (4) taking steps to ensure the content of all 

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1 sistent with the values of human rights, dignity, and 

2 tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

3 (5) not engaging in operations with financial in4 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 

5 United States law, and is taking steps to improve 

6 the financial transparency of the organization; and 

7 (6) in compliance with the United Nations 

8 Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 

9 is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec10 ommendations. 

11 (e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.— 

12 None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

13 for the design, renovation, or construction of the United 

14 Nations Headquarters in New York. 

15 (f) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or pursu16 ant to subsections (a) and (d) may be waived on a case17 by-case basis by the Secretary of State if the Secretary 

18 determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria19 tions that such waiver is necessary to avert a humani20 tarian crisis. 

21 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

23 report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

24 amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 

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1 partment, agency, or program within the United Nations 

2 system or any international program that are withheld 

3 from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall update such 

5 report each time additional funds are withheld by oper6 ation of any provision of law: Provided further, That the 

7 reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such 

8 report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 

9 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

10 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

12 SEC. 7049. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

13 by titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 

14 of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, not16 withstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effec17 tiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

18 through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

19 the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and 

20 through assistance to foster civilian police roles that sup21 port democratic governance, including assistance for pro22 grams to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 

23 gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 

24 with the communities they serve. 

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1 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub2 section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification pro3 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

4 PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO

5 SEC. 7050. None of the funds provided by this Act 

6 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

7 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

8 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

9 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

10 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

11 products of the same type. 

12 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

13 SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend15 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart16 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

17 in the United States, at any single international con18 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

19 Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro20 priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 

21 is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 

22 purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con23 ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa24 tives of the United States Government and of foreign govmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern2 mental organizations. 

3 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION

4 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith5 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

6 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

7 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

8 foreign operations, and related programs under the head9 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 

10 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

11 Counterdrug Initiative’’ and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro12 grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 

13 region, including for the transportation of active and 

14 standby Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment 

15 during a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for 

16 policy decisions and justification for the use of such trans17 fer authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary 

18 of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this re19 sponsibility shall not be delegated. 

20 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 

21 in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 

22 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro23 priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 

24 programmatic purposes in the designated country or re25 gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

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1 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

2 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.—(1) The uses of air4 craft purchased or leased by the Department of State and 

5 the United States Agency for International Development 

6 (USAID) with funds made available in this Act or prior 

7 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

8 foreign operations, and related programs shall be coordi9 nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of Mis10 sion: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to trans11 port, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, Fed12 eral and non-Federal personnel supporting Department of 

13 State and USAID programs and activities: Provided fur14 ther, That official travel for other agencies for other pur15 poses may be supported on a reimbursable basis, or with16 out reimbursement when traveling on a space available 

17 basis: Provided further, That funds received by the De18 partment of State for the use of aircraft owned, leased, 

19 or chartered by the Department of State may be credited 

20 to the Department’s Working Capital Fund and shall be 

21 available for expenses related to the purchase, lease, main22 tenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 

23 (2) The requirement and authorities of this 

24 subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary 

25 purpose of which is the transportation of personnel. 

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1 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

2 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

3 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

4 of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall apply to this 

5 Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in 

6 subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 

7 2014’’. 

8 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

9 SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, demining equipment available to 

11 the United States Agency for International Development 

12 and the Department of State and used in support of the 

13 clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for hu14 manitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis 

15 in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions 

16 as the Secretary of State may prescribe. 

17 (b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 

18 shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

19 license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

20 munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

21 transferred, unless— 

22 (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 

23 after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

24 unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 

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1 cable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such clus2 ter munitions or cluster munitions technology speci3 fies that the cluster munitions will only be used 

4 against clearly defined military targets and will not 

5 be used where civilians are known to be present or 

6 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

7 (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

8 for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently dis9 posing of such cluster munitions. 

10 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

11 SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 

12 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur13 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Pro15 vided, That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available 

16 to carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 

17 96–533. 

18 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

19 SEC. 7056. Of the funds appropriated or made avail20 able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed 

21 $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses of the 

22 United States Agency for International Development dur23 ing the current fiscal year. 

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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

2 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of 

5 the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry 

6 out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

7 of 1961 may be used by the United States Agency for 

8 International Development (USAID) to hire and employ 

9 individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited 

10 appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 

11 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

12 (b) RESTRICTIONS.—(1) The number of individuals 

13 hired in any fiscal year pursuant to the authority con14 tained in subsection (a) may not exceed 175. 

15 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

16 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

17 2016. 

18 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

19 should only be used to the extent that an equivalent num20 ber of positions that are filled by personal services contrac21 tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 

22 are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 

23 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated. 

24 (d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

25 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

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1 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

2 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate: 

3 Provided, That funds made available to carry out this sec4 tion may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro5 priated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper6 ating Expenses’’. 

7 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi8 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

9 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

10 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re11 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for 

13 a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 

14 set forth in such section. 

15 (f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro16 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

17 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, in addi18 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

19 the cost (including the support costs) of individuals de20 tailed to or employed by USAID whose primary responsi21 bility is to carry out programs in response to natural dis22 asters, or man-made disasters subject to the regular notifi23 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 (g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap25 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

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1 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As2 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

3 Act (Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to em4 ploy up to 40 personal services contractors in the United 

5 States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

6 purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 

7 expanded overseas programs and activities managed by 

8 the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

9 and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such con10 tractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided 

11 further, That such funds appropriated to carry out title 

12 II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may 

13 be made available only for personal services contractors 

14 assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 

15 (h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

16 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro17 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

18 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

19 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

20 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

21 (i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT22 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro23 vided by section 7059(o) of division F of Public Law 111– 

24 117 may be assigned to or support programs in Afghani25 stan or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act 

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1 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

2 of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

3 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

4 SEC. 7058. (a) Funds appropriated by titles III and 

5 IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assist6 ance for child survival activities or disease programs in7 cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven8 tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 

9 available notwithstanding any other provision of law ex10 cept for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro11 grams’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

12 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 

13 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 

14 (b) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not more 

15 than $461,000,000 may be made available for family plan16 ning/reproductive health. 

17 (c) GLOBAL FUND.—(1) Of the funds appropriated 

18 by this Act that are available for a contribution to the 

19 Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 

20 (Global Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obliga21 tion until the Secretary of State determines and reports 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

23 (A) the Global Fund is maintaining and 

24 implementing a policy of transparency, includ25 ing the authority of the Global Fund Office of 

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1 the Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG re2 ports on a public Web site; 

3 (B) the Global Fund is providing sufficient 

4 resources to maintain an independent OIG 

5 that— 

6 (i) reports directly to the Board of the 

7 Global Fund; 

8 (ii) maintains a mandate to conduct 

9 thorough investigations and programmatic 

10 audits, free from undue interference; and 

11 (iii) compiles regular, publicly pub12 lished audits and investigations of finan13 cial, programmatic, and reporting aspects 

14 of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipi15 ents, sub-recipients, and Local Fund 

16 Agents; 

17 (C) the Global Fund maintains an effective 

18 whistleblower policy to protect whistleblowers 

19 from retaliation, including confidential proce20 dures for reporting possible misconduct or 

21 irregularities; and 

22 (D) the Global Fund is implementing the 

23 recommendations contained in the Consolidated 

24 Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 

25 the Global Fund on November 21, 2011. 

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1 (2) The withholding required by this subsection 

2 shall not be in addition to funds that are withheld 

3 from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2015 pursuant 

4 to the application of any other provision contained 

5 in this or any other Act. 

6 (d) PANDEMIC RESPONSE.—If the President deter7 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 that a pandemic virus is efficient and sustained, severe, 

9 and is spreading internationally, any funds made available 

10 under title III in this Act may be made available to combat 

11 such virus: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 

12 to the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior 

13 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

14 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (e) POLIO.—Not less than $59,000,000 of the funds 

16 made available in title III of this Act shall be made avail17 able to eradicate polio: Provided, That if the President de18 termines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

19 that a polio outbreak is severe and spreading internation20 ally, any funds made available under title III in this Act 

21 may be made available to combat such outbreak: Provided 

22 further, That funds made pursuant to the authority of this 

23 subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

24 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

25 Appropriations. 

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1 GENDER EQUALITY

2 SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro3 priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen4 der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 

5 development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 

6 participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 

7 worldwide. 

8 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro9 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

10 shall be made available to increase leadership opportuni11 ties for women in countries where women and girls suffer 

12 discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength13 ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 

14 women’s participation in political parties and elections, 

15 and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi16 tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin17 cial, and national levels. 

18 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

19 (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 

20 and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall 

21 be made available to implement a multi-year strat22 egy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence 

23 in countries where it is common in conflict and non24 conflict settings. 

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1 (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and 

2 IV of this Act that are available to train foreign 

3 police, judicial, and military personnel, includ4 ing for international peacekeeping operations, 

5 shall address, where appropriate, prevention 

6 and response to gender-based violence and traf7 ficking in persons, and shall promote the inte8 gration of women into the police and other se9 curity forces. 

10 (2) Department of State and United States 

11 Agency for International Development gender pro12 grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to com13 bat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, in14 cluding child marriage, rape, female genital cutting 

15 and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 

16 forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non17 conflict settings. 

18 (d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro19 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As20 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

21 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 

22 available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 

23 improve coordination of, United States Government ef24 forts to empower women as equal partners in conflict pre25 vention, peace building, transitional processes, and reconmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 struction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in po2 litical transition, and to ensure the equitable provision of 

3 relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. 

4 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

5 SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER

6 EDUCATION.— 

7 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

8 (A) Of the funds appropriated by title III 

9 of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 shall be 

10 made available for assistance for basic edu11 cation, notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law that restricts assistance to foreign coun13 tries. 

14 (B) The United States Agency for Inter15 national Development shall ensure that pro16 grams supported with funds appropriated for 

17 basic education in this Act and prior Acts mak18 ing appropriations for the Department of State, 

19 foreign operations, and related programs are in20 tegrated, when appropriate, with health, agri21 culture, governance, and economic development 

22 activities to address the economic and social 

23 needs of the broader community. 

24 (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 under title III for basic education, not less than 

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1 $50,000,000 shall be made available for a con2 tribution to multilateral partnerships that sup3 port education. 

4 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro5 priated by this Act under title III, not less than 

6 $15,000,000 shall be made available for human and 

7 institutional capacity development partnerships be8 tween higher education institutions in Africa and the 

9 United States. 

10 (b) CONSERVATION.— 

11 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

12 this Act, $225,000,000 shall be made available for 

13 biodiversity conservation programs. 

14 (2)(A) Not less than $45,000,000 of the funds 

15 appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall 

16 be made available to combat the transnational threat 

17 of wildlife poaching and trafficking. 

18 (B) None of the funds appropriated under 

19 title IV of this Act may be made available for 

20 training or other assistance for any military 

21 unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 

22 determines has been credibly alleged to have 

23 participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, 

24 unless the Secretary reports to the Committees 

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1 on Appropriations that to do so is in the na2 tional security interests of the United States. 

3 (c) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOP4 MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act under title III 

5 should be made available for food security and agriculture 

6 development programs and may be made available not7 withstanding any other provision of law to address food 

8 shortages: Provided, That $32,000,000 shall be made 

9 available for the Feed the Future Collaborative Innovation 

10 Lab: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be made 

11 available for a United States contribution to the endow12 ment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to the 

13 authorization provided in Public Law 113–79. 

14 (d) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 

15 funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 

16 $265,000,000 should be made available for microenter17 prise and microfinance development programs for the 

18 poor, especially women. 

19 (e) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.— 

20 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

21 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

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

23 Enforcement’’, not less than $58,000,000 shall be made 

24 available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 

25 internationally. 

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1 (2) Funds made available in the previous paragraph 

2 shall be made available to support a multifaceted approach 

3 to combat human trafficking in Guatemala: Provided, 

4 That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Com5 mittees on Appropriations, not later than 30 days after 

6 enactment of this Act, on the use of such funds. 

7 (f) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro8 priated by this Act, not less than $365,000,000 shall be 

9 made available for water and sanitation supply projects 

10 pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 

11 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121). 

12 (g) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Authorized de13 viations from funding levels contained in this section shall 

14 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations. 

16 ARMS TRADE TREATY

17 SEC. 7061. None of the funds appropriated by this 

18 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

19 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

20 ratification for the Treaty. 

21 REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS

22 SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated or made 

23 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 

24 be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 

25 any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

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1 any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re2 quirements of the United States Agency for International 

3 Development. 

4 LIMITATIONS ON FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE

5 HEALTH

6 SEC. 7063. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

7 otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail8 able for the United Nations Population Fund. 

9 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available by this Act for population planning activi11 ties or other population assistance may be made available 

12 to any foreign nongovernmental organization that pro13 motes or performs abortion, except in cases of rape or in14 cest or when the life of the mother would be endangered 

15 if the fetus were carried to term. 

16 LIMITATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT

17 NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

18 SEC. 7064. (a) None of the funds made available in 

19 this Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for the 

20 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro21 grams, may be obligated for any country, including a state 

22 with a compact of free association with the United States, 

23 that concludes an agreement with the United States to 

24 receive by transfer or release individuals detained at 

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1 less, not later than five days after the conclusion of the 

2 agreement, but prior to implementation of the agreement, 

3 the Secretary of State notifies the Committees on Appro4 priations in writing of the terms of the agreement: Pro5 vided, That any such obligation of funds shall be subject 

6 to the regular notification procedures of, and approval by, 

7 the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (b) The Secretary of State shall report to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations, not more than 45 days after 

10 enactment of this Act, and every 45 days thereafter 

11 through fiscal year 2015, on negotiations over the previous 

12 45 days between Department of State personnel and offi13 cials of Foreign governments over the potential transfer 

14 to such governments of an individual, or individuals, de15 tained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

16 Cuba: Provided, That such reports may be provided in 

17 classified form if necessary. 

18 INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS

19 SEC. 7065. Funds appropriated under the headings 

20 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

21 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce22 ment’’ in this Act may be made available, notwithstanding 

23 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 

24 assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign 

25 prisons and other detention facilities. 

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1 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

2 SEC. 7066. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 

4 cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract 

5 employee of the United States Government. 

6 EXTRADITION

7 SEC. 7067. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

8 Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

9 provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster As10 sistance’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En11 forcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United 

12 States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance’’, 

13 and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re14 lated 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) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov22 ernment of a country with which the United States main23 tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 

24 States has an extradition treaty and the government of 

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1 that country is in violation of the terms and conditions 

2 of the treaty. 

3 (c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

4 in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 

5 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

6 waiver is important to the national interests of the United 

7 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 POST-SOVIET STATES

2 SEC. 7069. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

3 this Act may be made available for assistance for the cen4 tral Government of the Russian Federation. 

5 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

6 be made available for assistance for a government of an 

7 Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that gov8 ernment directs any action in violation of the territorial 

9 integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent 

10 State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations 

11 included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That, except 

12 as otherwise provided in subsection (a), funds may be 

13 made available without regard to the restriction in this 

14 subsection if the President determines that to do so is in 

15 the national security interest of the United States: Pro16 vided further, That prior to executing the authority con17 tained in this subsection the Department of State shall 

18 consult with the Committees on Appropriations on how 

19 such assistance supports the national interests of the 

20 United States. 

21 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

22 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available, not23 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

24 limitation contained in subsection (a) of this section, for 

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1 fied in section 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European 

2 Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) 

3 and section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 

4 102–511) and may be used to carry out the provisions 

5 of those Acts: Provided, That such assistance and related 

6 programs from funds appropriated by this Act under the 

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

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

9 Enforcement’’ shall be administered in accordance with 

10 the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant 

11 to section 601 of the Support for Eastern European De12 mocracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and 

13 section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 

14 102–511). 

15 (d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

16 not apply to— 

17 (1) activities to support democracy or assist18 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

19 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non20 proliferation assistance; 

21 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

22 Development Agency under section 661 of the For23 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

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1 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

2 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

3 acting within his or her official capacity; 

4 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

5 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

6 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

7 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

9 (5) any financing provided under the Export10 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

11 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

12 (e) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

13 headings ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’, ‘‘Economic 

14 Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

15 Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

16 Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 

17 Financing Program’’, up to $215,000,000 shall be made 

18 available for enhanced programs to counter external, re19 gional aggression and influence in Ukraine and other inde20 pendent states of the Former Soviet Union and Central 

21 and Eastern Europe. 

22 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

23 SEC. 7070. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 

24 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of division F of Public 

25 Law 111–117 shall apply to this Act. 

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

2 United States Executive Director of the International 

3 Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan 

4 will be repaid to the IMF before other private creditors. 

5 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to ensure 

6 that the IMF is implementing best practices for the pro7 tection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best 

8 practices for— 

9 (1) protection against retaliation for internal 

10 and lawful public disclosures; 

11 (2) legal burdens of proof; 

12 (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia13 tion; 

14 (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 

15 including external arbitration; and 

16 (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

17 retaliation. 

18 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

19 SEC. 7071. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available under titles III through VI of this 

21 Act, or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart22 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

23 may be obligated or expended to provide— 

24 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter25 prise currently located in the United States for the 

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1 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

2 outside the United States if such incentive or in3 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ4 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

5 because United States production is being replaced 

6 by such enterprise outside the United States; 

7 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac8 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation9 ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 

10 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

11 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

12 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

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

14 commensurate with the level of development of the 

15 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

16 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

17 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

18 agriculture; 

19 (3) any assistance to an entity outside the 

20 United States if such assistance is for the purpose 

21 of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 

22 United States to other countries and adversely im23 pacts the labor force in the United States; or 

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

25 or policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to— 

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1 (A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) 

2 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; 

3 (B) the modification proposed by the Over4 seas Private Investment Corporation in Novem5 ber 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental 

6 and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; 

7 (C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High 

8 Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Ex9 port-Import Bank of the United States on De10 cember 12, 2013; or 

11 (D) the World Bank Group’s Directions 

12 for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector re13 leased on July 16, 2013, 

14 when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 

15 guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of pro16 hibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation 

17 project the purpose of which is to increase exports 

18 of goods and services from the United States or pre19 vent the loss of jobs in the United States. 

20 SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND

21 SEC. 7072. Not to exceed $100,000,000 may be obli22 gated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export 

23 Control Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acqui24 sition Fund (Fund), to remain available for obligation 

25 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That the provision 

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1 of defense articles and defense services to foreign coun2 tries or international organizations from the Fund shall 

3 be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

4 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN AWARDS

5 SEC. 7073. (a) CONVICTIONS.—None of the funds 

6 made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 

7 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

8 agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or 

9 loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of 

10 a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within 

11 the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is 

12 aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered 

13 suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 

14 a determination that this further action is not necessary 

15 to protect the interests of the Government. 

16 (b) UNPAID TAXES.—None of the funds made avail17 able by this Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

18 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

19 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

20 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil21 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad22 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

23 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

24 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col25 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

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1 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has 

2 considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

3 and has made a determination that this further action is 

4 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

5 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

6 SEC. 7074. (a) None of the funds made available 

7 under titles III through VI of this Act may be made avail8 able for Enterprise Funds unless the Committees on Ap9 propriations are notified at least fifteen days in advance. 

10 (b) Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 

11 from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an En12 terprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall sub13 mit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 

14 with the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

15 on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets 

16 of the Enterprise Fund. 

17 (c) Prior to a transition to and operation of any pri18 vate equity fund or other parallel investment fund under 

19 an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall submit 

20 such transition or operating plan to the Committees on 

21 Appropriations, in accordance with the regular notification 

22 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

24 SEC. 7075. If the President makes a determination 

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1 tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 

2 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 

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

4 determination and any resulting changes to program and 

5 policy. 

6 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

7 SEC. 7076. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

8 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de9 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I and 

10 II, and the Department of the Treasury and Independent 

11 Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including the 

12 Inter-American Foundation and the United States African 

13 Development Foundation, shall submit to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations an operating plan for funds appro15 priated to such department, agency, or organization in 

16 such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for ob17 ligation in fiscal year 2015, that provides details of the 

18 use of such funds at the program, project, and activity 

19 level. 

20 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

21 (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

22 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Adminis23 trator of the United States Agency for International 

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1 tees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for 

2 funds made available by this Act, for— 

3 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, 

4 Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, 

5 the West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen; 

6 (B) the Caribbean Basin Security Initia7 tive, the Central American Regional Security 

8 Initiative, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 

9 Partnership program, and the Partnership for 

10 Regional East Africa Counterterrorism pro11 gram; and 

12 (C) democracy programs and each sector 

13 enumerated in section 7060 of this Act. 

14 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

15 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

17 spend plan for funds made available by this Act 

18 under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury’’ 

19 in title III and ‘‘International Financial Institu20 tions’’ in title V. 

21 (c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days 

22 after enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator 

23 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a de24 tailed report on spending of funds made available during 

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1 fiscal year 2014 under the heading ‘‘Development Credit 

2 Authority’’. 

3 (d) NOTIFICATIONS.—The spend plans referenced in 

4 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti5 fication requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 

6 under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

7 (e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS.— 

8 The congressional budget justifications for Department of 

9 State operations and foreign operations shall be provided 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the 

11 date of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 

12 2016. 

13 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

14 SEC. 7077. (a) Funds appropriated under titles I and 

15 III of this Act shall be made available for programs to 

16 promote Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such 

17 programs shall be prioritized for countries whose govern18 ments restrict freedom of expression on the Internet, and 

19 that are important to the national interests of the United 

20 States: Provided further, That funds made available pursu21 ant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum ex22 tent practicable, by sources other than the United States 

23 Government, including from the private sector. 

24 (b) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

25 shall be— 

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1 (1) coordinated with other democracy, govern2 ance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act 

3 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Op4 erations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Democ5 racy Fund’’, and shall be incorporated into country 

6 assistance, democracy promotion, and broadcasting 

7 strategies, as appropriate; 

8 (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 

9 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State 

10 and the United States Agency for International De11 velopment (USAID) for programs to implement the 

12 May 2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace 

13 and the comprehensive strategy to promote Internet 

14 freedom and access to information in Iran, as re15 quired by section 414 of Public Law 112–158; 

16 (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board 

17 of Governors (BBG) to provide tools and techniques 

18 to access the Internet Web sites of BBG broad19 casters that are censored, and to work with such 

20 broadcasters to promote and distribute such tools 

21 and techniques, including digital security techniques; 

22 (4) made available for programs that support 

23 the efforts of civil society to counter the development 

24 of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, 

25 including countering threats to Internet freedom at 

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1 international organizations; to combat violence 

2 against bloggers and other users; and to enhance 

3 digital security training and capacity building for de4 mocracy activists; and 

5 (5) made available for research of key threats 

6 to Internet freedom; the continued development of 

7 technologies that provide or enhance access to the 

8 Internet, including circumvention tools that bypass 

9 Internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship 

10 techniques used by authoritarian governments; and 

11 maintenance of the United States Government’s 

12 technological advantage over such censorship tech13 niques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in 

14 consultation with the BBG, shall coordinate any 

15 such research and development programs with other 

16 relevant United States Government departments and 

17 agencies in order to share information, technologies, 

18 and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness of 

19 such technologies. 

20 LIU XIAOBO PLAZA

21 SEC. 7078. Not later than 45 days after the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall offi23 cially rename the section of International Place, North24 west, Washington, District of Columbia, which runs di25 rectly in front of the Embassy of the People’s Republic 

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1 of China, Liu Xiaobo Plaza and shall produce accom2 panying street signs to reflect this change. For the pur3 poses of United States Postal code, hereafter the proper 

4 address of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China 

5 in Washington, District of Columbia, shall be No. 1 Liu 

6 Xiaobo Plaza. 

7 TITLE VIII 

8 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 

9 WAR ON TERRORISM 

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

11 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

12 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con15 sular Programs’’, $1,508,458,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2016, of which $989,706,000 is for 

17 Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 

19 transfer up to $100,000,000 of the total funds made avail20 able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 

21 department or agency of the United States, upon the con22 currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup23 port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 

24 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

25 1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 

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1 treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsections 

2 (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and shall not be 

3 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli4 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro5 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con6 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

7 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

11 General’’, $56,900,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2016, which shall be for the Special Inspector 

13 General for Afghanistan Reconstruction and, of such 

14 amount, up to $5,200,000, may be for the Office of In15 spector General, for reconstruction oversight: Provided, 

16 That printing and reproduction costs shall not exceed 

17 amounts for such costs during fiscal year 2014: Provided 

18 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

19 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter20 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

21 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

24 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $260,800,000, to re25 main available until expended: Provided, That such 

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1 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con2 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

3 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

6 DEVELOPMENT 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

10 $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

12 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

13 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

15 1985. 

16 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

17 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

18 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

20 Assistance’’, $774,172,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des22 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper23 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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1 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

3 Fund’’, $1,524,634,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des5 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper6 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

10 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref12 ugee Assistance’’, $759,296,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des14 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper15 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

19 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

20 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

21 ENFORCEMENT

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar23 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $344,390,000, to 

24 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

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1 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

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

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

5 RELATED PROGRAMS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

7 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

8 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

10 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

11 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

13 1985. 

14 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper16 ations’’, $260,879,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the 

22 funds available for obligation under this heading in this 

23 Act, up to $295,800,000 may be used to pay assessed ex24 penses of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia 

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1 quirements: Provided further, That the total amount of 

2 United States contributions to support an assessed peace3 keeping operation shall not exceed the level described in 

4 the final proviso under the heading, ‘‘Contributions for 

5 International Peacekeeping Activities’’ in title I of this 

6 Act. 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

8 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi10 nancing Program’’, $337,896,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount 

12 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

13 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

17 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

18 SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

20 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

21 Act for fiscal year 2015. 

22 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

23 SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

24 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro25 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 EXTRAORDINARY AUTHORITIES

4 SEC. 8003. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act and 

5 designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

6 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985, for ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ in this title 

9 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro10 priated by this title under such heading if the Secretary 

11 of State determines such transfer is necessary for imple12 mentation of the recommendations of the Benghazi Ac13 countability Review Board or other security requirements: 

14 Provided, That no such transfer shall exceed 10 percent 

15 of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 

16 year for the Department of State under the heading ‘‘Ad17 ministration of Foreign Affairs’’ and no such appropria18 tion shall be increased by more than 20 percent by any 

19 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer 

20 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sub21 sections (a) and (b) of this Act: Provided further, That 

22 the transfer authority in this section is in addition to any 

23 transfer authority otherwise available under any other pro24 vision of law. 

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1 (b) Of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Bilateral Eco2 nomic Assistance’’ in this title, up to $150,000,000 may 

3 be made available to support urgent and unanticipated 

4 peacekeeping requirements: Provided, That funds made 

5 available pursuant to this subsection may be used for 

6 international peacekeeping activities pursuant to the terms 

7 and conditions of funds appropriated under the heading 

8 ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ in this title: Provided further, 

9 That such funds may only be available if the Secretary 

10 of State submits a determination to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations that additional funding is necessary to 

12 support bilateral or multilateral peacekeeping require13 ments above the program level recommended in the fiscal 

14 year 2015 congressional budget justification, that the pro15 vision of such assistance is necessary to address urgent 

16 humanitarian needs, and that it is vital to the national 

17 security interests of the United States: Provided further, 

18 that such funds may only be made available for the pur19 poses described in the determination. 

20 DESIGNATION

21 SEC. 8004. Each amount designated in this Act by 

22 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

25 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 

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1 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

2 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

3 TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 

4 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 SEC. 9001. The amount by which the applicable allo6 cation of new budget authority made by the Committee 

7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

8 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

9 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

10 $0. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

12 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria13 tions Act, 2015’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 372 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5013 

[Report No. 110–499] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, State, foreign operations, and related programs 

JUNE 27, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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