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Calendar No. 435 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2499 

[Report No. 113–195] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 19, 2014 

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

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

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

5 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro6 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 

7 for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

3 AGENCY 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

5 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

6 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

9 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

10 $6,460,639,000, of which up to $695,000,000 may remain 

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

12 $2,128,115,000 may remain available until expended for 

13 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 

14 made available under this heading shall be allocated in ac15 cordance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

16 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex17 penses for training, human resources management, 

18 and salaries, including employment without regard 

19 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

20 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au21 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor22 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 

23 $2,270,036,000, of which up to $331,885,000 is for 

24 Worldwide Security Protection and of which not less 

25 than $1,500,000 is for human rights vetting. 
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1 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex2 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

3 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

4 $1,595,805,000. 

5 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

6 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

7 Department of State, including representation to 

8 certain international organizations in which the 

9 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati10 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen11 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra12 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar13 mament activities as authorized, $780,860,000, of 

14 which not less than $3,500,000 is for human rights 

15 vetting. 

16 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex17 penses for security activities, $1,813,938,000, of 

18 which up to $1,796,230,000 is for Worldwide Secu19 rity Protection. 

20 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad21 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

22 this heading— 

23 (A) not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be de24 rived from fees collected from other executive 

25 agencies for lease or use of facilities located at 
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1 the International Center in accordance with sec2 tion 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 

3 addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

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

5 authorized by that section, to be used for the 

6 purposes set out in that section; 

7 (B) as authorized by section 810 of the 

8 United States Information and Educational Ex9 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re10 main available until expended, may be credited 

11 to this appropriation from fees or other pay12 ments received from English teaching, library, 

13 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

14 from fees from educational advising and coun15 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 

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

17 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

18 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

19 (6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER

20 MATTERS.— 

21 (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 

22 Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and 

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

24 heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 
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1 (B) Of the amount made available under 

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

3 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

4 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer5 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv6 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu7 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

8 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

9 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur10 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

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

12 the field examination of programs and activities 

13 in the United States funded from any account 

14 contained in this title. 

15 (D) Of the funds appropriated under this 

16 heading, up to $23,500,000, to remain available 

17 until expended, shall be for Conflict Stabiliza18 tion Operations and for related reconstruction 

19 and stabilization assistance to prevent or re20 spond to conflict or civil strife in foreign coun21 tries or regions, or to enable transition from 

22 such strife. 

23 (E) Of the amount made available under 

24 this heading, not to exceed $1,000,000 may be 
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1 used to make grants to carry out the activities 

2 of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 

3 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

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

6 as authorized. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General, $73,400,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 

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

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

12 funds appropriated under this heading, $11,000,000 may 

13 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

14 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

15 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

16 programs, as authorized, $590,770,000, to remain avail17 able until expended: Provided, That fees or other pay18 ments received from, or in connection with, English teach19 ing, educational advising and counseling programs, and 

20 exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited 

21 to this account, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided further, That a portion of the Fulbright awards from 

23 the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated 

24 as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation 

25 with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
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1 That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 

2 the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations detailing modifications made to 

4 existing educational and cultural exchange programs since 

5 calendar year 2013, including for special academic and 

6 special professional and cultural exchanges: Provided fur7 ther, That any further modifications to such programs 

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

9 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria10 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding 22 CFR 

11 62.32(h)(16), the Secretary of State shall permit partici12 pants in the Summer Work Travel program who are ad13 mitted under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration 

14 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) to be em15 ployed in seafood processing positions, until September 

16 30, 2015, if such placements comply with all requirements 

17 of such program. 

18 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

19 For representation expenses as authorized, 

20 $8,030,000. 

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 $799,400,000, 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 $1,217,500,000, 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 such 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, $1,440,524,000: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 

9 the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

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

11 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 

12 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 

13 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 

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

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

17 United Nations action to increase funding for any United 

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

20 further, That not later than May 15, 2015, the Secretary 

21 of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 any credits available to the United States, including from 

23 the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund (TEF), and 

24 provide updated fiscal year 2016 assessment costs includ25 ing offsets from available TEF credits and updated for-
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1 eign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That any 

2 such credits shall only be available for United States as3 sessed contributions to the United Nations and shall be 

4 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com5 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 

6 payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 

7 toward activities that are mutually agreed upon by the 

8 United States and the respective international organiza9 tion: Provided further, That none of the funds appro10 priated under this heading shall be available for a United 

11 States contribution to an international organization for 

12 the United States share of interest costs made known to 

13 the United States Government by such organization for 

14 loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through exter15 nal borrowings: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

16 State shall review the budgetary and personnel procedures 

17 of each organization funded under this heading and, not 

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

19 a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the ex20 tent to which, for each such organization, unnecessary ad21 ministrative costs are eliminated and personnel practices 

22 are transparent and merit-based. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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

5 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

6 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

7 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

8 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

9 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli10 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

11 $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

14 $45,415,000. 

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au17 thorized projects, $26,461,000, to remain available until 

18 expended, as authorized. 

19 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

21 the International Joint Commission and the International 

22 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au23 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can24 ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co25 operation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103– 
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1 182, $12,561,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

2 under this heading for the International Joint Commis3 sion, up to $500,000 may remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2016, and $9,000 may be made available for 

5 representation expenses. 

6 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

7 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

8 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

9 law, $37,180,000: Provided, That the United States share 

10 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com11 missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

12 RELATED AGENCY 

13 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

14 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

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

17 international communication activities, and to make and 

18 supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to 

19 the Middle East, $716,460,000: Provided, That in addi20 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up 

21 to $26,525,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

22 heading for satellite transmissions and related costs shall 

23 remain available until expended, and not less than 

24 $12,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head25 ing shall be for Internet freedom programs and shall re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided further, That of 

2 the total amount appropriated under this heading, not to 

3 exceed $35,000 may be used for representation expenses, 

4 of which $10,000 may be used for representation expenses 

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

6 $30,000 may be used for representation expenses of Radio 

7 Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the au8 thority provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations 

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

10 228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through 

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

12 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 

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

14 broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, 

15 provides an open platform for international terrorists or 

16 those who support international terrorism, or is in viola17 tion of the principles and standards set forth in sub18 sections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 

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

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

21 That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours 

22 previously justified to Congress, including changes to 

23 transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, sat24 ellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language serv25 ices shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
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1 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

2 That in addition to funds made available under this head3 ing, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 

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

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

6 cooperating international organizations, and up to 

7 $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 

8 Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu9 reau, shall remain available until expended for carrying 

10 out authorized purposes. 

11 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

12 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser13 vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 

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

15 and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele16 vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 

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

18 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur19 poses, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as 

20 authorized. 

21 RELATED PROGRAMS 

22 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

23 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

24 by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
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1 $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au2 thorized. 

3 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

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

6 Peace Act, $37,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016, which shall not be used for construction 

8 activities: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

9 1705(h)(3) of the United States Institute of Peace Act, 

10 the United States Institute of Peace may use non-appro11 priated funds to pay the salary-related costs of senior ex12 ecutives above the limitation on appropriations for basic 

13 salary-related costs in section 7034(w) of this Act. 

14 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

15 TRUST FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

17 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

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

19 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

20 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter21 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep22 tember 30, 2015, to remain available until expended. 

23 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel25 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 
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1 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

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

3 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

4 Fund on or before September 30, 2015, to remain avail5 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap6 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

7 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

8 the payment thereof, above the rate payable for level IV 

9 of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 

10 United States Code; or for purposes which are not in ac11 cordance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Adminis12 trative Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for 

13 Non-profit Organizations), including the restrictions on 

14 compensation for personal services. 

15 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar17 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

18 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

19 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 

20 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

21 30, 2015, to remain available until expended. 

22 EAST-WEST CENTER

23 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car24 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

25 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 
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1 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

2 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha3 waii, $16,700,000. 

4 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

5 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

6 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

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

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

9 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary man10 ner, including for the core institutes, and $35,000,000 

11 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of law pro12 grams. 

13 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

14 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

15 HERITAGE ABROAD

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

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

19 authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83: Pro20 vided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 

21 intermittent, and other services notwithstanding para22 graph (3) of section 1303(g) of Public Law 99–83 (16 

23 U.S.C. 469j): Provided further, That such authority shall 

24 terminate on October 1, 2015: Provided further, That the 
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1 Commission shall consult with the Committees on Appro2 priations prior to exercising such authority. 

3 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

4 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the United States Com7 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

8 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

9 1998 (Public Law 105–292), as amended, $3,500,000, in10 cluding not more than $4,000 for representation expenses: 

11 Provided, That if the United States Commission on Inter12 national Religious Freedom is authorized beyond Sep13 tember 30, 2015, this amount will remain available until 

14 September 30, 2016. 

15 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

16 EUROPE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu19 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

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

21 for representation expenses, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2016. 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

2 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

9 available until September 30, 2016. 

10 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

11 REVIEW COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

14 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

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

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

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

19 2016: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi20 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

21 sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public 

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

23 2015 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

24 heading as if included in this Act. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

8 $1,170,614,000, of which up to $175,500,000 may remain 

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

10 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

12 be made available to finance the construction (including 

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

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

15 International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 

16 Administrator has identified such proposed use of funds 

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

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

21 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

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

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 

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

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

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

7 for entertainment expenses, for USAID during the current 

8 fiscal year. 

9 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

10 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

11 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

12 of information technology and related capital investments, 

13 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961, $130,815,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

17 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

18 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

19 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 $54,038,000, of which $8,100,000 may remain available 

24 until September 30, 2016, for the Office of Inspector Gen-
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1 eral of the United States Agency for International Devel2 opment. 

3 TITLE III 

4 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

7 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 

9 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

14 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

15 $2,769,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2016, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

17 United States Agency for International Development 

18 (USAID): Provided, That this amount shall be made avail19 able as provided for in the first proviso under this heading 

20 in division K of Public Law 113–76, and for disaster pre21 paredness to safeguard public health: Provided further, 

22 That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be 

23 made available for a United States contribution to the 

24 GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That none of the funds 

25 made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances 
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1 from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to 

2 any organization or program which, as determined by the 

3 President of the United States, supports or participates 

4 in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 

5 involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any deter6 mination made under the previous proviso must be made 

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

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

9 criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

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

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

13 any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That 

14 nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any 

15 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under sec16 tion 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

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

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

19 further, That the eighth and ninth provisos under this 

20 heading in division K of Public Law 113–76 shall apply 

21 to funds appropriated under this heading in this Act: Pro22 vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act 

23 authorizing or appropriating funds for the Department of 

24 State, foreign operations, and related programs, the term 

25 ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, 
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1 shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent 

2 with local law, of information or counseling about all preg3 nancy options: Provided further, That information pro4 vided about the use of condoms as part of projects or ac5 tivities that are funded from amounts appropriated by this 

6 Act shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 

7 health benefits and failure rates of such use. 

8 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

9 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

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

11 HIV/AIDS, $5,370,000,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2019, which shall be apportioned directly 

13 to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro14 priated under this paragraph may be made available, not15 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 

16 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber17 culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 

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

19 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

20 Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate nec21 essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 

22 Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 

23 should be $1,350,000,000: Provided further, That up to 

24 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 

25 to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2015 may be made avail-
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1 able to USAID for technical assistance related to the ac2 tivities of the Global Fund: Provided further, That of the 

3 funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to 

4 $14,250,000 may be made available, in addition to 

5 amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin6 istrative expenses of the Office of the United States Global 

7 AIDS Coordinator. 

8 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

11 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

12 Act of 1961, $2,421,964,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds appro14 priated under this heading, not less than $23,000,000 

15 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hos16 pitals Abroad program, not less than $11,000,000 shall 

17 be made available for cooperative development programs 

18 of the United States Agency for International Develop19 ment (USAID), and not less than $5,000,000 shall be 

20 made available for grants to indigenous peoples organiza21 tions and decisions about the use of such funds shall be 

22 the responsibility of the Advisor for Indigenous Peoples 

23 Issues, USAID: Provided further, That in addition to 

24 funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 

25 $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
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1 that are used for grants focused on science, technology, 

2 or innovation and designed to improve development out3 comes in any sector may be made available pursuant to 

4 chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

5 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

8 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon9 struction assistance, $660,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended. 

11 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

12 For necessary expenses for international disaster re13 habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 

14 the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 

15 for International Development (USAID), pursuant to sec16 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

17 $67,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup18 port transition to democracy and long-term development 

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

20 include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

21 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in22 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

23 Provided further, That USAID shall submit a report to 

24 the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior 

25 to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That if the Secretary of State determines that it is 

2 important to the national interests of the United States 

3 to provide transition assistance in excess of the amount 

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

5 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

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

7 used for purposes of this heading and under the authori8 ties applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 

9 Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 

10 the previous proviso shall be made available subject to 

11 prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support pro16 grams and activities to prevent or respond to emerging 

17 or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises over18 seas, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 

20 may be made available on such terms and conditions as 

21 are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of pre22 venting or responding to such challenges and crises, except 

23 that no funds shall be made available for lethal assistance 

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

25 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
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1 able notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 

2 sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 

3 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

4 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

5 be used for administrative expenses, in addition to funds 

6 otherwise made available for such purposes, except that 

7 such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds ap8 propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to 

10 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

11 Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be 

12 transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of 

13 funds. 

14 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro17 vided by the United States Agency for International De18 velopment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 

19 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 

20 $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds ap21 propriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act: 

22 Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 

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

24 paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign As25 sistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for 
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1 micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 

2 and other programs which further the purposes of part 

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

4 the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 

5 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

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

7 funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 

8 the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

9 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De10 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro11 grams, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to 

12 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

13 Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of 

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

15 to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 

17 1486 as reported by the House Committee on Inter18 national Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to 

19 direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this head20 ing, except that the principal amount of loans made or 

21 guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single 

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

23 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin24 cipal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 

25 $2,000,000,000. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 credit programs administered by USAID, $8,200,000, 

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

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

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

6 under this heading shall remain available until September 

7 30, 2017. 

8 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

12 1961, $2,540,475,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2016. 

14 DEMOCRACY FUND

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

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

18 until September 30, 2016, of which $80,500,000 shall be 

19 made available for the Human Rights and Democracy 

20 Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

21 Labor, Department of State, and $50,000,000 shall be 

22 made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, 

23 and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for 

24 International Development. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

2 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

3 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

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

5 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As6 sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 

7 and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 

8 and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

9 of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 

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

11 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author12 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

13 $1,039,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

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

15 to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian require16 ments: Provided, That $10,000,000 of the funds appro17 priated under this heading shall be made available for ref18 ugees resettling in Israel. 

19 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

20 ASSISTANCE FUND

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

24 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 PEACE CORPS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

6 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

7 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

8 States, $380,000,000, of which $5,000,000 is for the Of9 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

11 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

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

13 to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds trans14 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived 

15 from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas op16 erations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

17 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail18 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

19 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

20 Provided further, That any decision to open, close, signifi21 cantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or 

22 country program shall be subject to prior consultation 

23 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com24 mittees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation 

25 and regular notification procedures may be waived when 
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1 there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other 

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

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

4 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro5 vided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 

6 section 614 of division C of Public Law 112–74 shall apply 

7 to funds appropriated under this heading. 

8 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

11 $901,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

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

14 expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the 

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

16 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

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

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

19 605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated 

20 under this heading: Provided further, That funds appro21 priated under this heading may be made available for a 

22 Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to 

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

24 or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the avail25 ability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties 
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1 to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the 

2 United States Government funding anticipated for the du3 ration of the Compact: Provided further, That the Chief 

4 Executive Officer of the Corporation shall notify the Com5 mittees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to 

6 commencing negotiations for any country compact or 

7 threshold country program; signing any such compact or 

8 threshold program; or terminating or suspending any such 

9 compact or threshold program: Provided further, That 

10 funds appropriated under this heading by this Act and 

11 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

12 State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 

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

14 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 

16 country should be eligible for a threshold program after 

17 such country has completed a country compact: Provided 

18 further, That any funds that are deobligated from a Mil19 lennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular 

20 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria21 tions prior to re-obligation: Provided further, That not22 withstanding section 606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country 

23 shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for 

24 assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per cap25 ita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower mid-
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1 dle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is 

2 among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identi3 fied by the World Bank; and the country meets the re4 quirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 

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

6 MCA, in addition to countries described in the preceding 

7 proviso, a country shall be a candidate country for pur8 poses of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the 

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

10 World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for 

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

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

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

14 of the MCA: Provided further, That any Millennium Chal15 lenge Corporation candidate country under section 606 of 

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

17 fiscal year such that the country would be reclassified 

18 from a low income country to a lower middle income coun19 try or from a lower middle income country to a low income 

20 country shall retain its candidacy status in its former in21 come classification for the fiscal year and the 2 subsequent 

22 fiscal years: Provided further, That none of the funds 

23 made available by this Act or prior Acts making appro24 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

25 and related programs shall be available for a threshold 
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1 program in a country that is not currently a candidate 

2 country: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

3 under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be avail4 able for representation and entertainment expenses, of 

5 which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain6 ment expenses. 

7 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

9 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

10 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

12 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

14 representation expenses. 

15 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

16 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

17 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

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

19 available until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 

20 $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: Pro21 vided, That funds made available to grantees may be in22 vested pending expenditure for project purposes when au23 thorized by the Board of Directors of the United States 

24 African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided fur25 ther, That interest earned shall be used only for the pur-
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1 poses for which the grant was made: Provided further, 

2 That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African De3 velopment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances 

4 the Board of Directors of the USADF may waive the 

5 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

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

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

8 currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF 

9 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

10 after each time such waiver authority is exercised: Pro11 vided further, That the USADF may make rent or lease 

12 payments in advance from appropriations available for 

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

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

15 Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank 

16 accounts outside the United States Treasury and retain 

17 any interest earned on such accounts, in furtherance of 

18 the purposes of the African Development Foundation Act: 

19 Provided further, That the USADF may not withdraw any 

20 appropriations from the Treasury prior to the need for 

21 spending such funds for program purposes. 

22 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

23 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
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1 $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2017, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

3 provision of law. 

4 TITLE IV 

5 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

7 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

8 ACTIVITIES

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

11 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

12 security, $1,962,555,000, of which 15 percent shall re13 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

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

18 United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as 

19 far in advance as is practicable), the Committees on Ap20 propriations are notified: (1) of the estimated cost and du21 ration of the mission, the national interest that will be 

22 served, and the exit strategy; (2) that the United Nations 

23 has in place measures to prevent United Nations employ24 ees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving 

25 in the mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting vic-
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1 tims of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual ex2 ploitation or other violations of human rights, and to bring 

3 to justice individuals who engage in such acts while par4 ticipating in the peacekeeping mission, including prosecu5 tion in their home countries of such individuals in connec6 tion with such acts, and to make information about such 

7 cases publicly available in the country where an alleged 

8 crime occurs and on the United Nations’ Web site; and 

9 (3) pursuant to section 7015 of this Act and the proce10 dures therein followed, of the source of funds that will be 

11 used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission: Pro12 vided further, That funds shall be available for peace13 keeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines 

14 that American manufacturers and suppliers are not being 

15 given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and 

16 material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal 

17 to those being given to foreign manufacturers and sup18 pliers: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

19 work with the United Nations and foreign governments 

20 contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective 

21 vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have not vio22 lated human rights: Provided further, That none of the 

23 funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 

24 heading may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping 

25 mission that will involve United States Armed Forces 
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1 under the command or operational control of a foreign na2 tional, unless the President’s military advisors have sub3 mitted to the President a recommendation that such in4 volvement is in the national interests of the United States 

5 and the President has submitted to the Congress such a 

6 recommendation: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

7 State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 any credits available to the United States, including those 

9 resulting from United Nations peacekeeping missions or 

10 the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund: Provided fur11 ther, That any such credits shall only be available for 

12 United States assessed contributions to the United Na13 tions and shall be subject to the regular notification proce14 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur15 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 

17 heading in this Act or in division K of Public Law 113– 

18 76 that remain available for obligation, shall be available 

19 for United States assessed contributions up to the amount 

20 specified in the Annex accompanying United Nations Gen21 eral Assembly document A/67/224/Add.1. 

22 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

23 ENFORCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $708,000,000, to re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

2 the provision of assistance by any other United States 

3 Government department or agency which is comparable to 

4 assistance made available under this heading but which 

5 is provided under any other provision of law, shall be ad6 ministered in accordance with the provisions of sections 

7 481(b) and 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 

8 Provided further, That in allocating funds appropriated 

9 under this heading for international narcotics control pro10 grams the Secretary of State shall prioritize social, eco11 nomic, and judicial reform programs that address the root 

12 causes of illicit drug production, trafficking, addiction, 

13 and related violence: Provided further, That of the funds 

14 appropriated under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 

15 shall be made available to combat piracy of United States 

16 copyright materials, consistent with the requirements of 

17 section 688(a) and (b) of the Department of State, For18 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

19 Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110–161): Provided 

20 further, That the reporting requirements contained in sec21 tion 1404 of Public Law 110–252 shall apply to funds 

22 made available by this Act, including a description of 

23 modifications, if any, to the Palestinian Authority’s secu24 rity strategy: Provided further, That the Department of 

25 State may use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign 
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1 Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, 

2 to receive excess property from an agency of the United 

3 States Government for the purpose of providing such 

4 property to a foreign country or international organization 

5 under chapter 8 of part I of that Act, subject to the reg6 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro7 priations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds 

9 appropriated under this heading, except that any funds 

10 made available notwithstanding such section shall be sub11 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit12 tees on Appropriations. 

13 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

14 RELATED PROGRAMS

15 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter16 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

17 $593,775,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2016, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

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

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

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

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

23 Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear24 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

25 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 
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1 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

2 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec3 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol4 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

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

6 the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 

7 Commission: Provided, That for the clearance of 

8 unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should 

9 prioritize those areas where such ordnance was caused by 

10 the United States: Provided further, That funds made 

11 available under this heading for the Nonproliferation and 

12 Disarmament Fund shall be available notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law and subject to prior consultation 

14 with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com15 mittees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multi16 lateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament 

17 and weapons destruction, and shall remain available until 

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

19 used for such countries other than the Independent States 

20 of the former Soviet Union and international organiza21 tions when it is in the national security interest of the 

22 United States to do so: Provided further, That funds ap23 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

24 the IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines that 

25 Israel is being denied its right to participate in the activi-
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1 ties of that Agency: Provided further, That funds made 

2 available for conventional weapons destruction programs, 

3 including demining and related activities, in addition to 

4 funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 

5 for administrative expenses related to the operation and 

6 management of such programs and activities. 

7 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 $120,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

11 this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 

12 such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity 

13 of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 

14 participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 

15 That notwithstanding the second proviso under this head16 ing in division K of Public Law 113–76, not less than 

17 $28,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

18 shall be made available for a United States contribution 

19 to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the 

20 Sinai, and not less than $6,000,000 of the funds appro21 priated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts mak22 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

23 operations, and related programs may be made available 

24 to address force protection requirements: Provided further, 

25 That funds appropriated under this Act should not be 
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1 used to support any military training or operations that 

2 include child soldiers: Provided further, That none of the 

3 funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated 

4 except as provided through the regular notification proce5 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

7 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 $104,674,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 

11 available until September 30, 2016, and may only be pro12 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 

13 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian 

14 personnel for whom military education and training may 

15 be provided under this heading may include civilians who 

16 are not members of a government whose participation 

17 would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civil18 ian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 

19 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

21 entertainment expenses. 

22 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

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

25 Arms Export Control Act, $4,803,645,000: Provided, 
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1 That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 

2 countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 

3 State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap4 propriations and subject to the regular notification proce5 dures of such Committees, may use the funds appro6 priated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

7 services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: 

8 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

9 this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be avail10 able for grants only for Israel, and funds are available for 

11 assistance for Jordan and Egypt subject to section 7041 

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

13 under this heading for assistance for Israel shall be dis14 bursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

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

16 requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 

17 made available for Israel under this heading shall, as 

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

19 advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

20 $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

21 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

22 research and development: Provided further, That none of 

23 the funds made available under this heading shall be made 

24 available to support or continue any program initially 

25 funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National 
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1 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 

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

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

4 justified such program to the Committees on Appropria5 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated or other6 wise made available under this heading shall be nonrepay7 able notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the 

8 Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 

9 made available under this heading shall be obligated upon 

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

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

12 None of the funds made available under this heading 

13 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

14 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv15 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

16 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

17 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

18 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

19 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

20 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun21 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub22 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec23 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

24 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 
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1 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in2 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

3 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

4 only those countries for which assistance was justified for 

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

6 fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as7 sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 

8 this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

9 services or design and construction services that are not 

10 sold by the United States Government under the Arms 

11 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro12 priated under this heading shall be expended at the min13 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 

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

15 $63,945,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

16 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

17 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

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

19 of administering military assistance and sales, except that 

20 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

21 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria22 tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

23 under this heading for general costs of administering mili24 tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 

25 available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 
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1 $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 

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

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

4 Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred 

5 by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2015 

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

7 except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 

8 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

9 Appropriations. 

10 TITLE V 

11 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

16 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 

17 Participation Act of 1973, $351,000,000, of which not less 

18 than $11,700,000 shall be made available for the Intergov19 ernmental Panel on Climate Change/United Nations 

20 Framework Convention on Climate Change: Provided, 

21 That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

22 shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations De23 mocracy Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

24 any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated 
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1 under this heading up to $700,000 may be made available 

2 to the World Heritage Fund. 

3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

4 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

5 For payment to the International Bank for Recon6 struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi7 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

8 $136,563,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

10 ASSOCIATION

11 For payment to the International Development Asso12 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,285,000,000, 

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 For payment to the International Development Asso15 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury to satisfy commit16 ments made by the United States to support the Multilat17 eral Debt Relief Initiative, including through generation 

18 of early encashment credits, $78,900,000, to remain avail19 able until expended. 

20 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

21 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

22 For payment to the International Bank for Recon23 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas24 ury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 
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1 the increases in capital stock, $192,920,689, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

4 The United States Governor of the International 

5 Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 

6 without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 

7 of the United States share of increases in capital stock 

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

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND

10 For payment to the International Bank for Recon11 struction and Development as trustee for the Clean Tech12 nology Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

13 $201,253,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUND

15 For payment to the International Bank for Recon16 struction and Development as trustee for the Strategic 

17 Climate Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

18 $63,184,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

20 BANK

21 For payment to the Inter-American Development 

22 Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United 

23 States share of the paid-in portion of the increase in cap24 ital stock, $102,020,448, to remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

2 The United States Governor of the Inter-American 

3 Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi4 tation to the callable capital portion of the United States 

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

6 $4,098,794,833. 

7 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

8 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

9 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul10 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas11 ury, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That such payment shall be subject to prior con13 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

15 For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the 

16 Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 

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

18 $112,194,435, to remain available until expended. 

19 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

20 The United States Governor of the Asian Develop21 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

22 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

23 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

24 $2,558,048,769. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

2 For payment to the Asian Development Fund by the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury, $100,100,000, to remain avail4 able until expended. 

5 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

6 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

7 the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 

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

9 $34,118,587, to remain available until expended. 

10 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

11 The United States Governor of the African Develop12 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

13 to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

14 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

15 $507,860,808. 

16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

17 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

18 the Secretary of the Treasury, $175,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

21 the Secretary of the Treasury to satisfy commitments 

22 made by the United States to support the Multilateral 

23 Debt Relief Initiative, including through generation of 

24 early encashment credits, $13,500,000, to remain avail25 able until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

2 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

3 For payment to the International Fund for Agricul4 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

5 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY PROGRAMS

7 UNITED STATES QUOTA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY

8 FUND DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For an increase in the United States quota in the 

10 International Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 

11 40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

13 provisos under the heading ‘‘International Assistance Pro14 grams—International Monetary Programs—United 

15 States Quota, International Monetary Fund’’ in Public 

16 Law 111–32, the costs of the amounts provided under this 

17 heading in this Act and in Public Law 111–32 shall be 

18 estimated on a present value basis, excluding administra19 tive costs and any incidental effects on governmental re20 ceipts or outlays: Provided further, That for purposes of 

21 the previous proviso, the discount rate for purposes of the 

22 present value calculation shall be the appropriate interest 

23 rate on marketable Treasury securities: Provided further, 

24 That section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, shall 

2 not apply to amounts under this heading. 

3 LOANS TO INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND DIRECT

4 LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 Of the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Inter7 national Assistance Programs—International Monetary 

8 Programs—Loans to International Monetary Fund’’ in 

9 Public Law 111–32, the dollar equivalent of 

10 40,871,800,000 Special Drawing Rights is permanently 

11 cancelled as of the date when the rollback of the United 

12 States credit arrangement in the International Monetary 

13 Fund’s New Arrangements to Borrow is effective, but no 

14 earlier than when the increase of the United States quota 

15 authorized in section 72 of the Bretton Woods Agreements 

16 Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) becomes effective: Provided, 

17 That notwithstanding the second through fourth provisos 

18 under the heading ‘‘International Assistance Programs— 

19 International Monetary Programs—Loans to Inter20 national Monetary Fund’’ in Public Law 111–32, the costs 

21 of the amounts under this heading in this Act and in Pub22 lic Law 111–32 shall be estimated on a present value 

23 basis, excluding administrative costs and any incidental ef24 fects on governmental receipts or outlays: Provided fur25 ther, That for purposes of the previous proviso, the dis-
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1 count rate for purposes of the present value calculation 

2 shall be the appropriate interest rate on marketable Treas3 ury securities: Provided further, That section 251(b)(2)(A) 

4 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

5 Act of 1985, as amended, shall not apply to amounts 

6 under this heading. 

7 TITLE VI 

8 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

9 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

10 INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

14 available until September 30, 2016. 

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

17 States is authorized to make such expenditures within the 

18 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such 

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

20 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

21 limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

22 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

23 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor24 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur25 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
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1 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

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

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

4 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi5 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

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

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

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

9 insurance authority available to the Bank under this Act 

10 shall be used to finance exports directly by small business 

11 concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business 

12 Act): Provided further, That the loan, guarantee, and in13 surance authorities available to the Bank shall not be used 

14 in connection with any new coal-fired power plant: Pro15 vided further, That the Bank shall work within the Organi16 zation for Economic Cooperation and Development 

17 (OECD) to establish carbon emissions requirements for 

18 new electric power-generation plants that reflect best prac19 tices in the United States and other OECD countries: Pro20 vided further, That the aggregate loan, guarantee, and in21 surance authorities available to the Bank in fiscal year 

22 2015 shall not result in greenhouse gas emissions from 

23 the extraction or production of fossil fuels or the use of 

24 fossil fuels in electricity generation that exceed the average 

25 of the total emissions in the previous 6 fiscal years result-
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1 ing from the use of such authorities: Provided further, 

2 That the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Inten3 sity Projects approved by the Bank on December 12, 

4 2013, shall be implemented beginning on the date of en5 actment of this Act: Provided further, That not less than 

6 10 percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insur7 ance authority available to the Bank under this Act should 

8 be used for renewable energy technologies or energy effi9 ciency technologies: Provided further, That notwith10 standing section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, 

11 sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain 

12 in effect through October 1, 2015. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

15 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

16 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

18 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

19 Board of Directors, not to exceed $107,500,000, of which 

20 not less than $23,000,000 shall be used for expenses of 

21 personnel and related costs exclusively for the processing 

22 of such loans and insurance for small business concerns: 

23 Provided, That the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may 

24 accept, and use, payment or services provided by trans25 action participants for legal, financial, or technical services 
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1 in connection with any transaction for which an applica2 tion for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

3 been made: Provided further, That notwithstanding sub4 section (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act 

5 of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until 

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

7 shall charge fees for necessary expenses (including special 

8 services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not in9 cluding other personal services) in connection with the col10 lection of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of 

11 pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Bank 

12 in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investiga13 tion or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the 

14 legal, financial, or technical aspects of any transaction for 

15 which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 

16 commitment has been made, or systems infrastructure di17 rectly supporting transactions: Provided further, That, in 

18 addition to other funds appropriated for administrative ex19 penses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such 

20 purposes, to remain available until expended. 

21 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

22 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

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

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

25 exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 
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1 as offsetting collections to this account: Provided, That the 

2 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

3 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col4 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

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

6 That amounts collected in fiscal year 2015 in excess of 

7 obligations, up to $10,000,000, shall become available for 

8 the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and 

9 tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export10 Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, on September 1, 

11 2015, and shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2018. 

13 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

14 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

15 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au16 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

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

18 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

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

20 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

21 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

22 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

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

24 $63,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans25 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
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1 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

2 with services provided to specific investors or potential in3 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex5 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

8 $25,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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

10 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

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

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

13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur14 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli15 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

16 during fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017: Provided fur17 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2015 remain 

18 available for disbursement through 2023; funds obligated 

19 in fiscal year 2016 remain available for disbursement 

20 through 2024; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2017 re21 main available for disbursement through 2025: Provided 

22 further, That the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of 

23 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, and the modi24 fication proposed by the Overseas Private Investment Cor25 poration in November 2013 to the Corporation’s Environ-
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1 mental and Social Policy Statement relating to coal, shall 

2 be implemented beginning on the date of enactment of this 

3 Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment Cor5 poration is authorized to undertake any program author6 ized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, That funds 

8 made available pursuant to the authority of the previous 

9 proviso shall be subject to the regular notification proce10 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad12 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

13 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex14 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

15 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

16 Account and merged with said account. 

17 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

20 $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2016: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 

22 heading, not more than $4,000 may be available for rep23 resentation and entertainment expenses. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

4 SEC. 7001. Section 7001 of division K of Public Law 

5 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

6 as if part of this Act. 

7 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

8 SEC. 7002. Section 7002 of division K of Public Law 

9 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

10 as if part of this Act. 

11 CONSULTING SERVICES

12 SEC. 7003. Section 7003 of division K of Public Law 

13 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

14 as if part of this Act. 

15 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

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

17 Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con18 struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 

19 include office space or other accommodations for an em20 ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 

21 of State determines that such department or agency has 

22 not provided to the Department of State the full amount 

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

24 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

25 Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 
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1 of Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of 

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

3 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 

4 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

5 2005. 

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

7 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

8 States may include office space or other accommodations 

9 for members of the United States Marine Corps. 

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

11 2015 costs of providing new United States diplomatic fa12 cilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 

13 Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 

14 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consulta15 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

16 Budget, shall determine the annual program level and 

17 agency shares in a manner that is proportional to the De18 partment of State’s contribution for this purpose. 

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

20 making appropriations for the Department of State, for21 eign operations, and related programs, which may be made 

22 available for the acquisition of property for diplomatic fa23 cilities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, shall be subject 

24 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

25 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 (e)(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

2 heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte3 nance’’ may be made available to address security 

4 vulnerabilities at expeditionary, interim, and temporary 

5 facilities abroad, including physical security upgrades and 

6 local guard staffing, except that the amount of funds made 

7 available for such purposes from this Act and prior Acts 

8 making appropriations for the Department of State, for9 eign operations, and related programs shall be maintained 

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

11 should be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of 

12 State for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Foreign 

13 Missions, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau 

14 of Overseas Buildings Operations: Provided further, That 

15 such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with the 

16 Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

18 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

19 congressional committees a list of all expeditionary, in20 terim, and temporary diplomatic facilities and the number 

21 of personnel and security costs for each such facility: Pro22 vided, That the report required by this paragraph may be 

23 submitted in classified form if necessary. 

24 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

25 opening, closure, or any significant modification to an ex-
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1 peditionary, interim, or temporary diplomatic facility shall 

2 be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate con3 gressional committees and the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 

5 such consultation and notification may be waived if there 

6 is a security risk to personnel. 

7 (f) Funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Diplo8 matic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Embassy Security, 

9 Construction, and Maintenance’’ in titles I and VIII of 

10 this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

11 appropriated by such titles under such headings if the Sec12 retary of State determines and reports to the Committees 

13 on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to prevent 

14 or respond to security situations and requirements, fol15 lowing consultation with such Committees: Provided, That 

16 such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer au17 thority otherwise available under any other provision of 

18 law. 

19 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

20 SEC. 7005. Section 7005 of division K of Public Law 

21 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

22 as if part of this Act. 

23 LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS

24 SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 

25 contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 
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1 accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au2 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 

3 4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 

4 to award such contracts on the basis of best value as de5 termined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as de6 scribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), 

7 notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of such section: Pro8 vided, That the authority in this section shall apply to any 

9 options for renewal that may be exercised under such con10 tracts. 

11 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

12 COUNTRIES

13 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

15 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

16 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

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

18 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

19 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 

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

21 COUPS D’E ́TAT

22 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

24 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

25 any assistance to the government of any country whose 
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1 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 

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

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

4 plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re5 sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer6 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit7 tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 

8 democratically elected government has taken office: Pro9 vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 

10 apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 

11 public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur12 ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 

13 provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce14 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

16 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD17 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

18 (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria19 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

20 the Department of State under title I of this Act 

21 may be transferred between, and merged with, such 

22 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

23 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

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

25 such transfer may be made to increase the appro-
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1 priation under the heading ‘‘Representation Ex2 penses’’. 

3 (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria4 tion made available for the current fiscal year for 

5 the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 

6 of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 

7 with, such appropriations, but no such appropria8 tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

9 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 

10 transfers. 

11 (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

12 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec13 tion 7015(a) and (b) of this Act and shall not be 

14 available for obligation or expenditure except in com15 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

16 (b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 

17 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 

18 for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 

19 2015, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 

20 transferred between such appropriations for use for any 

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

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

23 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

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

25 transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority 
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1 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

7 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

8 United States Government, except pursuant to a 

9 transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 

10 this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

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

12 to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, 

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

14 the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 

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

18 Assistance Act of 1961. 

19 (3) Any agreement entered into by the United 

20 States Agency for International Development 

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

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

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

25 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 
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1 section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 

2 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

3 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

4 related programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

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

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

10 into between USAID and the Department of State. 

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

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

13 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

14 such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers 

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

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

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

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

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

23 the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

24 of the United States Government under the authority of 

25 section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
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1 any comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide 

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

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

4 with audit responsibility if the receiving agency does not 

5 have an IG, shall perform periodic program and financial 

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

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

11 MILITARY ASSISTANCE REPORTS

12 SEC. 7010. (a) Not later than 90 days after enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

14 the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

15 funds obligated and expended during fiscal year 2014 

16 under the headings ‘‘International Military Education and 

17 Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, in18 cluding the countries and military services that received 

19 assistance and the amounts and purposes of such assist20 ance. 

21 (b) The report required by section 656 of the Foreign 

22 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be submitted not later than 

23 January 31, 2015. 
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1 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

3 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

4 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 

5 provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

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

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

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

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

11 additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 

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

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

15 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 

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

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

19 disbursements in order to address balance of payments or 

20 economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available 

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

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

25 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
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1 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria2 tions at the beginning of each fiscal year, detailing by ac3 count and source year, the use of this authority during 

4 the previous fiscal year. 

5 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

6 SEC. 7012. Section 7012 of division K of Public Law 

7 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

8 as if part of this Act. 

9 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

10 ASSISTANCE

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

12 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

13 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

14 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov15 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist16 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

17 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

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

19 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 

20 expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi21 lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re22 quirement. 

23 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

24 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as25 sessed during fiscal year 2015 on funds appropriated by 
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1 this Act by a foreign government or entity against United 

2 States assistance programs for which funds are appro3 priated by this Act, either directly or through grantees, 

4 contractors, and subcontractors shall be withheld from ob5 ligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal 

6 year 2016 and allocated for the central government of 

7 such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program 

8 to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies and re9 ports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

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

11 been reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

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

13 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

14 subsection (b). 

15 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

16 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub17 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for coun18 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

19 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

20 substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can 

21 reasonably accommodate such assistance in a program22 matically responsible manner. 

23 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
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1 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

2 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

3 reports to the Committees on Appropriations— 

4 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

5 assistance or which has an effective arrange6 ment that is providing substantial reimburse7 ment of such taxes; or 

8 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

9 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec10 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

11 not subject to taxation. 

12 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

13 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

14 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

15 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

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

18 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist19 ance contained in this section. 

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

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

22 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern23 ment of the United States and the government of 

24 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

25 privileges and immunities applicable to United 
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1 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

2 or an individual agreement between the Government 

3 of the United States and such government that de4 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

5 purposes that will be accorded the United States as6 sistance provided under that agreement; 

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

8 value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 

9 include individual income taxes assessed to local 

10 staff or personal services contractors. 

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

12 with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 

13 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria14 tions, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 

15 Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies 

16 to comply with the requirements of this section. 

17 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

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

19 through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 

20 may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 

21 account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 

22 with the designation is made impossible by operation of 

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

24 such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi25 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
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1 Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

2 pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 

3 the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

4 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub5 section (a), the original period of availability of such funds 

6 that are specifically designated for particular programs or 

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

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

9 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines and re10 ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 

11 the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 

12 change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such des13 ignated funds can be obligated during the original period 

14 of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that 

15 continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall 

16 be obligated only for the purpose of such designation. 

17 (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 

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

19 authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 

20 any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 

21 Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 

22 minimum funding requirements contained in any other 

23 Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 

24 Act. 
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1 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

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

4 to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 

5 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

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

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

8 of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 

9 available by transfer, to the agencies and departments 

10 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex11 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 

12 (1) creates new programs; 

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

14 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

15 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

16 denied or restricted; 

17 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

19 (6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bu20 reaus, centers, or offices; 

21 (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

22 (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

23 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

24 unless the Committees on Appropriations are noti25 fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
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1 funds: Provided, That unless previously justified to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations, the requirements 

3 of this subsection shall apply to all obligations of 

4 funds appropriated under titles I and II of this Act 

5 for paragraphs (5) and (6) of this subsection. 

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

7 of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations 

8 Acts to the agency or department funded under titles I 

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

10 expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac11 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

12 the collection of fees available to the agency or department 

13 funded under title I of this Act, shall be available for obli14 gation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 

15 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

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

17 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac18 tivities; 

19 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist20 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per21 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

22 (3) results from any general savings, including 

23 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

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

25 projects as approved by Congress; unless the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 

2 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

4 through VI and VIII of this Act under the headings ‘‘Glob5 al Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Inter6 national Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and De7 velopment Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

8 Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ9 racy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera10 tion, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

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

12 Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education 

13 and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and under the heading 

14 ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Operations’’, shall be available for 

15 obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of mate16 riel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified 

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

18 Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific 

19 headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are no20 tified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President 

21 shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 

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

23 Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 

24 than conventional ammunition, or other major defense 

25 items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve-
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1 hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent 

2 in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 

3 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad4 vance of such commitment: Provided further, That require5 ments of this subsection or any similar provision of this 

6 or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming 

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

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

9 than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the 

10 Congress for obligation for such activity, program, or 

11 project for the current fiscal year. 

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

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

14 funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds trans15 ferred by the Department of Defense to the Department 

16 of State and the United States Agency for International 

17 Development for assistance for foreign countries and 

18 international organizations, and funds made available for 

19 programs authorized by section 1206 of the National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

21 109–163), shall be subject to the regular notification pro22 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

25 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
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1 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria2 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub3 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

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

5 on Appropriations shall be provided as early as prac6 ticable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the 

7 action to which such notification requirement was applica8 ble, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such 

9 waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 

10 pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation 

11 of the emergency circumstances. 

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

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

14 assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, 

15 Cambodia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, 

16 Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, 

17 the Russian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, 

18 Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, 

19 Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the reg20 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro21 priations. 

22 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

23 SEC. 7016. Section 7016 of division K of Public Law 

24 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

25 as if part of this Act. 
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1 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

2 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

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

6 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

7 foreign operations, and related programs, which are re8 turned or not made available for organizations and pro9 grams because of the implementation of section 307(a) of 

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

11 this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep12 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the requirement to with13 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

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

15 funds appropriated by this Act. 

16 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

17 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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

5 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

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

7 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

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

10 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

12 such country or organization would violate any of the 

13 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri14 lizations. 

15 ALLOCATIONS

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

17 made available for programs and countries in the amounts 

18 contained in the respective tables in the report accom19 panying this Act. 

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

21 only with respect to the tables in the report accompanying 

22 this Act, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 

23 United States Agency for International Development, and 

24 the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as appropriate, may 

25 propose deviations to the amounts referenced in subsection 
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1 (a), subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

2 Committees on Appropriations. 

3 REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

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

5 entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Depart6 ment of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 

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

8 domestic and overseas representation and entertainment 

9 expenses further official agency business and United 

10 States foreign policy interests and are— 

11 (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 

12 the Executive Branch; 

13 (2) principally for meals and events of a pro14 tocol nature; 

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

16 (4) do not include activities that are substan17 tially of a recreational character. 

18 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

19 made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter20 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

21 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

22 activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro23 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Sup24 port Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

25 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 
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1 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

2 are substantially of a recreational character, includ3 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

4 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

5 amusement parks. 

6 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

7 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

8 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX9 PORTS.— 

10 (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

11 made available by titles III through VI of this Act 

12 may be available to any foreign government which 

13 provides lethal military equipment to a country the 

14 government of which the Secretary of State has de15 termined supports international terrorism for pur16 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration 

17 Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the 

18 International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Pro19 vided, That the prohibition under this section with 

20 respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 

21 months after that government ceases to provide such 

22 military equipment: Provided further, That this sec23 tion applies with respect to lethal military equipment 

24 provided under a contract entered into after October 

25 1, 1997. 
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1 (2) Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) or 

2 any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 

3 if the President determines that to do so is impor4 tant to the national interests of the United States. 

5 (3) Whenever the President makes a determina6 tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall 

7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations a re8 port with respect to the furnishing of such assist9 ance, including a detailed explanation of the assist10 ance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount of 

11 such assistance, and an explanation of how the as12 sistance furthers United States national interests. 

13 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

14 (1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 

15 in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appro16 priated under any such title in prior Acts making 

17 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

18 operations, and related programs, shall not be made 

19 available to any foreign government which the Presi20 dent determines— 

21 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

22 any individual or group which has committed 

23 an act of international terrorism; 

24 (B) otherwise supports international ter25 rorism; or 
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1 (C) is controlled by an organization des2 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec3 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

4 Act. 

5 (2) The President may waive the application of 

6 paragraph (1) to a government if the President de7 termines that national security or humanitarian rea8 sons justify such waiver: Provided, That the Presi9 dent shall publish each such waiver in the Federal 

10 Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 

11 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro12 priations of the waiver (including the justification 

13 for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notifi14 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria15 tions. 

16 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

17 SEC. 7022. Section 7022 of division K of Public Law 

18 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

19 as if part of this Act. 

20 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

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

25 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
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1 for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

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

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

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

6 accounts of the United States Agency for International 

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

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

9 program level funding, either as— 

10 (1) justified to the Congress; or 

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

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

16 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

17 FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL18 OPMENT FOUNDATION

19 SEC. 7024. Section 7024 of division K of Public Law 

20 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

21 as if part of this Act. 

22 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

23 SEC. 7025. Section 7025 of division K of Public Law 

24 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

25 as if part of this Act. 
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1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

2 SEC. 7026. Section 7026 of division K of Public Law 

3 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

4 as if part of this Act, and in each fiscal year thereafter. 

5 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

6 SEC. 7027. Section 7027 of division K of Public Law 

7 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

8 as if part of this Act, except that the fiscal year in sub9 section (b) shall be 2015. 

10 LOCAL COMPETITION

11 SEC. 7028. Section 7077 of division I of Public Law 

12 112–74, as amended, shall continue in effect during fiscal 

13 year 2015. 

14 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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

16 title V of this Act should be made as payment to any inter17 national financial institution unless the Secretary of the 

18 Treasury certifies and reports to the Committees on Ap19 propriations that such institution has a publicly available 

20 policy, including the strategic use of peer reviews and ex21 ternal experts, to conduct thorough, independent evalua22 tions of the impact of each loan, grant, and significant 

23 analytical non-lending activity in advancing the institu24 tion’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equitable 

25 economic growth consistent with appropriate safeguards, 
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1 to ensure that decisions to support such loans, grants, and 

2 activities are based on accurate data and objective anal3 ysis. 

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

5 this Act may be made as payment to any international 

6 financial institution while the United States executive di7 rector to such institution is compensated by the institution 

8 at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such 

9 executive director receives from the United States, is 

10 above the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Sched11 ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or 

12 while any alternate United States executive director to 

13 such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 

14 above the rate payable for level V of the Executive Sched15 ule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (c) The United States executive director of each 

17 international financial institution, after consultation with 

18 the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 

19 and Labor, Department of State, shall seek to require that 

20 each such institution conducts rigorous human rights due 

21 diligence and human rights risk management, as appro22 priate, in connection with any loan, grant, policy, or strat23 egy of such institution: Provided, That the United States 

24 executive director of each such institution shall seek to en25 sure that the institution implements the recommendations 
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1 of its accountability mechanisms by providing just com2 pensation or other appropriate redress to individuals and 

3 communities that suffer violations of human rights, in4 cluding forced displacement, resulting from any loan, 

5 grant, strategy or policy of such institution. 

6 (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the 

7 United States executive directors of the World Bank and 

8 the Inter-American Development Bank to submit a report 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 

10 days after enactment of this Act and every 90 days there11 after until September 30, 2015, on actions taken in the 

12 previous 90 days by such institutions and the Government 

13 of Guatemala to support the legal framework and financ14 ing for implementation of the April 2010 Reparations 

15 Plan for Damages Suffered by the Communities Affected 

16 by the Construction of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam in 

17 Guatemala. 

18 (e) The United States executive director of each 

19 international financial institution shall actively promote in 

20 loan, grant, and other financing agreements demonstrable 

21 improvements in borrowing countries’ financial manage22 ment and judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and 

23 punish fraud and corruption. 

24 (f) The United States executive director of each inter25 national financial institution shall seek to require that 
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1 each such institution collects, verifies, and publishes bene2 ficial ownership information for any corporation or limited 

3 liability company, other than a publicly listed company, 

4 receiving a contract, loan, grant, or guarantee from such 

5 institution: Provided, That beneficial ownership informa6 tion should include, at a minimum, the full name, birth 

7 date, city of residence, and nationality of each natural per8 son who, directly or indirectly, exercises substantial con9 trol over a corporation or limited liability company or has 

10 a substantial interest in or receives substantial economic 

11 benefits from the assets of a corporation or limited liability 

12 company. 

13 (g) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

14 United States executive directors of the World Bank and 

15 the Inter-American Development Bank, and the director 

16 of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, to encourage and 

17 support investments that contribute to the economic and 

18 social development, integration, and stability of all coun19 tries in the Caribbean region, consistent with the Banks’ 

20 authority to support such investments. 

21 (h) For the purposes of this Act ‘‘international finan22 cial institutions’’ shall mean the International Bank for 

23 Reconstruction and Development, the International Devel24 opment Association, the International Finance Corpora25 tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-
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1 national Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, 

2 the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Invest3 ment Corporation, the North American Development 

4 Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel5 opment, the African Development Bank, the African De6 velopment Fund, and the Multilateral Investment Guar7 antee Agency. 

8 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

9 SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici10 pation of nongovernmental organizations in economic as11 sistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 

12 1961, debt-for-development and debt-for-nature ex13 changes, a nongovernmental organization which is a 

14 grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for 

15 International Development may place in interest bearing 

16 accounts local currencies which accrue to that organiza17 tion as a result of economic assistance provided under title 

18 III of this Act and, subject to the regular notification pro19 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any interest 

20 earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose 

21 for which the assistance was 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 mechanisms are in place to ensure 

19 that such assistance is used for its in20 tended purposes; and 

21 (iv) the government of the recipient 

22 country is taking steps to publicly disclose 

23 on an annual basis its national budget, to 

24 include income and expenditures; 
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1 (B) the recipient government is in compli2 ance with the principles set forth in section 

3 7013 of this Act; 

4 (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 

5 headed or controlled by an organization des6 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 

7 under section 219 of the Immigration and Na8 tionality Act; 

9 (D) the Government of the United States 

10 and the government of the recipient country 

11 have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 

12 objectives for the use of such assistance, which 

13 should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 

14 basis; and 

15 (E) the recipient government is taking 

16 steps to protect the rights of civil society, in17 cluding freedoms of expression, association, and 

18 assembly. 

19 (2) In addition to the requirements in sub20 section (a), no funds may be made available for di21 rect government-to-government assistance without 

22 prior consultation with, and notification of, the Com23 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such noti24 fication shall contain an explanation of how the pro25 posed activity meets the requirements of paragraph 
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1 (1): Provided further, That the requirements of this 

2 paragraph shall only apply to direct government-to3 government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and 

4 all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 

5 and cash payments to individuals. 

6 (3) The Administrator of the United States 

7 Agency for International Development (USAID) or 

8 the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend 

9 any direct government-to-government assistance if 

10 the Administrator or the Secretary has credible in11 formation of material misuse of such assistance, un12 less the Administrator or the Secretary reports to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 

14 national interest of the United States to continue 

15 such assistance, including a justification, or that 

16 such misuse has been appropriately addressed. 

17 (4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the 

19 fiscal year 2016 congressional budget justification 

20 materials, amounts planned for assistance described 

21 in subsection (a) by country, proposed funding 

22 amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 

23 (5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 

24 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 by 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(g) of this Act. 

18 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS19 PARENCY.— 

20 (1) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

21 government identified pursuant to section 

22 7031(b)(1) of division K of Public Law 113–76, the 

23 Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after en24 actment of this Act, shall make a determination of 

25 ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant progress’’ 
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1 in meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal 

2 transparency, and make such determinations pub3 licly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency 

4 Report’’ to be posted on the Department of State’s 

5 Web site: Provided, That the Secretary shall identify 

6 the significant progress made by each such govern7 ment to publicly disclose national budget documenta8 tion, contracts, and licenses which are additional to 

9 such information disclosed in previous fiscal years, 

10 and include specific recommendations of short- and 

11 long-term steps such government should take to im12 prove fiscal transparency: Provided further, That the 

13 annual report shall include a detailed description of 

14 how funds appropriated by this Act are being used 

15 to improve fiscal transparency, and identify bench16 marks for measuring progress. 

17 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

18 under title III of this Act, not less than $10,000,000 

19 should be made available for programs and activities 

20 to assist governments identified pursuant to para21 graph (1) to improve budget transparency and to 

22 support civil society organizations in such countries 

23 that promote budget transparency: Provided, That 

24 such sums shall be in addition to funds otherwise 

25 made available for such purposes: Provided further, 
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1 That a description of the uses of such funds shall 

2 be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Re3 port’’ required by paragraph (3). 

4 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

5 (1) Officials of foreign governments and their 

6 immediate family members who the Secretary of 

7 State has credible information have been involved in 

8 significant corruption, including corruption related 

9 to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross vio10 lation of human rights shall be ineligible for entry 

11 into the United States. 

12 (2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 

13 into the United States would further important 

14 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec15 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli16 gations under the United Nations Headquarters 

17 Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

18 shall be construed to derogate from United States 

19 Government obligations under applicable inter20 national agreements. 

21 (3) The Secretary may waive the application of 

22 paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 

23 waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 

24 that the circumstances which caused the individual 

25 to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 
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1 (4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of 

2 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a re3 port, including a classified annex if necessary, to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations describing the infor5 mation relating to corruption or violation of human 

6 rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli7 gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para8 graph (1), or who would be ineligible but for the ap9 plication of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers pro10 vided under paragraph (3), and the justification for 

11 each waiver. 

12 (5) Any unclassified portion of the report re13 quired under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 

14 Department of State’s Web site, without regard to 

15 the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigra16 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with re17 spect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the 

18 issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the 

19 United States. 

20 (6) For purposes of this subsection the term 

21 ‘‘individuals found ineligible’’ shall include individ22 uals who meet the ineligibility criteria of this sub23 section regardless of whether or not such invidivuals 

24 have applied for visas. 
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1 (d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro2 priated by this Act under titles I and III may be made 

3 available to support the provision of additional informa4 tion on United States Government foreign assistance on 

5 the Department of State’s foreign assistance Web site: 

6 Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act 

7 shall provide such information on foreign assistance, upon 

8 request, to the Department of State. 

9 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

10 SEC. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

11 not less than $2,264,986,000 should be made available for 

12 democracy programs, as defined in subsection (c). 

13 (b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy 

14 programs may be made available notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, and with regard to the National 

16 Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 

17 (c)(1) For purposes of funds appropriated by this 

18 Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs 

19 that support good governance, credible and competitive 

20 elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, 

21 and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent 

22 media, and the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen 

23 the capacity of democratic political parties, governments, 

24 nongovernmental organizations and institutions, and citi25 zens to support the development of democratic states, and 
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1 institutions that are responsive and accountable to citi2 zens. 

3 (2)(A) Funds appropriated by this Act for democracy 

4 programs administered by the United States Agency for 

5 International Development (USAID) may not be used for 

6 programs in countries where the USAID Administrator, 

7 after consultation with the Secretary of State, determines 

8 that the following conditions exist— 

9 (i) the government of the country is politically 

10 repressive; 

11 (ii) USAID does not have direct-hire staff in 

12 the country; 

13 (iii) the government has explicitly rejected 

14 USAID assistance or has such an adverse relation15 ship with the United States that the implementation 

16 of democracy assistance by USAID is not advisable; 

17 and 

18 (iv) the level of political repression requires im19 plementing organizations to go to excessive lengths 

20 to protect program beneficiaries and participants or 

21 to minimize recognition of USAID’s role. 

22 (B) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

23 Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

24 USAID Administrator, shall submit a report to the Com25 mittees on Appropriations clarifying the role and respon-
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1 sibilities of the Department of State and USAID in the 

2 promotion of democracy abroad, including coordinating 

3 mechanisms among and between bureaus, offices, and 

4 funding accounts: Provided, That the Comptroller General 

5 of the United States shall, in as timely a manner as pos6 sible, evaluate such report and make recommendations for 

7 improving coordination and oversight, and eliminating 

8 programmatic duplication. 

9 (d) With respect to the provision of assistance for de10 mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 

11 Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 

12 specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 

13 such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 

14 by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 

15 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID 

16 Administrator, shall report to the Committees on Appro17 priations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this 

18 Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 

19 USAID to comply with the requirements of this sub20 section. 

21 (e) Any funds made available by this Act for a busi22 ness and human rights program in the People’s Republic 

23 of China shall be made available on a cost-matching basis 

24 from sources other than the United States Government. 
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1 (f) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

2 Labor, Department of State (DRL) and the Bureau for 

3 Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, 

4 USAID, shall regularly communicate their planned pro5 grams to the NED. 

6 (g) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

7 ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ that are made available to DRL shall 

8 be made available to maintain a database of prisons and 

9 gulags in North Korea, in accordance with section 7032(i) 

10 of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

11 (h) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

12 available for democracy programs shall be made available 

13 to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle 

14 East and North Africa regions. 

15 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

16 SEC. 7033. Section 7033 of division K of Public Law 

17 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

18 as if part of this Act. 

19 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL21 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

22 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

23 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

24 and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 
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1 of such trafficking, may be made available notwith2 standing any other provision of law. 

3 (b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR4 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

5 this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta7 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis8 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

9 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta10 bility. 

11 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by 

12 the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

13 Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel14 opment (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be 

15 made available as a general contribution to the World 

16 Food Program, notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law. 

18 (d) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND RE19 INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated 

21 under titles III and IV of this Act and prior Acts making 

22 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper23 ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Eco24 nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 

25 ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 
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1 Fund’’, and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ may be made avail2 able to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and re3 integrate into civilian society former members of foreign 

4 terrorist organizations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

5 State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

6 prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this sub7 section: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 

8 subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 

9 means an organization designated as a terrorist organiza10 tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

11 Act. 

12 (e) PARTNER VETTING.—The Secretary of State and 

13 the USAID Administrator may use funds appropriated by 

14 this Act and prior acts making appropriations for the De15 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro16 grams to implement a Partner Vetting System only in ac17 cordance with the requirements under such heading in the 

18 report accompanying this Act. 

19 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2015, the 

20 President may use up to $100,000,000 under the author21 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

22 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

23 (g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec24 retary of State may withhold funds appropriated under 

25 title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
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1 ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 

2 to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 

3 International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc4 tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 

6 withholding funds under this subsection. 

7 (h) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 304(f) of Public 

8 Law 107–173; sections 549, 620C(c), and 620F(c) of 

9 Public Law 87–195; sections 8 and 11(b) of Public Law 

10 107–245; section 12 of Public Law 108–19; section 2104 

11 of Public Law 109–13; section 721(c) of appendix G, Pub12 lic Law 106–113; and subsection 1405(c) of the Supple13 mental Appropriations Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

14 252), are hereby repealed. 

15 (i) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTEC16 TION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge 

17 with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Mis18 sions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds 

19 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

20 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2015 and for each fiscal year 

21 thereafter, except for funds designated for Overseas Con22 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

23 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later than the 

25 end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for 
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1 which such funds are available for the purposes for which 

2 appropriated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 

3 may be transferred in any single fiscal year. 

4 (j) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES

5 OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI6 ZATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 

7 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

8 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

9 457): Provided, That in determining whether to suspend 

10 the issuance of A–3 or G–5 visas under such section, the 

11 Secretary should consider the following as ‘‘credible evi12 dence’’: (1) a final court judgment (including a default 

13 judgment) issued against a current or former employee of 

14 such mission or organization (for which the time period 

15 for appeal has expired); (2) the issuance of a T-visa to 

16 the victim; or (3) a request by the Department of State 

17 to the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats 

18 or family members be waived to permit criminal prosecu19 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary should assist 

20 in obtaining payment of final court judgments awarded 

21 to A–3 and G–5 visa holders, including encouraging the 

22 sending states to provide compensation directly to victims: 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary shall include in the 

24 Trafficking in Persons annual report a concise summary 

25 of each trafficking case involving an A–3 or G–5 visa hold-
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1 er which meets one or more of the items in the first pro2 viso of this subsection. 

3 (k) TRAVEL BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND NA4 TIONALS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available by this Act or prior Acts making appro6 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

7 or related programs may be made available to implement 

8 any law, regulation, or policy in effect on the date of en9 actment of this Act that restricts travel or transactions 

10 ordinarily incident to such travel by any citizen or national 

11 of the United States to any country in the Western Hemi12 sphere. 

13 (l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

14 (1) Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 

15 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by 

16 substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘September 

17 30, 2010’’. 

18 (2) The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) 

19 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

20 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) 

21 shall remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan 

22 through September 30, 2015, except that the notifi23 cation and reporting requirements contained in such 

24 section shall include the Committees on Appropria25 tions. 
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1 (3) The authority contained in section 1115(d) 

2 of Public Law 111–32 shall remain in effect through 

3 September 30, 2015. 

4 (4) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act 

5 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by 

6 substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 

7 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

8 (5) Section 61(a) of the State Department 

9 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) 

10 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

11 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

12 (6) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 

14 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 

15 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

16 (7)(A) Subject to the limitation described in 

17 subparagraph (B), the authority provided by section 

18 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 

19 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain 

20 in effect through September 30, 2015. 

21 (B) The authority described in subparagraph 

22 (A) may not be used to pay an eligible member of 

23 the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of 

24 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009) a local25 ity-based comparability payment (stated as a per-
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1 centage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of 

2 the locality-based comparability payment (stated as 

3 a percentage) that would be payable to such member 

4 under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 

5 if such member’s official duty station were in the 

6 District of Columbia. 

7 (8) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

8 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 

9 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

10 (A) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

11 note)— 

12 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

13 ‘‘and 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, and 

14 2015’’; and 

15 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

16 ‘‘2014’’ each place it appears and inserting 

17 ‘‘2015’’; and 

18 (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 

19 in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in20 serting ‘‘2015’’. 

21 (9) The authorities provided in section 1015(b) 

22 of Public Law 111–212 shall remain in effect 

23 through September 30, 2015. 

24 (m) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appropriated 

25 by this Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, 
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1 light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd con2 trol purposes for foreign security forces that use excessive 

3 force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assem4 bly in countries undergoing democratic transition. 

5 (o) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKING CAPITAL

6 FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise 

7 made available to the Department of State for payments 

8 to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the 

9 activities and in the amounts allowed in the President’s 

10 fiscal year 2015 budget: Provided, That Federal agency 

11 components shall be charged only for their direct usage 

12 of each Working Capital Fund service: Provided further, 

13 That Federal agency components may only pay for Work14 ing Capital Fund services that are consistent with the 

15 component’s purpose and authorities: Provided further, 

16 That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 

17 or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 

18 each service: Provided further, That the Working Capital 

19 Fund shall be subject to the requirements of section 7015 

20 of this Act. 

21 (p) SECURITY FORCE ACCOUNTABILITY ASSIST22 ANCE.—The Secretary of State should use funds appro23 priated under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

24 Program’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

25 Enforcement’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appro-
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1 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

2 and related programs to implement section 620M(c) of the 

3 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in accordance with the 

4 guidelines under the ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro5 gram’’ heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

6 (q) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSIST7 ANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are available 

8 for monitoring and evaluation of assistance funded under 

9 the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 

10 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appropriate, 

11 be made available for the regular, real-time collection and 

12 reporting of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries 

13 on the quality and utility of such assistance, for the pur14 pose of maximizing its cost effectiveness: Provided, That 

15 the Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, 

16 shall post summaries of such feedback on their respective 

17 Web sites, including a description of the methodology used 

18 to ensure that the feedback collected is a representative 

19 and accurate reflection of beneficiary views and of the De20 partment of State’s and USAID’s responses to such feed21 back. 

22 (r) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

23 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab24 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper25 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
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1 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may in any fis2 cal year be made available for pharmaceuticals and other 

3 products for other global health and child survival activi4 ties to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and 

5 other products, subject to the terms and conditions in such 

6 section: Provided, That the authority in section 525(b)(5) 

7 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

8 Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 

9 477) shall be exercised by the Assistant Administrator for 

10 Global Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited 

11 for such non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other prod12 ucts, and shall be subject to the regular notification proce13 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur14 ther, That the Secretary of State shall include in the con15 gressional budget justification an accounting of budgetary 

16 resources, disbursements, balances, and reimbursements 

17 related to such fund. 

18 (s) LOAN GUARANTEES AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.— 

19 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

20 Act may be made available for the costs of direct 

21 and guaranteed loans: Provided, That such costs, in22 cluding the costs of modifying such loans and loan 

23 guarantees, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and may include 

25 the costs of selling, reducing, or cancelling any 
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1 amounts owed to the United States or agency of the 

2 United States: Provided further, That amounts that 

3 are made available under this subsection for the 

4 costs of direct loans, loan guarantees, and modifica5 tions shall not be considered assistance for the pur6 poses of provisions of law limiting assistance to a 

7 country. 

8 (2) Funds appropriated under the heading 

9 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may be made 

10 available to establish and operate one or more enter11 prise funds for Egypt and Tunisia: Provided, That 

12 the first, third and fifth provisos under section 

13 7041(b) of division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 

14 apply to funds appropriated by this Act under the 

15 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for an enterprise 

16 fund or funds to the same extent and in the same 

17 manner as such provision of law applied to funds 

18 made available under such section (except that the 

19 clause excluding subsection (d)(3) of section 201 of 

20 the SEED Act shall not apply): Provided further, 

21 That the authority of any such enterprise fund or 

22 funds to provide assistance shall cease to be effective 

23 on December 31, 2025: Provided further, That the 

24 terms and conditions of section 7074 of division K 

25 of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to this Act. 
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1 (3) Funds made available by this subsection 

2 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 

3 regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

4 on Appropriations. 

5 (t) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.—Of the amounts 

6 made available by this Act or prior Acts making appro7 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

8 and related programs under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 

9 Consular Programs’’, except for funds designated for 

10 Overseas Contingency Operations pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, up to $500,000 

13 may be made available for grants pursuant to section 504 

14 of Public Law 95–426 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 

15 facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities. 

16 (u) PRIZE AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated in this 

17 Act may be made available for prizes in accordance with 

18 section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 

19 Act of 1980, except that foreign citizens and foreign pri20 vate entities may be eligible for such prizes notwith21 standing section 24(g)(3) of such Act. 

22 (v) FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION FEES.— 

23 In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to section 

24 286(v)(2(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

25 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)), the Secretary of State may also 
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1 use fees deposited into the Fraud Prevention and Detec2 tion Account for programs and activities to increase the 

3 number of personnel assigned to the function of pre4 venting and detecting visa fraud. 

5 (w) LIMITATION ON EXECUTIVE SALARIES.—None of 

6 the funds appropriated under titles I and III of this Act 

7 that directly appropriate funds to a non-Federal or quasi8 Federal organization may be used for the basic pay of sen9 ior executives above the rate payable for level IV of the 

10 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

11 States Code: Provided, That such limitation shall not 

12 apply to positions listed under sections 5312–5316 of title 

13 5, United States Code: Provided further, That such organi14 zation shall comply with section 4505a of title 5, United 

15 States Code, with respect to limitations on payment of 

16 performance-based cash awards. 

17 (x) DEFINITIONS.— 

18 (1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

19 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres20 sional committees’’ shall mean the Committees on 

21 Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate 

22 and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 

23 Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

24 (2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

25 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated 
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1 in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

2 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re3 lated programs’’ shall mean funds that remain avail4 able for obligation, and have not expired. 

5 (3) For the purposes of this Act, any reference 

6 to title I of this Act shall be deemed to include the 

7 ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Ac8 tivities’’ account, and any reference to title IV of 

9 this Act shall be deemed to exclude such account as 

10 such account is for assessed contributions required 

11 pursuant to United States international treaty obli12 gations. 

13 (4) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this 

14 or any other Act shall hereafter be deemed to in15 clude portions of Western Kordofan that were pre16 viously part of Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 

17 division of Southern Kordofan. 

18 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

19 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

20 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

21 secondary boycott of American firms that have com22 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

23 in the region and to United States investment and 

24 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
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1 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret2 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

3 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

4 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

5 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re6 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

7 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

8 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

9 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

10 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

11 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

12 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

13 weapons to said country; and 

14 (5) the President should report to Congress an15 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

16 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

17 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi18 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ19 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

20 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi21 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal22 izing businesses that do comply. 

23 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

24 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

25 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
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1 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

2 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

3 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

4 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

5 state— 

6 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

7 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

8 and 

9 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

10 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

11 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

12 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

13 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

14 security organizations; and 

15 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

16 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

17 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef18 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

19 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

20 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

21 context of full and normal relationships, which 

22 should include— 

23 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

24 belligerency; 
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1 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

2 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

3 independence of every state in the area through 

4 measures including the establishment of demili5 tarized zones; 

6 (C) their right to live in peace within se7 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

8 threats or acts of force; 

9 (D) freedom of navigation through inter10 national waterways in the area; and 

11 (E) a framework for achieving a just set12 tlement of the refugee problem. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 

15 assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 

16 respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 

17 other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac18 countable governance. 

19 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

20 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

21 national security interests of the United States to do so. 

22 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

23 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

24 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

25 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
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1 of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 

2 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales3 tinian Authority’’). 

4 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

5 AUTHORITY

6 SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti7 tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex8 pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 

9 of any department or agency of the United States Govern10 ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 

11 Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 

12 Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 

13 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin14 ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 

15 the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con16 sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet17 ings between officers and employees of the United States 

18 and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 

19 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel20 PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con21 ducting official United States Government business with 

22 such authority should continue to take place in locations 

23 other than Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been 

24 true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

25 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 
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1 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

2 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

3 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

4 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

5 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

6 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

8 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

9 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

10 Corporation. 

11 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

12 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2015, 

13 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi14 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

15 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp17 troller General of the United States will have access to 

18 appropriate United States financial information in order 

19 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro20 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

21 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

22 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap23 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup24 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

25 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
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1 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

2 any individual, private or government entity, or edu3 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

4 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

5 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

6 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

7 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov8 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de9 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

10 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter11 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

12 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

13 steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 

14 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu15 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

16 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

17 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

18 (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

19 III through VI of this Act for assistance under the 

20 West Bank and Gaza Program may be made avail21 able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon22 oring individuals who commit, or have committed 

23 acts of terrorism. 

24 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 none of the funds made available by this or prior ap-
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1 propriations Acts, including funds made available by 

2 transfer, may be made available for obligation for se3 curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 

4 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been 

6 established for security assistance for the West 

7 Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Pales8 tinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

9 (d) AUDITS.— 

10 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

11 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

12 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

13 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

14 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro15 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

16 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

17 section. 

18 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

19 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 

20 General of the United States Agency for Inter21 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

22 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

23 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad24 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur25 poses. 
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1 (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub2 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

3 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat4 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

5 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro6 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2015 

7 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

8 audit shall address— 

9 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

10 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

11 and 

12 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

13 and activities carried out under such Program, in14 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

15 (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 

16 and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce17 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

18 (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

19 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con21 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

22 Law 109–13. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

4 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi5 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

7 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

9 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi11 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

12 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

13 to the national security interests of the United States. 

14 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

15 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

16 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

17 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu19 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub20 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail21 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

22 the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 

23 place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro24 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
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1 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

2 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

3 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

4 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

5 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap6 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal7 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac8 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi9 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

10 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au11 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen12 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

13 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

14 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro15 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

16 Israel. 

17 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

18 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

19 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

20 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

21 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

22 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

23 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

24 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

25 Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
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1 ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 

2 undue influence. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

4 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

5 government only if the President certifies and re6 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

7 government, including all of its ministers or such 

8 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

9 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

10 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

11 as amended. 

12 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

13 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961, as added by the Palestine Anti-Terrorism Act 

15 of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to this 

16 subsection. 

17 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

18 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

19 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro20 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

21 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern22 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva23 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

24 contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 

25 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
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1 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

2 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

3 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi4 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

5 such government. 

6 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

7 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as8 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

9 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

10 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by this 

12 Act that are available for assistance for the Govern13 ment of Egypt may only be made available if the 

14 Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Com15 mittees on Appropriations that such government 

16 is— 

17 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

18 with the United States; and 

19 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

20 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

21 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—(A) Of the 

22 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

23 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and subject to para24 graph (6) of this subsection, up to $150,000,000 

25 may be made available for assistance for Egypt, of 
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1 which not less than $35,000,000 should be made 

2 available for higher education programs including 

3 not less than $10,000,000 for scholarships at not4 for-profit institutions for Egyptian students with 

5 high financial need: Provided, That such funds may 

6 also be made available for democracy programs: Pro7 vided further, That such funds shall be made avail8 able for a demonstration project to combat hepatitis 

9 C, on a cost matching basis from sources other than 

10 the United States Government. 

11 (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law 

12 restricting assistance for Egypt, including para13 graph (6) of this subsection, funds made avail14 able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

15 Support Fund’’ for assistance for Egypt may be 

16 made available for education and economic 

17 growth programs, and a hepatitis C demonstra18 tion program, subject to prior consultation with 

19 the appropriate congressional committees: Pro20 vided, That such funds may not be made avail21 able for cash transfer assistance or budget sup22 port unless the Secretary of State certifies to 

23 the appropriate congressional committees that 

24 the Government of Egypt is taking significant 
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1 and consistent steps to stabilize the economy 

2 and implement economic reforms. 

3 (C) The Secretary of State shall reduce the 

4 amount of assistance for the central Govern5 ment of Egypt under the heading ‘‘Economic 

6 Support Fund’’ in this Act by an amount the 

7 Secretary determines is equivalent to that ex8 pended by the United States Government for 

9 bail, and by nongovernmental organizations for 

10 legal and court fees, associated with democracy11 related trials in Egypt. 

12 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO13 GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

14 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 

15 and subject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, up 

16 to $1,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2016, may be made available for assist18 ance for Egypt which may be transferred to an in19 terest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank 

20 of New York, following consultation with the Com21 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That if the 

22 Secretary of State is unable to make the certification 

23 in subparagraph (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection, 

24 such funds may be made available at the minimum 

25 rate necessary to continue existing contracts, not-
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1 withstanding any other provision of law restricting 

2 assistance for Egypt and following consultation with 

3 the Committees on Appropriations, except that de4 fense articles and services from such contracts shall 

5 not be delivered until the certification requirements 

6 in subparagraph (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection are 

7 met: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

8 shall not initiate any new cash flow financing con9 tracts for defense articles and services for Egypt. 

10 (4) PRIOR YEAR FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

11 under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

12 Program’’ and ‘‘International Military Education 

13 and Training’’ under title IV in division K of Public 

14 Law 113–76 that remain available through Sep15 tember 30, 2015 may be made available notwith16 standing any provision of law restricting assistance 

17 for Egypt, except that such funds under the heading 

18 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall only be 

19 made available at the minimum rate necessary to 

20 continue existing contracts following consultation 

21 with the Committees on Appropriations, and the de22 fense articles and services from such contracts shall 

23 not be delivered until the certification requirements 

24 in subparagraph (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection are 

25 met. 
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1 (5) SECURITY EXEMPTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of this Act restricting assistance 

3 for Egypt, including paragraphs (3), (4), and (6) of 

4 this subsection, up to $300,000,000 of the funds 

5 made available by this Act for assistance for Egypt 

6 may be made available for development programs in 

7 the Sinai, nonproliferation programs, and for 

8 counterterrorism and border security, if the Sec9 retary of State certifies and reports to the appro10 priate congressional committees that to do so is im11 portant to the national security interests of the 

12 United States. 

13 (6) FISCAL YEAR 2015 FUNDS.—Except as pro14 vided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of this sub15 section, funds appropriated under titles III and IV 

16 of this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

17 Fund’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 

18 Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro19 gram’’ for assistance for the Government of Egypt 

20 may be made available notwithstanding any provi21 sion of law restricting assistance for Egypt as fol22 lows— 

23 (A) up to $575,500,000 may be made 

24 available only if the Secretary of State certifies 
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1 and reports to the Committees on Appropria2 tions that— 

3 (i) Egypt has held free and fair presi4 dential and parliamentary elections and a 

5 newly elected Government of Egypt is im6 plementing policies to govern democrat7 ically; and 

8 (ii) the Government of Egypt— 

9 (I) has released American citi10 zens who are considered by the Sec11 retary of State to be political pris12 oners and dismissed charges against 

13 them; 

14 (II) is providing United States 

15 Government officials, independent 

16 journalists, and human rights organi17 zations access to the Sinai; 

18 (III) has released all persons de19 tained for exercising their rights to 

20 free expression, association, and 

21 peaceful assembly, including journal22 ists and those detained solely for 

23 membership in social or political orga24 nizations; 
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1 (IV) is providing detainees with 

2 due process of law consistent with 

3 international norms; 

4 (V) has adopted and is imple5 menting necessary laws or regulations 

6 to protect freedoms of expression, as7 sociation, and assembly, including the 

8 ability of civil society organizations 

9 and the media to function without in10 terference, consistent with inter11 national norms; 

12 (VI) is conducting credible crimi13 nal investigations and prosecutions of 

14 the use of excessive force by security 

15 forces, including those responsible in 

16 the chain of command, since June 30, 

17 2013; and 

18 (VII) is taking steps to protect 

19 the rights of women and religious mi20 norities; and 

21 (B) not less than 180 days after a certifi22 cation and report under subparagraph (6)(A), 

23 up to $575,500,000 may be made available only 

24 if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations that the re-
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1 quirements in subparagraph (6)(A) are still 

2 being met. 

3 (b) IRAN.— 

4 (1) Funds appropriated under titles I and III 

5 of this Act shall be made available for the promotion 

6 of democracy and human rights in Iran, including 

7 for the activities described in section 1243 of Public 

8 Law 112–239: Provided, That prior to obligating 

9 such funds, the Secretary of State shall consult with 

10 the appropriate congressional committees on the pol11 icy and strategy of the United States to promote de12 mocracy and human rights in Iran. 

13 (2) The terms and conditions of section 7041(c) 

14 in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall continue in 

15 effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part of this Act, 

16 except that the international diplomatic efforts ref17 erenced in paragraph (1) of such section shall also 

18 include efforts to dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons 

19 program and prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear 

20 weapon capability, and the date in paragraph (3) 

21 shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

22 (3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

24 than $32,000,000 shall be made available for pro25 grams to promote democracy and human rights in 
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1 Iran, which shall be the responsibility of the Assist2 ant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

3 Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 

4 (c) IRAQ.— 

5 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

6 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Complex 

7 Crises Fund’’ may be made available for assistance 

8 for Iraq, including to mitigate the impact of the con9 flict in Syria on Iraqi communities: Provided, That 

10 the United States Chief of Mission in Iraq shall have 

11 responsibility for the use of funds to mitigate such 

12 impact, in consultation with United States Consulate 

13 Generals in Iraq, as appropriate. 

14 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

15 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

16 $25,000,000 may be made available for a conflict re17 sponse program, which shall be the responsibility of 

18 the United States Chief of Mission in Iraq: Provided, 

19 That the Secretary of State shall consult with the 

20 Committees on Appropriations prior to obligating 

21 funds for such program. 

22 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

23 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

24 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro25 gram’’ that are available for assistance for Iraq may 
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1 be made available to enhance the capacity of security 

2 services and for security programs in Kurdistan to 

3 address requirements arising from the conflict in 

4 Syria: Provided, That such funds shall be made 

5 available on a cost-matching basis from sources 

6 other than United States Government: Provided fur7 ther, That the Secretary of State shall consult with 

8 the Committees on Appropriations prior to obli9 gating such funds. 

10 (4) Not less than 15 days prior to submitting 

11 any notification to Congress of the intent to obligate 

12 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

13 Military Financing Program’’ in this Act or prior 

14 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

15 State, foreign operations, and related programs for 

16 assistance for the Government of Iraq, the Secretary 

17 of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 

18 congressional committees assessing the extent to 

19 which the Government of Iraq is implementing poli20 cies to promote reconciliation among Iraq’s ethnic 

21 and political factions and to form a multi-sectarian 

22 government, and the effectiveness of such efforts. 

23 (5) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

24 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
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1 than $5,000,000 should be made available for the 

2 Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund. 

3 (6) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

4 this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

5 the heads of other relevant United States Govern6 ment agencies, shall submit a report to the appro7 priate congressional committees detailing steps taken 

8 by the United States Government to address the 

9 plight, including resettlement needs, of Iranian dis10 sidents located at Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq. 

11 (d) JORDAN.— 

12 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 titles III and IV that are available for assistance for 

14 Jordan, not less than $360,000,000 shall be made 

15 available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

16 Fund’’ and not less than $300,000,000 shall be 

17 made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

18 Financing Program’’. 

19 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

20 title VIII, not less than $340,000,000 shall be made 

21 available for the extraordinary costs related to insta22 bility in the region, including for security require23 ments along the border with Iraq and Syria. 

24 (e) LEBANON.— 
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1 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be made available for Lebanese law enforce3 ment personnel or the Lebanese Armed Forces 

4 (LAF) if such law enforcement personnel or the 

5 LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organiza6 tion, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the 

7 Immigration and Nationality Act. 

8 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

9 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

10 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro11 gram’’ that are available for assistance for Lebanon 

12 may be made available for programs and equipment 

13 for Lebanese law enforcement personnel and the 

14 LAF to address security and stability requirements 

15 in areas affected by the conflict in Syria, following 

16 consultation with the appropriate congressional com17 mittees. 

18 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

19 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are avail20 able for assistance for Lebanon may be made avail21 able notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex22 cept for the provisions of this Act. 

23 (4) In addition to the activities described in 

24 paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 

25 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
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1 for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

2 only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 

3 border security and combat terrorism, including 

4 training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 

5 borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 

6 use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 

7 and to implement United Nations Security Council 

8 Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 

9 obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec10 retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro11 priations a detailed spend plan, including actions to 

12 be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF 

13 is only used for the intended purposes, except such 

14 plan may not be considered as meeting the notifica15 tion requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 

16 under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

17 1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep18 tember 1, 2015: Provided further, That any notifica19 tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in20 clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili21 tary equipment. 

22 (f) LIBYA.— 

23 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

24 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

25 State, foreign operations, and related programs 
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1 under the headings ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘Eco2 nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

3 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

4 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

5 and ‘‘International Military Education and Train6 ing’’ may, subject to paragraph (2), be made avail7 able for assistance for Libya for programs to— 

8 (A) strengthen democracy in Libya, includ9 ing civil society; 

10 (B) enhance the capacity of key ministries 

11 necessary for maintaining security and stability; 

12 (C) address immediate humanitarian needs 

13 arising from conflict; 

14 (D) strengthen the rule of law, including 

15 judicial and security sector reforms; 

16 (E) professionalize military personnel asso17 ciated with the Libyan state; and 

18 (F) counter extremist ideologies. 

19 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act for assist20 ance for Libya shall, to the maximum extent prac21 ticable, be made available on a cost-matching basis: 

22 Provided, That the reporting requirement and limi23 tations on the uses of funds in section 7041(f) of di24 vision K of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to such 

25 funds: Provided further, That prior to obligation of 
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1 such funds, the Secretary of State shall take all ap2 propriate steps to ensure that mechanisms are in 

3 place for adequate monitoring, oversight and control 

4 of assistance for Libya. 

5 (3) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

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

7 to the appropriate congressional committees detail8 ing— 

9 (A) the number of claims against Libya 

10 filed with the Foreign Claims Settlement Com11 mission pursuant to the Department of State’s 

12 referral of claims of November 27, 2013 in con13 nection with the Claims Settlement Agreement 

14 between the United States of America and the 

15 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab 

16 Jamahiriya of August 14, 2008, as imple17 mented pursuant to the Libyan Claims Resolu18 tion Act, Public Law 110–301 and Executive 

19 Order 13477 dated October 31, 2008; 

20 (B) the amount of remaining balances of 

21 funds received by the United States, and held 

22 by the United States Treasury, for payment of 

23 awards rendered by the Foreign Claims Settle24 ment Commission pursuant to the November 

25 27, 2013 referral; and 
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1 (C) the process by which the claims are to 

2 be adjudicated. 

3 (g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 

4 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

5 State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 

6 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may not 

7 be used to procure defense articles or services for use in 

8 the territory of the Western Sahara. 

9 (h) SYRIA.— 

10 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

11 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

12 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

13 programs may be made available notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law for humanitarian and 

15 other assistance for programs to address the needs 

16 of civilians affected by conflict in Syria, and for pro17 grams that seek to— 

18 (A) establish governance in Syria that is 

19 representative, inclusive, and accountable; 

20 (B) expand the role of women in negotia21 tions to end the violence and in any political 

22 transition in Syria; 

23 (C) develop and implement political proc24 esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad25 here to the rule of law; 
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1 (D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian 

2 opposition through cross-border programs; 

3 (E) develop civil society and an inde4 pendent media in Syria; 

5 (F) promote economic development in 

6 Syria; 

7 (G) document, investigate, and prosecute 

8 human rights violations in Syria, including 

9 through transitional justice programs and sup10 port for nongovernmental organizations; 

11 (H) counter extremist ideologies; and 

12 (I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 

13 has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 

14 complete higher education requirements at re15 gional academic institutions. 

16 (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appro17 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

18 for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all appro19 priate steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 

20 for the adequate monitoring, oversight, and control 

21 of such assistance inside Syria: Provided, That the 

22 Secretary of State shall promptly inform the appro23 priate congressional committees of each significant 

24 instance in which assistance provided pursuant to 

25 the authority of this subsection has been com-
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1 promised, to include the type and amount of assist2 ance affected, a description of the incident and par3 ties involved, and an explanation of the Department 

4 of State’s response. 

5 (3) Funds made available pursuant to this sub6 section may only be made available following con7 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit8 tees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

9 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 (4) Section 7032(c)(3) of this Act shall not 

11 apply to programs implemented by the Office of 

12 Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 

13 International Development, relating to the conflict in 

14 Syria. 

15 (i) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

16 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini17 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

18 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

19 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec20 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 

21 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

22 is to— 

23 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

24 (B) improve security in the region; 
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1 (C) continue support for transparent and 

2 accountable government institutions; 

3 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

4 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

5 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

6 (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated 

7 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

8 in this Act may be made available for assistance 

9 for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date 

10 of enactment of this Act— 

11 (I) the Palestinians obtain the 

12 same standing as member states or 

13 full membership as a state in the 

14 United Nations or any specialized 

15 agency thereof outside an agreement 

16 negotiated between Israel and the Pal17 estinians; or 

18 (II) the Palestinians initiate an 

19 International Criminal Court judi20 cially authorized investigation, or ac21 tively support such an investigation, 

22 that subjects Israeli nationals to an 

23 investigation for alleged crimes 

24 against Palestinians. 
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1 (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 

2 restriction in paragraph (A) resulting from the 

3 application of subparagraph (A)(i)(I) if the Sec4 retary certifies and reports to the Committees 

5 on Appropriations that to do so is in the na6 tional security interest of the United States, 

7 and submits a report to such Committees de8 tailing how the waiver and the continuation of 

9 assistance would assist in furthering Middle 

10 East peace. 

11 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi12 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if 

13 the President certifies and reports to the 

14 Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 

15 President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 

16 Committees on Appropriations that the Pal17 estinians have not, after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, obtained in the United Nations or 

19 any specialized agency thereof the same stand20 ing as member states or full membership as a 

21 state outside an agreement negotiated between 

22 Israel and the Palestinians. 

23 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi24 dent is unable to make the certification and re25 port pursuant to subparagraph (i), the Presi-
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1 dent may waive section 1003 of Public Law 

2 100–204 if the President certifies and reports 

3 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

4 the President pro tempore of the Senate, and 

5 the Committees on Appropriations that the Pal6 estinians have entered into direct and meaning7 ful negotiations with Israel: Provided, That any 

8 waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of Pub9 lic Law 100–204 under subparagraph (i) of this 

10 paragraph or under previous provisions of law 

11 must expire before the waiver under the pre12 ceding sentence may be exercised. 

13 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this paragraph 

14 shall be effective for no more than a period of 

15 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 

16 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

17 (3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall 

18 reduce the amount of assistance made available by 

19 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

20 Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority by an amount 

21 the Secretary determines is equivalent to the amount 

22 expended by the Palestinian Authority as payments 

23 for acts of terrorism by individuals who are impris24 oned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts 
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1 of terrorism and by individuals who died committing 

2 acts of terrorism during the previous calendar year. 

3 AFRICA

4 SEC. 7042. (a) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.— 

5 Funds made available by this Act for assistance for the 

6 Central African Republic shall be made available for rec7 onciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activi8 ties to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and 

9 local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against 

10 humanity. 

11 (b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.— 

12 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 

13 less than $65,000,000 should be made available for 

14 the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership pro15 gram, and not less than $11,000,000 should be 

16 made available for the Partnership for Regional 

17 East Africa Counterterrorism program. 

18 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

19 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

20 $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 

21 counter extremism in East Africa, in addition to 

22 such sums that may otherwise be made available for 

23 such purposes. 

24 (c) CRISIS RESPONSE.—Notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, up to $10,000,000 of the funds appro-
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1 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro2 grams’’ for HIV/AIDS activities may be transferred to, 

3 and merged with, funds appropriated under the headings 

4 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ 

5 to respond to unanticipated crises in Africa, except that 

6 funds shall not be transferred unless the Secretary of 

7 State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that 

8 no individual currently on anti-retroviral therapy sup9 ported by such funds shall be negatively impacted by the 

10 transfer of such funds: Provided, That the authority of 

11 this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with 

12 the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (d) ETHIOPIA.— 

14 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

15 available for assistance for Ethiopian military and 

16 police forces shall not be made available until the 

17 Secretary of State— 

18 (A) certifies and reports to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations that the Government of Ethi20 opia is implementing policies to— 

21 (i) protect judicial independence; free22 dom of expression, association, assembly, 

23 and religion; the right of political opposi24 tion parties, civil society organizations, and 

25 journalists to operate without harassment 
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1 or interference; and due process of law; 

2 and 

3 (ii) permit access to human rights and 

4 humanitarian organizations to the Somali 

5 region of Ethiopia; and 

6 (B) submits a report to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations on the types and amounts of 

8 United States training and equipment proposed 

9 to be provided to the Ethiopian military and po10 lice including steps to ensure that such assist11 ance is not provided to military or police per12 sonnel or units that have violated human rights, 

13 and steps taken by the Government of Ethiopia 

14 to investigate and prosecute members of the 

15 Ethiopian military and police who have been 

16 credibly alleged to have violated such rights. 

17 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

18 apply to assistance made available under the heading 

19 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ 

20 (IMET) in this Act, assistance to Ethiopian military 

21 efforts in support of international peacekeeping op22 erations, countering regional terrorism, border secu23 rity, and for assistance to the Ethiopian Defense 

24 Command and Staff College. 
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1 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

2 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic 

3 Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance in 

4 the lower Omo and Gambella regions of Ethiopia 

5 shall— 

6 (A) not be used to support activities that 

7 directly or indirectly involve forced evictions; 

8 (B) support initiatives of local communities 

9 to improve their livelihoods; and 

10 (C) be subject to prior consultation with 

11 affected populations. 

12 (4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

13 the United States executive director of each inter14 national financial institution to vote against financ15 ing for any activities that directly or indirectly in16 volve forced evictions in Ethiopia. 

17 (e) EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDU18 CATION AND TRAINING.— 

19 (1) Funds appropriated under the heading 

20 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ in 

21 this Act that are made available for assistance for 

22 Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Guinea, So23 malia, and Zimbabwe may be made available only 

24 for training related to international peacekeeping op25 erations, expanded IMET, and professional military 
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1 education: Provided, That the limitation included in 

2 this paragraph shall not apply to courses that sup3 port training in maritime security. 

4 (2) None of the funds appropriated under the 

5 heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

6 Training’’ in this Act should be made available for 

7 assistance for Equatorial Guinea or the Central Afri8 can Republic. 

9 (f) KENYA.—Of the funds appropriated under title 

10 IV of this Act, not less than $10,500,000 should be made 

11 available for assistance for Kenya: Provided, That the Sec12 retary of State shall consult with the appropriate congres13 sional committees prior to obligating such funds. 

14 (g) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Of the funds ap15 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup16 port Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 

17 available for programs and activities in areas affected by 

18 the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) consistent with the 

19 goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and 

20 Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 111–172), 

21 including to improve physical access, telecommunications 

22 infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to sup23 port the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration 

24 of former LRA combatants, especially child soldiers. 
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1 (h) NIGERIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 

2 are made available for assistance for Nigeria shall be made 

3 available for assistance for women and girls who are tar4 geted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram, con5 sistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act, and 

6 in consultation with the Government of Nigeria. 

7 (i) PROGRAMS IN AFRICA.— 

8 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Eco10 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $7,000,000 

11 shall be made available for the purposes of section 

12 7042(g)(1) of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

13 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

14 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter15 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

16 not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for 

17 the purposes of section 7042(g)(2) of division K of 

18 Public Law 113–76. 

19 (3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) 

20 and (2) shall be programmed in a manner that 

21 leverages a United States Government-wide ap22 proach to addressing shared challenges and mutually 

23 beneficial opportunities, and shall be the responsi24 bility of United States Chiefs of Mission in countries 

25 in Africa seeking enhanced partnerships with the 
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1 United States in areas of trade, investment, develop2 ment, health, and security. 

3 (j) SOMALIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

4 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made 

5 available for assistance for Somalia should be used to pro6 mote dialogue and reconciliation between the central gov7 ernment and Somali regions, and should be provided in 

8 an impartial manner that is based on need and institu9 tional capacity: Provided, That such assistance should also 

10 be used to strengthen the rule of law and government in11 stitutions, support civil society organizations involved in 

12 peace building, and support other development priorities 

13 including education and employment opportunities. 

14 (k) SOUTH SUDAN.— 

15 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 that are available for assistance for the central Gov17 ernment of South Sudan may be made available 

18 until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

19 the Committees on Appropriations that such govern20 ment is implementing policies to— 

21 (A) provide access for humanitarian orga22 nizations; 

23 (B) end the use of child soldiers; 

24 (C) support a cessation of hostilities agree25 ment; 
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1 (D) protect freedoms of expression, asso2 ciation, and assembly; 

3 (E) reduce corruption related to the ex4 traction and sale of oil and gas; and 

5 (F) establish democratic institutions, in6 cluding accountable military and police forces 

7 under civilian authority. 

8 (2) The Secretary of State should provide tech9 nical assistance to the Government of South Sudan 

10 to improve the sustainable management of natural 

11 resources and ensure transparency and account12 ability of funds: Provided, That the Secretary should 

13 also assist such government in conducting regular 

14 audits of financial accounts, including revenues from 

15 oil and gas, and the timely public disclosure of such 

16 audits. 

17 (l) SUDAN.— 

18 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

20 made available for assistance for the Government of 

21 Sudan. 

22 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

24 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

25 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 
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1 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

2 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

3 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

4 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

5 (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

6 shall not apply to— 

7 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

8 (B) assistance for the Darfur region, 

9 Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 

10 other marginalized areas and populations in 

11 Sudan, and Abyei; and 

12 (C) assistance to support implementation 

13 of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 

14 Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements 

15 related to post-referendum issues associated 

16 with the CPA, or any other internationally rec17 ognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

18 (m) TRAFFICKING IN CONFLICT MINERALS, WILD19 LIFE, AND OTHER CONTRABAND.— 

20 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro22 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 

23 Rwanda unless the Secretary of State certifies to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

25 of Rwanda is implementing a policy to cease polit-
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1 ical, military and/or financial support to armed 

2 groups that have violated human rights or are in3 volved in the illegal exportation of minerals, wildlife, 

4 or other contraband out of the Democratic Republic 

5 of the Congo (DRC). 

6 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

7 apply to assistance to improve border controls to 

8 prevent the illegal exportation of minerals, wildlife, 

9 and other contraband out of the DRC by such 

10 groups, to protect humanitarian relief efforts, or to 

11 support the training and deployment of members of 

12 the Rwandan military in international peacekeeping 

13 operations, or to conduct operations against the 

14 Lord’s Resistance Army. 

15 (n) ZIMBABWE.— 

16 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

17 the United States executive director of each inter18 national financial institution to vote against any ex19 tension by the respective institution of any loan or 

20 grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to 

21 meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, 

22 unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations that such govern24 ment has made significant progress in restoring the 

25 rule of law, including respect for ownership and title 
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1 to property, and freedoms of expression, association, 

2 and assembly. 

3 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

5 Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and 

6 education, unless the Secretary of State makes the 

7 certification and report required in paragraph (1), 

8 and funds may be made available for macroeconomic 

9 growth assistance if the Secretary reports to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations that such government 

11 is implementing transparent fiscal policies, including 

12 public disclosure of revenues from the extraction of 

13 natural resources. 

14 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

15 SEC. 7043. (a) ASIA REBALANCING INITIATIVE.— 

16 (1) ASIA MARITIME SECURITY.— 

17 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

18 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

19 and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

20 Financing Program’’ shall be made available for 

21 activities to strengthen maritime security in the 

22 Asia region, notwithstanding any provision of 

23 this Act, except this section and section 7008: 

24 Provided, That prior to obligating such funds, 

25 the Secretary of State shall consult with the ap-
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1 propriate congressional committees on the uses 

2 of such funds on a country-by-country basis 

3 and on the specific regional strategic objectives 

4 supported by such funds: Provided further, That 

5 such funds may only be made available for pro6 grams for naval forces, coast guards, or other 

7 governmental maritime entities and nongovern8 mental organizations, as appropriate, directly 

9 engaged in maritime security issues, and shall 

10 be coordinated with other United States Gov11 ernment activities that seek to strengthen mari12 time security in such region. 

13 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

14 the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

15 and Training’’ shall be made available for ac16 tivities to promote the professionalism and ca17 pabilities of naval forces, coast guard, or other 

18 governmental maritime entities directly engaged 

19 in maritime security issues in the Asia region, 

20 including to counter piracy and facilitate co21 operation on disaster relief efforts, notwith22 standing any provision of this Act, except this 

23 section and section 7008. 

24 (C) In addition to the consultation require25 ment in paragraph (1)(A), not later than 90 
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1 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

2 of State, in coordination with the heads of other 

3 relevant United States Government agencies, 

4 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a multi-year strategy to increase co6 operation on maritime security issues with 

7 countries in the Asia region, including a de8 scription of specific regional strategic objectives 

9 served by such funds: Provided, That such 

10 strategy shall include clear goals and objectives, 

11 and cost estimates for implementation on an 

12 annual, country-by-country and regional basis. 

13 (D) None of the funds appropriated by this 

14 Act may be made available for equipment or 

15 training for the armed forces of the People’s 

16 Republic of China. 

17 (E) Funds appropriated under titles III 

18 and IV of this Act may be made available by 

19 the Secretary of State for the participation by 

20 the United States in the Information Sharing 

21 Centre located in Singapore, as established by 

22 the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Com23 bating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against 

24 Ships in Asia. 
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1 (2) REGIONAL ALLIANCES AND PARTNER2 SHIPS.— 

3 (A) Funds appropriated under title III of 

4 this Act that are made available for programs 

5 to strengthen regional alliances and partner6 ships among governments in the Asia region 

7 may only be made available on a cost-matching 

8 basis from sources other than the United States 

9 Government, and no such funds may be made 

10 available for the costs of travel and accommoda11 tion of foreign nationals in such programs: Pro12 vided, That prior to the obligation of funds for 

13 such programs, the Secretary of State shall cer14 tify to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 that such programs serve specific strategic ob16 jectives, including a description of such objec17 tives and an explanation of how such programs 

18 are coordinated with other United States Gov19 ernment programs to rebalance policy toward 

20 Asia. 

21 (B) Prior to the obligation of funds made 

22 available by this Act for the Asia Rebalancing 

23 Initiative, the Secretary of State shall certify to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees that 

25 support for regional alliances or partnerships 
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1 (including, but not limited to, the Association of 

2 Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN 

3 Regional Forum, the Expanded ASEAN Sea4 farers Training program, and the Lower 

5 Mekong Initiative) is in the national interests of 

6 the United States, including an explanation of 

7 the strategic interests served. 

8 (3) ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TRADE.— 

9 (A) Funds appropriated under title III of 

10 this Act that are made available for bilateral 

11 economic growth programs in the Asia region 

12 shall also be made available to increase United 

13 States trade in such region, and for assistance 

14 for capacity building activities relating to free 

15 trade agreements: Provided, That the Secretary 

16 of State, in coordination with the heads of other 

17 appropriate United States Government agen18 cies, shall post on regional mission Web sites 

19 information on United States public and private 

20 economic investment in respective countries in 

21 the Asia region, including the approximate total 

22 value of such investment on an annual basis, 

23 and estimates of foreign direct investment in 

24 the United States for such countries. 
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1 (B) Funds appropriated under title VI of 

2 this Act shall be made available to increase 

3 United States trade in the Asia region above 

4 amounts made available for such purposes in 

5 prior fiscal years. 

6 (4) OPERATIONS AND ASSISTANCE CALCULA7 TIONS.— 

8 (A) Not later than 90 days after enact9 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

10 submit a report to the appropriate congres11 sional committees detailing the funds provided 

12 for the Asia Rebalancing Initiative for oper13 ations and assistance for each fiscal year begin14 ning in fiscal year 2012: Provided, That such 

15 report shall include total amounts made avail16 able for such Initiative for each fiscal year, and 

17 shall specify the increased amounts for oper18 ations and assistance for the Asia region to 

19 support the Initiative. 

20 (B) For purposes of the Asia Rebalancing 

21 Initiative supported by funds appropriated by 

22 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

23 for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

24 and related programs under the headings ‘‘Edu25 cational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’, 
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1 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development As2 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Inter3 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforce4 ment’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

5 Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Inter6 national Military Education and Training’’, 

7 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Ex8 port-Import Bank of the United States, Pro9 gram Account’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment 

10 Corporation, Program Account’’, and ‘‘Trade 

11 and Development Agency’’, any programs or ac12 tivities initiated prior to fiscal year 2012 shall 

13 not be considered to be part of such Initiative 

14 for the purposes of calculated funding levels. 

15 (C) For the purposes of calculating the op16 erations expenses associated with the Asia Re17 balancing Initiative from funds made available 

18 under titles I and II of this Act and prior Acts 

19 making appropriations for the Department of 

20 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

21 only those costs associated with Department of 

22 State and United States Agency for Inter23 national Development personnel increases be24 ginning in fiscal year 2012, and any costs asso25 ciated with facility expansion to accommodate 
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1 such personnel, shall be considered to be part of 

2 such Initiative for the purposes of calculating 

3 funding levels: Provided, That funds appro4 priated under the headings ‘‘The Asia Founda5 tion’’ and ‘‘East-West Center’’ by such acts be6 ginning in fiscal year 2012 shall also be in7 cluded in calculating funding levels for such Ini8 tiative. 

9 (5) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.— 

10 (A) Funds appropriated under the heading 

11 ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro12 grams’’ by this Act shall be made available for 

13 exchange programs for the Asia region, includ14 ing for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Ini15 tiative, which shall be made available on a cost16 matching basis: Provided, That such Initiative 

17 shall include the participation of representatives 

18 of democratic political parties and human rights 

19 organizations. 

20 (B) Funds made available by this Act for 

21 public diplomacy programs may only be obli22 gated after the Secretary of State certifies to 

23 the appropriate congressional committees that a 

24 comprehensive and coherent narrative on 

25 United States foreign policy for the Asia region 
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1 has been developed, coordinated, and dissemi2 nated among United States Government agen3 cies: Provided, That such certification shall in4 clude specific details of such narrative. 

5 (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

6 the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper7 ations’’ that are made available for the Asia re8 gion shall be made available to support the nar9 rative required in subparagraph (B), as appro10 priate: Provided, That not later than 90 days 

11 after enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting 

12 Board of Governors shall submit a report to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

14 programs that are attributable to the Asia Re15 balancing Initiative, including the costs of such 

16 programs. 

17 (6) DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

18 (A) Funds appropriated by title III of this 

19 Act for the Asia Rebalancing Initiative shall be 

20 made available to promote and protect democ21 racy and human rights in the Asia region, in22 cluding for political parties, civil society, and 

23 organizations and individuals seeking to ad24 vance transparency, accountability, and the rule 

25 of law: Provided, That such funds shall also be 
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1 made available, through an open and competi2 tive process, to nongovernmental networks and 

3 alliances that seek to promote democracy, 

4 human rights, and the rule of law in the Asia 

5 region: Provided further, That to the maximum 

6 extent practicable, such funds shall be made 

7 available on a grant or cooperative agreement 

8 basis. 

9 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

11 not less than $15,000,000 shall be made avail12 able to promote democracy, human rights, and 

13 the rule of law in the People’s Republic of 

14 China: Provided, That the responsibility for the 

15 uses of such funds shall be the Assistant Sec16 retary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

17 Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 

18 (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

20 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

21 Fund’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist22 ance’’, not less than $6,000,000 shall be made 

23 available for programs to promote and preserve 

24 Tibetan culture and the resilience of Tibetan 

25 communities in India and Nepal, and to assist 
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1 in the education and development of the next 

2 generation of Tibetan leaders from such com3 munities: Provided, That such funds are in ad4 dition to amounts made available for programs 

5 inside Tibet in subsection (g)(2) of this section. 

6 (7) CONFLICT RESOLUTION.—Funds appro7 priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be 

8 made available to address and mitigate conflict in 

9 the Asia region arising from ethnic, religious, and 

10 territorial disputes: Provided, That prior to the obli11 gation of funds for such purposes, the Secretary of 

12 State shall submit a report to the appropriate con13 gressional committees including an analysis of such 

14 conflict, the primary instigators, and the goals and 

15 objectives of United States assistance in addressing 

16 or mitigating such conflict. 

17 (8) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub18 section, the Asia region means countries and terri19 tories in Oceania, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, 

20 and the Indian and Pacific Oceans bordering those 

21 countries and territories. 

22 (b) BURMA.— 

23 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

24 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

25 available for assistance for Burma notwithstanding 
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1 any other provision of law: Provided, That no such 

2 funds shall be made available to any successor or af3 filiated organization of the State Peace and Develop4 ment Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC 

5 members that promote the repressive policies of the 

6 SPDC, or to any individual or organization credibly 

7 alleged to have committed gross violations of human 

8 rights, including against Rohingyas and other minor9 ity groups: Provided further, That such funds, and 

10 funds made available by this Act under the heading 

11 ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, may be made available for 

12 programs administered by the Office of Transition 

13 Initiatives, USAID, for ethnic groups and civil soci14 ety in Burma to help sustain ceasefire agreements 

15 and further prospects for reconciliation and peace, 

16 which may include support to representatives of eth17 nic armed groups for this purpose, and for support 

18 for election monitoring. 

19 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

20 Act for assistance for Burma— 

21 (A) may not be made available for budget 

22 support for the Government of Burma; 

23 (B) shall be provided to strengthen civil so24 ciety organizations in Burma, including as core 

25 support for such organizations; 
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1 (C) shall be made available for community2 based organizations operating in Thailand to 

3 provide food, medical, and other humanitarian 

4 assistance to internally displaced persons in 

5 eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for 

6 Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by 

7 this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref8 ugee Assistance’’; and 

9 (D) shall be made available for ethnic and 

10 religious reconciliation programs, including in 

11 ceasefire areas, as appropriate, and to address 

12 the Rohingya and Kachin crises. 

13 (3) Funds made available by this Act for assist14 ance for Burma shall be made available for the im15 plementation of the democracy and human rights 

16 strategy required by section 7043(b)(3)(A) of divi17 sion K of Public Law 113–76: Provided, That the 

18 Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, 

19 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, 

20 shall be responsible for democracy and human rights 

21 programs in Burma. 

22 (4) Funds appropriated by this Act for pro23 grams and Department of State operations in 

24 Burma may be made available to continue consulta25 tions with the armed forces of Burma only on 
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1 human rights and disaster response, following con2 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit3 tees: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

5 and Training’’ may be available for assistance for 

6 Burma only in accordance with the procedures and 

7 requirements specified under such heading in the re8 port accompanying this Act. 

9 (5) Funds appropriated by this Act shall only 

10 be made available for assistance for the central Gov11 ernment of Burma if the Secretary of State certifies 

12 and reports to the appropriate congressional com13 mittees that such government has implemented Con14 stitutional reforms, in consultation with Burma’s po15 litical opposition and ethnic groups, providing for 

16 free and fair presidential and parliamentary elec17 tions, including as voters and candidates. 

18 (6) Any new program or activity in Burma ini19 tiated in fiscal year 2015 shall be subject to prior 

20 consultation with the appropriate congressional com21 mittees. 

22 (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

23 the personnel requirement in section 7 of Public 

24 Law 110–286 shall remain vacant following the ex25 piration of the current term. 
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1 (8) Section 3(3) of Public Law 112–192 (Octo2 ber 5, 2012) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Public 

3 Law 112–74’’ the phrase ‘‘and shall also include, 

4 subject to the certification required in subsection 

5 7043(b)(5) of the Department of State, Foreign Op6 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

7 2015, as reported by the Committee on Appropria8 tions of the United States Senate on June 19, 2014, 

9 the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency’’. 

10 (c) CAMBODIA.— 

11 (1) None of the funds appropriated by titles III 

12 and IV of this Act may be made available for assist13 ance for the central Government of Cambodia unless 

14 the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees that the National Assem16 bly is conducting business in accordance with the 

17 Cambodian constitution and the results of the July 

18 28, 2013 elections; and that such government, with 

19 the concurrence of the political opposition— 

20 (A) is implementing electoral reforms, in21 cluding those recommended by Cambodian and 

22 international organizations; 

23 (B) has scheduled parliamentary elections, 

24 including providing for fair and equal access to 

25 broadcasting media by the political opposition; 
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1 (C) is protecting the rights of the Cam2 bodian people to freedoms of expression, asso3 ciation, and assembly; 

4 (D) has released all political prisoners, in5 cluding labor leaders, and is investigating and 

6 prosecuting violations of human rights com7 mitted by Cambodian security forces; and 

8 (E) is furthering transparency and ac9 countability through enactment and enforce10 ment of laws promoting civil society and Inter11 net freedom. 

12 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds ap13 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

14 Support Fund’’ shall be made available for democ15 racy and human rights programs in Cambodia: Pro16 vided, That such funds shall be made available to 

17 support electoral reform, political party development, 

18 women’s empowerment, civic education and advo19 cacy, and human rights monitoring by international 

20 and domestic nongovernmental organizations: Pro21 vided further, That such funds shall be made avail22 able only on a grant or cooperative agreement basis. 

23 (3) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall not 

24 apply to assistance for global health, food security, 

25 humanitarian demining, or to enhance maritime se-
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1 curity capabilities, except any such program carried 

2 out prior to the certification required by paragraph 

3 (1) shall be subject to the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

5 (4) Funds appropriated by this Act for a 

6 United States contribution to a Khmer Rouge tri7 bunal may only be made available if the Secretary 

8 of State certifies to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees that— 

10 (A) international donors have reimbursed 

11 the Documentation Center of Cambodia for 

12 costs incurred in support of the tribunal; 

13 (B) international donors, in cooperation 

14 with the Government of Cambodia, have deter15 mined the costs and timeline associated with 

16 the winding down of such tribunal; and 

17 (C) the Government of Cambodia is not 

18 interfering in the workings of the tribunal. 

19 (5) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct 

20 the United States executive directors of the World 

21 Bank and the Asian Development Bank to vote 

22 against any loan, agreement, or other financial sup23 port for Cambodia except to meet basic human 

24 needs, until the Secretary of State makes the certifi25 cation required in paragraph (1). 
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1 (d) NORTH KOREA.— 

2 (1) Of the funds made available under the 

3 heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ in 

4 title I of this Act, not less than $8,938,000 shall 

5 made available for broadcasts into North Korea. 

6 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

7 heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall 

8 be made available for assistance for refugees from 

9 North Korea, including for protection activities in 

10 the People’s Republic of China. 

11 (3) None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

13 may be made available for assistance for the govern14 ment of North Korea. 

15 (e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

16 (1) None of the funds appropriated under the 

17 heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in 

18 this Act may be obligated or expended for processing 

19 licenses for the export of satellites of United States 

20 origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 

21 components) to the People’s Republic of China un22 less, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on 

23 Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

24 (2) The terms and requirements of section 

25 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
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1 apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of 

2 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s 

3 Republic of China, to include such projects or activi4 ties by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or 

5 an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

6 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pur7 suant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, 

8 contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or 

9 any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to 

10 believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, 

11 the PLA. 

12 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act for public 

13 diplomacy under title I and for assistance under ti14 tles III and IV shall be made available to counter 

15 the influence of the People’s Republic of China, in 

16 accordance with the strategy required by section 

17 7043(e)(3) of division K of Public Law 113–76, fol18 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appro19 priations. 

20 (f) PHILIPPINES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

22 that are available for assistance for the Philippine army 

23 should only be made available in accordance with the pro24 cedures and requirements specified under such heading in 

25 the report accompanying this Act. 
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1 (g) TIBET.— 

2 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury should in3 struct the United States executive director of each 

4 international financial institution to use the voice 

5 and vote of the United States to support financing 

6 in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives 

7 for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans 

8 into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of 

9 Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 

10 are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 

11 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti12 betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef13 fective monitoring. 

14 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

16 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

17 to nongovernmental organizations to support activi18 ties which preserve cultural traditions and promote 

19 sustainable development, education, and environ20 mental conservation in Tibetan communities in the 

21 Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan 

22 communities in China. 

23 (h) VIETNAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

25 than $15,000,000 shall be made available for remediation 
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1 of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be made 

2 available for assistance for the Government of Vietnam, 

3 including the military, for such purposes, and not less 

4 than $7,500,000 of the funds appropriated under the 

5 heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall be made available 

6 for assistance for persons with severe upper or lower body 

7 mobility impairment and/or cognitive or developmental 

8 disabilities in areas sprayed with Agent Orange or other9 wise contaminated with dioxin. 

10 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

11 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

12 (1) OPERATIONS AND REPORTS.—Funds appro13 priated under titles I, II, and VIII of this Act that 

14 are available for the construction and renovation of 

15 United States Government facilities in Afghanistan 

16 may not be made available if the purpose is to ac17 commodate Federal employee positions or to expand 

18 aviation facilities or assets above those notified by 

19 the Department of State and the United States 

20 Agency for International Development (USAID) to 

21 the Committees on Appropriations, or contractors in 

22 addition to those in place on January 17, 2014: Pro23 vided, That the limitations in this paragraph shall 

24 not apply if funds are necessary to protect such fa-
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1 cilities or the security, health, and welfare of United 

2 States personnel. 

3 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

4 Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

5 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En6 forcement’’ for assistance for Afghanistan— 

7 (A) may not be used to support any pro8 gram, project, or activity for which regular 

9 oversight by the Department of State or 

10 USAID, as appropriate, is not possible, to in11 clude site visits; 

12 (B) shall only be made available for pro13 grams that the Government of Afghanistan or 

14 other Afghan entity is capable of sustaining, as 

15 appropriate and as determined by the United 

16 States Chief of Mission; 

17 (C) shall be prioritized for programs that 

18 promote women’s economic and political em19 powerment, strengthen and protect the rights of 

20 women and girls, and to implement the United 

21 States Embassy Kabul Gender Strategy; 

22 (D) may be made available for independent 

23 election bodies; 

24 (E) should be made available for programs 

25 to improve the sustainable management of nat-
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1 ural resources and to reduce illegal extraction 

2 and the loss of government revenues; 

3 (F) may be made available for reconcili4 ation programs and disarmament, demobiliza5 tion and reintegration activities for former com6 batants who have renounced violence against 

7 the Government of Afghanistan, in accordance 

8 with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of Public Law 

9 112–74; 

10 (G) should not be used to initiate new 

11 major infrastructure projects; 

12 (H) shall be implemented in accordance 

13 with all applicable audit policies of the Depart14 ment of State and USAID; and 

15 (I) may not be made available to any indi16 vidual or organization that the Secretary of 

17 State determines to be involved in corrupt prac18 tices. 

19 (3) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds ap20 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Eco21 nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics 

22 Control and Law Enforcement’’ for assistance for 

23 the central Government of Afghanistan may not be 

24 obligated unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

25 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
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1 (A) Afghanistan has held free and fair 

2 elections and a newly elected Government of Af3 ghanistan is implementing policies to govern 

4 democratically; and 

5 (B) the Government of Afghanistan— 

6 (i) has signed a Bilateral Security 

7 Agreement with the United States Govern8 ment that further defines the security 

9 partnership, including support for counter10 terrorism operations; 

11 (ii) is cooperating with the United 

12 States concerning the release of prisoners 

13 that the United States Government, the 

14 International Security Assistance Force, or 

15 the Afghan National Security Forces be16 lieve pose a threat to the United States, 

17 Afghanistan, and the region; 

18 (iii) is taking consistent steps to pro19 tect and advance the rights of women and 

20 girls in Afghanistan; 

21 (iv) is implementing the necessary 

22 policies and procedures to comply with sec23 tion 7013 of this Act; and 

24 (v) is reducing corruption and recov25 ering stolen assets. 
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1 (4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after 

2 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may 

3 waive the requirements of subparagraph (3)(B) if to 

4 do so is important to the national security interests 

5 of the United States and the Secretary submits a re6 port to the Committees on Appropriations, in classi7 fied form if necessary, on the justification for the 

8 waiver and the requirements of subparagraph (3)(B) 

9 that the Government of Afghanistan has not met. 

10 (5) RULE OF LAW PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 

11 appropriate by this Act that are available for assist12 ance for Afghanistan, not less than $50,000,000 

13 shall be made available for rule of law programs: 

14 Provided, That decisions regarding the uses of such 

15 funds shall be the responsibility of the Coordinating 

16 Director, in consultation with other appropriate 

17 United States Government officials in Afghanistan, 

18 and such Director shall be consulted on the uses of 

19 all funds appropriated by this Act for rule of law 

20 programs in Afghanistan. 

21 (6) FUNDING REDUCTION.—Funds appro22 priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro23 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper24 ations, and related programs that are available for 

25 assistance for the Government of Afghanistan shall 
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1 be reduced by $5 for every $1 that the Government 

2 of Afghanistan imposes in taxes, duties, penalties, or 

3 other fees on the transport of property of the United 

4 States Government (including the United States 

5 Armed Forces), entering or leaving Afghanistan. 

6 (7) ENDOWMENT TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND

7 GIRLS.—Funds appropriated under the heading 

8 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act and prior 

9 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

10 State, foreign operations, and related programs may 

11 be made available for an endowment to empower 

12 women and girls in Afghanistan, following consulta13 tion with the appropriate congressional committees. 

14 (8) AUTHORITIES.— 

15 (A) Funds appropriated under titles III 

16 through VI and VIII of this Act that are made 

17 available for assistance for Afghanistan may be 

18 made available notwithstanding section 7012 of 

19 this Act or any similar provision of law and sec20 tion 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

21 (B) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available for assistance for Afghanistan may be 

23 made available for a United States contribution 

24 to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. 
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1 (C) The authority contained in section 

2 1102(c) of Public Law 111–32 shall continue in 

3 effect during fiscal year 2015 and shall apply 

4 as if part of this Act. 

5 (9) AFGHANISTAN REGIONAL TRANSITION.— 

6 Funds made available by this Act for assistance for 

7 Afghanistan may be made available for programs in 

8 Central and South Asia relating to a transition in 

9 Afghanistan, including expanding Afghanistan link10 ages with the region: Provided, That such funds 

11 shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary 

12 for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, 

13 Department of State, and the coordinator designated 

14 pursuant to section 601 of the Support for Eastern 

15 European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public 

16 Law 101–179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM 

17 Support Act (Public Law 102–511): Provided fur18 ther, That such funds shall be subject to the regular 

19 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro20 priations. 

21 (10) CONTRIBUTING AUTHORITY.—Section 

22 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of Public Law 112–74 

23 shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act for as24 sistance for Afghanistan. 
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1 (b) BANGLADESH.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ that are 

3 made available for assistance for Bangladesh shall be 

4 made available for programs to improve labor conditions 

5 by strengthening the capacity of independent workers’ or6 ganizations in Bangladesh’s readymade garment, shrimp, 

7 and fish export sectors. 

8 (c) NEPAL.— 

9 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

10 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may 

11 be made available for assistance for Nepal only if 

12 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

14 of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations 

15 of human rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal 

16 army is cooperating fully with civilian judicial au17 thorities, including providing investigators access to 

18 witnesses, documents, and other information. 

19 (2) The conditions in paragraph (1) shall not 

20 apply to assistance for humanitarian relief and re21 construction activities in Nepal, or for training to 

22 participate in international peacekeeping missions. 

23 (d) PAKISTAN.— 

24 (1) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appro25 priated or otherwise made available by this Act 
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1 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

2 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce3 ment’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

4 for assistance for the Government of Pakistan may 

5 be made available unless the Secretary of State cer6 tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria7 tions that the Government of Pakistan is— 

8 (A) cooperating with the United States in 

9 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 

10 Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e11 Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 

12 other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza13 tions, including taking steps to end support for 

14 such groups and prevent them from basing and 

15 operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 

16 border attacks into neighboring countries; 

17 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

18 against United States or coalition forces in Af19 ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel20 ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi21 cially into political and judicial processes in 

22 Pakistan; 

23 (C) dismantling improvised explosive device 

24 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 
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1 chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

2 and 

3 (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear4 related material and expertise. 

5 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after 

6 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may 

7 waive the requirements of paragraph (1) if to do so 

8 is important to the national security interests of the 

9 United States and the Secretary submits a report to 

10 the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form 

11 if necessary, on the justification for the waiver and 

12 the requirements of paragraph (1) that the Govern13 ment of Pakistan has not met. 

14 (3) 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) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

24 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, 

25 and Related Programs’’ that are available for 
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1 assistance for Pakistan shall be made available 

2 to interdict precursor materials from Pakistan 

3 to Afghanistan that are used to manufacture 

4 IEDs, including calcium ammonium nitrate; to 

5 support programs to train border and customs 

6 officials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for 

7 agricultural extension programs that encourage 

8 alternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farm9 ers. 

10 (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

11 the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

12 and Law Enforcement’’ that are available for 

13 assistance for Pakistan should be made avail14 able to enhance the recruitment, retention, and 

15 professionalism of women in Pakistan’s police 

16 and other security forces. 

17 (D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

18 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

19 made available for assistance for infrastructure 

20 projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a 

21 manner consistent with section 507(6) of the 

22 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 

23 (E) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

24 titles III and IV for assistance for Pakistan 

25 may be made available notwithstanding any 
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1 other provision of law, except for this sub2 section. 

3 (F) Of the funds appropriated under title 

4 IV of this Act that are made available for as5 sistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be 

6 withheld from obligation until the Secretary of 

7 State reports to the Committees on Appropria8 tions that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released 

9 from prison and cleared of all charges relating 

10 to the assistance provided to the United States 

11 in locating Osama bin Laden. 

12 (4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.— 

13 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

15 that are made available for assistance for Paki16 stan, not less than $3,000,000, in addition to 

17 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

18 shall be made available to increase the number 

19 of scholarships for women under the Merit and 

20 Needs-Based Scholarship Program during fiscal 

21 year 2015. 

22 (B) The additional scholarships available 

23 pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded in 

24 accordance with other scholarship eligibility cri25 teria already established by USAID. 
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1 (C) Additional scholarships funded pursu2 ant to this subsection shall be awarded for a 

3 range of disciplines to improve the employability 

4 of graduates and to meet the needs of scholar5 ship recipients. 

6 (D) Not less than 50 percent of the schol7 arships available under this Program should be 

8 awarded to Pakistani women. 

9 (5) REPORTS.— 

10 (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 

11 7064 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan 

12 shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 

13 benchmarks for measuring progress, and ex14 pected results regarding combating poverty and 

15 furthering development in Pakistan, countering 

16 extremism, and establishing conditions condu17 cive to the rule of law and transparent and ac18 countable governance: Provided, That such 

19 benchmarks may incorporate those required in 

20 title III of Public Law 111–73, as appropriate: 

21 Provided further, That not later than 6 months 

22 after submission of such spend plan, and each 

23 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2016, 

24 the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations on the status 
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1 of achieving the goals and benchmarks in such 

2 plan. 

3 (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 

4 assistance for the Government of Pakistan if 

5 any report required by paragraph (A)(i) indi6 cates that Pakistan is failing to make measur7 able progress in meeting such goals or bench8 marks. 

9 (B) Not later than 90 days after enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

11 submit a report to the Committees on Appro12 priations detailing the costs and objectives asso13 ciated with significant infrastructure projects 

14 supported by the United States in Pakistan, 

15 and an assessment of the extent to which such 

16 projects achieve such objectives. 

17 (e) SRI LANKA.— 

18 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro20 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for Sri 

21 Lanka, no defense export license may be issued, and 

22 no military equipment or technology shall be sold or 

23 transferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the authorities 

24 contained in this Act or any other Act, unless the 

25 Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations that the Government of 

2 Sri Lanka is meeting the conditions specified under 

3 such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

4 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance 

5 for humanitarian demining, disaster relief, and aer6 ial and maritime surveillance. 

7 (3) If the Secretary makes the certification re8 quired in paragraph (1), funds appropriated under 

9 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

10 that are made available for assistance for Sri Lanka 

11 should be used to support the recruitment of Tamils 

12 into the Sri Lankan military in an inclusive and 

13 transparent manner, Tamil language training for 

14 Sinhalese military personnel, and human rights 

15 training for all military personnel. 

16 (4) Funds appropriated under the heading 

17 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ 

18 (IMET) in this Act that are available for assistance 

19 for Sri Lanka, may be made available only for train20 ing related to international peacekeeping operations 

21 and expanded IMET: Provided, That the limitation 

22 in this paragraph shall not apply to maritime secu23 rity. 

24 (5) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

25 the United States executive directors of the inter-
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1 national financial institutions to vote against any 

2 loan, agreement, or other financial support for Sri 

3 Lanka except to meet basic human needs, unless the 

4 Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka is 

6 meeting the conditions specified under such heading 

7 in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 (f) REGIONAL CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.—Funds 

9 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

10 Support Fund’’ for assistance for Afghanistan and Paki11 stan may be provided, notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, for 

13 cross border stabilization and development programs be14 tween Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either coun15 try and the Central Asian countries. 

16 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

17 SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRATION

18 PREVENTION AND RESPONSE.— 

19 (1) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

20 this Act, the Secretary of State, jointly with the Ad21 ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter22 national Development (USAID) and after consulta23 tion with the heads of other relevant Federal agen24 cies and the appropriate congressional committees, 

25 shall submit to such committees a prevention and re-
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1 sponse strategy and spend plan to address key indi2 cators of poverty, lack of educational, vocational, 

3 and employment opportunities, and high rates of 

4 criminal gang activity, other violent crime, narcotics 

5 and human trafficking, family dissolution, child 

6 abuse and neglect, and other factors in countries in 

7 Central America that are contributing to significant 

8 increases in migration of unaccompanied, undocu9 mented minors to the United States, including for 

10 the safe return and reintegration of such minors into 

11 families or family-like settings, with specific goals 

12 and benchmarks for measuring progress: Provided, 

13 That such strategy shall also include the need for 

14 family support, preservation, and reunification in 

15 countries of origin, as well as foster care and adop16 tion programs. 

17 (2) The Secretary and the USAID Adminis18 trator shall also consult with representatives of na19 tional and local governments and civil society organi20 zations in such countries for the purpose of devel21 oping such strategy, goals and benchmarks: Pro22 vided, That prior to the initial obligation of funds 

23 made available in paragraph (3), the Secretary of 

24 State shall designate a lead office within the Depart-
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1 ment of State which shall be responsible for coordi2 nating such strategy. 

3 (3) Of the funds appropriated under titles III, 

4 IV, and VIII of this Act and under titles III and IV 

5 of prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart6 ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro7 grams under the headings ‘‘Development Assist8 ance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

9 Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

10 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $100,000,000, in 

11 addition to amounts otherwise available for assist12 ance for such countries, shall be made available to 

13 implement the strategy required in paragraph (1), 

14 subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (4) Of the funds appropriated under the head17 ing ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En18 forcement’’, not less than $1,000,000 should be 

19 made available to expand the repatriation facility at 

20 San Salvador’s Comalapa Airport for processing of 

21 undocumented Salvadoran migrants returning from 

22 the United States. 

23 (b) COLOMBIA.— 

24 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act and made 

25 available to the Department of State for assistance 
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1 for the Government of Colombia may be used to sup2 port a unified campaign against narcotics traf3 ficking, organizations designated as Foreign Ter4 rorist Organizations, and other criminal or illegal 

5 armed groups, and to take actions to protect human 

6 health and welfare in emergency circumstances, in7 cluding undertaking rescue operations: Provided, 

8 That the first through fifth provisos of paragraph 

9 (1), and paragraph (3) of section 7045(a) of division 

10 I of Public Law 112–74 shall continue in effect dur11 ing fiscal year 2015 and shall apply to funds appro12 priated by this Act and made available for assistance 

13 for Colombia as if included in this Act: Provided fur14 ther, That funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

15 acts making appropriations for the Department of 

16 State, foreign operations, and related programs that 

17 are available for the Colombian National Police for 

18 aerial drug eradication programs may be used for 

19 licit crop substitution programs: Provided further, 

20 That 10 percent of the funds appropriated by this 

21 Act for the Colombian national police for aerial drug 

22 eradication programs may not be used for the aerial 

23 spraying of chemical herbicides unless the Secretary 

24 of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria25 tions that the herbicides do not pose unreasonable 
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1 risks or adverse effects to humans, including preg2 nant women and children, or the environment, in3 cluding endemic species: Provided further, That any 

4 complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by 

5 such aerial spraying shall be thoroughly investigated 

6 and evaluated, and fair compensation paid in a time7 ly manner for meritorious claims: Provided further, 

8 That of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

10 than $133,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to 

11 USAID for alternative development/institution build12 ing, local governance programs, and support for vic13 tims of the violence in Colombia. 

14 (2) LIMITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 

15 this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi16 nancing Program’’, 25 percent may be obligated only 

17 in accordance with the procedures and conditions 

18 specified under such heading in the report accom19 panying this Act. 

20 (c) CUBA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to 

22 $10,000,000 may be made available for programs in Cuba, 

23 and an additional $5,000,000 may be made available for 

24 USAID programs, notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, regulation, or policy, to provide technical and other 
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1 assistance to support the development of private Cuban 

2 businesses. 

3 (d) GUATEMALA.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be made available for assistance for the central Gov5 ernment of Guatemala only in accordance with the proce6 dures and requirements specified under the ‘‘Foreign Mili7 tary Financing Program’’ heading in the report accom8 panying this Act. 

9 (e) HAITI.— 

10 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

11 made available for assistance for the Government of 

12 Haiti only in accordance with the procedures and re13 quirements specified under this heading in the re14 port accompanying this Act. 

15 (2) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 

16 purchase defense articles and services under the 

17 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 

18 for the Coast Guard. 

19 (f) HONDURAS.— 

20 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

21 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

22 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro23 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for the 

24 Honduran military and police only in accordance 

25 with the procedures and requirements specified 
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1 under the ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

2 heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

4 apply to assistance to promote transparency, anti5 corruption, border security, and respect for the rule 

6 of law within the military and police. 

7 (g) MEXICO.— 

8 (1) Prior to the obligation of 15 percent of the 

9 funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

10 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce11 ment’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

12 that are available for assistance for the Mexican 

13 military and police, the Secretary of State shall re14 port in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 that the Government of Mexico is meeting the re16 quirements specified under the ‘‘Foreign Military Fi17 nancing Program’’ heading in the report accom18 panying this Act. 

19 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

20 apply to assistance to promote transparency, anti21 corruption, border security, and respect for the rule 

22 of law within the military and police. 

23 (3) Not less than 45 days after the enactment 

24 of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

25 with the Commissioner for the United States Section 
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1 of the International Boundary and Water Commis2 sion, shall certify and report to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations that Mexico has, consistent with its 

4 internal water allocation process, outlined a delivery 

5 schedule for amounts of water necessary to eliminate 

6 any deficit to the United States under the current 

7 cycle of 5 consecutive years for deliveries to the Rio 

8 Grande in accordance with the 1944 Treaty on the 

9 Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana 

10 Rivers and of the Rio Grande, and to ensure that 

11 the current cycle ends in a debt free status: Pro12 vided, That if no such allocation schedule has been 

13 provided within 90 days of the enactment of this 

14 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations detailing why no 

16 such schedule has been made available, whether or 

17 not Mexico is projected to post a negative balance at 

18 the end of the current cycle, and the estimated im19 pact to the United States. 

20 (h) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

21 To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper22 ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 

23 by this Act should be paid for by the recipient country. 

24 (i) TRADE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

25 Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 
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1 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available for 

2 labor and environmental capacity building activities relat3 ing to free trade agreements with countries of Central 

4 America, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. 

5 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

6 MEMBERS

7 SEC. 7046. Section 7046 of division K of Public Law 

8 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

9 as if part of this Act. 

10 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

11 SEC. 7047. (a) If the President determines that doing 

12 so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

13 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

14 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec15 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

16 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

17 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

18 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

19 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

20 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola21 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

22 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina23 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de24 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro25 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
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1 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti2 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

4 appropriated by this Act may be made available for train5 ing, technical assistance, support for victims, law enforce6 ment activity and cooperation, witness protection, and pro7 fessional services in support of international judicial inves8 tigations, apprehensions, prosecutions, and adjudications 

9 of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes con10 sistent with section 2015 of the American Service-Mem11 bers Protection Act, 2002, as amended: Provided, That 

12 this subsection shall not apply to nationals of the North 

13 Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and major non14 NATO allies: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

15 shall report to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 on the uses of such funds. 

17 UNITED NATIONS

18 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT19 ABILITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title I and 

20 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro21 grams’’ in title V of this Act that are available for con22 tributions to the United Nations, any United Nations 

23 agency, or the Organization of American States, 15 per24 cent may not be obligated for such organization or agency 
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1 until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations that the organization or agency is— 

3 (1) posting on a publicly available Web site, 

4 consistent with privacy regulations and due process, 

5 regular financial and programmatic audits of such 

6 organization or agency, and providing the United 

7 States Government with necessary access to such fi8 nancial and performance audits; and 

9 (2) implementing protections for whistleblowers 

10 from retaliation that meet such requirements in 

11 United States law, including— 

12 (A) protection against retaliation for inter13 nal and lawful public disclosures; 

14 (B) legal burdens of proof; 

15 (C) statutes of limitation for reporting re16 taliation; 

17 (D) access to independent adjudicative 

18 bodies, including external arbitration; and 

19 (E) results that eliminate the effects of 

20 proven retaliation. 

21 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA22 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

23 (1) None of the funds made available under 

24 title I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for 

25 any United States delegation to any specialized 
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1 agency, body, or commission of the United Nations 

2 if such commission is chaired or presided over by a 

3 country, the government of which the Secretary of 

4 State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) 

5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as contin6 ued in effect pursuant to the International Emer7 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

8 2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 

9 (2) None of the funds made available under 

10 title I of this Act may be used by the Secretary of 

11 State as a contribution to any organization, agency, 

12 or program within the United Nations system if 

13 such organization, agency, commission, or program 

14 is chaired or presided over by a country the govern15 ment of which the Secretary of State has deter16 mined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign 

17 Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Ex18 port Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Ad19 ministration Act of 1979, or any other provision of 

20 law, is a government that has repeatedly provided 

21 support for acts of international terrorism. 

22 (3) The Secretary of State may waive the re23 striction in this subsection if the Secretary reports 

24 to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 

25 is in the national interest of the United States. 
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1 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

2 Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 

3 to support the United Nations Human Rights Council only 

4 if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Ap5 propriations that participation in the Council is in the na6 tional interest of the United States: Provided, That the 

7 Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Ap8 propriations not later than September 30, 2015, on the 

9 resolutions considered in the United Nations Human 

10 Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on 

11 steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item. 

12 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

14 report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

15 amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 

16 fiscal year 2015 under the headings ‘‘Contributions to 

17 International Organizations’’ and ‘‘International Organi18 zations and Programs’’ that are withheld from obligation 

19 or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, That 

20 the Secretary shall update such report each time addi21 tional funds are withheld by operation of any provision 

22 of law: Provided further, That the reprogramming of any 

23 withheld funds identified in such report, including updates 

24 thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
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1 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

2 Appropriations. 

3 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

4 SEC. 7049. Section 7049 of division K of Public Law 

5 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

6 as if part of this Act, and in each fiscal year thereafter. 

7 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

8 SEC. 7050. (a) Of the funds appropriated under titles 

9 I and III of this Act, not less than $35,000,000 shall be 

10 made available for programs to promote Internet freedom 

11 globally: Provided, That such programs shall be prioritized 

12 for countries whose governments restrict freedom of ex13 pression on the Internet, and that are important to the 

14 national interests of the United States: Provided further, 

15 That funds made available pursuant to this section shall 

16 be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by 

17 sources other than the United States Government, includ18 ing from the private sector. 

19 (b) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

20 shall be— 

21 (1) coordinated with other democracy, govern22 ance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act 

23 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Op24 erations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

25 Fund’’, and ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and shall be 
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1 incorporated into country assistance, democracy pro2 motion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate; 

3 (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 

4 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State for 

5 programs to implement the May 2011, International 

6 Strategy for Cyberspace and the comprehensive 

7 strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to 

8 information in Iran, as required by section 414 of 

9 Public Law 112–158; 

10 (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board 

11 of Governors (BBG) to provide tools and techniques 

12 to access the Internet Web sites of BBG broad13 casters that are censored, and to work with such 

14 broadcasters to promote and distribute such tools 

15 and techniques, including digital security techniques; 

16 (4) made available for programs that support 

17 the efforts of civil society to counter the development 

18 of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, 

19 including countering threats to Internet freedom at 

20 international organizations; to combat violence 

21 against bloggers and other users; and to enhance 

22 digital security training and capacity building for de23 mocracy activists; and 

24 (5) made available for research of key threats 

25 to Internet freedom; the continued development of 
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1 technologies that provide or enhance access to the 

2 Internet, including circumvention tools that bypass 

3 Internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship 

4 techniques used by authoritarian governments; and 

5 maintenance of the United States Government’s 

6 technological advantage over such censorship tech7 niques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in 

8 consultation with the BBG, shall coordinate any 

9 such research and development programs with other 

10 relevant United States Government departments and 

11 agencies in order to share information, technologies, 

12 and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness of 

13 such technologies. 

14 (c) After consultation among the relevant agency 

15 heads to coordinate and de-conflict planned activities, but 

16 not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

17 Secretary of State and the BBG Board Chairman shall 

18 submit to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans 

19 for funds made available by this Act for programs to pro20 mote Internet freedom globally, which shall include a de21 scription of safeguards established by relevant agencies to 

22 ensure that such programs are not used for illicit pur23 poses. 

24 (d) The Comptroller General of the United States 

25 shall conduct an audit of Internet freedom programs sup-
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1 ported by funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 

2 making appropriations for the Department of State, for3 eign operations, and related programs, and shall consult 

4 with the Committees on Appropriations on the scope and 

5 requirements of such audit. 

6 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

7 SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart10 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

11 in the United States, at any single international con12 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

13 Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro14 priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 

15 is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 

16 purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con17 ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa18 tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov19 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern20 mental organizations. 

21 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION

22 SEC. 7052. Section 7052 of division K of Public Law 

23 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

24 as if part of this Act. 
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1 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

2 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

3 SEC. 7053. Section 7053 of division K of Public Law 

4 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

5 as if part of this Act. 

6 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

7 SEC. 7054. Section 7054 of division K of Public Law 

8 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

9 as if part of this Act. 

10 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

11 SEC. 7055. Section 7055 of division K of Public Law 

12 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

13 as if part of this Act. 

14 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

15 SEC. 7056. Section 7056 of division K of Public Law 

16 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

17 as if part of this Act. 

18 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

19 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of 

22 the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 

23 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961 may be used by the United States 

25 Agency for International Development (USAID) to hire 
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1 and employ individuals in the United States and overseas 

2 on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority 

3 of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 

4 1980. 

5 (b) RESTRICTIONS.— 

6 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis7 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub8 section (a) may not exceed 175. 

9 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

10 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

11 2016. 

12 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

13 should only be used to the extent that an equivalent num14 ber of positions that are filled by personal services contrac15 tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 

16 are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 

17 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated. 

18 (d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

19 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

20 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

21 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate: 

22 Provided, That funds made available to carry out this sec23 tion may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro24 priated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper25 ating Expenses’’. 
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1 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi2 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

3 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re5 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

6 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for 

7 a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation 

8 set forth in such section. 

9 (f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro10 priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 

11 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, in addi12 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

13 the cost (including the support costs) of individuals de14 tailed to or employed by USAID whose primary responsi15 bility is to carry out programs in response to natural or 

16 man-made disasters subject to the regular notification 

17 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

18 (g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap19 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

20 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As21 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

22 Act (Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to em23 ploy up to 40 personal services contractors in the United 

24 States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

25 purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 
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1 expanded overseas programs and activities managed by 

2 the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

3 and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such con4 tractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided 

5 further, That such funds appropriated to carry out title 

6 II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may 

7 be made available only for personal services contractors 

8 assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 

9 (h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

10 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro11 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

12 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

13 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

14 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

15 (i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT16 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro17 vided by section 7059(o) of division F of Public Law 111– 

18 117 may be assigned to or support programs in Afghani19 stan or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act 

20 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

21 of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

22 (j) LOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OFFI23 CERS.— 

24 (1) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

25 this Act and after consultation with the appropriate 
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1 congressional committees, the USAID Administrator 

2 shall establish a new Foreign Service Officer posi3 tion designated as ‘‘Local Sustainable Development 

4 Officer’’, and submit to the Committees on Appro5 priations a plan to establish such position, includ6 ing— 

7 (A) specifying a time period for overseas 

8 assignments that facilitates sustainable develop9 ment, and which includes the option of extend10 ing such overseas assignments; 

11 (B) sufficient foreign language training; 

12 (C) expertise in one or more program 

13 areas; 

14 (D) position descriptions that give such of15 ficers primary responsibility for building rela16 tionships with and the capacity of local non17 governmental and governmental entities, and 

18 supporting grants to and cooperative agree19 ments with such entities to design and imple20 ment small-scale, sustainable programs, 

21 projects, and activities across all development 

22 sectors; 

23 (E) incentives, including training, com24 pensation, and career development opportuni-
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1 ties, to encourage such officers to carry out 

2 their responsibilities; and 

3 (F) ensuring that the responsibilities and 

4 assignments of relevant locally employed staff 

5 are fully integrated with the work of such offi6 cers. 

7 (2) The USAID Administrator shall— 

8 (A) offer to current USAID Foreign Serv9 ice Officers the opportunity to convert to a 

10 Local Sustainable Development Officer position; 

11 and 

12 (B) designate not less than half of the 

13 total number of Foreign Service Officer posi14 tions that become vacant annually due to attri15 tion as Local Development Sustainable Officer 

16 positions. 

17 (k) GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LAB PERSONNEL.— 

18 Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 

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

20 used to employ up to 15 individuals on a limited appoint21 ment basis for activities related to the United States Glob22 al Development Lab pursuant to schedule A of the Ex23 cepted Service, or similar authority: Provided, That such 

24 funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 

25 purposes. 
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1 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

2 SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 

3 by titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 

4 for bilateral assistance for global health programs includ5 ing activities relating to research on, and the prevention, 

6 treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made avail7 able notwithstanding any other provision of law except for 

8 provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ 

9 and section 7018 of this Act and the United States Lead10 ership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 

11 of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as 

12 amended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

13 title III of this Act, not less than $606,800,000 should 

14 be made available for family planning/reproductive health, 

15 including in areas where population growth threatens bio16 diversity or endangered species. 

17 (b) PANDEMIC RESPONSE.—If the President deter18 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

19 that a pandemic virus is efficient and sustained, severe, 

20 and is spreading internationally, any funds made available 

21 under titles III and IV in this Act and prior Acts making 

22 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper23 ations, and related programs may be made available to 

24 combat such virus: Provided, That funds made available 

25 pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be sub-
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1 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

2 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 GENDER EQUALITY

4 SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro5 priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen6 der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 

7 development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 

8 participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 

9 worldwide. 

10 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro11 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

12 shall be made available to increase leadership opportuni13 ties for women in countries where women and girls suffer 

14 discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength15 ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 

16 women’s participation in political parties and elections, 

17 and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi18 tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin19 cial, and national levels. 

20 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

21 (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 

22 and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 

23 should be made available to implement a multi-year 

24 strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based vio-
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1 lence in countries where it is common in conflict and 

2 non-conflict settings. 

3 (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 

4 this Act that are available to train foreign police, ju5 dicial, and military personnel, including for inter6 national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 

7 where appropriate, prevention and response to gen8 der-based violence and trafficking in persons, and 

9 shall promote the integration of women into the po10 lice and other security forces. 

11 (2) Department of State and USAID gender 

12 programs shall incorporate coordinated efforts to 

13 combat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, 

14 including child marriage, rape, female genital cut15 ting and mutilation, and domestic violence, among 

16 other forms of gender-based violence in conflict and 

17 non-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 recon-
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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 AND HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

6 (1)(A) BASIC EDUCATION.—Of the funds ap7 propriated under title III of this Act, up to 

8 $534,291,000 may be made available for assistance 

9 for basic education, subject to the requirements of 

10 subparagraph (B). 

11 (B) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

12 Act that are available for basic education assistance 

13 may only be made available if the Administrator of 

14 the United States Agency for International Develop15 ment (USAID) certifies and reports to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations upon enactment of this Act 

17 that the amount of unobligated and unexpended 

18 funds for such assistance from prior acts making ap19 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

20 operations, and related programs does not exceed 

21 $534,291,000: Provided, That if the USAID Admin22 istrator is unable to make such certification, 

23 $334,291,000 of the funds made available under 

24 title III of this Act for basic education assistance 

25 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
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1 made available under the headings ‘‘International 

2 Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and 

3 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and 

4 $200,000,000 of such funds shall be made available 

5 for programs other than basic education under the 

6 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic 

7 Support Fund’’, following consultation with the 

8 Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro10 priated by title III of this Act, not less than 

11 $249,592,000 shall be made available for assistance 

12 for higher education, of which not less than 

13 $35,000,000 shall be to support such programs in 

14 Africa, including for partnerships between higher 

15 education institutions in Africa and the United 

16 States. 

17 (3) Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

18 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

19 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re20 lated programs that are made available for assist21 ance for basic and higher education, not less than 

22 $15,000,000 shall be made available for such assist23 ance for persons who are blind. 

24 (4) For purposes of funds appropriated under 

25 title III of this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ 
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1 in section 7032(c)(1) of this Act shall also include 

2 programs to rescue scholars, and fellowships, schol3 arships, and exchanges in the Middle East and 

4 North Africa region for academic professionals and 

5 university students from countries in such region, 

6 subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (b) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.—Funds ap9 propriated by titles III, IV, and VIII of this Act may be 

10 made available for programs to reduce support for foreign 

11 terrorist organizations (FTOs), as designated pursuant to 

12 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 

13 through messaging campaigns to damage their appeal; 

14 programs for potential supporters of violent extremism; 

15 counter radicalization and rehabilitation programs in pris16 ons; job training and social reintegration for former sup17 porters of FTOs; law enforcement training programs; and 

18 capacity building for civil society organizations to combat 

19 radicalization in local communities: Provided, That for 

20 purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘countering violent 

21 extremism’’ shall be defined as non-coercive interventions 

22 aimed directly at reducing public support for FTOs: Pro23 vided further, That not later than 180 days after enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

25 with the heads of other relevant United States Govern-
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1 ment agencies, shall submit a multi-year strategy to 

2 counter violent extremism, including a description of the 

3 objectives of such strategy, oversight mechanisms for pro4 grams to carry out such strategy, and multi-year cost esti5 mates. 

6 (c) ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY PROGRAMS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 

8 by this Act, not less than $1,167,250,000 should be 

9 made available for environment programs. 

10 (2) CLEAN ENERGY.—The limitation in section 

11 7081(b) of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall 

12 continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part 

13 of this Act: Provided, That the proviso contained in 

14 such section shall not apply. 

15 (3) ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION.—Funds ap16 propriated by this Act may be made available for 

17 United States contributions to multilateral environ18 mental funds and facilities to support adaptation 

19 and mitigation programs and activities. 

20 (4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES AND BIODIVER21 SITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

22 this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall be made 

23 available for sustainable landscapes programs and, 

24 in addition, not less than $250,000,000 shall be 

25 made available to protect biodiversity, and shall not 
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1 be used to support or promote the expansion of in2 dustrial scale logging or any other industrial scale 

3 extractive activity into areas that were primary/in4 tact tropical forest as of December 30, 2013: Pro5 vided, That of the funds made available for the Cen6 tral African Regional Program for the Environment 

7 and other tropical forest programs in the Congo 

8 Basin, not less than $17,500,000 shall be appor9 tioned directly to the United States Fish and Wild10 life Service (USFWS): Provided further, That funds 

11 made available for the Department of the Interior 

12 (DOI) for programs in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve 

13 shall be apportioned directly to the DOI: Provided 

14 further, That not less than $5,000,000 of such funds 

15 shall be made available to support other inter16 national conservation programs of the USFWS, not 

17 less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for 

18 such programs of the United States Forest Service, 

19 and such funds shall also be made available for pro20 grams to protect great apes and other endangered 

21 species. 

22 (5) WILDLIFE POACHING AND TRAFFICKING.— 

23 (A) Not less than $55,000,000 of the 

24 funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 

25 this Act shall be made available to combat the 
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1 transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 

2 trafficking, including not less than $10,000,000 

3 for programs to combat rhinoceros poaching in 

4 southern Africa. 

5 (B) None of the funds appropriated under 

6 title IV of this Act may be made available for 

7 training or other assistance for any military 

8 unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 

9 determines has been credibly alleged to have 

10 participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, 

11 unless the Secretary reports to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations that to do so is in the na13 tional security interests of the United States. 

14 (6) WASTE RECYCLING.—Of the funds appro15 priated under title III of this Act, not less than 

16 $5,000,000 shall be made available for small grants 

17 to support initiatives to recycle waste. 

18 (7) TOXIC CHEMICALS.—Of the funds appro19 priated under title III of this Act, not less than 

20 $5,000,000 shall be made available for small grants 

21 to support initiatives to identify areas severely af22 fected by toxic chemical pollution and to eliminate 

23 the threats to health and the environment caused by 

24 such pollution. 
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1 (8) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 

3 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the For4 eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith5 standing any other provision of law except for the 

6 provisions of this subsection and subject to the reg7 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 

8 Appropriations, to support environment programs. 

9 (9) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

10 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act shall 

11 be made available to promote and support 

12 transparency and accountability of expenditures 

13 and revenues related to the extraction of nat14 ural resources, including by strengthening im15 plementation and monitoring of the Extractive 

16 Industries Transparency Initiative, imple17 menting and enforcing section 8204 of Public 

18 Law 110–246 and to prevent the sale of conflict 

19 diamonds, and provide technical assistance to 

20 promote independent audit mechanisms and 

21 support civil society participation in natural re22 source management. 

23 (B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

24 instruct the United States executive director of 

25 each international financial institution to vote 
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1 against any assistance by such institutions (in2 cluding but not limited to any loan, credit, 

3 grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and ex4 port of a natural resource if the government of 

5 the country has in place laws, regulations, or 

6 procedures to prevent or limit the public disclo7 sure of company payments as required by sec8 tion 1504 of Public Law 111–203, and unless 

9 such government has adopted laws, regulations, 

10 or procedures in the sector in which assistance 

11 is being considered for— 

12 (I) accurately accounting for and pub13 lic disclosure of payments to the host gov14 ernment by companies involved in the ex15 traction and export of natural resources; 

16 (II) the independent auditing of ac17 counts receiving such payments and public 

18 disclosure of the findings of such audits; 

19 and 

20 (III) public disclosure of such docu21 ments as Host Government Agreements, 

22 Concession Agreements, and bidding docu23 ments, allowing in any such dissemination 

24 or disclosure for the redaction of, or excep25 tions for, information that is commercially 
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1 proprietary or that would create competi2 tive disadvantage. 

3 (ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall not 

4 apply to assistance for the purpose of building 

5 the capacity of such government to meet the re6 quirements of this subparagraph. 

7 (C) The Secretary of the Treasury or the 

8 Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall in9 struct the United States executive director of 

10 each international financial institution and the 

11 United States representatives to all forest-re12 lated multilateral financing mechanisms and 

13 processes to vote against any financing to sup14 port or promote the expansion of industrial 

15 scale logging or any other industrial scale ex16 tractive activity into areas that were primary/ 

17 intact tropical forest as of December 30, 2013. 

18 (D) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

19 instruct the United States executive director of 

20 each international financial institution to vote 

21 in relation to any loan, grant, strategy or policy 

22 of such institution to support the construction 

23 of any large hydroelectric dam (as defined in 

24 ‘‘Dams and Development: A New Framework 

25 for Decision-Making,’’ World Commission on 
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1 Dams (November 2000)), only in accordance 

2 with the procedures and requirements specified 

3 under this heading in the report accompanying 

4 this Act. 

5 (E) Not later than 90 days after enact6 ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator 

7 shall designate sufficient personnel with the 

8 technical expertise to fulfill the agency’s respon9 sibilities under sections 1302, 1303, and 1307 

10 of title XIII of the International Financial In11 stitutions Act of 1977, as amended, including 

12 the ability for personnel with such expertise 

13 from the Environmental Protection Agency, 

14 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and 

15 other relevant United States Government agen16 cies to be detailed to USAID, as needed, which 

17 may be on a non-reimbursable basis, to provide 

18 additional technical support and specific subject 

19 matter reviews: Provided further, That the re20 sponsibilities of such personnel shall include, 

21 but not be limited to— 

22 (i) conducting independent, technical, 

23 and thorough reviews of proposed multilat24 eral development bank (MDB) projects at 

25 the technical assessment/feasibility stage 
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1 prior to the drafting of an environmental 

2 impact assessment; 

3 (ii) conducting such reviews, and co4 ordinating and compiling the analyses by 

5 other relevant United States Government 

6 agencies, of the environmental impact as7 sessment; and 

8 (iii) ongoing monitoring of MDB 

9 projects to determine the degree of incor10 poration and effectiveness of United States 

11 Government recommendations and the ade12 quacy of safeguard policies. 

13 (10) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR LAW.—Section 

14 7081(g)(2) and (4) of division F of Public Law 111– 

15 117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

16 as if part of this Act. 

17 (d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP18 MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 

19 not less than $1,000,600,000 should be made available for 

20 food security and agricultural development programs, of 

21 which $32,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed 

22 the Future Collaborative Research Innovation Lab: Pro23 vided, That such funds may be made available notwith24 standing any other provision of law to address food short-
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1 ages, and for a United States contribution to the endow2 ment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. 

3 (e) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 

4 funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 

5 $210,302,000 should be made available for microenter6 prise and microfinance development programs for the 

7 poor, especially women. 

8 (f) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap9 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 

10 Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

11 than $25,000,000 shall be made available to support peo12 ple-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together 

13 individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political 

14 backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, 

15 That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the 

16 Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obliga17 tion of funds, on the uses of such funds: Provided further, 

18 That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall 

19 be matched by sources other than the United States Gov20 ernment. 

21 (g) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the funds appro22 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As23 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

24 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
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1 $49,244,000 shall be made available for activities to com2 bat trafficking in persons internationally. 

3 (h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro4 priated by this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for water and sanitation supply projects 

6 pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 

7 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of which not less than 

8 $15,000,000 shall be made available for programs to de9 sign and build safe, public latrines for women and girls 

10 in Africa and Asia. 

11 (j) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Authorized de12 viations from funding levels contained in this section shall 

13 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

14 Committees on Appropriations. 

15 UZBEKISTAN

16 SEC. 7061. The terms and conditions of section 7076 

17 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re18 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (division H of 

19 Public Law 111–8) shall apply to funds appropriated by 

20 this Act, except that the Secretary of State may waive the 

21 application of section 7076(a) for a period of not more 

22 than 6 months and every 6 months thereafter until Sep23 tember 30, 2016, if the Secretary certifies to the Commit24 tees on Appropriations that the waiver is in the national 

25 security interest and necessary to obtain access to and 
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1 from Afghanistan for the United States, and the waiver 

2 includes an assessment of progress, if any, by the Govern3 ment of Uzbekistan in meeting the requirements in section 

4 7076(a): Provided, That the Secretary of State, in con5 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a re6 port to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 

7 12 months after enactment of this Act and 6 months 

8 thereafter, on all United States Government assistance 

9 provided to the Government of Uzbekistan and expendi10 tures made in support of the Northern Distribution Net11 work in Uzbekistan during the previous 12 months, in12 cluding any credible information that such assistance or 

13 expenditures are being diverted for corrupt purposes: Pro14 vided further, That information provided in the assessment 

15 and report required by the previous provisos shall be un16 classified but may be accompanied by a classified annex 

17 and such annex shall indicate the basis for such classifica18 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of the application 

19 of section 7076(e) to this Act, the term ‘‘assistance’’ shall 

20 not include expanded international military education and 

21 training. 

22 REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS

23 SEC. 7062. Section 7062 of division K of Public Law 

24 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

25 as if part of this Act. 
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1 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

2 SEC. 7063. (a) Of the funds made available under 

3 the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ 

4 in this Act for fiscal year 2015, $37,500,000 shall be 

5 made available for the United Nations Population Fund 

6 (UNFPA). 

7 (b) Funds appropriated by this Act for UNFPA, that 

8 are not made available for UNFPA because of the oper9 ation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the 

10 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ account and shall be made 

11 available for family planning, maternal, and reproductive 

12 health activities, subject to the regular notification proce13 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

15 be used by the UNFPA for a country program in the Peo16 ple’s Republic of China. 

17 (d) Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA 

18 may not be made available unless— 

19 (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 

20 this Act in an account separate from other accounts 

21 of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 

22 other sums; and 

23 (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
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1 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

2 SEC. 7064. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

3 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de4 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I and 

5 II of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and 

6 Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, in7 cluding the Inter-American Foundation and the United 

8 States African Development Foundation, shall submit to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for 

10 funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organi11 zation in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise avail12 able for obligation in fiscal year 2015, that provides de13 tails of the uses of such funds at the program, project, 

14 and activity level: Provided, That such plans shall include, 

15 as applicable, a comparison between the most recent con16 gressional directives or approved funding levels and the 

17 funding levels proposed by the department or agency; ap18 plicable legislative references, including the authority to 

19 spend funds in a manner notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law; and a clear, concise, and informative descrip21 tion/justification: Provided further, That operating plans 

22 for funds appropriated for such department, agency, or 

23 organization in titles I, II, or III and title VIII, shall si24 multaneously submit the operating plans for, and inte25 grated information on, enduring and Overseas Contin-
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1 gency Operations funds: Provided further, That operating 

2 plans that include changes in levels of funding specified 

3 in this Act or in the accompanying report shall be subject 

4 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

5 on Appropriations. 

6 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

7 (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

8 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Adminis9 trator of the United States Agency for International 

10 Development (USAID), shall submit to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for 

12 funds made available by this Act under title III, and 

13 under title IV where applicable, for— 

14 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, 

15 Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 

16 Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza, and 

17 Yemen; 

18 (B) the Caribbean Basin Security Initia19 tive, the Central American Regional Security 

20 Initiative, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 

21 Partnership program, and the Partnership for 

22 Regional East Africa Counterterrorism pro23 gram; and 

24 (C) democracy programs, and food security 

25 and agriculture development programs. 
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1 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

2 this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 

3 the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend 

4 plan for funds made available during fiscal year 

5 2014 under the heading ‘‘Development Credit Au6 thority’’. 

7 (3) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

8 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

10 spend plan for funds made available by this Act 

11 under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury’’ 

12 in title III and ‘‘International Financial Institu13 tions’’ in title V. 

14 (c) NOTIFICATIONS.—The spend plans referenced in 

15 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti16 fication requirements in this Act or under section 634A 

17 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

18 (d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The 

19 Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall in20 clude in the congressional budget justification a detailed 

21 justification for multi-year availability for any funds re22 quested under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 

23 Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’: Provided, That if 

24 such justification is not included funds under such head25 ings will be limited to 1-year availability. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS

2 SEC. 7065. Funds appropriated under the headings 

3 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

4 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce5 ment’’ in this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding 

6 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 

7 assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign 

8 prisons and other detention facilities: Provided, That deci9 sions regarding the uses of such funds shall be the respon10 sibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 

11 Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), in consultation with 

12 the Assistant Secretary of State for International Nar13 cotics Control and Law Enforcement Affairs, and the As14 sistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu15 manitarian Assistance, United States Agency for Inter16 national Development, as appropriate: Provided further, 

17 That the Assistant Secretary of State for DRL shall con18 sult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the 

19 obligation of funds. 

20 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

21 SEC. 7066. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 this Act may be used to support or justify the use of tor23 ture, cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or con24 tract employee of the United States Government. 
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1 (b) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 

2 Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 

3 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following con4 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for as5 sistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or 

6 other security forces in countries receiving assistance from 

7 funds appropriated by this Act. 

8 EXTRADITION

9 SEC. 7067. Section 7067 of division K of Public Law 

10 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

11 as if part of this Act. 

12 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

13 SEC. 7068. Section 7068 of division K of Public Law 

14 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

15 as if part of this Act. 

16 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

17 SEC. 7069. Section 7069 of division K of Public Law 

18 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

19 as if part of this Act. 

20 RUSSIA

21 SEC. 7070. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by 

22 this Act may be made available for assistance for the cen23 tral government of a country that the Secretary of State 

24 determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria25 tions has taken affirmative steps intended to support or 
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1 be supportive of the Russian Federation annexation of 

2 Crimea: Provided, That the Secretary may waive the re3 striction on assistance required by this paragraph if the 

4 Secretary certifies to such Committees that to do so is 

5 in the national interests of the United States, and includes 

6 a justification for such interests on a country-by-country 

7 basis. 

8 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

9 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations listing any country identi11 fied pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (1), and 

12 shall post and regularly update such list on the Depart13 ment of State’s Web site. 

14 (3) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

15 be made available for— 

16 (A) the implementation of any action or policy 

17 that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Fed18 eration over Crimea; 

19 (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of 

20 United States Government investments in Crimea, if 

21 such activity includes the participation of Russian 

22 Government officials, and Russian owned and con23 trolled banks, or other Russian Government owned 

24 and controlled financial entities; or 
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1 (C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance in2 cludes the participation of Russian Government offi3 cials, and Russian owned and controlled banks, and 

4 other Russian Government owned and controlled fi5 nancial entities. 

6 (4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

7 United States executive directors of each international fi8 nancial institution to vote against any assistance by such 

9 institution (including but not limited to any loan, credit, 

10 or guarantee) for any program that violates the sov11 ereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 

12 (5) The requirements of subsection (a) shall cease to 

13 be in effect if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

15 of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea. 

16 (b) Of the funds appropriated under title VIII of this 

17 Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

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

19 and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, up to 

20 $100,000,000 shall be made available to counter Russian 

21 aggression and influence in Central and Eastern Europe, 

22 and Central Asia: Provided, That such funds are in addi23 tion to amounts otherwise made available for assistance 

24 for such regions under titles III and IV of this Act: Pro25 vided further, That such funds shall also be made available 
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1 to support the democracy and rule of law strategy required 

2 by section 7071(d) of division K of Public Law 113–76, 

3 which shall be updated on an ongoing basis. 

4 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

5 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ shall be 

6 made available for programs to enhance the profes7 sionalism and capability of military personnel from Cen8 tral and Eastern European and Central Asian countries 

9 that oppose Russian aggression in those regions. 

10 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 

11 the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made available 

12 to advance the implementation of Association Agreements, 

13 trade agreements, and visa liberalization agreements with 

14 the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 

15 external economic and political pressure from the Russian 

16 Federation. 

17 (e) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

18 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

19 $35,000,000 shall be made available to support the ad20 vancement of democracy and the rule of law in the Rus21 sian Federation, including to promote Internet freedom. 

22 (f) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

23 Act, the Secretary of State shall update the reports re24 quired by section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of division K 

25 of Public Law 113–76. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

2 SEC. 7071. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 

3 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of division F of Public 

4 Law 111–117 shall apply to this Act. 

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

6 United States Executive Director of the International 

7 Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan 

8 will be repaid to the IMF before other private creditors. 

9 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to re10 quire that the IMF implements protections for whistle11 blowers from retaliation that meet such requirements in 

12 United States law, including— 

13 (1) protection against retaliation for internal 

14 and lawful public disclosures; 

15 (2) legal burdens of proof; 

16 (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia17 tion; 

18 (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 

19 including external arbitration; and 

20 (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

21 retaliation. 

22 (d)(1) Section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements 

23 Act (22 U.S.C. 286e–2) is amended in subsections (b)(1) 

24 and (b)(2) by adding at the end in both subsections, after 
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1 ‘‘Fund’’, ‘‘only to the extent that such amounts are not 

2 subject to cancellation’’. 

3 (2) The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 

4 286 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 71. ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTI7 CLES OF AGREEMENT OF THE FUND. 

8 ‘‘The United States Governor of the Fund may ac9 cept the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the 

10 Fund as proposed in resolution 66–2 of the Board of Gov11 ernors of the Fund. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 72. QUOTA INCREASE. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of 

14 the Fund may consent to an increase in the quota of the 

15 United States in the Fund equivalent to 40,871,800,000 

16 Special Drawing Rights. 

17 ‘‘(b) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The authority 

18 provided by subsection (a) shall be effective only to such 

19 extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 

20 appropriations Acts.’’. 

21 PROHIBITION ON FIRST CLASS TRAVEL

22 SEC. 7072. Section 7072 of division K of Public Law 

23 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

24 as if part of this Act. 
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1 PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS

2 SEC. 7073. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

3 and (c), any report required by this Act to be submitted 

4 to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds made 

5 available by this Act shall be posted on the public Web 

6 site of such agency not later than 30 days following its 

7 receipt by the Congress. 

8 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

9 (1) the public posting of the report would com10 promise national security, including the conduct of 

11 diplomacy; 

12 (2) the report contains proprietary or other 

13 privileged information; or 

14 (3) the report is specifically exempted in the re15 port accompanying this Act. 

16 (c) The agency posting such report shall do so only 

17 after the report has been made available to the Commit18 tees on Appropriation. 

19 ASSISTANCE FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND

20 NATIONALS WRONGLY DETAINED ABROAD

21 SEC. 7074. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act shall 

22 be made available for the Secretary of State to develop 

23 and implement a policy and procedures for determining 

24 whether citizens and nationals of the United States de25 tained abroad are more likely than not detained arbitrarily 
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1 and in violation of international law and, as such, deserv2 ing of enhanced legal and diplomatic support: Provided, 

3 That each such determination shall be based on an assess4 ment by the Secretary based on established criteria, in5 cluding— 

6 (1) whether the detained individual has pre7 sented credible evidence of factual innocence to 

8 United States Government officials; 

9 (2) whether evidence exists that the individual 

10 is detained solely because he or she is a citizen or 

11 national of the United States; 

12 (3) whether evidence exists that the individual 

13 is being detained in violation of internationally pro14 tected rights and freedoms such as freedoms of ex15 pression, association, assembly, and religion; 

16 (4) whether the individual is being detained in 

17 violation of the detaining country’s laws; 

18 (5) whether independent nongovernmental orga19 nizations or journalists have raised legitimate ques20 tions about the individual’s innocence; 

21 (6) whether the United States embassy in the 

22 country where the individual is being detained has 

23 received other credible reports that the detention is 

24 more likely than not a pretext; 
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1 (7) whether police reports show evidence of a 

2 credible investigation; 

3 (8) whether the individual is detained in a 

4 country where the Department of State has deter5 mined in its annual human rights reports that the 

6 judicial system is not independent or impartial, is 

7 susceptible to corruption, or is incapable of ren8 dering just verdicts; and 

9 (9) whether the international right to due proc10 ess of law has been sufficiently impaired so as to 

11 render the detention arbitrary. 

12 (b) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appro13 priate congressional committees a quarterly report on citi14 zens and nationals of the United States detained abroad 

15 who are more likely than not detained arbitrarily and in 

16 violation of international law: Provided, That such report 

17 shall include current estimates of the number of individ18 uals so detained, as well as relevant information about 

19 particular cases, such as— 

20 (1) the name of the individual; 

21 (2) basic facts about the case; 

22 (3) the reasons the Secretary of State believes 

23 it is more likely than not that the individual is de24 tained arbitrarily and in violation of international 

25 law; 
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1 (4) a description of specific efforts, legal and 

2 diplomatic, taken on behalf of the individual since 

3 the last reporting period, including a description of 

4 accomplishments and setbacks; and 

5 (5) a description of intended next steps. 

6 (c) The Secretary of State shall publish a resource 

7 manual for government officials and families of wrongly 

8 detained individuals including suggested actions designed 

9 to obtain their release, including acting through tradi10 tional diplomatic and consular channels, submitting public 

11 or private letters from members of Congress, and con12 sulting with relevant legal and human rights organiza13 tions. 

14 ARMS TRADE TREATY

15 SEC. 7075. None of the funds appropriated by this 

16 Act may be obligated or expended to implement in the 

17 United States the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate ap18 proves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 

19 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

20 SEC. 7076. Whenever the President determines that 

21 it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist22 ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 

23 funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 

24 transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 

25 this Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
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1 Program Account, to be subject to the terms and condi2 tions of that account: Provided, That such funds shall not 

3 be available for administrative expenses of the Overseas 

4 Private Investment Corporation: Provided further, That 

5 designated funding levels in this Act shall not be trans6 ferred pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the 

7 exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 

8 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria9 tions. 

10 SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND

11 SEC. 7077. Section 7077 of division K of Public Law 

12 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

13 as if part of this Act. 

14 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

15 SEC. 7078. Section 7078 of division K of Public Law 

16 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

17 as if part of this Act. 

18 DISABILITY PROGRAMS

19 SEC. 7079. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

21 than $7,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 

22 activities administered by the United States Agency for 

23 International Development (USAID) to address the needs 

24 and protect and promote the rights of people with disabil25 ities in developing countries, including initiatives that 
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1 focus on independent living, economic self-sufficiency, ad2 vocacy, education, employment, transportation, sports, 

3 and integration of individuals with disabilities, including 

4 for the cost of translation. 

5 (b) Of the funds made available by this section, 5 

6 percent may be used for USAID for management, over7 sight, and technical support. 

8 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

9 SEC. 7080. Section 7081 (1) and (2) of division K 

10 of Public Law 113–76 shall continue in effect during fiscal 

11 year 2015 as if part of this Act. 

12 AUTHORITY FOR REPLENISHMENTS

13 SEC. 7081. (a) The Asian Development Bank Act, 

14 Public Law 89–369, as amended (22 U.S.C. 285 et seq.), 

15 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol16 lowing new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 35. TENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

18 ‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is au19 thorized to contribute, on behalf of the United States, 

20 $359,600,000 to the tenth replenishment of the resources 

21 of the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary appropria22 tions. 

23 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribu24 tion provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 

25 to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 
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1 $359,600,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treas2 ury.’’. 

3 (b) The International Development Association Act, 

4 Public Law 86–565, as amended (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.), 

5 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol6 lowing new sections: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 28. SEVENTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

8 ‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the International 

9 Development Association is authorized to contribute on 

10 behalf of the United States $3,871,800,000 to the seven11 teenth replenishment of the resources of the Association, 

12 subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations. 

13 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribu14 tion provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 

15 to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 

16 $3,871,800,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 

17 Treasury. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 29. MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF. 

19 ‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 

20 contribute, on behalf of the United States, not more than 

21 $565,020,000 to the International Development Associa22 tion for the purpose of funding debt relief costs under the 

23 Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative incurred in the period 

24 governed by the seventeenth replenishment of resources of 

25 the International Development Association, subject to ob-
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1 taining the necessary appropriations and without preju2 dice to any funding arrangements in existence on the date 

3 of the enactment of this section. 

4 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribu5 tion provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 

6 to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, not more 

7 than $565,020,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 

8 Treasury. 

9 ‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘Multilateral Debt Re10 lief Initiative’ means the proposal set out in the G8 Fi11 nance Ministers’ Communique entitled ‘Conclusions on 

12 Development,’ done at London, June 11, 2005, and re13 affirmed by G8 Heads of State at the Gleneagles Summit 

14 on July 8, 2005.’’. 

15 (c) The African Development Fund Act, Public Law 

16 94–302, as amended (22 U.S.C. 290g et seq.), is further 

17 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 

18 sections: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 223. THIRTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

20 ‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Fund is au21 thorized to contribute on behalf of the United States 

22 $585,000,000 to the thirteenth replenishment of the re23 sources of the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary 

24 appropriations. 
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1 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribu2 tion provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 

3 to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 

4 $585,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treas5 ury. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 224. MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF. 

7 ‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 

8 contribute, on behalf of the United States, not more than 

9 $54,620,000 to the African Development Fund for the 

10 purpose of funding debt relief costs under the Multilateral 

11 Debt Relief Initiative incurred in the period governed by 

12 the thirteenth replenishment of resources of the African 

13 Development Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary ap14 propriations and without prejudice to any funding ar15 rangements in existence on the date of the enactment of 

16 this section. 

17 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribu18 tion provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 

19 to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, not more 

20 than $54,620,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 

21 Treasury. 

22 ‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘Multilateral Debt Re23 lief Initiative’ means the proposal set out in the G8 Fi24 nance Ministers’ Communique entitled ‘Conclusions on 

25 Development,’ done at London, June 11, 2005, and re-
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1 affirmed by G8 Heads of State at the Gleneagles Summit 

2 on July 8, 2005.’’. 

3 RESCISSION OF FUNDS

4 SEC. 7082. Of the unexpended balances available 

5 under the heading ‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, 

6 Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appro7 priation’’ from prior Acts making appropriations for the 

8 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro9 grams, $30,000,000 are rescinded. 

10 BORDER CROSSING CARD FEE FOR MINORS

11 SEC. 7083. Section 410(a)(1)(A) of title IV of the 

12 Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations 

13 Act, 1999 (contained in division A of Public Law 105– 

14 277) is amended by striking ‘‘a fee of $13’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘a fee equal to one-half the fee that would otherwise apply 

16 for processing a machine readable combined border cross17 ing identification card and nonimmigrant visa’’. 

18 SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

19 SEC. 7084. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRO20 GRAM.—A Small Grants Program (SGP) shall be estab21 lished within the United States Agency for International 

22 Development (USAID) to provide small grants, coopera23 tive agreements, and other assistance mechanisms and 

24 agreements of not more than $2,000,000 to small non25 governmental organizations, universities, and other small 
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1 entities (hereafter ‘‘eligible entities’’) for the purpose of 

2 carrying out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part 

3 I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

4 of 1961: Provided, That the SGP established pursuant to 

5 this subsection shall replace the function served previously 

6 by the Development Grants Program established under 

7 section 674 of division I, of Public Law 110–161, which 

8 is hereby abolished. 

9 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Grants from the 

10 SGP shall only be made to eligible entities. 

11 (c) COMPETITION.—Grants made pursuant to the au12 thority of this subsection shall be provided through: 

13 (1) unsolicited applications received and evalu14 ated pursuant to USAID policy regarding such pro15 posals; or 

16 (2) an open, transparent and competitive proc17 ess that emphasizes simplicity. 

18 (d) FUNDING.— 

19 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to 

20 carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 

21 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less 

22 than $45,000,000 shall be made available for the 

23 SGP within USAID’s Local Sustainability Office of 

24 the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and 

25 Environment to carry out this subsection. 
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1 (2) Other than to meet the requirements of this 

2 subsection, funds made available to carry out this 

3 subsection may not be allocated in the report re4 quired by section 653(a) to meet any other specifi5 cally designated funding levels contained in this Act: 

6 Provided, That such funds may be attributed to any 

7 such specifically designated funding level after the 

8 award of funds under this section, if applicable. 

9 (3) Funds made available under this subsection 

10 shall remain available for obligation until September 

11 30, 2019: Provided, That grants, cooperative agree12 ments, and other assistance mechanisms and agree13 ments entered into with such funds may entail com14 mitments for the expenditure of such funds through 

15 fiscal year 2020. 

16 (e) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.— 

17 (1) Not later than 120 days after enactment of 

18 this Act, the Administrator of USAID shall issue 

19 guidance implementing this section: Provided, That 

20 such guidance shall: 

21 (A) establish procedures whereby in each 

22 fiscal year, not less than 3 USAID missions 

23 shall be competitively selected to run a multi24 year SGP for its respective country; and 
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1 (B) provide that the primary rationale for 

2 denying a mission request for SGP funding may 

3 not be that such program does not fit within 

4 USAID’s country development plan. 

5 (2) Upon selection of a mission pursuant to the 

6 procedures required by paragraph (1), such selected 

7 mission or missions may be allocated the full esti8 mated cost of the multi-year program: Provided, 

9 That such allocations shall be subject to the regular 

10 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro11 priations. 

12 (3) In addition to funds otherwise available for 

13 such purposes, up to 12 percent of the funds made 

14 available to carry out this subsection may be used by 

15 USAID for administrative and oversight expenses 

16 associated with managing relationships with small 

17 entities under the SGP. 

18 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after enact19 ment of this Act and after consultation with the Commit20 tees on Appropriations, the Administrator shall submit a 

21 report to such Committees describing the procedures and 

22 mechanisms USAID intends to use to implement the SGP. 

23 CONSULAR NOTIFICATION COMPLIANCE

24 SEC. 7085. (a) PETITION FOR REVIEW.— 
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1 (1) JURISDICTION.—Notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, a Federal court shall have jurisdic3 tion to review the merits of a petition claiming viola4 tion of Article 36(1)(b) or (c) of the Vienna Conven5 tion on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 

6 1963, or a comparable provision of a bilateral inter7 national agreement addressing consular notification 

8 and access, filed by an individual convicted and sen9 tenced to death by any Federal or State court before 

10 the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 (2) STANDARD.—To obtain relief, an individual 

12 described in paragraph (1) must make a showing of 

13 actual prejudice to the criminal conviction or sen14 tence as a result of the violation. The court may 

15 conduct an evidentiary hearing if necessary to sup16 plement the record and, upon a finding of actual 

17 prejudice, shall order a new trial or sentencing pro18 ceeding. 

19 (3) LIMITATIONS.— 

20 (A) INITIAL SHOWING.—To qualify for re21 view under this subsection, a petition must 

22 make an initial showing that— 

23 (i) a violation of Article 36(1)(b) or 

24 (c) of the Vienna Convention on Consular 

25 Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, 
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1 or a comparable provision of a bilateral 

2 international agreement addressing con3 sular notification and access, occurred with 

4 respect to the individual described in para5 graph (1); and 

6 (ii) if such violation had not occurred, 

7 the consulate would have provided assist8 ance to the individual. 

9 (B) EFFECT OF PRIOR ADJUDICATION.—A 

10 petition for review under this subsection shall 

11 not be granted if the claimed violation described 

12 in paragraph (1) has previously been adju13 dicated on the merits by a Federal or State 

14 court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding 

15 in which no Federal or State procedural bars 

16 were raised with respect to such violation and 

17 in which the court provided review equivalent to 

18 the review provided in this subsection, unless 

19 the adjudication of the claim resulted in a deci20 sion that was based on an unreasonable deter21 mination of the facts in light of the evidence 

22 presented in the prior Federal or State court 

23 proceeding. 
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1 (C) FILING DEADLINE.—A petition for re2 view under this subsection shall be filed within 

3 1 year of the later of— 

4 (i) the date of enactment of this Act; 

5 (ii) the date on which the Federal or 

6 State court judgment against the indi7 vidual described in paragraph (1) became 

8 final by the conclusion of direct review or 

9 the expiration of the time for seeking such 

10 review; or 

11 (iii) the date on which the impediment 

12 to filing a petition created by Federal or 

13 State action in violation of the Constitu14 tion or laws of the United States is re15 moved, if the individual described in para16 graph (1) was prevented from filing by 

17 such Federal or State action. 

18 (D) TOLLING.—The time during which a 

19 properly filed application for State post-convic20 tion or other collateral review with respect to 

21 the pertinent judgment or claim is pending 

22 shall not be counted toward the 1-year period of 

23 limitation. 

24 (E) TIME LIMIT FOR REVIEW.—A Federal 

25 court shall give priority to a petition for review 
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1 filed under this subsection over all noncapital 

2 matters. With respect to a petition for review 

3 filed under this subsection and claiming only a 

4 violation described in paragraph (1), a Federal 

5 court shall render a final determination and 

6 enter a final judgment not later than one year 

7 after the date on which the petition is filed. 

8 (4) HABEAS PETITION.—A petition for review 

9 under this subsection shall be part of the first Fed10 eral habeas corpus application or motion for Federal 

11 collateral relief under chapter 153 of title 28, United 

12 States Code, filed by an individual, except that if an 

13 individual filed a Federal habeas corpus application 

14 or motion for Federal collateral relief before the date 

15 of enactment of this Act or if such application is re16 quired to be filed before the date that is 1 year after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, such petition for 

18 review under this subsection shall be filed not later 

19 than 1 year after the enactment date or within the 

20 period prescribed by paragraph (3)(C)(iii), whichever 

21 is later. No petition filed in conformity with the re22 quirements of the preceding sentence shall be consid23 ered a second or successive habeas corpus applica24 tion or subjected to any bars to relief based on 
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1 preenactment proceedings other than as specified in 

2 paragraph (2). 

3 (5) REFERRAL TO MAGISTRATE.—A Federal 

4 court acting under this subsection may refer the pe5 tition for review to a Federal magistrate for pro6 posed findings and recommendations pursuant to 28 

7 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B). 

8 (6) APPEAL.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—A final order on a peti10 tion for review under paragraph (1) shall be 

11 subject to review on appeal by the court of ap12 peals for the circuit in which the proceeding is 

13 held. 

14 (B) APPEAL BY PETITIONER.—An indi15 vidual described in paragraph (1) may appeal a 

16 final order on a petition for review under para17 graph (1) only if a district or circuit judge 

18 issues a certificate of appealability. A district or 

19 circuit court judge shall issue or deny a certifi20 cate of appealability not later than 30 days 

21 after an application for a certificate of 

22 appealability is filed. A district judge or circuit 

23 judge may issue a certificate of appealability 

24 under this subparagraph if the individual has 

25 made a substantial showing of actual prejudice 
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1 to the criminal conviction or sentence of the in2 dividual as a result of a violation described in 

3 paragraph (1). 

4 (b) VIOLATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—An individual not covered by 

6 subsection (a) who is arrested, detained, or held for 

7 trial on a charge that would expose the individual to 

8 a capital sentence if convicted may raise a claim of 

9 a violation of Article 36(1)(b) or (c) of the Vienna 

10 Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna 

11 April 24, 1963, or of a comparable provision of a bi12 lateral international agreement addressing consular 

13 notification and access, at a reasonable time after 

14 the individual becomes aware of the violation, before 

15 the court with jurisdiction over the charge. Upon a 

16 finding of such a violation— 

17 (A) the consulate of the foreign state of 

18 which the individual is a national shall be noti19 fied immediately by the detaining authority, 

20 and consular access to the individual shall be 

21 afforded in accordance with the provisions of 

22 the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 

23 done at Vienna April 24, 1963, or the com24 parable provisions of a bilateral international 
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1 agreement addressing consular notification and 

2 access; and 

3 (B) the court— 

4 (i) shall postpone any proceedings to 

5 the extent the court determines necessary 

6 to allow for adequate opportunity for con7 sular access and assistance; and 

8 (ii) may enter necessary orders to fa9 cilitate consular access and assistance. 

10 (2) EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS.—The court may 

11 conduct evidentiary hearings if necessary to resolve 

12 factual issues. 

13 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

14 subsection shall be construed to create any addi15 tional remedy. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the term ‘‘State’’ 

17 means any State of the United States, the District of Co18 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any terri19 tory or possession of the United States. 

20 (d) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this section 

21 shall apply during the current fiscal year and hereafter. 

22 FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM

23 SEC. 7086. (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 203 of the 

24 Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of 

25 division B of H.R. 5666, as enacted into law by section 
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1 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554 and contained in appendix 

2 D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A–254; 22 U.S.C. 2452 

3 note) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para5 graph (6); and 

6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(4) FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM.—The 

9 term ‘Fulbright University Vietnam’ means an inde10 pendent, not-for-profit academic institution to be es11 tablished in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 

12 ‘‘(5) TRUST FOR UNIVERSITY INNOVATION IN

13 VIETNAM.—The term ‘Trust for University Innova14 tion in Vietnam’ means a not-for-profit organization 

15 founded in 2012, which is engaged in promoting in16 stitutional innovation in Vietnamese higher edu17 cation.’’. 

18 (b) USE OF VIETNAM DEBT REPAYMENT FUND FOR

19 FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM.—Section 207(c)(3) of 

20 the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II 

21 of division B of H.R. 5666, as enacted into law by section 

22 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554 and contained in appendix 

23 D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A–257; 22 U.S.C. 2452 

24 note) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(3) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR FULBRIGHT

2 UNIVERSITY VIETNAM.—During each of the fiscal 

3 years 2014 through 2018, amounts deposited into 

4 the Fund, in excess of the amounts made available 

5 to the Foundation under paragraph (1), shall be 

6 made available by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

7 upon the request of the Secretary of State, for 

8 grants to the Trust for University Innovation in 

9 Vietnam for the purpose of supporting the establish10 ment of Fulbright University Vietnam.’’. 

11 (c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Vietnam Education 

12 Foundation Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amend13 ed by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 211. FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM. 

15 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State 

16 may award 1 or more grants to the Trust for University 

17 Innovation in Vietnam, which shall be used to support the 

18 establishment of Fulbright University Vietnam. 

19 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—In order to receive 1 or more 

20 grants pursuant to subsection (a), Trust for University In21 novation in Vietnam shall submit an application to the 

22 Secretary of State at such time, in such manner, and ac23 companied by such information as the Secretary may rea24 sonably require. 
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1 ‘‘(c) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—As a condition of re2 ceiving grants under this section, Trust for University In3 novation in Vietnam shall ensure that Fulbright Univer4 sity Vietnam— 

5 ‘‘(1) achieves standards comparable to those re6 quired for accreditation in the United States; 

7 ‘‘(2) offers graduate and undergraduate level 

8 teaching and research programs in a broad range of 

9 fields, including public policy, management, and en10 gineering; and 

11 ‘‘(3) establishes a policy of academic freedom 

12 and prohibits the censorship of dissenting or critical 

13 views. 

14 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the last day of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State 

16 shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees that summarizes the activities carried out 

18 under this section during such fiscal year.’’. 

19 ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL

20 ORGANIZATIONS

21 SEC. 7087. Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

22 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

23 after section 104C the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 104D. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. 

2 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regula3 tion, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance au4 thorized under sections 104, 104A, 104B, and 104C— 

5 ‘‘(1) a foreign nongovernmental organization 

6 shall not be ineligible for such assistance solely on 

7 the basis of health or medical services, including 

8 counseling and referral services, provided by such or9 ganization with non-United States Government 

10 funds if such services are permitted in the country 

11 in which they are being provided and would not vio12 late United States law if provided in the United 

13 States; and 

14 ‘‘(2) a foreign nongovernmental organization 

15 shall not be subject to requirements relating to the 

16 use of non-United States Government funds for ad17 vocacy and lobbying activities other than those that 

18 apply to United States nongovernmental organiza19 tions receiving assistance under this part.’’. 
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1 TITLE VIII 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

4 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

5 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con8 sular Programs’’, $1,350,803,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2016, of which $989,706,000 is for 

10 Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 

11 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 

12 transfer up to $35,000,000 of the total funds made avail13 able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 

14 department or agency of the United States, upon the con15 currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup16 port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 

17 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 

19 treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsections 

20 (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act and shall not be 

21 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli22 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro23 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con24 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
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1 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Conflict Stabilization 

5 Operations’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

7 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

8 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

10 1985. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

13 General’’, $56,900,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2016, which shall be for the Special Inspector 

15 General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for re16 construction oversight: Provided, That notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of law, any employee of the Special 

18 Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction who 

19 completes at least 12 months of continuous service after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on 

21 the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs 

22 first, shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 

23 any position in the competitive service for which the em24 ployee possesses the required qualifications: Provided fur25 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
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1 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter2 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

3 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

6 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $260,800,000, to re7 main available until expended, of which $250,000,000 

8 shall be for Worldwide Security Upgrades, acquisition, and 

9 construction as authorized: Provided, That such amount 

10 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

11 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

15 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 

17 International Organizations’’, $74,400,000: Provided, 

18 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over19 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

20 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

21 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

6 $171,585,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

8 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985. 

12 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

13 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

14 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

16 Assistance’’, $1,235,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

18 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

19 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

21 1985. 

22 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Complex Crises 

24 Fund’’, $217,882,000 to remain available until September 

25 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
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1 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

4 1985. 

5 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

7 Fund’’, $1,660,000,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper10 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

14 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref16 ugee Assistance’’, $1,912,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

18 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

19 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

3 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

4 ACTIVITIES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for 

6 International Peacekeeping Activities’’, $556,010,000, to 

7 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

8 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over9 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1958. 

12 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

13 ENFORCEMENT

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar15 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $292,000,000, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

17 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over18 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

22 RELATED PROGRAMS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

24 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

25 $85,225,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

2 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

3 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

5 1985. 

6 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper8 ations’’, $225,395,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des10 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper11 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds 

14 available for obligation under this heading in this Act and 

15 in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

16 of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 

17 used to pay assessed expenses of international peace18 keeping activities in Somalia. 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi22 nancing Program’’, $507,000,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not more than 

24 $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

25 may be obligated for the necessary expenses, including the 
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1 purchase of motor vehicles for replacement only for use 

2 outside the United States, for the general cost of admin3 istering the military assistance and sales in Iraq: Provided 

4 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

5 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter6 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

7 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

9 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

10 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

11 TRANSITION FUND

12 For payment to the International Bank of Recon13 struction and Development as trustee for the Transition 

14 Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $5,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

16 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con17 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

18 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

21 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

22 SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

24 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

25 Act for fiscal year 2015. 
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1 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

2 SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

3 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro4 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 

5 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria6 tions accounts. 

7 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

8 SEC. 8003. (a) Funds appropriated by this title in 

9 this Act under the headings ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

10 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Contributions for Inter11 national Peacekeeping Activities’’, ‘‘International Nar12 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

13 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

14 ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi15 nancing Program’’ may be transferred to, and merged 

16 with— 

17 (1) funds appropriated by this title under such 

18 headings; and 

19 (2) funds appropriated by this title under the 

20 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 

21 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec23 tion, not to exceed $25,000,000 from funds appropriated 

24 under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

25 Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ by this title in this 

2 Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds pre3 viously made available under the heading ‘‘Global Security 

4 Contingency Fund’’: Provided, That not later than 15 

5 days prior to making any such transfer, the Secretary of 

6 State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations on 

7 a country basis, including the implementation plan and 

8 timeline for each proposed use of such funds. 

9 (c) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) 

10 and (b) may only be exercised to address unanticipated 

11 contingencies or peacekeeping requirements. 

12 (d) Funds appropriated under this heading may be 

13 transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made 

14 available under the heading ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ in 

15 title VIII of prior acts making appropriations for the De16 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro17 grams. 

18 (e) The transfer authority provided by this section 

19 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

20 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 

21 transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 

22 otherwise available under any other provision of law, in23 cluding section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

24 which may be exercised by the Secretary of State for the 

25 purposes of this title. 
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1 DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT

2 SEC. 8004. Each amount designated in this title by 

3 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

4 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 

7 so designates all such amounts and transmits such des8 ignations to the Congress. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

10 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria11 tions Act, 2015’’. 

Calendar No. 435 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2499 

[Report No. 113–195] 

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 19, 2014 

Read twice and placed on the calendar