include individual income taxes assessed to local 
staff. 
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies 
to comply with the requirements of this section. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the 
designation if compliance with the designation is made im-
possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 
Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made available under the same terms and conditions as 
originally provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 
the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe-
riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United 
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States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
that are specifically designated for particular programs or 
activities by this or any other Act may be extended for 
an additional fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines and re-
ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such des-
ignated funds can be obligated during the original period 
of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that 
continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall 
be obligated only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I and II of this Act, or in prior 
appropriations Acts to the agencies and departments fund-
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ed by this Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal 
year 2017, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees or 
of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 
available by transfer, to the agencies and departments 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) eliminate a program, project, or activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, or rename bureaus, 
centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I and 
II of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations 
Acts to the agency or department funded under titles I 
and II of this Act that remain available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2017, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agency or department funded under 
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title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for activities, programs, or projects through a 
reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘For-
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eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall 
be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance: 
Provided, That the President shall not enter into any com-
mitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of 
major defense equipment, other than conventional ammu-
nition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, 
ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified 
to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justi-
fied to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations 
are notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: Pro-
vided further, That requirements of this subsection or any 
similar provision of this or any other Act shall not apply 
to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or project 
for which funds are appropriated under titles III through 
VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount pre-
viously justified to Congress for obligation for such activ-
ity, program, or project for the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to 
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pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro-
vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 
as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak-
ing the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 
provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances. 
(f) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing funds available for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs that are made available 
for a trust fund held by an international financial institu-
tion as defined by section 7034(o)(3) of this Act shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include the information specified under this sec-
tion in the report accompanying this Act. 
(g) COUNTRY
NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 
VI of this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 
for Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, 
Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, 
Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Rus-
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sian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, 
Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 
Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(h) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as other com-
mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
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notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 
are returned or not made available for organizations and 
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) 
of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the requirement to with-
hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
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made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if 
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 
subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III through V shall be made available in the amounts spe-
cifically designated in the respective tables included in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such des-
ignated amounts for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall serve as the amounts for such coun-
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tries and international organizations transmitted to the 
Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise 
provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as applicable, may only deviate up 
to 5 percent from the amounts specifically designated in 
the respective tables included in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded 
only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances di-
rectly related to the national interest: Provided further, 
That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the FAA, no devi-
ations authorized by subsection (b) may take place until 
submission of such report. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
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agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 
and entertainment expenses further official agency busi-
ness and United States foreign policy interests— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 
events, theatrical and musical productions, and 
amusement parks. 
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military 
equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern-
ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 
Provided further, That this section applies with re-
spect to lethal military equipment provided under a 
contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interests of the 
United States. 
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(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
how the assistance furthers United States national 
interests. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
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tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
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DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in each such account; and for the development assistance 
accounts of the United States Agency for International 
Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 
be considered to include central, country, regional, and 
program level funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of the en-
actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
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AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, 
any assistance, or any other financial commitments for es-
tablishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
export by any country other than the United States, if 
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the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 
at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected 
to become operative and if the assistance will cause sub-
stantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 
prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if 
in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 
industry and employment in the United States are likely 
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
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of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
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(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of the international financial in-
stitutions, as defined in section 7034(o)(3) of this Act, to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 
assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated 
or made available by this Act, for the production or extrac-
tion of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in 
surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause 
substantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) 
shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
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(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
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(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(5) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 
Administrator shall report as part of the congres-
sional budget justification submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies 
for the administrative requirements of the United 
States Government as authorized in subsection 
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(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used or to be used for such purpose in each ap-
plicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
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the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
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tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2017, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 
pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
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country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION
FOR
LOCAL
ENTITIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available to the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
may only be made available for limited competitions 
through local entities if— 
(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has— 
(A) assessed the level of local capacity to 
effectively implement, manage, and account for 
programs included in such competition; and 
(B) documented the written results of the 
assessment and decisions made; and 
(2) prior to making an award after limiting 
competition to local entities— 
(A) each successful local entity has been 
determined to be responsible in accordance with 
USAID guidelines; and 
(B) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that award fund-
ing is used for its intended purposes; and 
(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 
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(n) GREEN CLIMATE FUND PROHIBITION.—None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any 
other payment to the Green Climate Fund. 
(o) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ shall mean the Committees on 
Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated 
in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs’’ shall mean funds that remain avail-
able for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) For the purposes of this Act ‘‘international 
financial institutions’’ shall mean the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, the Inter-American 
Development Bank, the International Monetary 
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