CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $9,600,000, of 
which up to $1,440,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds available during the current 
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, 
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or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, 
or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon 
state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non- 
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive eco-
nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto-
nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not 
to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to 
exceed $125,000,000, of which up to $18,750,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, 
payment or services provided by transaction participants 
for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 
any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar-
antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
(a) of such section shall remain in effect until September 
30, 2025: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge 
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fees for necessary expenses (including special services per-
formed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
personal services) in connection with the collection of mon-
eys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collat-
eral or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction 
of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal 
of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, 
or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli-
cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting 
transactions: Provided further, That in addition to other 
funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees 
shall be credited to this account for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended. 
PROGRAM BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not 
to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such funds shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2040, for the disbursement of direct loans, 
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loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 
in fiscal years 2025 through 2028. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed 
the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off-
setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 
sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col-
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0. 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $8,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026. 
CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT 
The United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to 
make such expenditures and commitments within the lim-
its of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor-
poration, and in accordance with the law, and to make 
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such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis-
cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 
31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac-
tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 
of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 
of Public Law 115–254) and for administrative expenses 
to carry out authorized activities described in section 
1434(d) of such Act, $769,029,000: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided— 
(1) $198,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for administrative expenses to 
carry out authorized activities (including an amount 
for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $25,000); and 
(2) $571,029,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for the activities described in 
subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts ob-
ligated in a fiscal year for activities described in sec-
tion 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for 
disbursement for the term of the underlying project: 
Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph may be paid to the ‘‘United 
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States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion—Program Account’’ for programs authorized 
by subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018: 
Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursu-
ant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for support by the Corpora-
tion in upper-middle income countries shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That in fiscal year 2025 collections of 
amounts described in section 1434(h) of the BUILD Act 
of 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That such collections col-
lected in fiscal year 2025 in excess of $769,029,000 shall 
be credited to this account and shall be available in future 
fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in ap-
propriations Acts: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2025, if such collections are less than $769,029,000, re-
ceipts collected pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 and 
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount 
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equal to such shortfall, shall be credited as offsetting col-
lections to this appropriation: Provided further, That fees 
charged for project-specific transaction costs as described 
in section 1434(k) of the BUILD Act of 2018, and other 
direct costs associated with origination or monitoring serv-
ices provided to specific or potential investors, shall not 
be considered administrative expenses for the purposes of 
this heading: Provided further, That such fees shall be 
credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading 
may not be used to provide any type of assistance that 
is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law or 
to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other-
wise prohibited by any other provision of law: Provided 
further, That the sums herein appropriated from the Gen-
eral Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by 
the offsetting collections described under this heading so 
as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the 
General Fund estimated at $354,029,000. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac-
count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That amounts paid to this account from 
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CCA or transferred to this account pursuant to section 
1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 
Law 115–254) shall be available for the costs of direct 
and guaranteed loans provided by the Corporation pursu-
ant to section 1421(b) of such Act and the costs of modi-
fying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the Cor-
poration pursuant to section 1463 of such Act: Provided 
further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain avail-
able for disbursement for the following 8 fiscal years: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available in this Act and 
transferred to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 
2018 may remain available for obligation for 1 additional 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the total loan principal 
or guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed 
$12,000,000,000. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$87,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for rep-
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resentation and entertainment expenses: Provided further, 
That the United States Trade and Development Agency 
may promote United States private sector participation in 
development projects in any country in which the United 
States Government has strategic foreign policy goals or 
national security interests, subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 
59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author-
ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 
transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 
States Government to which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 
cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex-
pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 
Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 
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such department or agency in fiscal year 2025 or any pre-
vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 
That the report required by this section shall be submitted 
not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
and should specify by account the amount of funds obli-
gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 
been further sub-obligated. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING 
EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 
604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-
terrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, 
as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 
106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), as 
amended by section 111 of the Department of State Au-
thorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a 
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project to construct a facility of the United States may 
include office space or other accommodations for members 
of the United States Marine Corps. 
(b) CONSULTATION
AND NOTIFICATIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the 
acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 
for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis-
cal year 2025, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 
to this subsection shall include the information enumer-
ated under this section in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations at the 
early project development stage for out-year construction 
projects, including to discuss security and non-security 
construction requirements, modifications to scope, and 
cost reductions identified for such projects, consistent with 
applicable laws and regulations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall submit a quarterly report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on contingency savings identified 
from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se-
curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ by prior Acts 
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making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, and the obligation 
of funds made available by such savings shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be 
made available, following consultation with the ap-
propriate congressional committees, to address secu-
rity vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United 
States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
security upgrades and local guard staffing. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any 
significant modification to an interim or temporary 
United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
such consultation and notification may be waived if 
there is a security risk to personnel. 
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(d) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ may be made available for security up-
grades to soft targets, including schools, recreational fa-
cilities, residences, and places of worship used by United 
States diplomatic personnel and their dependents. 
(e) FACILITIES.—None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to move 
the United States embassy in Israel to a location other 
than Jerusalem. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
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poses within the United States not authorized before en-
actment of this Act by Congress: Provided, That up to 
$25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions 
of section 316 of the International Security and Develop-
ment Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533; 22 
U.S.C. 2151a note). 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of 
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended 
to finance directly any assistance to the government of any 
country whose duly elected head of government is deposed 
by military coup d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the 
military plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance 
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may be resumed to such government if the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that subsequent to the termination of 
assistance a democratically elected government has taken 
office: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec-
tions or public participation in democratic processes, or 
to support a democratic transition: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following con-
sultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, may 
waive the restriction in this section on a program-by-pro-
gram basis if the Secretary certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is in the 
national security interest of the United States: Provided, 
That funds made available pursuant to such waiver shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti-
fication procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
AND 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of State 
under title I of this Act may be transferred be-
tween, and merged with, such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 
such transfer may be made to increase the ap-
propriation under the heading ‘‘Representation 
Expenses’’. 
(B) EMBASSY
SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service’’ in this Act may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated under such headings if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 
implement 
the 
recommendations 
of 
the 
Benghazi Accountability Review Board, for 
emergency evacuations, or to prevent or re-
spond to security situations and requirements, 
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subject to the regular notification procedures of 
such Committees. 
(C) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC 
AND CONSULAR SERVICE.—Of the amount made 
available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ for Worldwide Security Protection, not 
to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Emergencies in the 
Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, to be avail-
able only for emergency evacuations and re-
wards, as authorized. 
(D) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—Of the 
amount made available under the heading, 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $50,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
made available in title I of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’. 
(E) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—The transfer 
authorities provided by subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and (D) are in addition to any transfer author-
ity otherwise available in this Act and under 
any other provision of law and the exercise of 
such authority shall be subject to prior con-
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sultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(2) UNITED
STATES
AGENCY
FOR
GLOBAL 
MEDIA.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for 
the United States Agency for Global Media under 
title I of this Act may be transferred between, and 
merged with, such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. 
(3) TREATMENT
AS
REPROGRAMMING.—Any 
transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author-
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ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
Act. 
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo-
cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 
Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 
2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 
into by the United States Agency for International 
Development or the Department of State with any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 
section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
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asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 
the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 
entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION.— 
(1) TRANSFERS.—Amounts transferred pursu-
ant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115–254) may only be 
transferred from funds made available under title III 
of this Act: Provided, That any such transfers, or 
any other amounts transferred to the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation (the 
Corporation) pursuant to any provision of law, shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, and the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer of the Corporation, as appropriate, 
shall ensure that the programs funded by such 
transfers are coordinated with, and complement, for-
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eign assistance programs implemented by the De-
partment of State and USAID. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM MILLENNIUM 
CHALLENGE
CORPORATION.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be transferred to 
accounts under the heading ‘‘United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation’’ and, 
when so transferred, may be used for the costs of 
activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the limitations 
provided in the second, third, and fifth provisos 
under the heading ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ 
in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer exe-
cuted pursuant to the transfer authority provided in 
this paragraph shall not exceed 10 percent of an in-
dividual Compact awarded pursuant to section 
609(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(title VI of Public Law 108–199): Provided further, 
That such funds shall not be available for adminis-
trative expenses of the United States International 
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Development Finance Corporation: Provided further, 
That such authority shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided 
in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
within 60 days of the termination in whole or in part 
of the Compact from which funds were transferred 
under this authority to the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation, any un-
obligated balances shall be transferred back to the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 
of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
written policy justification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
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(e) AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs entered into between the De-
partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any com-
parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 
Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans-
fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first- 
class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
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tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 
any United States Government department or agency may 
be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 
use by such department or agency unless such network 
has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 
websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 
limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 
Tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other enti-
ty carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga-
tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis-
cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 
as part of official business. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act should be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems), or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 
country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or to-
bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems), except for restrictions which are not applied equally 
to all tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nic-
otine delivery systems) of the same type. 
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(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made avail-
able to the Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development may be made avail-
able to support the use or establishment of email accounts 
or email servers created outside the .gov domain or not 
fitted for automated records management as part of a 
Federal government records management program in con-
travention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act 
Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(e) REPRESENTATION
AND ENTERTAINMENT EX-
PENSES.—Each Federal department, agency, or entity 
funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Department 
of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in titles 
III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that do-
mestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex-
penses further official agency business and United States 
foreign policy interests, and— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
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(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(f) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.— 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or 
under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance 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 entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
musical productions, and amusement parks. 
ASSISTANCE EFFECTIVENESS AND TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7011. (a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall 
develop and submit to the appropriate congressional 
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committees a multi-year strategy to improve the ef-
fectiveness of United States foreign assistance. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by this 
subsection shall include— 
(A) methods used to determine the effec-
tiveness of United States assistance; 
(B) analysis on using outcomes to inform 
the allocation of such assistance; 
(C) results of impact evaluations carried 
out within the prior 12 months and a plan for 
incorporating the results of such evaluations 
into the design of future programs funded by 
such assistance; and 
(D) estimated costs associated with imple-
mentation of the strategy. 
(3) CONCURRENT
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Secretary and Administrator shall— 
(A) convene a panel of experts and practi-
tioners to make recommendations for the strat-
egy required by this subsection; and 
(B) include all such recommendations in 
an appendix to the strategy whether or not they 
were incorporated into the strategy. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary and Administrator shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the requirements 
of this subsection. 
(b) BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for monitoring and 
evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made avail-
able for the regular and systematic collection of feedback 
obtained directly from beneficiaries to enhance the quality 
and relevance of such assistance: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator shall regularly 
conduct oversight to ensure that such feedback is collected 
and used by implementing partners to maximize the cost- 
effectiveness and utility of such assistance. 
(c) EVALUATIONS.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
made available for impact evaluations, including ex-post 
evaluations, of the effectiveness and sustainability of 
United States Government-funded assistance programs: 
Provided, That of the funds made available pursuant to 
this paragraph, $20,000,000 shall be administered in co-
ordination with the Office of the Chief Economist, 
USAID, and may be used for administrative expenses of 
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such Office: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to this paragraph are in addition to funds other-
wise made available for such purposes. 
(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—An obligation in 
excess of $2,000,000 from deobligated balances of funds 
appropriated by prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams that remain available due to the exercise of the au-
thority in section 7011 of such Acts shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign 
assistance 
on 
the 
‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ 
website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under 
this Act shall provide such information on foreign assist-
ance, upon request and in a timely manner, to the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
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furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
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(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2025 on funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs by a foreign government or entity 
against United States assistance programs, either directly 
or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
assistance for fiscal year 2026 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 
if, not later than September 30, 2026, such taxes have 
not been reimbursed. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist-
ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 
States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 
and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 
a programmatically responsible manner. 
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(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en-
tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 
State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 
this subsection with regard to any foreign govern-
ment or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax-
ation of assistance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat-
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 
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agreement between the Government of the United 
States and the government of the country receiving 
assistance that describes the privileges and immuni-
ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 
for such country generally, or an individual agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
and such government that describes, among other 
things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 
accorded the United States assistance provided 
under that agreement. 
(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 
and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 
customs duties but shall not include individual in-
come taxes assessed to local staff. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—The 
original period of availability of funds appropriated by this 
Act and administered by the Department of State or the 
United States Agency for International Development that 
are specifically designated for particular programs or ac-
tivities 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 
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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. 
(b) 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, II, and VI, and under the head-
ings ‘‘Peace Corps’’ and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’, of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs to the departments and agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 
2025, 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 
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available by transfer, to the departments and agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 
activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re-
name 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, II, 
and VI of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, to the departments and agencies funded 
under such titles that remain available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2025, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the department and agency funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
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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, projects, or 
activities 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’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peace 
Corps’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’, ‘‘United States International Development 
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Finance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Trade and Development 
Agency’’ shall be available for obligation for programs, 
projects, activities, type of materiel assistance, countries, 
or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obliga-
tion under any of these specific headings unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such obligation: Provided, That the President shall not 
enter into any commitment 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 ammunition, 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 justified to Congress unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 
this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 
other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for a pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated 
under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 
percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for 
obligation for such program, project, or activity for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
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include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author-
ity. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND 
FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
to support or continue any program initially funded 
under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 
or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and in accordance with the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub-
mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
a description of, and the estimated costs associated 
with, the support or continuation of such program. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 
of Defense to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica-
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tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other committees pursuant to sub-
section (f) of that section: Provided, 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 Appro-
priations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense arti-
cles 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 notification is required 
elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 
funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 
Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
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(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 
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) 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, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, El Sal-
vador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, 
Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Rus-
sian Federation, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, 
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, and 
Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and such 
notification shall include the information specified under 
this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for the following 
programs and activities shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: 
(A) the Global Engagement Center; 
(B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa 
initiatives; 
(C) funds made available under the head-
ings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ that are 
made available to a country listed in section 
7007 of this Act; 
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(D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund 
and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund; 
(E) the Countering PRC Influence Fund 
and the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 
(F) assistance made available pursuant to 
section 7059 of this Act; and 
(G) funds specifically allocated for the 
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and In-
vestment. 
(2) DEMOCRACY PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE-
DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy 
and procedures, including relating to the use of con-
sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(3) ARMS
SALES.—The reports, notifications, 
and certifications, and any other documents, re-
quired to be submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and 
such documents submitted pursuant to section 36(b) 
through (d) of such Act with respect to countries 
that have received assistance provided with funds 
appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
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operations, and related programs, shall be concur-
rently submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and shall include information about the source 
of funds for any sale or transfer, as applicable, if 
known at the time of submission. 
(i) 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. 
(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM.—The Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator, as applicable, shall 
promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees 
of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act 
for assistance have been diverted or destroyed, to include 
the type and amount of assistance, a description of the 
incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the 
response of the Department of State or USAID, as appro-
priate. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act shall be available to a non-
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governmental organization, including any contractor, 
which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds 
made available by this Act shall be posted on the 
public website of such agency not later than 45 days 
following the receipt of such report by Congress. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
if— 
(A) the head of such agency determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions in the transmittal letter accompanying 
such report that— 
(i) the public posting of the report 
would compromise national security, in-
cluding the conduct of diplomacy; or 
(ii) the report contains proprietary or 
other privileged information; or 
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(B) the public posting of the report is spe-
cifically exempted in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so 
only after the report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) The head of the agency posting such report 
shall do so in a central location on the public website 
of such agency. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER-
SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 
Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu-
tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva-
tion of all records made or received in the conduct 
of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, 
as appropriate, to improve Federal records manage-
ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 
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U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other ap-
plicable Federal records management statutes, regu-
lations, or policies for the Department of State and 
USAID; 
(3) direct departing employees, including senior 
officials, that all Federal records generated by such 
employees belong to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre-
vious fiscal year, the response time for identifying 
and retrieving Federal records, including requests 
made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 
Information Act’’); and 
(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to miti-
gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 
the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 
the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 
remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 
guidance related to the control of national security 
information, and implement the recommendations of 
the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In-
spector General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 
not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu-
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tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 
within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 
determination and any resulting changes to program or 
policy. 
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 
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 
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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 AND REPORTS 
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-
tries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available 
for such foreign countries and international organizations 
notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such re-
port. 
(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. 
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