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(B) 
QUARTERLY
STATUS
REPORT.—Following 
the 
submission of the quarterly report required by section 36 
of Public Law 90–629 (22 U.S.C. 2776), the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a status report 
that contains the information described under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in House Report 
115–253. 
(9) VETTING REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees on for-
eign assistance cases submitted for vetting for purposes 
of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
during the preceding fiscal year, including— 
(i) the total number of cases submitted, approved, 
suspended, or rejected for human rights reasons; and 
(ii) for cases rejected, a description of the steps 
taken to assist the foreign government in taking effec-
tive measures to bring the responsible members of 
the security forces to justice, in accordance with section 
620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(B) FORM.—The report required by this paragraph shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied 
by a classified annex. 
(10) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.—For the 
purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, the term ‘‘military training provided to foreign 
military personnel by the Department of Defense and the 
Department of State’’ shall be deemed to include all military 
training provided by foreign governments with funds appro-
priated to the Department of Defense or the Department of 
State, except for training provided by the government of a 
country designated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 
non-NATO ally. 
(11) ASSISTANCE
TO
ELIMINATE
TORTURE.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made 
available, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and following consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture by foreign 
police, military or other security forces in countries receiving 
assistance from funds appropriated by this Act. 
(12) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
shall be made available for combat casualty training and 
equipment. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer combat casualty 
care training and equipment as a component of any package 
of lethal assistance funded by this Act with funds appro-
priated under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: Provided, That the 
requirement of this paragraph shall apply to a country 
in conflict, unless the Secretary determines that such 
country has in place, to the maximum extent practicable,
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functioning combat casualty care treatment and equipment 
that meets or exceeds the standards recommended by the 
Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided 
further, That any such training and equipment for combat 
casualty care shall be made available through an open 
and transparent process. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.— 
(1) CONTRIBUTION.—Funds managed by the Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development, from this or any 
other Act, may be made available as a general contribution 
to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(2) PROGRAM TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to 
leverage additional contributions for the World Food Pro-
gramme from sources other than the United States Govern-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on implementation of this 
paragraph. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ shall be made available to carry out the Program 
for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized by 
the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 
1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and maintain 
memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts made avail-
able by title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made available 
for grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), 
including to facilitate collaboration with indigenous commu-
nities, and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for grants 
to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task 
Force. 
(4) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator may use funds 
appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation 
incentive awards: Provided, That each individual award may 
not exceed $100,000: Provided further, That no more than 10 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2018: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph the term ‘‘innova-
tion incentive award’’ means the provision of funding on a 
competitive basis that— 
(A) encourages and rewards the development of solu-
tions for a particular, well-defined problem related to the 
alleviation of poverty; or
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(B) helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas 
and practices facilitating further development of an idea 
or practice by third parties. 
(5) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to modify the Exchange 
Visitor Program administered by the Department of State to 
implement the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961, as amended, (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 
et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking process pursuant 
to the Administrative Procedures Act and notwithstanding the 
exceptions to such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, 
That funds made available for such purpose shall only be 
made available after consultation with, and subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions, regarding how any proposed modification would affect 
the public diplomacy goals of, and the estimated economic 
impact on, the United States. 
(6) REPORT.—The report required by section 502(d) of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division 
N of Public Law 115–31; 22 U.S.C. 254a note) shall be provided 
to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator may initiate a partner vetting program to mitigate 
the risk of diversion of foreign assistance, or make significant 
modifications to any existing partner vetting program, only fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary and Administrator should provide a direct 
vetting option for prime awardees in any partner vetting program 
initiated after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2018, the President 
may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority of section 451 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of State 
should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 
assistance for the central government of any country that is not 
taking appropriate steps to comply with the Convention on the 
Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions, done at the Hague 
on October 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of withholding 
funds under this subsection. 
(h) CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT DETERMINATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated in titles I and III of this Act may be 
used for the preservation of religious sites unless the Secretary 
of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such sites 
are historically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the pur-
pose of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the free 
exercise of religion, and that the project is in the national interest 
of the United States. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION.— 
The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds 
under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials’’ 
unobligated balances of expired funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ for fiscal year 2018, 
except for funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of
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the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 
fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes 
for which appropriated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 
may be transferred. 
(j) AUTHORITY TO COUNTER EXTREMISM.—Funds made available 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to counter 
extremism may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law restricting assistance to foreign countries, except sections 
502B and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, 
That the use of the authority of this subsection shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, 
and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DIPLOMATIC 
MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2018. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act 
of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The authority con-
tained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall remain in effect through 
September 30, 2018. 
(3) USAID CIVIL
SERVICE
ANNUITANT
WAIVER.—Section 
625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITATION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph 
(B), the authority provided by section 1113 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall 
remain in effect through September 30, 2018. 
(B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) may 
not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign 
Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a locality- 
based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based com-
parability payment (stated as a percentage) that would 
be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 
5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station 
were in the District of Columbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2017, and 2018’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2017’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’.