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propriated under the headings listed in paragraph 
(1) shall include funds planned for— 
(A) implementing the recommendations of 
the OIG reports referenced in clauses (iii) and 
(v); and 
(B) measurably reducing the FOIA and 
Congressional oversight requests backlog. 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7078. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2018 under the headings 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than 
$50,500,000 shall be made available for programs to pro-
mote Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such pro-
grams shall be prioritized for countries whose governments 
restrict freedom of expression on the Internet, and that 
are important to the national interests of the United 
States: Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, by sources other than the United States 
Government, including from the private sector. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
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Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ that are made available pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) coordinated with other democracy pro-
grams funded by this Act under such headings, 
and shall be incorporated into country assist-
ance and democracy promotion strategies, as 
appropriate; 
(B) for programs to implement the May 
2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace; 
the Department of State International Cyber-
space Policy Strategy required by section 402 
of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of 
Public Law 114–113); and the comprehensive 
strategy to promote Internet freedom and ac-
cess to information in Iran, as required by sec-
tion 414 of the Iran Threat Reduction and 
Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8754); 
(C) made available for programs that sup-
port the efforts of civil society to counter the 
development of repressive Internet-related laws 
and regulations, including countering threats to 
Internet freedom at international organizations; 
to combat violence against bloggers and other 
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users; and to enhance digital security training 
and capacity building for democracy activists; 
(D) made available for research of key 
threats to Internet freedom; the continued de-
velopment of technologies that provide or en-
hance access to the Internet, including cir-
cumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, 
filtering, and other censorship techniques used 
by authoritarian governments; and maintenance 
of the technological advantage of the United 
States Government over such censorship tech-
niques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer 
(CEO) of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
(BBG), shall coordinate any such research and 
development programs with other relevant 
United States Government departments and 
agencies in order to share information, tech-
nologies, and best practices, and to assess the 
effectiveness of such technologies; and 
(E) the responsibility of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 
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that are made available pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be— 
(A) made available only for tools and tech-
niques to securely develop and distribute BBG 
digital content; facilitate audience access to 
such content on Web sites that are censored; 
coordinate the distribution of BBG digital con-
tent to targeted regional audiences; and to pro-
mote and distribute such tools and techniques, 
including digital security techniques; 
(B) coordinated with programs funded by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Broadcasting Operations’’, and shall be incor-
porated into country broadcasting strategies, as 
appropriate; 
(C) coordinated by the BBG CEO to pro-
vide Internet circumvention tools and tech-
niques for audiences in countries that are stra-
tegic priorities for the BBG and in a manner 
consistent with the BBG Internet freedom 
strategy; and 
(D) made available for the research and 
development of new tools or techniques author-
ized in paragraph (A) only after the BBG CEO, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State and 
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other relevant United States Government de-
partments and agencies, evaluates the risks and 
benefits of such new tools or techniques, and 
establishes safeguards to minimize the use of 
such new tools or techniques for illicit purposes. 
(c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con-
sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
and the BBG CEO shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations spend plans for funds made available by this 
Act for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, 
which shall include a description of safeguards established 
by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not 
used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department 
of State spend plan shall include funding for all such pro-
grams for all relevant Department of State and USAID 
offices and bureaus. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7079. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
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outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 
commensurate with the level of development of the 
recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the 
United States if such assistance is for the purpose 
of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 
United States to other countries and adversely im-
pacts the labor force in the United States; or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 
policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to— 
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(A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; 
(B) the modification proposed by the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation in Novem-
ber 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental 
and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; 
(C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High 
Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Ex-
port-Import Bank of the United States on De-
cember 12, 2013; or 
(D) the World Bank Group’s Directions 
for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector re-
leased on July 16, 2013, 
when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 
guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of pro-
hibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation 
project the purpose of which is to increase exports 
of goods and services from the United States or pre-
vent the loss of jobs from the United States. 
QUORUM REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 7080. Section 1 of Public Law 106–46 (12 
U.S.C. 635a note) is amended by striking ‘‘July 21, 1999, 
and ends on December 2, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘October 
1, 2017, and ends on September 30, 2019’’: Provided, 
That the amendment made pursuant to this subparagraph 
to such law shall take effect upon enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE VIII 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR ON TERRORISM 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’, $2,975,971,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, of which $2,376,122,000 is for 
Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 
transfer up to $5,000,000 of the total funds made avail-
able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 
department or agency of the United States, upon the con-
currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup-
port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $68,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, of which $54,900,000 shall be for the 
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
(SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That 
printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 
amounts for such costs during fiscal year 2017: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of SIGAR who completes at least 12 months 
of continuous service after the date of enactment of this 
Act or who is employed on the date on which SIGAR ter-
minates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive 
status for appointment to any position in the competitive 
service for which the employee possesses the required 
qualifications: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’, $71,778,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Worldwide Security Up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized: Pro-
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vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’, $96,240,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities’’, $965,906,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 
$136,555,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 
Assistance’’, $1,788,203,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
Act for fiscal year 2018. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro-
priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 
authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria-
tions accounts. 
COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 
SEC. 8003. Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs’’ shall be made available for the 
Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for security pro-
grams in areas liberated from, under the influence of, or 
adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
or other terrorist organizations: Provided, That such areas 
shall include the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Provided fur-
ther, That prior to the obligation of funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State shall 
take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are 
in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such 
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funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly 
inform the appropriate congressional committees of each 
instance in which assistance provided pursuant to this sec-
tion has 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: Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
RESCISSION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8004. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the President under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $156,913,000, which shall be derived from 
amounts under such heading previously designated by 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, are hereby rescinded: Provided, That such 
amounts are designated by Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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DESIGNATION 
SEC. 8005. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 
if the President subsequently so designates all such 
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 9001. $0 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2018’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 184 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3362 
[Report No. 115–253] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 24, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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