913 
Program’’ between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic of 
Iran, in classified form if necessary, if such information 
becomes known to the Department of State: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for 
the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be 
made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular no-
tification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
ing to nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons de-
struction, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may also be used for such 
countries other than the Independent States of the former 
Soviet Union and international organizations when it is 
in the national security interest of the United States to 
do so: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available for the IAEA unless 
the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being de-
nied its right to participate in the activities of that Agen-
cy: Provided further, That funds made available for con-
ventional 
weapons 
destruction 
programs, 
including 
demining and related activities, in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes, may be used for adminis-
trative expenses related to the operation and management 
of such programs and activities, subject to the regular no-
914 
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$135,041,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 
such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity 
of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 
participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $31,000,000 shall be made available for a United 
States contribution to the Multinational Force and Ob-
servers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli-
gated except as provided through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$105,160,000, of which up to $11,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That the 
civilian personnel for whom military education and train-
ing may be provided under this heading may include civil-
915 
ians who are not members of a government whose partici-
pation would contribute to improved civil-military rela-
tions, civilian control of the military, or respect for human 
rights: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be avail-
able for entertainment expenses. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, $5,625,863,000 (reduced by 
$4,545,000): Provided, That to expedite the provision of 
assistance to foreign countries and international organiza-
tions, the Secretary of State, following consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations and subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of such Committees, may use 
the funds appropriated under this heading to procure de-
fense articles and services to enhance the capacity of for-
eign security forces: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
not 
less 
than 
$3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 
Israel: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading for grants only for Israel shall be disbursed 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests 
that funds be used for such purposes, grants made avail-
916 
able for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the 
United States and Israel, be available for advanced weap-
ons systems, of which not less than $815,300,000 shall 
be available for the procurement in Israel of defense arti-
cles and defense services, including research and develop-
ment: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be made available to 
support or continue any program initially funded under 
the authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 
163; 119 Stat. 3456), section 2282 of title 10, United 
States Code, section 333 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by section 1241 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2497), or any successor authorities, unless the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Defense, has justified such program to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available under this heading shall be 
nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated 
upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) 
of section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code.
917 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 
country proposing to make such procurement has first 
signed an agreement with the United States Government 
specifying the conditions under which such procurement 
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in-
clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 
and international organizations: Provided further, That 
only those countries for which assistance was justified for 
the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’ in the 
fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security as-
sistance programs may utilize funds made available under 
this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 
services, or design and construction services that are not 
sold by the United States Government under the Arms 
Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds appro-
918 
priated under this heading shall be expended at the min-
imum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense 
articles and services: Provided further, That not more than 
$80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 
for use outside of the United States, for the general costs 
of administering military assistance and sales, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading for general costs of administering mili-
tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 
$130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $950,000,000 of 
funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms 
Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred 
by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2018 
pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
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TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $658,661,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 
Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$47,395,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by 
the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
$32,418,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$507,860,808.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $109,387,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
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 September 30, 
2019. 
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, as amended, $5,700,000, of which 
up to $855,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
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-
921 
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, 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 eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 
Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 
of the 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 $95,500,000, of which up to $14,325,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2019: 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-
922 
antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 
further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary ex-
penses (including special services performed on a contract 
or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 
connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, 
repossession or sale of pledged collateral 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 as-
pects of any transaction for which an application for a 
loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 
or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: 
Provided further, That in addition to other funds appro-
priated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 
credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to 
exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 
as offsetting 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-
923 
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States 
Code, such expenditures and commitments within the lim-
its of funds available to it and in accordance with law as 
may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for 
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insur-
ance programs (including an amount for official reception 
and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
$35,000) shall not exceed $60,800,000: Provided further, 
That project-specific transaction costs, including direct 
and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and 
other direct costs associated with services provided to spe-
cific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 
234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 
considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this 
heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans as au-
thorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $10,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, 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 
funds so obligated in fiscal year 2018 remain available for 
disbursement through 2026; funds obligated in fiscal year 
2019 remain available for disbursement through 2027; 
and funds obligated in fiscal year 2020 remain available 
for disbursement through 2028: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake 
any program authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to the au-
thority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
be derived from amounts available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 
Account and merged with said account.
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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$70,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for rep-
resentation and entertainment expenses. 
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
926 
such department or agency in fiscal year 2018 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 
INFORMATION.—The Secretary of State shall promptly in-
form the Committees on Appropriations of each instance 
in which a Federal department or agency is delinquent in 
providing the full amount of funding required by section 
604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-
terrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note).
927 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 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 Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–323), a project to construct a facil-
ity of the United States may include office space or other 
accommodations for members of the United States Marine 
Corps. 
(c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur-
poses of calculating the fiscal year 2018 costs of providing 
new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 
annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 
is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 
State for this purpose. 
(d) CONSULTATION
AND NOTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, which may be made 
available for the acquisition of property or award of con-
928 
struction contracts for overseas United States diplomatic 
facilities during fiscal year 2018, shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no-
tifications pursuant to this subsection shall include the in-
formation enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Secu-
rity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
(e) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ shall be made available to address se-
curity vulnerabilities at interim and temporary 
United States diplomatic facilities abroad, including 
physical security upgrades and local guard staffing. 
(2) 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 reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, except that such consultation and 
notification may be waived if there is a security risk 
to personnel.
929 
(f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY.—Funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs’’, including for Worldwide Security Protection, 
and under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ in titles I and VIII of this Act may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 
by such titles under such headings if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is necessary to implement the rec-
ommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review 
Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations and 
requirements, following consultation with, and subject to 
the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: 
Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to 
any transfer authority otherwise available under any other 
provision of law. 
(g) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ shall be made available for security en-
hancements for soft targets in accordance with section 29 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2701). 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and
930 
Maintenance’’ in this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, made available 
through Federal agency Capital Security Cost Shar-
ing contributions and reimbursements, or generated 
from the proceeds of real property sales, other than 
from real property sales located in London, United 
Kingdom, may be made available for site acquisition 
and mitigation, planning, design, or construction of 
the New London Embassy: Provided, That the re-
porting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 112–74) shall remain in effect 
during fiscal year 2018. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act 
and every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 
2019, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report on the new 
Mexico City Embassy and Beirut Embassy projects: 
Provided, That such report shall include, for each of 
the projects— 
(A) a detailed breakout of the project fac-
tors that formed the basis of the initial cost es-
timate used to justify such project to the Com-
931 
mittees on Appropriations, as described under 
the heading ‘‘Embassy Security Construction 
and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act; 
(B) a comparison of the current project 
factors as compared to the project factors sub-
mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this 
subsection, and an explanation of any changes; 
and 
(C) the impact of currency exchange rate 
fluctuations on project costs. 
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.
932 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS
IMPROVE-
MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations 
of the Department of State under the headings ‘‘Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment 
Fund’’ shall be made available to implement the rec-
ommendations contained in the Foreign Assistance Data 
Review Findings Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspec-
tor General (OIG) report entitled ‘‘Department Financial 
Systems Are Insufficient to Track and Report on Foreign 
Assistance Funds’’: Provided, That not later than 45 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations an update 
to the plan required under section 7006 of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) 
for implementing the FADR and OIG recommendations: 
Provided further, That such funds may not be obligated 
for enhancements to, or expansions of, the Budget System 
Modernization Financial System, Central Resource Man-
agement System, Joint Financial Management System, or 
Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System 
until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be obligated for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc
933 
electronic systems to track commitments, obligations or 
expenditures of funds unless the Secretary of State, fol-
lowing consultation with the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of State, has reviewed and certified that 
such new system or expansion is consistent with the 
FADR and OIG recommendations. 
(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 
only be used for the service centers included in the Con-
gressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 
2018: Provided, That the amounts for such service centers 
shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 
except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided 
further, That Federal agency components shall be charged 
only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund 
service: Provided further, That prior to increasing the per-
centage charged to Department of State bureaus and of-
fices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of 
State shall include the proposed increase in the Depart-
ment of State budget justification or, at least 60 days 
prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appro-
priations a justification for such increase, including a de-
tailed assessment of the cost and benefit of the services
934 
provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That 
Federal agency components may only pay for Working 
Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 
and authorities of such components: Provided further, 
That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 
or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 
each service. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act that are made available to a Department 
of State bureau or office with responsibility for the over-
sight or management of such funds, the Secretary of State 
shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, on an individual bureau or office basis, that such 
bureau or office is in compliance with Department and 
Federal financial management policies, procedures and 
regulations, as applicable: Provided, That if the Secretary 
is unable to make such certification for an individual bu-
reau or office, the Secretary shall submit a plan and 
timeline to such Committees detailing the steps to be 
taken to ensure such compliance. 
(d) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AWARDS.—Not later 
than December 31, 2018, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
detailing all sole-source awards made by the Department
935 
of State during the previous fiscal year in excess of 
$2,000,000: Provided, That such report should be posted 
on the Department of State Web site. 
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. 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 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 enactment of 
this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military 
plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a
936 
democratically elected government has taken office: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 
apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 
public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 
provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of State under title I of this Act 
may be transferred between, 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 appro-
priation under the heading ‘‘Representation Ex-
penses’’. 
(2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 
of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 
with, such appropriations, but no such appropria-
937 
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. 
(3) 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 procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) TITLE VI AGENCIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation other than for administrative ex-
penses made available for fiscal year 2018, for programs 
under title VI of this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations for use for any of the purposes, programs, 
and activities for which the funds in such receiving ac-
count may be used, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 
exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under ti-
tles II through V of this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the
938 
United States Government, except pursuant to a 
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 
this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding 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 allocated or transferred to agencies of the 
United States Government pursuant to the provi-
sions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
(3) 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 related programs 
under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
939 
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the requirement in the previous sentence 
shall not apply to agreements entered into between 
USAID and the Department of State. 
(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. 
(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
940 
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. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Admin-
istrator shall each submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing all transfers to another agency 
of the United States Government made pursuant to sec-
tions 632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 with funds provided in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) as of 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such 
reports shall include a list of each transfer made pursuant 
to such sections with the respective funding level, appro-
priation account, and the receiving agency. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first-
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class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
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 Web 
sites: 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 entity car-
rying out the following activities: criminal investigations, 
prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; 
and the monitoring of such Web sites 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, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type.
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AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 
661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, and funds provided under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Credit Authority’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an 
additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 
of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds 
are initially obligated before the expiration of their respec-
tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
further, That the availability of funds pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall not be applicable to such funds until 
the Secretary of State submits the reports required under 
section 7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division K of Public Law 114–113) and under section 
7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 
Public Law 115–31): Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall provide a report to the Committees on Ap-
943 
propriations not later than October 30, 2018, detailing by 
account and source year, the use of this authority during 
the previous fiscal year. 
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 
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 consultations 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
944 
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. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2018 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 2019 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program if, not later than 
September 30, 2019, such taxes have not been reimbursed: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations by such date on the foreign 
governments and entities that have not reimbursed such 
taxes, including any amount of funds withheld pursuant 
to this subsection.
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(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. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to any foreign government or entity that as-
sesses 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) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days
946 
prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 
with regard to any foreign government or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist-
ance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 
framework bilateral agreement between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the government of 
the country receiving assistance that describes the 
privileges and immunities applicable to United 
States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
or an individual agreement between the Government 
of the United States and such government that de-
scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 
purposes that will be accorded the United States as-
sistance provided under that agreement; and 
(2) the term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ shall include 
value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 
include individual income taxes assessed to local 
staff. 
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies 
of the United States Government, shall submit an update
947 
to the report required pursuant to section 7013(h) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 
Law 115–31). 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the 
designation if compliance with the designation is made im-
possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 
Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made available under the same terms and conditions as 
originally provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 
the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe-
riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin-
948 
istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 
of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 
can be obligated during the original period of availability: 
Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs to the departments 
and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
949 
the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offset-
ting collections, or made available by transfer, to the de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) eliminate a program, project, or activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, or rename bureaus, 
centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I and 
II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, to the departments and agencies funded under ti-
tles I and II of this Act that remain available for obliga-
tion in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the department and agency funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation
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or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
951 
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall 
be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: 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 an 
activity, program, or project for which funds are appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 
10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project 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: Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification 
of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwith-
standing authority, the Committees on Appropriations 
should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the 
extent practicable. 
(d) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, with the excep-
tion of funds transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
propriated under title I of this Act, funds transferred by 
the Department of Defense to the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations, and funds made available for programs pre-
viously authorized under section 1206 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), section 2282 of title 10, United 
States Code, section 333 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by section 1241 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), 
or any successor authorities, shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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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, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon-
duras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Philippines, 
the Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 
Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 
Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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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 as defined by section 7034(o)(3) of this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
notification shall include the information specified under 
this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as other com-
mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the
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Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 
are returned or not made available for organizations and 
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in 
Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.
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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 
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.
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ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 
subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III through V shall be made available in the amounts spe-
cifically designated in the respective tables included in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such des-
ignated amounts for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall serve as the amounts for such coun-
tries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise 
provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as applicable, may only deviate up 
to 5 percent from the amounts specifically designated in 
the respective tables included in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded 
only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances di-
rectly related to the national interest: Provided further, 
That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, no deviations authorized by sub-
section (b) may take place until submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to— 
(1) amounts designated for ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ in the respective ta-
bles included in the report accompanying this Act; 
and 
(2) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 
and entertainment expenses further official agency busi-
ness and United States foreign policy interests— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature;
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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. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 
events, theatrical and musical productions, and 
amusement parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military
960 
equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern-
ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 
Provided further, That this section applies with re-
spect to lethal military equipment provided under a 
contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of
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how the assistance furthers United States national 
interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the
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waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include
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country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in each such account; and for the development assistance 
accounts of the United States Agency for International 
Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 
be considered to include central, country, regional, and 
program level funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of the en-
actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
964 
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, 
any assistance, or any other financial commitments for es-
tablishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
export by any country other than the United States, if 
the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 
at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected 
to become operative and if the assistance will cause sub-
stantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 
prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if 
in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 
industry and employment in the United States are likely 
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropria-
965 
tions: Provided further, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not
966 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of the international financial in-
stitutions, as defined in section 7034(o)(3) of this Act, to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 
assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated 
or made available by this Act, for the production or extrac-
tion of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in 
surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause 
substantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity.
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SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count.
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(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as
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the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(5) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 
Administrator shall report as part of the congres-
sional budget justification submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies 
for the administrative requirements of the United 
States Government as authorized in subsection 
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used or to be used for such purpose in each ap-
plicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds.
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(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2018, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public
972 
Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 
pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION
FOR
LOCAL
ENTITIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available to the United 
States Agency for International Development may only be 
made available for limited competitions through local enti-
ties if— 
(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has—
973 
(A) assessed the level of local capacity to 
effectively implement, manage, and account for 
programs included in such competition; and 
(B) documented the written results of the 
assessment and decisions made; and 
(2) prior to making an award after limiting 
competition to local entities— 
(A) each successful local entity has been 
determined to be responsible in accordance with 
USAID guidelines; and 
(B) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that award fund-
ing is used for its intended purposes; and 
(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the 
requirements of subsection (a)(1), the USAID Adminis-
trator shall report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees not later than 45 days after the end of fiscal year 
2018 on all awards subject to limited or no competition 
for local entities: Provided, That such report should be 
posted on the USAID Web site: Provided further, That 
the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to 
awards in excess of $3,000,000 and sole source awards 
to local entities in excess of $2,000,000.
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to seek to require that such institution adopts and 
implements a publicly available policy, including the stra-
tegic use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct 
independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of 
at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and sig-
nificant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the 
institution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equi-
table economic growth, consistent with relevant safe-
guards, to ensure that decisions to support such loans, 
grants, programs, and activities are based on accurate 
data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later than 
45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
steps taken by the United States executive directors and 
the international financial institutions consistent with this 
subsection. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 
to any international financial institution while the United 
States executive director to such institution is com-
pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with
975 
whatever compensation such executive director receives 
from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 
for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, or while any alternate United States execu-
tive director to such institution is compensated by the in-
stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 
individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(c) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to seek to require that 
such institution conducts rigorous human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu-
tion: Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy the executive director shall con-
sult with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, if the executive 
director has reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, 
or strategy could result in forced displacement or other 
violation of human rights. 
(d) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
976 
tor of each international financial institution to promote 
in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improve-
ments in borrowing countries’ financial management and 
judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish 
fraud and corruption. 
(e) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to seek 
to require that each such institution is effectively imple-
menting and enforcing policies and procedures which re-
flect best practices for the protection of whistleblowers 
from retaliation, including best practices for— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 
including external arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
977 
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if— 
(A)(i) each implementing agency or min-
istry to receive assistance has been assessed 
and is considered to have the systems required 
to manage such assistance and any identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; 
(ii) the recipient agency or ministry em-
ploys and utilizes staff with the necessary tech-
nical, financial, and management capabilities;
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(iii) the recipient agency or ministry has 
adopted competitive procurement policies and 
systems; 
(iv) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that such assist-
ance is used for its intended purposes; 
(v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 
and 
(vi) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to publicly disclose on an an-
nual basis its national budget, to include in-
come and expenditures; 
(B) the recipient government is in compli-
ance with the principles set forth in section 
7013 of this Act; 
(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 
headed or controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(D) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country 
have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 
objectives for the use of such assistance, which
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should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 
basis; and 
(E) the recipient government is taking 
steps to protect the rights of civil society, in-
cluding freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), no 
funds may be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance without prior consultation 
with, and notification of, the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That such notification shall con-
tain an explanation of how the proposed activity 
meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided 
further, That the requirements of this paragraph 
shall only apply to direct government-to-government 
assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all funds 
available for cash transfer, budget support, and cash 
payments to individuals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development or the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to- 
government assistance if the Administrator or the 
Secretary has credible information of material mis-
980 
use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 
the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance, including 
a justification, or that such misuse has been appro-
priately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2019 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act and 6 months thereafter until 
September 30, 2019, the USAID Administrator 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
report that— 
(A) details all assistance described in para-
graph (1) provided during the previous 6-month 
period by country, funding amount, source of 
funds, and type of such assistance; and 
(B) the type of procurement instrument or 
mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 
was provided on a reimbursable basis.
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(6) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the government of any foreign country 
for debt service payments owed by any country to 
any international financial institution: Provided, 
That for purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘‘international financial institution’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 7034(o)(3) of this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FISCAL 
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con-
tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re-
quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
as identified in the report required by section 
7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 
are requirements consistent with those in subsection 
(a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 
documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 
by ministry) and government contracts and licenses
982 
for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 
and concession allocation practices). 
(3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de-
termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi-
cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter-
minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart-
ment of State Web site: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall identify the significant progress made by 
each such government to publicly disclose national 
budget documentation, contracts, and licenses which 
are additional to such information disclosed in pre-
vious fiscal years, and include specific recommenda-
tions of short- and long-term steps such government 
should take to improve fiscal transparency: Provided 
further, That the annual report shall include a de-
tailed description of how funds appropriated by this 
Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, 
and identify benchmarks for measuring progress. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
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grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency: 
Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That a description of the uses of such 
funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans-
parency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1)(A) INELIGIBILITY.—Officials of foreign gov-
ernments and their immediate family members about 
whom the Secretary of State has credible informa-
tion have been involved in significant corruption, in-
cluding corruption related to the extraction of nat-
ural resources, or a gross violation of human rights 
shall be ineligible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or pri-
vately designate or identify officials of foreign gov-
ernments and their immediate family members about 
whom the Secretary has such credible information 
without regard to whether the individual has applied 
for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible if entry into the United States would further
984 
important United States law enforcement objectives 
or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 
its obligations under the United Nations Head-
quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in 
paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from 
United States Government obligations under applica-
ble international agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
tional interest or that the circumstances which 
caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report, including a classified annex if nec-
essary, to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Committees on the Judiciary describing the informa-
tion related to corruption or violation of human 
rights concerning each of the individuals found ineli-
gible in the previous 12 months pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Sec-
retary designated or identified pursuant to para-
graph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the 
application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers
985 
provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 
for each waiver. 
(5) POSTING
OF
REPORT.—Any unclassified 
portion of the report required under paragraph (4) 
shall be posted on the Department of State Web 
site. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1)(B), (4), and (5), the records of the De-
partment of State and of diplomatic and consular of-
fices of the United States pertaining to the issuance 
or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—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 Department of State foreign as-
sistance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies 
funded under this Act shall provide such information on 
foreign assistance, upon request, to the Department of 
State.
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DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $2,308,517,000 shall 
be made available for democracy programs. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
for democracy programs may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law, and with regard to 
the National Endowment for Democracy, any regulation. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 
governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 
expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 
rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 
law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo-
cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 
development of democratic states, and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section that are made available for 
programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 
prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com-
mitment to democracy and the rule of law, as determined 
by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the
987 
United States Agency for International Development, as 
appropriate. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re-
spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro-
grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 
assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 
participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 
prior approval by the government of any foreign country: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID to comply with the require-
ments of this subsection. 
(f) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT
PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit-
ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec-
ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 
agreements in implementing such programs: Provided, 
That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to af-
fect the ability of any entity, including United States small 
businesses, from competing for proposals for USAID- 
funded civil society and political competition and con-
sensus building programs.
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(g) COMMUNICATION
AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) INFORMING
THE
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT 
FOR DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democ-
racy, 
Conflict, 
and 
Humanitarian 
Assistance, 
USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endow-
ment for Democracy of democracy programs that 
are planned and supported by funds made available 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs. 
(2) REPORT ON FUNDING INSTRUMENTS.—Not 
later than September 30, 2018, the Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator shall each submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report detail-
ing the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements in the conduct of democracy programs 
with funds made available by the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 
115–31), which shall include funding level, account, 
program sector and subsector, and a brief summary 
of purpose.
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(3) REPORT ON PROGRAM CHANGES.—The Sec-
retary of State or the USAID Administrator, as ap-
propriate, shall report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees within 30 days of a decision to 
significantly change the objectives or the content of 
a democracy program or to close such a program 
due to the increasingly repressive nature of the host 
country government: Provided, That the report shall 
also include a strategy for continuing support for de-
mocracy promotion, if such programming is feasible, 
and may be submitted in classified form, if nec-
essary. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ shall 
be made available for the Office of International Re-
ligious Freedom, Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, the Office 
of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Reli-
gious Freedom, and the Special Envoy to Promote 
Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the 
Near East and South Central Asia, as authorized in
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the Near East and South Central Asia Religious 
Freedom Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–161), includ-
ing for support staff at not less than the amounts 
specified for such offices in the table under such 
heading in the report accompanying this Act. 
(2) Funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and des-
ignated for the Office of International Religious 
Freedom shall be made available for the development 
and implementation of an international religious 
freedom curriculum in accordance with section 
708(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4028). 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ and available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 
(HRDF), not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for international religious freedom pro-
grams. 
(2) PROTECTION
AND
INVESTIGATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for
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programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted reli-
gious minorities, including for assistance authorized 
by section 5 of H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Geno-
cide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act of 
2017, as passed by the House of Representatives on 
June 6, 2017. 
(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for hu-
manitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted 
religious minorities, including victims of genocide 
designated by the Secretary of State and other 
groups that have suffered crimes against humanity 
and ethnic cleansing, to— 
(A) accelerate the implementation of an 
immediate, coordinated, and sustained response 
to provide humanitarian assistance; 
(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, 
including those facing a dire humanitarian cri-
sis and severe persecution because of their faith 
or ethnicity; and 
(C) improve access to secure locations for 
obtaining humanitarian and resettlement serv-
ices.
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(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’ shall be made available for programs related to 
international religious freedom, including reporting on the 
condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 
for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 
and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 
of such trafficking, may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) 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. 
(3) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.—
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(A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $6,500,000 shall be made avail-
able for forensic anthropology assistance related 
to the exhumation of mass graves and the iden-
tification of victims of war crimes, genocide, 
and crimes against humanity, including in Iraq, 
Guatemala, Colombia, El Salvador, Syria, and 
Sri Lanka, which shall be administered by the 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$6,000,000 shall be made available for DNA fo-
rensic technology programs to combat human 
trafficking in Central America and Mexico. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
PRISON
CONDITIONS.— 
Section 7065 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. 
(5) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 
mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 
other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 
as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(6) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex-
pended during fiscal year 2017, by country and pur-
pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’. 
(7) FOREIGN
MILITARY
SALES
AND
FOREIGN 
MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ for the general costs 
of administering military assistance and sales 
shall be made available to increase the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of programs authorized 
by Chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act: 
Provided, That prior to the obligation of funds
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for such purposes, the Secretary of State shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(B) QUARTERLY
STATUS
REPORT.—Fol-
lowing 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 co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
status report that contains the information de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, from this or any other Act, may be made available 
as a general contribution to the World Food Programme. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as
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authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES AND 
TRIBUNALS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment 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 contribu-
tions to establish and maintain memorial sites of 
genocide, subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Of the amount 
made available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’, not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
be used to make 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 para-
graph the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means
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the provision of funding on a competitive basis 
that— 
(A) encourages and rewards the develop-
ment of solutions for a particular, well-defined 
problem related to the alleviation of poverty; or 
(B) helps identify and promote a broad 
range of ideas and practices facilitating further 
development of an idea or practice by third par-
ties. 
(5) REPORT.—The report required by section 
502(d) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115–31) 
shall be provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator may initiate a partner vetting pro-
gram to mitigate the risk of diversion of foreign assist-
ance, or make significant modifications to any existing 
partner vetting program, only following consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary and Administrator should provide a direct vet-
ting option for prime awardees in any partner vetting pro-
gram 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 author-
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ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(g) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment 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 Oc-
tober 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 DETER-
MINATION.—None of the funds appropriated in titles I and 
III of this Act may be used for the preservation of reli-
gious sites unless the Secretary of State or the USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that such sites are his-
torically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the 
purpose 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 PRO-
TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 
merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For-
eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex-
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pired 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 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 appro-
priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 
be transferred. 
(j) GREEN CLIMATE FUND PROHIBITION.—None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any 
other payment to the Green Climate Fund. 
(k) 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 substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law
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111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2018. 
(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV-
ER.—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) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams 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 in-
serting ‘‘2018’’. 
(5) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public
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Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
(6) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, and 2019’’. 
(l) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE
AND
THE UNITED 
STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
Prior to implementing any reorganization of the Depart-
ment of State or USAID, including any action taken pur-
suant to the March 13, 2017 Executive Order No. 13781 
on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive 
Branch, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on such reorga-
nization: Provided, That such report shall include— 
(1) a detailed justification and analysis for each 
major element of such reorganization plans, includ-
ing any proposals to—
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(A) eliminate or consolidate covered de-
partments, agencies, or organizations, including 
bureaus and offices within such departments, 
agencies, or organizations, with duplicative or 
overlapping programs or missions; 
(B) expand, reconfigure, eliminate, or con-
solidate the United States official presence 
overseas, including through the disposal of ex-
cess property, at bilateral, regional, or multilat-
eral embassies and missions; 
(C) reduce, modernize, or otherwise modify 
the workforce of the Department of State and 
USAID, including Civil Service and Foreign 
Service, eligible family members, and locally 
employed staff; and 
(D) improve the efficiency, effectiveness, 
performance, and accountability of the Depart-
ment of State and USAID, including through 
modernizing information technology platforms 
and streamlining administrative functions; and 
(2) projections of cost savings and efficiencies 
achieved through implementation of each element, 
an analysis of the impact of any such change on the 
ability to advance the national interests of the 
United States through diplomacy and development
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and to conduct adequate monitoring and oversight of 
foreign assistance programs, and any legislative 
change necessary to implement such proposals. 
(m) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may be made 
available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 
survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 
the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 
the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) shall be exer-
cised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, 
USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non- 
HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budg-
et justification an accounting of budgetary resources, dis-
bursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 
fund.
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(n) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees 
for Jordan, Ukraine, Iraq, Egypt, and Tunisia, which are 
authorized to be provided: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this paragraph for the costs of such guar-
antees shall not be considered assistance for the purposes 
of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees, and the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That amounts made available pur-
suant to this subsection from prior Acts that were pre-
viously designated by the 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, are designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act and shall be available only
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if the President subsequently so designates all such 
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
(o) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-
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American Investment Corporation, the North Amer-
ican Development Bank, the European Bank for Re-
construction and Development, the African Develop-
ment Bank, the African Development Fund, and the 
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(4) SOUTHERN KORDOFAN REFERENCE.—Any 
reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other 
Act making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs shall 
be deemed to include portions of Western Kordofan 
that were previously part of Southern Kordofan 
prior to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan. 
(5) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—Unless otherwise provided 
for in this Act, for the purposes of this Act the 
terms ‘‘under this heading’’, ‘‘under the heading’’, 
‘‘under the headings’’, or similar phrases mean 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under such heading or headings in all titles of this 
Act: Provided, That the term ‘‘under the heading in 
this title’’ or similar phrases means funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available only in such 
title.
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(7) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals and cri-
teria for measuring progress and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; and 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize re-
lations with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab
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League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 
demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 
into consideration the participation of any recipient 
country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ-
ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 
the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
nesses from complying with the boycott and penal-
izing businesses that do comply. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
and
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(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force;
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(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office
1011 
of any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 
Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con-
sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet-
ings between officers and employees of the United States 
and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel- 
PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con-
ducting official United States Government business with 
such authority should continue to take place in locations 
other than Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been 
true in the past, officers and employees of the United 
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 
contacts, and have incidental discussions. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any
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other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2018, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 
any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 
entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 
principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov-
erning board of trustees any individual that has been de-
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termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 
or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter-
rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 
terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu-
cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 
be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 
Bank and Gaza Program may be made available for 
the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring in-
dividuals, including family members of Palestinians, 
who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds made available by this or 
prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
available by transfer, may be made available for obli-
gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks 
that have been established for security assistance for
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the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent 
of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 
$500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, inspections, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 
in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 
treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral
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West Bank and Gaza Program, including any funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2018 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 
audit shall address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) 
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Funds 
made 
available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations updating the 
report contained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II 
of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 
Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 
2005 (Public Law 109–13). 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
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sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 
the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 
place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
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propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such
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government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 
(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government.
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(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(2) REPORT ON GOVERNANCE.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2018, the Secretary of 
State shall report to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees on steps taken by the Gov-
ernment of Egypt to— 
(i) advance democracy and human 
rights in Egypt, including to govern demo-
cratically and protect the rights of reli-
gious minorities and women; 
(ii) implement reforms that protect 
freedoms of expression, association, and 
peaceful assembly, including the ability of 
civil society organizations and the media to 
function without interference; and 
(iii) improve the transparency and ac-
countability of security forces. 
(B) The report required by subparagraph 
(A) may be provided in classified form if nec-
essary. 
(3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 
(A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, not less than $150,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Egypt, sub-
ject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees and the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations and section 634A of the Foreign As-
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sistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such 
funds may be made available for democracy 
programs and for development programs in the 
Sinai: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be made available for cash transfer assist-
ance or budget support unless the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the Government 
of Egypt is taking consistent and effective steps 
to stabilize the economy and implement market- 
based economic reforms. 
(B) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of 
State shall withhold from obligation funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Egypt, 
an amount of such funds that the Secretary de-
termines to be equivalent to that expended by 
the United States Government for bail, and by 
nongovernmental organizations for legal and 
court fees, associated with democracy-related 
trials in Egypt until the Secretary certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Government of Egypt has dismissed 
the convictions issued by the Cairo Criminal
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Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public Prosecution 
Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’. 
(4) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, shall be made available for assistance for 
Egypt, which may be transferred to an interest bear-
ing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on any plan to restructure military 
assistance for Egypt. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’ shall be used by the Secretary of State— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon;
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(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
of Action or United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2231; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic 
missile and weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs for Iran, to 
be administered by the Assistant Secretary for 
Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Depart-
ment of State. 
(2) CONTINUATION
OF
PROHIBITION.—The 
terms and conditions of paragraph (2) of section 
7041(c) in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2018. 
(3) REPORTS.— 
(A) The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations the semi-an-
nual report required by section 2 of the Iran 
Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)).
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(B) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the status of 
the implementation and enforcement of bilateral 
United 
States 
and 
multilateral 
sanctions 
against Iran and actions taken by the United 
States and the international community to en-
force such sanctions against Iran: Provided, 
That the report shall also include any entities 
involved in providing significant support for the 
development of a ballistic missile by the Govern-
ment of Iran after October 1, 2015, including 
shipping and financing, and note whether such 
entities are currently under United States sanc-
tions: Provided further, That such report shall 
be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(c) IRAQ.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq 
to promote governance, security, and internal and 
regional stability, including in the Kurdistan Region 
of Iraq and other areas impacted by the conflict in
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Syria, and among religious and ethnic minority pop-
ulations in Iraq. 
(2) EXPLOSIVE
ORDNANCE
DISPOSAL
PRO-
GRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’ shall be made available for 
explosive ordnance disposal programs in areas liber-
ated from extremist organizations in Iraq. 
(3) KURDISTAN REGION.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ that are available for as-
sistance for Iraq shall be made available to en-
hance the capacity of Kurdistan Regional Gov-
ernment security services and for security pro-
grams in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to ad-
dress requirements arising from the violence in 
Syria and Iraq: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to obligating such funds. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ 
should be made available for assistance for the
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Kurdistan Region of Iraq to address the needs 
of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refu-
gees: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ shall be made available for programs to 
mitigate the impact of such IDPs and refugees 
in such Region, including for assistance for 
communities hosting such persons. 
(4) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be used by the Government of the 
United States to enter into a permanent basing 
rights agreement between the United States and 
Iraq. 
(d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $1,280,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 
less than $475,000,000 shall be for budget support for 
the Government of Jordan. 
(e) LEBANON.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb-
anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 
is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as
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designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are 
available for assistance for Lebanon may be made 
available for programs and equipment for the ISF 
and the LAF to address security and stability re-
quirements in areas affected by the conflict in Syria, 
following consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(3) 
FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PRO-
GRAM.—In addition to the activities described in 
paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 
only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen 
border security and combat terrorism, including 
training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s 
borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the 
use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, 
and to implement United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 
obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Sec-
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retary of State submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a spend plan, including actions to be taken 
to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is only 
used for the intended purposes, except such plan 
may not be considered as meeting the notification 
requirements under section 7015 of this Act or 
under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and shall be submitted not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2018: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion submitted pursuant to such sections shall in-
clude any funds specifically intended for lethal mili-
tary equipment. 
(f) LIBYA.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central Government of Libya unless the 
Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that such government is 
cooperating with United States Government efforts 
to investigate and bring to justice those responsible 
for the attack on United States personnel and facili-
ties in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: Pro-
vided, That the limitation in this paragraph shall 
not apply to funds made available for the purpose of
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protecting United States Government personnel or 
facilities. 
(2) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—Prior to 
the initial obligation of funds made available by this 
Act for assistance for Libya, the Secretary of State 
shall certify and report to the Committees on Appro-
priations that all practicable steps have been taken 
to ensure that mechanisms are in place for moni-
toring, oversight, and control of funds made avail-
able by this subsection for assistance for Libya. 
(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of State shall promptly inform the appropriate con-
gressional committees of each instance in which as-
sistance provided pursuant to this subsection 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 re-
sponse of the Department of State. 
(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act that are made available for assistance for Mo-
rocco shall also be made available for assistance for any 
region or territory administered by Morocco, including the 
Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 45 days 
after enactment of this Act and prior to the obligation of 
such funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation with
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the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds 
based on the requirements described under this section in 
the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) REFUGEE ASSISTANCE IN NORTH AFRICA.—The 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the United Na-
tions High Commissioner for Refugees and the Executive 
Director of the World Food Programme, shall take all 
practicable steps to strengthen monitoring of the delivery 
of humanitarian assistance provided for refugees in North 
Africa, including the establishment of registration systems 
where they do not exist and any other efforts to ensure 
that all vulnerable refugees are receiving such assistance. 
(i) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy for 
United States engagement in North Africa, which shall in-
clude detailed information on how diplomatic engagement 
and assistance will be prioritized for such region, including 
to address economic and security needs. 
(j) SYRIA.— 
(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act shall be made
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available, to the extent practicable and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for non-lethal 
assistance for programs to address the needs of civil-
ians affected by conflict in Syria, and for programs 
that seek to— 
(A) establish governance in Syria that is 
representative, inclusive, and accountable; 
(B) empower women through political and 
economic programs, and address the psycho-
social needs of women and their families in 
Syria and neighboring countries; 
(C) develop and implement political proc-
esses that are democratic, transparent, and 
strengthen the rule of law; 
(D) further the legitimacy and viability of 
the Syrian opposition through cross-border pro-
grams; 
(E) develop and sustain civil society and 
independent media in Syria; 
(F) promote stability and economic devel-
opment in Syria; 
(G) document, investigate, and prosecute 
human rights violations in Syria, including 
through transitional justice programs and sup-
port for nongovernmental organizations;
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(H) expand the role of women in negotia-
tions to end the violence and in any political 
transition in Syria; 
(I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 
has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 
complete higher education requirements at uni-
versities and other academic institutions in the 
region, and through distance learning; 
(J) assist vulnerable populations in Syria 
and in neighboring countries; 
(K) protect and preserve the cultural iden-
tity of the people of Syria as a counterbalance 
to extremism, particularly those living in neigh-
boring countries and among youth; 
(L) protect and preserve cultural heritage 
sites in Syria, particularly those damaged and 
destroyed by extremists; and 
(M) counter extremism in Syria. 
(2) STRATEGY
UPDATE.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assistance for 
Syria pursuant to the authority of this subsection 
may only be made available after the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of relevant 
United States Government agencies, submits, in 
classified form if necessary, an update to the com-
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prehensive strategy required in section 7041(i)(3) of 
Public Law 113–76. 
(3) MONITORING
AND
OVERSIGHT.—Prior to 
the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and 
made available for assistance for Syria, the Sec-
retary of State shall take all practicable steps to en-
sure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 
oversight, and control of such assistance inside 
Syria: Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly 
inform the appropriate congressional committees of 
each instance in which assistance provided pursuant 
to this subsection has been diverted or destroyed, to 
include the type and amount of assistance, a descrip-
tion of the incident and parties involved, and an ex-
planation of the response of the Department of 
State. 
(4) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to this subsection 
may only be made available following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees, and 
shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(k) TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than $165,400,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Tunisia.
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(l) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 
is to— 
(A) advance Middle East peace; 
(B) improve security in the region; 
(C) continue support for transparent and 
accountable government institutions; 
(D) promote a private sector economy; or 
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 
Act may be made available for assistance for 
the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 
enactment of this Act— 
(i) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an
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agreement negotiated between Israel and 
the Palestinians; or 
(ii) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 
authorized investigation, or actively sup-
port such an investigation, that subjects 
Israeli nationals to an investigation for al-
leged crimes against Palestinians. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
(Public Law 100–204) if the President deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Palestinians 
have not, after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
and
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(II) initiated or actively supported an 
ICC investigation against Israeli nationals 
for alleged crimes against Palestinians. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi-
dent is unable to make the certification pursu-
ant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the 
President may waive section 1003 of Public 
Law 100–204 if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Palestinians have entered 
into direct and meaningful negotiations with 
Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 
under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 
previous provisions of law must expire before 
the waiver under the preceding sentence may be 
exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall be effective for no more than a pe-
riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 
Act.
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(3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall 
reduce the amount of assistance made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority by an amount 
the Secretary determines is equivalent to the amount 
expended by the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine 
Liberation Organization, and any successor or affili-
ated organizations with such entities for payments 
to individuals and the families of such individuals 
who are imprisoned for acts of terrorism or who died 
committing such acts during the previous calendar 
year: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on the 
amount reduced for fiscal year 2018 prior to the ob-
ligation of funds for the Palestinian Authority: Pro-
vided further, That the report required by the pre-
vious proviso shall also include steps taken to pre-
vent any such payments. 
(4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments contained in section 1404 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110– 
252) shall apply to funds made available by this Act, 
including a description of modifications, if any, to 
the security strategy of the Palestinian Authority.
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(5) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees detailing steps taken by the 
Palestinian Authority to counter incitement of vio-
lence against Israelis and to promote peace and co-
existence with Israel. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION AS-
SISTANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ for the central government of a country in the 
African Great Lakes region may be made available only 
for Expanded International Military Education and Train-
ing and professional military education until the Secretary 
of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that such government is not facilitating or 
otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a 
neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed 
groups. 
(b) BOKO HARAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for Cameroon, 
Chad, Niger, and Nigeria— 
(1) shall be made available for assistance for 
women and girls who are targeted by the terrorist
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organization Boko Haram, consistent with the provi-
sions of section 7059 of this Act, and for individuals 
displaced by Boko Haram violence; and 
(2) may be made available for counterterrorism 
programs to combat Boko Haram. 
(c) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds made 
available by this Act for assistance for the Central African 
Republic shall be made available for reconciliation and 
peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote 
inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and 
for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. 
(d) LORD’S
RESISTANCE
ARMY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available for programs 
and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance 
Army (LRA) consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Re-
sistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recov-
ery Act (Public Law 111–172), including to improve phys-
ical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early- 
warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, de-
mobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combat-
ants, especially child soldiers. 
(e) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than $56,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
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for Malawi, of which $10,000,000 shall be made available 
for higher education programs. 
(f) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
(1) STRATEGY
UPDATE.—Not later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, shall submit an update to the strategy re-
quired in section 7042(i) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 
115–31). 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for assistance 
for the central Government of South Sudan may be 
made available until the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such government is taking effective steps to— 
(A) end hostilities and pursue good faith 
negotiations for a political settlement of the 
conflict; 
(B) provide access for humanitarian orga-
nizations; 
(C) end the recruitment and use of child 
soldiers;
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(D) protect freedoms of expression, asso-
ciation, and assembly; 
(E) reduce corruption related to the ex-
traction and sale of oil and gas; 
(F) establish democratic institutions; 
(G) establish accountable military and po-
lice forces under civilian authority; and 
(H) investigate and prosecute individuals 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including at the Terrain 
compound in Juba, South Sudan on July 11, 
2016. 
(3) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitation of paragraph 
(2) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance to support South Sudan 
peace negotiations or to advance or implement 
a peace agreement; and 
(C) assistance to support implementation 
of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 
Peace Agreement and mutual arrangements re-
lated to such Agreement. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the initial obliga-
tion of funds made available for the central Govern-
ment of South Sudan pursuant to paragraphs (3)(B)
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and (C), the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations on the intended 
uses of such funds, steps taken by such government 
to advance or implement a peace agreement, and 
progress made by the Government of South Sudan 
in meeting the requirements in paragraph (2). 
(g) SUDAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
Government of Sudan. 
(2) LIMITATION ON LOANS.—None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 
loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, 
including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling 
amounts owed to the United States, and modifying 
concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agree-
ments. 
(3) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of para-
graphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to— 
(A) humanitarian assistance; 
(B) assistance for democracy programs;
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(C) assistance for the Darfur region, 
Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, 
other marginalized areas and populations in 
Sudan, and Abyei; and 
(D) assistance to support implementation 
of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive 
Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements related 
to post-referendum issues associated with such 
Agreement, or any other internationally recog-
nized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(h) ZIMBABWE.— 
(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to vote 
against any extension by the respective institution of 
any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, 
except to meet basic human needs or to promote de-
mocracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the rule of law has been restored, including respect 
for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of 
expression, association, and assembly. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available for as-
sistance for the central Government of Zimbabwe,
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except for health and education, unless the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports as required in para-
graph (1), and funds may be made available for 
macroeconomic growth assistance if the Secretary 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such government is implementing transparent fiscal 
policies, including public disclosure of revenues from 
the extraction of natural resources. 
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 
(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for as-
sistance for Burma may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except 
for this subsection, and following consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act for assistance for Burma— 
(i) 
shall 
be 
made 
available 
to 
strengthen civil society organizations in 
Burma and for programs to strengthen 
independent media; 
(ii) shall be made available for com-
munity-based organizations operating in
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Thailand to provide food, medical, and 
other humanitarian assistance to internally 
displaced persons in eastern Burma, in ad-
dition to assistance for Burmese refugees 
from funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’; 
(iii) shall be made available for pro-
grams to promote ethnic and religious tol-
erance, including in Rakhine and Kachin 
states; 
(iv) shall be made available to pro-
mote 
rural 
economic 
development 
in 
Burma, including through microfinance 
and sustainable power generation pro-
grams; 
(v) shall be made available to increase 
opportunities for foreign direct investment 
by strengthening the rule of law, trans-
parency, and accountability; 
(vi) may not be made available to any 
individual or organization if the Secretary 
of State has credible information that such 
individual or organization has committed a 
gross violation of human rights, including
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against Rohingya and other minority 
groups, or that advocates violence against 
ethnic or religious groups and individuals 
in Burma; 
(vii) may not be made available to any 
organization or entity controlled by the 
military of Burma; and 
(viii) may be made available for pro-
grams administered by the Office of Tran-
sition Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International 
Development, 
for 
ethnic 
groups and civil society in Burma to help 
sustain ceasefire agreements and further 
prospects for reconciliation and peace, 
which may include support to representa-
tives of ethnic armed groups for this pur-
pose. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 
Burma: Provided, That the Department of State 
may continue consultations with the armed forces of 
Burma only on human rights and disaster response
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in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal year, 
and following consultation with the appropriate con-
gressional committees. 
(3) PROGRAMS, POSITION, AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
(A) Any new program or activity in Burma 
initiated in fiscal year 2017 shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(B) Section 7043(b)(7) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 
Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2018. 
(b) CAMBODIA.— 
(1) CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds 
appropriated in title IV of this Act that are made 
available for assistance for the central Government 
of Cambodia, 25 percent shall be withheld from obli-
gation until the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government— 
(A) is taking effective steps to strengthen 
regional security and stability, particularly re-
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garding territorial disputes in the South China 
Sea; 
(B) has ceased efforts to intimidate civil 
society and the political opposition in Cam-
bodia, is credibly investigating the murder of 
social and political activists, and is taking ac-
tions to address the concerns detailed in the 
September 14, 2016 United Nations Human 
Rights Situation in Cambodia—Joint State-
ment; and 
(C) is supporting the conduct of free and 
fair elections in Cambodia through a non-par-
tisan election commission; fair election proc-
esses; credible post-election dispute resolution 
mechanisms; open and inclusive participation, 
to include the return of exiled former opposition 
leaders; and respect for freedoms of assembly 
and speech. 
(2) KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for as-
sistance for Cambodia may only be made available 
for a contribution to the Extraordinary Chambers in 
the Court of Cambodia if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that such contribution is in the national
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interest of the United States and will support the 
prosecution and punishment of individuals respon-
sible for genocide in Cambodia in a credible manner. 
(c) NORTH KOREA.— 
(1) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting 
Operations’’ shall be made available to maintain 
broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not 
less than the prior fiscal year. 
(2) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ should be made available for assistance for 
refugees from North Korea, including protection ac-
tivities in the People’s Republic of China and other 
countries in Asia. 
(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 
available for assistance for the Government of North 
Korea. 
(d) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’ in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for processing licenses for the
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export of satellites of United States origin (including 
commercial satellites and satellite components) to 
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) unless, at 
least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appro-
priations are notified of such proposed action. 
(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms 
and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assist-
ance projects or activities of the People’s Liberation 
Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such projects or 
activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 
by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able pursuant to this Act may be used to finance 
any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with 
the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State 
has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 
an affiliate of, the PLA. 
(3) COUNTER INFLUENCE PROGRAMS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act for public diplomacy under 
title I and for assistance under titles III and IV 
shall be made available to counter the influence of 
the PRC, in accordance with the strategy required 
by section 7043(e)(3) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
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priations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 
76), following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(4) PROHIBITION.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ may be made available 
for assistance for the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(B) The limitation of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to assistance described in para-
graph (2) of subsection (f) of this section and 
for programs to detect, prevent, and treat infec-
tious disease. 
(e) PHILIPPINES.—Prior to the initial obligation of 
funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the Phil-
ippines, but not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall include the 
information required under this section in the report ac-
companying this Act. 
(f) TIBET.— 
(1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United
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States executive director of each international finan-
cial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to support financing of projects in 
Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 
the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 
Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti-
betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 
are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 
self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti-
betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef-
fective monitoring. 
(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 
made available to nongovernmental organiza-
tions to support activities which preserve cul-
tural traditions and promote sustainable devel-
opment, education, and environmental conserva-
tion in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Au-
tonomous Region and in other Tibetan commu-
nities in China. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 
made available for programs to promote and
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preserve Tibetan culture, development, and the 
resilience of Tibetan communities in India and 
Nepal, and to assist in the education and devel-
opment of the next generation of Tibetan lead-
ers from such communities: Provided, That 
such funds are in addition to amounts made 
available in subparagraph (A) for programs in-
side Tibet. 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) PERSONNEL REPORT.—Not later than 30 
days after enactment of this Act and every 120 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2019, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report, in classified form if 
necessary, to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees detailing by agency the number of personnel 
present in Afghanistan under Chief of Mission au-
thority per section 3927 of title 22, United States 
Code, at the end of the 120 day period preceding the 
submission of such report: Provided, That such re-
port shall also include the number of locally em-
ployed staff and contractors supporting United 
States Embassy operations in Afghanistan during 
the reporting period. 
(2) ASSISTANCE AND CONDITIONS.—
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(A) FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may 
be made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan: Provided, That such funds may not be ob-
ligated for any project or activity that— 
(i) includes the participation of any 
Afghan individual or organization, includ-
ing government entity, that the Secretary 
of State determines to be involved in cor-
rupt practices, illicit narcotics production 
or trafficking, or a violation of human 
rights; 
(ii) cannot be sustained, as appro-
priate, by the Government of Afghanistan 
or another Afghan entity; 
(iii) is not regularly accessible for the 
purposes of conducting effective oversight 
in accordance with applicable Federal stat-
utes and regulations; 
(iv) initiates any new, major infra-
structure development; or 
(v) legitimizes the Taliban or other 
extremist organizations in areas not under
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the control of the Government of Afghani-
stan. 
(B) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Prior 
to the initial obligation of funds made available 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’ for assistance for 
the central Government of Afghanistan, the 
Secretary of State shall certify and report to 
the Committees on Appropriations, after con-
sultation with the Government of Afghanistan, 
that— 
(i) goals and benchmarks for the spe-
cific uses of such funds have been estab-
lished by the Governments of the United 
States and Afghanistan; 
(ii) conditions are in place that in-
crease the transparency and accountability 
of the Government of Afghanistan for 
funds obligated under the New Develop-
ment Partnership or other incentive-based 
programs; 
(iii) the Government of Afghanistan is 
implementing laws and policies to govern
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democratically and protect the rights of in-
dividuals, civil society, and the media; 
(iv) the Government of Afghanistan is 
taking consistent steps to protect and ad-
vance the rights of women and girls in Af-
ghanistan; 
(v) the Government of Afghanistan is 
effectively implementing a whole-of-govern-
ment, anti-corruption strategy that has 
been endorsed by the High Council on 
Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption, as 
agreed to at the Brussels Conference on 
Afghanistan in October 2016, and is pros-
ecuting individuals alleged to be involved in 
corrupt or illegal activities in Afghanistan; 
(vi) monitoring and oversight frame-
works for programs implemented with such 
funds are in accordance with all applicable 
audit policies of the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, including in areas 
under the control of the Taliban or other 
extremist organizations; 
(vii) the necessary policies and proce-
dures are in place to ensure Government of
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Afghanistan compliance with section 7013 
of this Act, ‘‘Prohibition on Taxation of 
United States Assistance’’; and 
(viii) the Government of Afghanistan 
is publicly reporting its national budget, 
including revenues and expenditures. 
(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the certification requirement of subpara-
graph (B) if the Secretary determines that to 
do so is important to the national security in-
terest of the United States and the Secretary 
submits a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations, in classified form if necessary, on the 
justification for the waiver and the reasons why 
any of the requirements of subparagraph (B) 
cannot be met. 
(D) PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan shall be made available in the 
following manner— 
(i) for programs that protect and 
strengthen the rights of women and girls 
and promote the political and economic 
empowerment of women, including their 
meaningful inclusion in political processes;
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(ii) for programs in South and Cen-
tral Asia to expand linkages between Af-
ghanistan and countries in the region; and 
(iii) to assist the Government of Af-
ghanistan in developing and executing a 
transparent and consistently applied sys-
tem of legitimate revenue generation and 
expenditures. 
(E) TAXATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act for assistance for Afghani-
stan may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance unless the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that United States 
companies and organizations that are imple-
menting United States foreign assistance pro-
grams in Afghanistan in a manner consistent 
with United States laws and regulations are not 
subjected by such government to taxes or other 
fees in contravention of diplomatic and other 
agreements between the Governments of the 
United States and Afghanistan, or to retaliation 
for the nonpayment of taxes or fees imposed in 
the past: Provided, That not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
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State shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations an assessment of the dollar value of 
improper taxes or fees levied by such govern-
ment against such companies and organizations 
in fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017. 
(3) GOALS AND BENCHMARKS.—Not later than 
90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report describing the goals and 
benchmarks required in paragraph (2)(B)(i): Pro-
vided, That not later than 6 months after the sub-
mission of such report and every 6 months there-
after until September 30, 2019, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to such committees on 
the status of achieving such goals and benchmarks: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State should 
suspend assistance for the Government of Afghani-
stan if any report required by this paragraph indi-
cates that such government is failing to make meas-
urable progress in meeting such goals and bench-
marks. 
(4) AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
title III through VI that are made available for
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assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail-
able— 
(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 
this Act or any similar provision of law 
and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961; 
(ii) for reconciliation programs and 
disarmament, 
demobilization, 
and 
re-
integration activities for former combat-
ants who have renounced violence against 
the Government of Afghanistan, in accord-
ance with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74); 
and 
(iii) for an endowment to empower 
women and girls. 
(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of 
Public Law 112–74 shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this Act for assistance for Afghani-
stan. 
(5) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
United States Government to enter into a perma-
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nent basing rights agreement between the United 
States and Afghanistan. 
(b) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ for assistance for the Government of 
Pakistan may be made available unless the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of Pakistan 
is— 
(A) cooperating with the United States in 
counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 
Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e- 
Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 
other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza-
tions, including taking effective steps to end 
support for such groups and prevent them from 
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying 
out cross border attacks into neighboring coun-
tries; 
(B) not supporting terrorist activities 
against United States or coalition forces in Af-
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ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel-
ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi-
cially into political and judicial processes in 
Pakistan; 
(C) not financing or otherwise supporting 
schools supported by, affiliated with, or run by 
the Taliban or any designated foreign terrorist 
organization; 
(D) dismantling improvised explosive de-
vice (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 
chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
(E) preventing the proliferation of nuclear- 
related material and expertise; 
(F) issuing visas in a timely manner for 
United States visitors engaged in counterter-
rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki-
stan; and 
(G) providing humanitarian organizations 
access to detainees, internally displaced per-
sons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by 
the conflict. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may 
waive the certification requirement of paragraph (1) 
if the Secretary determines that to do so is impor-
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tant to the national security interest of the United 
States and the Secretary submits a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
necessary, on the justification for the waiver and the 
reasons why any part of the certification require-
ment of paragraph (1) has not been met. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 
available only to support counterterrorism and 
counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’ that are available for 
assistance for Pakistan shall be made available 
to interdict precursor materials from Pakistan 
to Afghanistan that are used to manufacture 
IEDs, including calcium ammonium nitrate; to 
support programs to train border and customs 
officials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for 
agricultural extension programs that encourage 
alternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farm-
ers.
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(4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.—The author-
ity and directives of section 7044(d)(4) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 
Public Law 113–235) shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for as-
sistance for Pakistan: Provided, That prior to the 
obligation of funds for such purposes, the USAID 
Administrator shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(5) REPORTS.— 
(A)(i) The spend plan required by section 
7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan 
shall include achievable and sustainable goals, 
benchmarks for measuring progress, and ex-
pected results regarding combating poverty and 
furthering development in Pakistan, countering 
terrorism and extremism, and establishing con-
ditions conducive to the rule of law and trans-
parent and accountable governance: Provided, 
That not later than 6 months after submission 
of such spend plan, and each 6 months there-
after until September 30, 2019, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations on the status of achiev-
ing the goals and benchmarks in such plan. 
(ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 
assistance for the Government of Pakistan if 
any report required by clause (i) indicates that 
Pakistan is failing to make measurable progress 
in meeting such goals or benchmarks. 
(B) Not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees detailing the costs and objec-
tives associated with significant infrastructure 
projects supported by the United States in 
Pakistan, and an assessment of the extent to 
which such projects achieve such objectives. 
(6) OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary of State shall 
take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms 
are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of 
funds made available by this subsection for assist-
ance for Pakistan. 
(c) SRI LANKA.— 
(1) 
BILATERAL
ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 
for assistance for Sri Lanka for democracy and eco-
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nomic development programs, particularly in areas 
recovering from ethnic and religious conflict: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be made available for 
programs to assist in the identification and resolu-
tion of cases of missing persons. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance for the central Government of 
Sri Lanka may be made available only if the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the Government of Sri 
Lanka is taking steps to— 
(A) address the underlying causes of con-
flict in Sri Lanka; 
(B) increase accountability and trans-
parency in governance; and 
(C) fulfill commitments with respect to 
transitional justice and the restoration of civil 
and human rights. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act that 
are available for assistance for Sri Lanka shall be 
subject to the following conditions— 
(A) not to exceed $400,000 under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
may only be made available for programs to
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support humanitarian and disaster response ef-
forts; to redeploy out of former conflict zones; 
and to restructure and reduce the size of the 
Sri Lankan armed forces; and 
(B) funds under the heading ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ may only be made avail-
able for training and equipment related to 
international peacekeeping operations. 
(d) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ for assistance for Afghanistan and 
Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law that restricts assistance to 
foreign countries, for cross border stabilization and 
development programs between Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, or between either country and the Central 
Asian countries. 
(2) SECURITY
AND
JUSTICE
PROGRAMS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are avail-
able for assistance for countries in South and Cen-
tral Asia shall be made available to enhance the re-
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cruitment, retention, and professionalism of women 
in the judiciary, police, and other security forces. 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Subject to the requirements of 
this subsection, of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act, $615,000,000 should be 
made available for assistance for countries in Cen-
tral America to implement the updated United 
States Strategy for Engagement in Central America: 
Provided, That such funds shall be made available to 
the maximum extent practicable on a cost-matching 
basis. 
(2) PRE-OBLIGATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Prior 
to the obligation of funds made available pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a multi-year 
spend plan as described under this section in the re-
port accompanying this Act, including a description 
of how such funds shall prioritize addressing the key 
factors in countries in Central America that con-
tribute to the migration of undocumented Central 
Americans to the United States. 
(3) ASSISTANCE FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERN-
MENTS OF EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HON-
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DURAS.—Of the funds made available pursuant to 
paragraph (1) that are available for assistance for 
each of the central governments of El Salvador, 
Guatemala, and Honduras, except for funds made 
available for the International Commission against 
Impunity in Guatemala or the Mission to Support 
the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Hon-
duras, the following amounts shall be withheld from 
obligation and may only be made available as fol-
lows: 
(A) 25 percent may only be obligated after 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees that 
such government is taking effective steps, which 
are in addition to those steps taken since the 
certification and report submitted during the 
prior year, if applicable, to— 
(i) inform its citizens of the dangers 
of the journey to the southwest border of 
the United States; 
(ii) combat human smuggling and 
trafficking; 
(iii) improve border security, including 
to prevent illegal migration, human smug-
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gling and trafficking, and trafficking of il-
licit drugs and other contraband; and 
(iv) cooperate with United States Gov-
ernment agencies and other governments 
in the region to facilitate the return, repa-
triation, and reintegration of illegal mi-
grants arriving at the southwest border of 
the United States who do not qualify for 
asylum, consistent with international law. 
(B) An additional 50 percent may only be 
obligated after the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that such government is taking ef-
fective steps, which are in addition to those 
steps taken since the certification and report 
submitted during the prior year, if applicable, 
to— 
(i) work cooperatively with an autono-
mous, publicly accountable entity to pro-
vide oversight of the Plan of the Alliance 
for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle in 
Central America (the Plan); 
(ii) combat corruption, including in-
vestigating and prosecuting current and
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former government officials credibly al-
leged to be corrupt; 
(iii) implement reforms, policies, and 
programs to improve transparency and 
strengthen public institutions, including in-
creasing the capacity and independence of 
the judiciary and the Office of the Attor-
ney General; 
(iv) implement a policy to ensure that 
local communities, civil society organiza-
tions (including indigenous and other 
marginalized groups), and local govern-
ments are consulted in the design, and 
participate in the implementation and eval-
uation of, activities of the Plan that affect 
such communities, organizations, and gov-
ernments; 
(v) counter the activities of criminal 
gangs, drug traffickers, and organized 
crime; 
(vi) investigate and prosecute in the 
civilian justice system government per-
sonnel, including military and police per-
sonnel, who are credibly alleged to have 
violated human rights, and ensure that
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such personnel are cooperating in such 
cases; 
(vii) 
cooperate 
with 
commissions 
against corruption and impunity and with 
regional human rights entities; 
(viii) support programs to reduce pov-
erty, expand education and vocational 
training for at-risk youth, create jobs, and 
promote equitable economic growth par-
ticularly in areas contributing to large 
numbers of migrants; 
(ix) implement a plan that includes 
goals, benchmarks and timelines to create 
a professional, accountable civilian police 
force and end the role of the military in in-
ternal policing, and make such plan avail-
able to the Department of State; 
(x) protect the right of political oppo-
sition parties, journalists, trade unionists, 
human rights defenders, and other civil so-
ciety activists to operate without inter-
ference; 
(xi) increase government revenues, in-
cluding by implementing tax reforms and 
strengthening customs agencies; and
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(xii) resolve commercial disputes, in-
cluding the confiscation of real property, 
between United States entities and such 
government. 
(4) 
NORTHERN
TRIANGLE
INCENTIVE 
AWARD.—Amounts designated as ‘‘Northern Tri-
angle Incentive Award’’ in the table under this sec-
tion in the report accompanying this Act may be 
made available to El Salvador, Guatemala, or Hon-
duras, only if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that the country has made extraordinary progress in 
meeting two or more of the conditions enumerated 
in paragraph (3): Provided, That such award shall 
be made in accordance with the requirements de-
scribed under this section in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
(5) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE AND PERIODIC 
REVIEW.— 
(A) The Secretary of State shall periodi-
cally review the progress of each of the central 
governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
Honduras in meeting the requirements of para-
graphs (3)(A) and (3)(B): Provided, That if the 
Secretary determines that sufficient progress
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has not been made by a central government, the 
Secretary shall suspend, in whole or in part, as-
sistance for such government for programs sup-
porting such requirement, and shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees in writing 
of such action: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may resume funding for such programs 
only after the Secretary certifies to such com-
mittees that corrective measures have been 
taken. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall, following 
a change of national government in El Sal-
vador, Guatemala, or Honduras, determine and 
report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that any new government has committed to 
take the steps to meet the requirements of 
paragraphs (3)(A) and (3)(B): Provided, That 
if the Secretary is unable to make such a deter-
mination in a timely manner, assistance made 
available under this subsection for such central 
government shall be suspended, in whole or in 
part, until such time as such determination and 
report can be made. 
(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The Department of 
State and USAID may, following consultation with
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the Committees on Appropriations, transfer funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ to the Inter-American Devel-
opment Bank and the Inter-American Foundation to 
support the Strategy. 
(b) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$335,925,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Colombia, including to support the efforts of the 
Government of Colombia to— 
(A) conduct a unified campaign against 
narcotics trafficking, organizations designated 
as foreign terrorist organizations pursuant to 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), and other criminal or ille-
gal armed groups: Provided, That aircraft sup-
ported by funds made available by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs may be used to transport per-
sonnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 
and interdiction, including security for such ac-
tivities, and to provide transport in support of
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alternative development programs and inves-
tigations by civilian judicial authorities; 
(B) enhance security and stability in Co-
lombia and the region; 
(C) strengthen and expand governance, the 
rule of law, and access to justice throughout 
Colombia; 
(D) promote economic and social develop-
ment, including by improving access to areas 
impacted by conflict through demining pro-
grams; and 
(E) implement a peace agreement between 
the Government of Colombia and illegal armed 
groups, in accordance with constitutional and 
legal requirements in Colombia: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) LIMITATION.—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 that are made available 
for assistance for Colombia may be made available 
for payment of reparations to conflict victims or 
compensation to demobilized combatants associated
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with a peace agreement between the Government of 
Colombia and illegal armed groups. 
(3) PRE-OBLIGATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Prior 
to the initial obligation of funds made available pur-
suant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
multi-year spend plan as described under this sec-
tion in the report accompanying this Act. 
(4) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds made 
available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’ for assistance for Co-
lombia, 30 percent may be obligated only in accord-
ance with the conditions set forth under this section 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(5) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of paragraph 
(4) shall not apply to funds made available for hu-
manitarian assistance, aviation instruction and 
maintenance, and maritime and riverine security 
programs. 
(c) CUBA.— 
(1) DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act and prior acts
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making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs 
may be obligated or expended for— 
(i) the establishment or operation of a 
United States diplomatic presence, includ-
ing an embassy, consulate, or liaison office, 
in Cuba beyond that which was in exist-
ence prior to December 17, 2014, includ-
ing the hiring of additional staff, unless 
such staff are necessary for protecting the 
health, safety, or security of diplomatic 
personnel or facilities in Cuba; 
(ii) the facilitation of the establish-
ment or operation of a diplomatic mission 
of Cuba, including an embassy, consulate, 
or liaison office, in the United States be-
yond that which was in existence prior to 
December 17, 2014; and 
(iii) the support of Locally Employed 
Staff in contravention of section 512 of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (division M of Public Law 114– 
113). 
(B) The limitation on the use of funds 
under subparagraph (A) shall not apply—
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(i) with respect to assistance or sup-
port in furtherance of democracy-building 
efforts for Cuba described in section 109 
of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli-
darity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6039); and 
(ii) if the President determines and 
reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the government in Cuba 
has met the requirements and factors spec-
ified in section 205 of the Cuban Liberty 
and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 
Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6065), including 
the extent to which such government has 
extradited or otherwise rendered to the 
United States all persons sought by the 
United States Department of Justice for 
crimes committed in the United States. 
(2) DEMOCRACY PROMOTION.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, $30,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to promote democracy and strengthen civil soci-
ety in Cuba: Provided, That no funds shall be obli-
gated for business promotion, economic reform, en-
trepreneurship, or any other assistance that is not
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democracy-building as expressly authorized in the 
Cuban 
Liberty 
and 
Democratic 
Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 and the Cuban Democ-
racy Act of 1992. 
(d) HAITI.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made 
available for assistance for Haiti may not be made 
available for assistance for the central Government 
of Haiti unless the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such government is taking effective steps, which are 
in addition to steps taken since the certification and 
report submitted during the prior year, if applicable, 
to— 
(A) strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, in-
cluding by— 
(i) selecting judges in a transparent 
manner based on merit; 
(ii) reducing pre-trial detention; and 
(iii) respecting the independence of 
the judiciary.
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(B) combat corruption, including by imple-
menting the anti-corruption law enacted in 
2014 and prosecuting corrupt officials; and 
(C) increase government revenues, includ-
ing by implementing tax reforms, and increase 
expenditures on public services. 
(2) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government 
of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles 
and services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 
EUROPE AND EURASIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, 
not less than $410,465,000 shall be made available for 
assistance for Ukraine. 
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for assistance for a govern-
ment of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 
if such government directs any action in violation of the 
territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 
Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as 
those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That except as otherwise provided in section 
7070(a) of this Act, funds may be made available without 
regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President