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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 
such department or agency in fiscal year 2019 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. 
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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). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of 
H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of 
Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that 
Act), as amended by section 111 of the Department of 
State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
323), a project to construct a facility of the United States 
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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 2019 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.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the 
acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 
for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis-
cal year 2019, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 
to this subsection shall include the information enumer-
ated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ in House Report 115–829. 
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(e) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be 
made available, following consultation with the ap-
propriate congressional committees, to address secu-
rity vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United 
States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
security upgrades and local guard staffing, except 
that the amount of funds made available for such 
purposes from this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs shall be a min-
imum of $25,000,000. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any 
significant modification to an interim or temporary 
United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
such consultation and notification may be waived if 
there is a security risk to personnel. 
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(f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY.—Funds ap-
propriated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, 
including for Worldwide Security Protection, ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, and 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in 
this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated under such headings if the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that to do so is necessary to implement the rec-
ommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review 
Board, for emergency evacuations, or to prevent or re-
spond 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 in this Act and under any other provi-
sion of law. 
(g) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ may be made available for security up-
grades to soft targets, including schools, recreational fa-
cilities, and residences used by United States diplomatic 
personnel and their dependents, except that the amount 
made available for such purposes shall be a minimum of 
$10,000,000. 
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(h) REPORT.—Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act and every 3 months thereafter until the completion 
of each project, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report on the Erbil Con-
sulate, Beirut Embassy, Jakarta Embassy, Mexico City 
Embassy, and New Delhi Embassy, as described under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
(i) SECURE RESUPPLY
AND MAINTENANCE.—The 
Secretary of State may not grant final approval for the 
construction of a new facility or substantial construction 
to improve or expand an existing facility in the United 
States by or for the Government of the People’s Republic 
of China until the Secretary certifies and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that an agreement 
has been concluded between the Governments of the 
United States and the People’s Republic of China that 
permits secure resupply, maintenance, and new construc-
tion of United States Government facilities in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
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-
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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. 
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 Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ shall be 
made available to implement the recommendations con-
tained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review Findings 
Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) 
report entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insuf-
ficient to Track and Report on Foreign Assistance 
Funds’’: Provided, That not later than 45 days after en-
actment 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 Appro-
priations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) for 
implementing the FADR and OIG recommendations: Pro-
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vided 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 
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 
2019: 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 
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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 
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.— 
(1) Not later than 45 days after the initial obli-
gation 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 
management and oversight of such funds, the Sec-
retary of State shall certify and report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau 
or office basis, that such bureau or office is in com-
pliance with Department and Federal financial and 
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grants management policies, procedures, and regula-
tions, as applicable. 
(2) When making a certification required by 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider 
the capacity of a bureau or office to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the 
country and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation 
and monitoring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and 
indicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
(E) assess final results and reconcile fi-
nances. 
(3) If the Secretary of State is unable to make 
a certification required by paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing the 
steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office into 
compliance. 
(4) The report accompanying a certification re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include the require-
ments contained under this section in House Report 
115–829. 
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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) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Not to exceed 5 
percent of any appropriation 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 pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers, and no such transfer may be 
made to increase the appropriation under the head-
ing ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 
(2) BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Broad-
casting Board of Governors 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. 
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(3) TREATMENT
AS
REPROGRAMMING.—Any 
transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
(b) TITLE VI AGENCIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation, other than for administrative ex-
penses made available for fiscal year 2019, 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) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author-
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ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
Act. 
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo-
cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 
Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 
into by the United States Agency for International 
Development or the Department of State with any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 
section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg-
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ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 
the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 
entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(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-
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fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than October 31, 2019, the 
Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall 
each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
detailing all transfers to another agency of the United 
States Government made pursuant to sections 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 Appropriations Act, 2018 (division 
K of Public Law 115–141): Provided, That such reports 
shall include a list of each transfer made pursuant to such 
sections with the respective funding level, appropriation 
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 
websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 
limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 
tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity 
carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga-
tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis-
cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 
as part of official business. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act should be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, 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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