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heading: Provided further, That, of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $84,000,000 is for worldwide in-
frastructure replacement only, which amount shall not be-
come available for obligation until September 15, 2004. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $29,777,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), 
as it relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $345,346,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from or in connection with English teaching, edu-
cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 
visitor programs as authorized. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$9,000,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2005.
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EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 
that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 
State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, 
the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip-
lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$532,935,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$861,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, $1,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
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Repatriation Loans Program Account, subject to the same 
terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $612,000, as authorized: 
Provided, 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. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram, $607,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account 
under Administration of Foreign Affairs. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $18,782,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $134,979,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,010,463,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall notify the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or 
in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of 
any United Nations action to increase funding for any 
United Nations program without identifying an offsetting 
decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and 
cause the United Nations to exceed the adopted budget 
for the biennium 2002–2003 of $2,891,000,000: Provided 
further, That any payment of arrearages under this title 
shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually 
agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter-
national organization: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for 
a United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and 
expended to pay the full United States assessment to the 
civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $550,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds
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made available under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot-
ing for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance 
as is practicable) (1) the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate and other 
appropriate committees of the Congress are notified of the 
estimated cost and length of the mission, the vital national 
interest that will be served, and the planned exit strategy; 
and (2) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605 
of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein fol-
lowed, setting forth the source of funds that will be used 
to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses only upon a certification by the Sec-
retary of State to the appropriate committees of the Con-
gress that American manufacturers and suppliers are 
being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, 
and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities 
equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and 
suppliers: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading are available to pay the 
United States share of the cost of court monitoring that 
is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet obligations of the United States arising under 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$25,668,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $5,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
the International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 
103–182, $8,944,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall
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be available for representation expenses incurred by the 
International Joint Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $16,989,000: Provided, That the United States’ share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$10,376,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2004, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
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ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 
for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 
30, 2004, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $42,000,000 to 
remain available until expended. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
national communication activities, including the purchase, 
installation, rent, and improvement of facilities for radio 
and television transmission and reception to Cuba, 
$552,105,000, of which not to exceed $16,000 may be 
used for official receptions within the United States as au-
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thorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for represen-
tation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addi-
tion, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and rev-
enue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in 
receipts from cooperating international organizations, and 
not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization ef-
forts of the Voice of America and the International Broad-
casting Bureau, to remain available until expended for 
carrying out authorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and 
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio 
and television transmission and reception as authorized, 
$11,395,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
RELATED AGENCY 
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title 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 authorized by 5
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U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not 
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech-
nical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State 
and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2004’’. 
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 
ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Antitrust Moderniza-
tion Commission, as authorized by Public Law 107–273, 
$1,499,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as authorized by 
section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,096,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may 
be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under 
Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special 
assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
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used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 
billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who 
is permitted 125 billable days. 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 
by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304, $1,615,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized, $1,800,000, including not more than $3,000 for 
the purpose of official representation, to remain available 
until expended.