705 
(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
REVIEW
BOARDS.—The 
authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 
for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
2019, except that the notification and reporting re-
quirements contained in such section shall include 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(8) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after the 
date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on 
the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever oc-
curs first, shall acquire competitive status for ap-
pointment to any position in the competitive service 
for which the employee possesses the required quali-
fications. 
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(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2019. 
(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
of the Department of State may waive the provisions 
of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 
case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 
the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 
to the same constraints and in the same manner by 
which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv-
er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec-
tion. 
(11) EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO 
ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency 
Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 
(Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended 
under the heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 
(A) in the matter preceding the first pro-
viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’; and 
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(B) in the second proviso, by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2023’’. 
(n) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for monitoring and 
evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appropriate, 
be made available for the regular collection of feedback 
obtained directly from beneficiaries on the quality and rel-
evance of such assistance: Provided, That the Department 
of State and USAID shall establish procedures for imple-
menting partners that receive funds under such headings 
for regularly collecting and responding to such feedback, 
informing the Department of State and USAID of such 
procedures, and reporting to the Department of State and 
USAID on actions taken in response to the feedback re-
ceived: Provided further, That the Department of State 
and USAID shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure 
that such feedback is regularly collected and used by im-
plementing partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness 
and utility of such assistance. 
(o) 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-
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ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) 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 108–447) 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. 
(p) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) 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 
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costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, 
Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 
to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph for the costs of such 
guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 
a country. 
(2) 
DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
were previously designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism 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. 
(3) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees, and 
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