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Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, up to $267,521,000, plus reim-
bursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper-
ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med-
ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 
That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That sec-
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tion 223 of Title II of Division I of Public Law 113–235 
is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2016, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, 
and 
‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, 
up 
to 
$265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to 
the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established 
by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 
and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 
as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec-
tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be trans-
ferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifi-
cation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of
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title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des-
ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 
by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incen-
tive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, to remain available until expended, for 
any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 
States Code.
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(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 
of division I of Public Law 113–235, the following amounts 
which became available on October 1, 2015, are hereby re-
scinded from the following accounts in the amounts speci-
fied: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project
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that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 
That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con-
tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 
the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an-
ticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 
information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 
Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis-
ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend-
ing more than 125 days, disaggregated by initial and sup-
plemental claims; (3) error rates; (4) the number of claims 
personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within the quar-
ter to address poor performance; (6) training programs un-
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dertaken; and (7) the number and results of Quality Review 
Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly report shall be 
submitted no later than 30 days after the end of the respec-
tive quarter. 
SEC. 230. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of 
$5,000,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
account and a maximum of $154,596,000 may be obligated 
from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account for 
the VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoper-
ability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to these 
amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and elec-
tronic health record interoperability projects upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single
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national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 234. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs 
of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria-
tions made available for fiscal year 2016 in this title (except 
appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2016, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on
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the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 
based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con-
gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 
not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 
appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 
as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 
a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 235. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
receive approval from such Committees for such request.
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 236. Of the unobligated balances available within 
the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 
$30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 237. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro-
grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 238. Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or under title 38’’ 
after ‘‘of this title’’. 
SEC. 239. Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying 
out the duties and responsibilities established under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work 
product that makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests 
corrective action, the Inspector General shall— 
‘‘(A) submit the work product to— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, the Committee on Homeland Security
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and Governmental Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representa-
tives; 
‘‘(iv) if the work product was initiated 
upon request by an individual or entity 
other than the Inspector General, that indi-
vidual or entity; and 
‘‘(v) any Member of Congress upon re-
quest; and 
‘‘(B) the Inspector General shall submit all 
final work products to— 
‘‘(i) if the work product was initiated 
upon request by an individual or entity 
other than the Inspector General, that indi-
vidual or entity; and 
‘‘(ii) any Member of Congress upon re-
quest; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the work 
product is submitted in final form to the Sec-
retary, post the work product on the Internet 
website of the Inspector General.
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‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to authorize the public disclosure of information that 
is specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
provision of law.’’. 
SEC. 240. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to pay the salary of any individual who (a) was 
the Executive Director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics 
and Construction, and (b) who retired from Federal service 
in the midst of an investigation, initiated by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, into delays and cost overruns as-
sociated with the design and construction of the new med-
ical center in Aurora, Colorado. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 
any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa-
tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 242. None of the amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available by title II may be used to carry out 
the Home Marketing Incentive Program of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs or to carry out the Appraisal Value 
Offer Program of the Department with respect to an em-
ployee of the Department in a senior executive position (as 
defined in section 713(g) of title 38, United States Code):
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Provided, That the Secretary may waive this prohibition 
with respect to the use of the Home Marketing Incentive 
Program and Appraisal Value Offer Program to recruit for 
a position for which recruitment or retention of qualified 
personnel is likely to be difficult in the absence of the use 
of these incentives: Provided further, That within 15 days 
of a determination by the Secretary to waive this prohibi-
tion, the Secretary shall submit written notification thereof 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress containing the reasons and identifying the position 
title for which the waiver has been issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 243. There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Recurring 
Expenses Transformational Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, 
That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
appropriated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the 
General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs by this or any other Act may be transferred 
(at the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 
for which such funds are available for the purposes for 
which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until ex-
pended, and in addition to such other funds as may be 
available for such purposes, for facilities infrastructure im-
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provements, including nonrecurring maintenance, at exist-
ing hospitals and clinics of the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration, and information technology systems improvements 
and sustainment, subject to approval by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget: Provided further, That prior to obli-
gation of any amounts in the Fund, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
such obligation and such Committees issue an approval, or 
absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign
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countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$105,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 
by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 
Code, $32,141,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described, and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 
102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including
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the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$79,516,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $20,000,000 shall be paid from 
the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 
the funds are made available that the program, project, or 
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 
or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 403. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing
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statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest.
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 
pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services,
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including construction services, where the contractor has 
not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 
expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 
the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is—
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(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION 
K—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 
2016 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 
the 
Foreign 
Service 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$5,622,170,000, of which up to $629,055,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2017, and of which up to 
$1,428,468,000 may remain available until expended for 
Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be allocated in accord-
ance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows:
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(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard to 
civil service and classification laws of persons on a 
temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as author-
ized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and 
Educational 
Exchange 
Act 
of 
1948, 
$2,181,622,000, of which up to $358,833,000 is for 
Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department of 
State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,561,840,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State, including representation to cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe-
cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and 
arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized, $791,121,000. 
(4) SECURITY
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $1,087,587,000, of which
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up to $1,069,635,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection. 
(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available under this 
heading— 
(A) not to exceed $1,840,900 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies 
for lease or use of facilities located at the Inter-
national Center in accordance with section 4 of 
the International Center Act, and, in addition, 
as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, 
to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in 
that section; 
(B) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments re-
ceived from English teaching, library, motion 
pictures, and publication programs and from 
fees from educational advising and counseling 
and exchange visitor programs; and
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(C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be de-
rived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees 
for use of Blair House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND
OTHER 
MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 
and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 
this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu-
ations and rewards, as authorized. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading 
are available for acquisition by exchange or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 
31, United States Code, for the field examination 
of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available for Conflict Stabilization
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Operations and for related reconstruction and 
stabilization assistance to prevent or respond to 
conflict or civil strife in foreign countries or re-
gions, or to enable transition from such strife. 
(E) Funds appropriated under this heading 
in this Act that are designated for Worldwide Se-
curity Protection shall continue to be made 
available for support of security-related training 
at sites in existence prior to the enactment of 
this Act: Provided, That in addition to such 
funds, up to $99,113,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading in this Act may be 
obligated for a Foreign Affairs Security Train-
ing Center (FASTC) only after the Secretary of 
State— 
(i) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a comprehensive analysis 
of a minimum of three different locations 
for FASTC assessing the feasibility and 
comparing the costs and benefits of deliv-
ering training at each such location; and 
(ii) notifies the appropriate congres-
sional committees at least 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation: Provided, That 
such notification shall also include a jus-
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tification for any decision made by the De-
partment of State to obligate funds for 
FASTC. 
(F) None of the funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for the preservation of 
religious sites unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such sites are historically, artis-
tically, 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. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $66,400,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $72,700,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 
relates to post inspections: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $10,905,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2017.
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EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized, $590,900,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $236,000,000 shall 
be for the Fulbright Program and not less than 
$102,000,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program, in-
cluding $4,000,000 for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Ex-
change: Provided, That fees or other payments received 
from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational 
advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor 
programs as authorized may be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing modifications made to existing 
educational and cultural exchange programs since calendar 
year 2014, including for special academic and special pro-
fessional and cultural exchanges: Provided further, That a 
portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Cen-
tral Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie 
Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That Department of 
State-designated sponsors may not issue a Form DS–2019 
(Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J–1) Sta-
tus) to place student participants in seafood product prepa-
1099 
ration or packaging positions in the Summer Work Travel 
program in fiscal year 2016 unless prior to issuing such 
Form the sponsor provides to the Secretary of State a de-
scription of such program and verifies in writing to the 
Secretary that such program fully complies with part 62 
of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, notwith-
standing subsection 62.32(h)(16) of such part, and with the 
requirements specified under this heading in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this Consolidated Act): Provided fur-
ther, That any substantive modifications from the prior fis-
cal year to programs funded by this Act under this heading 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices, as authorized, $30,036,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), pre-
1100 
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$785,097,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation expenses as author-
ized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 
furnishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$688,799,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 
available under this heading and the actual and antici-
pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2016. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, $7,900,000, to remain available until
1101 
expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans 
Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and condi-
tions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,444,528. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $30,000,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
1102 
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,344,458,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submis-
sion of the President’s budget to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the 
Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 
budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations 
of the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall notify the Committees 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 with-
out identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget: Provided further, That not later 
than May 1, 2016, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 
2016, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations any credits available to the United 
States, including from the United Nations Tax Equali-
zation Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2016 and fis-
cal year 2017 assessment costs including offsets from avail-
able credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: 
Provided further, That any such credits shall only be avail-
able for United States assessed contributions to the United 
Nations and the Committees on Appropriations shall be no-
tified when such credits are applied to any assessed con-
tribution, including any payment of arrearages: Provided
1103 
further, That any notification regarding funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant 
to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all 
known credits currently available to the United States and 
provide updated assessment costs including offsets from 
available credits and updated foreign currency exchange 
rates: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages 
under this heading shall be directed to activities that are 
mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respec-
tive international organization and shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for a United 
States contribution to an international organization for the 
United States share of interest costs made known to the 
United States Government by such organization for loans 
incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor-
rowings: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
review the budgetary and personnel procedures of the 
United Nations and affiliated agencies funded under this
1104 
heading and, not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act, submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on steps taken at each agency to eliminate unneces-
sary administrative costs and duplicative activities and en-
sure that personnel practices are transparent and merit- 
based. 
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, $666,574,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated 
or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot-
ing for such mission in the United Nations Security Coun-
cil (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), 
the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the 
estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objectives 
of the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 
the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
any reprogrammings and transfers, that will be used to pay 
the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated 
cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of
1105 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for obligation unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United 
Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures 
to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 
and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf-
ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or com-
mitting acts of illegal sexual exploitation or other violations 
of human rights, and to bring to justice individuals who 
engage in such acts while participating in such mission, 
including prosecution in their home countries and making 
information about such prosecutions publicly available on 
the Web site of the United Nations: Provided further, That 
funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses unless the 
Secretary of State determines that American manufacturers 
and suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide 
equipment, services, and material for United Nations peace-
keeping activities equal to those being given to foreign man-
ufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State shall work with the United Nations and for-
eign governments contributing peacekeeping troops to im-
plement effective vetting procedures to ensure that such 
troops have not violated human rights: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
1106 
available under this heading may be used for any United 
Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United 
States Armed Forces under the command or operational 
control of a foreign national, unless the President’s military 
advisors have submitted to the President a recommendation 
that such involvement is in the national interest of the 
United States and the President has submitted to Congress 
such a recommendation: Provided further, That not later 
than May 1, 2016, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 
2016, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations any credits available to the United 
States, including those resulting from United Nations 
peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax Equali-
zation Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2016 and fis-
cal year 2017 assessment costs including offsets from avail-
able credits: Provided further, That any such credits shall 
only be available for United States assessed contributions 
to the United Nations, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions shall be notified when such credits are applied to any 
assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: 
Provided further, That any notification regarding funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act,
1107 
section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted 
pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an esti-
mate of all known credits currently available to the United 
States and provide updated assessment costs including off-
sets from available credits: Provided further, That any pay-
ment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and 
members of the United Nations Security Council to evaluate 
and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and to consider a 
draw down when mission goals have been substantially 
achieved: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this heading shall be available for United 
States assessed contributions up to the amount specified in 
Annex IV accompanying United Nations General Assembly 
Resolution 64/220: Provided further, That such funds may 
be made available above the amount authorized in section 
404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) only if 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that it is important to the 
national interest of the United States.
1108 
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 expenses; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$45,307,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $28,400,000, 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 Canada 
or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission as authorized by the North American Free
1109 
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103– 
182), $12,330,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commission, 
up to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2017, and $9,000 may be made available for representation 
expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$36,681,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out 
international communication activities, and to make and 
supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television broad-
casting to the Middle East, $734,087,000: Provided, That 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, up to $31,135,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading may remain available until expended for sat-
ellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of 
which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for Internet free-
1110 
dom programs: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 
may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 
may be used for such expenses within the United States as 
authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for rep-
resentation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 
Provided further, That the authority provided by section 
504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall 
remain in effect through September 30, 2016: Provided fur-
ther, That the BBG shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations within 15 days of any determination by the 
Board that any of its broadcast entities, including its 
grantee organizations, provides an open platform for inter-
national terrorists or those who support international ter-
rorism, or is in violation of the principles and standards 
set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Pro-
vided further, That significant modifications to BBG 
broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including 
changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 
wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG lan-
guage services shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
1111 
further, That in addition to funds made available under 
this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and rev-
enue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts 
from cooperating international organizations, and up to 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice 
of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, 
shall remain available until expended for carrying out au-
thorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva-
tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, 
as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
$4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.
1112 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $35,300,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, which shall not be used 
for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 
633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and 
earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 
2016, to remain available until expended. 
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, 2016, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
1113 
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 
of title 5, United States Code; or for purposes which are 
not in accordance with section 200 of title 2 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, including the restrictions on com-
pensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions 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, 
2016, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$16,700,000. 
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 (22 U.S.C. 4412), 
$170,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$117,500,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and cus-
1114 
tomary manner, including for the core institutes, and 
$52,500,000 shall be for democracy programs. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $676,000, as 
authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph 
(3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, 
That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2016: 
Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such au-
thority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses.
1115 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304, $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for 
representation expenses, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,000,000, including not more 
than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for representa-
tion expenses, to remain available until September 30,
1116 
2017: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita-
tions, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2016 and shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading as if included in 
this Act. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,143,614,000, of which up to $171,542,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 
be made available to finance the construction (including ar-
chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 
lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID), unless the USAID Admin-
istrator has identified such proposed use of funds in a re-
port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at
1117 
least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That contracts or agreements en-
tered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 
entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 
through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to 
transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part 
I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with 
the provisions of those sections: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated or made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for representa-
tion and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses, and 
not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence ex-
penses, for USAID during the current fiscal year. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $168,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
1118 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$66,000,000, of which up to $9,900,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, for the Office of Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $2,833,450,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2017, and which shall 
be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID): Provided, That this 
amount shall be made available for training, equipment, 
and technical assistance to build the capacity of public
1119 
health institutions and organizations in developing coun-
tries, and for such activities as: (1) child survival and ma-
ternal health programs; (2) immunization and oral re-
hydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and 
sanitation programs which directly address the needs of 
mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) 
assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes 
other than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treat-
ment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, 
polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases including ne-
glected tropical diseases, and for assistance to communities 
severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children infected 
or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for 
health crises; and (7) family planning/reproductive health: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this para-
graph may be made available for a United States contribu-
tion to the GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made 
available to any organization or program which, as deter-
mined by the President of the United States, supports or 
participates in the management of a program of coercive 
abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, 
That any determination made under the previous proviso 
must be made not later than 6 months after the date of
1120 
enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evi-
dence and criteria utilized to make the determination: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion 
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 
any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That 
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any 
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under sec-
tion 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided 
further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in de-
veloping nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary 
family planning projects which offer, either directly or 
through referral to, or information about access to, a broad 
range of family planning methods and services, and that 
any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the 
following requirements: (1) service providers or referral 
agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to 
quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, 
number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a par-
ticular method of family planning (this provision shall not 
be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or 
indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gra-
1121 
tuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex-
change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 
program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 
quota of total number of births, number of family planning 
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, 
including the right of access to participate in any program 
of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as 
a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 
family planning services; (4) the project shall provide fam-
ily planning acceptors comprehensible information on the 
health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including 
those conditions that might render the use of the method 
inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be con-
sequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall 
ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices 
and medical procedures are provided only in the context 
of a scientific study in which participants are advised of 
potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after 
the date on which the USAID Administrator determines 
that there has been a violation of the requirements con-
tained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, 
or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements 
contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
1122 
a report containing a description of such violation and the 
corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, 
That in awarding grants for natural family planning 
under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no 
applicant shall be discriminated against because of such ap-
plicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer 
only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such 
applicants shall comply with the requirements of the pre-
vious proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provi-
sion, consistent with local law, of information or counseling 
about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That infor-
mation provided about the use of condoms as part of 
projects or activities that are funded from amounts appro-
priated by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall 
include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 
use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/ 
AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020, which shall be apportioned directly to the Depart-
1123 
ment of State: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except for the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United 
States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be ex-
pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay-
ment for projects and activities: Provided further, That the 
amount of such contribution should be $1,350,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) and (vi) of Pub-
lic Law 108–25, as amended, shall be applied with respect 
to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 
by substituting ‘‘2004’’ for ‘‘2009’’: Provided further, That 
up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made 
available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2016 may be 
made available to USAID for technical assistance related 
to the activities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of 
the United States Global AIDS Coordinator.
1124 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, 
and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $2,780,971,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $874,763,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the 
Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), pursuant to section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to support transition to 
democracy and long-term development of countries in crisis: 
Provided, That such support may include assistance to de-
velop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 
processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 
peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 
USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Commit-
1125 
tees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning 
a new program of assistance: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary of State determines that it is important to the 
national interest of the United States to provide transition 
assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this 
heading and under the authorities applicable to funds ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
be made available subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and 
activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen 
foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available on 
such terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary 
for the purposes of preventing or responding to such chal-
lenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made avail-
able for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
1126 
ing may be made available notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this 
Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used for administrative expenses, in addition 
to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, except 
that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be 
transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 635 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $40,000,000 
may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 
provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this para-
graph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro- and 
small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro-
1127 
grams which further the purposes of part I of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That funds made available by 
this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any 
such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, and funds used for such costs 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions 
applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 
of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on Inter-
national Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to 
direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this head-
ing, except that the principal amount of loans made or 
guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single 
country shall not exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 
$1,500,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000,
1128 
which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title 
II of this Act: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,896,315,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de-
mocracy globally, $150,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017, of which $88,500,000 shall be made 
available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of 
the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, De-
partment of State, and $62,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Sup-
port Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for East-
1129 
ern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 
101–179), $491,119,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017, which shall be available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except section 7070 of this Act, 
for assistance and related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 and section 3(c) of Pub-
lic Law 101–179, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available for as-
sistance for such countries shall be administered in accord-
ance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated 
pursuant to section 102 of Public Law 102–511 and section 
601 of Public Law 101–179: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be 
economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for purposes of making available the administrative 
authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic 
assistance. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to 
enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee and
1130 
migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and de-
pendents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; 
allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of 
title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, $931,886,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 
shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 
humanitarian requirements, and $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for refugees resettling in Israel. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $410,000,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Office 
of Inspector General, to remain available until September
1131 
30, 2017: Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps 
may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Ac-
count, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made avail-
able for Peace Corps overseas operations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $104,000 may be available for representation ex-
penses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available 
for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That any de-
cision to open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a do-
mestic or overseas office or country program shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
prior consultation and regular notification procedures may 
be waived when there is a substantial security risk to volun-
teers or other Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 
7015(e) of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for 
abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the pre-
vious proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113– 
76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.
1132 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.) (MCA), $901,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $105,000,000 may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion (the Corporation): Provided further, That up to 5 per-
cent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of 
the MCA for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That section 
605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 
609 of the MCA only if such Compact obligates, or contains 
a commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds 
and the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact 
to proceed, the entire amount of the United States Govern-
ment funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: 
Provided further, That the Chief Executive Officer of the 
Corporation shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
not later than 15 days prior to commencing negotiations 
for any country compact or threshold country program; 
signing any such compact or threshold program; or termi-
1133 
nating or suspending any such compact or threshold pro-
gram: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs that are available to implement section 
609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That no country should be eligible for a 
threshold program after such country has completed a coun-
try compact: Provided further, That any funds that are 
deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Compact shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations prior to re-obligation: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 606(a)(2) of the MCA, 
a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligi-
bility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has 
a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s 
lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year 
and is among the 75 lowest per capita income countries 
as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the 
requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, 
in addition to countries described in the preceding proviso, 
a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligi-
bility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has
1134 
a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s 
lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year 
and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries 
as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the 
requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 
further, That any Millennium Challenge Corporation can-
didate country under section 606 of the MCA with a per 
capita income that changes in the fiscal year such that the 
country would be reclassified from a low income country 
to a lower middle income country or from a lower middle 
income country to a low income country shall retain its 
candidacy status in its former income classification for the 
fiscal year and the 2 subsequent fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther, That publication in the Federal Register of a notice 
of availability of a copy of a Compact on the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation Web site shall be deemed to satisfy 
the requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such 
Compact: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be available for a threshold program in a 
country that is not currently a candidate country: Provided 
further, That the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 
a review of authorities that may allow the Millennium
1135 
Challenge Corporation to obligate funds that are unobli-
gated from prior fiscal years for compacts in countries that 
are not eligible for a compact in the current fiscal year: 
Provided further, That such review shall include an assess-
ment as set forth in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Con-
solidated Act): Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be used on a reimbursable basis 
for such review: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be 
available for representation and entertainment expenses, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain-
ment expenses. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
$22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representa-
tion expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–533), $30,000,000, to remain avail-
1136 
able until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be available for representation expenses: Provided, 
That funds made available to grantees may be invested 
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 
by the Board of Directors of the United States African De-
velopment Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That 
interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for which 
the grant was made: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development 
Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the Board of 
Directors of the USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation 
contained in that section with respect to a project and a 
project may exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if 
the increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: 
Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such 
waiver authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 
USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance from 
appropriations available for such purpose for offices, build-
ings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary 
to carry out its functions: Provided further, That the 
USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the United 
States Treasury and retain any interest earned on such ac-
counts, in furtherance of the purposes of the African Foun-
dation Development Act: Provided further, That the
1137 
USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 
Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for pro-
gram purposes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $894,821,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That the pro-
vision of assistance by any other United States Government 
department or agency which is comparable to assistance 
that may be made available under this heading, but which 
is provided under any other provision of law, should be pro-
vided only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State 
and in accordance with the provisions of sections 481(b) 
and 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided
1138 
further, That the Department of State may use the author-
ity of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 
from an agency of the United States Government for the 
purpose of providing such property to a foreign country or 
international organization under chapter 8 of part I of that 
Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That sec-
tion 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except that 
any funds made available notwithstanding such section 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able to support training and technical assistance for foreign 
law enforcement, corrections, and other judicial authorities, 
utilizing regional partners: Provided further, That not less 
than $54,975,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, which shall be avail-
able for the same purposes as funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading that are transferred to another depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Gov-
1139 
ernment pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 valued in excess of $5,000,000, and any 
agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$506,381,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism as-
sistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and 
related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including activities implemented through nongovern-
mental and international organizations, and section 301 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States con-
tribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 
Preparatory Commission, and for a voluntary contribution 
to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall inform the appro-
1140 
priate congressional committees of information regarding 
any separate arrangements relating to the ‘‘Road-map for 
the Clarification of Past and Present Outstanding Issues 
Regarding Iran’s Nuclear 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 further, That for the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should 
prioritize those areas where such ordnance was caused by 
the United States: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund shall be available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multilateral ac-
tivities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament, and 
weapons destruction, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided 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 denied 
its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: Pro-
1141 
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 
available for conventional weapons destruction programs, 
including demining and related activities, in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 
for administrative expenses related to the operation and 
management of such programs and activities, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$131,361,000: 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 $35,000,000 shall be made available for a United 
States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observ-
ers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli-
1142 
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, 
$108,115,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That the civilian 
personnel for whom military education and training may 
be provided under this heading may include civilians who 
are not members of a government whose participation 
would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civil-
ian 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 available for enter-
tainment expenses. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act, $4,737,522,000: Provided, That to ex-
pedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and 
international organizations, the Secretary of State, fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropriations 
and subject to the regular notification procedures of such 
Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this
1143 
heading to procure defense articles and services to enhance 
the capacity of foreign 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, and funds are available for assistance for Jordan 
and Egypt subject to section 7041 of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds appropriated under this heading for 
assistance 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 available for Israel under 
this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and 
Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which 
not less than $815,300,000 shall be available for the pro-
curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, 
including research and development: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be made available to support or continue any program ini-
tially funded under the authority of section 1206 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub-
lic Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or section 2282 of title 
10, United States Code, unless the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, has justified 
such program to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made
1144 
available under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwith-
standing 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. 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services 
that are not sold by the United States Government under 
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurement has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the 
conditions under which such procurement may be financed 
with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the 
regular notification procedures of section 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 include activities imple-
mented through nongovernmental and international organi-
zations: Provided further, That only those countries for 
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military 
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congres-
1145 
sional presentation for security assistance programs may 
utilize funds made available under this heading for procure-
ment of defense articles, defense services, or design and con-
struction services that are not sold by the United States 
Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, 
That not more than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, 
including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement 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 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for general costs of admin-
istering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses and not to ex-
ceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $904,000,000 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 2016 pursuant 
to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that
1146 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $339,000,000, of which up to 
$10,000,000 may be made available for the Intergovern-
mental Panel on Climate Change/United Nations Frame-
work Convention on Climate Change: Provided, That sec-
tion 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy 
Fund. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi-
ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$168,263,000, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,197,128,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury 
for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
increases in capital stock, $186,957,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without 
fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 
United States share of increases in capital stock in an 
amount not to exceed $2,928,990,899. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Clean Tech-
nology 
Fund 
by 
the 
Secretary 
of 
the 
Treasury, 
$170,680,000, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUND 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Strategic Cli-
mate Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $49,900,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT 
BANK 
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank 
by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
$102,020,448, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States 
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$4,098,794,833. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the 
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 
the paid-in portion of increase in capital stock, $5,608,435, 
to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 
Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$104,977,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, 
$34,118,027, to remain available until expended. 
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. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $175,668,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$31,930,000, to remain available until expended.
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GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM 
For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Secu-
rity Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$43,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT 
BANK 
For payment to the North American Development 
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States 
share of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The Secretary of the Treasury 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 $255,000,000. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017.
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PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank (the Bank) of the United 
States is authorized to make such expenditures within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such 
corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations, 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 corpora-
tion: Provided, That none of the funds available during the 
current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, 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 eligible 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 ex-
penses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed
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$106,250,000: 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, guarantee or insurance commitment 
has been made: Provided further, That the Bank shall 
charge fees for necessary expenses (including special services 
performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
personal services) in connection with the collection of mon-
eys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral 
or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of mon-
eys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any 
property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or tech-
nical aspects of any transaction for which an application 
for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been 
made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting trans-
actions: Provided further, That in addition to other funds 
appropriated 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
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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 collections so as 
to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the Gen-
eral Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2016 in excess of obligations, up to 
$10,000,000 shall become available on September 1, 2016, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 
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 limits of 
funds available to it and in accordance with law as may 
be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance 
programs (including an amount for official reception and 
representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) 
shall not exceed $62,787,000: Provided further, That 
project-specific transaction costs, including direct and indi-
rect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct 
costs associated with services provided to specific investors 
or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered administra-
tive expenses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$20,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 
years 2016, 2017, and 2018: Provided further, That funds 
so obligated in fiscal year 2016 remain available for dis-
bursement through 2024; funds obligated in fiscal year 2017 
remain available for disbursement through 2025; and funds 
obligated in fiscal year 2018 remain available for disburse-
ment through 2026: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation is authorized to undertake any program au-
thorized 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 authority of the pre-
vious proviso shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 
and merged with said account. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made available to provide 
comprehensive procurement advice to foreign governments 
to support local procurements funded by the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, and the Department of State: Pro-
vided further, 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 al-
lowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59
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of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger transpor-
tation 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 oth-
erwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu-
lative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, 
balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury 
Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such depart-
ment or agency in fiscal year 2016 or any previous fiscal 
year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 
required by this section should specify by account the 
amount of funds obligated 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 avail-
able for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
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under existing law, or under existing Executive Order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING.— 
Of funds provided under title I of this Act, except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic 
facility of the United States may not include office space 
or other accommodations for an employee of a Federal agen-
cy or department if the Secretary of State determines that 
such department or agency has not provided to the Depart-
ment of State the full amount of funding required by sub-
section (e) of section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construc-
tion and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law 
by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained 
in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as 
amended by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2005. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the prohibition in 
subsection (a), a project to construct a diplomatic facility 
of the United States may include office space or other ac-
commodations for members of the United States Marine 
Corps. 
(c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes 
of calculating the fiscal year 2016 costs of providing new
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United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with sec-
tion 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 an-
nual program level and agency shares in a manner that 
is proportional to the Department of State’s contribution 
for this purpose. 
(d) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, which may be made 
available for the acquisition of property or award of con-
struction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities during 
fiscal year 2016, 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 enumerated 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ in House Report 114–154: Provided further, 
That any such notification for a new diplomatic facility 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations in Appendix 
1 of the Congressional Budget Justification, Department of 
State, Diplomatic Engagement, Fiscal Year 2016, or not 
previously justified to such Committees, shall also include
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confirmation that the Department of State has completed 
the requisite value engineering studies required pursuant 
to OMB Circular A–131, Value Engineering December 31, 
2013 and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Pol-
icy and Procedure Directive, P&PD, Cost 02: Value Engi-
neering. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main-
tenance’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, made available through 
Federal agency Capital Security Cost Sharing con-
tributions 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 miti-
gation, planning, design, or construction of the New 
London Embassy: Provided, That the reporting re-
quirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of 
Public Law 112–74) shall remain in effect during fis-
cal year 2016.
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gressional Budget Justification, Department of 
State, Diplomatic Engagement, Fiscal Year 2016 
for the Beirut Embassy project. 
(f) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main-
tenance’’ may be made available to address security 
vulnerabilities at interim and temporary 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 appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
shall be a minimum of $25,000,000: Provided, That 
the uses of such funds should be the responsibility of 
the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas 
Buildings Operations: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the opening, closure, or any significant modification 
to an interim or temporary diplomatic facility shall 
be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate
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congressional committees and the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, ex-
cept that such consultation and notification may be 
waived if there is a security risk to personnel. 
(3) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Department of State shall document 
standard operating procedures and best practices as-
sociated with the delivery, construction, and protec-
tion of temporary structures in high threat and con-
flict environments: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations 
after completing such documentation. 
(g) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 
including for Worldwide Security Protection, and under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte-
nance’’ 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 Appropriations that to 
do so is necessary to implement the recommendations of the 
Benghazi Accountability Review Board, 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 trans-
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fer authority is in addition to any transfer authority other-
wise available under any other provision of law. 
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 re-
programming 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. 
LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS 
SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 
contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 
accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 
4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 
to award such contracts on the basis of best value as deter-
mined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as described in 
Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwith-
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standing subsection (c)(3) of such section: Provided, That 
the authority in this section shall apply to any options for 
renewal that may be exercised under such contracts that 
are awarded during the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees at least 15 days prior to making an 
award pursuant to this section for a local guard and protec-
tive service contract for a United States diplomatic facility 
not deemed ‘‘high-risk, high-threat’’. 
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 expendi-
tures 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
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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 deci-
sive role: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent 
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government has taken office: Provided further, That the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to assistance to pro-
mote democratic elections or public participation in demo-
cratic processes: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State under title I of this Act may be 
transferred between, and merged with, such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, 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 heading ‘‘Representation Expenses’’.
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(2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
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 appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. 
(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 TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.—Not to exceed 
5 percent of any appropriation other than for administra-
tive expenses made available for fiscal year 2016, for pro-
grams under title VI of this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations for use for any of the purposes, pro-
grams, and activities for which the funds in such receiving 
account 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 no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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(c) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under titles 
II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the 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 provisions of sec-
tions 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
(3) Any agreement entered into by the United 
States 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development 
(USAID) or the Department of State with any de-
partment, 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 sec-
tion 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for
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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, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That the requirement in the previous 
sentence shall not apply to agreements entered into 
between USAID and the Department of State. 
(d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 
may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 
such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers spe-
cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, not 
less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any authority con-
tained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer 
funds, consults with and provides a written policy justifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any agree-
ment for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated 
by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between the Depart-
ment 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 comparable 
provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector
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General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or alloca-
tion 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 audits: 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 Adminis-
trator shall each submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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, 
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) as of the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such reports shall 
include a list of each transfer made pursuant to such sec-
tions with the respective funding level, appropriation ac-
count, and the receiving agency.
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PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL 
SEC. 7010. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by employees of agen-
cies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301– 
10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations. 
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 pro-
vided in 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, and funds provided under the headings ‘‘Development 
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 respective periods of 
availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds 
made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in
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order to address balance of payments or economic policy 
reform objectives, 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 ini-
tially allocated or obligated before the expiration of their 
respective periods of availability contained in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
October 30, 2016, 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 fur-
nish 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 deter-
mines, following consultations with the Committees on Ap-
propriations, that assistance for such country is in the na-
tional interest of the United States.
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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 for-
eign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the 
terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be 
provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating 
that assistance provided by the United States shall be ex-
empt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign govern-
ment, and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek 
to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, 
as necessary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
TAXES.—An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 
during fiscal year 2016 on funds appropriated by this Act 
by a foreign government or entity against United States 
assistance programs for which funds are appropriated by 
this Act, either directly or through grantees, contractors, 
and subcontractors shall be withheld from obligation from 
funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2017 and 
allocated for the central government of such country and 
for the West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations, not later than Sep-
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tember 30, 2017, that such taxes have not been reimbursed 
to the Government of the United States. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of sub-
section (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING
OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub-
section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for coun-
tries 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 rea-
sonably accommodate such assistance in a program-
matically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
to any country or entity if the Secretary of State re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(A) such country or entity does not assess 
taxes on United States assistance or has an effec-
tive arrangement that is providing substantial 
reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the United 
States outweigh the purpose of this section to en-
sure that United States assistance is not subject 
to taxation.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior 
to exercising the authority of this subsection with re-
gard to any country 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 privi-
leges and immunities applicable to United States for-
eign assistance for such country generally, or an indi-
vidual agreement between the Government of the 
United States and such government that describes, 
among other things, the treatment for tax purposes 
that will be accorded the United States assistance 
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,
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shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, 
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, de-
tailing steps taken by such departments or agencies to com-
ply with the requirements of this section. 
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 pro-
grams within the same account notwithstanding the des-
ignation if compliance with the designation is made impos-
sible by operation of any provision of this or any other Act: 
Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 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 period 
of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and ad-
ministered by the Department of State or the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) that are 
specifically 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 Adminis-
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trator, 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 otherwise 
made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act spe-
cifically so directs: Provided, That specifically designated 
funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained 
in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appro-
priated 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 in prior 
appropriations Acts to the agencies and departments funded 
by this Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal 
year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees or of 
currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made
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available by transfer, to the agencies and departments fund-
ed by this Act, shall be available 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 ac-
tivities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropria-
tions or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance 
of such obligation. 
(b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.— 
None of the funds provided under titles I and II of this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agency or department funded under titles I and II of this 
Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2016, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
the agency or department funded under title I of this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi-
ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, that—
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(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’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democ-
racy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for obliga-
tion for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel as-
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sistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in 
excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations for obligation under any of these specific headings 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance: 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 con-
ventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined 
to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre-
viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the 
quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees 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 appropriated 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 include infor-
mation (if known on the date of transmittal of such notifi-
cation) on the use of notwithstanding authority: Provided 
further, That if subsequent to the notification of assistance
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it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding 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 exception 
of funds transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated 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 Development for as-
sistance for foreign countries and international organiza-
tions, and funds made available for programs previously 
authorized under section 1206 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163) 
or section 2282 of title 10, United States Code, shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or any 
similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including 
any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a 
substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, 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 taking the action