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develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc-
esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolu-
tion of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Pro-
vided 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 appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
vious 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 For-
eign 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 appro-
priate and necessary for the purposes of preventing or responding 
to such challenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made 
available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision 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 heading may be used for administrative 
expenses, in addition to funds otherwise 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 provided by 
the United States Agency for International Development, as author-
ized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, up to $55,000,000 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’’: 
Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 
provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph 
pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall be made available only for micro- and small enterprise pro-
grams, urban programs, and other programs which further the 
purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That funds provided 
as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
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such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaran-
teed 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 cost, 
including if the cost results in a negative subsidy, shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit 
Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained 
in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee 
on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable 
to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading, 
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 avail-
able to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to 
be guaranteed, of up to $1,750,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by USAID, $10,000,000, 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 avail-
able until September 30, 2020. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,816,731,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5) 
of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), $150,375,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, which shall be made available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available to the National Endowment for Democracy and its core 
institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise available by this 
Act for such purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 
to the obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, $65,125,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, which shall be made 
available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public
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Law 102–511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179), $750,334,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, which shall be available, not-
withstanding 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 (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 
3(c) of Public Law 101–179 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assistance for 
such countries shall be administered in accordance with the respon-
sibilities 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 Assist-
ance 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 Assistance Act of 1962, and 
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and 
expenses of personnel and dependents 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, $927,802,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be 
made available to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian 
requirements, and $7,500,000 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)), $1,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That amounts in excess of the limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
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
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$5,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 
as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 
funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be 
derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 
operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for represen-
tation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made avail-
able for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That any deci-
sion to open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic 
or overseas office or country program shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation and 
regular notification procedures may be waived when there is a 
substantial security risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps per-
sonnel, 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 previous proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113– 
76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (MCA), 
$905,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 
may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation (MCC): 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 2018: 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 Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursu-
ant 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 Government 
funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided fur-
ther, That the MCC Chief Executive Officer shall notify the Commit-
tees 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 terminating 
or suspending any such compact or threshold program: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are available to imple-
ment section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the regular 
notification 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 country compact: Pro-
vided further, That any funds that are deobligated from a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular notification