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in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this Consolidated Act): Provided further, 
That any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal 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 Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary 
of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as author-
ized, $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.), preserving, 
maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned 
or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, 
and carrying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program 
as authorized, $785,097,000, to remain available until expended 
as authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation expenses as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall 
be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators 
for other departments and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $688,799,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, 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 Con-
sular Service, $7,900,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same 
terms and conditions. 
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 Congressional 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.
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PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 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, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, 
$1,344,458,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at 
the time of the submission 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 without 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 Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 
2016 and fiscal year 2017 assessment costs including offsets from 
available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: Pro-
vided further, That any such credits shall only be available for 
United States assessed contributions to the United Nations and 
the Committees on Appropriations 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 heading 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, 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 avail-
able 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 respective international 
organization and shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated 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
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United States Government by such organization for loans incurred 
on or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State shall review the budgetary 
and personnel procedures of the United Nations and affiliated agen-
cies funded under this heading and, not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations on steps taken at each agency to eliminate unnecessary 
administrative costs and duplicative activities and ensure that per-
sonnel practices are transparent and merit-based. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
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 peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security Council 
(or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the Commit-
tees 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 the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available for obligation unless the Secretary of State certifies 
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 trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 
trafficking, or committing 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 peace-
keeping 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 peacekeeping activities equal to those being given 
to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and foreign 
governments contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effec-
tive vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated 
human rights: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made 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 fur-
ther, That not later than May 1, 2016, and 30 days after the
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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 peace-
keeping missions or the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, 
and provide updated fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 assess-
ment costs including offsets from available credits: Provided further, 
That any such credits shall only be available for United States 
assessed contributions to the United Nations, and the Committees 
on Appropriations shall be notified when such credits are applied 
to any assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: 
Provided 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 Department 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: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages 
with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided 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 provi-
sion of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this heading shall be available for United States assessed contribu-
tions 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 author-
ized 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 appropriate 
congressional committees that it is important to the national 
interest of the United States. 
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 applicable 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.