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collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2015 in excess of obligations, up to 
$10,000,000, shall become available on September 1, 2015, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided 
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 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 
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance pro-
grams (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 indirect costs incurred in claims settle-
ments, and other direct costs associated with services provided 
to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $25,000,000, as 
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Noncredit Account: 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 sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal years 
2015, 2016, and 2017: Provided further, That funds so obligated 
in fiscal year 2015 remain available for disbursement through 2023; 
funds obligated in fiscal year 2016 remain available for disburse-
ment through 2024; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2017 remain 
available for disbursement through 2025: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program 
authorized 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 previous proviso shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative 
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 Overseas 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, 2016: Provided, That of the amounts
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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 Chal-
lenge Corporation, and the Department of State: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than 
$4,000 may be available for representation 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 allowances and dif-
ferentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 
Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire 
of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United States 
Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances 
and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and 
activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received 
by such department or agency in fiscal year 2015 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 con-
tract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this Act, 
except as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplo-
matic facility of the United States may not include office space 
or other accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency 
or department if the Secretary of State determines that such depart-
ment or agency has not provided to the Department of State the 
full amount of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 
of the Secure Embassy Construction 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,
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Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), a project 
to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may include 
office space or other accommodations for members of the United 
States Marine Corps. 
(c) For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2015 costs 
of providing new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance 
with section 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 Manage-
ment and Budget, shall determine the annual program level and 
agency shares in a manner that is proportional to the Department 
of State’s contribution for this purpose. 
(d) 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 construction contracts for overseas diplo-
matic facilities during fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursu-
ant to this subsection shall include the information enumerated 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte-
nance’’ in House Report 113–499. 
(e)(1) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in this Act 
and in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, made available 
through Federal agency Capital Security Cost Sharing contributions 
and reimbursements, or generated from the proceeds of real prop-
erty sales, other than from real property sales located in London, 
United Kingdom, may be made available for site acquisition and 
mitigation, planning, design, or construction of the New London 
Embassy: Provided, That the reporting requirement contained in 
section 7004(f)(2) of division I of Public Law 112–74 shall remain 
in effect during fiscal year 2015. 
(2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be obli-
gated for the relocation of the United States Embassy to the Holy 
See only if the Secretary of State reports in writing to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that such relocation continues to be con-
sistent with the conditions of section 7004(e)(2) of division K of 
Public Law 113–76. 
(f)(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be made 
available to address security vulnerabilities at expeditionary, 
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 oper-
ations, 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 consultation with the Director 
of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations: Provided further,
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That such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a list of all expeditionary, interim, and temporary diplo-
matic facilities and the number of personnel and security costs 
for each such facility: Provided, That the report required by this 
paragraph may be submitted in classified form if necessary. 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the opening, 
closure, or any significant modification to an expeditionary, interim, 
or temporary diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except 
that such consultation and notification may be waived if there 
is a security risk to personnel. 
(g) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’, including for Worldwide Security Protection, 
and under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ 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 imple-
ment the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review 
Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations and require-
ments, following consultation with, and subject to the regular 
notification procedures of, such Committees: Provided, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise 
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 personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary 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 reprogramming 
of funds under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures 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 Authorization 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 determined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as 
described in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwith-
standing subsection (c)(3) of such section, for high risk, high threat 
posts: Provided, That the authority in this section shall apply 
to any options for renewal that may be exercised under such con-
tracts that are awarded during the current fiscal year.