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10, United States Code, as added by section 1241 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328). 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the funds 
made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used by the United 
States Agency for International Development to hire and employ 
individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appoint-
ment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 
pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 
exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection 
(a) shall expire on September 30, 2018. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) should only 
be used to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that 
are filled by personal services contractors or other non-direct hire 
employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated 
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account charged for 
the cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority 
of this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities 
of such individual primarily relate: Provided, That funds made 
available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under 
the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 
(e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Individuals hired 
and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority 
of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended 
for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set 
forth in such section. 
(f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 
by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs 
in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, 
and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title 
II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may be used
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by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services contractors in 
the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 
expanded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency 
until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained: Pro-
vided, That not more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned 
to any bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480), may be made available only for personal services 
contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 
(h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefi-
nite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID 
may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing 
task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with 
any category of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Individ-
uals hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2011 (division F of Public Law 111– 
117) may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or 
Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by titles III 
and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance 
for child survival activities or disease programs including activities 
relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and control 
of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 
U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 
should be made available for family planning/reproductive health, 
including in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity 
or endangered species. 
(b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act that 
are available for a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 10 percent should be with-
held from obligation until the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Global Fund 
is— 
(1) maintaining and implementing a policy of transparency, 
including the authority of the Global Fund Office of the 
Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG reports on a public 
Web site; 
(2) providing sufficient resources to maintain an inde-
pendent OIG that— 
(A) reports directly to the Board of the Global Fund; 
(B) maintains a mandate to conduct thorough inves-
tigations and programmatic audits, free from undue inter-
ference; and 
(C) compiles regular, publicly published audits and 
investigations of financial, programmatic, and reporting
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aspects of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub- 
recipients, and Local Fund Agents; 
(3) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 
procedures which reflect best practices for the protection of 
whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices for— 
(A) protection against retaliation for internal and law-
ful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 
(D) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 
external arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of proven retalia-
tion; and 
(4) implementing the recommendations contained in the 
Consolidated Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 
the Global Fund on November 21, 2011: 
Provided, That such withholding shall not be in addition to funds 
that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2017 pursuant 
to the application of any other provision contained in this or any 
other Act. 
(c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 
(1) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 
$70,000,000 shall be made available for an Emergency Reserve 
Fund to address emerging health threats, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
and may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Disaster 
Assistance’’ for the purposes of this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may only be made available if the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that it is in the national interest to respond 
to an emerging health threat that poses severe threats to 
human health. 
(2) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that an international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, 
severe, and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the 
national interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency 
of International Concern, funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 
Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ 
may be made available to combat such infectious disease or 
public health emergency, and may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under such headings for the 
purposes of this paragraph. 
(3) OVERSIGHT OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by this 
subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations.
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GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote gender equality in United 
States Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising 
the status, increasing the participation, and protecting the rights 
of women and girls worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 
to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries where 
women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, 
by strengthening protections for women’s political status, expanding 
women’s participation in political parties and elections, and 
increasing women’s opportunities for leadership positions in the 
public and private sectors at the local, provincial, and national 
levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 
this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available 
to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond 
to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 
conflict and non-conflict settings. 
(B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act 
that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and military 
personnel, including for international peacekeeping operations, 
shall address, where appropriate, prevention and response to 
gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, and shall 
promote the integration of women into the police and other 
security forces. 
(2) Department of State and United States Agency for 
International Development gender programs shall incorporate 
coordinated efforts to combat a variety of forms of gender- 
based violence, including child marriage, rape, female genital 
cutting and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 
forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict set-
tings. 
(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should 
be made available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, 
and improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 
to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace 
building, transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in coun-
tries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure 
the equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to women 
and girls. 
(e) WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK FROM EXTREMISM.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support women and 
girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and for 
activities to— 
(A) empower women and girls to counter extremism; 
(B) address the needs of women and girls adversely 
impacted by extremism and conflict;