(1) The Secretary of State shall promptly in-
form the appropriate congressional committees of 
each instance in which funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and 
Syria, the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, sta-
bilization and recovery, and to counter extremism 
and foreign fighters abroad, have been diverted or 
destroyed, to include the type and amount of assist-
ance, a description of the incident and parties in-
volved, and an explanation of the response of the 
Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure such 
funds are coordinated with, and complement, the 
programs of other United States Government de-
partments and agencies and international partners 
in such countries and on such activities. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least seven 
days prior to informing a government of, or pub-
lically announcing a decision on, the suspension of 
assistance to a country or a territory from funds ap-
propriated by this Act or prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs. 
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RECORDS MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7016. (a) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) 
REQUIREMENT.—Any 
agency 
receiving 
funds made available by this Act shall, subject to 
paragraphs (2) and (3), post on the publicly avail-
able Web site of such agency any report required by 
this Act to be submitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, upon a determination by the head of 
such agency that to do so is in the national interest. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to a report if— 
(A) the public posting of such report would 
compromise national security, including the 
conduct of diplomacy; or 
(B) the report contains proprietary, privi-
leged, or sensitive information. 
(3) TIMING AND INTENTION.—The head of the 
agency posting such report shall, unless otherwise 
provided for in this Act, do so only after such report 
has been made available to the Committees on Ap-
propriations for not less than 45 days: Provided, 
That any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations shall include 
information from the submitting agency on whether 
such report will be publicly posted. 
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(b) REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS.—None of the funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 
through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovern-
mental organization, including any contractor, which fails 
to provide upon timely request any document, file, or 
record necessary to the auditing requirements of the De-
partment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title 
I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in title II that are made available to 
the Department of State and USAID may be made 
available to support the use or establishment of 
email accounts or email servers created outside the 
.gov domain or not fitted for automated records 
management as part of a Federal government 
records management program in contravention of 
the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amend-
ments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(2) DIRECTIVES.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall— 
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(A) regularly review and update the poli-
cies, directives, and oversight necessary to com-
ply with Federal statutes, regulations, and pres-
idential executive orders and memoranda con-
cerning the preservation of all records made or 
received in the conduct of official business, in-
cluding record emails, instant messaging, and 
other online tools; 
(B) use funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Op-
erating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment 
Fund’’ in title II, as appropriate, to improve 
Federal records management pursuant to the 
Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 
29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal 
records management statutes, regulations, or 
policies for the Department of State and 
USAID; 
(C) direct departing employees that all 
Federal records generated by such employees, 
including senior officials, belong to the Federal 
Government; 
(D) improve the response time for identi-
fying and retrieving Federal records, including 
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requests made pursuant to section 552 of title 
5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); and 
(E) strengthen cyber security measures to 
mitigate vulnerabilities, including those result-
ing from the use of personal email accounts or 
servers outside the .gov domain, improve the 
process to identify and remove inactive user ac-
counts, update and enforce guidance related to 
the control of national security information, and 
implement the recommendations of the applica-
ble reports of the cognizant Office of Inspector 
General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 
not to comply with any provision of the Act on constitu-
tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 
within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 
determination and any resulting changes to program and 
policy. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
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(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to— 
(1) amounts designated for ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ in the respective ta-
bles included in the report accompanying this Act; 
and 
(2) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit the reports re-
quired, in the manner described, in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 
and entertainment expenses further official agency busi-
ness and United States foreign policy interests, and— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
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(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
musical productions, and amusement parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military 
equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
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national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern-
ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 
Provided further, That this section applies with re-
spect to lethal military equipment provided under a 
contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
how the assistance furthers United States national 
interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in each such account; and for the development assistance 
accounts of the United States Agency for International 
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Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 
be considered to include central, country, regional, and 
program level funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations within 30 days after the 
enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
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COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, 
any assistance, or any other financial commitments for es-
tablishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
export by any country other than the United States, if 
the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 
at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected 
to become operative and if the assistance will cause sub-
stantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 
prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if 
in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 
industry and employment in the United States are likely 
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
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ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
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(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of the international financial in-
stitutions, as defined in section 7034(o)(3) of this Act, to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 
assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated 
or made available by this Act, for the production or extrac-
tion of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in 
surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause 
substantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
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(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
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subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
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for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(5) REPORT.—The USAID Administrator shall 
report as part of the congressional budget justifica-
tion submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
on the use of local currencies for the administrative 
requirements of the United States Government as 
authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report 
shall include the amount of local currency (and 
United States dollar equivalent) used or to be used 
for such purpose in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
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provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
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appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2019, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
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(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION
FOR
LOCAL
ENTITIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available to the United 
States Agency for International Development may only be 
made available for limited competitions through local enti-
ties if— 
(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has— 
(A) assessed the level of local capacity to 
effectively implement, manage, and account for 
programs included in such competition; and 
(B) documented the written results of the 
assessment and decisions made; and 
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