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from the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the 
purposes set out in that section. 
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, 
$1,262,966,000: 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 
June 1, 2017, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2017, the 
Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
any credits attributable to the United States, including from the 
United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal 
year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 assessment costs including offsets 
from available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: 
Provided further, That any such credits shall only be available 
for United States assessed contributions to the United Nations 
regular budget, 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 avail-
able under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions 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 attributable 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 procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for a United States contribu-
tion to an international organization for the United States share 
of interest costs made known to the United States Government
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by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 
1984, through external borrowings. 
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, $552,904,000, 
of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: 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 or 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 sexual exploitation and abuse 
or other violations of human rights, and to bring to justice individ-
uals who engage in such acts while participating in such mission, 
including prosecution in their home countries and making informa-
tion about such prosecutions publicly available on the Web site 
of the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
State shall work with the United Nations and foreign governments 
contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 
procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 
rights: Provided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that 
United States 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 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 recommenda-
tion that such involvement is in the national interest of the United 
States and the President has submitted to Congress such a rec-
ommendation: Provided further, That not later than June 1, 2017, 
and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of 
State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits 
attributable to the United States, including those resulting from 
United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax 
Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2017 and fiscal 
year 2018 assessment costs including offsets from available credits: 
Provided further, That any such credits shall only be available
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for United States assessed contributions to United Nations peace-
keeping missions, 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 avail-
able under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions 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 attributable 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: Provided 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. 
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, 
$48,134,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the Inter-
national Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the 
Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the 
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 103–182), $12,258,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up
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to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2018, and 
$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $37,502,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international commu-
nication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio, 
Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, 
$772,108,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $32,501,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 
not less than $13,800,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation 
expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within 
the United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may 
be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty: Provided further, That the BBG shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by the 
BBG that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee 
organizations, provides an open platform for international terrorists 
or those who support international terrorism, or is in violation 
of the principles and standards set forth in subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 303 of the United States International Broadcasting 
Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of 
ethics: Provided further, That significant modifications to BBG 
broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes 
to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, 
Internet, and television), for all BBG language services shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That in addition to funds made 
available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 
revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in 
receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available until 
expended for carrying out authorized purposes.