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33) and other applicable Federal records management stat-
utes, 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; and 
(D) significantly improve the response time for identi-
fying and retrieving Federal records, including requests 
made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information 
Act’’). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
and to the National Archives and Records Administration 
detailing, as appropriate and where applicable— 
(A) any updates or modifications made to the policy 
of each agency regarding the use or the establishment 
of email accounts or email servers created outside the 
.gov domain or not fitted for automated records manage-
ment as part of a Federal government records management 
program since the submission to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the report required by section 7077(c)(3) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 
Law 115–31); 
(B) the extent to which each agency is in compliance 
with applicable Federal records management statutes, 
regulations, and policies, including meeting Directive goal 
1.2 of the Managing Government Records Directive (M– 
12–18) by December 31, 2017; and 
(C) any steps taken since the submission of the report 
referenced in subparagraph (A) to— 
(i) comply with paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection; 
(ii) ensure that all employees at every level have 
been instructed in procedures and processes to ensure 
that the documentation of their official duties is cap-
tured, preserved, managed, protected, and accessible 
in official Government systems of the Department of 
State and USAID; 
(iii) implement recommendation 1 made by the 
Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of State, 
in the January 2016 Evaluation of the Department 
of State’s FOIA Process for Requests Involving the 
Office of the Secretary (ESP-16-01); 
(iv) reduce the backlog of Freedom of Information 
Act (FOIA) and Congressional oversight requests, and 
measurably improve the response time for answering 
such requests; and 
(v) strengthen cyber security measures to mitigate 
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use 
of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov 
domain, improve the process to identify and remove 
inactive user accounts, update and enforce guidance 
related to the control of national security information, 
and implement the recommendations of the cor-
responding reports of the OIG as detailed under this
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section in House Report 115–253 and contained in 
other relevant reports issued by the OIG. 
(4) OPERATING PLANS.—The operating plans required by 
section 7076(a) of this Act for funds appropriated under the 
headings listed in paragraph (1) shall include funds planned 
for— 
(A) implementing the recommendations of the OIG 
reports referenced in clauses (iii) and (v); and 
(B) measurably reducing the FOIA and Congressional 
oversight requests backlog. 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7078. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2018 under the headings ‘‘International Broad-
casting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less 
than $55,500,000 shall be made available for programs to promote 
Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 
prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom of 
expression on the Internet, and that are important to the national 
interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum 
extent practicable, by sources other than the United States Govern-
ment, including from the private sector. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are made available 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) coordinated with other democracy programs funded 
by this Act under such headings, and shall be incorporated 
into country assistance and democracy promotion strate-
gies, as appropriate; 
(B) for programs to implement the May 2011, Inter-
national Strategy for Cyberspace; the Department of State 
International Cyberspace Policy Strategy required by sec-
tion 402 of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of 
Public Law 114–113); and the comprehensive strategy to 
promote Internet freedom and access to information in 
Iran, as required by section 414 of the Iran Threat Reduc-
tion and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 
(C) made available for programs that support the 
efforts of civil society to counter the development of repres-
sive Internet-related laws and regulations, including coun-
tering threats to Internet freedom at international 
organizations; to combat violence against bloggers and 
other users; and to enhance digital security training and 
capacity building for democracy activists; 
(D) made available for research of key threats to Inter-
net freedom; the continued development of technologies 
that provide or enhance access to the Internet, including 
circumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, 
and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian 
governments; and maintenance of the technological advan-
tage of the United States Government over such censorship
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techniques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), shall coordinate 
any such research and development programs with other 
relevant United States Government departments and agen-
cies in order to share information, technologies, and best 
practices, and to assess the effectiveness of such tech-
nologies; and 
(E) made available only after the Assistant Secretary 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, concurs that such funds are allocated consistent 
with— 
(i) the strategies referenced in subparagraph (B) 
of this paragraph; 
(ii) best practices regarding security for, and over-
sight of, Internet freedom programs; and 
(iii) sufficient resources and support for the 
development and maintenance of anti-censorship tech-
nology and tools. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ that are made avail-
able pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) made available only for tools and techniques to 
securely develop and distribute BBG digital content; facili-
tate audience access to such content on Web sites that 
are censored; coordinate the distribution of BBG digital 
content to targeted regional audiences; and to promote 
and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital 
security techniques; 
(B) coordinated with programs funded by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, and shall be incorporated into country broadcasting 
strategies, as appropriate; 
(C) coordinated by the BBG CEO to provide Internet 
circumvention tools and techniques for audiences in coun-
tries that are strategic priorities for the BBG and in a 
manner consistent with the BBG Internet freedom strategy; 
and 
(D) made available for the research and development 
of new tools or techniques authorized in paragraph (A) 
only after the BBG CEO, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and other relevant United States Government 
departments and agencies, evaluates the risks and benefits 
of such new tools or techniques, and establishes safeguards 
to minimize the use of such new tools or techniques for 
illicit purposes. 
(c) COORDINATION
AND
SPEND
PLANS.—After consultation 
among the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict 
planned activities, but not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State and the BBG CEO shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made 
available by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 
globally, which shall include a description of safeguards established 
by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not used 
for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department of State spend 
plan shall include funding for all such programs for all relevant 
Department of State and USAID offices and bureaus.
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IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7079. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 
or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise cur-
rently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing 
such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 
such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number 
of employees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced by such 
enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 
contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 
workers’ rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 
of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That the 
application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should 
be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 
country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the 
informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enter-
prise, and smallholder agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the United States 
if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or 
transferring jobs from the United States to other countries 
and adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; 
or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 
guidelines implemented pursuant to— 
(A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 
111–117); 
(B) the modification proposed by the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation in November 2013 to the Corpora-
tion’s Environmental and Social Policy Statement relating 
to coal; or 
(C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon 
Intensity Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States on December 12, 2013, 
when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 
would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any coal- 
fired or other power-generation project the purpose of which 
is to: (i) provide affordable electricity in International Develop-
ment Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend coun-
tries; and (ii) increase exports of goods and services from the 
United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United 
States. 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND NATIONALS UNLAWFULLY OR 
WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD 
SEC. 7080. (a) REVIEW.—The Special Presidential Envoy for 
Hostage Affairs, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
Consular Affairs, Department of State, shall review the practices 
of United States consular officers regarding assistance for citizens 
and nationals of the United States who are detained in countries 
where the Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights