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as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall 
mean those lands sited within the external boundaries of the Alaska 
Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), 
and those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 
sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within the bound-
aries of the Municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star 
Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna 
Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Construc-
tion, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts, 
to remain available until expended for the purposes of these 
accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors of the 
Veterans Integrated Services Networks from conducting outreach 
or marketing to enroll new veterans within their respective Net-
works. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
quarterly report on the financial status of the Veterans Health 
Administration. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical services’’, 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘General 
operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General 
administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts 
for fiscal year 2012, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 
technology systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer may 
take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ account for development, modernization, and 
enhancement may be transferred between projects or to newly 
defined projects: Provided, That no project may be increased or 
decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting 
a request to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or 
absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: 
(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115;
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119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012, in this Act or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account for nonrecurring mainte-
nance, not more than 20 percent of the funds made available 
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of that fiscal year: 
Provided, That the Secretary may waive this requirement after 
providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012 for ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Med-
ical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 
minor projects’’, and ‘‘Information technology systems’’, up to 
$241,666,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of 
the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be transferred 
from accounts designated in this section to the Joint Department 
of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 
Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 
States Code, for health care provided at facilities designated as 
combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be 
available: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense- 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities designated as 
combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 226. Of the amounts available in this title for ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facili-
ties’’, a minimum of $15,000,000, shall be transferred to the DOD- 
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 
8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain available until 
expended, for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, 
United States Code.
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(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 227. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title X of division 
B of Public Law 112–10, the following amounts which became 
available on October 1, 2011, are hereby rescinded from the fol-
lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical services’’, 
$1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical support and 
compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical facilities’’, 
$250,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 
an additional amount is appropriated to the following accounts 
in the amounts specified to remain available until September 30, 
2013: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical services’’, 
$1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical support and 
compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical facilities’’, 
$250,000,000. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in major construction projects that 
total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed amount 
of the project, whichever is less: Provided, That such notification 
shall occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the programmed 
amount: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
committees 14 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings 
and shall describe the anticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 229. The scope of work for a project included in ‘‘Construc-
tion, major projects’’ may not be increased above the scope specified 
for that project in the original justification data provided to the 
Congress as part of the request for appropriations. 
SEC. 230. (a) EXCEPTION WITH RESPECT
TO CONFIDENTIAL 
NATURE OF CLAIMS.—Section 5701 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) Under regulations the Secretary shall prescribe, the Sec-
retary may disclose information about a veteran or the dependent 
of a veteran to a State controlled substance monitoring program, 
including a program approved by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 399O of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3), to the extent necessary to prevent misuse 
and diversion of prescription medicines.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION WITH RESPECT TO CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN 
MEDICAL RECORDS.—Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(G) To a State controlled substance monitoring pro-
gram, including a program approved by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 399O of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3), to the extent 
necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription 
medicines.’’. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both
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Houses of Congress notification of any single national outreach 
and awareness marketing campaign in which obligations exceed 
$2,000,000. The first report shall be submitted no later than April 
15, 2012. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to declare as excess to the needs of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs or otherwise take any action to exchange, trade, 
auction, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or reduce the acreage 
of, Federal land and improvements at the St. Albans campus, con-
sisting of approximately 55 acres of land, with borders near Linden 
Boulevard on the northwest, 115th Avenue on the west, the Long 
Island Railroad on the northeast, and Baisley Boulevard on the 
southeast. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract using procedures that do not 
give to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans 
(as that term is defined in section 3(q)(3) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) that are included in the database under 
section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, any preference avail-
able with respect to such contract, except for a preference given 
to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans (as defined in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 
SEC. 234. Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2012’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 
(one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, $61,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes author-
ized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 
7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, $30,770,000: 
Provided, That $2,726,323 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading 
in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, 
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and 
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the 
purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on 
a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $45,800,000, to remain available 
until expended. In addition, such sums as may be necessary for 
parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from 
the ‘‘Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies’’ account. 
Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided to 
Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the federally owned 
water main at Arlington National Cemetery making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,700,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
GENERAL FUND PAYMENT, ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
For payment to the ‘‘Armed Forces Retirement Home’’, 
$14,630,000, to remain available until expended, for expenses nec-
essary to mitigate structural damage sustained to buildings on 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of 
Columbia, campus as a result of the August 2011 earthquake.
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TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2012: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 
and Marine Corps’’, $189,703,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Of the unobligated balances in title IV, division 
E of Public Law 111–117, $269,703,000 are hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012 
for pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed 
within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 504. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for 
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution, 
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself.
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SEC. 505. All departments and agencies funded under this 
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E–Commerce’’ 
technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business prac-
tices and public service activities. 
SEC. 506. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropria-
tions Act. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for a project or program named for an individual serving 
as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United 
States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 509. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary informa-
tion. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 511. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility 
in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used by an agency of the executive 
branch to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to execute a contract for goods or services, including construc-
tion services, where the contractor has not complied with Executive 
Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, or to make a grant to, any corpora-
tion that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any 
Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 
awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and 
made a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 
DIVISION I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2012 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $6,550,947,000, of which 
up to $1,355,000,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection (to remain 
available until expended): Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 
training, human resources management, and salaries, including 
employment without regard to civil service and classification 
laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 
as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, $2,277,862,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013, of which not less 
than $121,814,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy 
American salaries, and up to $203,800,000 is for Worldwide 
Security Protection and shall remain available until expended.
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(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law, $2,109,293,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013, of which not less than 
$347,572,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy inter-
national information programs. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For necessary 
expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State 
including representation to certain international organizations 
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 
ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 
control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities as author-
ized, $822,513,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $1,341,279,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, of which up to $1,151,200,000 is for Worldwide 
Security Protection and shall remain available until expended. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 
(A) not to exceed $1,753,991 shall be derived from 
fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or 
use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act, 
and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$520,150, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
section; 
(B) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 
and publication programs and from fees from educational 
advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 
and 
(C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges and fees for use of Blair House 
facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, funds 
may be reprogrammed within and between subsections 
under this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act; 
(B) Of the amount made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service’’, to be available only for emergency evacuations 
and rewards, as authorized; and 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are avail-
able for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to 31 
U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs and 
activities in the United States funded from any account 
contained in this title.
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(D) Of the amount made available under this heading, 
up to $6,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Department of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, 
Capital Investment Fund’’: Provided, That the transfer 
authority of this subparagraph is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Secretary of State. 
(E)(i) The headings ‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’ 
in titles I and II of prior acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be renamed ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Oper-
ations’’. 
(ii) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, up 
to $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made 
available under the heading ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Oper-
ations’’ in title I of prior acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations and related 
programs, as amended by subparagraph (i). 
(F) None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used for the preservation of religious sites unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such sites are histori-
cally, artistically, or culturally significant, that the purpose 
of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the 
free exercise of religion, and that the project is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
$59,380,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized: 
Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall not 
apply to funds available under this heading. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$61,904,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it relates to post 
inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $583,200,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other 
payments received from or in connection with English teaching, 
educational advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor 
programs as authorized. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized, $7,300,000.
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PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary 
of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as author-
ized, $27,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), preserving, maintaining, 
repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly 
leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds 
otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying 
out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$762,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, 
of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and 
overseas representation as authorized: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi-
tion of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments 
and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $775,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not later than 45 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations the proposed allocation of 
funds made available under this heading and the actual and antici-
pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2012. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, $9,300,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same 
terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,447,000, as authorized, of which 
$710,000 may be made available for administrative expenses nec-
essary to carry out the direct loan program and may be paid 
to ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’: 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. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96–8), $21,108,000.
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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, 
$1,449,700,000: 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 the Secretary 
of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than May 1, 2012, on any credits available to the United 
States from the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund (TEF) and 
provide updated fiscal year 2013 assessment costs including offsets 
from available TEF 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 
and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any payment 
of arrearages under this heading shall be directed toward activities 
that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respec-
tive international organization: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for a 
United States contribution to an international organization for the 
United States share of interest costs made known to the United 
States Government 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, $1,828,182,000, 
of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: 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 the new or expanded mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is 
practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified: (1) 
of the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the national 
interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; (2) that the 
United Nations has taken necessary measures to prevent United
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Nations employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops 
serving in the mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims 
of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation or 
other violations of human rights, and to bring to justice individuals 
who engage in such acts while participating in the peacekeeping 
mission, including prosecution in their home countries of such 
individuals in connection with such acts, and to make information 
about such cases publicly available in the country where an alleged 
crime occurs and on the United Nations’ Web site; and (3) pursuant 
to section 7015 of this Act, and the procedures therein followed, 
setting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay the 
cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds 
shall be available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary 
of State determines that American 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 the Secretary of State shall work with the United 
Nations and governments contributing peacekeeping troops to 
develop effective vetting procedures to ensure that such troops 
have not violated human rights: 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 interests of the United 
States and the President has submitted to the Congress such a 
recommendation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this heading shall be available for United States assessed 
contributions up to the amount specified in Annex IV accompanying 
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/220: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may be made available above the amount 
authorized in section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e 
note) only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate that it is important to the national 
interest of the United States: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than May 1, 2012, of any credits available to the United 
States resulting from United Nations peacekeeping missions or 
the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund: Provided further, That 
any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed 
contributions to the United Nations and shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
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:
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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; as fol-
lows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$44,722,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $31,453,000, 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 
Public Law 103–182, $11,687,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading for the International Joint Commission, 
$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, $36,300,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 
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 
and television broadcasting to the Middle East, $740,100,000: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available to expand unrestricted access to information on the Inter-
net through the development and use of circumvention and secure 
communication technologies: Provided further, That the circumven-
tion technologies and programs supported by such funds shall 
undergo a review, to include an assessment of protections against 
such technologies being used for illicit purposes: Provided further, 
That the BBG shall coordinate the development and use of such 
technologies with the Secretary of State, as appropriate: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within
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the United States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be 
used for representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed 
$39,000 may be used for official reception and representation 
expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, 
That the authority provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 
22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2012: Provided further, That the BBG shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by 
the Board 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 the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a) and 
(b)) 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 provision of law, up to $2,000,000 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, to 
remain available until expended for carrying out authorized pur-
poses. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facili-
ties for radio and television transmission and reception, and pur-
chase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and tele-
vision transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized, 
$7,030,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as authorized. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, 
as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act, 
$30,589,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, which 
shall not be used for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern- 
Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078),
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the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such 
Fund on or before September 30, 2012, to remain available until 
expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest 
and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Pro-
gram Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2012, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, 
in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes 
which are not in accordance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform 
Administrative Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non- 
profit Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 
for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), 
all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Fund on or before September 30, 2012, to remain available until 
expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out 
the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 
Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for 
Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in 
the State of Hawaii, $16,700,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter 
into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess 
of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endow-
ment for Democracy Act, $117,764,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be allocated in the traditional 
and customary manner, including for the core institutes, and 
$17,764,000 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of 
law programs: Provided, That the President of the National Endow-
ment for Democracy shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act a report on the proposed uses of funds under this heading 
on a regional and country basis.
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OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE 
ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $634,000, as authorized by section 
1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 
292), $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: 
Provided, That section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2012’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2011’’: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the expenditure limitation specified in section 
208(c)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6435a(c)(1)), the Commission may 
expend up to $250,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading to procure temporary and intermittent services under the 
authority of section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code: Provided 
further, That travel by members and staff of the Commission shall 
be arranged and conducted under the rules and procedures applying 
to travel by members and staff of the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of employment rights, any 
employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congres-
sional employee as defined in section 2107 of title 5, United States 
Code and the Commission shall be treated as a congressional 
employing office. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304, 
$2,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commis-
sion on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III 
of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911–6919), 
$1,996,000, including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of 
official representation, to remain available until September 30, 
2013.
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UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,493,000, including not more 
than $4,000 for the purpose of official representation, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That the authorities, 
requirements, limitations, and conditions contained in the second 
through sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public 
Law 111–117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2012 and 
shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if included 
in this Act. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,092,300,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013, of which not less than 
$25,000,000 should be for costs associated with procurement reform: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title 
may be made available to finance the construction (including 
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease 
of offices for use by the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID), unless the USAID Administrator has identi-
fied such proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation 
of funds for such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or 
agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this 
heading during fiscal year 2013 may entail commitments for the 
expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That any decision to open a new or reorganized 
USAID mission, bureau, center, or office or, except where there 
is a substantial security risk to mission personnel, to close or 
significantly reduce the number of personnel of any such mission 
or office, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act 
to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 
sections: Provided further, That any reprogramming of funds in 
excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, to the cost 
categories in the table included under this heading in the joint
H. R. 2055—390 
explanatory statement accompanying this Act for funds appro-
priated under this heading, shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for represen-
tation and entertainment allowances, of which not to exceed $5,000 
may be available for entertainment allowances, for USAID during 
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That no such entertain-
ment funds may be used for the purposes listed in section 7020 
of this Act: Provided further, That appropriate steps shall be taken 
to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States- 
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $129,700,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $46,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2013, which sum shall be available 
for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 
purposes, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 
1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 
global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, $2,625,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be made available for training, equip-
ment, and technical assistance to build the capacity of public health 
institutions and organizations in developing countries, and for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) 
immunization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health,
H. R. 2055—391 
nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly address 
the needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; 
(4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other 
than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control 
of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and 
for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, 
including children infected or affected by AIDS; and (6) family 
planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available for a United 
States contribution to the GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made available 
to any organization or program which, as determined by the Presi-
dent of the United States, supports or participates in the manage-
ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: 
Provided further, That any determination made under the previous 
proviso must be made no later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence 
and criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family 
planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 
Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under 
section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in 
order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 
shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which 
offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about 
access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, 
and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet 
the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents 
in the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or 
other numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family 
planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use 
of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning 
purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment of incentives, 
bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in 
exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program 
personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number 
of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of 
a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not 
deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate 
in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health 
care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 
family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family plan-
ning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that 
might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse 
side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; 
and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive 
drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 
the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised 
of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after
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the date on which the USAID Administrator determines that there 
has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph 
(1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of 
violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this 
proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation 
and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, 
That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, 
additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, 
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 
local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 
Provided further, That information provided about the use of 
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from 
amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 
use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, 
and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,542,860,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, which shall be appor-
tioned directly to the Department of State: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph may be made available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United States con-
tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 
Provided further, That the amount of such contribution should 
be $1,050,000,000: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the 
aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund 
in fiscal year 2012 may be made available to USAID for technical 
assistance related to the activities of the Global Fund: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up 
to $14,250,000 may be made available, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses 
of the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 
103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 
10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,519,950,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That rel-
evant bureaus and offices of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) that support cross-cutting develop-
ment programs shall coordinate such programs on a regular basis: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $23,000,000 shall be made available for the American 
Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and not less than
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$10,000,000 shall be made available for USAID cooperative develop-
ment programs within the Office of Private and Voluntary Coopera-
tion. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $825,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 
and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $50,141,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term 
development of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve demo-
cratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, 
and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That 
the United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 
days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary of State determines that it is impor-
tant to the national interests of the United States to provide transi-
tion assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to enable the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to support programs and 
activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen complex 
crises overseas, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available on such terms and conditions as the USAID Administrator 
may determine, in consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, for the purposes of preventing or responding to such crises, 
except that no funds shall be made available to respond to natural 
disasters: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by this 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall 
be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of the obligation of 
funds.
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DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by 
the United States Agency for International Development, as author-
ized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, up to $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: 
Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 
provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro and small 
enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which 
further the purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaran-
teed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds 
made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of 
modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, 
and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general 
provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of 
H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on International 
Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and 
loan guarantees provided under this heading, except that the prin-
cipal amount of loans made or guaranteed under this heading 
with respect to any single country shall not exceed $300,000,000: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up 
to $750,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, $8,300,000, which may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall remain available until September 
30, 2014. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,001,745,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, $250,000,000 shall be 
available for assistance for Egypt, including not less than 
$35,000,000 for education programs of which not less than 
$10,000,000 is for scholarships at not-for-profit institutions for 
Egyptian students with high financial need, and to implement 
section 7041(a)(3) and (b) of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading that are made available for assist-
ance for Cyprus shall be used only for scholarships, administrative 
support of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and meas-
ures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to reduce
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tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the two 
communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That $12,000,000 of the 
funds made available for assistance for Lebanon under this heading 
shall be for scholarships at not-for-profit institutions for students 
in Lebanon with high financial need: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$360,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan: Provided 
further, That up to $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated for fiscal 
year 2011 under this heading in Public Law 112–10, division B, 
may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for 
Tunisia, which are authorized to be provided: Provided further, 
That amounts that are made available under the previous proviso 
for the cost of guarantees shall not be considered ‘‘assistance’’ 
for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $179,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development for alternative 
development/institution building programs in Colombia: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are available for assistance for Colombia, not less than $7,000,000 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ and shall be made 
available only for assistance to nongovernmental and international 
organizations that provide assistance to Colombian refugees in 
neighboring countries: Provided further, That in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State may transfer 
up to $200,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
to funds appropriated in this Act under the headings ‘‘Multilateral 
Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, International 
Financial Institutions’’ for additional payments to such institutions, 
facilities, and funds enumerated under such headings: Provided 
further, That prior to exercising the transfer authority under the 
previous proviso the Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
$114,770,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, of 
which $68,000,000 shall be made available for the Human Rights 
and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights 
and Labor, Department of State, and $46,770,000 shall be made 
available for the Office of Democracy and Governance of the Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act, and 
the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$626,718,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013, which 
shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for assistance and for related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 3(c) of 
the SEED Act: Provided, That funds appropriated under this