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funds made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assist-
ance’’ in title III. 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in subsection 
(b) shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements 
in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The congressional 
budget justification for Department of State operations and foreign 
operations shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
concurrent with the date of submission of the President’s budget 
for fiscal year 2027: Provided, That the appendices for such justifica-
tion shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 
REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
or any other Act may not be used to implement a reorganization, 
redesign, or other plan described in subsection (b) by the Depart-
ment of State or any other Federal department, agency, or organiza-
tion funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head 
of such department, agency, or organization with the appropriate 
congressional committees: Provided, That such funds shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That any such notification sub-
mitted to such Committees shall include a detailed justification 
for any proposed action: Provided further, That congressional 
notifications submitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to similar 
provisions of law in prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may 
be deemed to meet the notification requirements of this section. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to subsection (a), 
a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any action 
to— 
(1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered 
departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus and 
offices within or between such departments, agencies, or 
organizations, including the transfer to other agencies of the 
authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and offices; 
(2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the United 
States official presence overseas, including at bilateral, regional, 
and multilateral diplomatic facilities and other platforms; or 
(3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent Civil 
Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally 
employed staff workforce of the Department of State from the 
staffing levels previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations for fiscal year 2026. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MATTERS 
SEC. 7064. (a) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of 
State for payments to the Working Capital Fund that are made 
available for new service centers, shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days after the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act that are made available to a Department of State 
bureau or office with responsibility for the management and 
oversight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall certify 
and report to the Committees on Appropriations, on an indi-
vidual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or office is 
in compliance with Department and Federal financial and 
grants management policies, procedures, and regulations, as 
applicable. 
(2) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—When 
making 
a 
certification 
required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider 
the capacity of a bureau or office to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the country 
and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation and moni-
toring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and indicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
(E) assess final results and reconcile finances. 
(3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable to make 
a certification required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
submit a plan and timeline detailing the steps to be taken 
to bring such bureau or office into compliance. 
(c) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’— 
(A) 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 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities. 
(2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ are available 
for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) 
of title 31, United States Code, for the field examination of 
programs and activities in the United States funded from any 
account contained in title I of this Act. 
(3) Consistent with section 204 of the Admiral James W. 
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), up to 
$25,000,000 of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated and 
expended for United States participation in international fairs 
and expositions abroad, including for construction and operation 
of a United States pavilion. 
(4)(A) The notification requirement of paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of subsection (j) of the State Department Basic Authorities
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Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) shall also apply to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(B) The justification requirement of paragraph (4) of sub-
section (j) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) shall also apply to the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report detailing the criteria 
used to certify that a position established in accordance with 
paragraph (2) of subsection (j) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) does not require 
the exercise of significant authority pursuant to the laws of 
the United States: Provided, That such report shall also include 
a listing of each special appointment authorized by such section, 
the number of positions for the applicable office, and the salary 
and other support costs of such office, and such report shall 
be updated and submitted to the such committees every 180 
days thereafter until September 30, 2027. 
(5) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’ shall be made available for the purposes and in the 
manner described under this subsection in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7065. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $170,000,000 of the funds 
made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be used to hire and employ individuals in the United States 
and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the 
authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2027. 
(c) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account charged for the 
cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority of 
this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities of 
such individual primarily relate: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to carry out this section may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated by this Act under the relevant headings 
in title I. 
(d) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of 
individuals whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs 
in response to natural disasters or man-made disasters, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefi-
nite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, the 
Department of State may provide an exception to the fair oppor-
tunity process for placing task orders under such contracts when
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the order is placed with any category of small or small disadvan-
taged business. 
(f) PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under title III may be made available for the Secretary 
of State to exercise the authorities of section 2669(c) of title 22, 
United States Code. 
STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7066. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera-
tion, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
not less than $108,000,000 shall be made available for the Preven-
tion and Stabilization Fund for the purposes enumerated in section 
509(a) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J 
of Public Law 116–94): Provided, That funds made available pursu-
ant to this subsection under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ may remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $192,375,000 shall be made available for natural disaster 
preparation and mitigation efforts, including in Pacific Islands coun-
tries and other high-risk areas, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law. 
EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 7067. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 
4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied through fiscal year 
2026 by substituting ‘‘the costs of providing consular services’’ for 
‘‘such costs’’. 
(b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for 
Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (division B 
of Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 592) shall be applied during 
fiscal year 2026 by substituting ‘‘2020 through 2026’’ for ‘‘2020 
and 2021’’. 
(c) Discretionary amounts made available to the Department 
of State under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ 
of this Act, and discretionary unobligated balances under such 
heading from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may be trans-
ferred to the Consular and Border Security Programs account if 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sustain consular 
operations, following consultation with such Committees: Provided, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available in this Act and under any other provision of 
law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred from 
amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to section 
286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of State may 
also use fees deposited into the Fraud Prevention and Detection 
Account for the costs of providing consular services.