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Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall remain in effect through 
September 30, 2019. 
(3) USAID CIVIL
SERVICE
ANNUITANT
WAIVER.—Section 
625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITATION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph 
(B), the authority provided by section 1113 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall 
remain in effect through September 30, 2019. 
(B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) may 
not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign 
Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a locality- 
based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based com-
parability payment (stated as a percentage) that would 
be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 
5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station 
were in the District of Columbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018, and 2019’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2018’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(6) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIVER.—The authori-
ties provided in section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212) shall remain in effect 
through September 30, 2019. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The authority pro-
vided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall 
remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan through September 
30, 2019, except that the notification and reporting require-
ments contained in such section shall include the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(8) 
SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AFGHANISTAN 
RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STATUS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any employee of the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after the date of 
enactment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 
which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire 
competitive status for appointment to any position in the 
competitive service for which the employee possesses the 
required qualifications. 
(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2019.
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(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL WAIVER 
AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General of the Department of State 
may waive the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of 
section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4064) on a case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed 
by the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject to 
the same constraints and in the same manner by which the 
Secretary of State may exercise such waiver authority pursuant 
to subsection (g) of such section. 
(11) EXTENSION OF LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL.—Chapter 
5 of title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended 
under the heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 
(A) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’; 
and 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
(n) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are available for monitoring and evaluation of assistance 
under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Dis-
aster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, 
as appropriate, be made available for the regular collection of feed-
back obtained directly from beneficiaries on the quality and rel-
evance of such assistance: Provided, That the Department of State 
and USAID shall establish procedures for implementing partners 
that receive funds under such headings for regularly collecting 
and responding to such feedback, informing the Department of 
State and USAID of such procedures, and reporting to the Depart-
ment of State and USAID on actions taken in response to the 
feedback received: Provided further, That the Department of State 
and USAID shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure that such 
feedback is regularly collected and used by implementing partners 
to maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assistance. 
(o) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds available in 
the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established pursuant to sec-
tion 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) 
may be made available for pharmaceuticals and other products 
for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent 
as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to the 
terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That the authority 
in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 
447) shall be exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global 
Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/ 
AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall include 
in the congressional budget justification an accounting of budgetary 
resources, disbursements, balances, and reimbursements related 
to such fund. 
(p) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) LOAN
GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations,
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and related programs may be made available for the costs, 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and 
Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this paragraph for the costs 
of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. 
(2) DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds made available 
pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs that were previously designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of such Act. 
(3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to the authorities of this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees, and subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(q) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for Local Works 
pursuant to section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division J of Public Law 113–235), which may remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
(2) For the purposes of section 7080 of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible 
entities’’ shall be defined as small local, international, and 
United States-based nongovernmental organizations, edu-
cational institutions, and other small entities that have received 
less than a total of $5,000,000 from USAID over the previous 
5 fiscal years: Provided, That departments or centers of such 
educational institutions may be considered individually in 
determining such eligibility. 
(r) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—Unless 
otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the 
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND PRIOR ACTS.— 
Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act 
the term ‘‘funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs’’ means funds that remain available for 
obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—In this Act 
‘‘international financial institutions’’ means the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International
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Development Association, the International Finance Corpora-
tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International 
Monetary Fund, the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American 
Investment Corporation, the North American Development 
Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(4) SOUTHERN
KORDOFAN
REFERENCE.—Any reference to 
Southern Kordofan in this or any other Act making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs shall be deemed to include portions of Western 
Kordofan that were previously part of Southern Kordofan prior 
to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan. 
(5) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 
United States Agency for International Development. 
(6) SPEND PLAN.—In this Act, the term ‘‘spend plan’’ means 
a plan for the uses of funds appropriated for a particular 
entity, country, program, purpose, or account and which shall 
include, at a minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for meas-
uring progress, and a timeline for achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by account; 
(C) how such funds will complement other ongoing 
or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the maximum extent 
practicable. 
(7) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.—References 
to the ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broad-
casting Operations’’ account in any provision of law shall be 
construed to include the ‘‘United States Agency for Global 
Media’’ account in Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs: Pro-
vided, That references to the ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ 
or ‘‘BBG’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be construed to include the ‘‘United States 
Agency for Global Media’’ or ‘‘USAGM’’. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, 
is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States 
investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly termi-
nated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel imme-
diately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 
their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue 
to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and 
find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for 
example, taking into consideration the participation of any