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(D) Programs to counter foreign fighters and extremist 
organizations, pursuant to section 7073(a) of this Act; 
(E) The Relief and Recovery Fund; 
(F) The Global Security Contingency Fund; and 
(G) Programs to end modern slavery. 
(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or other-
wise not programmed as a result of application of a provision 
of law in this or any other Act shall, if reprogrammed, be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(j) REQUIREMENT
TO INFORM, COORDINATE, AND CONSULT.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the appro-
priate congressional committees of each instance in which funds 
appropriated by this Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, 
and Syria, the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the Relief 
and Recovery Fund, and to counter extremism and foreign 
fighters abroad, have been diverted or destroyed, to include 
the type and amount of assistance, a description of the incident 
and parties involved, and an explanation of the response of 
the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall ensure such funds are coordinated 
with, and complement, the programs of other United States 
Government departments and agencies and international part-
ners in such countries and on such activities. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations at least seven days prior to informing 
a government of, or publically announcing a decision on, the 
suspension of assistance to a country or a territory from funds 
appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions 
as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: 
Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense 
articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of 
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees 
if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as 
defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are 
valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, 
or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees 
shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles
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I and III through V of this Act, which are returned or not made 
available 
for 
organizations 
and 
programs 
because 
of 
the 
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for pro-
grams in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY 
STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry out 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of 
family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 
abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as 
a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 
which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance 
of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family plan-
ning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated 
or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies 
that the use of these funds by any such country or organization 
would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and 
involuntary sterilizations. 
ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to subsection (b), 
funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall 
be made available in the amounts specifically designated in the 
respective tables included in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign countries 
and international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
such countries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise provided for 
by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, 
may only deviate up to 4 percent from the amounts specifically 
designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such percentage may 
be exceeded only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances directly 
related to the national interest: Provided further, That deviations 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts that are 
included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by
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section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, no deviations 
authorized by subsection (b) may take place until submission of 
such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) amounts designated for ‘‘International Military 
Education and Training’’ in the respective tables included 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
and 
(B) funds for which the initial period of availability 
has expired. 
(2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate below amounts 
designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act) shall not apply to the table 
included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in such 
explanatory statement. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis-
trator, as appropriate, shall submit the reports required, in the 
manner described, in House Report 115–253, Senate Report 115– 
152, and the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), unless directed 
otherwise in such explanatory statement. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES
OF FUNDS.—Each Federal department, 
agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the 
Department of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 
titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that domestic 
and overseas representation and entertainment expenses further 
official agency business and United States foreign policy interests, 
and— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 
Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 
recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for Informational Program activities or under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at 
sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amuse-
ment parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS.—
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(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by titles III through VI of this Act may 
be made available to any foreign government which provides 
lethal military equipment to a country the government of which 
the Secretary of State has determined supports international 
terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act: Provided, That the 
prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that government ceases 
to provide such military equipment: Provided further, That 
this section applies with respect to lethal military equipment 
provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by paragraph 
(1) or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 
if the President determines that to do so is important to the 
national interest of the United States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a determina-
tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report with respect 
to the furnishing of such assistance, including a detailed expla-
nation of the assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of how the 
assistance furthers United States national interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appropriated 
under any such title in prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, shall not be made available to any foreign government 
which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 
or group which has committed an act of international ter-
rorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 
terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) to a government if the President determines 
that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver: Provided, That the President shall publish each such 
waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before 
the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the waiver (including the justification for the 
waiver) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and