and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘De-
mocracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central 
Asia’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, 
‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 
Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be 
available for obligation for activities, programs, projects, 
type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations 
not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the 
Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any of 
these specific headings unless the Committees on Appro-
priations are notified 15 days in advance of such obliga-
tion: Provided, That the President shall not enter into any 
commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision 
of major defense equipment, other than conventional am-
munition, or other major defense items defined to be air-
craft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously 
justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quan-
tities justified to Congress unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations are notified 15 days in advance of such com-
mitment: Provided further, That requirements of this sub-
section or any similar provision of this or any other Act 
shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, pro-
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gram, or project for which funds are appropriated under 
titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent 
of the amount previously justified to Congress for obliga-
tion for such activity, program, or project for the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall in-
clude information (if known on the date of transmittal of 
such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: 
Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification of 
assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding 
authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be in-
formed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent prac-
ticable. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND 
FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
to support or continue any program initially funded 
under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 
or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and in accordance with the regular notification pro-
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cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub-
mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
a description of, and the estimated costs associated 
with, the support or continuation of such program. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, with the exception of funds transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated under title 
I of this Act, funds transferred by the Department 
of Defense to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro-
vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 
as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak-
ing the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
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tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 
provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 
Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, 
Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Phil-
ippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, 
Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and 
Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution as defined by section 7034(o)(3) of this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
notification shall include the information specified under 
this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
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available for the following programs and activities shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations— 
(1) The Global Engagement Center, except that 
the Secretary of State shall consult with the appro-
priate congressional committees prior to submitting 
such notification; 
(2) The Power Africa initiative, or any suc-
cessor program; 
(3) Community-based police assistance con-
ducted pursuant to the authority of section 
7049(a)(1) of this Act; 
(4) Recovery and stabilization assistance made 
available pursuant to section 7041(i) of this Act; 
and 
(5) 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 otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM, COORDINATE, AND 
CONSULT.— 
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