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(2) ARMS
SALES.—The reports, notifications, and certifi-
cations, and any other documents, required to be submitted 
pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2776), and such documents submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 36(b) through (d) of such Act with respect to countries 
that have received assistance provided with funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall 
be concurrently submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
and shall include information about the source of funds for 
any sale or transfer, as applicable, if known at the time of 
submission. 
(3) DEOBLIGATED
BALANCES.—An obligation in excess of 
$2,000,000 from deobligated balances of funds appropriated 
by prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that remain 
available due to the exercise of the authority in section 7011 
of such Acts shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(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.—The Secretary of State shall 
promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees of each 
instance in which funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 
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: 
Provided, That the requirement to inform of this subsection shall 
also apply to the circumstances and in the manner described under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(k) PRIOR CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of 
State, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, and the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 7 days prior to informing 
a government of, or publicly announcing a decision on, the suspen-
sion or early termination of assistance to a country or a territory, 
including as a result of an interagency review of such assistance, 
from funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs: Provided, That such consultation shall include a detailed 
justification for such suspension, including a description of the 
assistance being suspended. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED 
CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, 
including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request
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any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements 
of the Department of State. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Any Federal agency funded by this Act shall maintain 
a public website, and, except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3), any report required by this Act to be submitted to 
Congress shall be posted on the public website of such agency 
not later than 45 days following the receipt of such report 
by Congress. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report if— 
(A) the head of such agency determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations in the transmittal 
letter accompanying such report that— 
(i) the public posting of the report would com-
promise national security, including the conduct of 
diplomacy; or 
(ii) the report contains proprietary or other privi-
leged information; or 
(B) the public posting of the report is specifically 
exempted in House Report 119–217 or the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so only after 
the report has been made available to the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(4) The head of the agency posting such report shall do 
so in a central location on the public website of such agency. 
(c) RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
AND
RELATED
CYBERSECURITY 
PROTECTIONS.—The heads of Federal agencies funded under titles 
I and II of this Act shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, directives, 
and oversight necessary to comply with Federal statutes, regu-
lations, and presidential executive orders and memoranda con-
cerning the preservation of all records made or received in 
the conduct of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act to improve Federal 
records management pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal 
records management statutes, regulations, or policies for such 
agencies; 
(3) direct departing employees, including senior officials, 
that all Federal records generated by such employees belong 
to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the previous fiscal 
year, the response time for identifying and retrieving Federal 
records, including requests made pursuant to section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom 
of Information Act’’); and 
(5) 
strengthen 
cybersecurity 
measures 
to 
mitigate 
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of per-
sonal email accounts or servers outside the .gov domain, 
improve the process to identify and remove inactive user 
accounts, update and enforce guidance related to the control 
of national security information, and implement the rec-
ommendations of the applicable reports of the cognizant Office 
of Inspector General.
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USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not to 
comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional grounds, 
the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations in writing within 5 days of such determination, 
the basis for such determination and any resulting changes to 
program or policy. 
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 at not less than the amounts specifically des-
ignated in the respective tables included in the explanatory state-
ment 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 Congress in the report required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available 
for such foreign countries and international organizations notwith-
standing the date of the transmission of such report. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise provided for 
by this Act, the Secretary of State may only deviate up to 10 
percent below 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 if the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that such deviation is 
necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen events, 
or to address other exceptional circumstances directly related to 
the national security interest of the United States, including a 
description of such events or circumstances: Provided further, That
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deviations pursuant to the preceding proviso may not exceed 50 
percent and shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts that are 
included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, deviations 
authorized by subsection (b) may only take place after submission 
of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) funds for which the initial period of availability 
has expired; and 
(B) amounts designated by this Act as minimum 
funding requirements. 
(2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate from 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 
statement. 
(3) With respect to the amounts designated for ‘‘Global 
Programs’’ in the table under the heading ‘‘National Security 
Investment Programs’’ included in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), the matter preceding the first proviso 
in subsection (b) of this section shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’, and the provisos in such subsection 
(b) shall not apply. 
(e) REPORTS AND CONSULTATIONS.—The Secretary of State and 
other designated officials, as appropriate, shall submit the reports 
and conduct the consultations required, in the manner described, 
in House Report 119–217 and the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), unless otherwise directed in such explanatory statement. 
(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Humanitarian Assistance’’ shall not be 
included for purposes of meeting amounts designated for countries 
in this Act, unless such heading is specifically designated as the 
source of funds. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the report required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 
such report shall also include details on the allocation of funds 
at the program, project, and activity level for meeting the congres-
sionally directed amounts specifically designated for a purpose in 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47), as 
carried forward by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (divi-
sion A of Public Law 119–4), to include the amounts specifically 
designated in title VII of such Acts: Provided further, That not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
on the structure and details to accompany such report.