the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off-
setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 
sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col-
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0. 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $7,200,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025. 
CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT 
The United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to 
make such expenditures and commitments within the lim-
its of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor-
poration, and in accordance with the law, and to make 
such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis-
cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 
31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac-
tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 
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of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 
of Public Law 115–254) and for administrative expenses 
to carry out authorized activities and project-specific 
transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such Act, 
$769,029,000: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided— 
(1) $198,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2026, for administrative expenses to 
carry out authorized activities (including an amount 
for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $25,000) and project-specific 
transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of 
such Act; and 
(2) $571,029,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2026, for the activities described in 
subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts ob-
ligated in a fiscal year for activities described in sec-
tion 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for 
disbursement for the term of the underlying project: 
Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph may be paid to the ‘‘United 
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion—Program Account’’ for programs authorized 
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by subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018: 
Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursu-
ant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for support by the Corpora-
tion in upper-middle income countries shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That in fiscal year 2024 collections of 
amounts described in section 1434(h) of the BUILD Act 
of 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That such collections col-
lected in fiscal year 2024 in excess of $769,029,000 shall 
be credited to this account and shall be available in future 
fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in ap-
propriations Acts: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2024, if such collections are less than $769,029,000, re-
ceipts collected pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 and 
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount 
equal to such shortfall, shall be credited as offsetting col-
lections to this appropriation: Provided further, That funds 
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appropriated or otherwise made available under this head-
ing may not be used to provide any type of assistance that 
is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law or 
to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other-
wise prohibited by any other provision of law: Provided 
further, That the sums herein appropriated from the Gen-
eral Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by 
the offsetting collections described under this heading so 
as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the 
General Fund estimated at $558,000,000. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac-
count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That amounts paid to this account from 
CCA or transferred to this account pursuant to section 
1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 
Law 115–254) shall be available for the costs of direct 
and guaranteed loans provided by the Corporation pursu-
ant to section 1421(b) of such Act and the costs of modi-
fying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the Cor-
poration pursuant to section 1463 of such Act: Provided 
further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
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such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain avail-
able for disbursement for the following 8 fiscal years: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available in this Act and 
transferred to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 
2018 may remain available for obligation for 1 additional 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the total loan principal 
or guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed 
$10,000,000,000. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$87,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which no more than $21,000,000 may be used 
for administrative expenses: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 
may be available for representation and entertainment ex-
penses. 
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 
59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author-
ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 
transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 
States Government to which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 
cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex-
pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 
Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 
such department or agency in fiscal year 2024 or any pre-
vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 
That the report required by this section shall be submitted 
not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
and should specify by account the amount of funds obli-
gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 
been further sub-obligated. 
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CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING 
EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 
604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-
terrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, 
as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 
106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), as 
amended by section 111 of the Department of State Au-
thorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a 
project to construct a facility of the United States may 
include office space or other accommodations for members 
of the United States Marine Corps. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the 
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acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 
for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis-
cal year 2024, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 
to this subsection shall include the information enumer-
ated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
(c) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be 
made available, following consultation with the ap-
propriate congressional committees, to address secu-
rity vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United 
States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
security upgrades and local guard staffing. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any 
significant modification to an interim or temporary 
United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
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such consultation and notification may be waived if 
there is a security risk to personnel. 
(d) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ may be made available for security up-
grades to soft targets, including schools, recreational fa-
cilities, and residences used by United States diplomatic 
personnel and their dependents. 
(e) LIMITATION
ON ART
IN EMBASSIES.—Section 
5112 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 
2021 (title LI of division E of Public Law 117-81) shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 
subsection (c) of such section. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 
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PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses within the United States not authorized before en-
actment of this Act by Congress: Provided, That up to 
$25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions 
of section 316 of the International Security and Develop-
ment Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533; 22 
U.S.C. 2151a note). 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of 
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose 
duly elected head of government is deposed by military 
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coup d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military 
plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 
democratically elected government has taken office: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 
apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 
public participation in democratic processes, or to support 
a democratic transition: Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
AND 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation made available for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of State 
under title I of this Act may be transferred be-
tween, and merged with, such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
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than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 
such transfer may be made to increase the ap-
propriation under the heading ‘‘Representation 
Expenses’’. 
(B) EMBASSY
SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service’’ in this Act may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated under such headings if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to 
implement 
the 
recommendations 
of 
the 
Benghazi Accountability Review Board, for 
emergency evacuations, or to prevent or re-
spond to security situations and requirements, 
following consultation with, and subject to the 
regular notification procedures of, such Com-
mittees. 
(C) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC 
AND CONSULAR SERVICE.—Of the amount made 
available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ for Worldwide Security Protection, not 
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to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Emergencies in the 
Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, to be avail-
able only for emergency evacuations and re-
wards, as authorized. 
(D) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—Of the 
amount made available under the heading, 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $43,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
made available in title I of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’. 
(E) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—The transfer 
authorities provided by subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and (D) are in addition to any transfer author-
ity otherwise available in this Act and under 
any other provision of law and the exercise of 
such authority shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(2) UNITED
STATES
AGENCY
FOR
GLOBAL 
MEDIA.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for 
the United States Agency for Global Media under 
title I of this Act may be transferred between, and 
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merged with, such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. 
(3) TREATMENT
AS
REPROGRAMMING.—Any 
transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author-
ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
Act. 
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo-
cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 
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Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 
2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 
into by the United States Agency for International 
Development or the Department of State with any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 
section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 
the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 
entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION.— 
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(1) TRANSFERS.—Amounts transferred pursu-
ant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115–254) may only be 
transferred from funds made available under title III 
of this Act: Provided, That any such transfers, and 
any amounts transferred to the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation (the Cor-
poration) pursuant to section 632 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the Chief Executive Offi-
cer of the Corporation, as appropriate, shall ensure 
that the programs funded by such transfers are co-
ordinated with, and complement, foreign assistance 
programs implemented by the Department of State 
and USAID. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM MILLENNIUM 
CHALLENGE
CORPORATION.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be transferred to 
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accounts under the heading ‘‘United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation’’ and, 
when so transferred, may be used for the costs of 
activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the limitations 
provided in the second, third, and fifth provisos 
under the heading ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ 
in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer exe-
cuted pursuant to the transfer authority provided in 
this paragraph shall not exceed 10 percent of an in-
dividual Compact awarded pursuant to section 
609(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(title VI of Public Law 108–199): Provided further, 
That such funds shall not be available for adminis-
trative expenses of the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation: Provided further, 
That such authority shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided 
in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
within 60 days of the termination in whole or in part 
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of the Compact from which funds were transferred 
under this authority to the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation, any un-
obligated balances shall be transferred back to the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 
of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
written policy justification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs entered into between the De-
partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any com-
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parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 
Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans-
fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first- 
class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 
any United States Government department or agency may 
be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 
use by such department or agency unless such network 
has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 
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websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 
limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 
Tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other enti-
ty carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga-
tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis-
cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 
as part of official business. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act should be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems), or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 
country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or to-
bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems), except for restrictions which are not applied equally 
to all tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nic-
otine delivery systems) of the same type. 
(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made avail-
able to the Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development may be made avail-
able to support the use or establishment of email accounts 
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or email servers created outside the .gov domain or not 
fitted for automated records management as part of a 
Federal government records management program in con-
travention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act 
Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(e) REPRESENTATION
AND ENTERTAINMENT EX-
PENSES.—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 do-
mestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex-
penses 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 substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(f) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.— 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or 
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under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance 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 substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
musical productions, and amusement parks. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 
661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds made available 
for ‘‘United States International Development Finance 
Corporation’’ and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for 
an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail-
ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 
funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their 
respective periods of availability contained in this Act: 
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Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes 
of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob-
ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance 
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available for an additional 4 years from the date on 
which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 
expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated 
before the expiration of their respective periods of avail-
ability contained in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall provide 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 
than October 31, 2024, detailing by account and source 
year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal 
year: Provided further, That any funds obligated for an 
additional period of availability pursuant to this section 
in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That any notification submitted pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall indicate the source year of funds, the 
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purpose of initial obligation, the reason for de-obligation, 
and the purpose for re-obligation. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 
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the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2024 on funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs by a foreign government or entity 
against United States assistance programs, either directly 
or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
assistance for fiscal year 2025 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 
if, not later than September 30, 2025, such taxes have 
not been reimbursed. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist-
ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 
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States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 
and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 
a programmatically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en-
tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 
State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 
this subsection with regard to any foreign govern-
ment or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
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appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax-
ation of assistance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat-
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 
agreement between the Government of the United 
States and the government of the country receiving 
assistance that describes the privileges and immuni-
ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 
for such country generally, or an individual agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
and such government that describes, among other 
things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 
accorded the United States assistance provided 
under that agreement. 
(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 
and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 
customs duties but shall not include individual in-
come taxes assessed to local staff. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—The 
original period of availability of funds appropriated by this 
Act and administered by the Department of State or the 
United States Agency for International Development that 
are specifically designated for particular programs or ac-
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tivities by this or any other Act may be extended for an 
additional fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines and re-
ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such des-
ignated funds can be obligated during the original period 
of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that 
continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall 
be obligated only for the purpose of such designation. 
(b) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I, II, and VI, and under the head-
ings ‘‘Peace Corps’’ and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’, of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
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programs to the departments and agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 
2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of fees or of 
currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 
available by transfer, to the departments and agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 
activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re-
name bureaus, centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I, II, 
and VI of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, to the departments and agencies funded 
under such titles that remain available for obligation in 
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fiscal year 2024, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the department and agency funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, projects, or 
activities as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peace 
Corps’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Inter-
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national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’, ‘‘United States International Development 
Finance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Trade and Development 
Agency’’ shall be available for obligation for programs, 
projects, activities, type of materiel assistance, countries, 
or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obliga-
tion under any of these specific headings unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such obligation: Provided, That the President shall not 
enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 
purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
for the provision of major defense equipment, other than 
conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 
defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 
not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 
of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 
this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 
other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for a pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated 
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under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 
percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for 
obligation for such program, project, or activity for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author-
ity. 
(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-
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. 
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(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, 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. 
(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other committees pursuant to sub-
section (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 Appro-
priations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense arti-
cles 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 
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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 ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
(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-
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, Burma, Central African Republic, Cam-
bodia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hon-
duras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
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Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, 
South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, 
Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(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 shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and such 
notification shall include the information specified under 
this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs that are made available for the fol-
lowing programs and activities shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations— 
(A) the Global Engagement Center; 
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(B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa 
initiatives; 
(C) funds under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’ that are made avail-
able to a country listed in section 7007 of this 
Act; 
(D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund 
and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund; 
(E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 
(F) the Countering PRC Influence Fund 
and the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 
(G) assistance made available pursuant to 
section 7059; and 
(H) funds specifically allocated for the 
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and In-
vestment. 
(2) DEMOCRACY PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE-
DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy 
and procedures, including relating to the use of con-
sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
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(3) ARMS
SALES.—The reports, notifications, 
and certifications, and any other documents, re-
quired 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 section 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 ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, shall be concur-
rently submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and shall include information about the source 
of funds for any sale or transfer, as applicable, if 
known at the time of submission. 
(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.—The Secretary of 
State and Administrator of USAID, as applicable, 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 
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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 appro-
priate. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization, including any contractor, 
which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds 
made available by this Act 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— 
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(A) the head of such agency determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that— 
(i) the public posting of the report 
would compromise national security, in-
cluding the conduct of diplomacy; or 
(ii) the report contains proprietary or 
other privileged information; or 
(B) the public posting of the report is spe-
cifically exempted in the report accompanying 
this 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 CYBER-
SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 
Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu-
tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva-
tion of all records made or received in the conduct 
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of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, 
as appropriate, to improve Federal records manage-
ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other ap-
plicable Federal records management statutes, regu-
lations, or policies for the Department of State and 
USAID; 
(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 pre-
vious 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 miti-
gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 
the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 
the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 
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remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 
guidance related to the control of national security 
information, and implement the recommendations of 
the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In-
spector General. 
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 constitu-
tional 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 abor-
tions 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 Assist-
ance 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 
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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 planning. 
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 steri-
lizations. 
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 spe-
cifically designated in the respective tables included in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such des-
ignated amounts for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall serve as the amounts for such coun-
tries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available 
for such foreign countries and international organizations 
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notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such re-
port. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise 
provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as applicable, may only deviate up 
to 5 percent from the amounts specifically designated in 
the respective tables included in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, deviations authorized by subsection 
(b) may only take place after submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to— 
(1) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired; and 
(2) amounts designated by this Act as min-
imum funding requirements. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Ad-
ministrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, 
shall submit the reports required, in the manner described, 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
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(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be in-
cluded for purposes of meeting amounts designated for 
countries in this Act, unless such headings are specifically 
designated as the source of funds. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to make any 
pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bi-
lateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act 
unless such pledge was: (1) previously justified, including 
the projected future year costs, in a congressional budget 
justification; (2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs or previously authorized by an Act of Con-
gress; (3) notified in accordance with the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, in-
cluding the projected future year costs; or (4) the subject 
of prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions and such consultation was conducted at least 7 days 
in advance of the pledge. 
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under 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 inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of 
the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this 
section with respect to a foreign government shall 
terminate 12 months after that government ceases 
to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 
That this section applies with respect to lethal mili-
tary 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. 
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(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
how the assistance furthers the United States na-
tional interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance 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 programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
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tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian 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 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
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DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include country, re-
gional, and central program level funding within each such 
account, and for the development assistance accounts of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 
to include central, country, regional, and program level 
funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with the report required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
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AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 
to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of 
any commodity for export by any country other than the 
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United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist-
ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro-
ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro-
vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export- 
Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 
the benefits to industry and employment in the United 
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 
and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
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of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
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(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to oppose any assistance by such institution, using funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
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(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
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(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
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a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance, including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2024, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
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Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7028. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
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ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 
2467(4)(D) and (E)) should be commensurate with 
the level of development of the recipient country and 
sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the in-
formal sector in such country, micro and small-scale 
enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the 
United States if such assistance is for the purpose 
of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 
United States to other countries and adversely im-
pacts the labor force in the United States; or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 
policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to the 
Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity 
Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States on December 12, 2013, when enforce-
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ment of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 
would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any 
coal-fired or other power-generation project the pur-
pose of which is to— 
(A) provide affordable electricity in Inter-
national Development Association (IDA)-eligible 
countries and IDA-blend countries; and 
(B) increase exports of goods and services 
from the United States or prevent the loss of 
jobs from the United States. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds 
appropriated under title V of this Act may be made as 
payment to any international financial institution while 
the United States executive director to such institution is 
compensated by the institution at a rate which, together 
with whatever compensation such executive director re-
ceives from the United States, is in excess of the rate pro-
vided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, or while any alternate United States 
executive director to such institution is compensated by 
the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for 
an individual occupying a position at level V of the Execu-
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tive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(b) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to promote human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu-
tion. 
(c) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to use the 
voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and 
other financing agreements improvements in borrowing 
countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to 
investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 
(d) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice of the United States to encourage 
such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the max-
imum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information 
(excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or 
limited liability company, other than a publicly listed com-
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pany, that receives funds from any such financial institu-
tion. 
(e) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use 
the voice of the United States to encourage such institu-
tion to effectively implement and enforce policies and pro-
cedures which meet or exceed best practices in the United 
States for the protection of whistleblowers from retalia-
tion, including— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to binding independent adjudicative 
bodies, including shared cost and selection external 
arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 
prior employment. 
(f) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice of the United States to support 
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independent investigative and adjudicative mechanisms 
and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in the 
United States to provide due process and fair compensa-
tion, including the right to reinstatement, for employees 
who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retalia-
tion, false allegations, or other misconduct. 
(g) CAPITAL INCREASES.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available to support a 
new capital increase for an international financial institu-
tion unless the President submits a budget request for 
such increase to Congress and determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the institution has completed a thorough 
analysis of the development challenges facing the rel-
evant geographical region, the role of the institution 
in addressing such challenges and its role relative to 
other financing partners, and the steps to be taken 
to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the in-
stitution; and 
(2) the governors of such institution have ap-
proved the capital increase. 
(h) OPPOSITION TO LENDING TO THE PEOPLE’S RE-
PUBLIC OF CHINA.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive director at each mul-
tilateral development bank to use the voice and vote of 
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the United States to oppose any loan, extension of finan-
cial assistance, or technical assistance by such bank to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
(i) CONTRIBUTIONS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that 
no United States contribution to a financial intermediary 
fund may be used to provide any loan, extension of finan-
cial assistance, or technical assistance to the People’s Re-
public of China or to any country or region subject to com-
prehensive sanctions by the United States. 
(j) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND WITHHOLDING.— 
(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations indicating the amount of funds that a fi-
nancial intermediary fund is budgeting for the year 
in which the report is submitted for a country or re-
gion described in subsection (i). 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 
that a financial intermediary fund plans to spend 
funds for a country or region described under sub-
section (i), including through projects implemented 
by a multilateral development bank, then 10 percent 
of the United States contribution to such bank shall 
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be withheld from obligation for the remainder of the 
fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
(k) GUIDANCE ON MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT 
BANKS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Multilateral 
Assistance’’ may be used to implement, administer, or oth-
erwise carry out Executive Order 14008 (relating to Exec-
utive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 
Abroad), including the memorandum entitled ‘‘Guidance 
on Fossil Fuel Energy at the Multilateral Development 
Banks’’, issued by the Department of the Treasury on Au-
gust 16, 2021. 
TECHNOLOGY SECURITY 
SEC. 7030. (a) INSECURE COMMUNICATIONS NET-
WORKS.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 
available for programs, including through the Digital 
Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership, to— 
(1) advance the adoption of secure, next-genera-
tion communications networks and services, includ-
ing 5G, and cybersecurity policies, in countries re-
ceiving assistance under this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs; 
(2) counter the establishment of insecure com-
munications networks and services, including 5G, 
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promoted by the People’s Republic of China and 
other state-backed enterprises that are subject to 
undue or extrajudicial control by their country of or-
igin; and 
(3) provide policy and technical training on de-
ploying open, interoperable, reliable, and secure net-
works to information communication technology pro-
fessionals in countries receiving assistance under 
this Act, as appropriate: 
Provided, That such funds, including funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, may be 
used to strengthen civilian cybersecurity and information 
and communications technology capacity, including par-
ticipation of foreign law enforcement and military per-
sonnel in non-military activities, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law and following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) CHIPS FOR AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TECH-
NOLOGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION FUND.— 
(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 
International Technology Security and Innovation 
Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer 
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authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 
2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167), to the ac-
counts specified and in the amounts specified, in the 
table titled ‘‘CHIPS for America International Tech-
nology Security and Innovation Fund’’ in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That such funds 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts 
transferred to the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States and the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation pursuant to the 
transfer authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS 
Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117–167) 
may be made available for the costs of direct loans 
and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
(2) Neither the President nor his designee may 
allocate any amounts that are made available for 
any fiscal year under section 102(c)(2) of the 
CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in effect an Act mak-
ing or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal 
year for the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs: Provided, That in any 
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fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 
not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot-
ment of amounts for continuing administration of 
programs allocated using funds transferred from the 
CHIPS for America International Technology Secu-
rity and Innovation Fund, which may be allocated 
pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in 
amounts that are no more than the allocation for 
such purposes in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
(3) Concurrent with the annual budget submis-
sion of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations proposed allocations by account and 
by program, project, or activity, with detailed jus-
tifications, for amounts made available under section 
102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 
2025. 
(4) The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on 
the status of balances of projects and activities fund-
ed by the CHIPS for America International Tech-
nology Security and Innovation Fund for amounts 
allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub-
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section, including all uncommitted, committed, and 
unobligated funds. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND 
ANTI-CORRUPTION 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if— 
(A)(i) each implementing agency or min-
istry to receive assistance has been assessed 
and is considered to have the systems required 
to manage such assistance and any identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; 
(ii) the recipient agency or ministry em-
ploys and utilizes staff with the necessary tech-
nical, financial, and management capabilities; 
(iii) the recipient agency or ministry has 
adopted competitive procurement policies and 
systems; 
(iv) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that such assist-
ance is used for its intended purposes; 
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(v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; 
and 
(vi) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to publicly disclose on an an-
nual basis its national budget, to include in-
come and expenditures; 
(B) the recipient government is in compli-
ance with the principles set forth in section 
7013 of this Act; 
(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 
headed or controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(D) the Government of the United States 
and the government of the recipient country 
have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable 
objectives for the use of such assistance, which 
should be made available on a cost-reimbursable 
basis; 
(E) the recipient government is taking 
steps to protect the rights of civil society, in-
cluding freedoms of expression, association, and 
assembly; and 
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(F) the government of the recipient coun-
try is taking steps to reduce corruption. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 
may only be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
such notification shall contain an explanation of how 
the proposed activity meets the requirements of 
paragraph (1): Provided further, That the require-
ments of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 
government-to-government assistance in excess of 
$5,000,000 and all funds available for cash transfer, 
budget support, and cash payments to individuals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development or the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to- 
government assistance if the Administrator or the 
Secretary has credible information of material mis-
use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 
the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance, including 
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a justification, or that such misuse has been appro-
priately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2025 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the government of any foreign country 
for debt service payments owed by any country to 
any international financial institution or to the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FISCAL 
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con-
tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re-
quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
as identified in the report required by section 
7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
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ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, shall make or up-
date any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or 
‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum 
requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 
determinations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fis-
cal Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the De-
partment of State website: Provided, That such re-
port shall include the elements included under this 
section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities to assist governments identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans-
parency and to support civil society organizations in 
such countries that promote budget transparency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
the Secretary of State has credible information 
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have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig-
nificant corruption, including corruption related 
to the extraction of natural resources, or a 
gross violation of human rights, including the 
wrongful detention of locally employed staff of 
a United States diplomatic mission or a United 
States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for 
entry into the United States. 
(B) Concurrent with the application of 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as ap-
propriate, refer the matter to the Office of For-
eign Assets Control, Department of the Treas-
ury, to determine whether to apply sanctions 
authorities in accordance with United States 
law to block the transfer of property and inter-
ests in property, and all financial transactions, 
in the United States involving any person de-
scribed in such subparagraph. 
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify the officials of 
foreign governments and their immediate family 
members about whom the Secretary has such 
credible information without regard to whether 
the individual has applied for a visa. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli-
gations under the United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
shall be construed to derogate from United States 
Government obligations under applicable inter-
national agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na-
tional interest or that the circumstances which 
caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 
sufficiently. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2025, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report, including a classified 
annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the Committees on the Judiciary de-
scribing the information related to corruption or vio-
lation of human rights concerning each of the indi-
viduals found ineligible in the previous 12 months 
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pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individ-
uals who the Secretary designated or identified pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli-
gible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list 
of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and 
the justification for each waiver. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 
and the amendments made by such section, and to 
prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and for tech-
nical assistance to promote independent audit mech-
anisms and support civil society participation in nat-
ural resource management. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under title III may be made 
available to support mining activities related to the 
extraction of minerals until the Secretary of State 
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certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that comparable mining activities are 
permitted in areas in the United States which were 
allowable prior to 2023: Provided, That the restric-
tion in this paragraph shall not apply to United 
States entities. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign 
assistance 
on 
the 
‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ 
website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded under 
this Act shall provide such information on foreign assist-
ance, upon request and in a timely manner, to the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, $2,900,000,000 shall be made available for 
democracy programs. 
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(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, and with 
regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 
(NED), any regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 
to the authority of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ-
ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene-
ficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support: out-
comes of improved democratic governance; credible and 
observable electoral processes; strong, multi-party political 
systems with rights to contest government; rule of law; 
freedoms of expression, assembly, association, and reli-
gion; human rights, including property rights; activities by 
non-governmental organizations and other civil society, in-
cluding independent media, that promote the outcomes de-
scribed in this subsection. 
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(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able for support to strengthen government institutions, in-
cluding ministries, should be prioritized for countries dem-
onstrating strong separation of powers, checks and bal-
ances, rule of law, and credible and observable electoral 
processes. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN-
TERFERENCE.—With respect to the provision of assistance 
for democracy programs in this Act, the organizations im-
plementing such assistance, the specific nature of the as-
sistance, and the participants in such programs shall not 
be subject to prior approval by the government of any for-
eign country. 
(f) INFORMING PROGRAMMING.—The Secretary of 
State, Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and President of the NED 
should coordinate on plans for democracy programs sup-
ported with funds appropriated by this Act during joint 
regional and country planning for fiscal year 2024. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 
for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State. 
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(b) ASSISTANCE.—(1) Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Op-
erations’’, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for international religious freedom programs: Pro-
vided, That funds made available by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’ pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility 
of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious 
Freedom, in consultation with other relevant United 
States Government officials, and shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for hu-
manitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic 
and religious minorities 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 
assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 
Syria. 
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(d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 
7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2024. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in title III of this Act that are made available for victims 
of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to com-
bat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such traf-
ficking may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 
available for forensic anthropology assistance related 
to the exhumation and identification of victims of 
war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, 
which shall be administered by the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
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be made available for DNA forensic technology pro-
grams to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States 
Agency for International Development from this Act may 
be made available as a general contribution to the World 
Food Programme. 
(d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 
authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
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regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be made available for 
the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues notwith-
standing the limitation of section 7064(e)(3) of this 
Act. 
(4) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 
partnerships, including partnerships with philan-
thropic foundations, up to $50,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
funds made available pursuant to this paragraph 
may only be made available following prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of section 
7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
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2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided, 
That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000. 
(6) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 
except through the formal rulemaking process pursu-
ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to 
such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 
funds made available for such purpose shall only be 
made available after consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro-
posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 
goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States: Provided further, That such consulta-
tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 
the publication in the Federal Register of any regu-
latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro-
gram. 
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(7) PAYMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, except for funds 
designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, are available to provide 
payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of 
division J of the Further Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)): Provided, 
That funds made available pursuant to this para-
graph shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or mak-
ing a significant change to the scope of an existing partner 
vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary 
and the Administrator shall provide a direct vetting option 
for prime awardees in any partner vetting program initi-
ated or significantly modified after the date of enactment 
of this Act, unless the Secretary or Administrator, as ap-
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plicable, informs the Committees on Appropriations on a 
case-by-case basis that a direct vetting option is not fea-
sible for such program: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary and the Administrator may restrict the award of, 
terminate, or cancel contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements or require an awardee to restrict the award 
of, terminate, or cancel a sub-award based on information 
in connection with a partner vetting program. 
(f) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act for assistance for the central govern-
ment of any country that is not taking appropriate steps 
to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on Oc-
tober 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
withholding funds under this subsection. 
(g) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS
FOR EXTRAORDINARY 
PROTECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, 
and merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of 
Foreign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of 
expired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2024, at no later than the end 
of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 
such funds are available for the purposes for which appro-
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priated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may 
be transferred. 
(h) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2024. 
(2) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—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 enact-
ment 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. 
(3) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2024. 
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(4) PROTECTIVE SERVICES.—Section 7071 of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (divi-
sion K of Public Law 117–103) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2024 and shall be applied to 
funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ for ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
(5) EXTENSION
OF
LOAN
GUARANTEES
TO 
ISRAEL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency 
Wartime Supplemental Appropriations 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 pro-
viso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’; and 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2028’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2029’’. 
(6) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL SERV-
ICES
CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—The authority pro-
vided in section 2401 of division C of the Extending 
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency As-
sistance Act (Public Law 117–43) shall remain in 
effect through September 30, 2024. 
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(7) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
During the current fiscal year, sections (2), (3), and 
(4) of the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–305) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’ each place it occurs. 
(i) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) BENEFICIARY
FEEDBACK.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for moni-
toring and evaluation of assistance under the head-
ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Dis-
aster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ shall be made available for the regular and 
systematic collection of feedback obtained directly 
from beneficiaries to enhance the quality and rel-
evance of such assistance: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator shall reg-
ularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feed-
back is collected and used by implementing partners 
to maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such 
assistance. 
(2) EX-POST EVALUATIONS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not 
less than $10,000,000 should be made available for 
ex-post evaluations of the effectiveness and sustain-
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ability of United States Government-funded assist-
ance programs. 
(j) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations 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 Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be exer-
cised 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 Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budg-
et justification an accounting of budgetary resources, dis-
bursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such 
fund. 
(k) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
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(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, 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, Small Island Developing States, and 
Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this para-
graph for the costs of such guarantees shall not be 
considered assistance for the purposes of provisions 
of law limiting assistance to a country. 
(2) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
DIRECT 
LOANS.—During fiscal year 2024, direct loans under 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be 
made available for North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO) or Major Non-NATO Allies, notwith-
standing section 23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act, gross obligations for the principal amounts 
of which shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ in this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
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ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, including balances that were previously des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operation/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
such loans: Provided further, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 and may include the costs of selling, re-
ducing, or cancelling any amounts owed to the 
United States or any agency of the United States: 
Provided further, That the Government of the 
United States may charge fees for such loans, which 
shall be collected from borrowers in accordance with 
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
able to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) or Major Non-NATO Allies by this or any 
other appropriations Act for this fiscal year or prior 
fiscal years may be used for payment of any fees as-
sociated with such loans: Provided further, That such 
loans shall be repaid in not more than 12 years, in-
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cluding a grace period of up to one year on repay-
ment of principal: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this paragraph for such costs 
shall not be considered assistance for the purposes 
of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. 
(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING LOAN GUAR-
ANTEES.—Funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, including balances that were previously 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, may be 
made available, notwithstanding the third proviso 
under such heading, for the costs of loan guarantees 
under section 24 of the Arms Export Control Act for 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or 
Major Non-NATO Allies: Provided, That such funds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of commercial loans, and total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That no 
loan guarantee with respect to any one borrower 
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may exceed 80 percent of the loan principal: Pro-
vided further, That any loan guaranteed under this 
paragraph may not be subordinated to another debt 
contracted by the borrower or to any other claims 
against the borrower in the case of default: Provided 
further, That repayment in United States dollars of 
any loan guaranteed under this paragraph shall be 
required within a period not to exceed 12 years after 
the loan agreement is signed: Provided further, That 
the Government of the United States may charge 
fees for such loan guarantees, as may be determined, 
notwithstanding section 24 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act, which shall be collected from borrowers or 
third parties on behalf of such borrowers in accord-
ance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, 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 assist-
ance to a country. 
(4) LIMITATION.—Prior to offering Foreign 
Military Financing Program loans or loan guaran-
tees to Major Non-NATO Allies, the Secretary of 
State shall determine and report to the appropriate 
congressional committees that such partners do not 
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support any foreign adversary as defined by 15 CFR 
§ 7.4. 
(5) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees and 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(l) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2028. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of 
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eli-
gible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, inter-
national, and United States-based nongovernmental 
organizations, educational institutions, and other 
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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 indi-
vidually in determining such eligibility. 
(m) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs 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 appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
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poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the International 
Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, 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) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated 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 measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(5) SUCCESSOR
OPERATING
UNIT.—Any ref-
erence to a particular operating unit or office in this 
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Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be deemed to include any successor 
operating unit performing the same or similar func-
tions. 
(6) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds made available under titles III and IV of this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 
and accountability of civilian police authority 
through training and technical assistance in human 
rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance, in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 
respond to disasters, address violence against women 
and girls, and foster improved police relations with 
the communities they serve. 
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(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
ualty training and equipment in an amount 
above the prior fiscal year. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
bat casualty care training and equipment as a 
component of any package of lethal assistance 
funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 
Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un-
less the Secretary determines that such country 
has in place, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat-
ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on 
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur-
ther, That any such training and equipment for 
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combat casualty care shall be made available 
through an open and competitive process. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 
mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 
other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 
as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2024. 
(3) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of 
section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to 
Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO), and Major Non-NATO Allies for the 
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procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
option to purchase) of defense articles from United 
States commercial suppliers, not including Major 
Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and 
other types of aircraft having possible civilian appli-
cation), if the President determines that there are 
compelling foreign policy or national security reasons 
for those defense articles being provided by commer-
cial lease rather than by government-to-government 
sale under such Act. 
(4) SPECIAL
DEFENSE
ACQUISITION
FUND.— 
Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu-
ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the purposes of the 
Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That the provision of defense arti-
cles and defense services to foreign countries or 
international organizations from the Fund shall be 
subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(5) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
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108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 and 2026’’. 
(6) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding Section 503(a)(3) of 
Public Law 87-195 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)), the 
procurement of defense articles and services 
funded on a non-repayable basis under section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be 
priced to include the costs of salaries of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces of the United States 
engaged in security assistance activities pursu-
ant to 10 U.S.C. 341 (relating to the State 
Partnership Program): Provided, That this sec-
tion shall only apply to funds that remain avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2024. 
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, equipment procured with funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs under the 
heading ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capa-
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bility Fund’’ may be used for any other pro-
gram and in any region: Provided, That use of 
this authority shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 
(A) 
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, demining equipment 
available to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of 
State and used in support of the clearance of 
landmines and unexploded ordnance for human-
itarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 
basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe. 
(B) CLUSTER
MUNITIONS.—No military 
assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni-
tions, no defense export license for cluster mu-
nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 
or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
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(i) the submunitions of the cluster 
munitions, after arming, do not result in 
more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 
across the range of intended operational 
environments, and the agreement applica-
ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 
such cluster munitions or cluster munitions 
technology specifies that the cluster muni-
tions will only be used against clearly de-
fined military targets and will not be used 
where civilians are known to be present or 
in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 
transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 
or permanently disposing of such cluster 
munitions. 
(3) CROWD
CONTROL.—If the Secretary of 
State has information that a unit of a foreign secu-
rity force uses excessive force to repress peaceful ex-
pression or assembly concerning corruption, harm to 
the environment or human health, or the fairness of 
electoral processes, or in countries that are undemo-
cratic or undergoing democratic transition, the Sec-
retary shall promptly determine if such information 
is credible: Provided, That if the information is de-
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termined to be credible, funds appropriated by this 
Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, 
light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd 
control purposes for such unit, unless the Secretary 
of State determines that the foreign government is 
taking effective measures to bring the responsible 
members of such unit to justice. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report on funds obli-
gated and expended during fiscal year 2023, by 
country and purpose of assistance, under the head-
ings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’. 
(2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 
656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 
‘‘military training provided to foreign military per-
sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 
military training provided by foreign governments 
with funds appropriated to the Department of De-
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fense or the Department of State, except for train-
ing provided by the government of a country des-
ignated by section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
2321k(b)) as a Major Non-North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization ally: Provided, That such third-country 
training shall be clearly identified in the report sub-
mitted pursuant to section 656 of such Act. 
COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
SEC. 7036. (a) OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT 
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, 
not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 
(b) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $123,900,000 shall be made 
available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 
internationally, including for the Program to End Modern 
Slavery, of which not less than $92,000,000 shall be from 
funds made available under the heading ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘De-
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velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that 
are made available for activities to combat trafficking in 
persons should be obligated and programmed consistent 
with the country-specific recommendations included in the 
annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordi-
nated with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 
in Persons, Department of State. 
(c) TRAINING.—Of the funds made available by this 
Act, not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to 
further develop, standardize, and update training for all 
United States Government personnel under Chief of Mis-
sion authority posted at United States embassies and con-
sulates abroad, on recognizing signs of human trafficking, 
and protocols for reporting such cases. 
(d) CONFERENCES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for international conferences may 
not be made available for such conferences in Tier 3 coun-
tries, as defined by section 104 of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–386), unless the purpose of the conference is to com-
bat human trafficking or is in the United States national 
security interest, as determined by the Secretary of State. 
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PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
and 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
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(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if the President determines that it is important to the 
national security interest of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
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Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2024, 
30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bi-
lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
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port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 
any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 
entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 
principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov-
erning board of trustees any individual that has been de-
termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 
or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter-
rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 
steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall 
terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu-
cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 
be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 
None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 
Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 
for— 
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(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 
honoring individuals who commit, or have com-
mitted acts of terrorism; and 
(B) any educational institution located in 
the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 
individual who the Secretary of State deter-
mines has committed an act of terrorism. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds made available by this or 
prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 
available by transfer, may be made available for obli-
gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on— 
(A) the benchmarks that have been estab-
lished for security assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian com-
pliance with such benchmarks; and 
(B) the steps being taken by the Pales-
tinian Authority to end torture and other cruel, 
inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, 
including by bringing to justice members of 
Palestinian security forces who commit such 
crimes. 
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(d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 
to $1,500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, investigations, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 
in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 
treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro-
vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2024 
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under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 
audit shall address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) 
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES.—Funds 
made 
available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 
to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 
to the national security interest of the United States. 
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(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 
the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in 
place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 
weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 
waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal-
estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac-
count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi-
nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 
financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au-
thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen-
sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 
Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 
against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro-
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moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 
Israel. 
(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE 
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 
through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 
of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 
Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 
Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 
Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 
undue influence. 
(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 
(1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 
government only if the President certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
government, including all of its ministers or such 
equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 
with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 
(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended. 
(3) The President may exercise the authority in 
section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 
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Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to 
this subsection. 
(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 
paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations within 120 days of the certification and 
every quarter thereafter on whether such govern-
ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva-
lent are continuing to comply with the principles 
contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro-
vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 
purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 
provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi-
cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 
such government. 
(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for Egypt— 
(A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be made 
available from funds under the heading ‘‘Economic 
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Support Fund’’, of which not less than $40,000,000 
should be made available for higher education pro-
grams, including not less than $15,000,000 for 
scholarships for Egyptian students with high finan-
cial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of high-
er education in Egypt that are currently accredited 
by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the 
United States Department of Education, or meets 
standards equivalent to those required for United 
States institutional accreditation by a regional ac-
crediting agency recognized by such Department: 
Provided, That such funds shall be made available 
for democracy programs, and for development pro-
grams in the Sinai. 
(B) not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 
available from funds under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to an interest bearing ac-
count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 
(2) ADDITIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—In addi-
tion to funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), 
not less than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall 
be made available for assistance for Egypt. 
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(3) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for Egypt may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law restricting as-
sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and may only be made available for assistance for 
the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such government is— 
(A) sustaining the strategic relationship 
with the United States; and 
(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 
Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 
(b) IRAN.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 
be made available by the Secretary of State— 
(A) to support the United States policy to 
prevent Iran from achieving the capability to 
produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon; 
(B) to support an expeditious response to 
any violation of United Nations Security Coun-
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cil Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s 
nuclear program; 
(C) to support the implementation and en-
forcement of sanctions against Iran for support 
of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, 
human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and 
weapons proliferation; and 
(D) for democracy programs in support of 
the aspirations of the Iranian people. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations the semi-annual report re-
quired by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as 
added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agree-
ment Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 
(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on— 
(i) the status of United States bilat-
eral sanctions on Iran; 
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(ii) the reimposition and renewed en-
forcement of secondary sanctions; and 
(iii) the impact such sanctions have 
had 
on 
Iran’s 
destabilizing 
activities 
throughout the Middle East. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be— 
(A) used to implement or enforce a future 
agreement with the Government of Iran relating 
to the nuclear program of Iran, or a renewal of 
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action adopt-
ed on October 18, 2015, until such agreement 
is transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 
135 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act 
of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 2160e) and such agreement 
is subject to the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate as a treaty and has received the concur-
rence of two-thirds of Senators concurring; 
(B) made available to any foreign entity or 
person that is subject to United Nations or 
United States bilateral sanctions with respect to 
the Government of Iran or an entity organized 
under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to 
the jurisdiction of such government; or 
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(C) used to revoke the designation of the 
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a For-
eign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189). 
(c) IRAQ.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 
for assistance for Iraq for— 
(A) bilateral economic assistance and inter-
national security assistance, including in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(B) stabilization assistance; 
(C) programs to support government 
transparency and accountability, judicial inde-
pendence, protect the right of due process, and 
combat corruption; 
(D) humanitarian assistance, including in 
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
(E) programs to protect and assist reli-
gious and ethnic minority populations; and 
(F) programs to increase United States 
private sector investment. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under titles III through VI may not be made 
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available to an organization or entity controlled by, 
or an affiliate of, the Badr Organization or to any 
other organization or entity for which the Secretary 
of State has credible information is a proxy of Iran. 
(d) ISRAEL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for 
grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided, That to the extent 
that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used 
for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under 
this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and 
Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of 
which not less than $725,300,000 shall be available for 
the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 
services, including research and development. 
(e) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 
less than $845,100,000 shall be made available for budget 
support for the Government of Jordan and not less than 
$425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
(f) LEBANON.— 
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(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for the 
Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Leb-
anese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF 
is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as 
designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ that are made available 
for assistance for Lebanon may be made avail-
able for programs and equipment for the ISF 
and the LAF to address security and stability 
requirements in areas affected by conflict in 
Syria, following consultation with the appro-
priate congressional committees. 
(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ that are made available for assistance 
for Lebanon may only be made available for 
programs to— 
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(i) professionalize the LAF to miti-
gate internal and external threats from 
non-state actors, including Hizballah; 
(ii) strengthen the security of borders 
and combat terrorism, including training 
and equipping the LAF to secure the bor-
ders of Lebanon and address security and 
stability requirements in areas affected by 
conflict in Syria, interdicting arms ship-
ments, and preventing the use of Lebanon 
as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and 
(iii) implement United Nations Secu-
rity Council Resolution 1701: 
Provided, That prior to obligating funds made 
available by this subparagraph for assistance 
for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
spend plan, including actions to be taken to en-
sure equipment provided to the LAF is used 
only for the intended purposes, except such plan 
may not be considered as meeting the notifica-
tion requirements under section 7015 of this 
Act or under section 634A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 
any notification submitted pursuant to such 
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section shall include any funds specifically in-
tended for lethal military equipment. 
(g) MOROCCO.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance 
for Morocco. 
(h) SAUDI ARABIA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 
and Training’’ should be made available for assist-
ance for the Government of Saudi Arabia. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs should be obligated 
or expended by the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States to guarantee, insure, or extend (or 
participate in the extension of) credit in connection 
with the export of nuclear technology, equipment, 
fuel, materials, or other nuclear technology-related 
goods or services to Saudi Arabia unless the Govern-
ment of Saudi Arabia— 
(A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation 
agreement pursuant to section 123 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153); 
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(B) has committed to renounce uranium 
enrichment and reprocessing on its territory 
under that agreement; and 
(C) has signed and implemented an Addi-
tional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards 
Agreement with the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency. 
(i) SYRIA.— 
(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles III and IV may be 
made available, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance to ad-
dress the needs of civilians affected by conflict in 
Syria. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pur-
suant to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) may not be made available for a 
project or activity that supports or otherwise le-
gitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign ter-
rorist organizations (as designated pursuant to 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in 
Syria; 
(B) may not be made available for activi-
ties that further the strategic objectives of the 
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Government of the Russian Federation that the 
Secretary of State determines may threaten or 
undermine United States national security in-
terests; and 
(C) may not be used in areas of Syria con-
trolled by a government led by Bashar al-Assad 
or associated forces or made available to an or-
ganization or entity effectively controlled by an 
official or immediate family member of an offi-
cial of such government. 
(3) MONITORING, OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATION, 
AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act and made available for as-
sistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall 
take all practicable steps to ensure that mecha-
nisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, 
and control of such assistance inside Syria. 
(B) Section 7015(j) of this Act regarding 
the notification of assistance diverted or de-
stroyed shall apply to funds made available for 
assistance for Syria. 
(C) Funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection may only be made available following 
consultation with the appropriate congressional 
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committees and shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That such consulta-
tion shall include the steps taken to comply 
with subparagraph (A). 
(j) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 
is to— 
(A) advance Middle East peace; 
(B) improve security in the region; 
(C) continue support for transparent and 
accountable government institutions; 
(D) promote a private sector economy; or 
(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 
Act may be made available for assistance for 
the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of 
enactment of this Act— 
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(i) the Palestinians obtain the same 
standing as member states or full member-
ship as a state in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof outside an 
agreement negotiated between Israel and 
the Palestinians; or 
(ii) the Palestinians initiate an Inter-
national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially 
authorized investigation, or actively sup-
port such an investigation, that subjects 
Israeli nationals to an investigation for al-
leged crimes against Palestinians. 
(B)(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
(Public Law 100–204) if the President deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Palestinians 
have not, after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(I) obtained in the United Nations or 
any specialized agency thereof the same 
standing as member states or full member-
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ship as a state outside an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 
(II) initiated or actively supported an 
ICC investigation against Israeli nationals 
for alleged crimes against Palestinians; 
and 
(III) initiated any further action, 
whether directly or indirectly, based on an 
Advisory Opinion of the International 
Court of Justice that undermines direct 
negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Pales-
tinian conflict, including matters related to 
final status and Israel’s longstanding secu-
rity rights and responsibilities. 
(ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi-
dent is unable to make the certification pursu-
ant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the 
President may waive section 1003 of Public 
Law 100–204 if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Palestinians have entered 
into direct and meaningful negotiations with 
Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provi-
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sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 
under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under 
previous provisions of law must expire before 
the waiver under this clause may be exercised. 
(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall be effective for no more than a pe-
riod of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
TAYLOR
FORCE
ACT.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 
for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza shall be 
made available consistent with section 1004(a) of 
the Taylor Force Act (title X of division S of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(4) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting require-
ments in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 
apply to funds made available by this Act, including 
a description of modifications, if any, to the security 
strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 
(5) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees detailing steps 
taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incite-
ment of violence against Israelis and to promote 
peace and coexistence with Israel. 
(6) OFFICE
REQUIREMENTS.—The Office of 
Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem shall report directly 
to the United States Ambassador to Israel, con-
sistent with the operations of the previous Pales-
tinian Affairs Unit, and may not administer or man-
age funds appropriated under title III of this Act. 
AFRICA 
SEC. 7042. (a) COUNTER ILLICIT ARMED GROUPS.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available 
for programs and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s 
Resistance Army (LRA) or other illicit armed groups in 
Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Cen-
tral African Republic, including to improve physical ac-
cess, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warn-
ing mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobi-
lization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, es-
pecially child soldiers. 
(b) ETHIOPIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for Ethiopia should be 
used to support— 
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appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, $174,000,000 are rescinded. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—Of the unobli-
gated and unexpended balances from amounts available 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, $709,500,000 
are rescinded. 
(c) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the unobligated 
and unexpended balances from amounts available under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, $808,600,000 are 
rescinded. 
(d) PEACE CORPS.—Of the unobligated balances 
from amounts available under the heading ‘‘Peace Corps’’ 
from prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$18,000,000 are rescinded. 
(e) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.—Of the unobligated, and unexpended 
balances from amounts available under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
from prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
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