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transition to democracy and long-term development of countries 
in crisis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 
develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc-
esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolu-
tion of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Pro-
vided further, That if the Secretary of State determines that it 
is important to the national interest of the United States to provide 
transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities 
administered by the United States Agency for International 
Development to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen for-
eign challenges and complex crises overseas, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available on such terms and conditions 
as are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of preventing 
or responding to such challenges and crises, except that no funds 
shall be made available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural 
disasters: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 
administrative expenses, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, except that such expenses may not exceed 5 
percent of the funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be appor-
tioned to USAID not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall 
be transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by 
the United States Agency for International Development, as author-
ized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, up to $55,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: 
Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 
provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph 
pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall be made available only for micro- and small enterprise pro-
grams, urban programs, and other programs which further the
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purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That funds provided 
as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaran-
teed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds 
made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of 
modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, and funds used for such cost, 
including if the cost results in a negative subsidy, shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit 
Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained 
in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee 
on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable 
to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading, 
except that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed 
under this heading with respect to any single country shall not 
exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to 
be guaranteed, of up to $1,750,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by USAID, $10,000,000, which may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs for administrative expenses to carry 
out credit programs administered by USAID, up to $1,000,000 may 
be made available for limited transition costs associated with the 
implementation of section 1463 of the Better Utilization of Invest-
ments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 (division F 
of Public Law 115–254): Provided further, That prior to the initial 
obligation of funds made available for such transition costs, the 
USAID Administrator shall submit a spend plan to the Committees 
on Appropriations for the use of such funds: Provided further, 
That funds made available for such transition costs shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, and may not be made available until the reorganization 
plan required by section 1462(a) of the BUILD Act of 2018 is 
transmitted to Congress. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,545,525,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5)
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of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), $157,700,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, which shall be made available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available to the National Endowment for Democracy and its core 
institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise available by this 
Act for such purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 
to the obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, $69,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, which shall be made 
available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public 
Law 102–511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179), $760,334,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, which shall be available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except section 7047 of 
this Act, for assistance and related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 
3(c) of Public Law 101–179 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assistance for 
such countries shall be administered in accordance with the respon-
sibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102 
of Public Law 102–511 and section 601 of Public Law 101–179: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative 
authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: 
Provided further, That any notification of funds made available 
under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations and related pro-
grams shall include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: Pro-
vided further, That if subsequent to the notification of assistance 
it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding authority, the 
Committees on Appropriations should be informed at the earliest 
opportunity and to the extent practicable. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable 
the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) 
and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and 
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and 
expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921
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through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,027,876,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall 
be made available to respond to small-scale emergency humani-
tarian requirements, and $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
refugees resettling in Israel. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $1,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That amounts in excess of the limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the purchase of not 
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes 
for use outside of the United States, $410,500,000, of which 
$6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 
as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 
funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be 
derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 
operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for represen-
tation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made avail-
able for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay 
for abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous 
proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply 
to funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (MCA), 
$905,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 
may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That section 605(e) of 
the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered 
into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact