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Practices indicate that arbitrary arrest or the denial of due process 
is common, or the judicial system is not independent or is suscep-
tible to corruption, to— 
(1) assess whether consular officers routinely seek to deter-
mine if— 
(A) the detained individual has presented credible 
information of factual innocence to United States officials; 
(B) credible information exists that the individual is 
detained solely or substantially because he or she is a 
citizen or national of the United States; 
(C) credible information exists that the individual is 
being detained as a result of exercising his or her right 
to freedom of expression, association, assembly, or religion; 
(D) credible information exists that the individual has 
been detained arbitrarily and denied due process or a fair 
trial; 
(E) independent nongovernmental organizations or 
journalists have raised concerns about the innocence or 
the conditions of confinement of the detained individual; 
(F) the detained individual has presented credible 
information that his or her detention is a pretext; and 
(G) the individual is detained in inhumane conditions; 
and 
(2) identify what, if any, diplomatic or other actions are 
taken by the Department on behalf of a detained individual 
if the consular officer determines that the answer to any of 
the questions specified in paragraph (1) is affirmative. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS, GUIDANCE, AND REPORT.—Not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act and after completion 
of the review required under subsection (a), the Special Presidential 
Envoy for Hostage Affairs, after consultation with the Assistant 
Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, shall— 
(1) provide recommendations to the Secretary of State for 
modifying the guidance concerning the arrest and detention 
of United States citizens abroad in the Foreign Affairs Manual 
and Foreign Affairs Handbook to better assist the Department 
of State in identifying cases where such detention is unlawful 
or wrongful and to enhance diplomatic engagements with for-
eign governments and other actions on behalf of such citizens 
and nationals; and 
(2) submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees detailing the findings of the review required pursu-
ant to subsection (a) and the recommendations provided pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
REORGANIZATION AND REDESIGN 
SEC. 7081. (a) OVERSIGHT.— 
(1) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs may not be 
used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other plan 
described in paragraph (2) by the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Development, or any 
other Federal department, agency, or organization funded by
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this Act without prior consultation by the head of such depart-
ment, agency, or organization with the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to paragraph 
(1), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any 
action to— 
(A) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered 
departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus 
and offices within or between such departments, agencies, 
or organizations, including the transfer to other agencies 
of the authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and 
offices; 
(B) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the 
United States official presence overseas including at 
bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic facilities 
and other platforms; and 
(C) expand or reduce the size of the Civil Service, 
Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally 
employed staff workforce of the Department of State and 
USAID from the on-board levels as of December 31, 2017: 
Provided, That not less than 30 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis-
trator shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees such on-board levels. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for the activities described in paragraph (2) shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That any such notification submitted 
to such Committees shall include a detailed justification for 
any proposed action, including the information specified under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(4) OPERATING PLANS.—Operating plans submitted pursu-
ant to section 7076(a) of this Act shall detail, as applicable, 
amounts for the bureaus, offices, and organizations detailed 
under this section in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PERSONNEL.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
shall each submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees detailing the personnel requirements necessary 
to implement the December 2017 ‘‘National Security 
Strategy of the United States’’ and the February 2018 
‘‘Joint Strategic Plan for the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
FY 2018–2022’’. 
(B) Not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
shall each submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees an analysis and justification for the reduction of 
Department of State and USAID personnel during calendar
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year 2017, to include an explanation of how such reductions 
support the missions of each agency. 
(C) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act and every 60 days thereafter until September 30, 2019, 
the Secretary of State, in the case of the Department 
of State, and the USAID Administrator, in the case of 
USAID, shall report to the appropriate congressional 
committees on the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and 
attrition of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible 
family member, and locally employed staff workforce of 
the Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, on 
an operating unit-by-operating unit basis. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act— 
(A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’ shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary 
for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of 
State; and 
(B) that are made available for the Office of Global 
Women’s Issues shall be administered by the United States 
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. 
(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.— 
(A) None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ 
may be made available for a new major information tech-
nology investment without the concurrence of the Chief 
Information Officer, Department of State. 
(B) In complying with the requirements of this para-
graph, the Chief Information Officer, Department of State, 
shall consider whether a new major information technology 
investment— 
(i) is consistent with the Department Information 
Technology Strategic Plan; 
(ii) maintains consolidated control over enterprise 
IT functions or improves operational maintenance; 
(iii) improves Department of State resiliency to 
a cyber-attack; 
(iv) reduces Department of State IT costs over 
the long-term; and 
(v) is in accordance with the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR), including FAR Part 6 regarding com-
petition requirements. 
(C) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees detailing the conclu-
sions and recommendations from the Information Tech-
nology (IT) Platform Planning workstream of the Depart-
ment of State redesign initiative. 
(4) REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
MISSION
FOR
ASIA.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act and made available for the Regional 
Development Mission for Asia, USAID, in the table included 
under title II of the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) 
shall be subject to section 7019 of this Act.
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UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 7082. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ in 
this Act for fiscal year 2018, $32,500,000 shall be made available 
for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of 
the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’ account and shall be made available 
for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities, 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for 
a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail-
able by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act 
in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and 
does not commingle such funds with other sums; and 
(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS
AND
DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR
WITH-
HOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of 
funds that UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the 
report is submitted for a country program in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that UNFPA 
plans to spend funds for a country program in the People’s 
Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then 
the amount of such funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s 
Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made 
available to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK REPLENISHMENTS 
SEC. 7083. (a) The Asian Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 
285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 36. ELEVENTH REPLENISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized 
to contribute, on behalf of the United States, $189,580,000 to the 
eleventh replenishment of the resources of the Fund, subject to 
obtaining the necessary appropriations. 
‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, with-
out fiscal year limitation, $189,580,000 for payment by the Secretary 
of the Treasury.’’. 
(b) The International Development Association Act (22 U.S.C. 
284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
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‘‘SEC. 30. EIGHTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the International Develop-
ment Association is authorized to contribute on behalf of the United 
States $3,291,030,000 to the eighteenth replenishment of the 
resources of the Association, subject to obtaining the necessary 
appropriations. 
‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, with-
out fiscal year limitation, $3,291,030,000 for payment by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury.’’. 
(c) The African Development Fund Act (22 U.S.C. 290g et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 225. FOURTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Fund is authorized 
to contribute on behalf of the United States $513,900,000 to the 
fourteenth replenishment of the resources of the Fund, subject 
to obtaining the necessary appropriations. 
‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, with-
out fiscal year limitation, $513,900,000 for payment by the Secretary 
of the Treasury.’’. 
RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7084. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 
President under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, as identi-
fied by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 72 X 1021, $23,766,000 
are rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available under the heading 
‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the 
United States’’ for carryover under the heading ‘‘Receipts Collected’’ 
in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235), $10,000,000 are rescinded. 
TITLE VIII 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
TERRORISM 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, $2,975,971,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, of which $2,376,122,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State may transfer up to $5,000,000 of the total funds 
made available under this heading to any other appropriation of
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, $460,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available in this Act for fiscal year 2018. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the addi-
tional amounts appropriated by this title to appropriations accounts 
in this Act shall be available under the authorities and conditions 
applicable to such appropriations accounts. 
COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 
SEC. 8003. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ 
shall be made available for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund 
for programs in areas liberated from, under the influence of, or 
adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or other 
terrorist organizations: Provided, That such areas shall include 
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Provided further, That prior to the 
obligation of funds made available pursuant to this section, the 
Secretary of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that 
mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control 
of such funds: Provided further, That section 7015(j) of this Act 
regarding notification of assistance diverted or destroyed shall apply 
to funds made available for the Counterterrorism Partnerships 
Fund: Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 
this section shall be subject to prior consultation with the appro-
priate congressional committees, and the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
SEC. 8004. (a) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this title under such headings. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military
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Financing Program’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this title under such headings. 
(b) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, not to exceed $7,500,000 from 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ by this title in this Act 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made 
available under the heading ‘‘Global Security Contingency Fund’’. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The transfer authority provided in subsection 
(a) may only be exercised to address contingencies. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—The transfer authority provided by this sec-
tion shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer 
authority otherwise available under any other provision of law, 
including section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which 
may be exercised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of 
this title. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION L—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$112,813,000, of which not to exceed $3,001,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,040,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
not to exceed $20,555,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $10,331,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
not to exceed $14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,356,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,760,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $11,318,000 
shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emer-
gency Response; and not to exceed $16,745,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That 
no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 7 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That notice of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall
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be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be 
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 
in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $23,465,109, of which 
$2,618,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and 
of which $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, is for 
new competitive grants under 49 U.S.C. 5505 to a national center 
for congestion research and a national center for infrastructure 
research: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to amounts 
previously provided for such program: Provided further, That such 
amounts for additional national centers are provided notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 5505(c)(2)(A): Provided further, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training: 
Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial 
proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Tech-
nology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference 
to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation infrastruc-
ture, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2020: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall dis-
tribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants 
to be awarded to a State, local government, transit agency, or 
a collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for 
projects that will have a significant local or regional impact: Pro-
vided further, That projects eligible for funding provided under 
this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge 
projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; public transpor-
tation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port 
infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and 
land ports of entry): Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount 
not to exceed $15,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design 
of projects eligible for funding under this heading: Provided further, 
That grants awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject 
to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may use up to 20 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administra-
tive costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 
chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary finds 
that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this
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paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds provided 
under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so 
as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation modes: 
Provided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall 
be not less than $5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: 
Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading 
shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that 
require a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an 
overall financing package: Provided further, That not less than 
30 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
projects located in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 
and the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 
80 percent: Provided further, That projects conducted using funds 
provided under this heading must comply with the requirements 
of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competi-
tion to select the grants and credit assistance awarded under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to 
$25,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, and may 
transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal 
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 
Federal Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Administration 
to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance 
made under the National Infrastructure Investments program: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in the previous 
proviso may be used to hire additional personnel: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not use the Federal share as a selection 
criteria in awarding projects: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity under the previous 
proviso no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That the Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require 
application submissions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice: 
Provided further, That of the applications submitted under the 
previous two provisos, the Secretary shall make grants no later 
than 270 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that 
the Secretary determines. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE 
BUREAU 
For necessary expenses for the administration of the National 
Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau (the 
Bureau) within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation shall use such amount for the 
necessary expenses to fulfill the responsibilities of the Bureau, 
as detailed in section 9001 of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 114–94) (49 U.S.C. 116): 
Provided further, That the Secretary is required to receive the