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Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Provided further, That 
designated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursu-
ant to this section: Provided further, That the exercise of such 
authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections (a) through 
(c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect until September 
30, 2018. 
ARMS TRADE TREATY 
SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
INSPECTORS GENERAL 
SEC. 7063. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector 
General funded under this Act timely access to any records, docu-
ments, or other materials available to the department or agency 
of the United States Government over which such Inspector General 
has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 
General to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 
to such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access 
of such Inspector General. 
(b) TIMELY ACCESS.—A department or agency of the United 
States Government covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General access to all records, documents, and other mate-
rials in a timely manner. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.—Each Inspector General covered by this sec-
tion shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure 
relevant to the information provided by the department or agency 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) REPORT.—Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations within 5 calendar 
days of any failure by any department or agency of the United 
States Government to provide its Inspector General access to all 
requested records, documents, and other materials. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTA´ NAMO BAY, CUBA 
SEC. 7064. Not later than 5 days after the conclusion of an 
agreement with a country, including a state with a compact of 
free association with the United States, to receive by transfer or 
release individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, the Secretary of State shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations in writing of the terms of the agree-
ment, including whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs will be made available for assist-
ance for such country pursuant to such agreement.
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MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7065. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilat-
eral or bilateral 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 related programs 
or previously authorized by an Act of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 
projected future year costs; or 
(4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at least 
7 days in advance of the pledge. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE 
SEC. 7066. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to support or justify the use of torture, cruel, or inhumane 
treatment by any official or contract employee of the United States 
Government. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7067. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 
provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) 
for the central government of a country which has notified the 
Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States 
any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the max-
imum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole 
or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 
States extradition request. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply to the cen-
tral government of a country with which the United States main-
tains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has 
an extradition treaty and the government of that country is in 
violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 
in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies 
to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is important 
to the national interest of the United States. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 7068. 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 may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, 
and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major 
non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing
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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 application), if the President determines that there are 
compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 
defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than 
by government-to-government sale under such Act. 
JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUDGET, AND TRANSITIONS 
SEC. 7069. (a) JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN AND BUDGET.—Not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall jointly submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a five year budget estimate that details by each fiscal year 
the funds necessary to implement, by agency, each of the four 
goals identified in the ‘‘Joint Strategic Plan for the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, FY 2018–2022’’ (Joint Strategic Plan), required by section 
306 of title 5, United States Code, and published on February 
12, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary and the Administrator shall 
inform the appropriate congressional committees not later than 
September 30, 2018 of any changes to the Joint Strategic Plan. 
(b) STRATEGIC TRANSITIONS.— 
(1) The USAID Administrator shall regularly consult with 
the appropriate congressional committees and development 
stakeholders on efforts to transition nations from assistance 
recipients to enduring diplomatic, economic, and security part-
ners: Provided, That such consultations shall include the 
guiding principles and metrics being developed to support such 
efforts, and any other matters related to the implementation 
plan required in paragraph (2). 
(2) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, 
the USAID Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an implementation plan on country 
transitions from assistance that includes— 
(A) the conditions and related benchmarks under which 
countries may transition from assistance provided by this 
Act and subsequent Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams; 
(B) the actions required by USAID to facilitate or sup-
port country efforts toward such transition, including con-
sultation with civil society, other donors, multilateral 
organizations, and implementing partners; 
(C) a description of the costs and number of personnel 
associated with strategic transitions, including investments 
to increase public and private domestic resource mobiliza-
tion; and 
(D) the plans to ensure post-transition development 
progress. 
COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION 
SEC. 7070. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.—
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(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the central government of 
a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative 
steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 
Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: 
Provided, That except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), 
the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance required 
by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports 
to such Committees that to do so is in the national interest 
of the United States, and includes a justification for such 
interest. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for— 
(A) the implementation of any action or policy that 
recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 
Crimea or other territory in Ukraine; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 
States Government investments in Crimea or other terri-
tory in Ukraine under the control of Russian-backed sepa-
ratists, if such activity includes the participation of Russian 
Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled 
financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory in Ukraine 
under the control of Russian-backed separatists, if such 
assistance includes the participation of Russian Govern-
ment officials, or other Russian owned or controlled finan-
cial entities. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international financial institu-
tion to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 
any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 
the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
(4) The requirements and limitations of this subsection 
shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over 
Crimea and other territory in Ukraine under the control of 
Russian-backed separatists. 
(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF ABKHAZIA 
AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the central government of 
a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations has recognized the 
independence of, or has established diplomatic relations with, 
the Russian occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall publish on the Department of State Web site a list of 
any such central governments in a timely manner: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction on assist-
ance required by this paragraph if the Secretary determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 
so is in the national interest of the United States, and includes 
a justification for such interest.
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(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available to support the Russian occupation of the Geor-
gian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international financial institu-
tion to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 
any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 
(d) ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’, not less than $250,000,000 shall be 
made available to carry out the purposes of the Countering 
Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by section 254 of the 
Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 
2017 (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543), and programs to 
enhance the capacity of law enforcement and security forces 
in countries in Europe and Eurasia and strengthen security 
cooperation between such countries and the United States and 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as appropriate. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act and made available 
for assistance for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be 
made available to advance the implementation of Association 
Agreements and trade agreements with the European Union, 
and to reduce their vulnerability to external economic and 
political pressure from the Russian Federation. 
(e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available to support democracy programs in the 
Russian Federation, including to promote Internet freedom, and 
shall also be made available to support the democracy and rule 
of law strategy required by section 7071(d) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7071. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and conditions of sec-
tions 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 
(division F of Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be repaid to 
the IMF before other private creditors. 
SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND 
SEC. 7072. Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu-
ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act for the 
purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That the provision of defense articles and defense services to foreign 
countries or international organizations from the Fund shall be 
subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State.
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STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM 
AND CONFLICT 
SEC. 7073. (a) COUNTERING FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND EXTREMIST 
ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall be made available for programs and activities to 
counter and defeat violent extremism and foreign fighters abroad, 
consistent with the strategy required by section 7073(a)(1) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall ensure such programs 
are coordinated with and complement the efforts of other United 
States Government agencies and international partners, and that 
information gained through the conduct of such programs is shared 
in a timely manner with relevant departments and agencies of 
the United States Government, other international partners, and 
the appropriate congressional committees, as appropriate. 
(b) COUNTRIES
IMPACTED
BY
SIGNIFICANT
REFUGEE
POPU-
LATIONS OR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS.— 
(1) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ shall be made available for programs in countries 
affected by significant populations of internally displaced per-
sons or refugees to— 
(A) expand and improve host government social serv-
ices and basic infrastructure to accommodate the needs 
of such populations and persons; 
(B) alleviate the social and economic strains placed 
on host communities, including through programs to pro-
mote livelihoods, vocational training, and formal and 
informal education; 
(C) improve coordination of such assistance in a more 
effective and sustainable manner; and 
(D) leverage increased assistance from donors other 
than the United States Government for central govern-
ments and local communities in such countries: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall periodically inform 
the appropriate congressional committees of the amounts and 
specific uses of funds made available for the purposes of this 
subsection. 
(2) CONCESSIONAL FINANCE FACILITY.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ may be made available for the Concessional Finance 
Facility of the World Bank to provide financing to support 
refugees and host communities: Provided, That such funds shall 
be in addition to funds made available for bilateral assistance 
in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and may only be made available subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) FRAGILE STATES AND EXTREMISM.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available for the purposes of section 7080 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115– 
31), subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations.
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ENTERPRISE FUNDS 
SEC. 7074. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made available 
under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available 
for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate congressional commit-
tees are notified at least 15 days in advance. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the distribution 
of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding 
up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 
for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a transition to 
and operation of any private equity fund or other parallel invest-
ment fund under an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall 
submit such transition or operating plan to the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7075. If the President makes a determination not to 
comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional grounds, 
the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations in writing within 5 days of such determination, 
the basis for such determination and any resulting changes to 
program and policy. 
BUDGET DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7076. (a) OPERATING AND REORGANIZATION PLANS.—Not 
later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
department, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and 
VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and Independent 
Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including the Inter-American 
Foundation and the United States African Development Foundation, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an operating 
plan for funds appropriated to such department, agency, or 
organization in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available 
for obligation in fiscal year 2018, that provides details of the uses 
of such funds at the program, project, and activity level: Provided, 
That such plans shall include, as applicable, a comparison between 
the congressional budget justification funding levels, the most recent 
congressional directives or approved funding levels, and the funding 
levels proposed by the department or agency; and a clear, concise, 
and informative description/justification: Provided further, That if 
such department, agency, or organization receives an additional 
amount under the same heading in title VIII of this Act, operating 
plans required by this subsection shall include consolidated informa-
tion on all such funds: Provided further, That operating plans 
that include changes in levels of funding for programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the congressional budget justification, 
in this Act, or amounts specifically designated in the respective 
tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and reprogramming 
requirements of section 7015 of this Act. 
(b) SPEND PLANS.— 
(1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary 
of State or Administrator of the United States Agency for
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International Development, as appropriate, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made 
available by this Act, for— 
(A) assistance for Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Paki-
stan, and the West Bank and Gaza; 
(B) assistance made available pursuant to section 
7070(d) of this Act to counter Russian influence and aggres-
sion, except that such plan shall be on a country-by-country 
basis; 
(C) Power Africa and the regional security initiatives 
listed under this section in Senate Report 115–152: Pro-
vided, That the spend plan for such initiatives shall include 
the amount of assistance planned for each country by 
account, to the maximum extent practicable; and 
(D) democracy programs, programs to support section 
7073(a) of this Act, and sectors enumerated in subsections 
(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (h) of section 7060 of this Act. 
(2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title 
III. 
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 percent of 
the funds contained in a spend plan required by this subsection 
may be obligated prior to the submission of such spend plan 
if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appro-
priate, determines that the obligation of such funds is necessary 
to avoid significant programmatic disruption: Provided, That 
not less than seven days prior to such obligation, the Secretary 
or Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the justification for such 
obligation and the proposed uses of such funds. 
(c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a detailed report on spending of funds made 
available during fiscal year 2017 under the heading ‘‘Development 
Credit Authority’’. 
(d) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in subsection 
(b) shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements 
in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
(e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.— 
(1) The congressional budget justification for Department 
of State operations and foreign operations shall be provided 
to the Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date 
of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2019: 
Provided, That the appendices for such justification shall be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
10 calendar days thereafter. 
(2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
shall include in the congressional budget justification a detailed 
justification for multi-year availability for any funds requested 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and 
‘‘Operating Expenses’’.
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REPORTS AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7077. (a) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able by this Act shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), post 
on the publicly available Web site of such agency any report 
required by this Act to be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations, upon a determination by the head of such 
agency that to do so is in the national interest. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
if— 
(A) the public posting of such report would compromise 
national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; or 
(B) the report contains proprietary, privileged, or sen-
sitive information. 
(3) TIMING AND INTENTION.—The head of the agency posting 
such report shall, unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations for not less than 45 days: Pro-
vided, That any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations shall include information 
from the submitting agency on whether such report will be 
publicly posted. 
(b) REQUESTS
FOR DOCUMENTS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, 
including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 
any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements 
of the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ 
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are 
made available to the Department of State and USAID may 
be made available to support the use or establishment of email 
accounts 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 Amend-
ments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(2) DIRECTIVES.—The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall— 
(A) update the policies, directives, and oversight nec-
essary to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and 
presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning 
the preservation of all records made or received in the 
conduct of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(B) use funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, as appropriate, 
to improve Federal records management pursuant to the 
Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and