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Maintenance’’ in this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, made available 
through Federal agency Capital Security Cost Shar-
ing contributions and reimbursements, or generated 
from the proceeds of real property sales, other than 
from real property sales located in London, United 
Kingdom, may be made available for site acquisition 
and mitigation, planning, design, or construction of 
the New London Embassy: Provided, That the re-
porting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 112–74) shall remain in effect 
during fiscal year 2018. 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act 
and every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 
2019, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report on the new 
Mexico City Embassy and Beirut Embassy projects: 
Provided, That such report shall include, for each of 
the projects— 
(A) a detailed breakout of the project fac-
tors that formed the basis of the initial cost es-
timate used to justify such project to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations, as described under 
the heading ‘‘Embassy Security Construction 
and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act; 
(B) a comparison of the current project 
factors as compared to the project factors sub-
mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this 
subsection, and an explanation of any changes; 
and 
(C) the impact of currency exchange rate 
fluctuations on project costs. 
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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DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS
IMPROVE-
MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations 
of the Department of State under the headings ‘‘Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment 
Fund’’ shall be made available to implement the rec-
ommendations contained in the Foreign Assistance Data 
Review Findings Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspec-
tor General (OIG) report entitled ‘‘Department Financial 
Systems Are Insufficient to Track and Report on Foreign 
Assistance Funds’’: Provided, That not later than 45 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations an update 
to the plan required under section 7006 of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) 
for implementing the FADR and OIG recommendations: 
Provided further, That such funds may not be obligated 
for enhancements to, or expansions of, the Budget System 
Modernization Financial System, Central Resource Man-
agement System, Joint Financial Management System, or 
Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System 
until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be obligated for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc 
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electronic systems to track commitments, obligations or 
expenditures of funds unless the Secretary of State, fol-
lowing consultation with the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of State, has reviewed and certified that 
such new system or expansion is consistent with the 
FADR and OIG recommendations. 
(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 
only be used for the service centers included in the Con-
gressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 
2018: Provided, That the amounts for such service centers 
shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 
except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided 
further, That Federal agency components shall be charged 
only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund 
service: Provided further, That prior to increasing the per-
centage charged to Department of State bureaus and of-
fices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of 
State shall include the proposed increase in the Depart-
ment of State budget justification or, at least 60 days 
prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appro-
priations a justification for such increase, including a de-
tailed assessment of the cost and benefit of the services 
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provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That 
Federal agency components may only pay for Working 
Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 
and authorities of such components: Provided further, 
That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 
or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 
each service. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the ini-
tial obligation of funds appropriated under titles III and 
IV of this Act that are made available to a Department 
of State bureau or office with responsibility for the over-
sight or management of such funds, the Secretary of State 
shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, on an individual bureau or office basis, that such 
bureau or office is in compliance with Department and 
Federal financial management policies, procedures and 
regulations, as applicable: Provided, That if the Secretary 
is unable to make such certification for an individual bu-
reau or office, the Secretary shall submit a plan and 
timeline to such Committees detailing the steps to be 
taken to ensure such compliance. 
(d) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AWARDS.—Not later 
than December 31, 2018, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
detailing all sole-source awards made by the Department 
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