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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 2020 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. 
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-
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vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Con-
struction and Counterterrorism 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 ap-
pendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the 
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–323), a project to construct a facility 
of the United States may include office space or other ac-
commodations for members of the United States Marine 
Corps. 
(b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur-
poses of calculating the fiscal year 2020 costs of providing 
new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 
annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 
is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 
State for this purpose. 
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(c) 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 
acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 
for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis-
cal year 2020, 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. 
(d) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.—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 pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
such consultation and notification may be waived if there 
is a security risk to personnel. 
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-
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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. 
DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(1) 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 
2020: 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-
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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 
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. 
(2) STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
(A) Funds made available by this Act are made 
available to support the permanent Foreign Service 
and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of 
State at not less than the on-board levels in fiscal 
year 2016. 
(B) The use of funds appropriated by this Act 
to implement any plan to expand or reduce the size 
of the permanent Civil Service or Foreign Service 
workforce at the Department of State from on-board 
levels in fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include the re-
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