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of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose duly 
elected head of government is deposed by military coup 
d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military plays a deci-
sive role: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent 
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government has taken office: Provided further, That the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to assistance to pro-
mote democratic elections or public participation in demo-
cratic processes: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—
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(1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State under title I of this Act may be 
transferred between, and merged with, such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no such 
transfer may be made to increase the appropriation 
under the heading ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 
(2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I of this 
Act may be transferred between, and merged with, 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. 
(3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
7015(a) and (b) of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 
for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year
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2015, for programs under title VI of this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations for use for any of the 
purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in 
such receiving account may be used, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the exercise of such authority shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under titles 
II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
or any other appropriations Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition 
to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this 
Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 
be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United 
States Government pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tions 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961.
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(3) Any agreement entered into by the United 
States 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development 
(USAID) or the Department of State with any de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to sec-
tion 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That the requirement in the pre-
vious sentence shall not apply to agreements entered 
into between USAID and the Department of State. 
(d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 
may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 
such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers spe-
cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, not 
less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any authority con-
tained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer
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funds, consults with and provides a written policy justifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any agree-
ment for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated 
by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between the Depart-
ment of State or USAID and another agency of the United 
States Government under the authority of section 632(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable 
provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector 
General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or alloca-
tion of such funds, or other entity with audit responsibility 
if the receiving agency does not have an IG, shall perform 
periodic program and financial audits of the use of such 
funds: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made avail-
able for the cost of such audits. 
SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT 
SEC. 7010. Not later than 120 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report on funds obligated and 
expended during fiscal year 2014 under the headings 
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’.
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AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, 
chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Development 
Credit Authority’’ shall remain available for an additional 
4 years from the date on which the availability of such 
funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are ini-
tially obligated before the expiration of their respective peri-
ods of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 
funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disburse-
ments in order to address balance of payments or economic 
policy reform objectives, shall remain available for an addi-
tional 4 years from the date on which the availability of 
such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are 
initially allocated or obligated before the expiration of their 
respective periods of availability contained in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide a
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report to the Committees on Appropriations at the begin-
ning of each fiscal year, detailing by account and source 
year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal 
year. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to fur-
nish assistance to the government of any country which is 
in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in 
payment to the United States of principal or interest on 
any loan made to the government of such country by the 
United States pursuant to a program for which funds are 
appropriated under this Act unless the President deter-
mines, following consultations with the Committees on Ap-
propriations, that assistance for such country is in the na-
tional interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of 
the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be made available to provide assistance for a for-
eign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the 
terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be 
provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating 
that assistance provided by the United States shall be ex-
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empt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign govern-
ment, and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek 
to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, 
as necessary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
TAXES.—An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 
during fiscal year 2015 on funds appropriated by this Act 
by a foreign government or entity against United States 
assistance programs for which funds are appropriated by 
this Act, either directly or through grantees, contractors, 
and subcontractors shall be withheld from obligation from 
funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2016 and 
allocated for the central government of such country and 
for the West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2016, that such taxes have not been reimbursed 
to the Government of the United States. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of sub-
section (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING
OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub-
section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for coun-
tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance
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or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 
substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can rea-
sonably accommodate such assistance in a program-
matically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
to any country or entity the Secretary of State re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations— 
(A) does not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which has an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of 
such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the United 
States outweigh the purpose of this section to en-
sure that United States assistance is not subject 
to taxation. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior 
to exercising the authority of this subsection with re-
gard to any country or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist-
ance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 
framework bilateral agreement between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the government of the 
country receiving assistance that describes the privi-
leges and immunities applicable to United States for-
eign assistance for such country generally, or an indi-
vidual agreement between the Government of the 
United States and such government that describes, 
among other things, the treatment for tax purposes 
that will be accorded the United States assistance 
provided under that agreement; 
(2) the term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ shall include 
value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 
include individual income taxes assessed to local staff. 
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, 
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, de-
tailing steps taken by such departments or agencies to com-
ply with the requirements of this section. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 
may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 
account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with
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the designation is made impossible by operation of any pro-
vision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any such 
reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to 
this subsection shall be made available under the same 
terms and conditions as originally provided. 
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the Department 
of State or the United States Agency for International De-
velopment (USAID) that are specifically designated for 
particular programs or activities by this or any other Act 
may be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Sec-
retary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appro-
priate, determines and reports promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a 
country or a significant change in circumstances makes it 
unlikely that such designated funds can be obligated during 
the original period of availability: Provided, That such des-
ignated funds that continue to be available for an addi-
tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 
of such designation. 
(c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 
contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or
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authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 
any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 
Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 
minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act 
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in 
titles I and II of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts 
to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of fees or of cur-
rency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made avail-
able by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) closes or opens a mission or post; 
(6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bu-
reaus, centers, or offices;
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(7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: Provided, 
That unless previously justified to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the requirements of this subsection shall apply 
to all obligations of funds appropriated under titles I and 
II of this Act for paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (6) of this 
subsection. 
(b) None of the funds provided under titles I and II 
of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts 
to the agency or department funded under titles I and II 
of this Act that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the agency or department funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through 
a reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities;
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(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
projects as approved by Congress; unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 
Education and Training’’, ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Oper-
ations’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for obliga-
tion for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel as-
sistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in 
excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations for obligation under any of these specific headings 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15
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days in advance: Provided, That the President shall not 
enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 
purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 
the provision of major defense equipment, other than con-
ventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined 
to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre-
viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the 
quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on 
Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
commitment: Provided further, That requirements of this 
subsection or any similar provision of this or any other 
Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, 
program, or project for which funds are appropriated under 
titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of 
the amount previously justified to the Congress for obliga-
tion for such activity, program, or project for the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall in-
clude information (if known on the date of transmittal of 
such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: 
Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification of 
assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding 
authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be in-
formed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent prac-
ticable.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 
the exception of funds transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds trans-
ferred by the Department of Defense to the Department of 
State and the United States Agency for International De-
velopment for assistance for foreign countries and inter-
national organizations, and funds made available for pro-
grams authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 
163) (or any successor authority), shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) The requirements of this section or any similar pro-
vision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 
Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub-
stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 
in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, 
but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action 
to which such notification requirement was applicable, in 
the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: 
Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant
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to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer-
gency circumstances. 
(f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for 
assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cam-
bodia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, 
Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Rus-
sian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 
Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 
Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same 
extent and under the same conditions as other committees 
pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That 
before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of such 
Committees if such defense articles are significant military 
equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 
Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition
1131 
cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 
elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for 
specific countries that would receive such excess defense ar-
ticles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also be 
informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense ar-
ticles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 
are returned or not made available for organizations and 
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) 
of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the requirement to with-
hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions 
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce
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any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made 
available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family 
planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive 
to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio-
medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth-
ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri-
lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for 
any country or organization if the President certifies that 
the use of these funds by any such country or organization 
would violate any of the above provisions related to abor-
tions and involuntary sterilizations. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) Funds provided by this Act shall be 
made available for programs and countries in the amounts 
specifically designated in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
(b) For the purposes of implementing this section and 
only with respect to the amounts for programs and coun-
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tries specifically designated in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of State, the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as 
appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts ref-
erenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) Each Federal department, agency, or 
entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Depart-
ment of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 
titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that 
domestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex-
penses further official agency business and United States 
foreign policy interests and are— 
(1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 
the Executive Branch; 
(2) principally for meals and events of a protocol 
nature; 
(3) not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act under the headings ‘‘International
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Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ for Informational Program activities 
or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may 
be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
substantially of a recreational character, including 
but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 
theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 
parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by titles III through VI of this Act 
may be available to any foreign government which 
provides lethal military equipment to a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined supports international terrorism for purposes 
of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act: Provided, 
That the prohibition under this section with respect
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to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months 
after that government ceases to provide such military 
equipment: Provided further, That this section applies 
with respect to lethal military equipment provided 
under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) or 
any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 
if the President determines that to do so is important 
to the national interest of the United States. 
(3) Whenever the President makes a determina-
tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
with respect to the furnishing of such assistance, in-
cluding a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 
provided, the estimated dollar amount of such assist-
ance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur-
thers United States national interests. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 
in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appro-
priated under any such title in prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, shall not be made 
available to any foreign government which the Presi-
dent determines—
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(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(2) The President may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) to a government if the President deter-
mines that national security or humanitarian reasons 
justify such waiver: Provided, That the President 
shall publish each such waiver in the Federal Register 
and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in 
accordance with the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop-
ment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 
313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
1137 
Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of 
this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined 
at the appropriations Act account level and shall include 
all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding direc-
tives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for 
the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, project, 
and activity’’ shall also be considered to include country, 
regional, and central program level funding within each 
such account; and for the development assistance accounts 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 
to include central, country, regional, and program level 
funding, either as— 
(1) justified to the Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accord-
ance with a report, to be provided to the Committees 
on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
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AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOP-
MENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, 
the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting 
activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, 
the agency shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions and report to such Committees within 15 days of tak-
ing such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 
direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise made 
available to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended 
to finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of 
any commodity for export by any country other than the 
United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus
1139 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance 
will cause substantial injury to United States producers of 
the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That 
such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank 
if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 
industry and employment in the United States are likely 
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Associa-
tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed-
ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction,
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consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec-
tion with the growth or production in a foreign country 
of an agricultural commodity for export which would com-
pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the 
United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to ben-
efit American producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Associa-
tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive directors of the international finan-
cial institutions, as defined in section 7029(h) of this Act,
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to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose 
any assistance by such institutions, using funds appro-
priated or made available by this Act, for the production 
or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if 
it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will 
cause substantial injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.— 
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government 
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and
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(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I 
or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such pur-
poses as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiv-
alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to
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subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of assistance to a country under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may 
be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes 
as may be agreed to by the government of that coun-
try and the United States Government. 
(5) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 
Administrator shall report on an annual basis as 
part of the justification documents submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the use of local cur-
rencies for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government as authorized in subsection 
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used or to be used for such purpose in each ap-
plicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under
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chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle them with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explana-
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom-
panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report 
No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
assistance, the President shall submit a notification 
through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 
detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 
made available will be used, with a discussion of the 
United States interests that will be served by the as-
sistance (including, as appropriate, a description of 
the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by 
such assistance).
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(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) only through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the as-
sistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such 
assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 
contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2015, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
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to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480): Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant 
to this subsection may be obligated or expended except as 
provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available to the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) may only 
be made available for limited competitions through local en-
tities if—
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(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has— 
(A) assessed the level of local capacity to ef-
fectively implement, manage, and account for 
programs included in such competition; and 
(B) documented the written results of the 
assessment and decisions made; and 
(2) prior to making an award after limiting 
competition to local entities— 
(A) each successful local entity has been de-
termined to be responsible in accordance with 
USAID guidelines; and 
(B) effective monitoring and evaluation sys-
tems are in place to ensure that award funding 
is used for its intended purposes; and 
(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 
(b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), 
the Administrator of USAID shall report, on a semi-annual 
basis, to the appropriate congressional committees on all 
awards subject to limited or no competition for local enti-
ties: Provided, That such report should be posted on the 
USAID Web site: Provided further, That the requirements 
of this subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of 
$3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities in excess 
of $2,000,000.
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(c) Section 7077 of division I of Public Law 112–74 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015, as amended 
by division K of Public Law 113–76. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to seek to require that such 
institution adopts and implements a publicly available pol-
icy, including the strategic use of peer reviews and external 
experts, to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of the 
effectiveness of at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, pro-
grams, and significant analytical non-lending activities in 
advancing the institution’s goals of reducing poverty and 
promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with rel-
evant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such 
loans, grants, programs, and activities are based on accu-
rate data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
on steps taken by the United States executive directors and 
the international financial institutions consistent with this 
paragraph. 
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director of the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development and the International
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Development Association to vote against any loan, grant, 
policy, or strategy if such institution has adopted and is 
implementing any social or environmental safeguard rel-
evant to such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides 
less protection than World Bank safeguards in effect on 
September 30, 2014. 
(c) None of the funds appropriated under title V of 
this Act may be made as payment to any international fi-
nancial institution while the United States executive direc-
tor to such institution is compensated by the institution at 
a rate which, together with whatever compensation such ex-
ecutive director receives from the United States, is in excess 
of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 
at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 
of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United 
States executive director to such institution is compensated 
by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided 
for an individual occupying a position at level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director of each international fi-
nancial institution to seek to require that such institution 
conducts rigorous human rights due diligence and human 
rights risk management, as appropriate, in connection with
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any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution: Pro-
vided, That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, policy, 
or strategy the executive director shall consult with the As-
sistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State, if the executive director has 
reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, or strategy 
could result in forced displacement or other violation of 
human rights. 
(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director of each international fi-
nancial institution to promote in loan, grant, and other 
financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ 
financial management and judicial capacity to investigate, 
prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 
(f) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director of each international fi-
nancial institution to seek to require that such institution 
collects, verifies, and publishes, to the maximum extent 
practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding 
proprietary information) for any corporation or limited li-
ability company, other than a publicly listed company, that 
receives funds appropriated by this Act that are provided 
as payment to such institution: Provided, That not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
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for capacity building activities relating to free 
trade agreements. 
(B) Funds appropriated under title VI of 
this Act shall be made available to increase 
United States trade in the Asia region above 
amounts made available for such purposes in 
prior fiscal years. 
(4) OPERATIONS
AND
ASSISTANCE
CALCULA-
TIONS.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
the funds provided for the Asia Rebalancing Initia-
tive for operations and assistance for each fiscal year 
beginning in fiscal year 2011: Provided, That such 
report shall include total amounts made available for 
such Initiative for each fiscal year, and shall specify 
the increased amounts for operations and assistance 
for the Asia region to support such Initiative. 
(5) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Programs’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ shall be made available for exchange pro-
grams for the Asia region, including for the 
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which
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and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. The an-
nual budget submissions for program offices and Office of 
General Counsel personnel funding must include program- 
related litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 
item request. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appro-
priated for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded under 
such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for any of-
fice funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Of-
fices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 
transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 
of the funds appropriated for any account funded under the 
general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to any other account funded under such heading: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for any account funded 
under the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior writ-
ten approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-