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notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading may be used, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance 
of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include 
activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 
organizations: Provided further, That only those countries for which 
assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing 
Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for 
security assistance programs may utilize funds made available 
under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 
the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, That 
not more than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use 
outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering 
military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be 
exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading for general costs of administering 
military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available 
for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be 
available for representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
more than $950,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for 
expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 
2018 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of 
the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973 
(Public Law 93–188; 87 Stat. 713), $339,000,000: Provided, That 
section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $139,575,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Association by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Develop-
ment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $47,395,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion 
of the increase in capital stock, $32,418,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital 
portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an 
amount not to exceed $507,860,808. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $5,700,000, of which up to $855,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31,
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United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, 
That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year 
may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments 
for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any 
country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article 
IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, 
that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, and not to exceed $30,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses for members of the Board of 
Directors, not to exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 
may remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment 
or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
or technical services in connection with any transaction for which 
an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
been made: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees 
for necessary expenses (including special services performed on 
a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) 
in connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, reposses-
sion or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the 
Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation 
or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, 
or technical aspects of any transaction for which an application 
for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 
or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Provided 
further, That in addition to other funds appropriated for administra-
tive expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such 
purposes, to remain available until expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 
of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal Credit Reform Act 
of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated 
herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: 
Provided, That the sums herein appropriated from the General 
Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting 
collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2018 in excess of obligations, up to 
$10,000,000 shall become available on September 1, 2018, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided
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by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, such expenditures 
and commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 
in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That the 
amount available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
and insurance programs (including an amount for official reception 
and representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall 
not exceed $79,200,000: Provided further, That project-specific 
transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in 
claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with services 
provided to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to 
section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 
considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized 
by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $20,000,000, 
to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Noncredit Account, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds so obligated 
in fiscal year 2018 remain available for disbursement through 2026; 
funds obligated in fiscal year 2019 remain available for disburse-
ment through 2027; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2020 remain 
available for disbursement through 2028: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program 
authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative 
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from 
amounts available for administrative expenses to carry out the 
credit and insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $79,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 may be 
available for representation and entertainment expenses. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall 
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and dif-
ferentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 
Code; for services as authorized by section 3109 of such title and
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for hire of passenger 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 Appropria-
tions a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances 
and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and 
activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received 
by such department or agency in fiscal year 2018 or any previous 
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 obligated 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 con-
tract, 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 provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the Committees 
on Appropriations of each instance in which a Federal department 
or agency is delinquent in providing the full amount of funding 
required by section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction 
and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 
604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction 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 appendix 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 accommodations for members 
of the United States Marine Corps. 
(c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes of calcu-
lating the fiscal year 2018 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: 
Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for departments and agencies of the United States Government 
shall be made available for the Capital Security Cost Sharing 
Program and the Maintenance Cost Sharing Program at levels 
not less than the prior fiscal year.
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(d) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be 
made available for the acquisition of property or award of construc-
tion contracts for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during 
fiscal year 2018, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That notifications pursuant to this subsection shall 
include the information enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in House Report 115– 
253 and Senate Report 114–290: Provided further, That any such 
notification for a new diplomatic facility justified to the Committees 
on Appropriations in the Congressional Budget Justification, 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
Fiscal Year 2018, or not previously justified to such Committees, 
shall also include confirmation that the Department of State has 
completed the requisite value engineering studies required pursuant 
to OMB Circular A–131, Value Engineering December 31, 2013 
and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Policy and Proce-
dure Directive, P&PD, Cost 02: Value Engineering. 
(e) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ may be made available, following consulta-
tion with the appropriate congressional committees, to address 
security vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States 
diplomatic 
facilities 
abroad, 
including 
physical 
security 
upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount 
of funds made available for such purposes from this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum 
of $25,000,000. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—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 proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 
consultation and notification may be waived if there is a secu-
rity risk to personnel. 
(f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, including for 
Worldwide Security Protection, and under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in this Act may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings 
if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement the 
recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, 
or to prevent or respond to security situations and requirements, 
following consultation with, and subject to the regular notification 
procedures of, such Committees: Provided, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available 
under any other provision of law. 
(g) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may 
be made available for security upgrades to soft targets, including 
schools, recreational facilities, and residences used by United States
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diplomatic personnel and their dependents, except that the amount 
made available for such purposes shall be a minimum of 
$10,000,000. 
(h) SECURE RESUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary of 
State may not grant final approval for the construction of a new 
facility or substantial construction to improve or expand an existing 
facility in the United States by or for the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China until the Secretary certifies and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that an agreement 
has been concluded between the Governments of the United States 
and the People’s Republic of China that permits secure resupply, 
maintenance, and new construction of United States Government 
facilities in the People’s Republic of China. 
(i) NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND KINSHASA.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
that are made available for the central Government of the Demo-
cratic Republic of the Congo, 25 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such Government has fully 
vacated the property purchased by the United States in Kinshasa 
for the construction of a New Embassy Compound. 
(j) REPORTS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, made avail-
able through Federal agency Capital Security Cost Sharing 
contributions and reimbursements, or generated from the pro-
ceeds of real property sales, other than from real property 
sales located in London, United Kingdom, may be made avail-
able for site acquisition and mitigation, planning, design, or 
construction of the New London Embassy: Provided, That the 
reporting requirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2012 (division 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, New Delhi Embassy, 
and Beirut Embassy projects: Provided, That such report shall 
include, for each of the projects— 
(A) a detailed breakout of the project factors that 
formed the basis of the initial cost estimate used to justify 
such project to the Committees on Appropriations, as 
described under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc-
tion, and Maintenance’’ in House Report 115–253; 
(B) a comparison of the current project factors as com-
pared to the project factors submitted pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) of this subsection, and an explanation of any 
changes; and 
(C) the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations 
on project costs.
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PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary 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 OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS
IMPROVEMENT.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act for the operations of the Department 
of State under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ 
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ shall be made available to imple-
ment the recommendations contained in the Foreign Assistance 
Data Review Findings Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector 
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 Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115– 
31) for implementing the FADR and OIG recommendations: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may not be obligated for enhance-
ments to, or expansions of, the Budget System Modernization Finan-
cial System, Central Resource Management 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 
electronic systems to track commitments, obligations, or expendi-
tures of funds unless the Secretary of State, following 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 pay-
ments to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the 
service centers included in the Congressional 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 percentage charged to Department 
of State bureaus and offices 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 Appropriations a justifica-
tion for such increase, including a detailed assessment of the cost
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and benefit of the services provided by the procurement fee: Pro-
vided 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.— 
(1) Not later than 45 days after the initial 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 management and oversight of such 
funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau or office 
basis, that such bureau or office is in compliance with Depart-
ment and Federal financial and grants management policies, 
procedures, and regulations, as applicable. 
(2) When making a certification required by paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State shall consider the capacity of a 
bureau or office to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the country 
and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation and moni-
toring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and indicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
(E) assess final results and reconcile finances. 
(3) If the Secretary of State is unable to make a certification 
required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a plan 
and timeline detailing the steps to be taken to bring such 
bureau or office into compliance. 
(4) The report accompanying a certification required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the requirements contained under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(d) REPORT
ON
SOLE
SOURCE
AWARDS.—Not later than 
December 31, 2018, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees detailing all sole-source 
awards made by the Department of State during the previous 
fiscal year in excess of $2,000,000: Provided, That such report 
should be posted on the Department of State Web site. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 
obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insur-
ance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´ TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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