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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-
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 re-
programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS 
SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 
contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 
accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 
4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 
to award such contracts on the basis of best value as deter-
mined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as described in 
Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwith-
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standing subsection (c)(3) of such section, for high risk, high 
threat posts: Provided, That the authority in this section 
shall apply to any options for renewal that may be exercised 
under such contracts. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. 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 or reparations for the governments of Cuba, 
North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes 
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 President determines and certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that subsequent to the termi-
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nation of assistance a democratically elected government 
has taken office: Provided further, That the provisions of 
this section shall not apply to assistance to promote demo-
cratic elections or public participation in democratic proc-
esses: Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(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. 
(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-
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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 
2014, 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
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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. 
(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-
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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 
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
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funds transferred under such authority may be made avail-
able for the cost of such audits. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 7010. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2014, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, and ‘‘Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability 
Fund’’ in this Act, or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs: Provided, That such report shall include a de-
scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 
the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 
of, the assistance provided by such funds. 
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