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(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
if— 
(A) the public posting of such report would compromise 
national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; or 
(B) the report contains proprietary, privileged, or sen-
sitive information. 
(3) TIMING AND INTENTION.—The head of the agency posting 
such report shall, unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations for not less than 45 days: Pro-
vided, That any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations shall include information 
from the submitting agency on whether such report will be 
publicly posted. 
(b) REQUESTS
FOR DOCUMENTS.—None of the funds appro-
priated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, 
including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 
any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements 
of the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ 
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are 
made available to the Department of State and USAID may 
be made available to support the use or establishment of email 
accounts or email servers created outside the .gov domain or 
not fitted for automated records management as part of a 
Federal government records management program in con-
travention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amend-
ments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(2) DIRECTIVES.—The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall— 
(A) update the policies, directives, and oversight nec-
essary to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and 
presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning 
the preservation of all records made or received in the 
conduct of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(B) use funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, as appropriate, 
to improve Federal records management pursuant to the 
Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 
33) and other applicable Federal records management stat-
utes, regulations, or policies for the Department of State 
and USAID; 
(C) direct departing employees that all Federal records 
generated by such employees, including senior officials, 
belong to the Federal Government; and 
(D) significantly improve the response time for identi-
fying and retrieving Federal records, including requests 
made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.
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(3) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
and to the National Archives and Records Administration 
detailing, as appropriate and where applicable— 
(A) any updates or modifications made to the policy 
of each agency regarding the use or the establishment 
of email accounts or email servers created outside the 
.gov domain or not fitted for automated records manage-
ment as part of a Federal government records management 
program since the submission to the Committees on Appro-
priations on January 20, 2016, of the report required by 
section 7077(c)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division K of Public Law 114–113); 
(B) the extent to which each agency is in compliance 
with applicable Federal records management statutes, 
regulations, and policies, including meeting Directive goal 
1.2 of the Managing Government Records Directive (M– 
12–18) by December 31, 2016; and 
(C) any steps taken since the submission of the report 
referenced in subparagraph (A) to— 
(i) comply with paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection; 
(ii) ensure that all employees at every level have 
been instructed in procedures and processes to ensure 
that the documentation of their official duties is cap-
tured, preserved, managed, protected, and accessible 
in official Government systems of the Department of 
State and USAID; 
(iii) implement recommendations 1 and 4 made 
by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Depart-
ment of State, in the January 2016 Evaluation of the 
Department of State’s FOIA Process for Requests 
Involving the Office of the Secretary (ESP-16-01); 
(iv) reduce the backlog of Freedom of Information 
Act (FOIA) and Congressional oversight requests, and 
measurably improve the response time for answering 
such requests; and 
(v) strengthen cyber security measures to mitigate 
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use 
of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov 
domain and implement the recommendations of the 
OIG in the May 2016 Evaluation of Email Records 
Management and Cybersecurity Requirements (ESP– 
16–03). 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATING PLAN.—The reports 
required by paragraph (3) shall be submitted by the Secretary 
of State or USAID Administrator simultaneously with the oper-
ating plans required by section 7076 of this Act for funds 
appropriated under the headings listed in paragraph (1), and 
shall include an operating plan and timeline, as applicable, 
for— 
(A) implementing the recommendations of the OIG 
reports referenced in clauses (iii) and (v); and 
(B) measurably reducing the FOIA and Congressional 
oversight requests backlog.
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(5) REPORT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the submission of the reports required by paragraph (3), the 
Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with 
National Archives and Records Administration, as appropriate, 
shall conduct an assessment of such reports, and shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the scope and 
requirements of such assessment. 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7078. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2017 under the headings ‘‘International Broad-
casting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less 
than $50,500,000 shall be made available for programs to promote 
Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 
prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom of 
expression on the Internet, and that are important to the national 
interests of the United States: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum 
extent practicable, by sources other than the United States Govern-
ment, including from the private sector. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are made available 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) coordinated with other democracy programs funded 
by this Act under such headings, and shall be incorporated 
into country assistance and democracy promotion strate-
gies, as appropriate; 
(B) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, for pro-
grams to implement the May 2011, International Strategy 
for Cyberspace; the Department of State International 
Cyberspace Policy Strategy required by section 402 of the 
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of Public Law 114– 
113); and the comprehensive strategy to promote Internet 
freedom and access to information in Iran, as required 
by section 414 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 
(C) made available for programs that support the 
efforts of civil society to counter the development of repres-
sive Internet-related laws and regulations, including coun-
tering threats to Internet freedom at international 
organizations; to combat violence against bloggers and 
other users; and to enhance digital security training and 
capacity building for democracy activists; 
(D) made available for research of key threats to Inter-
net freedom; the continued development of technologies 
that provide or enhance access to the Internet, including 
circumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, 
and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian 
governments; and maintenance of the technological advan-
tage of the United States Government over such censorship 
techniques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the
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Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), shall coordinate 
any such research and development programs with other 
relevant United States Government departments and agen-
cies in order to share information, technologies, and best 
practices, and to assess the effectiveness of such tech-
nologies; and 
(E) the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ that are made avail-
able pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 
(A) made available only for tools and techniques to 
securely develop and distribute BBG digital content; facili-
tate audience access to such content on Web sites that 
are censored; coordinate the distribution of BBG digital 
content to targeted regional audiences; and to promote 
and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital 
security techniques; 
(B) coordinated with programs funded by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, and shall be incorporated into country broadcasting 
strategies, as appropriate; 
(C) coordinated by the BBG CEO to provide Internet 
circumvention tools and techniques for audiences in coun-
tries that are strategic priorities for the BBG and in a 
manner consistent with the BBG Internet freedom strategy; 
and 
(D) made available for the research and development 
of new tools or techniques authorized in paragraph (A) 
only after the BBG CEO, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and other relevant United States Government 
departments and agencies, evaluates the risks and benefits 
of such new tools or techniques, and establishes safeguards 
to minimize the use of such new tools or techniques for 
illicit purposes. 
(c) COORDINATION
AND
SPEND
PLANS.—After consultation 
among the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict 
planned activities, but not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State and the BBG CEO shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made 
available by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 
globally, which shall include a description of safeguards established 
by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not used 
for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department of State spend 
plan shall include funding for all such programs for all relevant 
Department of State and USAID offices and bureaus: Provided 
further, That prior to the obligation of such funds, such offices 
and bureaus shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for Democ-
racy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, to ensure 
that such programs support the Department of State Internet 
freedom strategy.