SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$81,800,000, of which $12,270,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2026. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $168,550,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs for the United 
States Section, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the purposes of the 
United States Section, which shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
the International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for grant programs of the North 
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American Development Bank, including technical assist-
ance grants and the Community Assistance Program, 
$17,300,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commis-
sion, up to $1,250,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and up to $9,000 may be made available 
for representation expenses: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading for the International 
Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be made avail-
able for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $65,719,000: Provided, That the United States share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the United States 
Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to 
carry out international communication activities, and to 
make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and tele-
vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $798,196,000, of 
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which $39,910,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB): Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be made available for medium- and 
short-wave broadcasting at not less than the fiscal year 
2024 level and in a manner able to reach all provinces 
in Cuba with daily programming: Provided further, That 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, up to $75,708,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions, global network distribution, 
and Internet freedom programs, of which not less than 
$43,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading and made available for the Open Technology 
Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for grants for innovative methods to reach audiences in-
side of Cuba: Provided further, That such funds are in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading and made available for USAGM net-
works, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for programming produced about Cuba by OCB, which are 
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in addition to funds otherwise made available for OCB: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used 
for representation expenses, of which $10,000 may be 
used for such expenses within the United States as author-
ized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for represen-
tation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be made available in accordance with the principles 
and standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
U.S.C. 6202) and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
6204): Provided further, That the USAGM Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
within 15 days of any determination by the USAGM that 
any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organi-
zations, provides an open platform for international ter-
rorists or those who support international terrorism, or 
is in violation of the principles and standards set forth 
in section 303(a) and (b) of such Act or the entity’s jour-
nalistic code of ethics: Provided further, That in addition 
to funds made available under this heading, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in 
receipts from advertising and revenue from business ven-
tures, up to $500,000 in receipts from cooperating inter-
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national organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts 
from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the 
International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available 
until expended for carrying out authorized purposes: Pro-
vided further, That significant modifications to USAGM 
broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including 
changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 
wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all USAGM 
language services shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser-
vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele-
vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 
to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$19,580,000, to remain available until expended. 
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