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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. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not authorized before enactment of this Act 
by Congress: Provided, That up to $25,000 may be made available 
to carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 
96–533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note). 
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. (a) PROHIBITION.—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 of enactment of this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree 
in which the military plays a decisive 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 
provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote 
democratic elections or public participation in democratic processes, 
or to support a democratic transition: Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following consultation 
with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, may waive the restric-
tion in this section on a program-by-program basis if the Secretary 
certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such waiver is in the national security interest of the United States: 
Provided, That funds made available pursuant to such waiver shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE
AND UNITED STATES 
AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of State under title I of this Act may be trans-
ferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, 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 ‘‘Representa-
tion Expenses’’. 
(B) EMBASSY SECURITY.—Funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, including for Worldwide 
Security Protection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and 
Consular Service’’ in this Act may be transferred 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, for emergency evacuations, 
or to prevent or respond to security situations and require-
ments, following consultation with, and subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of, such Committees: Provided, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer 
authority otherwise available in this Act and under any 
other provision of law. 
(2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.—Not to 
exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the United States Agency for Global 
Media under title I of this Act may be transferred between, 
and merged with, such appropriations, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 
(3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any transfer pursu-
ant to this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BETWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—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) ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (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 sections 109, 610, 
and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and section
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1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 
115–254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered into by the 
United States Agency for International Development or the 
Department of State with any department, 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 section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply 
to agreements entered into between USAID and the Depart-
ment of State. 
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 
CORPORATION.— 
(1) TRANSFERS.—Amounts transferred pursuant to section 
1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 
115–254) may only be transferred from funds made available 
under title III of this Act: Provided, That any such transfers, 
and any amounts transferred to the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation (the Corporation) pursuant 
to section 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and the 
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, as appropriate, shall 
ensure that the programs funded by such transfers are coordi-
nated with, and complement, foreign assistance programs 
implemented by the Department of State and USAID: Provided 
further, That no funds transferred pursuant to section 1434(j) 
of the BUILD Act of 2018 may be used by the Corporation 
to post personnel abroad. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COR-
PORATION.—Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Millennium 
Challenge Corporation’’ in this Act or prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be transferred to accounts under the 
heading ‘‘United States International Development Finance 
Corporation’’ and, when so transferred, may be used for the 
costs of activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, That such funds 
shall be subject to the limitations provided in the second, third, 
and fifth provisos under the heading ‘‘United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ 
in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer executed pursu-
ant to the transfer authority provided in this paragraph shall 
not exceed 10 percent of an individual Compact awarded pursu-
ant to section 609(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(title VI of Public Law 108–199): Provided further, That such 
funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of
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the United States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That such authority shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 
further, That within 60 days of the termination in whole or 
in part of the Compact from which funds were transferred 
under this authority to the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, any unobligated balances 
shall be transferred back to the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be obligated under an appropriations account to which such funds 
were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided 
for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior 
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written 
policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—Any agree-
ment for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this 
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs entered into 
between the Department 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 allocation 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 and report to the Depart-
ment of State or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such 
audits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations by the Department of State or 
USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That funds transferred 
under such authority may be made available for the cost of such 
audits. 
PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by employees 
of United States Government departments and agencies funded 
by this Act in contravention of section 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds made available 
by this Act for the operating expenses of any United States Govern-
ment department or agency may be used to establish or maintain 
a computer network for use by such department or agency unless 
such network has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 
websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall limit the 
use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local