742 
stitute a final determination of the rights and liabil-
ities of such person under this section with respect 
to the amount so withheld, unless within one year of 
receiving the notice of claim such person brings suit 
for recovery, which is hereby authorized, against the 
United States in any United States district court. 
(c) PERSON DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘person’’ includes any individual, corporation, 
partnership, association, or other legal entity. 
SEC. 10308. TERMINATION EXPENSES. 
(a) TERMINATION EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available under 
this Act, the former authority of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, the former authority of section 23 
of the Arms Export Control Act, or other prede-
cessor provisions of law shall remain available for 
obligation for a period not to exceed 8 months from 
the date of any termination of assistance under such 
Acts for the necessary expenses of winding up pro-
grams related to such termination and may remain 
available until expended. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
OBLIGATED
FUNDS.— 
Funds obligated under the authority of such Acts 
prior to the effective date of the termination of as-
sistance may remain available for expenditure for 
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the necessary expenses of winding up programs re-
lated to such termination notwithstanding any provi-
sion of law restricting the expenditure of funds. 
(3) COMPLETION OF TRAINING OR STUDIES.— 
In order to ensure the effectiveness of such assist-
ance, such expenses for orderly termination of pro-
grams may include the obligation and expenditure of 
funds to complete the training or studies outside 
their countries of origin of students whose course of 
study or training program began before assistance 
was terminated. 
(b) LIABILITY TO CONTRACTORS.—For the purpose 
of making an equitable settlement of termination claims 
under extraordinary contractual relief standards, the 
President is authorized to adopt as a contract or other 
obligation of the United States Government, and assume 
(in whole or in part) any liabilities arising thereunder, any 
contract with a United States or third-country contractor 
that had been funded with assistance under the Acts re-
ferred to in subsection (a) prior to the termination of as-
sistance. 
(c) REOBLIGATION
OF AMOUNTS TERMINATED.— 
Amounts obligated for assistance and subsequently termi-
nated by the President, or by any provision of law, shall 
continue to remain available and may be reobligated to 
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meet any necessary expenses arising from the termination 
of such assistance. 
(d) GUARANTY PROGRAMS.—No provision of this Act 
or any other Act requiring the termination of assistance 
under this Act or any other Act shall be construed to re-
quire the termination of guarantee commitments that were 
entered into prior to the effective date of the termination 
of assistance. 
(e) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—Unless spe-
cifically made inapplicable by another provision of law, the 
provisions of this section shall be applicable to the termi-
nation of assistance pursuant to any provision of law. 
CHAPTER 2—ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES 
AND PROGRAM EXPENSES 
SEC. 10401. GENERAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES. 
(a) TERMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Except as otherwise 
specifically prohibited in this Act, assistance under this 
Act may be furnished on a grant, loan, or guaranty basis, 
or on such terms, including cash, credit, or other terms 
of repayment (including repayment in foreign currencies 
or by transfer to the United States Government of arti-
cles), as may be determined to be best suited to the 
achievement of the purposes of this Act. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The President, the 
Secretary, and the Administrator, as the case may be, may 
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furnish assistance under this Act on such terms and condi-
tions (consistent with other provisions of law) as he or 
she deems appropriate, and, consistent with the provisions 
of this Act, may charge such fees for guarantees and loans 
under this Act as he or she deems appropriate. Credit as-
sistance shall be consistent with the provisions of the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. In the case of contribu-
tions or other assistance provided for an international or-
ganization or arrangement under this or any other Act, 
such organization or arrangement may utilize its own pro-
curement, administrative, accounting, and audit rules and 
procedures. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses and subject to the limitations of this Act, the Presi-
dent, the Secretary, and the Administrator, in providing 
assistance under this Act, may make loans (in conformity 
with the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990), advances, and grants to, make and perform agree-
ments and contracts with, or enter into other transactions 
with, any person, corporation, or other body of persons, 
any government or government agency, and any inter-
national organization or arrangement. 
(d) GIFTS.—The President, the Secretary, and the 
Administrator may accept and use in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act, money, funds, property, and services 
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of any kind made available by gift, devise, bequest, grant, 
or otherwise for such purpose. 
(e) INSURANCE.— 
(1) FOREIGN
PARTICIPANTS.—Any Federal 
agency is authorized to pay the cost of health and 
accident insurance for foreign participants in any 
program of furnishing assistance administered by 
such agency while such participants are absent from 
their homes for the purpose of participation in such 
program. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSONNEL.—Any Federal agen-
cy is authorized to pay the cost of health and acci-
dent insurance for foreign personnel of that agency 
while such personnel are absent from their places of 
employment abroad for purposes of training or other 
official duties. 
(f) ADMISSION TO UNITED STATES.—Alien partici-
pants in any program of furnishing assistance under this 
Act may be admitted to the United States if otherwise 
qualified as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)), for such time and under such conditions as 
may be prescribed by regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary of State and the Attorney General. 
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(g) ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES.—In furnishing and 
administering assistance under this Act, the President, the 
Secretary, and the Administrator— 
(1) may issue letters of credit and letters of 
commitment; 
(2) may collect, compromise, reschedule or oth-
erwise settle any obligations assigned to, or held by, 
and any legal or equitable rights accruing to, the 
United States and may (as he or she deems appro-
priate) refer any such obligations or rights to the 
Attorney General for suit or collection; 
(3) may— 
(A) acquire and dispose of (upon such 
terms and conditions as he or she deems appro-
priate) any property, including any instrument 
evidencing indebtedness or ownership; and 
(B) guarantee payment against any such 
instrument; 
(4) may establish the character of, and decide 
the necessity for, obligations and expenditures of 
funds used in furnishing and administering such as-
sistance and the manner in which such obligations 
and expenditures shall be incurred, allowed, and 
paid, subject to provisions of law specifically applica-
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ble to corporations of the United States Govern-
ment; and 
(5) shall cause to be maintained an integral set 
of accounts which shall be audited by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office in accordance with prin-
ciples and procedures applicable to commercial cor-
porate transactions as provided by chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(h) GUARANTEES.—Guarantees issued to carry out 
the purposes of this Act shall be subject to the following: 
(1) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The full faith 
and credit of the United States may be pledged for 
the full payment and performance of guarantees 
issued under this Act or predecessor Acts. 
(2) CHARGES.—The President may charge ap-
propriate fees or interest in connection with the ac-
tivities carried out under such authority. 
(3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Guarantees may be provided under this Act 
without regard to commodity restrictions. 
(4) DENOMINATION OF LIABILITY.—The losses 
guaranteed may be in dollars or in other currencies. 
In the case of losses guaranteed in currencies other 
than dollars, the guarantees issued shall be subject 
to an overall payment limitation expressed in dollars. 
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(i) LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL PROGRAM.—Not-
withstanding section 11201(1), section 226 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2186; relating to Loan 
Guarantees to Israel Program), shall not be repealed and 
shall remain in effect as on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(j) SUBSIDY COST OF GUARANTEES AND LOANS.— 
The President, the Secretary, and the Administrator, as 
the case may be, may use funds made available under this 
Act to pay the cost (as defined in section 13201 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990) of direct loans and loan 
guarantees made or entered into (and associated adminis-
trative costs) in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. 
Funds appropriated to pay the cost (as defined in section 
13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990) of direct 
loans and loan guarantees made or entered into to carry 
out the provisions of this Act shall be provided in con-
formity with section 504(b)(1) of the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990. 
(k) CLAIMS RELATING
TO GUARANTEES.—Claims 
arising as a result of any guarantee program authorized 
by this Act may be settled, and disputes arising as the 
result thereof may be arbitrated with the consent of the 
parties, on such terms and conditions as the President 
may direct. Payment made pursuant to any such settle-
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ment, or as a result of an arbitration award, shall be final 
and conclusive notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(l) FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS
IN
DEFAULT
OF
OBLIGATIONS
TO
THE 
UNITED STATES.—Section 955 of title 18, United States 
Code, shall not apply to any person— 
(1) who acts for or participates in any oper-
ation or transaction arising under this Act; or 
(2) who acquires any obligation issued in con-
nection with any operation or transaction arising 
under this Act. 
(m) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—Any cost-type 
contract or agreement (including grants) entered into with 
an institution of higher education for the purpose of car-
rying out programs authorized by this Act may provide 
for the payment of the reimbursable indirect costs of that 
institution on the basis of predetermined fixed-percentage 
rates applied to the total or an element thereof, of the 
reimbursable direct costs incurred. 
(n) PER DIEM.—Funds made available under this 
Act may be used for payment of per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence to foreign participants engaged in any program 
under this Act while such participants are away from their 
homes in countries other than the United States, at rates 
not in excess of those prescribed by the standardized Gov-
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ernment travel regulations, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(o) MULTIYEAR COMMITMENTS.—Except as other-
wise provided in this Act, a contract or agreement which 
entails commitments for the expenditure of funds under 
this Act may, subject to any future action of the Congress, 
extend at any time for not more than 5 years. 
(p) PROGRAM AND MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.—The 
Administrator may use funds made available under title 
I to provide program and management oversight for activi-
ties that are funded under that title and that are con-
ducted in countries in which the Agency does not have 
a field mission or office. 
SEC. 10402. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT REIMBURSABLE PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Whenever the President 
considers it consistent with and within the limitations of 
this Act, any Federal agency is authorized to furnish serv-
ices and articles on an advance-of-funds or reimbursement 
basis to partner countries, international organizations and 
arrangements, and nongovernmental organizations. 
(b) PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—When any Federal agency 
provides services on an advance-of-funds or reim-
bursable basis under this section, such agency may 
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contract with individuals for personal service abroad 
or in the United States— 
(A) to perform such services; or 
(B) to replace, in a manner otherwise per-
mitted by law, Federal employees who are as-
signed by the agency to provide such services. 
(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Such individ-
uals shall not be regarded as Federal employees for 
the purpose of any law administered by the Office 
of Personnel Management. 
(c) USE OF PAYMENTS.—Advances and reimburse-
ments received under this section shall be credited to the 
currently applicable appropriation, account, or fund of the 
agency concerned and shall be available for the purposes 
for which such appropriation, account, or fund is author-
ized to be used. 
SEC. 10403. RETENTION OF INTEREST. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Administrator may, 
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title I, 
enter into agreements with international organizations 
and with local entities that provide for the retention by 
such organizations and entities, without deposit in the 
Treasury of the United States and without further appro-
priation by Congress, of interest earned on the advance 
of funds. 
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(b) USE OF INTEREST.—Any interest earned on the 
advance of funds made available under subsection (a) shall 
be used only for the purposes for which the agreement 
is made. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Administrator shall audit, on a 
regular and recurring basis, interest earned on advance 
funds to ensure that the requirements of subsection (a) 
are strictly observed. 
(d) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this section may 
be used only for agreements with a value of $5,000,000 
or less. 
(e) TRANSPARENCY.—The Administrator shall make 
publicly available on the Internet website of the Agency 
information about each agreement made under the author-
ity of this section, including the name of the organization 
or entity and the amount and the purpose of the agree-
ment. 
SEC. 10404. MARKING AND BRANDING OF ECONOMIC AND 
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Economic assistance and hu-
manitarian assistance implemented with funds made avail-
able to any agency to carry out the purposes of this or 
any other Act, and to any contractor or grantee thereof, 
shall be identified as being ‘‘From the American People’’ 
and only as follows: 
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(1) The site or article, as appropriate, shall not 
include any reference to a particular Federal agency 
or division thereof. 
(2) The identification of the assistance shall in-
clude only a representation of the American flag, 
and shall not include any logo of a particular Fed-
eral agency or division thereof. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW 
AND REGULATIONS.—The provisions of this section shall 
be applicable notwithstanding any other provision of this 
or any other Act, and notwithstanding any Federal regula-
tion, agency guidance, or procedure to the contrary. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this section 
shall be applicable to all— 
(1) articles; and 
(2) program, project and activity sites. 
(d) ONGOING PROGRAMS.—To the extent it is feasible 
and cost effective to do so, the marking and branding of 
articles and sites financed pursuant to ongoing agree-
ments, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agree-
ments, shall be conformed to meet the requirements of this 
section. 
(e) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirements of subsection 
(a) shall not apply— 
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(1) if the Chief of Mission or the relevant As-
sistant Secretary of State determines that the mark-
ing of a particular program, project, or activity 
would— 
(A) jeopardize the health, safety or human 
rights of a private partner or intended bene-
ficiary; or 
(B) be detrimental to the achievement of 
the objectives of such program, project, or ac-
tivity in such country; 
(2) if the Secretary determines that the mark-
ing of economic assistance or humanitarian assist-
ance in such country would be detrimental to the 
achievement of overall United States foreign policy 
objectives in such country; 
(3) to office space occupied by a private part-
ner, or to housing, personal vehicles or other per-
sonal property of employees thereof; or 
(4) to a project or activity for which the United 
States is one among many donors or has contributed 
a small proportion of the total costs. 
(f) EXEMPTION FROM DETERMINATION.—A deter-
mination under subsection (e)(2) shall not preclude the 
Secretary from requiring that specific articles or sites fi-
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nanced by the United States Government in such country 
be subject to the requirements of subsection (a). 
(g) CO-BRANDING.—The requirements of subsection 
(a) shall not prohibit the identification of economic assist-
ance or humanitarian assistance provided through a pri-
vate partner with such partner’s own organizational brand 
or logo, subject to any standards or regulations that the 
President may establish. 
SEC. 10405. REDUCTIONS IN DESIGNATED FUNDS. 
(a) DESIGNATED FUNDS DEFINED.—For the pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘designated funds’’ means 
amounts within an account that are authorized or appro-
priated to be available only for a particular country, orga-
nization, or purpose during a specified fiscal period. 
(b) PROPORTIONAL REDUCTIONS.—If the amount 
appropriated for a fiscal period to carry out any provision 
of this Act (including rescissions and reductions required 
by law) is less than the amount authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out such provision, then the President is 
authorized to make a proportionate reduction in des-
ignated funds, notwithstanding the provision of law mak-
ing such designation. 
(c) REPROGRAMMINGS.—Notwithstanding a provision 
of law providing for designated funds, the President may 
reprogram such designated funds to other programs with-
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in the same account under the same terms and conditions 
as originally provided, if— 
(1) compliance with such provision of law is 
made impossible by operation of law; or 
(2) the President determines that a significant 
change in circumstances relating to the particular 
country, organization, or purpose makes it unlikely 
that the designated funds can be obligated during 
the original period of availability. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—A reprogram-
ming pursuant to subsection (c) shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures under section 8401. 
SEC. 10406. REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR AUTHORIZATION.—Funds 
appropriated to carry out this Act shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure— 
(1) unless the appropriation thereof has been 
specifically authorized by law; or 
(2) in excess of the amount authorized by law. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT AUTHORIZATIONS.—To the extent 
that legislation enacted after the making of an appropria-
tion for foreign assistance authorizes the obligation or ex-
penditure thereof, the limitation contained in subsection 
(a) shall not apply. 
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(c) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—The provi-
sions of this section shall not be superseded except by a 
provision of law that specifically repeals or modifies the 
provisions of this section. 
SEC. 10407. UNEXPENDED BALANCES. 
Unexpended balances of funds made available pursu-
ant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) 
are authorized to remain available for the general pur-
poses for which appropriated and may be consolidated 
with appropriations made available for the same general 
purposes under the authority of this Act. 
SEC. 10408. AUTHORITY FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF AVAIL-
ABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Unless otherwise specified, amounts appropriated to 
carry out this Act are authorized to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 10409. SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND 
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
In carrying out the goals and objectives of this Act, 
the Administrator is authorized to support programs, 
projects, and activities of, and to provide technical assist-
ance to, regional, international, and nongovernmental or-
ganizations. 
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SEC. 10410. PROTECTION OF PATENTS AND TECHNICAL IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.—Whenever, in 
connection with the furnishing of assistance under this 
Act— 
(1) an invention or discovery covered by a pat-
ent issued by the United States Government is prac-
ticed within the United States without the author-
ization of the owner, or 
(2) information, which is (A) protected by law, 
and (B) held by the United States Government sub-
ject to restrictions imposed by the owner, is dis-
closed by the United States Government or any of 
its officers, employees, or agents in violation of such 
restrictions, 
the exclusive remedy of the owner, except as provided in 
subsection (b), is to sue the United States Government 
for reasonable and entire compensation for such practice 
or disclosure in the district court of the United States for 
the district in which such owner is a resident, or in the 
United States Court of Federal Claims within six years 
after the cause of action arises. Any period during which 
the United States Government is in possession of a written 
claim under subsection (b) before mailing a notice of de-
nial of that claim does not count in computing the six 
years. In any such suit, the United States Government 
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may plead any defense that may be pleaded by a private 
person in such an action. The last paragraph of section 
1498(a) of title 28 of the United States Code shall apply 
to inventions and information covered by this section. 
(b) REMEDY.—Before suit against the United States 
Government has been instituted, the head of the agency 
of the United States Government concerned may settle 
and pay any claim arising under the circumstances de-
scribed in subsection (a). No claim may be paid under this 
subsection unless the amount tendered is accepted by the 
claimant in full satisfaction. 
(c) PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.—No assistance 
under this Act may be made available for the acquisition 
of any drug product or pharmaceutical product manufac-
tured outside the United States, if the manufacture of 
such drug product or pharmaceutical product in the 
United States would involve the use of, or be covered by, 
an unexpired patent of the United States which has not 
previously been held invalid by an unappealed or 
unappealable judgment or decree of a court of competent 
jurisdiction, unless— 
(1) such manufacture is expressly authorized by 
the owner of such patent; or 
(2) the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case 
basis, that the application of this subsection would 
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significantly reduce the ability of the United States 
to save lives and alleviate human suffering in a de-
veloping country. 
SEC. 10411. PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS 
AND COOPERATIVES. 
Prohibitions on assistance to countries contained in 
this or any other Act shall not be construed to prohibit 
assistance by the Agency in support of programs of private 
and voluntary organizations and cooperatives already 
being supported prior to the date such prohibition becomes 
applicable, if the President determines, and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees within 15 days of 
making such determination, that continuation of support 
for such programs is in the national interest of the United 
States, along with the reasons for such continuation. 
CHAPTER 
3—PROCUREMENT, 
DISPOSI-
TION, TRANSPORTATION AND VALU-
ATION OF ARTICLES 
SEC. 
10501. 
PROCUREMENT 
STANDARDS 
AND 
PROCE-
DURES. 
(a) LIMITATIONS ON PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE 
UNITED STATES.—Funds made available for assistance 
under this Act may be used by the President for procure-
ment— 
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(1) only in the United States, the recipient 
country, or developing countries; or 
(2) in any other country but only if— 
(A) the provision of such assistance re-
quires articles or services of a type that are not 
produced in and available for purchase in any 
country specified in paragraph (1); or 
(B) the President determines that procure-
ment in such other country is necessary— 
(i) to meet unforeseen circumstances, 
such as emergency situations, where it is 
important to permit procurement in a 
country not specified in paragraph (1); or 
(ii) to promote efficiency in the use of 
United States foreign assistance resources, 
including to avoid impairment of foreign 
assistance objectives. 
(b) BULK COMMODITIES.—No funds made available 
under this Act shall be used for the purchase in bulk of 
any commodities at prices higher than the market price 
prevailing in the United States at the time of purchase, 
adjusted for differences in the cost of transportation to 
destination, quality, and terms of payment, except to meet 
unforeseen circumstances, such as emergency situations. 
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or mineral with respect to which assistance is pro-
vided; or 
(3) to activities in a country which the Presi-
dent determines is recovering from widespread con-
flict, a humanitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(e) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees of a determination 
under this section, in accordance with the procedures set 
forth in section 8401. 
(f) LOW-INCOME COUNTRY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘low-income country’’ means a country that 
is eligible for assistance from the International Develop-
ment Association but is not eligible for assistance from 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment. 
SEC. 10502. LOCAL PROCUREMENT. 
(a) LIMITED COMPETITION.—The Administrator is 
authorized, using funds made available under title I, to 
award contracts and other instruments in which competi-
tion is limited to local entities. 
(b) AMOUNT OF AWARDS.—The authority provided in 
subsection (a) may not be used to make awards in excess 
of $5,000,000. 
(c) PROCUREMENTS.—The requirements of section 
10501 and similar provisions of law relating to the pro-
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curement of goods and services shall not apply to procure-
ments made under agreements entered into under the au-
thority of this section. 
SEC. 10503. UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS. 
In order to ensure maximum competition for con-
tracts receiving funding under this Act, the President shall 
establish procedures to ensure that— 
(1) all solicitations under this Act for contracts 
over $5,000,000, regardless of the location where the 
contract is to be performed, are made publicly avail-
able on a single, centralized Internet website; 
(2) in countries with nonconvertible or highly 
unstable currencies— 
(A) solicitations may be bid in United 
States dollars; and 
(B) contracts awarded to United States 
firms may be paid in United States dollars; 
(3) United States diplomatic and consular posts 
assist United States firms in obtaining local licenses 
and permits; and 
(4) United States firms are not disadvantaged 
during the solicitation and bid evaluation process. 
SEC. 10504. SMALL BUSINESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Insofar as practicable and to the 
maximum extent consistent with the accomplishment of 
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the purposes of this Act, the President shall assist United 
States small business to participate equitably in the provi-
sion of commodities, articles, and services (including de-
fense articles and defense services) financed with funds 
made available under this Act— 
(1) by causing to be made available to suppliers 
in the United States, and particularly to small inde-
pendent enterprises, information, as far in advance 
as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be 
financed with such funds; 
(2) by causing to be made available to prospec-
tive purchasers in partner countries information as 
to such commodities, articles, and services produced 
by small independent enterprises in the United 
States; and 
(3) by providing for additional services to give 
small business better opportunities to participate in 
the provision of such commodities, articles, and serv-
ices financed with such funds. 
(b) OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSI-
NESS UTILIZATION.—There shall be an Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization within the Agen-
cy, and similar offices within such other agencies as the 
President may direct, to assist in carrying out the provi-
sions of subsection (a). 
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(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PURCHASES.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that there is made avail-
able to suppliers in the United States, and particularly 
to small independent enterprises, information with respect 
to purchases made by the Department of Defense pursu-
ant to title IV, such information to be furnished as far 
in advance as possible. 
SEC. 10505. ALLOCATION OR TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND RE-
IMBURSEMENT AMONG AGENCIES. 
(a) ALLOCATIONS OR TRANSFERS TO AGENCIES.— 
The President, or with respect to funds appropriated to 
any Federal agency, the head of such agency, as the case 
may be, may allocate or transfer to any Federal agency 
any funds available for providing assistance under this 
Act, including any advance to the United States Govern-
ment by any country or international organization for the 
procurement of articles or services. Such funds shall be 
available for obligation and expenditure for the purposes 
for which authorized, in accordance with the authority 
pursuant to which they were made available or the author-
ity governing the activities of the agency to which such 
funds are allocated or transferred. 
(b) PROCUREMENT FROM OTHER AGENCIES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Any officer of the United 
States Government carrying out functions under this 
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Act may utilize any facility of, and may procure any 
article or service from, any Federal agency as the 
President shall direct, or with the consent of the 
head of such agency. 
(2) SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—Funds allocated pur-
suant to this subsection to any such agency may be 
established in separate appropriation accounts on 
the books of the Treasury of the United States. 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT TO AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any facility 
utilized by, or any article or service procured from, 
any Federal agency to carry out any provision of 
this Act (except as otherwise specifically provided in 
this Act), reimbursement or payment shall be made 
to such agency from funds available to carry out 
that provision. 
(2) AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT.—Such reim-
bursement or payment shall be at— 
(A) replacement cost; 
(B) if required by law, actual cost; 
(C) in the case of defense articles procured 
from the Department of Defense, value as de-
fined in section 4412, or, if required by law, ac-
tual costs; 
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