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except that such consultation and notification may be waived 
if there is a security risk to personnel. 
(d) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may 
be made available for security upgrades to soft targets, including 
schools, recreational facilities, residences, and places of worship 
used by United States diplomatic personnel and their dependents. 
(e) FACILITIES.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to move the United States 
embassy to the State of Israel to a location other than Jerusalem. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 
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, or Iran: Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations 
or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 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
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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. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(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, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
such Committees. 
(C) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE.—Of the amount made available under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for Worldwide Security Protection, 
not to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service’’, to be available only for emergency evacuations 
and rewards, as authorized. 
(D) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—Of the amount made 
available under the heading, ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up 
to $50,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds made available in title I of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’. 
(E) PRIOR
CONSULTATION.—The transfer authorities 
provided by subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) are in addition 
to any transfer authority otherwise available in this Act 
and under any other provision of law and the exercise
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of such authority shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) REORGANIZATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the headings 
‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ in title I and ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’ in title II may be transferred to and between 
accounts under such headings if the Secretary of State deter-
mines such transfer is necessary to implement a reorganization, 
redesign, or other plan as defined by section 7063(b) of this 
Act that is expressly authorized by a subsequent Act of Con-
gress: Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by this Act or any 
other Act and is subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(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 
1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 
115–254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered into by 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 $2,000,000 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’’, ‘‘National Security Investment Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement 
of this paragraph shall not apply to such agreements with 
a department, agency, or instrumentality funded by this Act. 
(4) 
PRIOR
CONSULTATION
REQUIREMENT.—Agreements 
between the Department of State with any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government not funded
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by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, to 
transfer or allocate funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘International Humanitarian Assistance’’ and ‘‘United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’ in this 
Act, or under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States Emer-
gency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’ in prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations, not later 
than 7 days prior to the transfer of such funds, except if 
to do so would pose an immediate and substantial risk to 
human health or welfare: Provided, That in the case of any 
such exception the information required by such consultation 
shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event 
later than 3 days after taking the action to which the consulta-
tion requirement was applicable, and such information shall 
include a description of the circumstance necessitating such 
exception. 
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 
CORPORATION.—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, or any other 
amounts transferred to the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation (the Corporation) pursuant to any provi-
sion of law, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of State and the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Corporation, as appropriate, shall ensure 
that the programs funded by such transfers are coordinated with, 
and complement, foreign assistance programs implemented by the 
Department of State. 
(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 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 Department of State 
upon completion of such audits: Provided, That such audits shall