H. R. 2029—471 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $28,400,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the Inter-
national Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the 
Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the 
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 103–182), $12,330,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up 
to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2017, and 
$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $36,681,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international commu-
nication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio, 
Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, 
$734,087,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $31,135,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 
not less than $15,000,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 
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 authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may 
be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty: Provided further, That the authority provided by section 
504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 
(Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect 
through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That the BBG shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any 
determination by the Board that any of its broadcast entities, 
including its grantee organizations, provides an open platform for 
international terrorists or those who support international ter-
rorism, or is in violation of the principles and standards set forth 
in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the
H. R. 2029—472 
entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Provided further, That significant 
modifications to BBG broadcast hours previously justified to Con-
gress, including changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, 
medium wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG lan-
guage services shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: 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 ventures, up to 
$500,000 in receipts from cooperating international 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 pur-
poses. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and 
improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital trans-
mission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of nec-
essary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission 
and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical secu-
rity worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, 
as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act (22 
U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $35,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017, which shall not be used for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern- 
Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), 
the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such 
Fund on or before September 30, 2016, to remain available until 
expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest 
and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Pro-
gram Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2016, to remain
H. R. 2029—473 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, 
in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 of title 5, United 
States Code; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 
section 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including 
the restrictions on compensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), 
all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Fund on or before September 30, 2016, to remain available until 
expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out 
the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 
Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for 
Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in 
the State of Hawaii, $16,700,000. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endow-
ment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $170,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated 
in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core 
institutes, and $52,500,000 shall be for democracy programs. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE 
ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $676,000, as authorized by chapter 
3123 of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That the Commission 
may procure temporary, intermittent, and other services notwith-
standing paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro-
vided further, That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 
2016: Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such authority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et
H. R. 2029—474 
seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304, 
$2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation 
expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commis-
sion on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III 
of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), 
$2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation 
expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,500,000, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, 
limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (divi-
sion F of Public Law 111–117) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2016 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading as if included in this Act. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,143,614,000, of which 
up to $171,542,000 may remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title 
may be made available to finance the construction (including 
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease 
of offices for use by the United States Agency for International
H. R. 2029—475 
Development (USAID), unless the USAID Administrator has identi-
fied such proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation 
of funds for such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or 
agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this 
heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 
through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act 
to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 
sections: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated or made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be avail-
able for representation and entertainment expenses, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses, 
and not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, 
for USAID during the current fiscal year. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $168,300,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $66,000,000, of which 
up to $9,900,000 may remain available until September 30, 2017, 
for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 
purposes, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 
1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 
global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, $2,833,450,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be made available for training, equip-
ment, and technical assistance to build the capacity of public health
H. R. 2029—476 
institutions and organizations in developing countries, and for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) 
immunization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, 
nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly address 
the needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; 
(4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other 
than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control 
of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and 
for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, 
including children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster 
preparedness training for health crises; and (7) family planning/ 
reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this paragraph may be made available for a United States 
contribution to the GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances 
from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any 
organization or program which, as determined by the President 
of the United States, supports or participates in the management 
of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Pro-
vided further, That any determination made under the previous 
proviso must be made not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence 
and criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family 
planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 
Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under 
section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in 
order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 
shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which 
offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about 
access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, 
and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet 
the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents 
in the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or 
other numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family 
planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use 
of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning 
purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment of incentives, 
bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in 
exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program 
personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number 
of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of 
a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not 
deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate 
in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health 
care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 
family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family plan-
ning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that 
might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse 
side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method;
H. R. 2029—477 
and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive 
drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 
the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised 
of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after 
the date on which the USAID Administrator determines that there 
has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph 
(1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of 
violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this 
proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation 
and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, 
That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, 
additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, 
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 
local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 
Provided further, That information provided about the use of 
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from 
amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 
use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, 
and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020, which shall be appor-
tioned directly to the Department of State: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph may be made available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United States con-
tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 
Provided further, That the amount of such contribution should 
be $1,350,000,000: Provided further, That section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) 
and (vi) of Public Law 108–25, as amended, shall be applied with 
respect to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 and 
2016 by substituting ‘‘2004’’ for ‘‘2009’’: Provided further, That up 
to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 
to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2016 may be made available 
to USAID for technical assistance related to the activities of the 
Global Fund, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator.
H. R. 2029—478 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 
103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 
10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,780,971,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $874,763,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 
and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transi-
tion Initiatives, United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID), pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
support transition to democracy and long-term development of coun-
tries in crisis: Provided, That such support may include assistance 
to develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc-
esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolu-
tion of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Pro-
vided further, That if the Secretary of State determines that it 
is important to the national interest of the United States to provide 
transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities 
to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges 
and complex crises overseas, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available on such terms and conditions as are appro-
priate and necessary for the purposes of preventing or responding 
to such challenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made 
available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for administrative 
expenses, in addition to funds otherwise made available for such 
purposes, except that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent 
of the funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further,
H. R. 2029—479 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that such notifications shall be transmitted at least 
5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by 
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, up to $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act 
and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’: Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 
funds provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph 
pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall be made available only for micro- and small enterprise pro-
grams, urban programs, and other programs which further the 
purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able by this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying 
any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, and funds used for such costs shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit 
Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained 
in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee 
on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable 
to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading, 
except that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed 
under this heading with respect to any single country shall not 
exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to 
be guaranteed, of up to $1,500,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000, which may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,896,315,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
$150,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of 
which $88,500,000 shall be made available for the Human Rights 
and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights