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SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for construction 
may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads 
as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 
projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national 
defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States 
for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 
percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers 
or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where 
there is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases 
negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to be 
in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or 
(3) install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which 
funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropria-
tions for military construction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this title for 
minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity 
from one base or installation to another, without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used for the procurement of steel for any construction project 
or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 
such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for military construction or family housing during the 
current fiscal year may be used to pay real property taxes in 
any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 
Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished 
in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such 
contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States 
firms in joint venture with host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this title for 
military construction in the United States territories and posses-
sions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering 
the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated 
by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: 
Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract 
awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of 
a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and
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responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to contract 
awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the 
lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees 
on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military 
exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its 
occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary 
or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction in prior years shall be available for construction 
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 
enacted into law during the current session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing projects 
that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed 
for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the 
cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering 
and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds made available to a military department or defense agency 
for the construction of military projects may be obligated for a 
military construction project or contract, or for any portion of such 
a project or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth 
fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds for such project 
were made available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) 
are obligated from funds available for military construction projects; 
and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is increased 
pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 
for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such 
additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense 
Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period 
of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the 
Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improve-
ment Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 
the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the 
Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the 
provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting facilities.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund estab-
lished by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses 
associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred 
under 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the 
same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family 
housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and mainte-
nance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer 
quarters: Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may 
be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general 
or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant 
to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except 
that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation 
is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental 
remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 
section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such 
appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations 
or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appro-
priations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be trans-
ferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
transferred among projects and activities within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military
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construction and family housing construction contained in Depart-
ment of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, 
Volume 3, Chapter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be obligated or expended for planning and design and construction 
of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. 
SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $233,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$73,100,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $60,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
National 
Guard’’, 
$49,835,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, $29,500,000; 
and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $25,000,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects identified in the respective military depart-
ment’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2021 submitted to 
Congress: Provided further, That such projects are subject to 
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry 
out construction: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Department of Defense— 
Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 
Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2021 in the funding 
table in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 
and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized projects. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the following funds 
are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 
specified: 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$48,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $9,975,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $29,838,000; and 
‘‘Department 
of 
Defense 
Base 
Closure 
Account’’, 
$50,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee 
on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $48,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$37,700,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $75,700,000; and 
‘‘Family Housing Construction, Army’’, $4,500,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects identified in the respective military depart-
ment’s cost to complete projects list of previously appropriated 
projects submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such projects 
are subject to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure 
of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: 
‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$20,000,000; 
‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and 
Marine Corps’’, $20,000,000; and 
‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 
$20,000,000. 
SEC. 130. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relocate any element 
of a United States Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy 
Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of 
the United States until the Secretary of the Air Force: (1) completes 
an analysis and comparison of the cost and infrastructure invest-
ment required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron 
outside of the United States versus within the United States; (2) 
provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report detailing the findings of the 
cost analysis; and (3) certifies in writing to the Committees that 
the preferred site for the consolidation or relocation yields the 
greatest savings for the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United 
States’’ in this section does not include any territory or possession 
of the United States. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for planning and design, for improving mili-
tary installation resilience, to remain available until September 
30, 2025:
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‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $4,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$7,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $4,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his 
or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
military department concerned may not obligate or expend any 
funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $32,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for child development center construction: 
Provided, That projects funded using amounts available under this 
section are subject to authorization prior to obligation and expendi-
ture of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this section may not be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a detailed 
expenditure plan not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 134. Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘Department of Defense— 
Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $131,000,000 is hereby 
rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided for this 
fiscal year, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent 
to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall 
be available for the same purposes and under the same authorities 
as provided under such heading: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985: Provided further, That projects funded using 
amounts available under this section are subject to authorization 
prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out construc-
tion: Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
section may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of 
Defense, or his or her designee, submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a detailed expenditure 
plan not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 
of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated 
Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ 
retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment 
of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed 
under the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized 
by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 
55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $6,110,251,552, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available on October 1, 2020, to remain avail-
able until expended; and, in addition, $130,227,650,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2021, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,115,000 of the amount 
made available for fiscal year 2022 under this heading shall be 
reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 
53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 
for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may 
be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed 
to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the funding of 
individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pen-
sioners as authorized: Provided further, That funds recovered 
(including refunds and reimbursable activity) from fiscal year 2020 
obligations and disbursements made with funds that became avail-
able on October 1, 2019, as provided under this heading in title 
II of division C of Public Law 115–244, shall be available until 
expended. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code, $14,946,618,000, which shall become available on 
October 1, 2021, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance 
which the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) 
of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged 
to this account.
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VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 
19 and 21 of title 38, United States Code, $2,148,000, which shall 
be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2020, to remain available 
until expended; and, in addition, $136,950,000, which shall become 
available on October 1, 2021, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by sub-
chapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 
2021, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially 
adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $204,400,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $33,826, as authorized by chapter 
31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $2,469,522. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $424,272, which may be paid to the 
appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United 
States Code, $1,186,000. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and reimbursement of 
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$3,180,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and assistance 
authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) 
of title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) 
to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to
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obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve max-
imum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this 
heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in sec-
tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, 
and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering serv-
ices, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare 
employees hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance 
and support services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G 
of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments authorized by 
section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Serv-
ices Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 
7681 note), monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 
322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized by section 
521A of title 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses 
necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 
States Code, and hospital care and medical services authorized 
by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $497,468,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available on October 1, 2020; and, in addition, 
$58,897,219,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on 
October 1, 2021, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 
1, 2021, under this heading, $1,500,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment for vet-
erans who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have 
special needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 
funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans 
in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs 
from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans 
with privately written prescriptions based on requirements estab-
lished by the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 
of the program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 
additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that 
sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical 
supplies and equipment are available for the acquisition of pros-
thetics designed specifically for female veterans. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals 
pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-
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$495,546,000 shall be for information technology systems develop-
ment, and shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for salaries and 
expenses, operations and maintenance, and information technology 
systems development may be transferred among the three sub-
accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 
further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account for development may be transferred among 
projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no 
project may be increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 
of cost prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds made available under 
this heading for information technology systems development shall 
be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, develop-
ment, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Vet-
erans Electronic Health Record system, including contractual costs 
associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and salaries and expenses of employees hired 
under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $2,627,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obliga-
tions, expenditures, and deployment implementation by facility, 
including any changes from the deployment plan or schedule: Pro-
vided further, That the funds provided in this account shall only 
be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be adminis-
tered by that Office: Provided further, That 25 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading shall not be available until 
July 1, 2021, and are contingent upon the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs providing a certification within 7 days prior to that date 
to the Committees on Appropriations of any changes to the deploy-
ment schedules. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to 
include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $228,000,000, 
of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 
for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any 
of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 
81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for,
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including 
planning, 
architectural 
and 
engineering 
services, 
construction management services, maintenance or guarantee 
period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 
under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the amount 
set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $1,316,000,000, of which $980,638,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which 
$335,362,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$180,198,000 shall be available for seismic improvement projects 
and seismic program management activities, including for projects 
that would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor Projects, 
Medical Facilities or National Cemetery Administration accounts: 
Provided, That except for advance planning activities, including 
needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and other capital asset management related activities, 
including portfolio development and management activities, and 
investment strategy studies funded through the advance planning 
fund and the planning and design activities funded through the 
design fund, including needs assessments which may or may not 
lead to capital investments, and funds provided for the purchase, 
security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 
Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project that has not been notified to Congress through the 
budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Congress 
through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement 
accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the time 
of enrollment: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary shall be available to reimburse the ‘‘General Administration’’ 
account for payment of salaries and expenses of all Office of 
Construction and Facilities Management employees to support the 
full range of capital infrastructure services provided, including 
minor construction and leasing services: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2021, for 
each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of 
a construction documents contract by September 30, 2021; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a written report on any approved major 
construction project for which obligations are not incurred within 
the time limitations established above: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, amounts made available under this heading for seismic 
improvement projects and seismic program management activities 
shall be available for the completion of both new and existing 
seismic projects of the Department. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or
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for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan-
ning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guar-
antee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees 
provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 
and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 
and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise 
provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to 
or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, $390,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, along with unobligated balances of previous 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is equal 
to or less than the amount set forth in such section: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall be for: (1) 
repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the Department which are necessary because 
of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 
and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 
further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 
8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $90,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in estab-
lishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $45,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That, before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, in this or any other Act, under 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be
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transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers 
among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less 
of the total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 
other Act may take place subject to notification from the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: 
Provided further, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ 
accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 
percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 
is issued: Provided further, That any transfers to or from the 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 
is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the appropria-
tions for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or 
toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be available 
for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the 
laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving 
such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United 
States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimburse-
ment of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of prior year 
accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the 
corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal 
year 2020. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be available 
to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropria-
tions accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, except that if such obligations 
are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Com-
pensation and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 
38, United States Code, the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund
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under section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 
States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of 
title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings 
accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 2021 
that are available for dividends in that program after claims have 
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: 
Provided further, That if the cost of administration of such an 
insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumu-
lated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the 
extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2021 which is properly allocable to the provision of each such 
insurance program and to the provision of any total disability 
income insurance included in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 
to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, 
may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds 
are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for salaries 
and other administrative expenses shall also be available to 
reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Office 
of Diversity and Inclusion for all services provided at rates which 
will recover actual costs but not to exceed $60,096,000 for the 
Office of Resolution Management, $6,100,000 for the Office of 
Employment 
Discrimination 
Complaint 
Adjudication, 
and 
$5,294,000 for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: Provided, That 
payments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 
based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received 
shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided 
the service. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical 
services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, for a non-service-connected disability described in sec-
tion 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement informa-
tion for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt 
due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or 
services from any person who does not make such disclosure as 
required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care 
or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by 
the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds 
or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 
disposal) may be deposited into the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ 
and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for 
construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 
receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 
Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 
States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’ accounts to remain available until 
expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 
agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in the State 
of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organizations which are 
party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health 
Service, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 
dental care, to veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require 
participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate 
rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within the 
boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North 
Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, 
to remain available until expended for the purposes of these 
accounts. 
SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report 
on the financial status of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
the preceding quarter: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled 
‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114– 
223.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compli-
ance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General 
Administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts 
for fiscal year 2021 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers may 
not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the 
total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account: Provided further, That, before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, up to $322,932,000, plus reimbursements, 
may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 
and may be used for operation of the facilities designated as com-
bined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That addi-
tional funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That section 220 of title II of division F of Public Law 116–94 
is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2021, 
for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $327,126,000, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department 
of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 
Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense— 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 
Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 
States Code, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as 
combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be 
available: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense— 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities designated as 
combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, 
notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of 
Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 
shall be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 
Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 
Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose author-
ized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace 
the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Net-
works select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and 
equipment. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all 
bid savings in a major construction project that total at least 
$5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, 
whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall occur within 
14 days of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation 
of such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 
savings. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in excess of the scope 
specified for that project in the original justification data provided 
to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations unless 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quar-
terly report containing performance measures and data from each 
Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office: Provided, That, 
at a minimum, the report shall include the direction contained
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in the section entitled ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114– 
223: Provided further, That the report shall also include information 
on the number of appeals pending at the Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration as well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 
basis. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide writ-
ten notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result 
in the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one 
organizational unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
another. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress notification of any single national outreach 
and awareness marketing campaign in which obligations exceed 
$1,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination 
that such action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans 
Health Administration, may transfer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
account any discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal 
year 2021 in this title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) 
or any discretionary unobligated balances within the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2021, that were provided in advance by appropriations Acts: Pro-
vided, That transfers shall be made only with the approval of 
the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
no amounts may be transferred from amounts that were designated 
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which origi-
nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds 
are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That, 
upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 
an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to that appropriation and shall be available for the 
same purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, That 
before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive approval 
of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, under the ‘‘Board of Veterans 
Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’ accounts may be transferred between such 
accounts: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not reprogram 
funds among major construction projects or programs if such 
instance of reprogramming will exceed $7,000,000, unless such re-
programming is approved by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) of title 
38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline imme-
diate assistance from a trained professional; and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association 
of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive action that 
prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from appointing an 
individual to occupy a vacant civil service position, or establishing 
a new civil service position, at the Department of Veterans Affairs 
with respect to such a position relating to the hotline specified 
in subsection (a). 
(2) In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) any Executive order, presidential memorandum, or 
other action by the President; and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study 
on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in subsection (a) during 
the 5-year period beginning on January 1, 2016, based on an anal-
ysis of national suicide data and data collected from such hotline. 
(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
hotline specified in subsection (a) and who receive follow up 
services from the hotline or mental health services from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
hotline who are not referred to, or do not continue receiving, 
mental health care who commit suicide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described in subpara-
graph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on October 
1, 2018 and ending on January 1, 2024, none of the funds made 
available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance State-
ment on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast 
Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the 
Veterans Health Administration National Center for Health Pro-
motion and Disease Prevention. 
SEC. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account may 
be used to provide—
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(1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted repro-
ductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a 
covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, as such 
term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code, 
who has a service-connected disability that results in the 
inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility 
treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ means 
benefits relating to reproductive assistance provided to a 
member of the Armed Forces who incurs a serious injury or 
illness on active duty pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 
10, United States Code, as described in the memorandum on 
the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for 
the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II 
or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and 
the guidance issued to implement such policy, including any 
limitations on the amount of such benefits available to such 
a member except that— 
(A) the time periods regarding embryo cryopreservation 
and storage set forth in part III(G) and in part IV(H) 
of such memorandum shall not apply; and 
(B) such term includes embryo cryopreservation and 
storage without limitation on the duration of such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means reimburse-
ment for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that 
is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under 
the same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement 
program of the Department of Defense, as authorized in Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such instruction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in sub-
section (a) of this section are subject to the requirements for funds 
contained in section 508 of division H of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 
SEC. 235. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: 
(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 
119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 236. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall not apply 
to conversion of an activity or function of the Veterans Health 
Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, or National 
Cemetery Administration to contractor performance by a business 
concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more Indian 
tribes as defined in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, 
or one or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in section 
637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code.
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SEC. 237. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Labor, shall discontinue using Social Security 
account numbers to identify individuals in all information systems 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs as follows: 
(1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs new claims for benefits under laws administered by 
the Secretary, not later than March 23, 2023. 
(2) For all individuals not described in paragraph (1), not 
later than March 23, 2026. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social Security 
account number to identify an individual in an information system 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of 
such number is required to obtain information the Secretary 
requires from an information system that is not under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary. 
(c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall supersede section 
238 of Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 238. For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2021 and 2022 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
section 239 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 239. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior 
appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any amounts from 
the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other 
account within the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 240. Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, funds may be used in each year to carry out and expand 
the child care program authorized by section 205 of Public Law 
111–163, notwithstanding subsection (e) of such section. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this title may be used by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enter into an agreement related to resolving a dispute 
or claim with an individual that would restrict in any way the 
individual from speaking to members of Congress or their staff 
on any topic not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal 
law or required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest 
of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 
SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2021 and 2022, section 258 of division 
A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector 
General funded under this Act timely access to any records, docu-
ments, or other materials available to the department or agency 
of the United States Government over which such Inspector General 
has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 
General to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 
to such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access 
of such Inspector General. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General access to all records, documents, and other 
materials in a timely manner.
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(c) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall ensure 
compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 
information provided by the department or agency over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report 
to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 
5 calendar days of any failure by any department or agency covered 
by this section to comply with this section. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in a manner that would increase wait times for veterans 
who seek care at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to the Veterans Health Administration may 
be used in fiscal year 2021 to convert any program which received 
specific purpose funds in fiscal year 2020 to a general purpose 
funded program unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits 
written notification of any such proposal to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to any such action and an approval is issued by the Committees. 
SEC. 246. For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2021 and 2022, section 248 of division 
A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to conduct research com-
mencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses any canine, feline, 
or non-human primate unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
approves such research specifically and in writing pursuant to 
subsection (b). 
(b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve the con-
duct of research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, using 
canines, felines, or non-human primates if the Secretary determines 
that— 
(A) the scientific objectives of the research can only be 
met by using such canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
(B) such scientific objectives are directly related to an ill-
ness or injury that is combat-related; and 
(C) the research is consistent with the revised Department 
of Veterans Affairs canine research policy document dated 
December 15, 2017, including any subsequent revisions to such 
document. 
(2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under 
this subsection. 
(c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant to 
subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the commencement 
of such research, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report describing— 
(1) the nature of the research to be conducted using canines, 
felines, or non-human primates; 
(2) the date on which the Secretary approved the research; 
(3) the justification for the determination of the Secretary 
that the scientific objectives of such research could only be 
met using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
(4) the frequency and duration of such research; and
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(5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
and efficacy of the research; and 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to such Committees a report describing— 
(1) any research being conducted by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or non-human primates 
as of the date of the submittal of the report; 
(2) the circumstances under which such research was con-
ducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 
(3) the justification for using canines, felines, or non-human 
primates to conduct such research; and 
(4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
and efficacy of such research. 
(e) Not later than December 31, 2021, the Secretary shall 
submit to such Committees an updated plan under which the Sec-
retary will eliminate or reduce the research conducted using 
canines, felines, or non-human primates by not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this title 
to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time employment equiva-
lents within any program of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 
31 of title 38, United States Code, does not exceed 125 veterans 
to one full-time employment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the programs of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 of title 
38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary con-
siders necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
such program. 
SEC. 249. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to close the community 
based outpatient clinic located in Bainbridge, New York, until the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a market 
area assessment. 
SEC. 250. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account in this or any 
other Act for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 may be used for expenses 
that would otherwise be payable from the Veterans Choice Fund 
established by section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 251. Obligations and expenditures applicable to the ‘‘Med-
ical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 through 2019 for aid 
to state homes (as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United 
States Code) shall remain in the ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ account 
for such fiscal years. 
SEC. 252. Of the amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, in this or any other Act, 
under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ accounts,
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$660,691,000 shall be made available for gender-specific care for 
women. 
SEC. 253 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a plan to reduce the chances that clinical mistakes by employees 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs will result in adverse events 
that require institutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent 
any unnecessary hardship for patients and families impacted by 
such adverse events. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A description of a process for the timely identification 
of individuals impacted by disclosures described in subsection 
(a) and the process for contacting those individuals or their 
next of kin. 
(2) A description of procedures for expediting any remedial 
or follow-up care required for those individuals. 
(3) A detailed outline of proposed changes to the process 
of the Department for clinical quality checks and oversight. 
(4) A communication plan to ensure all facilities of the 
Department are made aware of any requirements updated 
pursuant to the plan. 
(5) A timeline detailing the implementation of the plan. 
(6) An identification of the senior executive of the Depart-
ment responsible for ensuring compliance with the plan. 
(7) An identification of potential impacts of the plan on 
timely diagnoses for patients. 
(8) An identification of the processes and procedures for 
employees of the Department to make leadership at the facility 
and the Department aware of adverse events that are con-
cerning and that result in disclosures and to ensure that the 
medical impact on veterans of such disclosures is minimized. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Sub-
committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Sub-
committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 254. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts 
in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration, General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, $16,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans 
Health 
Administration, 
Medical 
Services’’, 
$100,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, $15,000,000;
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‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical and Prosthetic 
Research’’, $20,000,000; 
‘‘Departmental Administration, General Administration’’, 
$12,000,000; 
‘‘Departmental Administration, Information Technology 
Systems’’, $37,500,000; 
‘‘Departmental Administration, Veterans Electronic Health 
Record’’, $20,000,000; and 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration, 
Construction, 
Minor 
Projects’’, $35,700,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 
(one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, $84,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes author-
ized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 
7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, $37,100,000: 
Provided, That $3,286,509 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth under this heading 
in Public Law 102–229.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 
only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $81,815,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 
replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department of 
Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $75,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022, of which $9,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and renova-
tion of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and shall be available 
until expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, 
$16,111,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for 
projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 
and Marine Corps’’, $70,020,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ 
$263,869,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for 
projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. None of the funds appropriated for military construc-
tion projects outside the United States under this title may be 
obligated or expended for planning and design of any project associ-
ated with the European Deterrence Initiative until the Secretary 
of Defense develops and submits to the congressional defense 
committees, in a classified and unclassified format, a list of all 
of the military construction projects associated with the European 
Deterrence Initiative which the Secretary anticipates will be carried 
out during each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under this 
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities. 
SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
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the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropria-
tions Act. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for a project or program named for an individual serving 
as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United 
States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary informa-
tion. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first- 
class travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including 
construction services, where the contractor has not complied with 
Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility 
in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo 
Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification 
of 
facilities 
at 
United 
States 
Naval 
Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is—
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(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 513. Title X of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental 
Administration—Grants for Construction of State Extended Care 
Facilities’’ by striking ‘‘including to modify or alter existing hospital, 
nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes: Provided,’’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘which shall be for 
modifying or altering existing hospital, nursing home, and domi-
ciliary facilities in State homes or for previously awarded projects, 
for covering construction cost increases due to the coronavirus: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition or 
competitions to award grants to States using funds provided under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such grants may 
be made to reimburse States for the costs of modifications or alter-
ations that have been initiated or completed before an application 
for a grant under this section is approved by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That such grants may be made to assist States with cov-
ering increased construction and construction administration costs 
as a result of the coronavirus that will or have occurred on pre-
viously awarded projects: Provided further, That the use of funds 
provided under this heading in this Act shall not be subject to 
state matching fund requirements, application requirements, cost 
thresholds, priority lists, deadlines, award dates under sections 
8134 and 8135 of title 38, United States Code, and part 59 of 
chapter I of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, and shall not 
be subject to requirements of section 501(d) of title 38, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may establish 
and adjust rolling deadlines for applications for such grants and 
may issue multiple rounds of application periods for the award 
of such grants under this section: Provided further,’’: Provided, 
That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 514. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs from title X of division B of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 
116–136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services’’, 
funds may be transferred to the following accounts in the amounts 
specified: 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, up to $140,000,000; 
‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, up to $26,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration, 
Board 
of 
Veterans 
Appeals’’, up to $1,000,000: 
Provided, That the transferred funds shall be used for personnel 
costs and other expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including the elimi-
nation of backlogs that may have occurred: Provided further, That 
the transferred funds shall be in addition to any other funds made
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available for this purpose: Provided further, That the transferred 
funds may not be used to increase the number of full-time equiva-
lent positions: Provided further, That the amounts transferred in 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Con-
gress 
as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 515. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs from title X of division B of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 
116–136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services’’, 
funds may be transferred to the following accounts in the amounts 
specified: 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, up to $198,000,000; and 
‘‘Departmental Administration, Information Technology 
Systems’’, up to $45,000,000: 
Provided, That the transferred funds shall be used to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally, to improve the Veterans Benefits Administration’s education 
systems, including implementation of changes to chapters 30 
through 36 of part III of title 38, United States Code in the Harry 
W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public 
Law 115–48), in a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning 
by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same 
manner as programs of education pursued at educational institu-
tions, and for other purposes (Public Law 116–128), and in the 
Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 
116–140): Provided further, That funds transferred to ‘‘Depart-
mental Administration, Information Technology Systems’’ pursuant 
to this section shall be transferred to the information technology 
systems development subaccount: Provided further, That the trans-
ferred funds shall be in addition to any other funds made available 
for this purpose: Provided further, That the amounts transferred 
in this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 516. Section 20013(b) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘In the case’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) If the Secretary 
waives any limit on grant amounts or rates for per diem pay-
ments 
under 
paragraph 
(1), 
notwithstanding 
section 
2012(a)(2)(B) of such title, the maximum rate for per diem 
payments described in paragraph (1)(B) shall be three times 
the rate authorized for State homes for domiciliary care under 
section 1741 of such title.’’:
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Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 517. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs from title X of division B of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 
116–136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services’’, 
up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration, Medical Community Care’’: Provided, That funds 
transferred pursuant to this section shall be used to provide a 
one-time emergency payment to existing State Extended Care 
Facilities for Veterans to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided further, That such payments shall be in 
proportion to each State’s share of the total resident capacity in 
such facilities as of the date of enactment of this Act where such 
capacity includes only veterans on whose behalf the Department 
pays a per diem payment pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1741 or 1745: 
Provided further, That the amounts transferred in this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, Vet-
erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2021 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,170,013,000, of which 
$757,367,000 may remain available until September 30, 2022, and 
of which up to $4,120,899,000 may remain available until expended 
for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading for Worldwide Security Protec-
tion, $2,226,122,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs 
(1) through (4) as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 
training, human resources management, and salaries, including 
employment without regard to civil service and classification
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laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 
as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 
36), $2,990,820,000, of which up to $534,782,000 is for World-
wide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law, $1,808,415,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For necessary 
expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 
including representation to certain international organizations 
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 
ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as author-
ized, $763,428,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $3,607,350,000, of which up to $3,586,117,000 
is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 
and publication programs and from fees from educational 
advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 
and 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MAT-
TERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
funds may be reprogrammed within and between para-
graphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 
7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under this heading 
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: 
Provided, That the exercise of the authority provided by 
this subparagraph shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are avail-
able for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to sec-
tion 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 
examination of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title.
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 
authorized, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$90,829,000, of which $13,624,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading are made available notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates 
to post inspections. 
In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight, $54,900,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, which is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 
for the printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 
amounts for such costs during the prior fiscal year. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $740,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not less than $274,000,000 shall be for the 
Fulbright Program and not less than $113,860,000 shall be for 
Citizen Exchange Program: Provided, That fees or other payments 
received from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational 
advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 
as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright 
awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be des-
ignated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 
for the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships Program shall 
also be made available for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, 
pursuant to section 7075 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division 
F of Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available for the Community 
Engagement Exchange Program as described under the heading 
‘‘Civil Society Exchange Program’’ in Senate Report 116–126: Pro-
vided further, That any substantive modifications from the prior 
fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this heading 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000.
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PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, 
as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 
maintaining, repairing, and planning for real property that are 
owned or leased by the Department of State, and renovating, in 
addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, 
$769,055,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of 
which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 
expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of fur-
niture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies of the United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,181,394,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $824,287,000 is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, as authorized: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That such funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $6,311,992. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees collected 
from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at the 
International Center in accordance with section 4 of the Inter-
national Center Act (Public Law 90–553), and, in addition, as 
authorized by section 5 of such Act, $2,743,000, to be derived 
from the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the 
purposes set out in that section.
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PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice 
and consent of the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, 
$1,505,928,000, of which $96,240,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022, is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, 
at the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit 
to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 
budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the 
United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 
(or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations 
program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in 
the United Nations budget: Provided further, That any payment 
of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to activities 
that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respec-
tive international organization and shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for a United States contribution to an 
international organization for the United States share of interest 
costs made known to the United States Government by such 
organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through 
external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance 
or restoration of international peace and security, $1,456,314,000, 
of which $705,994,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, up to $818,542,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for 
any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, 
at least 15 days in advance of voting for such mission in the 
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in 
advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are 
notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, 
the objectives of the mission, the national interest that will be
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served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay the 
cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated cost in 
future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for obligation 
unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations on a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that 
the United Nations is implementing effective policies and proce-
dures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 
and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from trafficking 
in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts 
of sexual exploitation and abuse or other violations of human rights, 
and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts while 
participating in such mission, including prosecution in their home 
countries and making information about such prosecutions publicly 
available on the website of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations 
and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping troops to imple-
ment effective vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have 
not violated human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be 
available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State 
determines that United States manufacturers and suppliers are 
not being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and 
material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 
being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading may be used for any United Nations peace-
keeping mission that will involve United States Armed Forces under 
the command or operational control of a foreign national, unless 
the President’s military advisors have submitted to the President 
a recommendation that such involvement is in the national interest 
of the United States and the President has submitted to Congress 
such a recommendation: Provided further, That any payment of 
arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 
Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; 
as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$49,770,000, of which $7,466,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $49,000,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the United 
States Section, except for funds designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, 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 consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided 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 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 for 
technical assistance grants and the Community Assistance Program 
of the North American Development Bank, $15,008,000: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the Inter-
national Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2022, 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 available for representation 
expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $62,846,000: 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 
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 television broadcasting to the Middle East, 
$793,257,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $40,708,000 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 $20,000,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs:
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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 funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be allocated in accordance with the table included 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 
funds may be reprogrammed within and between amounts des-
ignated in such table, subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that no such re-
programming may reduce a designated amount by more than 5 
percent: Provided 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 Executive Officer shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by 
the USAGM that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee 
organizations, provides an open platform for international terrorists 
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 journalistic code of ethics: Provided 
further, That in addition to funds made available under this 
heading, and notwithstanding 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 purposes: Provided further, That significant modifica-
tions 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 notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That up to 
$7,000,000 from the USAGM Buying Power Maintenance account 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available under any other provision of law and shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
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
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purposes, $9,700,000, 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), $20,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
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.), $45,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, 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, 2021, 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, 2021, to remain 
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 
note), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Fund on or before September 30, 2021, 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
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Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in 
the State of Hawaii, $19,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Center 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
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), $300,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $195,840,000 shall be allocated 
in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core 
institutes, and $104,160,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of section 7061(a) of this Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be appor-
tioned and obligated to the Endowment not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act. 
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, $642,000, 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, 
2021: 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 
seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
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 (22 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,908,000, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses, to remain available until September 
30, 2022.
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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.), 
$2,250,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation 
expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2022. 
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), $4,000,000, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: 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 2021 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading. 
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, $1,377,747,000, of which 
up to $206,662,000 may remain available until September 30, 2022: 
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 
Development, unless the USAID Administrator has identified such 
proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Committees 
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 fol-
lowing 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
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heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available 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 cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act on changes to 
the account structure as described in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
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, $258,200,000, 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, $75,500,000, of which 
up to $11,325,000 may remain available until September 30, 2022, 
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, $3,265,950,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That this amount 
shall be made available for training, equipment, and technical 
assistance to build the capacity of public health 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 moth-
ers and children, and related education programs; (4) assistance 
for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS;
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(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research 
on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious dis-
eases 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; (7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to, unanticipated and emerging global health threats, including 
zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/reproductive health: Pro-
vided 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: Provided further, That any determina-
tion 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 avail-
able 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 vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following require-
ments: (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 finan-
cial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family 
planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numer-
ical 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 planning acceptors comprehen-
sible 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; and (5) the project shall 
ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and med-
ical 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
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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 require-
ments contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report con-
taining 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because 
of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer 
only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants 
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing 
or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, 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, $5,930,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall be appor-
tioned directly to the Department of State not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, except for the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108–25), for a United States contribution to the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided 
further, 
That 
the 
amount 
of 
such 
contribution 
shall 
be 
$1,560,000,000 and shall be for the second installment of the sixth 
replenishment: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggre-
gate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal 
year 2021 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: Pro-
vided 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 purposes, for administrative expenses 
of the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. 
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, $3,500,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be apportioned directly 
to the United States Agency for International Development not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act.
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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, $4,395,362,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $1,914,041,000 is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall be 
apportioned to the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
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, pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and to support transition to democracy and long-term develop-
ment of countries in crisis, $92,043,000, to remain available until 
expended: 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, or terminating a, program 
of assistance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State deter-
mines 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 appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J 
of Public Law 116–94), $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, 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 shall be apportioned 
to the United States Agency for International Development not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,151,963,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022.
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DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5) 
of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), $190,450,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, which shall be made available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and 
shall be apportioned to such Bureau not later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available to the National Endowment 
for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to amounts 
otherwise available by this Act for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State, shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, $100,250,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, which shall be made 
available for the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innova-
tion, United States Agency for International Development, and shall 
be apportioned to such Bureau not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public 
Law 102–511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179), $770,334,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, which shall be available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except section 7047 of 
this Act, for assistance and related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801) and 
section 3(c) of the SEED Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assist-
ance for such countries shall be administered in accordance with 
the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 
102 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED 
Act of 1989: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
of economic assistance: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for contributions to 
multilateral initiatives to counter hybrid threats: Provided further, 
That any notification of funds made available under this heading 
in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall include 
information (if known on the date of transmittal of such notification) 
on the use of notwithstanding authority: Provided further, That 
if subsequent to the notification of assistance it becomes necessary 
to rely on notwithstanding authority, the Committees on Appropria-
tions should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the
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extent practicable: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for joint dialogues in support of the Eastern Mediterranean 
Partnership in the manner specified under this heading in House 
Report 116–444: Provided further, That such funds shall be adminis-
tered by, and under the policy direction of, the coordinator des-
ignated pursuant to section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act 
and section 601 of the SEED Act of 1989. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable 
the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) 
and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
U.S.C. 2601), and other activities to meet refugee and migration 
needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 
allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 
5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $3,432,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which: $1,701,417,000 is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; not less than $35,000,000 
shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 
humanitarian requirements; and $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for refugees resettling in Israel. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 
2601(c)), $100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in paragraph 
(2) of such section shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the purchase of not 
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes 
for use outside of the United States, $410,500,000, of which 
$6,330,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 
as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C.
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2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 
funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be 
derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 
operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for represen-
tation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made avail-
able for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That in addition 
to the requirements under section 7015(a) of this Act, the Peace 
Corps shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 
to any decision to open, close, or suspend a domestic or overseas 
office or a country program unless there is a substantial risk to 
volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 
to pay for abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
previous proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113– 
76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (MCA), 
$912,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $112,000,000 
may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That section 605(e) of 
the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for a Millennium Chal-
lenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA 
(22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact obligates, or contains a 
commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and 
the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 
the entire amount of the United States Government funding antici-
pated for the duration of the Compact: Provided further, That 
no country should be eligible for a threshold program after such 
country has completed a country compact: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 
may be available for representation and entertainment expenses, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment 
expenses. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter- 
American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 
401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $38,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be 
available for representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development 
Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C. 290h 
et seq.), $33,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation 
expenses: Provided, That funds made available to grantees may
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be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when author-
ized by the Board of Directors of the United States African Develop-
ment Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That interest earned 
shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the 
African Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in 
exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 
may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with 
respect to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 
up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 
fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees after each time such 
waiver authority is exercised: Provided further, That the USADF 
may make rent or lease payments in advance from appropriations 
available for such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quar-
ters in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: 
Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts 
outside the United States Treasury and retain any interest earned 
on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That the USADF 
may not withdraw any appropriation from the Treasury prior to 
the need of spending such funds for program purposes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $33,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not more than $6,600,000 may 
be used for administrative expenses: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this heading may be made available to contract 
for services as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which 
such services are performed. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as 
the President may determine, for which funds have been appro-
priated or otherwise made available for programs within the Inter-
national Affairs Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, 
reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as a 
result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant 
to part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023. 
In addition, for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees for Somalia or credits extended to Somalia, as the 
President may determine, including the cost of selling, reducing, 
or cancelling amounts owed to the United States, in the event 
that Somalia has met the domestic and internationally-agreed condi-
tions and such modification is consistent with United States law 
and foreign policy considerations, $78,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, which may be used notwithstanding any other 
provision of law: Provided, That funds made available by this para-
graph shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate
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congressional committees and subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
In addition, for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees for or credits extended to Sudan, $111,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, which may be used notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in the event Sudan meets 
the domestic and internationally agreed conditions and the modifica-
tions are consistent with United States law and foreign policy 
considerations. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $1,385,573,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Department of State may 
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 
from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose 
of providing such property to a foreign country or international 
organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading, except that any funds made available notwithstanding 
such section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support 
training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, 
corrections, judges, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional 
partners: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading that are transferred to another department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to sec-
tion 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess 
of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) 
of such Act, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for Program Development and 
Support may be made available notwithstanding pre-obligation 
requirements contained in this Act, except for the notification 
requirements of section 7015. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
demining and related programs and activities, $889,247,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 
Act (22 U.S.C. 5854), section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act
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(22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining 
activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 
of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including activities implemented through non-
governmental and international organizations, and section 301 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution 
to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund 
shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to promote 
bilateral and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, 
disarmament, and weapons destruction, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That such funds may also be 
used for such countries other than the Independent States of the 
former Soviet Union and international organizations when it is 
in the national security interest of the United States to do so: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State 
determines that Israel is being denied its right to participate in 
the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That funds made 
available for conventional weapons destruction programs, including 
demining and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 
expenses related to the operation and management of such pro-
grams and activities, subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $440,759,000, of which 
$325,213,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, 
notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign civilian 
security forces, including gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping 
operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available 
for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force and 
Observers mission in the Sinai and not less than $71,000,000 shall 
be made available for the Global Peace Operations Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available to pay assessed expenses of international peace-
keeping activities in Somalia under the same terms and conditions, 
as applicable, as funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be obligated except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $112,925,000, of which 
up to $56,463,000 may remain available until September 30, 2022: 
Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom military education 
and training may be provided under this heading may include 
civilians who are not members of a government whose participation 
would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control 
of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $3,000,000 
may remain available until expended to increase the participation 
of women in programs and activities funded under this heading, 
following consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $50,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $6,175,524,000, of which $576,909,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022, is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That to 
expedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and inter-
national organizations, the Secretary of State, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations and subject to the regular 
notification procedures of such Committees, may use the funds 
appropriated under this heading to procure defense articles and 
services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 
Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 
of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 
made available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by 
the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons 
systems, of which not less than $795,300,000 shall be available 
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense serv-
ices, including research and development: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading 
shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be obligated upon appor-
tionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
None of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense 
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 
the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 
Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurement 
has first signed an agreement with the United States Government 
specifying the conditions under which such procurement may be
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financed with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular 
notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading may be used, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance 
of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include 
activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 
organizations: Provided further, That only those countries for which 
assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing 
Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for 
security assistance programs may utilize funds made available 
under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 
the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, That 
not more than $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use 
outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering 
military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be 
exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading for general costs of administering 
military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available 
for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be 
available for representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
more than $1,137,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) 
may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of 
Defense during fiscal year 2021 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), except that this 
limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $387,500,000: Provided, 
That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund: 
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act, such funds shall be made available for core contributions 
for each entity listed in the table under this heading in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act) unless otherwise provided for 
in this Act, or if the Secretary of State has justified to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations the proposed uses of funds other than for 
core contributions following prior consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees.
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $139,575,000, to remain available 
until, and to be fully disbursed not later than, September 30, 
2022: Provided, That of such amount, $136,563,000, which shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021, is only available for 
the third installment of the seventh replenishment of the Global 
Environment Facility, and shall be obligated and disbursed not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
on the status of funds provided under this heading not less than 
quarterly until fully disbursed: Provided further, That in such report 
the Secretary shall provide a timeline for the obligation and 
disbursement of any funds that have not yet been obligated or 
disbursed. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States 
share of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, 
$206,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year 
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$1,421,275,728.70. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Association by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,001,400,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Develop-
ment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $47,395,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion 
of the increases in capital stock, $54,648,752, to remain available 
until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital
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portion of the United States share of increases in capital stock 
in an amount not to exceed $856,174,624. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The Secretary of the Treasury may subscribe without fiscal 
year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States 
share of capital stock in an amount not to exceed $1,020,000,000: 
Provided, That such authority is in addition to any other authority 
otherwise available in this Act and under any other provision of 
law. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $32,500,000, to 
remain available until, and to be fully disbursed not later than, 
September 30, 2022, for the third installment of the eleventh 
replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Develop-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of such payment 
not less than quarterly until fully disbursed: Provided further, 
That in such report the Secretary shall provide a timeline for 
the obligation and disbursement of any funds that have not yet 
been obligated or disbursed. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $6,500,000, of which up to $975,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2022. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, 
That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year 
may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments
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for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any 
country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article 
IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, 
that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, and not to exceed $30,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses for members of the Board of 
Directors, not to exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 
may remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment 
or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
or technical services in connection with any transaction for which 
an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
been made: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) 
of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
(a) of such section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2021: 
Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary 
expenses (including special services performed on a contract or 
fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection 
with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale 
of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Bank in satis-
faction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal 
of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical 
aspects of any transaction for which an application for a loan, 
guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or systems 
infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Provided further, 
That in addition to other funds appropriated for administrative 
expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such pur-
poses, to remain available until expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 
of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal Credit Reform Act 
of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated 
herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: 
Provided, That the sums herein appropriated from the General 
Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting 
collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at $0. 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 
CORPORATION 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022.
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CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT 
The United States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion (the Corporation) is authorized to make such expenditures 
and commitments within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to the Corporation, and in accordance with 
the law, and to make such expenditures and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Corporation: 
Provided, That for necessary expenses of the activities described 
in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD 
Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) and for administra-
tive expenses to carry out authorized activities and project-specific 
transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such Act, 
$569,000,000: Provided further, That of the amount provided— 
(1) $119,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2023, for administrative expenses to carry out authorized 
activities (including an amount for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses which shall not exceed $25,000) and 
project-specific transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) 
of such Act, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025; 
(2) $450,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2023, for the activities described in subsections (b), (c), 
(e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018, 
except such amounts obligated in a fiscal year for activities 
described in section 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available 
for disbursement for the term of the underlying project: Pro-
vided further, That if the term of the project extends longer 
than 10 fiscal years, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corpora-
tion shall inform the appropriate congressional committees 
prior to the obligation or disbursement of funds, as applicable: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this para-
graph may be paid to the ‘‘United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ for programs 
authorized by subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018: 
Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursuant to 
section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject to prior consulta-
tion with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That in fiscal year 2021 collections of amounts 
described in section 1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018 shall be 
credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That such collections collected in fiscal year 2021 in excess 
of $569,000,000 shall be credited to this account and shall be 
available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2021, if such collections are less than $569,000,000, receipts 
collected pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount equal to such shortfall, 
shall be credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading may not be used to provide any type 
of assistance that is otherwise prohibited by any other provision 
of law or to provide assistance to any foreign country that is
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otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law: Provided further, 
That the sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall 
be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collections 
described under this heading so as to result in a final fiscal year 
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $191,000,000. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International Development 
Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Account’’ (CCA) shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That up to 
$500,000,000 of amounts paid to this account from CCA or trans-
ferred to this account pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD 
Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) shall be available 
for the costs of direct and guaranteed loans provided by the Corpora-
tion pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That such amounts obligated in a fiscal 
year shall remain available for disbursement for the following 8 
fiscal years: Provided further, That funds transferred to carry out 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to section 1434(j) 
of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available for obligation 
for 1 additional fiscal year: Provided further, That the total loan 
principal or guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed 
$8,000,000,000. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $79,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, of which no more than 
$19,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than 
$5,000 may be available for representation and entertainment 
expenses. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall 
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and dif-
ferentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 
Code; for services as authorized by section 3109 of such title and 
for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United States 
Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances 
and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and 
activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received
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by such department or agency in fiscal year 2021 or any previous 
fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 
required by this section shall be submitted not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal quarter and should specify by account 
the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements 
which have not been further sub-obligated. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation under title 
I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement con-
tract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 
a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING EXCEPTION.— 
Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure 
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI 
of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 
of Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), 
as amended by section 111 of the Department of State Authorities 
Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a project to construct 
a facility of the United States may include office space or other 
accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps. 
(b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes of calcu-
lating the fiscal year 2021 costs of providing new United States 
diplomatic facilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 
4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual 
program level and agency shares in a manner that is proportional 
to the contribution of the Department of State for this purpose. 
(c) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be 
made available for the acquisition of property or award of construc-
tion contracts for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during 
fiscal year 2021, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That notifications pursuant to this subsection shall 
include the information enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in House Report 116– 
444. 
(d) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY
VULNERABILITIES.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ may be made available, following consulta-
tion with the appropriate congressional committees, to address 
security vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States 
diplomatic 
facilities 
abroad, 
including 
physical 
security 
upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount 
of funds made available for such purposes from this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State,
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foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum 
of $25,000,000. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the opening, closure, or any significant modification 
to an interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees and the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 
consultation and notification may be waived if there is a secu-
rity risk to personnel. 
(e) SOFT TARGETS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for security 
upgrades to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, 
and residences used by United States diplomatic personnel and 
their dependents. 
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, 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. 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
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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 subse-
quent 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: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous pro-
visos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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
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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 
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) LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT 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, and such amounts shall not exceed 
$50,000,000: Provided, That any such transfers shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 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 United States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion (the Corporation), as appropriate, shall ensure that the pro-
grams funded by such transfers are coordinated with, and com-
plement, foreign assistance programs implemented by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID: Provided further, That no funds trans-
ferred pursuant to such authority may be used by the Corporation 
to post personnel abroad or for activities described in section 1421(c) 
of the BUILD Act of 2018. 
(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
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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. 
(f) TRANSFER OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR ON TERRORISM FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ that are designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, such funds appropriated under such headings: Provided, That 
such transfer authority may only be exercised to address contin-
gencies: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 
to any transfer authority otherwise available under any other provi-
sion of law, including section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided further, That such transfer authority shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
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 law 
enforcement agency, or any other entity carrying out the following 
activities: criminal investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; 
administrative discipline; and the monitoring of such websites 
undertaken as part of official business. 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON PROMOTION
OF TOBACCO.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available to promote 
the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic 
nicotine delivery systems), or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems), 
except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco
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or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems) 
of the same type. 
(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made 
available to the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development may be made available to support 
the use or establishment of email accounts or email servers created 
outside the .gov domain or not fitted for automated records manage-
ment as part of a Federal government records management program 
in contravention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act 
Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(e) REPRESENTATION
AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.—Each 
Federal department, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of 
this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps 
to ensure that domestic and overseas representation and entertain-
ment expenses further official agency business and United States 
foreign policy interests, and— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 
Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 
recreational character. 
(f) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 
activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 
‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be obligated or 
expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at 
sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amuse-
ment parks. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of 
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided by this Act: 
Provided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 
1 and 8 of part I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds made available 
for ‘‘United States International Development Finance Corporation’’ 
and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the 
date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 
expired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration 
of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of