118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4665 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes, namely: 
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, includ-
ing for training, human resources management, and sala-
ries, including employment without regard to civil service 
and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis 
(not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 36); for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law; 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, 
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nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as author-
ized; and for security activities, $8,815,620,000 (reduced 
by $306,505,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000), 
of 
which 
$712,418,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $4,066,168,000 (reduced by 
$500,000) (increased by $500,000) is for Worldwide Secu-
rity Protection, which may remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Consular and Border Security Programs’’ 
shall be made available to increase consular staff, reduce 
passport processing times, and lower wait times for visa 
services, including by assigning onboard staff for tem-
porary duty to meet immediate consular staffing needs. 
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border 
Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year 
pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), 
$300,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) shall be available until expended for the pur-
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poses of such account, including to reduce passport back-
logs and reduce visa wait times: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State may by regulation authorize State officials 
or the United States Postal Service to collect and retain 
the execution fee for each application for a passport ac-
cepted by such officials or by that Service. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $346,210,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $108,165,000, of which $16,225,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading are made available not-
withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post in-
spections. 
In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 
oversight, $26,835,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading that are made available for the print-
ing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 
amounts for such costs during the prior fiscal year. 
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EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural 
exchange programs, as authorized, $700,946,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not less than 
$287,500,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program: Pro-
vided, 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 any sub-
stantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to pro-
grams funded by this Act under this heading shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For 
representation 
expenses 
as 
authorized, 
$7,415,000. 
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, $27,492,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025. 
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.), 
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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 avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, $917,381,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2028, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 
expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acqui-
sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de-
partments and agencies of the United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$1,095,801,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $10,685,000, 
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, $1,800,000, as author-
ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
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fying 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 
$5,167,004. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $34,964,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,842,732 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 International Center Act (Public Law 90– 
553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 
Act, $744,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 
by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 
that section. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
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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, conven-
tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $245,795,000: Pro-
vided, 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 de-
crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 
further, That not later than May 1, 2024, and 30 days 
after the end of fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of State 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any 
credits attributable to the United States, including from 
the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide 
updated fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 assessment 
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costs including offsets from available credits and updated 
foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 
any such credits shall only be available for United States 
assessed contributions to the United Nations regular 
budget, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
notified when such credits are applied to any assessed con-
tribution, including any payment of arrearages: Provided 
further, That any notification regarding funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, sec-
tion 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7062 of this Act, shall include 
an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to 
the United States and provide updated assessment costs 
including offsets from available credits and updated for-
eign currency exchange rates: 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 respective international organization and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
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be available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national organization for the United States share of inter-
est costs made known to the United States Government 
by such organization for loans incurred on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this heading may be made available 
for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,268,886,000 (reduced by $667,296,000), of 
which $190,333,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for 
any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mis-
sion 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the esti-
mated cost and duration of the mission, the objectives of 
the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 
the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
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any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay 
the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the esti-
mated cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available for obligation unless the Secretary of 
State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations on a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that 
the United Nations is implementing effective policies and 
procedures to prevent United Nations employees, con-
tractor 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 ac-
countable individuals who engage in such acts while par-
ticipating in such mission, including prosecution in their 
home countries and making information about such pros-
ecutions publicly available on the website of the United 
Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
shall work with the United Nations and foreign govern-
ments contributing peacekeeping troops to implement ef-
fective 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 manu-
facturers and suppliers are not being given opportunities 
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to provide equipment, services, and material for United 
Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given 
to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this heading may be used for any United 
Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United 
States Armed Forces under the command or operational 
control of a foreign national, unless the President’s mili-
tary advisors have submitted to the President a rec-
ommendation that such involvement is in the national in-
terest of the United States and the President has sub-
mitted to Congress such a recommendation: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than May 1, 2024, and 30 days after 
the end of fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of State shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits 
attributable to the United States, including those resulting 
from United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United 
Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fis-
cal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 assessment costs, in-
cluding offsets from available credits: Provided further, 
That any such credits shall only be available for United 
States assessed contributions to United Nations peace-
keeping missions, and the Committees on Appropriations 
shall be notified when such credits are applied to any as-
sessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: 
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Provided further, That any notification regarding funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, 
section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7062 of this Act, shall include 
an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to 
the United States and provide updated assessment costs, 
including offsets from available credits: Provided further, 
That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State shall work with the 
United Nations and members of the United Nations Secu-
rity Council to evaluate and prioritize peacekeeping mis-
sions, and to consider a draw down when mission goals 
have been substantially achieved. 
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: 
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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 appli-
cable 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, 
$70,000,000, of which $10,500,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $76,530,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs for the United 
States Section, 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 con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
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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 tele-
vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $798,196,000, of 
which $39,910,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $64,208,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading may remain 
available until expended for satellite transmissions and 
Internet freedom programs, of which not less than 
$43,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) pursuant 
to the requirements included in section 7045 of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading and made available for the Open Technology 
Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for grants for innovative methods to reach audiences in-
side of Cuba: Provided further, That such funds are in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
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