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(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 authorized by sec-
tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify 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 pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 
That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con-
tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 
the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an-
ticipated use of such savings.
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SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess 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 Appro-
priations 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 Con-
gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re-
gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained 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 in-
clude information on the number of appeals pending at the 
Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of 
Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more
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full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs 
of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria-
tions made available for fiscal year 2022 in this title (except 
appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2022, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts: Provided, 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 emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on
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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 originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con-
gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 
not necessary, such amounts may be transferred 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 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
fer 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.
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SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro-
grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$7,000,000, unless such reprogramming 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 hot-
line immediate 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 posi-
tion 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—
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(i) any Executive order, Presidential memo-
randum, or other action by the President; and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other direc-
tive. 
(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct 
a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in sub-
section (a) during the 5-year period beginning on January 
1, 2016, based on an analysis 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 con-
tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 
receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 
health services from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs thereafter; 
(B) determine the number of veterans who con-
tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not con-
tinue receiving, mental health care who commit sui-
cide; and 
(C) determine the number of veterans described 
in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 
SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2024, none of the 
funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended in 
contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration Clin-
ical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Vet-
erans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast Cancer 
Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Vet-
erans Health Administration National Center for Health 
Promotion and Disease Prevention. 
SEC. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ account may be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as-
sisted reproductive 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 mean-
ing 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 dis-
ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 
procreate without the use of fertility treatment.
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(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro-
vided 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 
reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 
an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
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actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 
under the adoption reimbursement program of the De-
partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 
Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such in-
struction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 
in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require-
ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of 
the Consolidated Appropriations 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 Depart-
ment of Veterans 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 Independent Agencies Appro-
priations 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 Admin-
istration, or National Cemetery Administration to con-
tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 
51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined
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in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 
or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec-
tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 
SEC. 237. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis-
continue 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 para-
graph (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 jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
(c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall super-
sede section 238 of Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 238. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2022 and 2023 for
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‘‘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 Compensa-
tion 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 2022 and fiscal year 
2023 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each 
year to carry out and expand the child care program au-
thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith-
standing 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 mem-
bers 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.
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SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2022 and 2023, sec-
tion 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to deny an 
Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to 
any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General 
has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of the 
Inspector General to such records, documents, or other ma-
terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 
law that expressly refers to such Inspector General and ex-
pressly limits the right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, doc-
uments, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
spector 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 Sen-
ate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
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Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure by 
any department or agency covered by this section to comply 
with this requirement. 
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 Adminis-
tration may be used in fiscal year 2022 to convert any pro-
gram which received specific purpose funds in fiscal year 
2021 to a general purpose funded program unless the Sec-
retary 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 2022 and 2023, sec-
tion 248 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 
research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses 
any canine, feline, or non-human primate unless the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs approves such research specifi-
cally and in writing pursuant to subsection (b).
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(b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve 
the conduct 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 illness 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 pursu-
ant to subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the com-
mencement 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;
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(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 
(5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, 
safety, and efficacy of the research. 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to such Committees a report describing— 
(1) any research being conducted by the Depart-
ment 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 conducted 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) The Department shall implement a plan under 
which the Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research 
conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates
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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 equivalents within any program of rehabilita-
tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ-
ment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment 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 Sec-
retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to- 
staff ratio for each such program. 
SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account 
in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 
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).
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SEC. 250. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 
the ‘‘Medical 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 ‘‘Med-
ical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal years. 
SEC. 251. Of the amounts made available for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, in this 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts, $840,446,000 shall be made available for gender-spe-
cific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care for 
women veterans. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 252. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ and ‘‘General 
Administration’’ in this Act or prior Acts that remain 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2022 may be trans-
ferred as necessary to the ‘‘Asset and Infrastructure Re-
view’’ account for the purposes of carrying out the VA Asset 
and Infrastructure Review Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title 
II of Public Law 115–182): Provided, That the total 
amounts transferred may not increase the account by more
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than $2,000,000: Provided further, That in advance of any 
such transfer, 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 Com-
mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 
of 30 days has elapsed. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 253. (a) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Re-
curring Expenses Transformational Fund’’ established in 
section 243 of division J of Public Law 114–113, 
$820,000,000 is hereby rescinded immediately upon enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) For an additional amount for the accounts and 
in the amounts specified, to remain available until ex-
pended, in addition to such other funds as may be available 
for such purposes, as follows: 
(1) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $670,000,000, for informa-
tion 
technology 
systems 
improvements 
and 
sustainment; and 
(2) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
Facilities’’, $150,000,000, for facilities infrastructure 
improvements, including non-recurring maintenance, 
at existing hospitals and clinics of the Veterans 
Health Administration:
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Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds pro-
vided in this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
must provide a plan for the execution of the funds appro-
priated in this subsection to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress and such Committees issue 
an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed. 
SEC. 254. 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 Con-
gress a quarterly report on the status of the ‘‘Veterans Med-
ical Care and Health Fund’’, established to execute section 
8002 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117–2): Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall in-
clude an update on obligations by program, project or activ-
ity and a plan for expending the remaining funds: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit 
notification of any plans to reallocate funds from the cur-
rent apportionment categories of ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Community Care’’, or ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Re-
search’’, including the amount and purpose of each realloca-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress and such Committees issue an approval, or ab-
sent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.
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(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 255. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations 
Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol-
lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Veterans 
Health 
Administration—Medical 
Services’’, $200,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans 
Health 
Administration—Medical 
Community Care’’, $200,000,000; and 
‘‘Departmental Administration—Veterans Elec-
tronic Health Record’’, $200,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 256. Immediately upon enactment of this Act, of 
the unobligated balances of funds made available by section 
8003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117–2) to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the supply 
chain modernization initiative, $76,105,000 is hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 257. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary 
and administered by a corporation referred to in section
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7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 
2016 and September 30, 2017 for purposes of carrying out 
an order placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs 
pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, 
that are available for obligation pursuant to section 
7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain 
available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 
by such corporation during the period of performance of 
such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
determines that such amounts need to remain available for 
such liquidation.
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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 monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$87,500,000, 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 authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code.
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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, $41,700,000: Provided, That $3,385,104 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth under this heading in Public Law 
102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$87,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
1242 
ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $141,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for planning and design 
and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 
project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $77,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023, of which $9,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for construction and renovation 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
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Trust Fund, $25,000,000 shall be paid from the general 
fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. 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. 402. 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. 403. 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’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee 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.
1246 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 409. 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. 410. 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. 411. 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. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated 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
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States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses 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— 
(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. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2022’’.
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DIVISION 
K—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 
2022 
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, 
$9,178,789,000, of which $808,589,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023, and of which up to 
$3,788,199,000 may remain available until expended for 
Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be allocated in accord-
ance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard to 
civil service and classification laws of persons on a 
temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as author-
ized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11;
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Chapter 36), $3,216,871,000, of which up to 
$661,240,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department of 
State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,791,425,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State, including representation to cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe-
cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and 
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized, $994,768,000. 
(4) SECURITY
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $3,175,725,000, of which 
up to $3,126,959,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection. 
(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available under this 
heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments re-
ceived 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 MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 
and between paragraphs (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 Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, to be available 
only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as 
authorized: Provided, That the exercise of the au-
thority provided by this subparagraph shall be
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subject to prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading 
are available for acquisition by exchange or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law and, pursuant to section 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. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be made available for the following pur-
poses and as specified under this heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act) to— 
(i) support the activities of an Ambas-
sador-at-Large for the Arctic Region; and 
(ii) implement an Arctic Indigenous 
Exchange Program. 
(E) Of the amount made available under 
this heading, up to $100,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds made available 
in title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’: Provided, That the exercise of 
the authority provided by this subparagraph
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shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $300,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $91,458,000, of which $13,718,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this heading are made available notwith-
standing section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspec-
tions. 
In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction over-
sight, $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available for the printing and reproduc-
tion 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 ex-
change programs, as authorized, $753,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not less than
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$275,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not 
less than $113,860,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Pro-
gram: Provided, That fees or other payments received from, 
or in connection with, English teaching, educational advis-
ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro-
grams as authorized may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That a 
portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Cen-
tral Asia regions shall be designated 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 Ben-
jamin 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 Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Pro-
vided 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: 
Provided 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
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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 en-
able the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary pro-
tective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023. 
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.), pre-
serving, 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, $850,722,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation ex-
penses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi-
tion 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, 
$1,132,427,000, to remain available until expended.
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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 Consular 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 appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans 
Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 $4,937,742. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $32,583,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees col-
lected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facili-
ties at the International Center in accordance with section 
4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553),
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and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$743,000, 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. 
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, $1,662,928,000, of which 
$96,240,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2023: 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, trans-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent 
biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the op-
erations of the United Nations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations 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
1257 
without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget: Provided further, That any pay-
ment 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 be 
available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national 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 ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,498,614,000, of which $749,307,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli-
gated 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 prac-
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ticable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: 
(1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objec-
tives of the mission, the national interest that will be 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 appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for obligation unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United 
Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures 
to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 
and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf-
ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or com-
mitting acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other viola-
tions of human rights, and to hold accountable individuals 
who engage in such acts while participating in such mis-
sion, including prosecution in their home countries and 
making information about such prosecutions publicly avail-
able on the website of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Na-
tions and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping 
troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure 
that such troops have not violated human rights: Provided
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further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex-
penses unless the Secretary of State determines that United 
States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given op-
portunities 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 available under this heading may be used for any 
United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or oper-
ational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military 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 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 Appropriations. 
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, 
$51,970,000, of which $7,796,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $51,030,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs for the United States Sec-
tion, except for funds designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, up to $5,000,000 may be trans-
ferred 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
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consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 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 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized 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 International 
Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2023, 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 com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$62,846,000: Provided, 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.
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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 television 
broadcasting to the Middle East, $850,300,000: Provided, 
That in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes, up to $47,708,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, 
of which not less than $27,000,000 shall be for Internet free-
dom programs: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 
may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 
may be used for such expenses within the United States as 
authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for rep-
resentation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be allocated in accordance with the table included 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
previous proviso, funds may be reprogrammed within and
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between amounts designated in such table, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, except that no such reprogramming may reduce 
a designated amount by more than 5 percent: Provided fur-
ther, 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): Pro-
vided further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 
days of any determination by the USAGM that any of its 
broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, pro-
vides 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 provi-
sion of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising 
and revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in re-
ceipts 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
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out authorized purposes: Provided further, That significant 
modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justi-
fied to Congress, including changes to transmission plat-
forms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and tel-
evision), for all USAGM language services shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 
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 addi-
tion to any transfer authority otherwise available under 
any other provision of law and shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva-
tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, 
as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes,
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$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), $21,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $54,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023, which shall not be used 
for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-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, 
2022, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5
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of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2022, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment 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 com-
pensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2022, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
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change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$19,700,000. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), 
$315,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$195,840,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and cus-
tomary manner, including for the core institutes, and 
$104,160,000 shall be for democracy programs: Provided, 
That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading. 
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 notwithstanding paragraph 
(3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, 
That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2022: 
Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the
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Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such au-
thority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion 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, 2023, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom shall, on a regular 
basis, monitor, report on, and advocate against laws and 
policies of, foreign governments that permit or condone dis-
crimination against, or violations of human rights of, mi-
nority groups and other vulnerable communities on the 
basis of religion. 
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
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more than $5,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized 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 avail-
able until September 30, 2023. 
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 representa-
tion expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita-
tions, and conditions contained in the second through fifth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall con-
1270 
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2022 and shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading.
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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, 
$1,635,947,000, of which up to $245,392,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2023: 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 ar-
chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 
lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, unless the USAID Administrator 
has identified such proposed use of funds in a report sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 
days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That contracts or agreements entered into 
with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 
commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the 
following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority 
of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such
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Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this 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 current fiscal year. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $258,200,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$80,000,000, of which up to $12,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023, for the Office of Inspector
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General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment.
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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, $3,880,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, and which shall 
be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided, That this amount 
shall be made available for training, equipment, and tech-
nical assistance to build the capacity of public health insti-
tutions and organizations in developing countries, and for 
such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health 
programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration pro-
grams; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation 
programs which directly address the needs of mothers and 
children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for 
children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and
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other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis-
eases, 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 unan-
ticipated and emerging global health threats, including 
zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/reproductive 
health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available for United States 
contributions to The GAVI Alliance and to a multilateral 
vaccine development partnership to support epidemic pre-
paredness: 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 Presi-
dent of the United States, supports or participates in the 
management of a program of coercive abortion or involun-
tary 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 uti-
lized to make the determination: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to
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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 For-
eign 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 re-
quirements: (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 fam-
ily 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 fi-
nancial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for be-
coming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program per-
sonnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total 
number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 
acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3)
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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 ac-
ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 
that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 
those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use 
of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experi-
mental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce-
dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study 
in which participants are advised of potential risks and 
benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which 
the USAID Administrator determines that there has been 
a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of 
violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) 
of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a report containing a descrip-
tion of such violation and the corrective action taken by 
the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants for 
natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated 
against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
1278 
tious commitment to offer only natural family planning; 
and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the 
requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro-
priating 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 infor-
mation 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 pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/ 
AIDS, $5,950,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2026, which shall be apportioned directly to the Depart-
ment of State: 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 con-
tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
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and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, That the 
amount of such contribution shall be $1,560,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount 
of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 
2022 may be made available to USAID for technical assist-
ance related to the activities of the Global Fund, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated 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, $4,140,494,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $3,905,460,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency 
for International Development not later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the 
Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transition 
to democracy and long-term development of countries in cri-
sis, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such support may include assistance to develop, 
strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc-
esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful 
resolution 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 determines that it is impor-
tant 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 appro-
priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for pur-
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poses of this heading and under the authorities applicable 
to funds appropriated 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 Appropriations. 
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), $60,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be made available not-
withstanding 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. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$4,099,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de-
mocracy globally, including to carry out the purposes of sec-
1282 
tion 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 
4411), $215,450,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023, which shall be made available for the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: 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 obli-
gation of funds appropriated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, 
$125,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, which shall be made available for the Bureau for De-
velopment, Democracy, and Innovation, United States 
Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Sup-
port Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for East-
ern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 
101–179), $500,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, which shall be available, notwithstanding
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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 assistance 
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. 
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 Assist-
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ance 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 authorized 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, $2,912,188,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $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 Refugee As-
sistance’’. 
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
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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, 2023: Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps 
may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Ac-
count, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made avail-
able for Peace Corps overseas operations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $104,000 may be available for representation ex-
penses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available 
for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to the requirements under section 7015(a) of this Act, 
the Peace Corps shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: 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.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.) (MCA), $912,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $115,000,000 may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion: 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 Millen-
nium Challenge 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 anticipated for the du-
ration 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 enter-
tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses.
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INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
$42,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representa-
tion expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the African Devel-
opment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 22 
U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $40,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be 
available for representation expenses: Provided, That funds 
made available to grantees may be invested pending expend-
iture for project purposes when authorized by the Board of 
Directors of the United States African Development Foun-
dation (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
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10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 
fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall sub-
mit 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 quarters in Africa as 
may be necessary to carry out its functions: Provided fur-
ther, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts out-
side 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, 
$38,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not more than $9,500,000 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 Assist-
1289 
ance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which 
such services are performed. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of 
the Treasury—Debt Restructuring’’ there is appropriated 
$52,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
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, such countries as the President 
may determine, including the costs of selling, reducing, or 
canceling amounts owed to the United States pursuant to 
the ‘‘Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the 
Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI)’’, and for reduc-
ing interest rates paid by any country eligible for the DSSI: 
Provided, That such amounts may be used notwithstanding 
any other provision of law. 
TROPICAL FOREST AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION 
For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees, as the President may determine, for which 
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available 
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the costs of selling, reducing, or can-
celing amounts owed to the United States as a result of 
concessional loans made to eligible countries pursuant to
1290 
part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025.
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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, $1,391,004,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That the De-
partment 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 organi-
zation under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated 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 train-
ing and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, 
corrections, judges, and other judicial authorities, utilizing 
regional partners: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
1292 
propriated under this heading, not less than $9,000,000 
shall be made available, on a competitive basis, for rule of 
law programs for transitional and post-conflict states, and 
for activities to coordinate rule of law programs among for-
eign governments, international and nongovernmental or-
ganizations, and other United States Government agencies: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading that are transferred to another department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government pursu-
ant to section 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 avail-
able under this heading for Program Development and Sup-
port may be made available notwithstanding pre-obligation 
requirements contained in this Act, except for the notifica-
tion requirements of section 7015. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism as-
1293 
sistance, 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 
(22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded ord-
nance, the destruction of small arms, and related activities, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including ac-
tivities implemented through nongovernmental and inter-
national organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution to 
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading for the Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be made avail-
able, notwithstanding any other provision of law and sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to pro-
mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non-
proliferation, 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 secu-
rity interest of the United States to do so: Provided further,
1294 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines 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 ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may 
be used for administrative expenses related to the operation 
and management of such programs 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, 
$455,000,000, of which $227,500,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds appro-
priated 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 secu-
rity forces, including gendarmes, to participate in peace-
keeping operations: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $24,000,000 
shall be made available for a United States contribution 
to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the 
Sinai: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
1295 
this heading may be made available to pay assessed ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia 
under the same terms and conditions, as applicable, as 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Con-
tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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, 2023: Provided, That the ci-
vilian 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, civil-
ian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $3,000,000 shall 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the
1296 
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 Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $6,040,424,000: Pro-
vided, That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign 
countries and international organizations, the Secretary of 
State, following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations and subject to the regular notification proce-
dures 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 funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwith-
standing any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment 
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 arti-
cles, 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 pro-
1297 
posing to make such procurement has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the 
conditions under which such procurement may be 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, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, 
and related activities, and may include activities imple-
mented through nongovernmental and international organi-
zations: Provided further, That only those countries for 
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military 
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congres-
sional presentation for security assistance programs may 
utilize funds made available under this heading for procure-
ment of defense articles, defense services, or design and con-
struction 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 re-
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placement 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 admin-
istering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses and not to ex-
ceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $1,186,853,000 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 obli-
gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense 
during fiscal year 2022 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 Appropria-
tions.
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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, 
$423,000,000: 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 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act) unless other-
wise provided for in this Act, or if the Secretary of State 
has justified to the Committees on Appropriations the pro-
posed uses of funds other than for core contributions fol-
lowing prior consultation with, and subject to the regular 
notification procedures of, such Committees. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi-
ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$149,288,000, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For contribution to the Clean Technology Fund, 
$125,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to $125,000,000 of such amount shall be 
available to cover costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans issued to the 
Clean Technology Fund: Provided further, That such funds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans without limitation. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction 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 avail-
able 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.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation 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 
Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$53,323,000, 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 Develop-
ment Bank 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 
$856,174,624. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $211,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$43,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM 
For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Secu-
rity Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
FACILITIES AND TRUST FUNDS 
For contribution by the Secretary of the Treasury to 
the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust or other special 
purpose vehicle of the International Monetary Fund, 
$102,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2031.
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TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral 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, 2023. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, 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: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds available during the current 
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, 
or commitments 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 eco-
nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto-
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nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed 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 reception and representation ex-
penses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed 
$114,000,000, of which up to $17,100,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That the Ex-
port-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, pay-
ment 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, 2022: 
Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees for nec-
essary expenses (including special services performed on a 
contract or fee basis, but not including other personal serv-
ices) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the 
Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other as-
sets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed
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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 sys-
tems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to other funds appropriated 
for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to 
this account for such purposes, to remain available until 
expended. 
PROGRAM BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
funds shall remain available until September 30, 2037, for 
the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance 
and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2022, 2023, 
2024, and 2025. 
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
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appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting collec-
tions to this account: Provided, That the sums herein appro-
priated 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 Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $2,800,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023. 
CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT 
The United States International Development Finance 
Corporation (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
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of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) and for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out authorized activities and 
project-specific transaction costs described in section 
1434(d) of such Act, $698,000,000: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided— 
(1) $198,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for administrative expenses to 
carry out authorized activities (including an amount 
for official reception and representation 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, 2026; 
(2) $500,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for the activities described in 
subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts obli-
gated in a fiscal year for activities described in sec-
tion 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for 
disbursement for the term of the underlying project: 
Provided further, That if the term of the project ex-
tends longer than 10 fiscal years, the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Corporation shall inform the appro-
priate congressional committees prior to the obliga-
tion or disbursement of funds, as applicable: Provided
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further, That amounts made available under this 
paragraph may be paid to the ‘‘United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation—Pro-
gram Account’’ for programs authorized by sub-
sections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the 
BUILD Act of 2018: 
Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursu-
ant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That in 
fiscal year 2022 collections of amounts described in section 
1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018 shall be credited as off-
setting collections to this appropriation: Provided further, 
That such collections collected in fiscal year 2022 in excess 
of $698,000,000 shall be credited to this account and shall 
be available in future fiscal years only to the extent pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2022, if such collections are less than 
$698,000,000, 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 available under this 
heading may not be used to provide any type of assistance
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that is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law 
or to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other-
wise prohibited by any other provision of law: Provided fur-
ther, 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 $316,000,000. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac-
count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 
2024: Provided, That up to $550,000,000 of amounts paid 
to this account from CCA or transferred to this account pur-
suant 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 Corporation 
pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act and the costs of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the Cor-
poration pursuant to section 1463 of such Act: Provided 
further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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
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further, That funds made available in this Act and trans-
ferred to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pur-
suant 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 guaran-
teed 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, 2023, 
of which no more than $19,000,000 may be used for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not more than $5,000 may be available 
for representation and entertainment expenses.
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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 al-
lowances and differentials 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 transpor-
tation 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 oth-
erwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu-
lative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, 
balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury 
Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such depart-
ment or agency in fiscal year 2022 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-obli-
gated.
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CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, 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 avail-
able 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 EX-
CEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 
604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterter-
rorism 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 Authori-
ties Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a project 
to construct a facility of the United States may include of-
fice space or other accommodations for members of the 
United States Marine Corps. 
(b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes 
of calculating the fiscal year 2022 costs of providing new 
United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with sec-
tion 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and
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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 an-
nual 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 ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the ac-
quisition of property or award of construction contracts for 
overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fiscal 
year 2022, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant to 
this subsection shall include the information enumerated 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ in House Report 117–84. 
(d) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 
(1) SECURITY VULNERABILITIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se-
curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be made 
available, following consultation with the appropriate 
congressional 
committees, 
to 
address 
security 
vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United
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States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
security upgrades and local guard staffing. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the opening, closure, or any signifi-
cant modification to an interim or temporary United 
States diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that such con-
sultation and notification may be waived if there is 
a security risk to personnel. 
(e) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ may be made available for security upgrades 
to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, 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 per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary 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
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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 re-
programming 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 pur-
poses within the United States not authorized before enact-
ment 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 Co-
operation 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 other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, 
North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.
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COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose duly 
elected head of government is deposed by military coup 
d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military plays a deci-
sive role: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent 
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government has taken office: Provided further, That the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to assistance to pro-
mote democratic elections or public participation in demo-
cratic processes: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to the previous provisos 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 appropriation made available for the cur-
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rent fiscal year for the Department of State 
under title I of this Act may be transferred be-
tween, and merged with, such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 
such transfer may be made to increase the ap-
propriation under the heading ‘‘Representation 
Expenses’’. 
(B) EMBASSY
SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service’’ in this Act may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated 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 requirements, following consulta-
tion with, and subject to the regular notification 
procedures of, such Committees: Provided, That
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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 appropria-
tion 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 appropriation, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. 
(3) TREATMENT
AS
REPROGRAMMING.—Any 
transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as 
a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure 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 avail-
able under titles II through V of this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except pursu-
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ant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (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 Gov-
ernment 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 (divi-
sion F of Public Law 115–254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered into 
by the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment or the Department of State with any depart-
ment, 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’’, ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central
1320 
Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the requirement in the previous sentence 
shall not apply to agreements entered into between 
USAID and the Department of State. 
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—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: Pro-
vided, 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 Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the Chief Executive Offi-
cer of the United States International Development 
Finance Corporation (the Corporation), as appro-
priate, shall ensure that the programs funded by such 
transfers are coordinated with, and complement, for-
eign assistance programs implemented by the Depart-
ment of State and USAID: Provided further, That no 
funds transferred pursuant to such authority may be
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used by the Corporation to post personnel abroad or 
for activities described in section 1421(c) of the 
BUILD Act of 2018: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated by this Act or prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs to implement the Nita 
M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act 
shall be excluded from the limitation contained in 
this paragraph and in section 7009(c) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public 
Law 116–260). 
(2) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS
FROM
MILLENNIUM 
CHALLENGE
CORPORATION.—Funds 
appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs may be transferred to accounts 
under the heading ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation’’ and, when so trans-
ferred, may be used for the costs of activities described 
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1421 of the 
BUILD Act of 2018: Provided, That such funds shall 
be subject to the limitations provided in the second, 
third, and fifth provisos under the heading ‘‘United
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States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion—Program Account’’ in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer executed pursuant to the 
transfer authority provided in this paragraph shall 
not exceed 10 percent of an individual Compact 
awarded pursuant to section 609(a) of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (Title VI of Public Law 
108–199): Provided further, That such funds shall not 
be available for administrative expenses of the United 
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That such authority shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular no-
tification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That such transfers shall 
be excluded from the limitation under paragraph (1): 
Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That within 60 days of the termination in whole or 
in part of the Compact from which funds were trans-
ferred under this authority to the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation, any un-
obligated balances shall be transferred back to the Mil-
lennium Challenge Corporation, subject to the regular
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(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 pol-
icy justification to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) 
AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of 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 provi-
sion of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector Gen-
eral (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 
of such funds, or other entity with audit responsibility if 
the receiving agency does not have an IG, shall perform 
periodic program and financial audits of the use of such 
funds and report to the Department of State or USAID,
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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. 
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 depart-
ments 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 Government department or agency may be 
used to establish or maintain a computer network for use 
by such department or agency unless such network has fil-
ters 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, prosecu-
tions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; and the
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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 restric-
tions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (in-
cluding electronic nicotine delivery systems), except for re-
strictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or 
tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems) of the same type. 
(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘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 sup-
port the use or establishment of email accounts or email 
servers created outside the .gov domain or not fitted for 
automated records management as part of a Federal gov-
ernment records management program in contravention of 
the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 
2014 (Public Law 113–187).
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(e) REPRESENTATION
AND
ENTERTAINMENT
EX-
PENSES.—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 entertainment 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 substan-
tially 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 As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be obligated or 
expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
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(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
substantially of a recreational character, including 
entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musi-
cal productions, and amusement 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 pro-
vided 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 Assist-
ance 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 Cor-
poration’’ 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 respec-
tive 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 part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 
disbursements in order to address balance of payments or
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economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available for 
an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail-
ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 
funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expira-
tion of their respective periods of availability contained in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than October 31, 2022, de-
tailing by account and source year, the use of this authority 
during the previous fiscal year. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to fur-
nish assistance to the government of any country which is 
in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in 
payment to the United States of principal or interest on 
any loan made to the government of such country by the 
United States pursuant to a program for which funds are 
appropriated under this Act unless the President deter-
mines, following consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations, that assistance for such country is in the na-
tional interest of the United States.
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PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of 
the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be made available to provide assistance for a for-
eign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the 
terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be 
provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating 
that assistance provided by the United States shall be ex-
empt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign govern-
ment, and the Secretary of State and the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing 
bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re-
quirement. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN 
TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total 
taxes assessed during fiscal year 2022 on funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs by a foreign government or entity against United 
States assistance programs, either directly or through 
grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall be withheld 
from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for 
fiscal year 2023 and for prior fiscal years and allocated
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for the central government of such country or for the West 
Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, if, not later than 
September 30, 2023, such taxes have not been reimbursed. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of sub-
section (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING
OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance 
for countries which do not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which have an effective arrangement that is 
providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that 
can reasonably accommodate such assistance in a program-
matically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this section 
shall not apply to any foreign government or entity 
that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of State re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the United 
States outweigh the purpose of this section to en-
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sure that United States assistance is not subject 
to taxation. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 
this subsection with regard to any foreign government 
or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax-
ation of assistance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat-
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
and the government of the country receiving assist-
ance that describes the privileges and immunities ap-
plicable to United States foreign assistance for such 
country generally, or an individual agreement be-
tween the Government of the United States and such 
government that describes, among other things, the 
treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the 
United States assistance provided under that agree-
ment.
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(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes and 
taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and cus-
toms duties but shall not include individual income 
taxes assessed to local staff. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other pro-
grams within the same account notwithstanding the des-
ignation if compliance with the designation is made impos-
sible by operation of any provision of this or any other Act: 
Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is 
reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made 
available under the same terms and conditions as originally 
provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to the 
authority contained in subsection (a), the original period 
of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and ad-
ministered by the Department of State or the United States 
Agency for International Development that are specifically 
designated for particular programs or activities by this or 
any other Act may be extended for an additional fiscal year 
if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as
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appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the termination of assist-
ance to a country or a significant change in circumstances 
makes it unlikely that such designated funds can be obli-
gated during the original period of availability: Provided, 
That such designated funds that continue to be available 
for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the 
purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise 
made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act spe-
cifically so directs: Provided, That specifically designated 
funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained 
in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appro-
priated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I, II, and VI, and under the head-
ings ‘‘Peace Corps’’ and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’, of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs to the departments and agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2022,
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or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees or of currency 
reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by 
transfer, to the departments and agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 
activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename 
bureaus, centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or ac-
tivities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropria-
tions or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance 
of such obligation. 
(b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.— 
None of the funds provided under titles I, II, and VI of 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, to the departments and agencies funded under such 
titles that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 
2022, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of fees available
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to the department and agency funded under title I of this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for pro-
grams, projects, or activities through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, that— 
(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, projects, or 
activities as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace-
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keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Education 
and Training’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘United 
States International Development Finance Corporation’’, 
and ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’ shall be available 
for obligation for programs, projects, activities, type of ma-
teriel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified 
or in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on 
Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific 
headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied 15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided, That 
the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act for the provision of major defense equip-
ment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major 
defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or com-
bat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 per-
cent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless 
the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 
advance of such commitment: Provided further, That re-
quirements of this subsection or any similar provision of 
this or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming 
for a program, project, or activity for which funds are ap-
propriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less 
than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Con-
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gress for obligation for such program, project, or activity 
for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That any noti-
fication submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section 
shall include information (if known on the date of trans-
mittal of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding 
authority. 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND FUND-
ING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs may be made available to support or 
continue any program initially funded under any au-
thority of title 10, United States Code, or any Act 
making or authorizing appropriations for the Depart-
ment of Defense, unless the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense and in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, submits a justifica-
tion to such Committees that includes a description 
of, and the estimated costs associated with, the sup-
port or continuation of such program. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department of 
Defense to the Department of State and the United
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States Agency for International Development for as-
sistance for foreign countries and international orga-
nizations shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) NOTIFICATION
ON
EXCESS
DEFENSE
ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of 
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions to the same extent and under the same condi-
tions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) 
of that section: Provided, That before issuing a letter 
of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms 
Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such 
Committees if such defense articles are significant 
military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the 
Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of 
original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the 
use of appropriated funds for specific countries that 
would receive such excess defense articles: Provided 
further, That such Committees shall also be informed 
of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.
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(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or any 
similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including 
any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a 
substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 
in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, 
but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action 
to which such notification requirement was applicable, in 
the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: 
Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant 
to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer-
gency circumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of 
the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghan-
istan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, 
El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, 
Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Phil-
ippines, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, South 
Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, 
Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
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(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing funds available for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs that are made available for 
a trust fund held by an international financial institution 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, and such notification shall 
include the information specified under this section in 
House Report 117–84. 
(h) OTHER PROGRAM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) DIPLOMATIC
PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated under title I of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that are made available for 
lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for the following pro-
grams and activities shall be subject to the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: 
(A) the Global Engagement Center; 
(B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa 
initiatives;
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(C) community-based police assistance con-
ducted pursuant to the authority of section 
7035(a)(1) of this Act; 
(D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund 
and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund; 
(E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 
(F) the Countering PRC Influence Fund 
and the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 
and 
(G) the Gender Equity and Equality Action 
Fund. 
(3) DEMOCRACY PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE-
DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy 
and procedures, including relating to the use of con-
sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(4) ARMS
SALES.—The reports, notifications, 
and certifications, and any other documents, required 
to be submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and such docu-
ments submitted pursuant to section 36(b) through 
(d) of such Act with respect to countries that have re-
ceived assistance provided with funds appropriated by
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this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, shall be concurrently submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and shall include informa-
tion about the source of funds for any sale or transfer, 
as applicable, if known at the time of submission. 
(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) PRIOR CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of State, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation, and the Chief Executive Officer of the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 7 days prior to in-
forming a government of, or publically announcing a deci-
sion on, the suspension or early termination of assistance 
to a country or a territory, including as a result of an inter-
agency review of such assistance, from funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
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grams: Provided, That such consultation shall include a de-
tailed justification for such suspension, including a descrip-
tion of the assistance being suspended. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 
through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovern-
mental organization, including any contractor, which fails 
to provide upon timely request any document, file, or record 
necessary to the auditing requirements of the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds 
made available by this Act shall be posted on the pub-
lic Web site of such agency not later than 45 days fol-
lowing the receipt of such report by Congress. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
if— 
(A) the public posting of the report would 
compromise national security, including the con-
duct of diplomacy;
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(B) the report contains proprietary or other 
privileged information; or 
(C) the public posting of the report is spe-
cifically exempted in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so 
only after the report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBERSE-
CURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with Fed-
eral statutes, regulations, and presidential executive 
orders and memoranda concerning the preservation of 
all records made or received in the conduct of official 
business, including record emails, instant messaging, 
and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital In-
vestment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, as appro-
priate, to improve Federal records management pur-
suant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters
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21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal 
records management statutes, regulations, or policies 
for the Department of State and USAID; 
(3) direct departing employees, including senior 
officials, that all Federal records generated by such 
employees belong to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre-
vious fiscal year, the response time for identifying 
and retrieving Federal records, including requests 
made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Informa-
tion Act’’); and 
(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate 
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use 
of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov 
domain, improve the process to identify and remove 
inactive user accounts, update and enforce guidance 
related to the control of national security informa-
tion, and implement the recommendations of the ap-
plicable reports of the cognizant Office of Inspector 
General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not 
to comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 
grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify
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the Committees on Appropriations in writing within 5 days 
of such determination, the basis for such determination and 
any resulting changes to program or policy. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions 
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 
any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made 
available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family 
planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive 
to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio-
medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth-
ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri-
lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for 
any country or organization if the President certifies that 
the use of these funds by any such country or organization
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would violate any of the above provisions related to abor-
tions and involuntary sterilizations. 
ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to sub-
section (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III 
through V shall be made available in the amounts specifi-
cally designated in the respective tables included in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That such designated amounts for foreign countries and 
international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
such countries and international organizations transmitted 
to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available 
for such foreign countries and international organizations 
notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such report. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise pro-
vided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, as applicable, may only deviate up to 10 percent 
from the amounts specifically designated in the respective 
tables included in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded 
only if the Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, as
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applicable, determines and reports in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that such 
deviation is necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or 
unforeseen events, or to address other exceptional cir-
cumstances directly related to the national security interest 
of the United States, including a description of such events 
or circumstances: Provided further, That deviations pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts 
that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report 
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, deviations authorized by subsection (b) may only take 
place after submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) amounts designated for ‘‘International 
Military Education and Training’’ in the respec-
tive tables included in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act); 
(B) funds for which the initial period of 
availability has expired; and
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(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be included 
for purposes of meeting amounts designated for countries 
in this Act, unless such headings are specifically designated 
as the source of funds. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to make any 
pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bilat-
eral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act 
unless such pledge was: (1) previously justified, including 
the projected future year costs, in a congressional budget 
justification; (2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs or previously authorized by an Act of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 
projected future year costs; or (4) the subject of prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations and such 
consultation was conducted at least 7 days in advance of 
the pledge.
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military 
equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of 
the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this 
section with respect to a foreign government shall ter-
minate 12 months after that government ceases to 
provide such military equipment: Provided further, 
That this section applies with respect to lethal mili-
tary equipment provided under a contract entered 
into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States.
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(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the as-
sistance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount 
of such assistance, and an explanation of how the as-
sistance furthers the United States national interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall 
not be made available to any foreign government 
which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189).
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(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the waiver (including the justification 
for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop-
ment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
(22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of 
this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined 
at the appropriations Act account level and shall include
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all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding direc-
tives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for 
the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ 
shall also be considered to include country, regional, and 
central program level funding within each such account, 
and for the development assistance accounts of the United 
States Agency for International Development, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
central, country, regional, and program level funding, ei-
ther as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accord-
ance with the report required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modified pursu-
ant to section 7019 of this Act. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOP-
MENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
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ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, 
the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Devel-
opment Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action.
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COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 
through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none of the 
funds otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank 
and the United States International Development Finance 
Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any 
loan, any assistance, or any other financial commitments 
for establishing or expanding production of any commodity 
for export by any country other than the United States, 
if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 
at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to 
become operative and if the assistance will cause substantial 
injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or 
competing commodity: Provided, That such prohibition 
shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judg-
ment of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and 
employment in the United States are likely to outweigh the 
injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or 
competing commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Associa-
tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
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national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any 
testing or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement 
or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or 
training in connection with the growth or production in 
a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export 
which would compete with a similar commodity grown or 
produced in the United States: Provided, That this sub-
section shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to ben-
efit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Associa-
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tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul-
tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 
furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose 
any assistance by such institution, using funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act, for the pro-
duction or extraction of any commodity or mineral for ex-
port, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assist-
ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro-
ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 
and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which
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result in the generation of local currencies of that 
country, the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I 
or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
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Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such pur-
poses as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiv-
alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of assistance to a country under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may 
be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes 
as may be agreed to by the government of that coun-
try and the United States Government. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under
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chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any other 
funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance, including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explana-
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom-
panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report 
No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
assistance, the President shall submit a notification 
through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 
detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 
made available will be used, with a discussion of the 
United States interests that will be served by such as-
sistance (including, as appropriate, a description of 
the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by 
such assistance).
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(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before using the au-
thority of this subsection to furnish assistance in support 
of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the Presi-
dent shall notify the Committees on Appropriations pursu-
ant to the regular notification procedures, including a de-
scription of the program to be assisted, the assistance to 
be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assistance: 
Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 
against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in 
this or any other Act.
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(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2022, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 
480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and 
made available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated 
or expended except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7028. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available 
for programs and activities administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development to address the
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needs and protect and promote the rights of people with 
disabilities in developing countries, including initiatives 
that focus on independent living, economic self-sufficiency, 
advocacy, education, employment, transportation, sports, 
political and electoral participation, and integration of in-
dividuals with disabilities, including for the cost of trans-
lation: Provided, That funds shall be made available to sup-
port disability rights advocacy organizations in developing 
countries. 
(b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL SUP-
PORT.—Of the funds made available pursuant to this sec-
tion, 5 percent may be used by USAID for management, 
oversight, and technical support. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 
of each international financial institution to use the voice 
of the United States to encourage such institution to adopt 
and implement a publicly available policy, including the 
strategic use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct 
independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of at 
least 35 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and signifi-
cant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the in-
stitution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equi-
table economic growth, consistent with relevant safeguards,
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to ensure that decisions to support such loans, grants, pro-
grams, and activities are based on accurate data and objec-
tive analysis. 
(b) SAFEGUARDS.— 
(1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-
opment and the International Development Associa-
tion to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such in-
stitution has adopted and is implementing any social 
or environmental safeguard relevant to such loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy that provides less protection 
than World Bank safeguards in effect on September 
30, 2015. 
(2) ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARDS, AND
BEST 
PRACTICES.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to oppose loans or other 
financing for projects unless such projects— 
(A) provide for accountability and trans-
parency, including the collection, verification, 
and publication of beneficial ownership informa-
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tion related to extractive industries and on-site 
monitoring during the life of the project; 
(B) will be developed and carried out in ac-
cordance with best practices regarding environ-
mental conservation, cultural protection, and 
empowerment of local populations, including 
free, prior and informed consent of affected In-
digenous communities; 
(C) do not provide incentives for, or facili-
tate, forced displacement or other violations of 
human rights; and 
(D) do not partner with or otherwise in-
volve enterprises owned or controlled by the 
armed forces. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appropriated 
under title V of this Act may be made as payment to any 
international financial institution while the United States 
executive director to such institution is compensated by the 
institution at a rate which, together with whatever com-
pensation such executive director receives from the United 
States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
any alternate United States executive director to such insti-
tution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess
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of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 
at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to promote human rights due diligence 
and risk management, as appropriate, in connection with 
any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution in 
accordance with the requirements specified under this sub-
section in House Report 117–84: Provided, That prior to 
voting on any such loan, grant, policy, or strategy the exec-
utive director shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, if the executive director has reason to believe that 
such loan, grant, policy, or strategy could result in forced 
displacement or other violations of human rights. 
(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 
of each international financial institution to use the voice 
of the United States to include in loan, grant, and other 
financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ 
financial management and judicial capacity to investigate, 
prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption.
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(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States exec-
utive director of each international financial institution to 
use the voice of the United States to encourage such institu-
tion to collect, verify, and publish, to the maximum extent 
practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding 
proprietary information) for any corporation or limited li-
ability company, other than a publicly listed company, that 
receives funds from any such financial institution. 
(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use 
the voice of the United States to encourage such institution 
to effectively implement and enforce policies and procedures 
which meet or exceed best practices in the United States 
for the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, includ-
ing— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to binding independent adjudicative 
bodies, including shared cost and selection external 
arbitration; and
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(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven re-
taliation, including provision for the restoration of 
prior employment. 
(h) GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS
AND PROCEDURES.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
support independent investigative and adjudicative mecha-
nisms and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in 
the United States to provide due process and fair compensa-
tion, including the right to reinstatement, for employees 
who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retalia-
tion, false allegations, or other misconduct. 
(i) CAPITAL INCREASES.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs should be made available to support a capital in-
crease for an international financial institution until the 
President submits a budget request for such increase to Con-
gress and determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that— 
(1) the institution has completed a thorough 
analysis of the development challenges facing the rel-
evant geographical region, the role of the institution 
in addressing such challenges and its role relative to
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other financing partners, and the steps to be taken to 
enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the institu-
tion; and 
(2) the governors of such institution have ap-
proved the capital increase. 
INSECURE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS 
SEC. 7030. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available for programs, including through the Digital 
Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership, to— 
(1) advance the adoption of secure, next-genera-
tion communications networks and services, including 
5G, and cybersecurity policies, in countries receiving 
assistance under this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs; 
(2) counter the establishment of insecure commu-
nications networks and services, including 5G, pro-
moted by the People’s Republic of China and other 
state-backed enterprises that are subject to undue or 
extrajudicial control by their country of origin; and 
(3) provide policy and technical training on de-
ploying open, interoperable, reliable, and secure net-
works to information communication technology pro-
fessionals in countries receiving assistance under this 
Act, as appropriate:
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Provided, That such funds may be used to support the par-
ticipation of foreign military officials in programs designed 
to strengthen civilian cybersecurity capacity, following con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT- 
TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if the require-
ments included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division 
F of Public Law 116–6) are fully met. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In ad-
dition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 
may only be made available for direct government-to- 
government assistance subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
notification shall contain an explanation of how the 
proposed activity meets the requirements of para-
graph (1): Provided further, That the requirements of 
this paragraph shall only apply to direct government- 
to-government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and
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all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 
and cash payments to individuals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development or the Secretary of State, as appro-
priate, shall suspend any direct government-to-gov-
ernment assistance if the Administrator or the Sec-
retary has credible information of material misuse of 
such assistance, unless the Administrator or the Sec-
retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that it is in the national interest of the United States 
to continue such assistance, including a justification, 
or that such misuse has been appropriately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION
OF
INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2023 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) DEBT
SERVICE
PAYMENT
PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used by the government of any foreign country for 
debt service payments owed by any country to any 
international financial institution.
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(b) NATIONAL
BUDGET
AND
CONTRACT
TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANS-
PARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall continue to 
update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum requirements of 
fiscal transparency’’ for each government receiving 
assistance appropriated by this Act, as identified in 
the report required by section 7031(b) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public 
Law 113–76). 
(2) DETERMINATION
AND
REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after en-
actment of this Act, shall make or update any deter-
mination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant 
progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of 
fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 
publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans-
parency Report’’ to be posted on the Department of 
State website: Provided, That such report shall in-
clude the elements included under this section in 
House Report 117–84. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $7,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
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‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 
for programs and activities to assist governments 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve 
budget transparency and to support civil society or-
ganizations in such countries that promote budget 
transparency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom the 
Secretary of State has credible information have 
been involved, directly or indirectly, in signifi-
cant corruption, including corruption related to 
the extraction of natural resources, or a gross 
violation of human rights, including the wrong-
ful detention of locally employed staff of a 
United States diplomatic mission or a United 
States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for 
entry into the United States. 
(B) Concurrent with the application of sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary should, as appro-
priate, refer the matter to the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, to 
determine whether to apply sanctions authorities 
in accordance with United States law to block
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the transfer of property and interests in prop-
erty, and all financial transactions, in the 
United States involving any person described in 
such subparagraph. 
(C) The Secretary shall also publicly or pri-
vately designate or identify the officials of for-
eign governments and their immediate family 
members about whom the Secretary has such 
credible information without regard to whether 
the individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obliga-
tions under the United Nations Headquarters Agree-
ment: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) shall 
be construed to derogate from United States Govern-
ment obligations under applicable international 
agreements. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines 
that the waiver would serve a compelling national in-
terest or that the circumstances which caused the in-
dividual to be ineligible have changed sufficiently.
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(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after en-
actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2023, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report, including a classified annex if nec-
essary, to the appropriate congressional committees 
and the Committees on the Judiciary describing the 
information related to corruption or violation of 
human rights concerning each of the individuals 
found ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant 
to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who 
the Secretary designated or identified pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for 
the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waiv-
ers provided under paragraph (3), and the justifica-
tion for each waiver. 
(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified por-
tion of the report required under paragraph (4) shall 
be posted on the Department of State website. 
(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart-
ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices 
of the United States pertaining to the issuance or re-
fusal of visas or permits to enter the United States 
shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural resources, 
including by strengthening implementation and mon-
itoring of the Extractive Industries Transparency 
Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 8204 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the 
amendments made by such section, and to prevent the 
sale of conflict diamonds, and for technical assistance 
to promote independent audit mechanisms and sup-
port civil society participation in natural resource 
management. 
(2) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT AU-
DITS.—(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the executive director of each international fi-
nancial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such insti-
tutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
antee) to any country for the extraction and export 
of a natural resource if the government of such coun-
try has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to 
prevent or limit the public disclosure of company 
payments as required by United States law, and un-
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less such government has adopted laws, regulations, or 
procedures in the sector in which assistance is being 
considered that: (1) accurately account for and pub-
licly disclose payments to the government by compa-
nies involved in the extraction and export of natural 
resources; (2) include independent auditing of ac-
counts receiving such payments and the public disclo-
sure of such audits; and (3) require public disclosure 
of agreement and bidding documents, as appropriate. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall 
not apply to assistance for the purpose of building the 
capacity of such government to meet the requirements 
of such subparagraph. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision of 
additional information on United States Government for-
eign assistance on the ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ website: Pro-
vided, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
provide such information on foreign assistance, upon re-
quest and in a timely manner, to the Department of State 
and USAID. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’, not less than $2,600,000,000 should be 
made available for democracy programs. 
(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for 
democracy programs under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’ pursuant to paragraph (1), not 
less than $102,040,000 shall be made available to the 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law, and with regard 
to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), 
any regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant to 
the authority of the National Endowment for Democ-
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racy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), including 
all decisions regarding the selection of beneficiaries. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good gov-
ernance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of ex-
pression, association, assembly, and religion, human rights, 
labor rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and 
that otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic polit-
ical parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations 
and institutions, and citizens to support the development 
of democratic states and institutions that are responsive 
and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section that are made available for 
programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 
prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com-
mitment to democracy and the rule of law. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTER-
FERENCE.— 
(1) PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the pro-
vision of assistance for democracy programs in this 
Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, 
the specific nature of the assistance, and the partici-
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pants in such programs shall not be subject to prior 
approval by the government of any foreign country. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF IMPLEMENTING PARTNER IN-
FORMATION.—If the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, determines 
that the government of the country is undemocratic or 
has engaged in or condoned harassment, threats, or 
attacks against organizations implementing democ-
racy programs, any new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which assist-
ance is provided to such country shall not require the 
disclosure of the names of implementing partners of 
democracy programs, and the Secretary of State and 
the USAID Administrator shall expeditiously seek to 
negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agree-
ments, as necessary, to conform to this requirement. 
(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the USAID Adminis-
trator, shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees, not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2023, detailing steps taken by the 
Department of State and USAID to comply with the 
requirements of this subsection.