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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the funds 
made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used by the United 
States Agency for International Development to hire and employ 
individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appoint-
ment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 
pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 
exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection 
(a) shall expire on September 30, 2019. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) should only 
be used to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that 
are filled by personal services contractors or other non-direct hire 
employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated 
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account charged for 
the cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority 
of this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities 
of such individual primarily relate: Provided, That funds made 
available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under 
the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 
(e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Individuals hired 
and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority 
of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), 
may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 
the limitation set forth in such section. 
(f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 
by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs 
in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, 
and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title 
II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 
et seq.), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal 
services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 
for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed
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by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 
and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contractors 
shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided further, That 
such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace 
Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 
available only for personal services contractors assigned to the 
Office of Food for Peace. 
(h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefi-
nite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID 
may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing 
task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with 
any category of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Individ-
uals hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2011 (division F of Public Law 111– 
117) may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or 
Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by titles III 
and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance 
for child survival activities or disease programs including activities 
relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and control 
of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 
U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 
should be made available for family planning/reproductive health, 
including in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity 
or endangered species. 
(b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act that 
are available for a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 10 percent should be with-
held from obligation until the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Global Fund 
is— 
(1) maintaining and implementing a policy of transparency, 
including the authority of the Global Fund Office of the 
Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG reports on a public 
Web site; 
(2) providing sufficient resources to maintain an inde-
pendent OIG that— 
(A) reports directly to the Board of the Global Fund; 
(B) maintains a mandate to conduct thorough inves-
tigations and programmatic audits, free from undue inter-
ference; and 
(C) compiles regular, publicly published audits and 
investigations of financial, programmatic, and reporting 
aspects of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub- 
recipients, and Local Fund Agents;
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(3) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 
procedures which reflect best practices for the protection of 
whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices for— 
(A) protection against retaliation for internal and law-
ful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 
(D) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 
external arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of proven retalia-
tion; and 
(4) implementing the recommendations contained in the 
Consolidated Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 
the Global Fund on November 21, 2011: 
Provided, That such withholding shall not be in addition to funds 
that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2018 pursuant 
to the application of any other provision contained in this or any 
other Act. 
(c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 
(1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that an international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, 
severe, and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the 
national interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency 
of International Concern, funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 
Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ 
may be made available to combat such infectious disease or 
public health emergency, and may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under such headings for the 
purposes of this paragraph. 
(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made avail-
able by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(3) GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY.—Not later than 180 days 
after enactment of this Act, a global health security strategy 
shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 
in the manner described under this section in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
(d) REPURPOSED FUNDS.—(1) Of the unobligated balances avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance’’ in title 
IX of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235)— 
(A) $35,000,000 shall be made available for the Emergency 
Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115– 
31): Provided, That such funds may only be made available 
if the USAID Administrator determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that it is in the national interest
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to respond to an emerging health threat that poses severe 
threats to human health; 
(B) $100,000,000 shall be for programs to accelerate the 
capabilities of targeted countries to prevent, detect, and respond 
to infectious disease outbreaks; and 
(C) $10,000,000 shall be made available for support of 
a multi-partner trust fund or other multilateral efforts to assist 
communities in Haiti affected by cholera resulting from the 
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti: Provided, That 
prior to the obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State 
shall ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 
oversight, and control of such funds: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(2) Funds made available pursuant to this subsection are in 
addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes. 
(3) Funds made available pursuant to this subsection under 
the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘International Disaster 
Assistance’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available under such headings: Provided, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law. 
(4) The amounts repurposed under this subsection are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only if the Presi-
dent subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits 
such designations to the Congress. 
GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote gender equality in United 
States Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising 
the status, increasing the participation, and protecting the rights 
of women and girls worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 
to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries where 
women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, 
by strengthening protections for women’s political status, expanding 
women’s participation in political parties and elections, and 
increasing women’s opportunities for leadership positions in the 
public and private sectors at the local, provincial, and national 
levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 
this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available 
to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond 
to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 
conflict and non-conflict settings. 
(B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act 
that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and military 
personnel, including for international peacekeeping operations, 
shall address, where appropriate, prevention and response to 
gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, and shall