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or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
CONSULAR AFFAIRS REFORM 
SEC. 7006. Not later than 60 days after the enact-
ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall certify and 
report to the Committees on Appropriations that the De-
partment of State is implementing recommendations con-
tained in the Office of Inspector General audit ‘‘Review 
of Controls and Notification for Access to Passport 
Records in the Department of State’s Passport Informa-
tion Electronic Records System (PIERS)’’ (AUD/IP–08– 
29), July 2008. 
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 
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purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
MILITARY COUPS 
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 or decree: Provided, That assistance may be resumed 
to such government if the President determines and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically 
elected government has taken office: Provided further, 
That the provisions of this section shall not apply to as-
sistance to promote democratic elections or public partici-
pation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 5 per-
cent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
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but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 
year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title 
I of this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 7015(a) and (b) 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) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 
for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 
2009, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations for use for any 
of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the 
funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority 
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