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Union Calendar No. 115 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4665 
[Report No. 118–146] 
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2023 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol-
lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing for training, human resources management, and sala-
ries, including employment without regard to civil service 
and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis 
(not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 36); for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law; for the functional bureaus 
of the Department of State, including representation to 
certain international organizations in which the United 
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States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant 
to the advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts 
of Congress, general administration, and arms control, 
nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as author-
ized; and for security activities, $8,815,620,000, of which 
$712,418,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $4,066,168,000 is for Worldwide Se-
curity Protection, which may remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Consular and Border Security Programs’’ 
shall be made available to increase consular staff, reduce 
passport processing times, and lower wait times for visa 
services, including by assigning onboard staff for tem-
porary duty to meet immediate consular staffing needs. 
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border 
Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year 
pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), 
$300,000,000 shall be available until expended for the 
purposes of such account, including to reduce passport 
backlogs and reduce visa wait times: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State may by regulation authorize State offi-
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cials or the United States Postal Service to collect and 
retain the execution fee for each application for a passport 
accepted by such officials or by that Service. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $346,210,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $108,165,000, of which $16,225,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading are made available not-
withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post in-
spections. 
In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 
oversight, $26,835,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading that are made available for the print-
ing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 
amounts for such costs during the prior fiscal year. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural 
exchange programs, as authorized, $700,946,000, to re-
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main available until expended, of which not less than 
$287,500,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program: Pro-
vided, That fees or other payments received from, or in 
connection with, English teaching, educational advising 
and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 
as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That any sub-
stantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to pro-
grams funded by this Act under this heading shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For 
representation 
expenses 
as 
authorized, 
$7,415,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to 
enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary 
protective services, as authorized, $27,492,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 
preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 
property that are owned or leased by the Department of 
State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
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able, the Harry S Truman Building, $917,381,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2028, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 
expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acqui-
sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de-
partments and agencies of the United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$1,095,801,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $10,685,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,800,000, as author-
ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
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the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$5,167,004. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $34,964,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,842,732 shall be derived from fees 
collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 
facilities at the International Center in accordance with 
section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90– 
553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 
Act, $744,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 
by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 
that section. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
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-
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tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $245,795,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 
the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 
recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 
the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an 
emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United 
Nations program without identifying an offsetting de-
crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 
further, That not later than May 1, 2024, and 30 days 
after the end of fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of State 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any 
credits attributable to the United States, including from 
the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide 
updated fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 assessment 
costs including offsets from available credits and updated 
foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 
any such credits shall only be available for United States 
assessed contributions to the United Nations regular 
budget, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
notified when such credits are applied to any assessed con-
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tribution, including any payment of arrearages: Provided 
further, That any notification regarding funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, sec-
tion 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7062 of this Act, shall include 
an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to 
the United States and provide updated assessment costs 
including offsets from available credits and updated for-
eign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That any 
payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 
to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 
States and the respective international organization and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national organization for the United States share of inter-
est costs made known to the United States Government 
by such organization for loans incurred on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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made available under this heading may be made available 
for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,268,886,000, of which $190,333,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na-
tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in ad-
vance of voting for such mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance 
as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are 
notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration of the mis-
sion, the objectives of the mission, the national interest 
that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the 
sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or trans-
fers, that will be used to pay the cost of the new or ex-
panded mission, and the estimated cost in future fiscal 
years: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for obli-
gation unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 
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mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is imple-
menting 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 
committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other 
violations of human rights, and to hold accountable indi-
viduals who engage in such acts while participating in 
such mission, including prosecution in their home coun-
tries and making information about such prosecutions 
publicly available on the website of the United Nations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work 
with the United Nations and foreign governments contrib-
uting peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 
procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated 
human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be avail-
able for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of 
State determines that United States manufacturers and 
suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide 
equipment, services, and material for United Nations 
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for-
eign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading may be used for any United Na-
tions peacekeeping mission that will involve United States 
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Armed Forces under the command or operational control 
of a foreign national, unless the President’s military advi-
sors have submitted to the President a recommendation 
that such involvement is in the national interest of the 
United States and the President has submitted to Con-
gress such a recommendation: Provided further, That not 
later than May 1, 2024, and 30 days after the end of fiscal 
year 2024, the Secretary of State shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations any credits attributable to the 
United States, including those resulting from United Na-
tions peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax 
Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2024 
and fiscal year 2025 assessment costs, including offsets 
from available credits: Provided further, That any such 
credits shall only be available for United States assessed 
contributions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, 
and the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified 
when such credits are applied to any assessed contribu-
tion, including any payment of arrearages: Provided fur-
ther, That any notification regarding funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
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(22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursu-
ant to section 7062 of this Act, shall include an estimate 
of all known credits currently attributable to the United 
States and provide updated assessment costs, including 
offsets from available credits: Provided further, That any 
payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations 
and members of the United Nations Security Council to 
evaluate and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and to con-
sider a draw down when mission goals have been substan-
tially achieved. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet obligations of the United States arising under 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
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: 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$70,000,000, of which $10,500,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $76,530,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs for the United 
States Section, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the purposes of the 
United States Section, which shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
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 Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for technical assistance grants 
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and the Community Assistance Program of the North 
American Development Bank, $16,204,000: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
International Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2025, 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 ex-
penses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $62,864,000: Provided, That the United States share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the United States 
Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to 
carry out international communication activities, and to 
make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and tele-
vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $798,196,000, of 
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which $39,910,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $64,208,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading may remain 
available until expended for satellite transmissions and 
Internet freedom programs, of which not less than 
$43,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) pursuant 
to the requirements included in section 7045 of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading and made available for the Open Technology 
Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for grants for innovative methods to reach audiences in-
side of Cuba: Provided further, That such funds are in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading and made available for USAGM net-
works, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for programming produced about Cuba by OCB, which are 
in addition to funds made available for OCB: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for represen-
tation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such 
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expenses within the United States as authorized, and not 
to exceed $30,000 may be used for representation ex-
penses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 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): 
Provided further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 
15 days of any determination by the USAGM that any 
of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organiza-
tions, provides an open platform for international terror-
ists or those who support international terrorism, or is in 
violation of the principles and standards set forth in sec-
tion 303(a) and (b) of such Act or the entity’s journalistic 
code of ethics: Provided further, That in addition to funds 
made available under this heading, and notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts 
from advertising and revenue from business ventures, up 
to $500,000 in receipts from cooperating international or-
ganizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts from privat-
ization efforts of the Voice of America and the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available until 
expended for carrying out authorized purposes: Provided 
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further, That significant modifications to USAGM broad-
cast hours previously justified to Congress, including 
changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 
wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all USAGM 
language services shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser-
vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele-
vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 
to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$19,580,000, 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.), $38,634,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2025, which shall not 
be used for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter-
est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2024, 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 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, 2024, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur-
poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title 
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2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re-
strictions on compensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 
to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2024, 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 
Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha-
waii, $19,580,000. 
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 $215,000,000 shall be allocated in the traditional 
and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 
and $100,000,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this 
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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, as authorized 
by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, 
$770,000, of which $115,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided, That the Commission may 
procure temporary, intermittent, and other services not-
withstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such 
chapter: Provided further, That such authority shall termi-
nate on October 1, 2024: Provided further, That the Com-
mission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to exercising such authority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission 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 
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen-
tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi-
tations, and conditions contained in the second through 
fifth provisos under this heading in the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024 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, 
$1,214,808,000, of which up to $182,221,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 
be made available to finance the construction (including 
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 
lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for 
International Development, unless the USAID Adminis-
trator has identified such proposed use of funds in a re-
port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That contracts or agreements en-
tered 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 As-
sistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary 
of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chap-
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ter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 
accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be avail-
able for representation and entertainment expenses, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain-
ment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 shall be for 
official residence expenses, for USAID during the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in title II of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
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, $230,599,000, 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 
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subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$87,500,000, of which up to $13,125,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for the Office of In-
spector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
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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, 
$3,623,712,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be made available for train-
ing, equipment, and technical assistance to build the ca-
pacity of public health institutions and organizations in 
developing countries, and for such activities as: (1) child 
survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization 
and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, 
water and sanitation programs which directly address the 
needs of mothers and children, and related education pro-
grams; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned 
by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the preven-
tion, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, 
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tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases 
including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 
communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 
children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster pre-
paredness training for health crises; (7) programs to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to unanticipated and 
emerging global health threats; and (8) family planning/ 
reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available for 
a United States contribution to The GAVI Alliance: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available in 
this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations Acts may be made available to any organization 
or program which, as determined by the President of the 
United States, supports or participates in the manage-
ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 
sterilization: Provided further, That any determination 
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 practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in 
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this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 
statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 
That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 
nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through 
referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 
of family planning methods and services, and that any 
such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol-
lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 
agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 
to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 
births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 
of a particular method of family planning (this provision 
shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 
estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur-
poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen-
tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi-
vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep-
tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 
target or quota of total number of births, number of fam-
ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 
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or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 
any program of general welfare or the right of access to 
health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 
not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 
provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor-
mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho-
sen, including those conditions that might render the use 
of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 
known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 
(5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep-
tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro-
vided 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 
Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de-
scription 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 For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi-
nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
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scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan-
ning; 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 author-
izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti-
vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 
be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 
local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 
options: Provided further, That information provided about 
the use of condoms as part of projects or activities that 
are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall 
be medically accurate and shall include the public health 
benefits and failure rates of such use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, $6,395,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, which shall be apportioned directly 
to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 
for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to 
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Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): 
Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 
shall be $2,000,000,000: Provided further, That up to 5 
percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 
to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2024 may be made avail-
able to USAID for technical assistance related to the ac-
tivities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph, up to $20,000,000 may be made available, in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
for administrative expenses of the Office of the United 
States Global AIDS Coordinator. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 
255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: 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 
international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
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tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading for general costs of administering mili-
tary assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 
$130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $1,541,392,546 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 ob-
ligated for expenses incurred by the Department of De-
fense during fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 43(b) 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), ex-
cept that this limitation may be exceeded only through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
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