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under the heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peace-
keeping Activities’’ in title I of this Act or section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2227(a)), shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That the requirement to with-
hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
(i) PROCUREMENT RESTRICTIONS.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be used for the procure-
ment by any entity of the United Nations system or any 
other multilateral organization of goods or services origi-
nating in or produced by any person in the Russian Fed-
eration, including any entity that is a shell or front com-
pany organized to disguise or obscure financial activity re-
lating to such goods or services. 
(j) ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, shall seek to enter into written agreements with 
each international organization that receives funding ap-
propriated by this Act to provide timely access to the In-
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spectors General of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development and 
the Comptroller General of the United States to such or-
ganization’s financial data and other information, includ-
ing investigative records and reports of sexual misconduct, 
relevant to United States contributions to such organiza-
tion, as determined by the Inspectors and Comptroller 
General: Provided, That not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Inspectors and Comp-
troller General shall consult with the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the implementation of such require-
ments. 
(k) WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be made available for the World Health Organi-
zation. 
(l) INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS.—None of the 
funds provided by this Act shall be made available to im-
plement or support any international convention, agree-
ment, protocol, legal instrument, or agreed outcome with 
legal force drafted by the intergovernmental negotiating 
body of the World Health Assembly or any other United 
Nations body until such instrument has been subject to 
the requirements of article II, section 2, clause 2 of the 
Constitution of the United States, which requires the ad-
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vice and consent of the Senate, with two-thirds of Senators 
concurring. 
ARMS TRADE TREATY 
SEC. 7049. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2024 under the headings 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than 
$94,000,000 shall be made available for programs to pro-
mote Internet freedom globally, as authorized by section 
9707 of the Department of State Authorization Act 2022 
(title XCVII of division I of Public Law 117–263). 
(b) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con-
sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State and the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States Agency for Global Media, in consultation with the 
President of the Open Technology Fund, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds 
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made available by this Act for programs to promote Inter-
net freedom globally, which shall include a description of 
safeguards established by relevant agencies to ensure that 
such programs are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, 
That the Department of State spend plan shall include 
funding for all such programs for all relevant Department 
of State and United States Agency for International De-
velopment offices and bureaus. 
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING 
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 
SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture 
and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or pun-
ishment by any official or contract employee of the United 
States Government. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 
Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 
used for any other program and in any region. 
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(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 
in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 
programmatic purposes in the designated country or re-
gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft pur-
chased or leased by the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be co-
ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 
Chief of Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may 
be used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 
supporting Department of State and USAID pro-
grams and activities: Provided further, That official 
travel for other agencies for other purposes may be 
supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim-
bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 
Provided further, That funds received by the Depart-
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ment of State in connection with the use of aircraft 
owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of 
State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund 
of the Department and shall be available for ex-
penses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 
chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities 
of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the 
primary purpose of which is the transportation of 
personnel. 
(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 
To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 
by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 
Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
That subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2009’’. 
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi-
tions of sections 7086(b)(1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public 
Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure 
that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other pri-
vate or multilateral creditors. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance 
(other than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migration 
Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the central gov-
ernment of a country which has notified the Department 
of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States 
any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which 
the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the 
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possibility of parole or for killing a law enforcement offi-
cer, as specified in a United States extradition request. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 
to the central government of a country with which the 
United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 
which the United States has an extradition treaty and the 
government of that country is in violation of the terms 
and conditions of the treaty. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such waiver is important to the national interest of 
the United States. 
ENTERPRISE FUNDS 
SEC. 7056. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds 
made available under titles III through VI of this Act may 
be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro-
priate congressional committees are notified at least 15 
days in advance. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the 
distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, 
dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 
or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 
assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
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(c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 
transition to and operation of any private equity fund or 
other parallel investment fund under an existing Enter-
prise Fund, the President shall submit such transition or 
operating plan to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees. 
LIMITATIONS RELATED TO GLOBAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7057. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail-
able for the United Nations Population Fund. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act for global health assistance 
may be made available to any foreign nongovernmental or-
ganization that promotes or performs abortion, except in 
cases of rape or incest or when the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. 
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 dis-
ease programs including activities relating to research on, 
and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Glob-
al Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership 
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Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 
2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amend-
ed. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act, not more than $461,000,000 may be made available 
for family planning/reproductive health. 
(c) PANDEMICS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
OUTBREAKS.— 
(1) GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’ shall be made available for global 
health security programs to accelerate the capacity 
of countries to prevent, detect, and respond to infec-
tious disease outbreaks, including by strengthening 
public health capacity where there is a high risk of 
emerging zoonotic infectious diseases: Provided, 
That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development and 
the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
planned uses of such funds. 
(2) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that an international in-
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fectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 
spreading internationally, or that it is in the na-
tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer-
gency of International Concern, not to exceed an ag-
gregate total of $200,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health 
Programs’’, 
‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Cri-
ses Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Cen-
tral 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 head-
ings for the purposes of this paragraph. 
(3) EMERGENCY
RESERVE
FUND.—Up to 
$50,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may 
be made available for the Emergency Reserve Fund 
established pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J 
of Public Law 115–31): Provided, That such funds 
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shall be made available under the same terms and 
conditions of such section. 
(4) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available by this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be made available to support, directly or indirectly,— 
(1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in 
the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 
(3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the 
governments of the People’s Republic of China, the 
Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 
Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 
other country determined by the Secretary of State 
to be a foreign adversary; or 
(4) gain-of-function research. 
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(e) 
CHILDHOOD
CANCER.—Funds 
appropriated 
under titles III and VI of this Act may be made available 
for public-private partnerships, including in coordination 
with relevant multilateral organizations and research enti-
ties, to address childhood cancer: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the USAID Adminis-
trator, shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act on the feasibility of such partner-
ships: Provided further, The Secretary and Administrator 
shall consult with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on uses of funds for such partnerships prior to the 
initial obligation of funds and submission of such report. 
WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT 
SEC. 7059. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be made available to promote the equality 
and empowerment of women and girls in United States 
Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising 
the status, increasing the economic participation and op-
portunities for political leadership, and protecting the 
rights of women and girls worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.—Of the 
funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
$200,000,000 shall be made available to expand economic 
opportunities for women by increasing the number and ca-
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pacity of women-owned enterprises, improving property 
rights for women, increasing women’s access to financial 
services and capital, enhancing the role of women in eco-
nomic decision-making at the local, national, and inter-
national levels, and improving women’s ability to partici-
pate in the global economy: Provided, That prior to the 
initial obligation of funds, the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as applicable, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the uses of funds made 
available pursuant to this subsection. 
(c) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.—Of the funds 
appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for programs specifi-
cally designed to increase leadership opportunities for 
women in countries where women and girls suffer discrimi-
nation due to law, policy, or practice, by strengthening 
protections for women’s political status, expanding wom-
en’s participation in political parties and elections, and in-
creasing women’s opportunities for leadership positions in 
the public and private sectors at the local, provincial, and 
national levels. 
(d) PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
AND GIRLS.— 
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(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall 
be made available to prevent and respond to violence 
against women and girls. 
(2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 
judicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 
where appropriate, prevention and response to vio-
lence against women and girls and trafficking in per-
sons, and shall promote the integration of women 
into the police and other security forces. 
(3) Funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section should include efforts to combat a variety of 
forms of violence against women and girls, including 
child marriage, rape, and female genital cutting and 
mutilation. 
(e) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
$150,000,000 should be made available to support a 
multi-year strategy to expand, and improve coordination 
of, United States Government efforts to empower women 
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as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, 
transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in coun-
tries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to 
ensure the equal provision of relief and recovery assistance 
to women and girls. 
(f) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be made available for the Gender Equity 
and Equality Action Fund. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION
AND HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $970,000,000 
shall be made available for the Nita M. Lowey 
Basic Education Fund: Provided, That such 
funds shall also be used for secondary education 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds 
made 
available 
by 
this 
paragraph, 
$150,000,000 should be available for the edu-
cation of girls in areas of conflict. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act for assistance for basic education 
programs, not less than $160,000,000 shall be 
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made available for contributions to multilateral 
partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than 
$285,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for higher education: Provided, That of such 
amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 
available for new and ongoing partnerships between 
higher education institutions in the United States 
and developing countries focused on building the ca-
pacity of higher education institutions and systems 
in developing countries: Provided further, That of 
such amount and in addition to the previous proviso, 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 
for higher education programs pursuant to section 
7060(a)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2021 (division K of Public Law 116–260). 
(b) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) BIODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act, not less than 
$385,000,000 shall be made available for biodiver-
sity conservation programs. 
(2) WILDLIFE POACHING AND TRAFFICKING.— 
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(A) Of the funds appropriated under titles 
III and IV of this Act, not less than 
$125,000,000 shall be made available to combat 
the transnational threat of wildlife poaching 
and trafficking. 
(B) None of the funds appropriated under 
title IV of this Act may be made available for 
training or other assistance for any military 
unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 
determines has been credibly alleged to have 
participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, 
unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, not less than $18,500,000 shall be made avail-
able for United States Agency for International Develop-
ment cooperative development programs and not less than 
$31,500,000 shall be made available for the American 
Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. 
(d) DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
shall be made available for programs and activities admin-
istered by USAID to address the needs of, and protect 
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and promote the rights of, people with disabilities in devel-
oping countries. 
(e) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 
not less than $1,010,600,000 shall be made available for 
food security and agricultural development programs to 
carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act 
of 2016 (Public Law 114–195), as amended, including for 
the Feed the Future Innovation Labs: Provided, That 
funds may be made available for a contribution as author-
ized by section 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by 
section 3310 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–334). 
(f) MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTER-
PRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 
than $265,000,000 shall be made available to support the 
development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, 
and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe-
cially women. 
(g) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $475,000,000 shall be 
made available for water supply and sanitation projects 
pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
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1961, of which not less than $237,000,000 shall be for 
programs in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(h) DEVIATION.—Unless otherwise provided for by 
this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis-
trator, as applicable, may deviate below the minimum 
funding requirements designated in sections 7059 and 
7060 of this Act by up to 10 percent, notwithstanding 
such designation: Provided, That such deviations shall 
only be exercised to address unforeseen or exigent cir-
cumstances, including a change in country context: Pro-
vided further, That concurrent with the submission of the 
report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations in writing any proposed devi-
ations utilizing such authority that are planned at the time 
of submission of such report: Provided further, That any 
deviations proposed subsequent to the submission of such 
report shall be subject to prior consultation with such 
Committees: Provided further, That not later than Novem-
ber 1, 2025, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the use of the authority 
of this subsection. 
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7061. (a) GREEN CLIMATE FUND.—None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
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Act may be made available as a contribution, grant, or 
any other payment to the Green Climate Fund. 
(b) CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND.—None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may 
be made available as a contribution, grant, or any other 
payment to the Clean Technology Fund. 
(c) CLIMATE DAMAGES.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
made available to pay compensation to any country, orga-
nization, or individual for loss and damages attributed to 
climate change. 
(d) ATTRIBUTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and made available for the sectors and programs in sec-
tions 7032, 7036, 7059, and 7060 shall not be attributed 
to, or counted toward targets for, climate change pro-
grams. 
(e) TRANSIT PIPELINES.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
used by the Secretary of State to impede the uninter-
rupted transmission of hydrocarbons by pipeline through 
the territory of one Party not originating in the territory 
of that Party, for delivery to the territory of the other 
Party as ratified by The Agreement between the Govern-
ment of the United States of America and the Government 
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of Canada concerning Transit Pipelines, signed at Wash-
ington on January 28, 1977. 
(f) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study on funds appropriated in 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs from fiscal 
years 2020 through 2023 made available for climate 
change programs and whether such funds have had a di-
rect result on lowering global temperatures. 
BUDGET DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7062. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de-
partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, 
and VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury 
and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, 
including the Inter-American Foundation and the United 
States African Development Foundation, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for 
funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organi-
zation in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2024, that provides de-
tails of the uses of such funds at the program, project, 
and activity level: Provided, That such plans shall include, 
as applicable, a comparison between the congressional 
budget justification funding levels, the most recent con-
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gressional directives or approved funding levels, and the 
funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and 
a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: 
Provided further, That operating plans that include 
changes in levels of funding for programs, projects, and 
activities specified in the congressional budget justifica-
tion, in this Act, or amounts specifically designated in the 
respective tables included in the report accompanying this 
Act, as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and 
reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of this Act. 
(b) SPEND PLANS.— 
(1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 
Secretary of State or Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as ap-
propriate, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations a spend plan for funds made available by 
this Act for— 
(A) assistance for countries in Central 
America and the Caribbean, Iraq, Pacific Is-
lands Countries, Pakistan, and Tunisia; 
(B) assistance for the Africa Regional 
Counterterrorism program, Caribbean Basin 
Security Initiative, Central America Regional 
Security Initiative, Global Peace Operations Ini-
tiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Coun-
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tering PRC Influence Fund, Partnership for 
Global Infrastructure and Investment, Power 
Africa, and Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 
Partnership; 
(C) assistance made available pursuant to 
the following sections in this Act: section 7032; 
section 7036; section 7047(d) (on a country-by- 
country basis); section 7059; and subsections 
(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of section 7060; 
(D) Funds provided under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’ for International Organized Crime 
and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property 
Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall in-
clude bilateral and global programs funded 
under such heading along with a brief descrip-
tion of the activities planned for each country; 
and 
(E) implementation of the Global Fragility 
Act of 2019. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
detailed spend plan for funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of the Treas-
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ury, International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in 
title III. 
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 
percent of the funds contained in a spend plan re-
quired by this subsection may be obligated prior to 
the submission of such spend plan if the Secretary 
of State, the USAID Administrator, or the Secretary 
of the Treasury, as applicable, determines that the 
obligation of such funds is necessary to avoid signifi-
cant programmatic disruption: Provided, That not 
less than seven days prior to such obligation, the 
Secretary or Administrator, as appropriate, shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
the justification for such obligation and the proposed 
uses of such funds. 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in 
subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti-
fication requirements in this Act or under section 634A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The 
congressional budget justification for Department of State 
operations and foreign operations shall be provided to the 
Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date 
of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 
2025: Provided, That the appendices for such justification 
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shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 
REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFI-
CATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, or any other Act 
may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, 
or other plan described in subsection (b) by the Depart-
ment of State, the United States Agency for International 
Development, or any other Federal department, agency, 
or organization funded by this Act without prior consulta-
tion by the head of such department, agency, or organiza-
tion with the appropriate congressional committees: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That any such notification submitted to 
such Committees shall include a detailed justification for 
any proposed action: Provided further, That congressional 
notifications submitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to 
similar provisions of law in prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be deemed to meet the notification 
requirements of this section. 
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(b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to sub-
section (a), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall 
include any action to— 
(1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 
covered departments, agencies, or organizations, in-
cluding bureaus and offices within or between such 
departments, agencies, or organizations, including 
the transfer to other agencies of the authorities and 
responsibilities of such bureaus and offices; 
(2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 
the United States official presence overseas, includ-
ing at bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic 
facilities and other platforms; or 
(3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent 
Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family mem-
ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the De-
partment of State and USAID from the staffing lev-
els previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations for fiscal year 2024. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7064. (a) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to 
the Department of State for payments to the Working 
Capital Fund that are made available for new service cen-
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ters, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days 
after the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 
available to a Department of State bureau or office 
with responsibility for the management and over-
sight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall cer-
tify and report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, on an individual bureau or office basis, that 
such bureau or office is in compliance with Depart-
ment and Federal financial and grants management 
policies, procedures, and regulations, as applicable. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—When making a certifi-
cation required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or of-
fice to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the 
country and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation 
and monitoring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and 
indicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
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(E) assess final results and reconcile fi-
nances. 
(3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable 
to make a certification required by paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline de-
tailing the steps to be taken to bring such bureau 
or office into compliance. 
(c) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.—None 
of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ may be made 
available for a new major information technology invest-
ment without the concurrence of the Chief Information Of-
ficer, Department of State. 
(d) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) In addition to amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, may be credited 
to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, 
motion pictures, and publication programs and 
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from fees from educational advising and coun-
seling 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. 
(2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ are available for acquisition by exchange 
or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as author-
ized 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 title I of this Act. 
(3) Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ in this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available to carry out sec-
tion 9803 of the Department of State Authorization 
Act of 2022 (division I of Public Law 117–263). 
(4) Consistent with section 204 of the Admiral 
James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), up to $25,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
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matic Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated and 
expended for United States participation in inter-
national fairs and expositions abroad, including for 
construction and operation of a United States pavil-
ion at Expo 2025. 
(5) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less than 
$500,000 shall be made available for additional per-
sonnel for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Depart-
ment of State. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be 
made available to carry out the functions of the 
Global Engagement Center established pursuant to 
section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) un-
less prior to the initial obligation of such funds— 
(A) the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that— 
(i) no funds will be used for purposes 
other than countering foreign propaganda 
and disinformation by foreign state and 
non-state actors that threaten United 
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States national security pursuant to sec-
tion 1287(i) of such Act; 
(ii) programs and activities will not be 
designed to influence public opinion in the 
United States or in a manner that 
abridges the freedom of speech or of the 
press of United States persons enshrined 
in the First Amendment of the United 
States Constitution; 
(iii) the development of tactics, tech-
niques, and procedures to expose and re-
fute 
foreign 
propaganda 
and 
disinformation and proactively support the 
promotion of credible, fact-based narratives 
and policies will be directed solely on audi-
ences outside the United States; and 
(iv) the Department of State has re-
solved with the Office of Inspector General, 
Department of State (OIG) and the OIG 
has closed each of the 18 recommendations 
detailed in the report ‘‘Inspection of the 
Global Engagement Center’’ (ISP I-22-15) 
dated September 2022; and 
(B) the Secretary submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a spend plan for the ac-
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tivities of the Center in fiscal year 2024: Pro-
vided, That such plan shall detail amounts 
planned for each function authorized in section 
1287(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 
note): Provided further, That such plan shall 
also include a list of each entity that received 
funding in the previous fiscal year. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be 
reprogrammed for support of an international con-
ference unless such conference has been previously 
justified in a congressional budget justification: Pro-
vided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
for support of a Special Envoy, Special Representa-
tive, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, 
Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or 
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other position performing a similar function unless 
such Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special 
Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representa-
tive, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other position 
performing a similar function— 
(i) is expressly authorized by statute; 
or 
(ii) has affirmatively received the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate. 
(B) The limitations of this paragraph shall 
be construed to include the applicable office 
personnel and bureau managed funds of such 
office. 
(4) Not later than 15 days prior to entering 
into a bilateral or multilateral agreement authorized 
by section 303(a) of the Convention on Cultural 
Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2602) or 
the extension of an agreement pursuant to section 
303(e) of such Act, the Secretary of State shall cer-
tify and report to the Committees on Appropriations 
that any import restrictions authorized by such 
agreement comply with the provisions of sections 
302 and 305 of such Act. 
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7065. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $170,000,000 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 individ-
uals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap-
pointment 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) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 
contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2025. 
(c) 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 ‘‘Op-
erating Expenses’’. 
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(d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi-
viduals 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 re-
lated 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. 
(e) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated 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 Appropriations. 
(f) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As-
sistance 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 con-
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