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Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 
than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined 
to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously 
justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities 
justified to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are 
notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 
That requirements of this subsection or any similar provision of 
this or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for 
an activity, program, or project for which funds are appropriated 
under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent 
of the amount previously justified to Congress for obligation for 
such activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to sub-
section (f) of this section shall include information (if known on 
the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use of notwith-
standing authority: Provided further, That if subsequent to the 
notification of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwith-
standing authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be 
informed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent practicable. 
(d) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, with the exception of funds transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated under title I of this Act, 
funds transferred by the Department of Defense to the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for assistance for foreign countries and international organiza-
tions, and funds made available for programs previously authorized 
under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), section 
2282 of title 10, United States Code, section 333 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by section 1241 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), or 
any successor authorities, shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or any similar 
provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act 
requiring notification in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived 
if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health 
or welfare: Provided, That in case of any such waiver, notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 
as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking 
the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, 
in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Pro-
vided further, That any notification provided pursuant to such 
a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir-
cumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 
or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, 
Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, 
Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, 
Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, 
South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, 
Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in title III of this Act and prior Acts making funds
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available for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs that are made available for a trust fund held 
by an international financial institution as defined by section 
7034(r)(3) of this Act shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
such notification shall include the information specified under this 
section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act). 
(h) PILOT
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
appropriated under Title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs’’ that are made available for a pilot program 
for lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or other-
wise not programmed as a result of application of a provision 
of law in this or any other Act shall, if reprogrammed, be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions 
as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: 
Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense 
articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of 
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees 
if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as 
defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are 
valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, 
or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees 
shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles 
I and III through V of this Act, which are returned or not made 
available 
for 
organizations 
and 
programs 
because 
of 
the 
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for pro-
grams in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.
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PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY 
STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry out 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of 
family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 
abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as 
a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 
which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance 
of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family plan-
ning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated 
or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies 
that the use of these funds by any such country or organization 
would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and 
involuntary sterilizations. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to subsection (b), 
funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall 
be made available in the amounts specifically designated in the 
respective tables included in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign countries 
and international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
such countries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise provided for 
by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, 
may only deviate up to 5 percent from the amounts specifically 
designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this Consolidated Act): Provided, That such percentage may 
be exceeded only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances directly 
related to the national interest: Provided further, That deviations 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts that are 
included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, no deviations 
authorized by subsection (b) may take place until submission of 
such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) amounts designated for ‘‘International Military 
Education and Training’’ in the respective tables included 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in
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the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act); 
and 
(B) funds for which the initial period of availability 
has expired. 
(2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate below amounts 
designated in the respective tables included in the joint 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this Consolidated Act) shall not apply 
to the table included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’ in such joint explanatory statement. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES
OF FUNDS.—Each Federal department, 
agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the 
Department of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 
titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that domestic 
and overseas representation and entertainment expenses further 
official agency business and United States foreign policy interests— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 
Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 
recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ for Informational Program activities or under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including but not limited 
to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical 
productions, and amusement parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by titles III through VI of this Act may 
be made available to any foreign government which provides 
lethal military equipment to a country the government of which 
the Secretary of State has determined supports international 
terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act: Provided, That the 
prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that government ceases 
to provide such military equipment: Provided further, That 
this section applies with respect to lethal military equipment 
provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by paragraph 
(1) or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished