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(4) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity programs 
shall not be used to support the expansion of industrial scale 
logging, agriculture, livestock production, mining, or any other 
industrial scale extractive activity into areas that were primary/ 
intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors 
of each international financial institution (IFI) to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to oppose any financing of any 
such activity. 
(5) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available 
to support a new public-private partnership for conservation to 
promote long-term management of protected areas in developing 
countries, if legislation establishing a foundation to facilitate such 
partnership is enacted into law. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each IFI that it is the policy of the 
United States to use the voice and vote of the United States, 
in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution, 
regarding the construction of any large dam consistent with the 
criteria set forth in Senate Report 114–79, while also considering 
whether the project involves important foreign policy objectives. 
(d) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $185,000,000 shall be made available for sustainable 
landscapes programs. 
(e) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $270,000,000 shall be made available for adaptation pro-
grams, including in support of the implementation of the Indo- 
Pacific Strategy. 
(f) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $260,000,000 shall be made available for clean energy 
programs, including in support of carrying out the purposes of 
the Electrify Africa Act (Public Law 114–121) and implementing 
the Power Africa initiative. 
(g) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III may be 
made available for United States contributions to the Adaptation 
Fund and the Least Developed Countries Fund. 
(h) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for the purposes 
enumerated under section 7060(c)(7) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 
(division K of Public Law 116–260): Provided, That such funds 
may only be made available following consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(i) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $20,000,000 shall be made available to support Indigenous 
and other civil society organizations in developing countries that 
are working to protect the environment, including threatened and 
endangered species, as described under this section in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(j) The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 
implement the directive regarding law enforcement in national 
parks and protected areas as described under this section in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act).
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BUDGET DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7062. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each department, 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 organization in such 
titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2023, that provides details 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 
congressional 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 pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the congressional budget 
justification, in this Act, or 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), as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and re-
programming 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 appropriate, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations spend plans as described under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
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 ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assist-
ance’’ in title III. 
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 percent of 
the funds contained in a spend plan required 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 significant pro-
grammatic disruption: Provided, That not less than seven days 
prior to such obligation, the Secretary or Administrator, as 
appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 notification 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
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for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the appendices for such justifica-
tion shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 
REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign 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 Develop-
ment, or any other Federal department, agency, or organization 
funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such 
department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congres-
sional committees: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That any such notification submitted to 
such Committees shall include a detailed justification for any pro-
posed action: Provided further, That congressional notifications sub-
mitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of law 
in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs may be deemed to meet 
the notification requirements of this section. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to subsection (a), 
a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any action 
to— 
(1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered 
departments, agencies, or organizations, including 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, including 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 member, and locally 
employed staff workforce of the Department of State and 
USAID from the staffing levels previously justified to the 
Committees on Appropriations for fiscal year 2023. 
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 centers, 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 
oversight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall certify 
and report to the Committees on Appropriations, on an indi-
vidual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or office is 
in compliance with Department and Federal financial and
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grants management policies, procedures, and regulations, as 
applicable. 
(2) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—When 
making 
a 
certification 
required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider 
the capacity of a bureau or office to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the country 
and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation and moni-
toring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and indicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
(E) assess final results and reconcile finances. 
(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 detailing 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 informa-
tion technology investment without the concurrence of the Chief 
Information Officer, Department of State. 
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 
individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appoint-
ment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2024. 
(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 avail-
able to carry out this section may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading 
‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 
(d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Individuals hired 
and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority 
of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), 
may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 
the limitation set forth in such section. 
(e) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 
by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs