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of major defense equipment, other than conventional am-
munition, or other major defense items defined to be air-
craft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously 
justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quan-
tities justified to Congress unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations are notified 15 days in advance of such com-
mitment: Provided further, That requirements of this sub-
section or any similar provision of this or any other Act 
shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, pro-
gram, 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 obliga-
tion for such activity, program, or project for the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall in-
clude information (if known on the date of transmittal of 
such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: 
Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification of 
assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding 
authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be in-
formed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent prac-
ticable. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND 
FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
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(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
to support or continue any program initially funded 
under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 
or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and in accordance with the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub-
mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
a description of, and the estimated costs associated 
with, the support or continuation of such program. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 
of Defense to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other committees pursuant to sub-
section (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 Appro-
priations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense arti-
cles 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 ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing 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: Pro-
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vided, 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 tak-
ing the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 
provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances. 
(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, Colom-
bia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, 
Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, 
Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbek-
istan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as pro-
vided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
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cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That such notification shall include the information speci-
fied under this section in the explanatory statement ac-
companying the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division 
K of Public Law 115–141). 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) DIPLOMATIC
PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated under title I of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for the following 
programs and activities shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations— 
(A) The Global Engagement Center, except 
that the Secretary of State shall consult with 
the appropriate congressional committees prior 
to submitting such notification; 
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(B) The Power Africa initiative, or any 
successor program; 
(C) Community-based police assistance 
conducted pursuant to the authority of section 
7049(a)(1) of this Act; 
(D) Programs to counter foreign fighters 
and extremist organizations, pursuant to sec-
tion 7071(a) of this Act; 
(E) The Relief and Recovery Fund; 
(F) The Indo-Pacific Strategy; 
(G) The Global Security Contingency 
Fund; 
(H) The Countering Russian Influence 
Fund; and 
(I) Programs to end modern slavery. 
(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM, COORDINATE, AND 
CONSULT.— 
(1) The Secretary of State shall promptly in-
form the appropriate congressional committees of 
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each instance in which funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, 
the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the Relief 
and Recovery Fund, or programs to counter extre-
mism and foreign fighters abroad, have been di-
verted or destroyed, to include the type and amount 
of assistance, a description of the incident and par-
ties involved, and an explanation of the response of 
the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure such 
funds are coordinated with, and complement, the 
programs of other United States Government de-
partments and agencies and international partners 
in such countries and on such activities. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least seven 
days prior to informing a government of, or pub-
lically announcing a decision on, the suspension of 
assistance to a country or a territory, including as 
a result of an interagency review of such assistance, 
from funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs. 
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DOCUMENT REQUESTS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS.—None 
of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 
titles III through VI of this Act shall be available to a 
nongovernmental organization, including any contractor, 
which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(b) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER-
SECURITY PROTECTIONS.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title 
I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in title II that are made available to 
the Department of State and USAID may be made 
available to support the use or establishment of 
email accounts or email servers created outside the 
.gov domain or not fitted for automated records 
management as part of a Federal government 
records management program in contravention of 
the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amend-
ments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
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(2) DIRECTIVES.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall— 
(A) regularly review and update the poli-
cies, directives, and oversight necessary to com-
ply with Federal statutes, regulations, and pres-
idential executive orders and memoranda con-
cerning the preservation of all records made or 
received in the conduct of official business, in-
cluding record emails, instant messaging, and 
other online tools; 
(B) use funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Op-
erating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment 
Fund’’ in title II, as appropriate, to improve 
Federal records management pursuant to the 
Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 
29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal 
records management statutes, regulations, or 
policies for the Department of State and 
USAID; 
(C) direct departing employees that all 
Federal records generated by such employees, 
including senior officials, belong to the Federal 
Government; 
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(D) improve the response time for identi-
fying and retrieving Federal records, including 
requests made pursuant to section 552 of title 
5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); and 
(E) strengthen cyber security measures to 
mitigate vulnerabilities, including those result-
ing from the use of personal email accounts or 
servers outside the .gov domain, improve the 
process to identify and remove inactive user ac-
counts, update and enforce guidance related to 
the control of national security information, and 
implement the recommendations of the applica-
ble reports of the cognizant Office of Inspector 
General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 
not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu-
tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 
within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 
determination and any resulting changes to program and 
policy. 
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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 abor-
tions 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 Assist-
ance 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 planning. 
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 steri-
lizations. 
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ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS 
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 spe-
cifically designated in the respective tables included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That such designated amounts for foreign countries 
and international organizations shall serve as the amounts 
for such countries and international organizations trans-
mitted to Congress in the report required by section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 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 Inter-
national Development, as applicable, may only deviate up 
to 10 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 percent-
age may be exceeded only if the Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator, as applicable, determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by- 
case basis that such deviation is necessary to respond to 
significant, exigent, or unforeseen events or to address 
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other exceptional circumstances directly related to the na-
tional security interest of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, no deviations authorized by sub-
section (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 re-
spective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(B) funds for which the initial period of 
availability has expired; 
(C) amounts designated by this Act as 
minimum funding requirements; and 
(D) funds made available for a country 
pursuant to sections 7043(c), 7047(d), and 
7071(b) of this Act. 
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(2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate 
below amounts designated in the respective tables in-
cluded in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) shall not apply to the table in-
cluded under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ 
in such explanatory statement. 
(3) With respect to the amounts designated for 
‘‘Global Programs’’ in the table under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ included in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), sub-
section (b) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit the 
reports required, in the manner described, in House Re-
port 115–829, Senate Report 115–282, and the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), unless directed 
otherwise in such explanatory statement. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
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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 busi-
ness and United States foreign policy interests, and— 
(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 substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port 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 substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
musical productions, and amusement parks. 
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under 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 inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern-
ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 
Provided further, That this section applies with re-
spect 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 if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States. 
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(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
how the assistance furthers United States national 
interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
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