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(8) WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the President is 
authorized to accept the statutes of, and to maintain 
membership of the United States in, the United Na-
tions World Tourism Organization, and the United 
States’ assessed contributions to maintain such 
membership may be paid from funds appropriated 
for ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’. 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, or making significant changes to the 
scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary and the Administrator shall pro-
vide a direct vetting option for prime awardees in any 
partner vetting program initiated or significantly modified 
after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Sec-
retary of State or USAID Administrator, as applicable, 
informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by- 
case basis that a direct vetting option is not feasible for 
such program. 
(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2021, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author-
ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
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(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and under title 
IV of this Act for assistance for the central government 
of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com-
ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-
national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 
25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with-
holding funds under this subsection. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 
merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For-
eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex-
pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2021, except for funds des-
ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 
the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not 
more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 
(j) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to counter 
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extremism may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law restricting assistance to foreign 
countries, except sections 502B, 620A, and 620M of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the use 
of the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES 
OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 
203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
457): Provided, That in addition to suspension on the 
basis of an unpaid default or final civil judgment directly 
or indirectly related to human trafficking against the em-
ployer or a family member assigned to an embassy, sus-
pension on this basis should also apply to an employer or 
family member assigned to any diplomatic mission, or any 
international organization: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State should assist in obtaining payment of final 
court judgments awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa holders, 
including encouraging the sending states to provide com-
pensation directly to victims: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons an-
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nual report a concise summary of each trafficking case 
involving an A–3 or G–5 visa holder that meets one or 
more of the following criteria: (1) a final court judgment 
(including a default judgment) issued against a current 
or former employee of such diplomatic mission or inter-
national organization; (2) the issuance of a T-visa to the 
victim; or (3) a request by the Department of State to 
the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats 
or family members be waived to permit criminal prosecu-
tion. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT
FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 
Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2021. 
(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV-
ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ for ‘‘October 
1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
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(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI-
TATION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in 
subparagraph (B), the authority provided by 
section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re-
main in effect through September 30, 2021. 
(B) The authority described in subpara-
graph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible 
member of the Foreign Service (as defined in 
section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a local-
ity-based comparability payment (stated as a 
percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the 
amount of the locality-based comparability pay-
ment (stated as a percentage) that would be 
payable to such member under section 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 
official duty station were in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
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(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, and 
2021’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2021’’; and 
(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’. 
(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, and may be used to facilitate the 
assignment of persons for oversight of programs in 
Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Ven-
ezuela. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
REVIEW
BOARDS.—The 
authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 
for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
2021, except that the notification and reporting re-
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quirements contained in such section shall include 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(8) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after enact-
ment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 
which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 
shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 
any position in the competitive service for which the 
employee possesses the required qualifications. 
(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2021. 
(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
of the Department of State may waive the provisions 
of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 
case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 
the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 
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to the same constraints and in the same manner by 
which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv-
er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec-
tion. 
(11) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of 
the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 
1101 note) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2015 
THROUGH 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 THROUGH 
2021’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘22,500’’ and inserting ‘‘26,500’’; and 
(C) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’. 
(m) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for monitoring 
and evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appro-
priate, be made available for the regular collection of feed-
back obtained directly from beneficiaries to enhance the 
quality and relevance of such assistance: Provided, That 
the Department of State and USAID shall establish, and 
post on their respective websites, updated procedures for 
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implementing partners that receive funds under such 
headings for regularly collecting and responding to such 
feedback, including guidelines for the reporting on actions 
taken in response to the feedback received: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department of State and USAID shall reg-
ularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feedback is 
regularly collected and used by implementing partners to 
maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assist-
ance. 
(n) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, 
Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 
to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph for the costs of such 
guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 
a country. 
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(2) 
DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
were previously designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
such Act. 
(3) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees and 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(o) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$50,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be 
made available for Local Works pursuant to section 
7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
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