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out the program for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion: Provided, That none of the funds available during the 
current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 
fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear- 
weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 
economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That not less than 20 percent 
of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority 
available to the Bank under this Act should be used to fi-
nance exports directly by small business concerns (as de-
fined under section 3 of the Small Business Act): Provided 
further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate loan, 
guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Bank 
under this Act should be used for renewable energy tech-
nologies or energy efficiency technologies: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, 
as amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 
shall remain in effect through October 1, 2015. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
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by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, not to exceed $106,250,000: Provided, 
That the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and 
use, payment or services provided by transaction partici-
pants for legal, financial, or technical services in connection 
with any transaction for which an application for a loan, 
guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of sec-
tion 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
(a) thereof shall remain in effect until September 30, 2015: 
Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees for nec-
essary expenses (including special services performed on a 
contract or fee basis, but not including other personal serv-
ices) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the 
Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other as-
sets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed 
the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, 
or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects 
of any transaction for which an application for a loan, 
guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or sys-
tems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to other funds appropriated 
for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to
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this account for such purposes, to remain available until 
expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the 
amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account: Provided, That the sums herein 
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on 
a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as 
to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the Gen-
eral Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2015 in excess of obligations, up to 
$10,000,000, shall become available on September 1, 2015, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in 
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That 
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry 
out the credit and insurance programs (including an 
amount for official reception and representation expenses
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which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 
$62,787,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 
services provided to specific investors or potential investors 
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for 
the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$25,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 
years 2015, 2016, and 2017: Provided further, That funds 
so obligated in fiscal year 2015 remain available for dis-
bursement through 2023; funds obligated in fiscal year 2016 
remain available for disbursement through 2024; and funds 
obligated in fiscal year 2017 remain available for disburse-
ment through 2025: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment
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Corporation is authorized to undertake any program au-
thorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the authority of the pre-
vious proviso shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 
and merged with said account. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made available to provide 
comprehensive procurement advice to foreign governments 
to support local procurements funded by the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, and the Department of State: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $4,000 may be available for rep-
resentation and entertainment expenses.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for al-
lowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 
of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 
States Government to which funds are appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu-
lative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, 
balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury 
Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such depart-
ment or agency in fiscal year 2015 or any previous fiscal 
year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 
required by this section should specify by account the 
amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements 
which have not been further sub-obligated. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through
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procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be 
limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 
matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing 
law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 
Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con-
struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 
include office space or other accommodations for an em-
ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 
of State determines that such department or agency has not 
provided to the Department of State the full amount of 
funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Se-
cure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 
1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public 
Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 
113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended by section 629 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
ary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the United States Marine Corps.
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(c) For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2015 
costs of providing new United States diplomatic facilities 
in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy 
Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 
4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall de-
termine the annual program level and agency shares in a 
manner that is proportional to the Department of State’s 
contribution for this purpose. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, which may be made 
available for the acquisition of property or award of con-
struction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities during 
fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 
to this subsection shall include the information enumerated 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ in House Report 113–499. 
(e)(1) None of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 
in this Act and in prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, made available through Federal agency Capital
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Security Cost Sharing contributions and reimbursements, 
or generated from the proceeds of real property sales, other 
than from real property sales located in London, United 
Kingdom, may be made available for site acquisition and 
mitigation, planning, design, or construction of the New 
London Embassy: Provided, That the reporting requirement 
contained in section 7004(f)(2) of division I of Public Law 
112–74 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2015. 
(2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ may be obligated for the relocation of 
the United States Embassy to the Holy See only if the Sec-
retary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that such relocation continues to be consistent 
with the conditions of section 7004(e)(2) of division K of 
Public Law 113–76. 
(f)(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 
may be made available to address security vulnerabilities 
at expeditionary, interim, and temporary facilities abroad, 
including physical security upgrades and local guard staff-
ing, except that the amount of funds made available for such 
purposes from this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
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tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs shall be a minimum of $25,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the uses of such funds should be the responsi-
bility of the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau 
of Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings 
Operations: Provided further, That such funds shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of all expeditionary, interim, 
and temporary diplomatic facilities and the number of per-
sonnel and security costs for each such facility: Provided, 
That the report required by this paragraph may be sub-
mitted in classified form if necessary. 
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
opening, closure, or any significant modification to an ex-
peditionary, interim, or temporary diplomatic facility shall 
be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate con-
gressional committees and the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 
consultation and notification may be waived if there is a 
security risk to personnel.
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(g) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’, including for Worldwide 
Security Protection, and under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se-
curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in titles I and VIII 
of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by such titles under such headings if the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement 
the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Re-
view Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations 
and requirements, following consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: 
Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to 
any transfer authority otherwise available under any other 
provision of law. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use
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of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS 
SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 
contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 
accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 
4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 
to award such contracts on the basis of best value as deter-
mined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as described in 
Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwith-
standing subsection (c)(3) of such section, for high risk, high 
threat posts: Provided, That the authority in this section 
shall apply to any options for renewal that may be exercised 
under such contracts that are awarded during the current 
fiscal year. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, 
North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes