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current 5-year cycle, as well as the estimated impact 
to the United States of a negative delivery balance. 
(h) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and 
maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act 
should be borne by the recipient country. 
(i) TRADE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available for 
labor and environmental capacity building activities relat-
ing to free trade agreements with countries of Central Amer-
ica, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 7046. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 
carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 
used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear-
ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for 
participation of another country’s delegation at inter-
national conferences held under the auspices of multilateral 
or international organizations.
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS 
SEC. 7047. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 
or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be made avail-
able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY
AND
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title I and 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ in title V of this Act that are available for contribu-
tions to the United Nations (including the Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations), any United Nations agency, or
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the Organization of American States, 15 percent may not 
be obligated for such organization, department, or agency 
until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the organization, department, or agen-
cy is— 
(1) posting on a publicly available Web site, con-
sistent with privacy regulations and due process, reg-
ular financial and programmatic audits of such orga-
nization, department, or agency, and providing the 
United States Government with necessary access to 
such financial and performance audits; and 
(2) effectively implementing and enforcing poli-
cies and procedures which reflect best practices as de-
fined in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act) for the protection of whistleblowers 
from retaliation, including best practices for— 
(A) protection against retaliation for inter-
nal and lawful public disclosures; 
(B) legal burdens of proof; 
(C) statutes of limitation for reporting re-
taliation; 
(D) access to independent adjudicative bod-
ies, including external arbitration; and
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(E) results that eliminate the effects of prov-
en retaliation. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 
United States delegation to any specialized agency, 
body, or commission of the United Nations if such 
agency, body, or commission is chaired or presided 
over by a country, the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as 
continued in effect pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 
(2) None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used by the Secretary of State 
as a contribution to any organization, agency, com-
mission, or program within the United Nations sys-
tem if such organization, agency, commission, or pro-
gram is chaired or presided over by a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administra-
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tion Act of 1979, or any other provision of law, is a 
government that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism. 
(3) The Secretary of State may waive the restric-
tion in this subsection if the Secretary reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to 
support the United Nations Human Rights Council only 
if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that participation in the Council is in the na-
tional interest of the United States: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations not later than September 30, 2015, on the resolu-
tions considered in the United Nations Human Rights 
Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps taken 
to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item. 
(d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY.— 
The Secretary of State shall submit a report in writing to 
the Committees on Appropriations not less than 45 days 
after enactment of this Act on whether the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency is— 
(1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 
West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to in-
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spect UNRWA installations and reporting any inap-
propriate use; 
(2) acting promptly to address any staff or bene-
ficiary violation of its own policies (including the 
policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 
and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(3) implementing procedures to maintain the 
neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 
no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec-
tions of its installations, to ensure they are only used 
for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes; 
(4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 
to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con-
ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the De-
partment of State on actions it has taken to ensure 
conformance with such conditions; 
(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all edu-
cational materials currently taught in UNRWA-ad-
ministered schools and summer camps is consistent 
with the values of human rights, dignity, and toler-
ance and does not induce incitement; 
(6) not engaging in operations with financial in-
stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant
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United States law, and is taking steps to improve the 
financial transparency of the organization; and 
(7) in compliance with the United Nations 
Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 
is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec-
ommendations. 
(e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.—None 
of the funds made available in this Act may be used for 
the design, renovation, or construction of the United Na-
tions Headquarters in New York. 
(f) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or pursuant 
to subsection (a) may be waived on a case-by-case basis by 
the Secretary of State if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver 
is necessary to avert or respond to a humanitarian crisis. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount of 
funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2015 for contributions to any organization, department, 
agency, or program within the United Nations system or 
any international program that are withheld from obliga-
tion or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State shall update such report each 
time additional funds are withheld by operation of any pro-
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vision of law: Provided further, That the reprogramming 
of any withheld funds identified in such report, including 
updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7049. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by 
titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwith-
standing section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 
and accountability of civilian police authority through 
training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule 
of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through as-
sistance to foster civilian police roles that support demo-
cratic governance, including assistance for programs to pre-
vent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based vio-
lence, and foster improved police relations with the commu-
nities they serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO 
SEC. 7050. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
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bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of 
the United States Government who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference occur-
ring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days 
in advance that such attendance is important to the na-
tional interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section 
the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 
attended by representatives of the United States Govern-
ment and of foreign governments, international organiza-
tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
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ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro-
grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 
region, including for the transportation of active and stand-
by Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment dur-
ing a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for pol-
icy decisions and justification for the use of such transfer 
authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of 
State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this responsi-
bility shall not be delegated. 
(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in 
subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the equipment is no longer required to meet pro-
grammatic purposes in the designated country or region: 
Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 
(1) The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by 
the Department of State and the United States Agen-
cy for International Development (USAID) with 
funds made available in this Act or prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
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eign operations, and related programs shall be coordi-
nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 
Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to 
transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting 
Department of State and USAID programs and ac-
tivities: Provided further, That official travel for other 
agencies for other purposes may be supported on a re-
imbursable basis, or without reimbursement when 
traveling on a space available basis: Provided further, 
That funds received by the Department of State for 
the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by the 
Department of State may be credited to the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund and shall be available 
for expenses related to the purchase, lease, mainte-
nance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
(2) The requirement and authorities of this sub-
section shall only apply to aircraft, the primary pur-
pose of which is the transportation of personnel. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall apply to this 
Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in sub-
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section (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 
2014’’. 
LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS 
SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment available to the 
United States Agency for International Development and 
the Department of State and used in support of the clear-
ance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humani-
tarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in 
foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary of State may prescribe. 
(b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 
shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 
license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 
munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
(1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 
after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 
unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 
operational environments, and the agreement applica-
ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster 
munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies 
that the cluster munitions will only be used against 
clearly defined military targets and will not be used
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where civilians are known to be present or in areas 
normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 
for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently dis-
posing of such cluster munitions. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses within the United States not authorized before the 
date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry 
out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533. 
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES 
SEC. 7056. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 
shall be for official residence expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development during the current 
fiscal year. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961 may be used by the United States Agency
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for International Development (USAID) to hire and employ 
individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited 
appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 
and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2016. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
should only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are com-
pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated. 
(d) 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 such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate: 
Provided, That funds made available to carry out this sec-
tion may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’.
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(e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi-
viduals 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, may be extended for a period 
of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth 
in such section. 
(f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 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 in response to natural disasters, or man-made 
disasters subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to employ 
up to 40 personal services contractors in the United States, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded
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overseas programs and activities managed by the agency 
until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and 
trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contrac-
tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 
the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may be made 
available only for personal services contractors assigned to 
the Office of Food for Peace. 
(h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 
the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 
such contracts when the order is placed with any category 
of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT-
MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro-
vided by section 7059(o) of division F of Public Law 111– 
117 may be assigned to or support programs in Afghani-
stan or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs. 
(j) LOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.—Not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act and after con-
sultation with the appropriate congressional committees, 
the USAID Administrator shall submit to such committees
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a plan, including a timeline and resources required by fis-
cal year, to incorporate the following components into 
USAID Foreign Service training, assignment, and pro-
motion practices in order to enable all Foreign Service Offi-
cers to effectively apply local sustainable development prin-
ciples to USAID assistance programs: 
(1) a time period for overseas assignments that 
facilitates sustainable development, and which in-
cludes the option of extending such assignments; 
(2) sufficient foreign language training; 
(3) expertise in one or more program areas; 
(4) work objectives that give Foreign Service Of-
ficers primary responsibility for developing relation-
ships with, and building the capacity of, local non-
governmental and governmental entities, and sup-
porting grants to and cooperative agreements with 
such entities to design and implement small-scale, 
sustainable programs, projects, and activities across 
all development sectors; 
(5) incentives, including training, compensation, 
and career development opportunities including pro-
motions, to encourage such officers to carry out their 
responsibilities; and
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(6) procedures to ensure that the responsibilities 
and assignments of relevant locally employed staff are 
fully integrated with the work of such officers. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by 
titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for 
bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease 
programs including activities relating to research on, and 
the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 
711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family 
planning/reproductive health, including in areas where 
population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered spe-
cies. 
(b) GLOBAL FUND.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act that 
are available for a contribution to the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 
Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation
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until the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(A) the Global Fund is maintaining and 
implementing a policy of transparency, includ-
ing the authority of the Global Fund Office of the 
Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG reports 
on a public Web site; 
(B) the Global Fund is providing sufficient 
resources to maintain an independent OIG 
that— 
(i) reports directly to the Board of the 
Global Fund; 
(ii) maintains a mandate to conduct 
thorough investigations and programmatic 
audits, free from undue interference; and 
(iii) compiles regular, publicly pub-
lished audits and investigations of finan-
cial, programmatic, and reporting aspects 
of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, 
sub-recipients, and Local Fund Agents; 
(C) the Global Fund maintains an effective 
whistleblower policy to protect whistleblowers 
from retaliation, including confidential proce-
dures for reporting possible misconduct or irreg-
ularities; and
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(D) the Global Fund is implementing the 
recommendations contained in the Consolidated 
Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 
the Global Fund on November 21, 2011. 
(2) The withholding required by this subsection 
shall not be in addition to funds that are withheld 
from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2015 pursuant 
to the application of any other provision contained in 
this or any other Act. 
(c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 
If the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that an international infectious 
disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading inter-
nationally, or that it is in the national interest to respond 
to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, 
funds made available under title III of this Act may be 
made available to combat such infectious disease or public 
health emergency: Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen-
der equality in United States Government diplomatic and
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development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 
participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 
worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available to increase leadership opportunities 
for women in countries where women and girls suffer dis-
crimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength-
ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 
women’s participation in political parties and elections, 
and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi-
tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin-
cial, and national levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall 
be made available to implement a multi-year strategy 
to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in 
countries where it is common in conflict and non-con-
flict settings. 
(B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 
this Act that are available to train foreign police, ju-
dicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, where 
appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based
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violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote 
the integration of women into the police and other se-
curity forces. 
(2) Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development gender pro-
grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to combat 
a variety of forms of gender-based violence, including 
child marriage, rape, female genital cutting and mu-
tilation, and domestic violence, among other forms of 
gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict set-
tings. 
(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 
available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 
improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 
to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, 
peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction 
efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transi-
tion, and to ensure the equitable provision of relief and re-
covery assistance to women and girls. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.—
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(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 should 
be made available for assistance for basic edu-
cation, and such funds may be made available 
notwithstanding 
any 
provision 
of 
law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, 
except for the conditions provided in this sub-
section: Provided, That not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment (USAID) shall report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the status of cumu-
lative unobligated balances and obligated, but 
unexpended, balances in each country where 
USAID provides basic education assistance and 
such report shall also include details on the types 
of contracts and grants provided and the goals 
and objectives of such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall update such 
report on a monthly basis thereafter until the 
unobligated and unexpended balances for such 
assistance are less than the amount made avail-
able by this paragraph for basic education assist-
ance: Provided further, That the initial report 
shall also include a detailed plan, timeline, and
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the current status of assistance for basic edu-
cation. 
(B) USAID shall ensure that programs sup-
ported with funds appropriated for basic edu-
cation in this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs are integrated, 
as appropriate, with health, agriculture, govern-
ance, and economic and social development ac-
tivities to address the broader needs of target 
populations: Provided, That USAID shall work 
to achieve quality universal basic education by— 
(i) assisting foreign governments, non-
governmental, and multilateral organiza-
tions working in developing countries to 
provide children with a quality basic edu-
cation, including through strengthening host 
country educational systems; and 
(ii) promoting basic education as the 
foundation for comprehensive community 
development programs. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under title III for basic education, not less than 
$45,000,000 shall be made available for a con-
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tribution to multilateral partnerships that sup-
port education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than 
$225,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for higher education, of which not less than 
$35,000,000 shall be to support such programs in Af-
rica, including $17,500,000 for human and institu-
tional capacity development partnerships between 
higher education institutions in Africa and the 
United States. 
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act, the term ‘‘democ-
racy programs’’ in section 7032(c) of this Act shall 
also include programs to rescue scholars, and fellow-
ships, scholarships, and exchanges in the Middle East 
and North Africa for academic professionals and uni-
versity students from countries in such region, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(b) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.—Funds ap-
propriated by titles I, III, and IV of this Act may be made 
available for programs to reduce support for foreign ter-
rorist organizations (FTOs), as designated pursuant to sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, through
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messaging campaigns to damage their appeal; programs for 
potential 
supporters 
of 
violent 
extremism; 
counter 
radicalization and rehabilitation programs in prisons; job 
training and social reintegration for former supporters of 
FTOs; law enforcement training programs; and capacity 
building for civil society organizations to combat 
radicalization in local communities: Provided, That for 
purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘countering violent ex-
tremism’’ shall be defined as non-coercive interventions 
aimed directly at reducing public support for FTOs: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
heads of other relevant United States Government agencies, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
multi-year strategy to counter violent extremism, including 
a description of the objectives of such strategy, oversight 
mechanisms for programs to carry out such strategy, and 
multi-year cost estimates. 
(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act, not less than $1,153,500,000 should be made 
available for environment programs. 
(2) CLEAN ENERGY.—The limitation in section 
7081(b) of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall 
continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part
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of this Act: Provided, That the proviso contained in 
such section shall not apply. 
(3) ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act may be made available for 
United States contributions to multilateral environ-
mental funds and facilities to support adaptation and 
mitigation programs only in accordance with the di-
rectives under this subsection in the joint explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES AND BIODIVER-
SITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall be made 
available for sustainable landscapes programs and, in 
addition, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made 
available to protect biodiversity, and shall not be used 
to support or promote the expansion of industrial 
scale logging or any other industrial scale extractive 
activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical 
forest as of December 30, 2013: Provided, That of the 
funds made available for the Central African Re-
gional Program for the Environment and other trop-
ical forest programs in the Congo Basin, not less than 
$17,500,000 shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS):
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Provided further, That funds made available for the 
Department of the Interior (DOI) for programs in the 
Mayan Biosphere Reserve shall be apportioned di-
rectly to the DOI: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be made available to support other international 
conservation programs of the USFWS, programs of 
the United States Forest Service, and programs to 
protect great apes and other endangered species. 
(5) WILDLIFE POACHING AND TRAFFICKING.— 
(A) Not less than $55,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act 
shall 
be 
made 
available 
to 
combat 
the 
transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 
trafficking, including not less than $10,000,000 
for programs to combat rhinoceros poaching. 
(B) None of the funds appropriated under 
title IV of this Act may be made available for 
training or other assistance for any military 
unit or personnel that the Secretary of State de-
termines has been credibly alleged to have par-
ticipated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, un-
less the Secretary reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that to do so is in the national 
security interest of the United States.
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(6) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 
through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law except for the provisions 
of this subsection and subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
to support environment programs. 
(7) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available to promote and support trans-
parency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementa-
tion and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 
Transparency Initiative, implementing and en-
forcing section 8204 of Public Law 110–246 and 
to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and pro-
vide technical assistance to promote independent 
audit mechanisms and support civil society par-
ticipation in natural resource management. 
(B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
inform the management of the international fi-
nancial institutions and post on the Department 
of the Treasury’s Web site that it is the policy
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of the United States to vote against any assist-
ance by such institutions (including but not lim-
ited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for 
the extraction and export of a natural resource 
if the government of the country has in place 
laws, regulations, or procedures to prevent or 
limit the public disclosure of company payments 
as required by section 1504 of Public Law 111– 
203, and unless such government has adopted 
laws, regulations, or procedures in the sector in 
which assistance is being considered for— 
(I) accurately accounting for and pub-
lic disclosure of payments to the host gov-
ernment by companies involved in the ex-
traction and export of natural resources; 
(II) the independent auditing of ac-
counts receiving such payments and public 
disclosure of the findings of such audits; 
and 
(III) public disclosure of such docu-
ments as Host Government Agreements, 
Concession Agreements, and bidding docu-
ments, allowing in any such dissemination 
or disclosure for the redaction of, or excep-
tions for, information that is commercially
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described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(E)(i) Not later than 120 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall 
designate sufficient personnel with the technical 
expertise to fulfill the agency’s responsibilities 
under sections 1302, 1303, and 1307 of title XIII 
of the International Financial Institutions Act of 
1977, as amended, including the ability for per-
sonnel with such expertise from other relevant 
United States Government agencies to be detailed 
to USAID, as needed, which may be on a non- 
reimbursable basis, to provide additional tech-
nical support and specific subject matter reviews 
as part of USAID’s Title XIII analytical, inves-
tigative, and reporting responsibilities: Provided, 
That the responsibilities of such personnel shall 
include, but not be limited to— 
(I) conducting independent, tech-
nical, and thorough reviews of pro-
posed multilateral development bank 
(MDB) projects at the technical assess-
ment/feasibility stage prior to the 
drafting of environmental impact as-
sessments;
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(II) conducting reviews, and co-
ordinating and compiling the analyses 
by other relevant United States Gov-
ernment agencies with technical exper-
tise of environmental impact assess-
ments in support of the project review 
process, to assist in fulfilling USAID’s 
responsibilities under section 1303(c) 
of the International Financial Institu-
tions Act, as amended; and 
(III) ongoing monitoring of MDB 
projects reviewed pursuant to USAID’s 
Title XIII reporting responsibilities to 
determine the degree of incorporation 
and effectiveness of United States Gov-
ernment recommendations and the ade-
quacy of safeguard policies. 
(ii) Not later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations on the implementation of this 
subsection. 
(8) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Not later than 120 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, after consultation with the Secretary of the
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Treasury, shall transfer $29,907,000 of funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
to funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Multilateral Assistance, International Financial In-
stitutions’’ for additional payments to trust funds 
enumerated under such headings: Provided, That 
prior to exercising such transfer authority the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(9) CONTINUATION
OF
PRIOR
LAW.—Section 
7081(g)(2) and (4) of division F of Public Law 111– 
117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 
as if part of this Act. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this 
Act, not less than $1,000,600,000 should be made 
available for food security and agricultural develop-
ment programs, of which $32,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Feed the Future Collaborative Re-
search Innovation Lab: Provided, That such funds 
may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law to address food shortages, and for a 
United States contribution to the endowment of the 
Global Crop Diversity Trust.
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(2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act may be made available as a contribution to the 
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program if 
such contribution will not cause the United States to 
exceed 33 percent of the total amount of funds con-
tributed to such Program. 
(e) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 
should be made available for microenterprise and micro-
finance development programs for the poor, especially 
women. 
(f) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 
$26,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to- 
people reconciliation programs which bring together indi-
viduals of different ethnic, religious, and political back-
grounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, That 
the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of 
funds, on the uses of such funds: Provided further, That to 
the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be 
matched by sources other than the United States Govern-
ment.
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(g) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$52,500,000 shall be made available for activities to combat 
trafficking in persons internationally. 
(h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $382,500,000 shall be 
made available for water and sanitation supply projects 
pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of which not less than 
$145,000,000 should be for programs in sub-Saharan Afri-
ca, and of which not less than $12,500,000 shall be made 
available for programs to design and build safe, public la-
trines in Africa and Asia. 
(i) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Authorized devi-
ations from funding levels contained in this section shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
UZBEKISTAN 
SEC. 7061. The terms and conditions of section 7076 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (division H of 
Public Law 111–8) shall apply to funds appropriated by 
this Act, except that the Secretary of State may waive the
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application of section 7076(a) for a period of not more than 
6 months and every 6 months thereafter until September 
30, 2016, if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the waiver is in the national security in-
terest and necessary to obtain access to and from Afghani-
stan for the United States, and the waiver includes an as-
sessment of progress, if any, by the Government of Uzbek-
istan in meeting the requirements in section 7076(a): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 12 months after en-
actment of this Act and 6 months thereafter, on all United 
States Government assistance provided to the Government 
of Uzbekistan and expenditures made in support of the 
Northern Distribution Network in Uzbekistan during the 
previous 12 months, including any credible information 
that such assistance or expenditures are being diverted for 
corrupt purposes: Provided further, That information pro-
vided in the assessment and report required by the previous 
provisos shall be unclassified but may be accompanied by 
a classified annex and such annex shall indicate the basis 
for such classification: Provided further, That for purposes 
of the application of section 7076(e) to this Act, the term 
‘‘assistance’’ shall not include expanded international mili-
tary education and training.
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ARMS TRADE TREATY 
SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade 
Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification 
for the Treaty. 
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 7063. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations 
and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2015, $35,000,000 
shall be made available for the United Nations Population 
Fund (UNFPA). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 
UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac-
count and shall be made available for family planning, ma-
ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic 
of China.
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(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 
made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made 
available unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 
this Act in an account separate from other accounts 
of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 
other sums; and 
(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR 
WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations in-
dicating the amount of funds that UNFPA is budg-
eting for the year in which the report is submitted for 
a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 
that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country pro-
gram in the People’s Republic of China in the year 
covered by the report, then the amount of such funds 
UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of 
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
able to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is 
submitted.
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REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7064. 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 re-
quirements of the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS 
SEC. 7065. Funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ in 
this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 
660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assistance 
to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and 
other detention facilities: Provided, That decisions regard-
ing the uses of such funds shall be the responsibility of the 
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor (DRL), in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary of State for International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, and the Assistant Administrator for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 
United States Agency for International Development, as 
appropriate: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary
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of State for DRL shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to the obligation of funds. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE 
SEC. 7066. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 
cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract 
employee of the United States Government. 
(b) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 
Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for as-
sistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or 
other security forces in countries receiving assistance from 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7067. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 
provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’, ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migra-
tion Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the central 
government of a country which has notified the Department 
of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any
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individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the 
maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possi-
bility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov-
ernment of a country with which the United States main-
tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 
States has an extradition treaty and the government of that 
country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the 
treaty. 
(c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 
in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
waiver is important to the national interests of the United 
States. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 7068. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 
23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to pro-
vide financing to Israel, Egypt, and the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies 
for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equip-
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ment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft hav-
ing possible civilian application), if the President deter-
mines that there are compelling foreign policy or national 
security reasons for those defense articles being provided by 
commercial lease rather than by government-to-government 
sale under such Act. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 7069. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for assistance for a government 
of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that 
government directs any action in violation of the territorial 
integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent 
State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations 
included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That except 
as otherwise provided in section 7070(a) of this Act, funds 
may be made available without regard to the restriction in 
this subsection if the President determines that to do so is 
in the national security interest of the United States: Pro-
vided further, That prior to executing the authority con-
tained in this subsection the Department of State shall con-
sult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such 
assistance supports the national interest of the United 
States. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available, not-