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has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea and other 
territory in Ukraine under the control of Russian- 
backed separatists. 
(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF 
ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
government of a country that the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations has recognized the independence of, or has 
established diplomatic relations with, the Russian oc-
cupied 
Georgian 
territories 
of 
Abkhazia 
and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall publish on the Department of State 
website a list of any such central governments in a 
timely manner: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may waive the restriction on assistance required by 
this paragraph if the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that to 
do so is in the national interest of the United States, 
and includes a justification for such interest. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available to support the Russian occu-
pation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 
Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. 
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(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive directors of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any as-
sistance by such institution (including any loan, 
credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 
(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, not less than $275,000,000 shall 
be made available to carry out the purposes of the 
Countering Russian Influence Fund, as authorized 
by section 254 of the Countering Russian Influence 
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 
115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding the 
country limitation in subsection (b) of such section, 
and programs to enhance the capacity of law en-
forcement and security forces in countries in Europe 
and Eurasia and strengthen security cooperation be-
tween such countries and the United States and the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as appropriate. 
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(2) Funds appropriated by this Act and made 
available for assistance for the Eastern Partnership 
countries shall be made available to advance the im-
plementation of Association Agreements and trade 
agreements with the European Union, and to reduce 
their vulnerability to external economic and political 
pressure from the Russian Federation. 
(e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available to support democracy pro-
grams in the Russian Federation, including to promote 
Internet freedom, and shall also be made available to sup-
port the democracy and rule of law strategy required by 
section 7071(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division K of Public Law 113–76). 
UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS.—Of the funds appropriated 
under title I and under the heading ‘‘International 
Organizations and Programs’’ in title V of this Act 
that are available for contributions to the United 
Nations (including the Department of Peacekeeping 
Operations), any United Nations agency, or the Or-
ganization of American States, 15 percent may not 
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be obligated for such organization, department, or 
agency until the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the organization, department, or agency is— 
(A) posting on a publicly available website, 
consistent with privacy regulations and due 
process, regular financial and programmatic au-
dits of such organization, department, or agen-
cy, and providing the United States Govern-
ment with necessary access to such financial 
and performance audits; 
(B) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures which reflect best prac-
tices for the protection of whistleblowers from 
retaliation, including best practices for— 
(i) protection against retaliation for 
internal and lawful public disclosures; 
(ii) legal burdens of proof; 
(iii) statutes of limitation for report-
ing retaliation; 
(iv) access to independent adjudicative 
bodies, including external arbitration; and 
(v) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation; and 
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(C) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures on the appropriate use 
of travel funds, including restrictions on first 
class and business class travel. 
(2) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or 
pursuant to paragraph (1) may be waived on a case- 
by-case basis if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that such waiver is necessary to avert or respond to 
a humanitarian crisis. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA-
TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGA-
TIONS.—None of the funds made available by 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 Secretary of 
State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) 
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as contin-
ued in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 
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(2) acting promptly to address any staff or ben-
eficiary 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 pur-
poses; 
(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 
Department of State on actions it has taken to en-
sure conformance with such conditions; 
(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all 
educational materials currently taught in UNRWA- 
administered schools and summer camps is con-
sistent with the values of human rights, dignity, and 
tolerance 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) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NA-
TIONS MEMBERS.—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, 
arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations 
or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chap-
ter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
the costs for participation of another country’s delegation 
at international conferences held under the auspices of 
multilateral or international organizations. 
(f) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—Any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to this Act for funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organi-
zations’’ shall include information on capital projects, as 
described under such heading in House Report 115–253. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
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amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 
fiscal year 2019 for contributions to any organization, de-
partment, agency, or program within the United Nations 
system or any international program that are withheld 
from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall update such report 
each time additional funds are withheld by operation of 
any provision of law: Provided further, That the re-
programming of any withheld funds identified in such re-
port, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(h) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE-
KEEPING OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to implement section 
301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of State should withhold assistance to any unit of 
the security forces of a foreign country if the Sec-
retary has credible information that such unit has 
engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including 
while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping op-
eration, until the Secretary determines that the gov-
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ernment of such country is taking effective steps to 
hold the responsible members of such unit account-
able and to prevent future incidents: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall promptly notify the government 
of each country subject to any withholding of assist-
ance pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees of such 
withholding not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination to withhold such assistance is made: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, assist such government in 
bringing the responsible members of such unit to 
justice. 
(i) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, funds appropriated by this Act which are re-
turned or not made available due to the implementation 
of subsection (a), the second proviso under the heading 
‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ 
in title I of this Act, or section 307(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That the requirement to withhold funds for pro-
grams in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign As-
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sistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated 
by this Act. 
(j) 
NATIONAL
SECURITY
INTEREST
WITH-
HOLDING.— 
(1) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State 
shall withhold 5 percent of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’ for a specialized agen-
cy or other entity of the United Nations if the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the United States Am-
bassador to the United Nations, determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
agency or entity has taken an official action that is 
against the national security interest of the United 
States or an ally of the United States, including 
Israel. 
(2) RELEASE
OF
FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the United States Am-
bassador to the United Nations, may release funds 
withheld pursuant to paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such agency or entity is taking steps 
to address the action that resulted in the with-
holding of such funds. 
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(3) REPROGRAMMING.—Should the Secretary of 
State be unable to make a determination pursuant 
to paragraph (2) regarding the release of withheld 
funds, such funds may be reprogrammed for other 
purposes under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’. 
(4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, 
may waive the requirements of this subsection if the 
Secretary determines that to do so in the national 
interest. 
(k) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $25,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International 
Organizations and Programs’’, of which $23,000,000 shall 
be for a contribution to support the United Nations resi-
dent coordinator system and $2,000,000 shall be for a 
contribution to the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7049. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 
Funds made available under 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 As-
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sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
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 assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance, in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 
respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 
and foster improved police relations with the com-
munities they serve. 
(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 
(A) Consistent with the objectives of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 
Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ shall be made available for combat cas-
ualty training and equipment. 
(B) The Secretary of State shall offer com-
bat casualty care training and equipment as a 
component of any package of lethal assistance 
funded by this Act with funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 
and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: 
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Provided, That the requirement of this subpara-
graph shall apply to a country in conflict, un-
less the Secretary determines that such country 
has in place, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, functioning combat casualty care treat-
ment and equipment that meets or exceeds the 
standards recommended by the Committee on 
Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided fur-
ther, That any such training and equipment for 
combat casualty care shall be made available 
through an open and transparent process. 
(3) 
COUNTERTERRORISM
PARTNERSHIPS 
FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs shall be made available for 
the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for pro-
grams in areas liberated from, under the influence 
of, or adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria or other terrorist organizations: Provided, 
That such areas shall include the Kurdistan Region 
of Iraq: Provided further, That prior to the obliga-
tion of funds made available pursuant to this para-
graph, the Secretary of State shall take all prac-
ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 
for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds: 
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Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) TRAINING
RELATED
TO
INTERNATIONAL 
HUMANITARIAN LAW.—The Secretary of State shall 
offer training related to the requirements of inter-
national humanitarian law as a component of any 
package of lethal assistance funded by this Act with 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of 
this paragraph shall not apply to a country that is 
a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated by 
section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or is complying with international humani-
tarian law: Provided further, That any such training 
shall be made available through an open and trans-
parent process. 
(5) SECURITY FORCE PROFESSIONALIZATION.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ shall be 
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made available to increase the capacity of foreign 
military and law enforcement personnel to operate in 
accordance with appropriate standards relating to 
human rights and the protection of civilians in the 
manner specified under this section in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That funds made available pur-
suant to this paragraph shall only be made available 
on an open and competitive basis. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RECONSTITUTING
CIVILIAN
POLICE
AU-
THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap-
propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 
mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 
other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 
as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE-
INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
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113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2019. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance to eliminate inhu-
mane conditions in foreign prisons and other deten-
tion facilities, notwithstanding section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
on the proposed uses of such funds prior to obliga-
tion and not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
in addition to funds otherwise made available by this 
Act for such purpose. 
(4) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 
AUTHORITY.— 
(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘of this section’’ and all that follows 
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through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘of 
this section after September 30, 2020.’’. 
(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, and 2020’’. 
(5) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—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 provide financing to Israel, Egypt, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and 
major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leas-
ing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of 
defense articles from United States commercial sup-
pliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 
(other than helicopters and other types of aircraft 
having possible civilian application), if the President 
determines that there are compelling foreign policy 
or national security reasons for those defense arti-
cles being provided by commercial lease rather than 
by government-to-government sale under such Act. 
(6) SPECIAL
DEFENSE
ACQUISITION
FUND.— 
Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu-
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ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 
Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisi-
tion Fund (the Fund), to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the 
provision of defense articles and defense services to 
foreign countries or international organizations from 
the Fund shall be subject to the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State. 
(7) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—For the purposes of 
funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made 
available for assistance for units of foreign security 
forces, the term ‘‘to the maximum extent prac-
ticable’’ in section 620M(d)(7) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) means that the 
identity of such units shall be made publicly avail-
able unless the Secretary of State, on a case-by-case 
basis, determines and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that disclosure would endan-
ger the safety of human sources or reveal sensitive 
intelligence sources and methods, or that non-disclo-
sure is in the national security interest of the United 
States: Provided, That any such determination shall 
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include a detailed justification, and may be sub-
mitted in classified form. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act should not be used to support any military 
training or operations that include child soldiers. 
(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 
(A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment 
available to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of 
State and used in support of the clearance of 
landmines and unexploded ordnance for human-
itarian 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 muni-
tions, no defense export license for cluster mu-
nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 
or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 
transferred, unless— 
(i) the submunitions of the cluster 
munitions, after arming, do not result in 
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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 muni-
tions will only be used against clearly de-
fined military targets and will not be used 
where civilians are known to be present or 
in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 
(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 
transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 
or permanently disposing of such cluster 
munitions. 
(3) CROWD
CONTROL
ITEMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, 
small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other 
items for crowd control purposes for foreign security 
forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful ex-
pression, association, or assembly in countries that 
the Secretary of State determines are undemocratic 
or are undergoing democratic transitions. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex-
pended during fiscal year 2018, by country and pur-
pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’. 
(2) QUARTERLY
STATUS
REPORT.—Following 
the submission of the quarterly report required by 
section 36 of Public Law 90–629 (22 U.S.C. 2776), 
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a status report that contains the in-
formation described under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ in House Report 115– 
829. 
(3) VETTING REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on foreign assistance 
cases submitted for vetting for purposes of sec-
tion 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 during the preceding fiscal year, includ-
ing— 
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(i) the total number of cases sub-
mitted, approved, suspended, or rejected 
for human rights reasons; and 
(ii) for cases rejected, a description of 
the steps taken to assist the foreign gov-
ernment in taking effective measures to 
bring the responsible members of the secu-
rity forces to justice, in accordance with 
section 620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961. 
(B) FORM.—The report required by this 
paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may be accompanied by a classified 
annex. 
(4) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE-
PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 
656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term 
‘‘military training provided to foreign military per-
sonnel by the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of State’’ shall be deemed to include all 
military training provided by foreign governments 
with funds appropriated to the Department of De-
fense or the Department of State, except for train-
ing provided by the government of a country des-
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ignated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 
non-NATO ally. 
ARMS TRADE TREATY 
SEC. 7050. 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. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart-
ments of the United States Government who are stationed 
in the United States, at any single international con-
ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 
is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con-
ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa-
tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov-
ernments, international organizations, or nongovern-
mental organizations. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
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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-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 
Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 
used for any other program and in any region. 
(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 
in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 
programmatic purposes in the designated country or re-
gion: 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) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft pur-
chased or leased by the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be co-
ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 
Chief of Mission: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7006(b) of this Act, such aircraft may be 
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used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 
supporting Department of State and USAID pro-
grams and activities: Provided further, That official 
travel for other agencies for other purposes may be 
supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim-
bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 
Provided further, That funds received by the Depart-
ment of State in connection with the use of aircraft 
owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of 
State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund 
of the Department and shall be available for ex-
penses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 
chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities 
of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the 
primary purpose of which is the transportation of 
personnel. 
(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 
To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 
by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country. 
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PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 
Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in subsection 
(f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi-
tions of sections 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public 
Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure 
that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other pri-
vate or multilateral creditors. 
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 Congress: Provided, 
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That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to 
carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Pub-
lic Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note). 
DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7056. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
shall be made available for programs and activities admin-
istered by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment to address the needs and protect and promote 
the rights of people with disabilities in developing coun-
tries, including initiatives that focus on independent living, 
economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employ-
ment, transportation, sports, and integration of individ-
uals with disabilities, including for the cost of translation. 
(b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL 
SUPPORT.—Of the funds made available pursuant to this 
section, 5 percent may be used for USAID for manage-
ment, oversight, and technical support. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
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 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 
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under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency 
for International Development to hire and employ individ-
uals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap-
pointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 
and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3948 and 3949). 
(b) 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, 
2020. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
should only be used to the extent that an equivalent num-
ber of positions that are filled by personal services contrac-
tors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who 
are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 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 
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to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 
relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 
this section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Op-
erating Expenses’’. 
(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 re-
lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may 
be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 
the limitation set forth in such section. 
(f) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 
employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to 
carry out programs in response to natural disasters, or 
man-made disasters subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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(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 As-
sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 
Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be 
used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services con-
tractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, in-
terim support for new or expanded 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 contractors shall be assigned to any 
bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), 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-
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vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be 
assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or Paki-
stan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs. 
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 dis-
ease programs including activities relating to research on, 
and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Glob-
al 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 amend-
ed: 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, includ-
ing in areas where population growth threatens biodiver-
sity or endangered species. 
(b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act that are available for a contribution to the Global 
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Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 
Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation until 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Global Fund is— 
(1) maintaining and implementing a policy of 
transparency, including the authority of the Global 
Fund Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to pub-
lish OIG reports on a public website; 
(2) providing sufficient resources to maintain 
an independent OIG that— 
(A) reports directly to the Board of the 
Global Fund; 
(B) maintains a mandate to conduct thor-
ough investigations and programmatic audits, 
free from undue interference; and 
(C) compiles regular, publicly published 
audits and investigations of financial, pro-
grammatic, and reporting aspects of the Global 
Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, 
and Local Fund Agents; 
(3) effectively implementing and enforcing poli-
cies and procedures which reflect best practices for 
the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, in-
cluding best practices for— 
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(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 
bodies, including external arbitration; and 
(E) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation: 
Provided, That such withholding shall not be in ad-
dition to funds that are withheld from the Global 
Fund in fiscal year 2019 pursuant to the application 
of any other provision contained in this or any other 
Act. 
(c) 
CONTAGIOUS
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
OUT-
BREAKS.— 
(1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that an international in-
fectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 
spreading internationally, or that it is in the na-
tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer-
gency of International Concern, funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 
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Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made available 
to combat such infectious disease or public health 
emergency, and may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under such headings for 
the purposes of this paragraph. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available by this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(d) REPURPOSED FUNDS.— 
(1) USES.—Of the unobligated balances avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance’’ in title IX of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235)— 
(A) $38,000,000 shall be for programs to 
accelerate the capabilities of targeted countries 
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to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious 
disease outbreaks; and 
(B) $2,000,000 shall be made available for 
the Emergency Reserve Fund established pur-
suant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 
Public Law 115–31) and shall be made avail-
able under the same terms and conditions of 
such section: Provided, That the second proviso 
of such paragraph is amended by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of State’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 
‘‘Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development’’. 
(2) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available by this subsection shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(3) TRANSFER
BETWEEN
ACCOUNTS.—Funds 
made available pursuant to this subsection under the 
headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under such 
headings: Provided, That such transfer authority is 
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in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law. 
(4) CLARIFICATION.—Funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection are in addition to funds 
otherwise made available for such purposes. 
(5) DESIGNATION.—The amounts repurposed 
under this subsection are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be 
available only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such des-
ignations to the Congress. 
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 
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 for programs specifically designed 
to increase leadership opportunities for women in coun-
tries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to 
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law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for 
women’s political status, expanding women’s participation 
in political parties and elections, and increasing women’s 
opportunities for leadership positions in the public and 
private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated under 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 vio-
lence in countries where it is common in conflict and 
non-conflict settings. 
(B) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 
judicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, 
where appropriate, prevention and response to gen-
der-based violence and trafficking in persons, and 
shall promote the integration of women into the po-
lice and other security forces. 
(2) Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development gender pro-
grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to com-
bat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, in-
cluding child marriage, rape, female genital cutting 
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and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 
forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non- 
conflict settings. 
(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 
available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 
improve coordination of, United States Government ef-
forts to empower women as equal partners in conflict pre-
vention, peace building, transitional processes, and recon-
struction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in po-
litical transition, and to ensure the equitable provision of 
relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. 
(e) WOMEN
AND GIRLS
AT RISK FROM EXTRE-
MISM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support women 
and girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and 
for the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 
115–141): Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 
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purposes, and shall be made available following consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION
AND HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for basic 
education, and such funds may be made avail-
able notwithstanding any other provision of law 
that restricts assistance to foreign countries: 
Provided, That such funds shall also be used 
for secondary education activities: Provided fur-
ther, That notifications submitted for basic edu-
cation programs should, as applicable, describe 
activities conducted in support of non-state 
schools: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations, may 
reprogram such funds between countries. 
(B) Not later than 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator 
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shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on the status of cumulative unobligated 
balances and obligated, but unexpended, bal-
ances 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 objec-
tives of such assistance: Provided, That the 
USAID Administrator shall update such report 
on a quarterly basis until September 30, 2020: 
Provided further, That if the USAID Adminis-
trator determines that any unobligated balances 
of funds specifically designated for assistance 
for basic education in prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs are in excess 
of the absorptive capacity of recipient countries, 
such funds may be made available for other 
programs authorized under chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwith-
standing such funding designation: Provided 
further, That the authority of the previous pro-
viso shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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sistance’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for cooperative development programs of USAID, and 
not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for the 
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program: Pro-
vided, That any substantive modifications from the prior 
fiscal year to the evaluation methodology or criteria for 
selecting grantees for the American Schools and Hospitals 
Abroad program shall be subject to prior consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) 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, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for 
the provisions of this subsection, to support en-
vironment programs. 
(B) Funds made available pursuant to this 
subsection shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(C) None of the funds in this Act are ap-
propriated or otherwise made available for a 
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contribution, grant, or any other payment for 
the Green Climate Fund. 
(2) CONSERVATION
PROGRAMS
AND
LIMITA-
TIONS.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $285,000,000 
shall be made available for biodiversity con-
servation programs. 
(B) Not less than $90,664,000 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. 
(C) 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 
determines has been credibly alleged to have 
participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, 
unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States. 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act for 
biodiversity programs shall not be used to sup-
port the expansion of industrial scale logging or 
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any other industrial scale extractive activity 
into areas that were primary/intact tropical for-
ests as of December 30, 2013, and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of each international 
financial institutions (IFI) to vote against any 
financing of any such activity. 
(3) LARGE DAMS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each IFI that it is the policy of the United 
States to vote in relation to any loan, grant, strat-
egy, or policy of such institution to support the con-
struction of any large dam consistent with the cri-
teria set forth in Senate Report 114–79, while also 
considering whether the project involves important 
foreign policy objectives. 
(4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.—Of the funds 
appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
$125,000,000 shall be made available for sustainable 
landscapes programs. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 
not less than $1,000,600,000 shall be made available for 
food security and agricultural development programs to 
carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act 
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of 2016 (Public Law 114–195), of which not less than 
$315,960,000 shall be made available for the Bureau for 
Food 
Security, 
USAID, 
including 
not 
less 
than 
$55,000,000 for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs: 
Provided, That funds may be made available for a con-
tribution as authorized by section 3202 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), 
as amended by section 3206 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
(e) MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISES.—Of the 
funds 
appropriated 
by 
this 
Act, 
not 
less 
than 
$265,000,000 shall be made available to support the devel-
opment of, and access to financing for, micro- and small 
enterprises that benefit the poor, especially women. 
(f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $67,000,000 shall be made 
available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 
internationally, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall 
be from funds made available under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
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available for programs to end modern slavery shall be in 
addition to funds made available by this subsection to 
combat trafficking in persons. 
(g) RECONCILIATION
PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall be made 
available to support people-to-people reconciliation pro-
grams which bring together individuals of different ethnic, 
religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil 
strife and war: Provided, That the USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior 
to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, 
and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That to the maximum extent practicable, such 
funds shall be matched by sources other than the United 
States Government: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be administered by the Office of Conflict Manage-
ment and Mitigation, USAID. 
(h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $435,000,000 shall be 
made available for water supply and sanitation projects 
pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, of which not less than $195,000,000 shall be for 
programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less 
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nator for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, De-
partment of State: Provided further, That funds 
made available by this paragraph shall only be made 
available on an open and competitive basis. 
(3) FUNDS FOR JORDAN AND TUNISIA.—Of the 
funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs that are made available 
for the Relief and Recovery Fund, not less than the 
following amounts shall be made available— 
(A) $50,000,000 for assistance for Jordan; 
and 
(B) $50,000,000 for assistance for Tuni-
sia: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for 
such countries. 
(c) PREVENTION OF FAILED STATES THROUGH PUB-
LIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams that are made available for the Relief and Recovery 
Fund, up to $10,000,000 shall be made available to imple-
ment the program described under this section in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
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