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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 Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. 
(g) 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. 
(h) 
CRISIS
OPERATIONS
STAFFING.—Up 
to 
$86,000,000 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 and section 
509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of divi-
sion J of Public Law 116–94) may be made available for 
the United States Agency for International Development 
to appoint and employ personnel in the excepted service 
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to prevent or respond to foreign crises and contexts with 
growing instability: Provided, That functions carried out 
by personnel hired under the authority of this subsection 
shall be related to the purpose for which the funds were 
appropriated: Provided further, That such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes and 
may remain attributed to any minimum funding require-
ment for which they were originally made available: Pro-
vided further, That the USAID Administrator shall coordi-
nate with the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment and consult with the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on implementation of this provision. 
STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS 
IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT 
SEC. 7066. (a) PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION 
FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’ may be made available for the Prevention and 
Stabilization Fund for the purposes enumerated in section 
509(a) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of divi-
sion J of Public Law 116–94). 
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(b) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ may be made available for programs to promote 
accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and 
war crimes, which shall be in addition to any other funds 
made available by this Act for such purposes: Provided, 
That such programs shall include components to develop 
local investigative and judicial skills, and to collect and 
preserve evidence and maintain the chain of custody of 
evidence, including for use in prosecutions, and may in-
clude the establishment of, and assistance for, transitional 
justice mechanisms: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be administered by the Ambassador-at-Large for the 
Office of Global Criminal Justice, Department of State, 
and shall be subject to prior consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
made available by this paragraph shall be made available 
on an open and competitive basis. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7067. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
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may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act 
of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied 
through fiscal year 2024 by substituting ‘‘the costs of pro-
viding consular services’’ for ‘‘such costs’’. 
(b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations 
for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations 
(division B of Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 592) shall 
be applied during fiscal year 2024 by substituting ‘‘2020 
through 2024’’ for ‘‘2020 and 2021’’. 
(c) Discretionary amounts made available to the De-
partment of State under the heading ‘‘Administration of 
Foreign Affairs’’ of this Act, and discretionary unobli-
gated balances under such heading from prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, may be transferred to 
the Consular and Border Security Programs account if the 
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Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sus-
tain consular operations, following consultation with such 
Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in 
this Act and under any other provision of law: Provided 
further, That no amounts may be transferred from 
amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to sec-
tion 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2024, the Sec-
retary of State may also use fees deposited into the Fraud 
Prevention and Detection Account for the costs of pro-
viding consular services. 
(e) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent 
resolution on the budget are designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to legislation es-
tablishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the 
House of Representatives. 
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PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC INTERESTS 
SEC. 7069. (a) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—Pursu-
ant to section 704 of the Championing American Business 
Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of division J 
of Public Law 116–94) the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Commerce, shall prioritize the 
allocation of funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for support of Chief of 
Mission diplomatic engagement to foster commercial rela-
tions and safeguard United States economic and business 
interests in the country in which each Chief of Mission 
serves, including activities and initiatives to create and 
maintain an enabling environment, promote and protect 
such interests, and resolve commercial disputes: Provided, 
That each Mission Resource Request and Bureau Re-
source Request shall include amounts required to 
prioritize the activities described in this subsection. 
(b) TRAINING.—In carrying out section 705 of the 
Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act 
of 2019 (title VII of division J of Public Law 116–94) 
the Secretary of State shall annually assess training needs 
across the economic and commercial diplomacy issue areas 
and ensure after a review of course offerings, course at-
tendance records, and course evaluation results, that cur-
rent offerings meet training needs. 
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(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State should di-
rect each Chief of Mission to consider how best to advance 
and support commercial relations and the safeguarding of 
United States business interests in the development and 
execution of the applicable Integrated Country Strategy 
and the Mission Resource Request for each country receiv-
ing bilateral assistance from funds appropriated by this 
Act. 
ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON OPERATIONS AND 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7070. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act or prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available for 
drag queen workshops, performances, or documentaries. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to carry out any 
program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any 
idea or concept that condones an individual being discrimi-
nated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment 
based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling 
discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho-
logical distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, 
as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as 
inherently superior to another race, the United States or 
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its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an 
individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive 
by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s 
moral character as being necessarily determined by race 
or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions 
committed in the past by other members of the same race 
or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been 
created by a particular race to oppress another race. 
(c) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 
13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009), Execu-
tive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593), 
or Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. 
Reg. 10825). 
(d) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended 
to— 
(1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 
communications by a United States person as misin-
formation, disinformation, or malinformation; or 
(2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or-
ganizations that pressure or recommend private 
companies to censor, filter, or otherwise suppress 
lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 
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United States persons, including recommending the 
censoring or removal of content on social media plat-
forms. 
(e) None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used or transferred to another Fed-
eral Agency, board, or commission to fund any domestic 
or international non-governmental organization or any 
other program, organization, or association coordinated or 
operated by such non-governmental organization that ei-
ther offers counseling regarding sex change surgeries, pro-
motes sex change surgeries for any reason as an option, 
conducts or subsidizes sex change surgeries, promotes the 
use of medications or other substances to halt the onset 
of puberty or sexual development of minors, or otherwise 
promotes transgenderism. 
(f) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly 
or display a flag over a facility of a United States Federal 
department or agency funded by this Act other than the— 
(1) United States flag; 
(2) Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 
154.2-1; 
(3) POW/MIA flag; 
(4) flag of a State, insular area, or the District 
of Columbia at domestic locations; 
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(5) flag of an Indian Tribal government; or 
(6) sovereign flag of other countries. 
PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT REFORM 
SEC. 7071. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available to carry out the responsibilities delegated 
to the Secretary of State pursuant to Executive Order 
13867 (April 10, 2019) or any successor Executive Order: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall carry out such respon-
sibilities within the 60 day time period set forth in section 
2 of such Executive Order: Provided further, That Agency 
heads for whom the Secretary refers such applications for 
pertinent information or advise pursuant to such Execu-
tive Order should respond not later than the 30 days: Pro-
vided further, That Executive Order 13867, or any suc-
cessor Executive Order, should not be construed to require 
the application of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 prior to the Secretary providing advice to the 
President of the United States concerning any new or 
amended Presidential permit application. 
RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7072. (a) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, 
AND MAINTENANCE.—Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts available under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’ from prior Acts making 
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ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$40,000,000 are rescinded. 
(f) 
EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Im-
port Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ 
for tied-aid grants from prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, $59,000,000 are rescinded. 
(g) SECTION 60103.—Of the unobligated balances of 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for ac-
tivities of the Environmental Protection Agency under sec-
tion 60103 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’), $11,135,000,000 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
(h) RESTRICTION.—No amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE VIII—COUNTERING THE MALIGN INFLU-
ENCE OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for programs to advance United States national 
security interests in the Indo-Pacific and counter the ma-
lign influence of the People’s Republic of China: Provided, 
That, if expressly authorized and established in the Treas-
ury of the United States, funds made available under this 
title may be transferred to a ‘‘Compact Assistance Fund’’. 
TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 9001. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2024’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 115 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4665 
[Report No. 118–146] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 17, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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