(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, deviations authorized by subsection 
(b) may only take place after submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to— 
(1) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired; and 
(2) amounts designated by this Act as min-
imum funding requirements. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Ad-
ministrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, 
shall submit the reports required, in the manner described, 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be in-
cluded for purposes of meeting amounts designated for 
countries in this Act, unless such headings are specifically 
designated as the source of funds. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to make any 
pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bi-
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lateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act 
unless such pledge was: (1) previously justified, including 
the projected future year costs, in a congressional budget 
justification; (2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs or previously authorized by an Act of Con-
gress; (3) notified in accordance with the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, in-
cluding the projected future year costs; or (4) the subject 
of prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions and such consultation was conducted at least 7 days 
in advance of the pledge. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military 
equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of 
the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this 
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section with respect to a foreign government shall 
terminate 12 months after that government ceases 
to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 
That this section applies with respect to lethal mili-
tary equipment provided under a contract entered 
into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
how the assistance furthers the United States na-
tional interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
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State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
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AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include country, re-
gional, and central program level funding within each such 
account, and for the development assistance accounts of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 
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to include central, country, regional, and program level 
funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with the report required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
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III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 
to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of 
any commodity for export by any country other than the 
United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist-
ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro-
ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro-
vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export- 
Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 
the benefits to industry and employment in the United 
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 
and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
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cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
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and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to oppose any assistance by such institution, using funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
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that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
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