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4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so 
only after the report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) The head of the agency posting such report 
shall do so in a central location on the public website 
of such agency. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER-
SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The heads of Federal agencies 
funded under titles I and II of this Act shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 
Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu-
tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva-
tion of all records made or received in the conduct 
of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act to im-
prove Federal records management pursuant to the 
Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 
31, and 33) and other applicable Federal records 
management statutes, regulations, or policies for 
such agencies; 
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(3) direct departing employees, including senior 
officials, that all Federal records generated by such 
employees belong to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre-
vious fiscal year, the response time for identifying 
and retrieving Federal records, including requests 
made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 
Information Act’’); and 
(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to miti-
gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 
the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 
the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 
remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 
guidance related to the control of national security 
information, and implement the recommendations of 
the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In-
spector General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 
not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu-
tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 
within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 
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determination and any resulting changes to program or 
policy. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if 
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
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above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 
subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III through V shall be made available at not less than the 
amounts specifically designated in the respective tables in-
cluded in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign 
countries and international organizations shall serve as 
the amounts for such countries and international organi-
zations transmitted to Congress in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
shall be made available for such foreign countries and 
international organizations notwithstanding the date of 
the transmission of such report. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise 
provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State may only 
deviate up to 10 percent below the amounts specifically 
designated in the respective tables included in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
such percentage may be exceeded only if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports in writing to the Committees 
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on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that such devi-
ation is necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or un-
foreseen events, or to address other exceptional cir-
cumstances directly related to the national security inter-
est of the United States, including a description of such 
events or circumstances: Provided further, That deviations 
pursuant to the preceding proviso may not exceed 50 per-
cent and shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(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.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) funds for which the initial period of 
availability has expired; and 
(B) amounts designated by this Act as 
minimum funding requirements. 
(2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate 
from amounts designated in the respective tables in-
cluded in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
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consolidated Act) shall not apply to the table in-
cluded under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ 
in such statement. 
(3) With respect to the amounts designated for 
‘‘Global Programs’’ in the table under the heading 
‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ included 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act), the matter preceding the first proviso in 
subsection (b) of this section shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’, and the pro-
visos in such subsection (b) shall not apply. 
(e) REPORTS AND CONSULTATIONS.—The Secretary 
of State and other designated officials, as appropriate, 
shall submit the reports and conduct the consultations re-
quired, in the manner described, in House Report 119– 
217 and the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), unless otherwise directed in such explanatory state-
ment. 
(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Humanitarian Assist-
ance’’ shall not be included for purposes of meeting 
amounts designated for countries in this Act, unless such 
heading is specifically designated as the source of funds. 
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(g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations the report re-
quired by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 for fiscal year 2025: Provided, That such report 
shall also include details on the allocation of funds at the 
program, project, and activity level for meeting the con-
gressionally directed amounts specifically designated for a 
purpose in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division 
F of Public Law 118–47), as carried forward by the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public 
Law 119–4), to include the amounts specifically des-
ignated in title VII of such Acts: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the structure and details to accompany 
such report. 
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-
lateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act 
unless such pledge meets the requirements contained 
under this section in House Report 119–217. 
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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 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)): Provided, That the prohibition under this 
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. 
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(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 
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-
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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. 
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)). 
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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 ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘pro-
gram, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to in-
clude country, regional, and central program level funding 
within each such account, 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. 
CLARIFICATION 
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 
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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 
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, 
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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-
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 
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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, 
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. 
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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 
that country, the Secretary of State 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 the Department 
of State and that government to monitor and 
account for deposits into and disbursements 
from the separate account. 
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(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-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The De-
partment of State shall take all necessary steps to 
ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies dis-
bursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 
separate account established pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
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