or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical as-
pects of any transaction for which an application for a 
loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 
or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: 
Provided further, That in addition to other funds appro-
priated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 
credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed 
the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off-
setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 
sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col-
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0. 
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
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CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT 
The United States International Development Fi-
nance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to 
make such expenditures and commitments within the lim-
its of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor-
poration, and in accordance with the law, and to make 
such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis-
cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 
31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac-
tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 
of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 
of Public Law 115–254), $189,000,000: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided—(1) $101,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2021 for administra-
tive expenses to carry out authorized activities (including 
an amount for official reception and representation ex-
penses which shall not exceed $25,000); (2) $8,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for 
project-specific transaction costs as described in section 
1434(k) of such Act; (3) $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021 for the activities described 
in section 1421(c) of such Act; and (4) $30,000,000 shall 
be paid to the ‘‘United States International Development 
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Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ for programs as 
authorized by section 1421(b), (e), and (f) of the BUILD 
Act of 2018: Provided further, That in this fiscal year, 
the Corporation shall collect the amounts described in sec-
tion 1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2020 such collections shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this appropriation: Provided 
further, such collections collected in fiscal year 2020 in 
excess of $189,000,000 shall be credited to this account 
and shall be available in future fiscal years only to the 
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Pro-
vided further, That in fiscal year 2020, if such collections 
are less than $189,000,000, receipts collected pursuant to 
the BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990, in an amount equal to such shortfall, shall 
be credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this heading may not be used to pro-
vide any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited 
by any other provision of law or to provide assistance to 
any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited by any 
other provision of law: Provided further, That the sums 
herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re-
duced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collec-
tions described under this heading so as to result in a final 
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fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated 
at $0. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De-
velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac-
count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That not to exceed $80,000,000 of 
amounts paid to this account from CCA or transferred 
pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115-254) shall be available for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans provided by the 
Corporation pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain avail-
able for disbursement for the following eight fiscal years: 
Provided further, That funds transferred to carry out the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to section 
1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available 
for obligation for one additional fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That the total loan principal or guaranteed principal 
amount shall not exceed $8,000,000,000. 
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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, of which no more than $19,000,000 may be used 
for administrative expenses: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 
may be available for representation and entertainment ex-
penses. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 
59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author-
ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 
transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 
States Government to which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 
cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unex-
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pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 
Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 
such department or agency in fiscal year 2020 or any pre-
vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 
That the report required by this section shall be submitted 
not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
and should specify by account the amount of funds obli-
gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 
been further sub-obligated. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Con-
struction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of 
division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained in ap-
pendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the 
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Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–323), a project to construct a facility 
of the United States may include office space or other ac-
commodations for members of the United States Marine 
Corps. 
(b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur-
poses of calculating the fiscal year 2020 costs of providing 
new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 
annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 
is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 
State for this purpose. 
(c) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, which may be made available for the 
acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 
for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis-
cal year 2020, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 
to this subsection shall include the information enumer-
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ated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 
(d) 
INTERIM
AND
TEMPORARY
FACILITIES 
ABROAD.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the opening, closure, or any significant modification to an 
interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 
congressional committees and the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
such consultation and notification may be waived if there 
is a security risk to personnel. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 
DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
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(1) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 
only be used for the service centers included in the Con-
gressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 
2020: Provided, That the amounts for such service centers 
shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 
except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided 
further, That Federal agency components shall be charged 
only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund 
service: Provided further, That prior to increasing the per-
centage charged to Department of State bureaus and of-
fices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of 
State shall include the proposed increase in the Depart-
ment of State budget justification or, at least 60 days 
prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appro-
priations a justification for such increase, including a de-
tailed assessment of the cost and benefit of the services 
provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That 
Federal agency components may only pay for Working 
Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 
and authorities of such components: Provided further, 
That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance 
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or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 
each service. 
(2) STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
(A) Funds made available by this Act are made 
available to support the permanent Foreign Service 
and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of 
State at not less than the on-board levels in fiscal 
year 2016. 
(B) The use of funds appropriated by this Act 
to implement any plan to expand or reduce the size 
of the permanent Civil Service or Foreign Service 
workforce at the Department of State from on-board 
levels in fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include the re-
quirements enumerated in section 7062(b) of this 
Act. 
(C) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, the Secretary of State shall report 
to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the 
Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family mem-
ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the De-
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partment of State, on an operating unit-by-operating 
unit basis: Provided, That such report shall also in-
clude a hiring plan, including timelines, for main-
taining the agency-wide, on-board Foreign Service 
and Civil Service at not less than the on-board levels 
in fiscal year 2016. 
(3) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MI-
GRATION, DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, or any other Act, may be used to 
downsize, downgrade, consolidate, close, move, or relocate 
the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, De-
partment of State, or any activities of such Bureau, to 
another Federal agency. 
(4) ADMINISTRATION
OF FUNDS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act— 
(A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’ shall be administered by the Assistant 
Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, 
Department of State, and this responsibility shall 
not be delegated; and 
(B) that are made available for the Office of 
Global Women’s Issues shall be administered by the 
United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global 
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Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be used by an agency to carry out a 
project that is approved by the Board unless the 
head of the agency— 
(i) submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a copy of the approved project pro-
posal, including the terms of reimbursement of 
funding received for the project; and 
(ii) agrees to submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a copy of each report relating to 
the project that the head of the agency submits 
to the Board. 
(b) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the funds 
made available in titles III and IV of this Act pursuant 
to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 
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). 
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(2) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 
contained in paragraph (1) shall expire on September 30, 
2021. 
(3) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this subsection shall be the account 
to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 
relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 
this subsection may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the head-
ing ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 
(4) 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. 
(5) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act to carry out 
the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may 
be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
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purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of indi-
viduals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary 
responsibility is to carry out programs in response to nat-
ural disasters, or man-made disasters subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(6) 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. 
(7) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
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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. 
(8) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT-
MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro-
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. 
(9) USAID PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
(A) Funds made available by this Act are made 
available to support the permanent Foreign Service 
and Civil Service staff levels of USAID at not less 
than the levels funded in fiscal year 2016. 
(B) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, the USAID Administrator shall re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees on 
the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of 
the Civil Service, Foreign Service, and foreign serv-
ice national workforce of USAID, on an operating 
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unit-by-operating unit basis: Provided, That such re-
port shall also include a hiring plan, including 
timelines, for maintaining the permanent Foreign 
Service and Civil Service at not less than the levels 
funded in fiscal year 2016. 
(10) USAID REORGANIZATION.— 
(A) Not later than 30 days after enactment of 
this Act, and quarterly thereafter until September 
30, 2021, the USAID Administrator shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees 
on the status of USAID’s reorganization as de-
scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 
(B) The use of funds appropriated by this Act 
to implement any plan to expand or reduce the size 
of the permanent Civil Service or Foreign Service 
workforce at USAID from funded levels in fiscal 
year 2016 shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such noti-
fication shall include the requirements enumerated 
in section 7062(b) of this Act. 
(c) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REVIEW.—Programmatic, 
funding, and organizational changes resulting from imple-
mentation of the Foreign Assistance Review shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
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procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That such notifications may be submitted in classi-
fied form, if necessary. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of 
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose 
duly elected head of government is deposed by military 
coup d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military 
plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 
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democratically elected government has taken office: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 
apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 
public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 
provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
AND 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 2 percent of 
any appropriation made available for the current fis-
cal year for the Department of State under title I 
of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 
with, such appropriations, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers, and no such transfer may be made to in-
crease the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Rep-
resentation Expenses’’. 
(B) EMBASSY SECURITY.—Section 113 of the 
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 
2017 (22 U.S.C. 295(j)) shall be applied to funds 
made available by this Act by substituting ‘‘fiscal 
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year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the United States Agen-
cy for Global Media under title I of this Act may be trans-
ferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. 
(3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any transfer 
pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author-
ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
Act. 
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(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo-
cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 
Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 
2018 (division F of Public Law 115-254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 
into by the United States Agency for International 
Development or the Department of State with any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
$1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 
section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 
by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
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Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 
the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 
entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCE CORPORATION.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Amounts transferred pursu-
ant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
from funds made available under titles III and IV of 
this Act shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, 
That any such transfers shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT
CREDIT
AUTHORITY
AC-
COUNT.—Funds 
transferred 
from 
Development 
Credit Authority program account of the United 
States Agency for International Development to the 
Corporate Capital Account of the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation pur-
suant to section 1434(i) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
shall be transferred and merged with such account, 
and may thereafter be deemed to meet any minimum 
funding requirements attributed for at the time of 
deposit into the Development Credit Authority pro-
gram account. 
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(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 
of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
written policy justification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations and related programs, entered into between the De-
partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any com-
parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 
Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans-
fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
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dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first- 
class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 
any United States Government department or agency may 
be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 
use by such department or agency unless such network 
has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 
websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 
limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 
tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity 
carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga-
tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis-
cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 
as part of official business. 
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(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. (a) No part of any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall remain available for obligation 
after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless ex-
pressly so provided by this Act: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part 
I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, and funds made available for 
the ‘‘United States International Development Finance 
Corporation’’ and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for 
an additional 2 years from the date on which the avail-
ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 
funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their 
respective periods of availability contained in this Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes 
of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob-
ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance 
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available for an additional 2 years from the date on 
which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 
expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated 
before the expiration of their respective periods of avail-
ability contained in this Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act that are proposed for rescission pursuant to sec-
tion 1012 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683) within 60 days of 
the expiration of the period of availability of such funds 
and Congress has not completed action on a rescission bill 
pursuant to subsection (b) of such section shall remain 
available for an additional 90 days from the date on which 
the availability of such funds would otherwise have ex-
pired. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
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is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
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the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2020 on funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs by a foreign government or entity 
against United States assistance programs, either directly 
or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
assistance for fiscal year 2021 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 
if, not later than September 30, 2021, such taxes have 
not been reimbursed: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
by such date on the foreign governments and entities that 
have not reimbursed such taxes, including any amount of 
funds withheld pursuant to this subsection. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist-
ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 
States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 
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and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 
a programmatically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en-
tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 
State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 
this subsection with regard to any foreign govern-
ment or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax-
ation of assistance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
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(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat-
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 
agreement between the Government of the United 
States and the government of the country receiving 
assistance that describes the privileges and immuni-
ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 
for such country generally, or an individual agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
and such government that describes, among other 
things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 
accorded the United States assistance provided 
under that agreement. 
(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 
and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 
customs duties but shall not include individual in-
come taxes assessed to local staff. 
(h) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant agencies of the United 
States Government, shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the requirements contained 
under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
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specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the 
designation if compliance with the designation is made im-
possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 
Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made available under the same terms and conditions as 
originally provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 
the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe-
riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin-
istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 
of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 
can be obligated during the original period of availability: 
Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
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available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs to the departments 
and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offset-
ting collections, or made available by transfer, to the de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
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(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 
activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re-
name bureaus, centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I and 
II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, to the departments and agencies funded under ti-
tles I and II of this Act that remain available for obliga-
tion in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the department and agency funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
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(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and 
Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘De-
mocracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central 
Asia’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, 
‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 
Education and Training’’, ‘‘United States International 
Development Finance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, 
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shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such obligation: Provided, That the President shall not 
enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 
purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
for the provision of major defense equipment, other than 
conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 
defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 
not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 
of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 
this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 
other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 
activity, program, or project for which funds are appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 
10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
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of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author-
ity. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND 
FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
to support or continue any program initially funded 
under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 
or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and in accordance with the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub-
mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
a description of, and the estimated costs associated 
with, the support or continuation of such program. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 
of Defense to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica-
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tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other committees pursuant to sub-
section (f) of that section: Provided, That before 
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense arti-
cles are significant military equipment (as defined in 
section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or 
are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 
$7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 
elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 
funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 
Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
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(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro-
vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 
as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak-
ing the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 
provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, 
Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, 
Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, 
Philippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South 
Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, 
and Yemen except as provided through the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III and under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations and such no-
tification shall include the information specified under this 
section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for the programs and activities enumerated 
under this section in the report accompanying this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM, COORDINATE, AND 
CONSULT.— 
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(1) The Secretary of State shall promptly in-
form the appropriate congressional committees of 
each instance in which funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, 
the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the Relief 
and Recovery Fund, or programs to counter extre-
mism and foreign fighters abroad, have been di-
verted or destroyed, to include the type and amount 
of assistance, a description of the incident and par-
ties involved, and an explanation of the response of 
the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure such 
funds are coordinated with, and complement, the 
programs of other United States Government de-
partments and agencies and international partners 
in such countries and on such activities. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least seven 
days prior to informing a government of, or pub-
lically announcing a decision on, the suspension of 
assistance to a country or a territory, including as 
a result of an interagency review of such assistance, 
from funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs. 
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DOCUMENT REQUESTS 
SEC. 7016. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 
be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 
any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 
any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re-
quirements of the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
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 
determination and any resulting changes to program and 
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 
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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 
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 under such titles in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign 
countries and international organizations shall serve as 
the amounts for such countries and international organi-
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zations transmitted to Congress in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS BELOW MINIMUM 
LEVELS.—Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as applica-
ble, may deviate by not more than 5 percent below the 
minimum amounts specifically designated in the respective 
tables included under titles III through V in the report 
accompanying this Act. 
(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 
funds for which the initial period of availability has 
expired. 
(2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate 
below amounts designated in the respective tables in-
cluded in the report accompanying this Act shall not 
apply to the table included under the heading ‘‘Glob-
al Health Programs’’ in such report. 
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(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State and the 
USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit the 
reports required, in the manner described, in the report 
accompanying this Act. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 
and entertainment expenses further official agency busi-
ness and United States foreign policy interests, and— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
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port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
musical productions, and amusement parks. 
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 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern-
ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 
Provided further, That this section applies with re-
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spect to lethal military 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 United States national 
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— 
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(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. 
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. 
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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 following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in 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 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 a report, to be provided to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations within 30 days after en-
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actment of this Act, as 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 
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 
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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-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
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(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, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
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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. 
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 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 
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(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-
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.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
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for the purposes agreed upon pursuant 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 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
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provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
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