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tious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 
spreading internationally, or that it is in the na-
tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer-
gency of International Concern, not to exceed an ag-
gregate total of $200,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 
Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and 
‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made 
available to combat such infectious disease or public 
health emergency, and may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under such headings 
for the purposes of this paragraph. 
(3) 
EMERGENCY
RESERVE
FUND.—Up 
to 
$70,000,000 of the funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made 
available for the Emergency Reserve Fund established 
pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 
115–31): Provided, That such funds shall be made
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available under the same terms and conditions of such 
section. 
(4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
made available by this subsection shall be subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be made available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology 
located in the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 
China. 
GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 
SEC. 7059. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available to promote the equality 
and empowerment of women and girls in United States 
Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising 
the status, increasing the economic participation and op-
portunities for political leadership, and protecting the 
rights of women and girls worldwide. 
(b) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act shall be made available to expand 
economic opportunities for women by increasing the num-
ber and capacity of women-owned enterprises, improving 
property rights for women, increasing women’s access to fi-
nancial services and capital, enhancing the role of women
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in economic decision-making at the local, national, and 
international levels, and improving women’s ability to par-
ticipate in the global economy, including through imple-
mentation of the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic 
Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–428): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 
as applicable, shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations on the uses of funds made available pursuant to 
this subsection. 
(c) GENDER EQUITY AND EQUALITY ACTION FUND.— 
Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up 
to $200,000,000 may be made available for the Gender Eq-
uity and Equality Action Fund. 
(d) MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP 
PROGRAM.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Madeleine K. Albright Women’s Leadership Pro-
gram, as established by section 7059(b) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117–328). 
(e) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall 
be made available to implement a multi-year strategy
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to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in 
countries where it is common in conflict and non-con-
flict settings. 
(2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 
judicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, where 
appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based 
violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote 
the integration of women into the police and other se-
curity forces. 
(3) Funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section should include efforts to combat a variety of 
forms of violence against women and girls, including 
child marriage, rape, and female genital cutting and 
mutilation. 
(f) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $150,000,000 
should be made available to support a multi-year strategy 
to expand, and improve coordination of, United States Gov-
ernment efforts to empower women as equal partners in 
conflict prevention, peace building, transitional processes,
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and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict 
or in political transition, and to ensure the equitable provi-
sion of relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. 
SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDU-
CATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
(A) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, not less than $922,000,000 shall 
be made available for the Nita M. Lowey Basic 
Education Fund, and such funds may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law that restricts assistance to foreign countries: 
Provided, That such funds shall also be used for 
secondary education activities: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available by this para-
graph, $150,000,000 should be available for the 
education of girls in areas of conflict. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act for assistance for basic education 
programs, $152,000,000 shall be made available 
for contributions to multilateral partnerships 
that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than
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$271,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for higher education: Provided, That such funds may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries, and shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That of such amount, not less than 
$33,000,000 shall be made available for new and on-
going partnerships between higher education institu-
tions in the United States and developing countries 
focused on building the capacity of higher education 
institutions and systems in developing countries: Pro-
vided further, That of such amount and in addition 
to the previous proviso, not less than $35,000,000 
shall be made available for higher education programs 
pursuant to section 7060(a)(3) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 
116–260). 
(3) SCHOLAR RESCUE PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for 
scholar rescue programs to support projects that
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strengthen democracy and civil society by protecting 
scholars at risk overseas, including through fellow-
ships and placement opportunities abroad, which 
shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
of State. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, not less than $18,500,000 shall be made available 
for United States Agency for International Development co-
operative development programs and not less than 
$31,500,000 shall be made available for the American 
Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. 
(c) DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall 
be made available for programs and activities administered 
by USAID to address the needs of, and protect and promote 
the rights of, people with disabilities in developing coun-
tries, including initiatives that focus on independent living, 
economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, 
transportation, sports, political and electoral participation, 
and integration of individuals with disabilities, including 
for the cost of translation: Provided, That funds shall be 
made available to support disability rights advocacy orga-
nizations in developing countries: Provided further, That
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of the funds made available pursuant to this subsection, 5 
percent may be used by USAID for management, oversight, 
and technical support. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(1) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated 
by title III of this Act, not less than $960,000,000 
shall be made available for food security and agricul-
tural development programs to carry out the purposes 
of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–195), including for the Feed the Future Innova-
tion Labs: Provided, That funds may be made avail-
able for a contribution as authorized by section 3202 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 3310 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–334). 
(2) FEED THE FUTURE MODERNIZATION.—Of the 
funds made available pursuant to this subsection— 
(A) not less than 50 percent should be made 
available for the Feed the Future target coun-
tries; and 
(B) not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available to support private sector investment in 
food security, including as catalytic capital.
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(e) MICRO, SMALL, AND
MEDIUM-SIZED
ENTER-
PRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 
than $252,000,000 shall be made available to support the 
development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, 
and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe-
cially women. 
(f) PROGRAMS
TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING
IN PER-
SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, not less than $111,000,000 shall be made available 
for activities to combat trafficking in persons internation-
ally, including for the Program to End Modern Slavery, 
of which not less than $89,500,000 shall be from funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Con-
trol and Law Enforcement’’: Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are made avail-
able for activities to combat trafficking in persons should 
be obligated and programmed consistent with the country- 
specific recommendations included in the annual Traf-
ficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordinated with 
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
923 
Department of State: Provided further, That such funds are 
in addition to funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for the Office to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking in Persons: Provided further, That 
funds made available by this Act shall be made available 
to further develop, standardize, and update training for all 
United States Government personnel under Chief of Mission 
authority posted at United States embassies and consulates 
abroad on recognizing signs of human trafficking and pro-
tocols for reporting such cases. 
(g) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $100,000,000 shall be made available to support 
new public-private partnership foundations for conserva-
tion and food security if legislation establishing such foun-
dations is enacted into law by December 31, 2024. 
(h) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available 
to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which 
bring together individuals of different ethnic, racial, reli-
gious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil strife 
and war: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the
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regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources other 
than the United States Government: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be administered by the Center for Conflict 
and Violence Prevention, USAID. 
(i) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $451,000,000 shall be 
made available for water supply and sanitation projects 
pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, of which not less than $225,500,000 shall be for pro-
grams in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(j) DEVIATION.—Unless otherwise provided for by this 
Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, 
as applicable, may deviate below the minimum funding re-
quirements designated in sections 7059, 7060, and 7061 of 
this Act by up to 10 percent, notwithstanding such designa-
tion: Provided, That such deviations shall only be exercised 
to address unforeseen or exigent circumstances: Provided 
further, That concurrent with the submission of the report 
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations in writing any proposed deviations utilizing 
such authority that are planned at the time of submission 
of such report: Provided further, That any deviations pro-
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posed subsequent to the submission of such report shall be 
subject to prior consultation with such Committees: Pro-
vided further, That not later than November 1, 2025, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations on the use of the authority of this sub-
section. 
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7061. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 
chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
except for the provisions of this section and only subject 
to the reporting procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, to support environment programs. 
(b)(1) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $365,750,000 shall be made available for 
biodiversity conservation programs. 
(2) Not less than $118,750,000 of the funds appro-
priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made 
available to combat the transnational threat of wildlife 
poaching and trafficking. 
(3) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of 
this Act may be made available for training or other assist-
ance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary 
of State determines has been credibly alleged to have par-
926 
ticipated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Sec-
retary reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that to do so is in the national security interest of the 
United States. 
(4) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity 
programs shall not be used to support the expansion of in-
dustrial scale logging, agriculture, livestock production, 
mining, or any other industrial scale extractive activity 
into areas that were primary/intact tropical forests as of 
December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States executive directors of each inter-
national financial institution (IFI) to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any financing of any 
such activity. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director of each IFI that it is the 
policy of the United States to use the voice and vote of the 
United States, in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or 
policy of such institution, regarding the construction of any 
large dam consistent with the criteria set forth in Senate 
Report 114–79, while also considering whether the project 
involves important foreign policy objectives. 
(d) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $175,750,000 shall be made available for 
sustainable landscapes programs.
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(e) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $256,500,000 shall be made available for 
adaptation programs, including in support of the imple-
mentation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy. 
(f) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $247,000,000 shall be made available for 
clean energy programs, including in support of carrying 
out the purposes of the Electrify Africa Act (Public Law 
114–121) and implementing the Power Africa initiative. 
(g) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III 
may be made available for United States contributions to 
the Adaptation Fund and the Least Developed Countries 
Fund. 
(h) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $47,500,000 shall be made available for 
the purposes enumerated under section 7060(c)(7) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 
116–260): Provided, That such funds may only be made 
available following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(i) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, not less than $19,000,000 shall be made available to 
support Indigenous and other civil society organizations in
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developing countries that are working to protect the envi-
ronment, including threatened and endangered species. 
(j) The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
shall implement the directive regarding law enforcement in 
national parks and protected areas as described under this 
section in Senate Report 118–71. 
BUDGET DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7062. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, each depart-
ment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and 
VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and 
Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, includ-
ing the Inter-American Foundation and the United States 
African Development Foundation, shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds ap-
propriated to such department, agency, or organization in 
such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obli-
gation in fiscal year 2024, that provides details of the uses 
of such funds at the program, project, and activity level: 
Provided, That such plans shall include, as applicable, a 
comparison between the congressional budget justification 
funding levels, the most recent congressional directives or 
approved funding levels, and the funding levels proposed by 
the department or agency; and a clear, concise, and inform-
ative description/justification: Provided further, That oper-
929 
ating plans that include changes in levels of funding for 
programs, projects, and activities specified in the congres-
sional budget justification, in this Act, or amounts des-
ignated in the tables in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act), as applicable, shall be subject to the notifica-
tion and reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of 
this Act. 
(b) SPEND PLANS.— 
(1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 
Secretary of State or Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as ap-
propriate, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations a spend plan for funds made available by 
this Act for— 
(A) assistance for countries in Central 
America and the Caribbean, Cambodia, Ethi-
opia, Iraq, Pacific Islands countries, Pakistan, 
Tunisia, and Ukraine; 
(B) assistance for the Africa Regional 
Counterterrorism program, Caribbean Basin Se-
curity Initiative, Central America Regional Se-
curity Initiative, Counterterrorism Partnerships 
Fund, Global Peace Operations Initiative, Indo- 
Pacific Strategy and the Countering PRC Influ-
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ence Fund, Partnership for Global Infrastructure 
and Investment, Partnership for Regional East 
Africa Counterterrorism, Power Africa, Prosper 
Africa, 
and 
Trans-Sahara 
Counterterrorism 
Partnership; 
(C) assistance made available pursuant to 
the following sections in this Act: section 7032; 
section 7036; section 7047(d) (on a country-by- 
country basis); section 7059; and subsections (a), 
(d), (e), (f), (h), and (i) of section 7060; 
(D) funds provided under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’ for International Organized Crime 
and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property 
Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall in-
clude bilateral and global programs funded 
under such heading along with a brief descrip-
tion of the activities planned for each country; 
and 
(E) implementation of the Global Fragility 
Act of 2019. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
detailed spend plan for funds made available by this
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Act under the headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury, 
International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title 
III and ‘‘Treasury International Assistance Pro-
grams’’ in title V. 
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 
percent of the funds contained in a spend plan re-
quired by this subsection may be obligated prior to 
the submission of such spend plan if the Secretary of 
State, the USAID Administrator, or the Secretary of 
the Treasury, as applicable, determines that the obli-
gation of such funds is necessary to avoid significant 
programmatic disruption: Provided, That not less 
than seven days prior to such obligation, the Sec-
retary or Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the jus-
tification for such obligation and the proposed uses of 
such funds. 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in 
subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the notifi-
cation requirements in this Act or under section 634A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The 
congressional budget justification for Department of State 
operations and foreign operations shall be provided to the 
Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date of
932 
submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2025: 
Provided, That the appendices for such justification shall 
be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not later 
than 10 calendar days thereafter. 
REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICA-
TION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, or any other Act may not 
be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other 
plan described in subsection (b) by the Department of State, 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
or any other Federal department, agency, or organization 
funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head 
of such department, agency, or organization with the appro-
priate congressional committees: Provided, That such funds 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 
such notification submitted to such Committees shall in-
clude a detailed justification for any proposed action: Pro-
vided further, That congressional notifications submitted in 
prior fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of law in 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
deemed to meet the notification requirements of this section.
933 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to sub-
section (a), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall 
include any action to— 
(1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 
covered departments, agencies, or organizations, in-
cluding bureaus and offices within or between such 
departments, agencies, or organizations, including the 
transfer to other agencies of the authorities and re-
sponsibilities of such bureaus and offices; 
(2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize 
the United States official presence overseas, including 
at bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic fa-
cilities and other platforms; or 
(3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent 
Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family mem-
ber, and locally employed staff workforce of the De-
partment of State and USAID from the staffing levels 
previously justified to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2024. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MATTERS 
SEC. 7064. (a) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the 
Department of State for payments to the Working Capital 
Fund that are made available for new service centers, shall
934 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days after 
the initial obligation of funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act that are made available 
to a Department of State bureau or office with re-
sponsibility for the management and oversight of such 
funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report 
to the Committees on Appropriations, on an indi-
vidual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or of-
fice is in compliance with Department and Federal 
financial and grants management policies, proce-
dures, and regulations, as applicable. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—When making a certifi-
cation required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or office 
to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the 
country and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation 
and monitoring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and in-
dicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and
935 
(E) assess final results and reconcile fi-
nances. 
(3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable to 
make a certification required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing 
the steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office 
into compliance. 
(c) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) In addition to amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments re-
ceived from English teaching, library, motion 
pictures, and publication programs and from 
fees from educational advising and counseling 
and exchange visitor programs; and 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 
derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 
fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
(2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
936 
grams’’ are available for acquisition by exchange or 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 
law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 31, 
United States Code, for the field examination of pro-
grams and activities in the United States funded 
from any account contained in title I of this Act. 
(3) Consistent with section 204 of the Admiral 
James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (22 
U.S.C. 2452b), up to $25,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ in this Act may be obligated and expended for 
United States participation in international fairs 
and expositions abroad, including for construction 
and operation of a United States pavilion at Expo 
2025. 
(4) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, not less than 
$500,000 shall be made available for additional per-
sonnel for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Depart-
ment of State. 
(5) Reports required by section 303(g) of the 
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2602) shall also be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such re-
937 
ports shall also include information concerning com-
pliance with section 303(c) of such Act. 
(6)(A) The notification requirement of para-
graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (j) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2651a(j)) shall also apply to the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(B) The justification requirement of paragraph 
(4) of subsection (j) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) shall 
also apply to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port detailing the criteria used to certify that a posi-
tion established in accordance with paragraph (2) of 
subsection (j) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(j)) does not require 
the exercise of significant authority pursuant to the 
laws of the United States: Provided, That such report 
shall also include a listing of each special appoint-
ment authorized by such section, the number of posi-
tions for the applicable office, and the salary and 
other support costs of such office, and such report 
shall be updated and submitted to the such commit-
938 
tees every 180 days thereafter until September 30, 
2025. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7065. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $170,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 
to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to hire and employ individuals in 
the United States and overseas on a limited appointment 
basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 
contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2025. 
(c) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account to 
which the responsibilities of such individual primarily re-
late: Provided, That funds made available to carry out this 
section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
propriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’.
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(d) 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 related 
programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may be ex-
tended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the 
limitation set forth in such section. 
(e) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, for the cost (including the support 
costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID 
whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 
response to natural disasters or man-made disasters, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(f) 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 Assist-
ance 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 contractors
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in the United States, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 
for new or expanded overseas programs and activities man-
aged 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 appropriated 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 per-
sonal services contractors assigned to the Bureau for Hu-
manitarian Assistance. 
(g) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 
the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 
such contracts when the order is placed with any category 
of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(h) 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 as-
signed to or support programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan 
with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts mak-
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ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs. 
(i) 
CRISIS
OPERATIONS
STAFFING.—Up 
to 
$86,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this 
Act pursuant to, or to carry out the provisions of, part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 509(b) 
of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J 
of Public Law 116–94) may be made available for the 
United States Agency for International Development to ap-
point and employ personnel in the excepted service to pre-
vent or respond to foreign crises and contexts with growing 
instability: Provided, That functions carried out by per-
sonnel hired under the authority of this subsection shall be 
related to the purpose for which the funds were appro-
priated: Provided further, That such funds are in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes and may re-
main attributed to any minimum funding requirement for 
which they were originally made available: Provided fur-
ther, That the USAID Administrator shall coordinate with 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and con-
sult with the appropriate congressional committees on im-
plementation of this provision. 
(j) PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles II and III may be made
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available for the USAID Administrator to exercise the au-
thorities of section 2669(c) of title 22, United States Code. 
STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED 
BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT 
SEC. 7066. (a) PREVENTION
AND STABILIZATION 
FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 
Program’’, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund for the pur-
poses enumerated in section 509(a) of the Global Fragility 
Act of 2019 (title V of division J of Public Law 116–94): 
Provided, That such funds shall be prioritized for countries 
with national and local governments with the demonstrated 
political will and capacity to partner on strengthening gov-
ernment legitimacy: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development shall consult with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the intended prioritization 
and allocation of such funds not later than 60 days prior 
to submitting the pre-obligation spend plans required by 
section 7062(b) of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under such headings may be transferred to,
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and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings 
for such purposes: Provided further, That such transfer au-
thority is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to this subsection 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
may remain available until September 30, 2025. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for programs to promote accountability for genocide, 
crimes against humanity, and war crimes, which shall be 
in addition to any other funds made available by this Act 
for such purposes: Provided, That such programs shall in-
clude components to develop local investigative and judicial 
skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain 
the chain of custody of evidence, including for use in pros-
ecutions, and may include the establishment of, and assist-
ance for, transitional justice mechanisms: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be administered by the Ambassador- 
at-Large for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Depart-
ment of State, and shall be subject to prior consultation
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with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this paragraph shall be made 
available on an open and competitive basis. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7067. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental 
organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United 
States Agency for International Development may place in 
interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 
that organization as a result of economic assistance pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization. 
EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of 
June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied through 
fiscal year 2024 by substituting ‘‘the costs of providing con-
sular services’’ for ‘‘such costs’’. 
(b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for 
Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (divi-
sion B of Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 592) shall be ap-
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plied during fiscal year 2024 by substituting ‘‘2020 through 
2024’’ for ‘‘2020 and 2021’’. 
(c) Discretionary amounts made available to the De-
partment of State under the heading ‘‘Administration of 
Foreign Affairs’’ of this Act, and discretionary unobligated 
balances under such heading from prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, may be transferred to the 
Consular and Border Security Programs account if the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sustain con-
sular operations, following consultation with such Commit-
tees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition 
to any transfer authority otherwise available in this Act 
and under any other provision of law: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be transferred from amounts des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to sec-
tion 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary 
of State may also use fees deposited into the Fraud Preven-
tion and Detection Account for the costs of providing con-
sular services.
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(e) Amounts provided pursuant to subsection (b) are 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 7069. (a) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) Consistent with paragraph (2), there is here-
by established in the Treasury of the United States 
the ‘‘USAID Buying Power Maintenance Account’’. 
(2) Up to $50,000,000 of expired or unexpired 
discretionary unobligated balances appropriated for 
this and for any succeeding fiscal year under the 
heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ may be transferred to, 
and merged with, the account established pursuant to 
paragraph (1) not later than the end of the fifth fiscal 
year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are 
available for the purposes for which appropriated: 
Provided, That amounts deposited in such account 
shall be available until expended for the purposes of 
offsetting adverse fluctuations in foreign currency ex-
change rates or overseas wage and price changes to 
maintain overseas operations, in addition to such 
other funds as may be available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That amounts from such account 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
947 
priated under titles II and III of this Act or subse-
quent Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs for 
such purposes: Provided further, That any specific 
designation or restriction contained in this Act or 
any other provision of law limiting the amounts 
available that may be obligated or expended shall be 
deemed to be adjusted to the extent necessary to offset 
the net effect of fluctuations in foreign currency ex-
change rates or overseas wage and price changes in 
order to maintain approved levels: Provided further, 
That transfers pursuant to this subsection shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT.—For purposes 
of strengthening oversight, efficiency, and accountability, of 
the relocation activities and related support of individuals 
at risk as a result of the situation in Afghanistan, including 
travel and related expenditures, security and vetting, 
sustainment and other needs, fees, examinations, and ad-
ministrative expenses, there is hereby established in the 
Treasury of the United States the ‘‘Enduring Welcome Ad-
ministrative Expenses Account’’: Provided, That such funds 
may be made available as contributions and the adminis-
trative authorities in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
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may be made available with respect to such funds, as appro-
priate: Provided further, That unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available to the Department of 
State for support for Operation Enduring Welcome and re-
lated efforts may be transferred to such account for the pur-
poses specified in this subsection: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred to this account from funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee 
and Migration Assistance Fund’’ may be made available 
notwithstanding any provision of law which restricts assist-
ance to foreign countries: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after the establishment of such account, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations a report detailing the funds available for obliga-
tion under the Enduring Welcome Administrative Expenses 
Account, the proposed uses of such funds by program, 
project, and activity and each planned use of the authority 
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That such report 
shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations every 60 days until September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to this 
subsection that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS 
SEC. 7070. The African Development Fund Act (22 
U.S.C. 290g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 227. SIXTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of the 
Fund is authorized to contribute on behalf of the United 
States $591,000,000 to the sixteenth replenishment of the 
resources of the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary ap-
propriations. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In order 
to pay for the United States contribution provided for in 
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, 
without fiscal year limitation, $591,000,000 for payment 
by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 
PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING 
SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS 
SEC. 7071. (a) PROHIBITION
ON CERTAIN TRANS-
ACTIONS INVOLVING PERPETRATORS
OF GENOCIDE
AND 
STATE SPONSORS
OF TERRORISM WITHOUT CONGRES-
SIONAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 6(b) of the Special
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Drawing Rights Act (22 U.S.C. 286q(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, 
neither the President nor any person or agency shall on 
behalf of the United States engage in any voluntary trans-
action involving the exchange of Special Drawing Rights 
that are held by a member country of the Fund, if the Sec-
retary of State has found that the government of the member 
country— 
‘‘(A) has committed genocide at any time during 
the 1-year period ending with the date of the trans-
action; or 
‘‘(B) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the 
United States Executive Director at each international fi-
nancial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the 
International Financial Institutions Act) to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to— 
‘‘(A) oppose the provision of financial assistance 
to any government with respect to which the Sec-
retary of State has made a finding described in para-
graph (3); and 
‘‘(B) seek to ensure that the member countries of 
the institution do not engage in voluntary trans-
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actions involving the exchange of Special Drawing 
Rights held by such a government. 
‘‘(5) WAIVER.—The President may waive paragraphs 
(3) and (4) on a case-by-case basis if the President reports 
to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate that the waiver is in the national interest of the 
United States, and includes a detailed explanation of the 
reasons therefor.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Effective on the date that is 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, paragraphs (3) 
through (5) of section 6(b) of the Special Drawing Rights 
Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section, are repealed. 
(c) ENERGY SECURITY AND IMF ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
may, through December 31, 2031, make direct loans 
not to exceed $21,000,000,000 in the aggregate to the 
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘PRGT’’) of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund (in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘‘IMF’’), provided that funds made available 
in prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Monetary Fund Facilities and Trust Funds’’
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shall be available to cover the cost, as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
loans to the PRGT, subject to paragraph (2). 
(2) LIMITATION.—No portion of the funds de-
scribed under paragraph (1) may be used for the pro-
vision of loans by the United States to the Resilience 
and Sustainability Trust (in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘‘RST’’) of the IMF, or for the transfer of 
resources from the PRGT to the RST. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO 
EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS LENDING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Bretton Woods Agree-
ments Act (22 U.S.C. 286–286zz) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 74. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT 
TO EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS LENDING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Executive Di-
rector at the Fund may not support any proposal that 
would alter the criteria used by the Fund for exceptional 
access lending if the proposal would permit a country that 
is ineligible, before the proposed alteration, to receive excep-
tional access lending, unless, not later than 15 days before 
consideration of the proposal by the Board of Executive Di-
rectors of the Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury has sub-
mitted to the Committee on Financial Services of the House
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of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a report on the justification for the proposal 
and the effects of the proposed alteration on moral hazard 
and repayment risk at the Fund. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Treasury may re-
duce the applicable notice period required under subsection 
(a) to not less than 7 days on reporting to the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the re-
duction is important to the national interest of the United 
States, with an explanation of the reasons therefor.’’. 
(2) REPEAL.—Effective on the date that is 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, sec-
tion 74 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as 
added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is repealed. 
(e) NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROW.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Section 17(a)(6) of the Bretton 
Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286e–2(a)(6)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2025’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 
(2) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a
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strategy with respect to the New Arrangements to 
Borrow (NAB) of the International Monetary Fund, 
including any recommendations to reduce the re-
sources of the NAB beyond reductions proposed under 
the 16th General Review of Quotas, that maintains 
United States support for the International Monetary 
Fund as a quota-based institution. 
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE 
PRESIDENT’S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF 
SEC. 7072. (a) INSPECTORS GENERAL AND ANNUAL 
STUDY.—Section 101 of the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 
(22 U.S.C. 7611) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year 
2025’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(iv)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting 
‘‘eleven’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘March 25, 
2025’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘March 25, 2025’’. 
(b) PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT 
AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA.—Section 202(d) of 
the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year 
2025’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘March 25 of fiscal year 
2025’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 and March 25 of 
fiscal year 2025’’; and
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such entities of assistance, including through inter-
national organizations; and 
(2) such policies, processes, and procedures have 
been developed in coordination with other bilateral 
and multilateral donors and the Government of 
Israel, as appropriate. 
(b) OVERSIGHT POLICY AND PROCEDURES.—The Sec-
retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees, concurrent 
with the submission of the certification required in sub-
section (a), a written description of the oversight policies, 
processes, and procedures for funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for Gaza, includ-
ing specific actions to be taken should such assistance be 
diverted, misused, or destroyed, and the role of the Govern-
ment of Israel in the oversight of such assistance. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
TO INFORM.—The Secretary of 
State and USAID Administrator shall promptly inform the 
appropriate congressional committees of each instance in 
which funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for assistance for Gaza have been diverted, misused, 
or destroyed, to include the type of assistance, a description 
of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation 
of the response of the Department of State or USAID, as 
appropriate.
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(d) THIRD PARTY MONITORING.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be made available for third party moni-
toring of assistance for Gaza, including end use monitoring, 
following consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for assistance for Gaza, and every 90 days there-
after until all such funds are expended, the Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report detail-
ing the amount and purpose of such assistance provided 
during each respective quarter, including a description of 
the specific entity implementing such assistance. 
(f) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2025, the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 
other heads of elements of the intelligence community that 
the Secretary considers relevant, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report assessing whether 
funds appropriated by this Act and made available for as-
sistance for the West Bank and Gaza have been diverted 
to or destroyed by Hamas or other terrorist and extremist 
entities in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided, That such
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report shall include details on the amount and how such 
funds were made available and used by such entities: Pro-
vided further, That such report may be submitted in classi-
fied form, if necessary. 
(g) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act but prior to the initial obliga-
tion of funds made available by this Act for humanitarian 
assistance for Gaza, the Secretary of State and USAID Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the amount and anticipated uses 
of such funds. 
OTHER MATTERS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7074. (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act for programs to counter foreign propa-
ganda and disinformation, and for related purposes, may 
only be made available for the purpose of countering such 
efforts by foreign state and non-state actors abroad, includ-
ing through programs of the Global Engagement Center es-
tablished pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 
note): Provided, That not later than 90 days after enact-
ment of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of funds 
made available for the Global Engagement Center, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
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gressional committees detailing the steps taken by the De-
partment of State to resolve each of the 18 recommendations 
detailed in the Office of Inspector General, Department of 
State, report ‘‘Inspection of the Global Engagement Center’’ 
(ISP I–22–15). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly 
or display a flag over a facility of the United States Depart-
ment of State other than the— 
(1) United States flag; 
(2) Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 
154.2–1; 
(3) POW/MIA flag; 
(4) Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursu-
ant to section 904 of title 36, United States Code; 
(5) flag of a State, insular area, or the District 
of Columbia at domestic locations; 
(6) flag of an Indian Tribal government; 
(7) official branded flag of a United States agen-
cy; or 
(8) sovereign flag of other countries. 
(c) Funds may be transferred to the United States Sec-
tion of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, from Federal or non-Federal en-
tities, to study, design, construct, operate, and maintain
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treatment and flood control works and related structures, 
consistent with the functions of the United States Section: 
Provided, That such funds shall be deposited in an account 
under the heading ‘‘International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico’’, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
(d) During fiscal year 2024, section 614(a)(4)(A)(ii) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2364(a)(4)(A)(ii)) 
shall 
be 
applied 
by 
substituting 
‘‘$500,000,000’’ for ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 
(e)(1) Of the unobligated balances from amounts in the 
Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, established by 
section 9705 of title 31, United States Code, $260,000,000 
are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 
30, 2024. 
(2) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available by section 104A(m) of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4703a(m)), $50,000,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
(3) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division G 
of Public Law 110–161, $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2024.
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RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7075. (a) MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORA-
TION.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration’’ from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, $475,000,000 are rescinded. 
(b) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAIN-
TENANCE.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Con-
struction, and Maintenance’’ from prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, $224,000,000 are rescinded. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.—Of 
the 
unobligated 
balances 
from 
amounts made available under the heading ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ from prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, $50,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
(d) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the unobligated 
balances from amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior Acts making appro-
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priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs, $152,496,000 are rescinded. 
(e) CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS.— 
Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘Consular and 
Border Security Programs’’ account, $902,340,000 are re-
scinded. 
(f) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.—Of the unobligated bal-
ances from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Ex-
port and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ for tied-aid grants 
from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$114,130,000 are rescinded. 
(g) RESTRICTION.—No amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2024’’.
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SEC. 104. NON-MINISTER RELIGIOUS WORKERS. 
Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2015’’ each place such date appears. 
SEC. 105. H-2B SUPPLEMENTAL VISA EXEMPTION. 
Notwithstanding the numerical limitation set forth in 
section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 
and upon the determination that the needs of United States 
businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 2024 with 
United States workers who are willing, qualified, and able 
to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, may increase 
the total number of aliens who may receive a visa under 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year by not more than 
the highest number of H–2B nonimmigrants who partici-
pated in the H–2B returning worker program in any fiscal 
year in which returning workers were exempt from such 
numerical limitation. 
SEC. 106. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS-
TEMS. 
Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhance-
ment Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’.
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SEC. 107. PRICE-ANDERSON ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 170 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the 
‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2065’’. 
(b) LIABILITY.—Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the ‘‘Price- 
Anderson Act’’) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subsection 
d. 
(5), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
e. 
(4), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Section 170 p. of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(p)) (commonly known as the 
‘‘Price-Anderson Act’’) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2061’’. 
(d) DEFINITION OF NUCLEAR INCIDENT.—Section 11 
q. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(q)) 
is amended, in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘if such oc-
currence’’ and all that follows through ‘‘United States:’’ and 
inserting a colon. 
SEC. 108. PASSENGER SECURITY FEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44940 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended in subsection (i)(4)(G) by striking 
‘‘$1,560,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$760,000,000’’.
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(b) APPLICATION.—This section shall be applied as if 
it were in effect on October 1, 2023. 
SEC. 109. EXTENSION OF NON-MEDICARE SEQUESTER. 
Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is 
amended by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: 
‘‘(E) The sequestration order issued by the Presi-
dent under subparagraph (D) shall also include, effec-
tive upon issuance, that— 
‘‘(i) the percentage reduction for nonexempt 
direct spending for the defense function is 4.0 
percent; and 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in subparagraph 
(D), the percentage reduction for nonexempt di-
rect spending for nondefense functions is 2.8 per-
cent.’’. 
TITLE II—UDALL FOUNDATION 
REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Udall Foundation Re-
authorization Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 202. INVESTMENT EARNINGS. 
Section 8(b)(1) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 
L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5606(b)(1)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Beginning on Octo-
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ber 1, 2023, and thereafter, interest earned from invest-
ments made with any new appropriations to the Trust 
Fund shall only be available subject to appropriations and 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions 
of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 203. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UDALL FOUNDATION 
TRUST FUND. 
Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2029’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2029’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘5-fiscal year 
period’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘5-fiscal year period beginning 
with fiscal year 2025.’’. 
SEC. 204. AUDIT OF THE FOUNDATION. 
Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Inspector General of the Department of the 
Interior shall complete an audit of the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
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TITLE III—FUNDING LIMITATION 
FOR UNITED NATIONS RELIEF 
AND WORKS AGENCY 
SEC. 301. FUNDING LIMITATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of any other di-
vision of this Act, funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or other Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, including provisions of Acts providing supple-
mental appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, may not be used for a 
contribution, grant, or other payment to the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law— 
(1) for any amounts provided in prior fiscal 
years or in fiscal year 2024; or 
(2) for amounts provided in fiscal year 2025, 
until March 25, 2025. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either 
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 
933(d)).
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(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary ef-
fects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not-
withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 
set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 
of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 
and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(8)), the 
budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 901); 
(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
633(a)); and 
(3) for purposes of section 3(4)(C) of the Statu-
tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(4)(C)) 
as being included in an appropriation Act. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the 
budgetary effects of the offsetting collections authorized 
under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by section 108 of this division of this Act, that 
are made available in division C of this Act shall be esti-