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Calendar No. 222 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4665 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 3, 2023 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing for training, human resources management, and sala-
ries, including employment without regard to civil service 
and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis 
(not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 36); for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law; for the functional bureaus 
of the Department of State, including representation to 
certain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant 
to the advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts 
of Congress, general administration, and arms control, 
nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as author-
ized; and for security activities, $8,815,620,000 (reduced 
by $306,505,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
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$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000), 
of 
which 
$712,418,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $4,066,168,000 (reduced by 
$500,000) (increased by $500,000) is for Worldwide Secu-
rity Protection, which may remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Consular and Border Security Programs’’ 
shall be made available to increase consular staff, reduce 
passport processing times, and lower wait times for visa 
services, including by assigning onboard staff for tem-
porary duty to meet immediate consular staffing needs. 
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border 
Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year 
pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), 
$300,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) shall be available until expended for the pur-
poses of such account, including to reduce passport back-
logs and reduce visa wait times: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State may by regulation authorize State officials 
or the United States Postal Service to collect and retain 
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