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(4) substantially reduce, compared to the previous fiscal 
year, the response time for identifying and retrieving Federal 
records, including requests made pursuant to section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom 
of Information Act’’); and 
(5) 
strengthen 
cybersecurity 
measures 
to 
mitigate 
vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of per-
sonal email accounts or servers outside the .gov domain, 
improve the process to identify and remove inactive user 
accounts, update and enforce guidance related to the control 
of national security information, and implement the rec-
ommendations of the applicable reports of the cognizant Office 
of Inspector General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not to 
comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 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 or policy. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY 
STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry out 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
be used to pay for the performance of abortions 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 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as 
a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 
which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance 
of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family plan-
ning. 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 sterilizations. 
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 in the amounts specifically designated in the 
respective tables included in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign countries 
and international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
such countries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and shall be made available for such foreign
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countries and international organizations notwithstanding the date 
of the transmission of such report. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise provided for 
by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, 
may only deviate up to 10 percent from the amounts specifically 
designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such percentage may 
be exceeded only if the Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, 
as applicable, determines and reports in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that such deviation is 
necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen events, 
or to address other exceptional circumstances directly related to 
the national security interest of the United States, including a 
description of such events or circumstances: Provided further, That 
deviations pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be subject to 
prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts that are 
included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by 
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, deviations 
authorized by subsection (b) may only take place after submission 
of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 
(A) amounts designated for ‘‘International Military 
Education and Training’’ in the respective tables included 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
(B) funds for which the initial period of availability 
has expired; and 
(C) amounts designated by this Act as minimum 
funding requirements. 
(2) The authority of subsection (b) to deviate from amounts 
designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act) shall not apply to the table 
included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in such 
statement. 
(3) With respect to the amounts designated for ‘‘Global 
Programs’’ in the table under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ included in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), the matter preceding the first proviso in subsection (b) 
of this section shall be applied by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ 
for ‘‘10 percent’’, and the provisos in such subsection (b) shall 
not apply. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, 
and other designated officials, as appropriate, shall submit the 
reports required, in the manner described, in House Report 117– 
401 and the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), unless other-
wise directed in such explanatory statement. 
(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be included for purposes of meeting
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amounts designated for countries in this Act, unless such headings 
are specifically designated as the source of funds. 
MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to make any pledge for future 
year funding for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in 
titles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was: (1) pre-
viously justified, including the projected future year costs, in a 
congressional budget justification; (2) included in an Act making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs or previously authorized by an Act of Congress; 
(3) notified in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, including the projected future 
year costs; or (4) the subject of prior consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at 
least 7 days in advance of the pledge. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under titles III through VI of this Act 
may be made available to any foreign government which pro-
vides lethal military equipment to a country the government 
of which the Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export 
Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)): Provided, That 
the prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign 
government shall terminate 12 months after that government 
ceases to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 
That this section applies with respect to lethal military equip-
ment 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 determina-
tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report with respect 
to the furnishing of such assistance, including a detailed expla-
nation of the assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of how the 
assistance furthers the United States national interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance 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 pro-
grams, shall not be made available to any foreign government 
which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 
or group which has committed an act of international ter-
rorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or
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(C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 
terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the application of 
paragraph (1) to a government if the President determines 
that national security or humanitarian 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 Appro-
priations of the waiver (including the justification for the 
waiver) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National 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 defined at the appro-
priations Act account level and shall include all appropriations 
and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceilings, and limitations 
with the exception that for the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall 
also be considered to include country, regional, and central program 
level funding within each such account, and for the development 
assistance accounts of the United States Agency for International 
Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be consid-
ered to include central, country, regional, and program level 
funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 or as modified pursuant to section 7019 of this 
Act. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION, 
AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 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 appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be con-
strued to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the 
Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting 
activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, the agency 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations and report 
to such Committees within 15 days of taking such action.