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reasonably meet the need of a post or facility for 
such goods and services by use of authority available 
to the Secretary under a law under this subsection; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) issue guidance addressing use of this 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) require written approval to waive spe-
cific laws or procurement regulations under this 
authority by the Procurement Executive (with-
out further delegation); and 
‘‘(3) no individual contract action entered into 
under this authority shall exceed $2,000,000 unless 
approved in writing by the Chief Acquisition Officer 
of the Department (without further delegation).’’. 
SEC. 10512. LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS ABROAD. 
Section 136(c)(3) of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 
4864(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) in evaluating proposals for such contracts, 
award contracts to technically acceptable firms offer-
ing the lowest evaluated price, except that— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary may grant authoriza-
tion to award contracts on the basis of best 
value as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff 
analysis; and 
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‘‘(B) proposals received from United 
States persons and qualified United States joint 
venture persons (as defined in subsection (d) of 
this section) shall be evaluated by reducing the 
bid price by 10 percent.’’. 
SEC. 10513. AUTHORITY TO PAY TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to further the efficient 
use of United States voluntary contributions for alle-
viating human suffering, the Administrator is authorized 
to use funds made available for the purposes of title I to 
pay transportation charges on shipments of humanitarian 
goods by United States private and voluntary organiza-
tions. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENTS.—Reimbursement under this 
section may be provided for transportation charges on 
shipments from United States ports, or in the case of ex-
cess or surplus property supplied by the United States 
from foreign ports, to ports of entry abroad or to points 
of entry abroad in cases— 
(1) of landlocked countries; 
(2) where ports cannot be used effectively be-
cause of natural or other disturbances; 
(3) where carriers to a specified country are un-
available; or 
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(4) where a substantial savings in costs or time 
can be effected by the utilization of points of entry 
other than ports. 
(c) DEFRAYING TRANSPORTATION COSTS.—Where 
practicable, the President shall make arrangements with 
the receiving country for free entry of such shipments and 
for the making available by the country of local currencies 
for the purpose of defraying the transportation costs of 
such shipments from the port or point of entry of the re-
ceiving country to the designated shipping point of the 
consignee. 
CHAPTER 4—USE OF FOREIGN 
CURRENCIES 
SEC. 
10601. 
SEPARATE 
ACCOUNTS 
FOR 
LOCAL 
CUR-
RENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall require 
that any local currencies generated as a result of agree-
ments with a foreign government regarding the use of eco-
nomic assistance or development assistance are deposited 
in a separate account established by that government. 
(b) AGREEMENTS.—A separate account under sub-
section (a) shall be established pursuant to an agreement 
between the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment and the foreign government which sets forth— 
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(1) the amount of the local currencies to be 
generated; 
(2) the terms and conditions under which the 
currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent 
with this section; and 
(3) the responsibilities of the Agency and the 
foreign government to monitor and account for de-
posits into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(c) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—Local currencies 
deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection 
(a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be 
used only— 
(1) to further the goals and objectives of title 
I; or 
(2) for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of economic assistance to a country, any 
unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a sepa-
rate account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 
the government of that country and the United States 
Government. 
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(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 
shall include in the annual congressional budget justifica-
tion documents submitted pursuant to section 8302 a re-
port on the amounts and uses of local currency (and 
United States dollar equivalent) in each applicable coun-
try. 
SEC. 10602. USE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN CURRENCIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FOREIGN CURRENCIES FOR 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this Act or other provisions of law, foreign currencies 
described in subsection (b) that are owned by the United 
States Government are authorized to be appropriated for 
use in providing assistance under this Act. 
(b) FOREIGN CURRENCIES THAT MAY BE USED FOR 
ASSISTANCE.—The foreign currencies that may be used 
under subsection (a) are any foreign currencies received 
as a result of the furnishing of assistance under this Act 
(or any predecessor Acts authorizing non-military assist-
ance), other than assistance administered through the De-
partment of Defense, that are in excess of— 
(1) the amounts reserved under authority of 
section 105(d) of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 or any other Act relat-
ing to educational and cultural exchanges; and 
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