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of State during the previous fiscal year in excess of 
$2,000,000: Provided, That such report should be posted 
on the Department of State Web site. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of 
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose 
duly elected head of government is deposed by military 
coup d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military 
plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 
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democratically elected government has taken office: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 
apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 
public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 
provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of State under title I of this Act 
may be transferred between, and merged with, such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no 
such transfer may be made to increase the appro-
priation under the heading ‘‘Representation Ex-
penses’’. 
(2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I 
of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 
with, such appropriations, but no such appropria-
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tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. 
(3) Any transfer pursuant to this subsection 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) TITLE VI AGENCIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation other than for administrative ex-
penses made available for fiscal year 2018, for programs 
under title VI of this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations for use for any of the purposes, programs, 
and activities for which the funds in such receiving ac-
count may be used, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 
exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under ti-
tles II through V of this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
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United States Government, except pursuant to a 
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, 
this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition 
to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, 
this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 
United States Government pursuant to the provi-
sions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
(3) Any agreement entered into by the United 
States Agency for International Development or the 
Department of State with any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government 
pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000 and any 
agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such 
Act, with funds appropriated by this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs 
under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
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cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the requirement in the previous sentence 
shall not apply to agreements entered into between 
USAID and the Department of State. 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 
of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
written policy justification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations and related programs, entered into between the De-
partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any com-
parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 
Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans-
fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
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responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Admin-
istrator shall each submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing all transfers to another agency 
of the United States Government made pursuant to sec-
tions 632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 with funds provided in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) as of 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such 
reports shall include a list of each transfer made pursuant 
to such sections with the respective funding level, appro-
priation account, and the receiving agency. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first- 
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class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 
any United States Government department or agency may 
be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 
use by such department or agency unless such network 
has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit Web 
sites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall limit 
the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, 
or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity car-
rying out the following activities: criminal investigations, 
prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; 
and the monitoring of such Web sites undertaken as part 
of official business. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act should be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
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AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 
661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, and funds provided under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Credit Authority’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an 
additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 
of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds 
are initially obligated before the expiration of their respec-
tive periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
further, That the availability of funds pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall not be applicable to such funds until 
the Secretary of State submits the reports required under 
section 7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division K of Public Law 114–113) and under section 
7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 
Public Law 115–31): Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall provide a report to the Committees on Ap-
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propriations not later than October 30, 2018, detailing by 
account and source year, the use of this authority during 
the previous fiscal year. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultations with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
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the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2018 on funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs by a foreign government or entity 
against United States assistance programs, either directly 
or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
assistance for fiscal year 2019 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program if, not later than 
September 30, 2019, such taxes have not been reimbursed: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations by such date on the foreign 
governments and entities that have not reimbursed such 
taxes, including any amount of funds withheld pursuant 
to this subsection. 
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(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist-
ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 
States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 
and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 
a programmatically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to any foreign government or entity that as-
sesses such taxes if the Secretary of State reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
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prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 
with regard to any foreign government or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist-
ance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 
framework bilateral agreement between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the government of 
the country receiving assistance that describes the 
privileges and immunities applicable to United 
States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
or an individual agreement between the Government 
of the United States and such government that de-
scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 
purposes that will be accorded the United States as-
sistance provided under that agreement; and 
(2) the term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ shall include 
value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 
include individual income taxes assessed to local 
staff. 
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies 
of the United States Government, shall submit an update 
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to the report required pursuant to section 7013(h) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 
Law 115–31). 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the 
designation if compliance with the designation is made im-
possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 
Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made available under the same terms and conditions as 
originally provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 
the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe-
riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin-
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istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 
of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 
can be obligated during the original period of availability: 
Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs to the departments 
and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
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the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offset-
ting collections, or made available by transfer, to the de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) eliminate a program, project, or activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, or rename bureaus, 
centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I and 
II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, to the departments and agencies funded under ti-
tles I and II of this Act that remain available for obliga-
tion in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the department and agency funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 
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or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
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tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall 
be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided, That the President shall not 
enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 
purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
for the provision of major defense equipment, other than 
conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 
defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 
not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 
of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 
this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 
other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 
activity, program, or project for which funds are appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 
10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
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include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author-
ity: Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification 
of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwith-
standing authority, the Committees on Appropriations 
should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the 
extent practicable. 
(d) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, with the excep-
tion of funds transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
propriated under title I of this Act, funds transferred by 
the Department of Defense to the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations, and funds made available for programs pre-
viously authorized under section 1206 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), section 2282 of title 10, United 
States Code, section 333 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by section 1241 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), 
or any successor authorities, shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
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(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro-
vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 
as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak-
ing the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 
provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 
Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon-
duras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Philippines, 
the Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 
Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 
Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution as defined by section 7034(o)(3) of this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
notification shall include the information specified under 
this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as other com-
mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 
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Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 
are returned or not made available for organizations and 
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in 
Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act. 
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PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if 
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
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ALLOCATIONS 
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 spe-
cifically designated in the respective tables included in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such des-
ignated amounts for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall serve as the amounts for such coun-
tries and international organizations transmitted to Con-
gress in the report required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise 
provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as applicable, may only deviate up 
to 5 percent from the amounts specifically designated in 
the respective tables included in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That such percentage may be exceeded 
only to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen 
events, or to address other exceptional circumstances di-
rectly related to the national interest: Provided further, 
That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
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(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, no deviations authorized by sub-
section (b) may take place until submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to— 
(1) amounts designated for ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ in the respective ta-
bles included in the report accompanying this Act; 
and 
(2) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired. 
REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de-
partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 
Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 
agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 
steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 
and entertainment expenses further official agency busi-
ness and United States foreign policy interests— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
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(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act under the head-
ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 
Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 
events, theatrical and musical productions, and 
amusement parks. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX-
PORTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military 
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equipment to a country the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined supports inter-
national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 
effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 
under this section with respect to a foreign govern-
ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern-
ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 
Provided further, That this section applies with re-
spect to lethal military equipment provided under a 
contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 
paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 
may be furnished if the President determines that to 
do so is important to the national interest of the 
United States. 
(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 
determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 
assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 
amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 
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how the assistance furthers United States national 
interest. 
(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi-
lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 
and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
shall not be made available to any foreign govern-
ment which the President determines— 
(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 
any individual or group which has committed 
an act of international terrorism; 
(B) otherwise supports international ter-
rorism; or 
(C) is controlled by an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under sec-
tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 
President determines that national security or hu-
manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 
That the President shall publish each such waiver in 
the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 
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waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica-
tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
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country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in each such account; and for the development assistance 
accounts of the United States Agency for International 
Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 
be considered to include central, country, regional, and 
program level funding, either as— 
(1) justified to Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in ac-
cordance with a report, to be provided to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of the en-
actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL-
OPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con-
ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro-
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hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 
days of taking such action. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im-
port Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, 
any assistance, or any other financial commitments for es-
tablishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
export by any country other than the United States, if 
the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 
at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected 
to become operative and if the assistance will cause sub-
stantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 
prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if 
in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 
industry and employment in the United States are likely 
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 
same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropria-
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tions: Provided further, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit— 
(1) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(2) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 
for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im-
provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con-
ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro-
duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 
for export which would compete with a similar commodity 
grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 
this subsection shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
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have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit United States producers; 
(3) activities in a country that is eligible for as-
sistance from the International Development Asso-
ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
and does not export on a consistent basis the agri-
cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 
is furnished; or 
(4) activities in a country the President deter-
mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu-
manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive directors of the international financial in-
stitutions, as defined in section 7034(o)(3) of this Act, to 
use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any 
assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated 
or made available by this Act, for the production or extrac-
tion of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in 
surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause 
substantial injury to United States producers of the same, 
similar, or competing commodity. 
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SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 
the government of a foreign country under chapters 
1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of 
that country, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
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(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
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the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(5) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 
Administrator shall report as part of the congres-
sional budget justification submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies 
for the administrative requirements of the United 
States Government as authorized in subsection 
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used or to be used for such purpose in each ap-
plicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
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(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of para-
graph (1) only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 
assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tions contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2018, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 
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Law 83–480): Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated to carry out title I of such Act and made available 
pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended 
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
LOCAL COMPETITION 
SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO 
COMPETITION
FOR
LOCAL
ENTITIES.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available to the United 
States Agency for International Development may only be 
made available for limited competitions through local enti-
ties if— 
(1) prior to the determination to limit competi-
tion to local entities, USAID has— 
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(A) assessed the level of local capacity to 
effectively implement, manage, and account for 
programs included in such competition; and 
(B) documented the written results of the 
assessment and decisions made; and 
(2) prior to making an award after limiting 
competition to local entities— 
(A) each successful local entity has been 
determined to be responsible in accordance with 
USAID guidelines; and 
(B) effective monitoring and evaluation 
systems are in place to ensure that award fund-
ing is used for its intended purposes; and 
(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the 
requirements of subsection (a)(1), the USAID Adminis-
trator shall report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees not later than 45 days after the end of fiscal year 
2018 on all awards subject to limited or no competition 
for local entities: Provided, That such report should be 
posted on the USAID Web site: Provided further, That 
the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to 
awards in excess of $3,000,000 and sole source awards 
to local entities in excess of $2,000,000. 
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive director of each international financial institu-
tion to seek to require that such institution adopts and 
implements a publicly available policy, including the stra-
tegic use of peer reviews and external experts, to conduct 
independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness of 
at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and sig-
nificant analytical non-lending activities in advancing the 
institution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equi-
table economic growth, consistent with relevant safe-
guards, to ensure that decisions to support such loans, 
grants, programs, and activities are based on accurate 
data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later than 
45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
steps taken by the United States executive directors and 
the international financial institutions consistent with this 
subsection. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 
to any international financial institution while the United 
States executive director to such institution is com-
pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
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whatever compensation such executive director receives 
from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 
for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, or while any alternate United States execu-
tive director to such institution is compensated by the in-
stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 
individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(c) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive director of each 
international financial institution to seek to require that 
such institution conducts rigorous human rights due dili-
gence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection 
with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institu-
tion: Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, 
grant, policy, or strategy the executive director shall con-
sult with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, if the executive 
director has reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, 
or strategy could result in forced displacement or other 
violation of human rights. 
(d) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
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tor of each international financial institution to promote 
in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improve-
ments in borrowing countries’ financial management and 
judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish 
fraud and corruption. 
(e) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to seek 
to require that each such institution is effectively imple-
menting and enforcing policies and procedures which re-
flect best practices for the protection of whistleblowers 
from retaliation, including best practices for— 
(1) protection against retaliation for internal 
and lawful public disclosure; 
(2) legal burdens of proof; 
(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia-
tion; 
(4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 
including external arbitration; and 
(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
retaliation. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
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mental 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 provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if— 
(A)(i) each implementing agency or min-
istry to receive assistance has been assessed 
and is considered to have the systems required 
to manage such assistance and any identified 
vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 
ministry have been addressed; 
(ii) the recipient agency or ministry em-
ploys and utilizes staff with the necessary tech-
nical, financial, and management capabilities; 
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any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, or 
full funding grant agreement is announced by the Depart-
ment or its modal administrations: Provided, That the 
Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick re-
lease’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: Pro-
vided further, That no notification shall involve funds that 
are not available for obligation. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation provides the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a com-
prehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of 
credit, or discretionary grants that will be announced not 
less the 3 full business days before such announcement: 
Provided, That the requirement to provide a list in this 
subsection does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds 
from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 
no list shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
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propriated for the Office of the Chief Operations Officer 
under this heading, the Secretary may transfer up to 
$10,000,000 to the heading ‘‘Information Technology 
Fund’’: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly written notification regarding the status of 
pending congressional reports: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed re-
ports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $216,633,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $107,554,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $392,000,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $24,065,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,808,000. 
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