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under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 
percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for 
obligation for such program, project, or activity for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 
submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author-
ity. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND 
FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
to support or continue any program initially funded 
under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 
or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and in accordance with the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub-
mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
a description of, and the estimated costs associated 
with, the support or continuation of such program. 
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(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 
of Defense to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for assistance for foreign countries and international 
organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other committees pursuant to sub-
section (f) of that section: Provided, That before 
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense arti-
cles 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 
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elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 
funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 
Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
(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, Burma, Central African Republic, Cam-
bodia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hon-
duras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
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Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, 
South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, 
Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(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 shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and such 
notification shall include the information specified under 
this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs that are made available for the fol-
lowing programs and activities shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations— 
(A) the Global Engagement Center; 
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(B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa 
initiatives; 
(C) funds under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’ that are made avail-
able to a country listed in section 7007 of this 
Act; 
(D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund 
and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund; 
(E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 
(F) the Countering PRC Influence Fund 
and the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 
(G) assistance made available pursuant to 
section 7059; and 
(H) funds specifically allocated for the 
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and In-
vestment. 
(2) DEMOCRACY PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE-
DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy 
and procedures, including relating to the use of con-
sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
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(3) ARMS
SALES.—The reports, notifications, 
and certifications, and any other documents, re-
quired to be submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), and 
such documents submitted pursuant to section 36(b) 
through (d) of such Act with respect to countries 
that have received assistance provided with funds 
appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, shall be concur-
rently submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and shall include information about the source 
of funds for any sale or transfer, as applicable, if 
known at the time of submission. 
(i) 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. 
(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM.—The Secretary of 
State and Administrator of USAID, as applicable, shall 
promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees 
of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act 
for assistance have been diverted or destroyed, to include 
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the type and amount of assistance, a description of the 
incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the 
response of the Department of State or USAID, as appro-
priate. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization, including any contractor, 
which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds 
made available by this Act shall be posted on the 
public website of such agency not later than 45 days 
following the receipt of such report by Congress. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
if— 
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(A) the head of such agency determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that— 
(i) the public posting of the report 
would compromise national security, in-
cluding the conduct of diplomacy; or 
(ii) the report contains proprietary or 
other privileged information; or 
(B) the public posting of the report is spe-
cifically exempted in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so 
only after the report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(4) The head of the agency posting such report 
shall do so in a central location on the public website 
of such agency. 
(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER-
SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 
Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu-
tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva-
tion of all records made or received in the conduct 
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of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, 
as appropriate, to improve Federal records manage-
ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other ap-
plicable Federal records management statutes, regu-
lations, or policies for the Department of State and 
USAID; 
(3) direct departing employees, including senior 
officials, that all Federal records generated by such 
employees belong to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre-
vious 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 miti-
gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 
the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 
the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 
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remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 
guidance related to the control of national security 
information, and implement the recommendations of 
the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In-
spector 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 constitu-
tional 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 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 
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notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such re-
port. 
(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. 
(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, deviations authorized by subsection 
(b) may only take place after submission of such report. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to— 
(1) funds for which the initial period of avail-
ability has expired; and 
(2) amounts designated by this Act as min-
imum funding requirements. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Ad-
ministrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, 
shall submit the reports required, in the manner described, 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
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(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be in-
cluded for purposes of meeting 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 other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to make any 
pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bi-
lateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act 
unless such pledge was: (1) previously 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 re-
lated programs or previously authorized by an Act of Con-
gress; (3) notified in accordance with the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, in-
cluding the projected future year costs; or (4) the subject 
of prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions and such consultation was conducted at least 7 days 
in advance of the pledge. 
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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 under titles III 
through VI of this Act may be made available to any 
foreign government which provides 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 mili-
tary 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. 
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(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 
how the assistance furthers the United States na-
tional 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-
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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 
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)). 
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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 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include country, re-
gional, 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 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 the report required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi-
fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 
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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-
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 United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 
to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production of 
any commodity for export by any country other than the 
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United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist-
ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro-
ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro-
vided, 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 Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(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 
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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 
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. 
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(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to oppose any assistance by such institution, using funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for 
the production or extraction 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. 
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— 
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(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. 
(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. 
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a separate account and not commingle with any 
other funds. 
(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 2024, 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; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated 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 reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(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. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7028. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
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ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 
2467(4)(D) and (E)) should be commensurate with 
the level of development of the recipient country and 
sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the in-
formal sector in such country, micro and small-scale 
enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the 
United States if such assistance is for the purpose 
of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 
United States to other countries and adversely im-
pacts the labor force in the United States; or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 
policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to the 
Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity 
Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States on December 12, 2013, when enforce-
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ment of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 
would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any 
coal-fired or other power-generation project the pur-
pose of which is to— 
(A) provide affordable electricity in Inter-
national Development Association (IDA)-eligible 
countries and IDA-blend countries; and 
(B) increase exports of goods and services 
from the United States or prevent the loss of 
jobs from the United States. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7029. (a) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds 
appropriated 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 
compensated by the institution at a rate which, together 
with whatever compensation such executive director re-
ceives from the United States, is in excess of the rate pro-
vided 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 
executive director to such institution is compensated by 
the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for 
an individual occupying a position at level V of the Execu-
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