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(E) revenues derived from, or estimated to be derived 
from, real property sales in Mexico City, Mexico for the 
embassy project in Mexico City and in Beirut, Lebanon 
for the embassy project in Beirut; and 
(F) options for modifying the scope of the project in 
the event that costs escalate above amounts justified to 
the Committees on Appropriations in Appendix 1 of the 
Congressional Budget Justification, Department of State 
Operations, Fiscal Year 2015 for the Mexico City Embassy 
project, and in Appendix 1 of the Congressional Budget 
Justification, Department of State, Diplomatic Engage-
ment, Fiscal Year 2016 for the Beirut Embassy project. 
(f) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be 
made available to address security vulnerabilities at interim 
and temporary facilities abroad, including physical security 
upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount 
of funds made available for such purposes from this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum 
of $25,000,000: Provided, That the uses of such funds should 
be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for 
the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in 
consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas 
Buildings Operations: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
opening, closure, or any significant modification to an interim 
or temporary diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the appropriate congressional committees and 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, except that such consultation and notification may 
be waived if there is a security risk to personnel. 
(3) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Department of State shall document standard operating 
procedures and best practices associated with the delivery, 
construction, and protection of temporary structures in high 
threat and conflict environments: Provided, That the Secretary 
of State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations after 
completing such documentation. 
(g) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, including for World-
wide Security Protection, and under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’ in titles I and VIII of this Act 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
such titles under such headings if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 
is necessary to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi 
Accountability Review Board, or to prevent or respond to security 
situations and requirements, following consultation with, and sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: 
Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer 
authority otherwise available under any other provision of law.
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PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available under title 
I to such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 
transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary 
to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds 
to carry out this section 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 proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS 
SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard contracts, 
the Secretary of State shall award contracts in accordance with 
section 136 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4864), except that the Secretary may 
grant authorization to award such contracts on the basis of best 
value as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as 
described in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwith-
standing subsection (c)(3) of such section: Provided, That the 
authority in this section shall apply to any options for renewal 
that may be exercised under such contracts that are awarded during 
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days 
prior to making an award pursuant to this section for a local 
guard and protective service contract for a United States diplomatic 
facility not deemed ‘‘high-risk, high-threat’’. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions 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, insur-
ance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´ TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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 
resumed to such government if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government has taken office: Provided further, That the provisions 
of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic 
elections or public participation in democratic processes: Provided
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further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous pro-
visos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE
AND BROADCASTING 
BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 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 appropria-
tion, 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 appropriation 
under the heading ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 
(2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 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 
appropriation, 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 TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation other than for administrative expenses made 
available for fiscal year 2016, 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 account 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 Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the 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 appro-
priated by this Act to carry out the purposes of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred to agen-
cies of the United States Government pursuant to the provisions 
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 (USAID) or the Depart-
ment 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 and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign
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operations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply to agree-
ments entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may be obligated 
under an appropriation 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 jus-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any agreement for 
the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act, or 
prior Acts, entered into between the Department 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 comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide that 
the Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer 
or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 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 comple-
tion of such audits: 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 Administrator shall 
each submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
all transfers to another agency of the United States Government 
made pursuant to sections 632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 with funds provided in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division J of Public Law 113–235) 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, appropriation account, and the receiving agency. 
PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL 
SEC. 7010. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class travel by employees of agencies funded by 
this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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 in 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