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In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $676,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with the ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, 
subject to the same terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96–8), $16,351,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized by law, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice 
and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, 
$1,354,400,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at 
the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit 
to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 
budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the 
United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 
(or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations 
program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in 
the United Nations budget and cause the United Nations budget 
for the biennium 2008–2009 to exceed the revised United Nations 
budget level for the biennium 2006–2007 of $4,173,895,900: Pro-
vided further, That any payment of arrearages under this title
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shall be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed upon 
by the United States and the respective international organization: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for a United States contribution to an 
international organization for the United States share of interest 
costs made known to the United States Government by such 
organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through 
external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance 
or restoration of international peace and security, $1,700,500,000, 
of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this 
Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United 
Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is 
practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations and other appro-
priate committees of the Congress are notified of the estimated 
cost and length of the mission, the national interest that will 
be served, and the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees on 
Appropriations and other appropriate committees of the Congress 
are notified that the United Nations has taken appropriate meas-
ures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 
and peacekeeping forces serving in any United Nations peace-
keeping mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 
trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation, and 
to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts while 
participating in the peacekeeping mission, including the prosecution 
in their home countries of such individuals in connection with 
such acts; and (3) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 
615 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, 
setting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for 
the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That 
funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a 
certification by the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appro-
priations that American manufacturers and suppliers are being 
given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material 
for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being 
given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided by this paragraph, $468,000,000 is 
designated as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 
Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and
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Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation; as fol-
lows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$30,430,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $88,425,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the Inter-
national Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for 
the Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized 
by Public Law 103–182, $10,940,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading for the International Joint Commission, 
$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses 45 days 
after submission to the Committees on Appropriations of a report 
detailing obligations, expenditures, and associated activities for 
fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007, including any unobligated funds 
which expired at the end of each fiscal year and the justification 
for why such funds were not obligated. 
Of the funds made available in the Science, State, Justice, 
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Public 
Law 109–108, as continued by the Continuing Appropriations Reso-
lution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by 
Public Law 110–5), for the International Joint Commission (119 
Stat. 2323), $300,000 for the Lake Champlain Basin Program shall 
remain available for the purposes intended until September 30, 
2009. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $26,527,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for programs in the amounts contained in the table 
included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) accom-
panying this Act and no proposal for deviation from those amounts 
shall be considered. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by the 
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $15,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as authorized.
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CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern- 
Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount of the interest 
and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 
2008, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest 
and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Pro-
gram Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2008, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, 
in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes 
which are not in accordance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform 
Administrative Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non- 
profit Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 
for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program 
as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest 
and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on 
or before September 30, 2008, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out 
the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 
Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for 
Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in 
the State of Hawaii, $19,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter 
into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess 
of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, as authorized, to carry out international communication 
activities, including the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio and television transmission and reception 
and purchase, lease, and installation of necessary equipment for 
radio and television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to 
make and supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting 
to the Middle East, $676,727,000: Provided, That of the total 
amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for 
official receptions within the United States as authorized, not to
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exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad as author-
ized, and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official reception 
and representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; 
and in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from 
business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooper-
ating international organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000 
in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until 
expended for carrying out authorized purposes: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided by this paragraph, $12,000,000 is 
designated as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act). 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facili-
ties for radio and television transmission and reception, and pur-
chase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and tele-
vision transmission and reception as authorized, $10,748,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized. 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE 
ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as authorized by section 
1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 
292), $3,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304, 
$2,370,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commis-
sion on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized, $2,000,000, 
including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of official represen-
tation, to remain available until September 30, 2009.
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UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 
and Security Review Commission, $4,000,000, including not more 
than $4,000 for the purpose of official representation, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the Commission 
shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations 
no later than March 1, 2008, which effectively addresses the rec-
ommendations of the Government Accountability Office’s audit of 
the Commission (GAO–07–1128): Provided further, That the 
Commission shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobli-
gated funds that were received by the Commission during any 
previous fiscal year: Provided further, That for purposes of costs 
relating to printing and binding, the Commission shall be deemed, 
effective on the date of its establishment, to be a committee of 
Congress: Provided further, That compensation for the executive 
director of the Commission may not exceed the rate payable for 
level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That section 1238(c)(1) of 
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2001, is amended by striking ‘‘June’’ and inserting ‘‘December’’: 
Provided further, That travel by members of the Commission and 
its staff shall be arranged and conducted under the rules and 
procedures applying to travel by members of the House of Rep-
resentatives and its staff. 
UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Senate-China 
Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under section 153 of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 
108–99; 118 Stat. 448), $150,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace 
as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall 
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and dif-
ferentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 
Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire 
of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
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UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 102. The Department of State and the Broadcasting Board 
of Governors shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobli-
gated funds that were received by such agency during any previous 
fiscal year. 
EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 103. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this Act, except 
as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic 
facility of the United States may not include office space or other 
accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency or department 
if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency 
has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of 
funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Secure 
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as 
enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and 
contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as 
amended by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), a project 
to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may include 
office space or other accommodations for members of the Marine 
Corps. 
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available under title I of 
this Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking when 
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate 
or expend such funds that: (1) the United Nations undertaking 
is a peacekeeping mission; (2) such undertaking will involve United 
States Armed Forces under the command or operational control 
of a foreign national; and (3) the President’s military advisors 
have not submitted to the President a recommendation that such 
involvement is in the national security interests of the United 
States and the President has not submitted to the Congress such 
a recommendation. 
DENIAL OF VISAS 
SEC. 105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under title I of this Act shall be expended for 
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by section 
616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of section 616 
of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal year 2008. 
SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP 
SEC. 106. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking 
in Persons, established under section 105(f) of the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(f)) 
to coordinate agency activities regarding policies (including grants 
and grant policies) involving the international trafficking in persons,
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shall coordinate all such policies related to the activities of traf-
fickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 
(b) None of the funds provided under title I of this or any 
other Act making appropriations for Department of State and 
Related Agencies shall be expended to perform functions that dupli-
cate coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group. 
(c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only to the 
authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 105(f). 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS BORN IN JERUSALEM 
SEC. 107. For the purposes of registration of birth, certification 
of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen 
born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary of State shall, upon 
request of the citizen, record the place of birth as Israel. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 108. The expenditure of any appropriation under title 
I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement con-
tract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 609 
SEC. 109. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under title I of this Act shall be expended for 
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by section 
609 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
609 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal year 2008. 
STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 110. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act for 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Department of State 
may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 504(a)(1) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 111. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under 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 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 
615 of title VI of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
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or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available under title I of 
this Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States delega-
tion to any specialized agency, body, or commission of the United 
Nations if such commission is chaired or presided over by a country, 
the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, 
for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), has provided support for acts 
of international terrorism. 
PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT 
SEC. 113. Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, (22 U.S.C. 287e 
note) is amended at the end by adding the following: ‘‘(v) For 
assessments made during calendar year 2008, 27.1 percent.’’. 
ALHURRA BROADCASTING 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated for the programs and activities 
of Alhurra in fiscal year 2008 may be made available only if the 
Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that Alhurra does not advocate on behalf of any organiza-
tion that the Secretary knows, or has reason to believe, engages 
in terrorist activities. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SEC. 115. (a) LINK TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FROM 
HOMEPAGE OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall establish and maintain on the homepage of the Internet 
website of the Department of State a direct link to the Internet 
website of the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
State. 
(b) ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, OR ABUSE.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Inspector General of the Department of State shall establish 
and maintain on the homepage of the Internet website of the 
Office of Inspector General a mechanism by which individuals can 
anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect 
to the Department of State. 
CONSULAR OPERATIONS 
SEC. 116. The Secretary of State shall establish limited consular 
operations in Iraq within 180 days of enactment of this Act in 
which designated categories of aliens may apply and interview 
for admission to the United States. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION 
SEC. 117. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico, Construction’’ (IBWC), up to $66,000,000 may 
be expended for construction of secondary wastewater treatment