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(4) COUNTRY
LIMITS.—The following limita-
tions shall apply with respect to any one country in 
any fiscal year: 
(A) Not more than $100,000,000 of the 
$500,000,000 limitation provided in paragraph 
(1)(B) may be allocated to the country unless 
the country is a victim of active aggression. 
(B) Not more than $750,000,000 of the 
aggregate limitation of $1,500,000,000 pro-
vided in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) may be 
allocated to the country. 
TITLE X—ORGANIZATION, MAN-
AGEMENT, AND HUMAN RE-
SOURCES 
SEC. 10001. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘commodity’’ in-
cludes any material, article, supply, goods, or equip-
ment used for the purposes of providing non-military 
assistance. 
(2) COMMODITY
RESTRICTIONS.—The term 
‘‘commodity restrictions’’ means statutory and regu-
latory requirements that apply to the procurement 
or transportation of commodities financed under this 
Act, including— 
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(A) sections 10501 and 10503; 
(B) section 901(b)(1) of the Merchant Ma-
rine Act of 1936; 
(C) section 5 of the International Air 
Transportation Fair Competitive Practice Act 
of 1974; 
(D) section 644 of the Small Business Act; 
(E) section 2711 of the Competition in 
Contracting Act of 1984; and 
(F) the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949. 
(3) COUNTRY
OF
ASSIGNMENT.—The term 
‘‘country of assignment’’ means the foreign country 
in which an individual serves an accredited rep-
resentative of the United States Government. 
(4) 
DEFENSE
ARTICLE
AND
RELATED 
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’, ‘‘defense serv-
ice’’, ‘‘defense information’’, ‘‘excess defense arti-
cle’’, ‘‘major defense equipment’’, and ‘‘significant 
military equipment’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 4411. 
(5) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘Federal 
employee’’ or ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘‘employee’’ in section 2105(a) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
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(6) FEDERAL OFFICER.—The term ‘‘Federal of-
ficer’’ or ‘‘officer’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘officer’’ in section 2104 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(7) FEDERAL PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘Federal 
personnel’’ or ‘‘personnel’’ includes Federal employ-
ees, Federal officers, personal services contractors, 
locally employed staff, foreign national employees of 
the Foreign Service (as defined in section 103(6) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980), and any other in-
dividual employed by a Federal department or agen-
cy, as defined under regulations prescribed by the 
President. 
(8) FOREIGN
SERVICE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘Foreign Service Officer’’ means a member of the 
Foreign Service as defined in section 103 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(9) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes 
any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, 
right, privilege, discretion, or activity. 
(10) GENDER ANALYSIS, EQUALITY, AND INTE-
GRATION.—The terms ‘‘gender analysis’’, ‘‘gender 
equality’’, and ‘‘gender integration’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 1708. 
(11) LOCAL ENTITY.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘local entity’’ 
means an individual, corporation, nonprofit or-
ganization, or another body of persons that— 
(i) is located in a partner country; 
(ii) is organized under the laws of the 
partner country; 
(iii) has as its principal place of busi-
ness or operations the partner country; 
and 
(iv) is owned or controlled by citizens 
of the partner country. 
(B) OWNED
OR
CONTROLLED.—In sub-
paragraph (iv), the term ‘‘owned or controlled’’ 
means— 
(i) in the case of a corporation, the 
holding of at least 50 percent (by vote or 
value) of the capital structure of the cor-
poration; or 
(ii) in the case of any other kind of 
legal entity, the holding of interests rep-
resenting at least 50 percent of the capital 
structure of the entity. 
(12) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘service’’ includes 
any service, repair, training, technical assistance, ad-
vice, or information used for purposes of this Act. 
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Subtitle A—Organization 
CHAPTER 1—EXERCISE AND 
COORDINATION OF FUNCTIONS 
SEC. 10101. DELEGATIONS; REGULATIONS. 
(a) DELEGATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.—The Presi-
dent may exercise any functions conferred upon the Presi-
dent by this Act through such Federal agency or Federal 
officer as the President shall direct. 
(b) ISSUE REGULATIONS
AND DELEGATIONS
BY 
AGENCY HEADS.—The head of any such agency or any 
such officer exercising functions under this Act— 
(1) may from time to time promulgate such 
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out such functions; and 
(2) may delegate authority, including the dele-
gation to any other agency, upon obtaining the con-
currence of the head of that agency, to perform any 
such functions, including, if the delegating official 
shall so specify, the authority successively to redele-
gate any such functions. 
SEC. 10102. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under the direction of the Presi-
dent, the Secretary shall be responsible for the continuous 
supervision, overall coordination, and general direction of 
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United States foreign assistance, and for ensuring that the 
foreign policy of the United States is best served thereby. 
(b) MILITARY ASSISTANCE.—The responsibility con-
ferred upon the Secretary in subsection (a) includes— 
(1) all forms of military assistance; and 
(2) determinations of whether to offer or deliver 
any form of military assistance and the scope, types, 
amounts, and conditions of such assistance. 
SEC. 10103. ROLE OF THE CHIEF OF MISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of Mission shall be re-
sponsible for the continuous supervision, overall coordina-
tion, and general direction of all activities, resources, and 
programs of the United States Government as they are 
carried out in the country of assignment. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The responsibility conferred upon 
the Chief of Mission in subsection (a) shall not include 
authority over— 
(1) Federal personnel under the command of a 
United States area military commander; or 
(2) Federal personnel specifically exempted by 
law or designated by the President. 
SEC. 10104. OFFICE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Office 
for Global Women’s Issues (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Office’’) in the Office of the Secretary of State in 
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(D) direct, as appropriate, United States 
Government resources to respond to needs for 
gender integration and women’s empowerment 
in United States Government foreign policies 
and international programs. 
(2) DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION.—Subject to 
the direction of the President and the Secretary of 
State, the Ambassador is authorized to represent the 
United States in matters relevant to the status of 
women internationally. 
(d) REPORTING.—The heads of all bureaus and inde-
pendent offices of the Department of State, the United 
States Agency for International Development, and the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation shall, as appropriate, 
evaluate and monitor all women’s empowerment programs 
administered by such bureaus and offices and annually 
submit to the Ambassador a report on such programs and 
on policies and practices to integrate gender. 
SEC. 10105. BUREAU FOR ENERGY RESOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 931(a) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17371(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘CO-
ORDINATOR
FOR’’ and inserting ‘‘COORDINATION 
OF’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘COORDINATOR FOR’’ and inserting ‘‘COORDINA-
TION OF’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘There is established with-
in the Office of the Secretary of State a Coordi-
nator for International Energy Affairs,’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘There is 
established within the Department of State a 
Bureau for Energy Resources, to be headed by 
an Assistant Secretary,’’. 
(b) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State 
may transfer any authority, duty, or function assigned to 
the Coordinator for International Energy Affairs or to the 
Office of International Energy Affairs to the Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Resources or to the Bureau for En-
ergy Resources (as the case may be). 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by this Act, is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘26’’. 
(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended in the item relat-
ing to Assistant Secretaries of State, by striking ‘‘(25)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(26)’’. 
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SEC. 10106. BUREAU OF OCEANS, ENVIRONMENT AND 
SCIENCE. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS AU-
THORIZATION ACT OF 1973.—Section 9 of the Depart-
ment of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 
(22 U.S.C. 2655a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OCEANS 
AND
INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
SCI-
ENTIFIC
AFFAIRS’’ and inserting ‘‘OCEANS, ENVI-
RONMENT AND SCIENCE’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Oceans and International Envi-
ronmental and Scientific Affairs’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Oceans, Environment and 
Science’’. 
(b) CLEAN AIR ACT.—Section 617(a) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671p(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Oceans, Environment and 
Science’’. 
CHAPTER 2—UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 10201. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The United States Agency for 
International Development shall be an agency of the 
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United States under the policy guidance of the Secretary 
of State. 
(b) MANDATE.—The mandate of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall be to reduce 
global poverty and alleviate human suffering. 
(c) STATUTORY OFFICERS.— 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
United 
States 
Agency for International Development shall be head-
ed by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate. 
(2) DEPUTY ADMINISTRATORS.—The President 
may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, up to 2 Deputy Administrators of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, who shall be compensated at the rate provided 
for at level III of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATORS.—The Presi-
dent may appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, up to 13 Assistant Administra-
tors of the United States Agency for International 
Development, who shall be compensated at the rate 
provided for at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
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under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
Among these shall be— 
(A) an Assistant Administrator for Policy, 
Planning, and Learning; 
(B) an Assistant Administrator for Food 
Security; 
(C) an Assistant Administrator for Demo-
cratic and Civic Development; and 
(D) an Assistant Administrator for Eco-
nomic Growth, Environment, and Energy. 
(4) NOMINATIONS OF ASSISTANT ADMINISTRA-
TORS.—Whenever the President submits to the Sen-
ate a nomination of an individual for appointment to 
a position in the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development pursuant to paragraph (3), 
the President shall designate the regional or func-
tional bureau or bureaus of the Agency with respect 
to which the individual shall have responsibility. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 5, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 5315, in the item relating to As-
sistant Administrators, Agency for International De-
velopment— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘United States’’ before 
‘‘Agency’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘(13)’’. 
(2) In section 7103(a)(2)(B)(iv), by inserting 
‘‘United States’’ before ‘‘Agency for International 
Development’’. 
SEC. 10202. ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall have the 
responsibility for carrying out the mandate of the United 
States Agency for International Development and for co-
ordinating all United States development-related activi-
ties. 
(b) CHIEF DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR.—The Adminis-
trator shall be the chief development advisor to the Presi-
dent. 
(c) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.— 
The Administrator may, as chief development advisor to 
the President, and subject to the direction of the Presi-
dent, attend and participate in meetings of the National 
Security Council. 
(d) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.— 
The Administrator shall be responsible for the coordina-
tion and direction of United States policy regarding, and 
contributions to, all development-related agencies of the 
United Nations, in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary of State for International Organization Affairs. 
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