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in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(f) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, 
and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title 
II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 
et seq.), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal 
services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 
for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed 
by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 
and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contractors 
shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided further, That 
such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace 
Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 
available only for personal services contractors assigned to the 
Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. 
(g) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefi-
nite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID 
may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing 
task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with 
any category of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(h) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Individ-
uals hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111– 
117) may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or 
Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs. 
(i) CRISIS OPERATIONS STAFFING.—Up to $86,000,000 of the 
funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant to, or to 
carry out the provisions of, part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and section 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 
(title V of division J of Public Law 116–94) may be made available 
for the United States Agency for International Development to 
appoint and employ personnel in the excepted service to prevent 
or respond to foreign crises and contexts with growing instability: 
Provided, That functions carried out by personnel hired under the 
authority of this subsection shall be related to the purpose for 
which the funds were appropriated: Provided further, That such 
funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes 
and may remain attributed to any minimum funding requirement 
for which they were originally made available: Provided further, 
That the USAID Administrator shall coordinate with the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management and consult with the appro-
priate congressional committees on implementation of this provi-
sion. 
STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED BY 
EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT 
SEC. 7066. (a) PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION FUND.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
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Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund for the purposes 
enumerated in section 509(a) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 
(title V of division J of Public Law 116–94), of which $25,000,000 
may be made available for the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund 
authorized by section 510(c) of such Act: Provided, That such funds 
shall be allocated as specified under this section in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under such headings may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under such headings for such purposes: 
Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by this Act or any other 
Act, and is subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section that are transferred to funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to promote 
accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war 
crimes, which shall be in addition to any other funds made available 
by this Act for such purposes: Provided, That such programs shall 
include components to develop local investigative and judicial skills, 
and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain the chain of 
custody of evidence, including for use in prosecutions, and may 
include the establishment of, and assistance for, transitional justice 
mechanisms: Provided further, That such funds shall be adminis-
tered by the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Criminal 
Justice, Department of State, and shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds made available by this paragraph shall be made available 
on an open and competitive basis. 
(c) GLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE FUND.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 
made available to the Global Community Engagement and Resil-
ience Fund, including as a contribution. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7067. In order to enhance the continued participation 
of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt- 
for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental 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.
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EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 
4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied through fiscal year 
2023 by substituting ‘‘the costs of providing consular services’’ for 
‘‘such costs’’. 
(b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for 
Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (division B 
of Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 592) shall be applied during 
fiscal year 2023 by substituting ‘‘2020 through 2023’’ for ‘‘2020 
and 2021’’. 
(c) Discretionary amounts made available to the Department 
of State under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ 
of this Act, and discretionary unobligated balances under such 
heading from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may be trans-
ferred to the Consular and Border Security Programs account if 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sustain consular 
operations, following consultation with such Committees: Provided, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available in this Act and under any other provision of 
law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred from 
amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to section 
286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of State may 
also use fees deposited into the Fraud Prevention and Detection 
Account for the costs of providing consular services. 
(e) Amounts provided pursuant to subsection (b) are designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 
1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House 
of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSBOUNDARY WATER 
POLLUTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7069. In fiscal year 2023 and in each fiscal year there-
after— 
(a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(the ‘‘Administrator’’) may transfer amounts made available under 
the heading ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants’’ in the USMCA Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2019 (title IX of Public Law 116–113) to the International 
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (the 
‘‘Commission’’), by entering into an interagency agreement or by 
awarding a grant, to support the construction of treatment works 
(as that term is defined in section 212(2) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292(2))), that will be owned or 
operated by the Commission: Provided, That the Commission shall, 
in consultation with the Administrator and subject to the require-
ments of sections 513 and 608 of the Federal Water Pollution
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Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372 and 1388), use amounts transferred 
pursuant to this section for general, administrative, or other costs 
(including construction management) related to the planning, study, 
design, and construction, of treatment works that, as determined 
by the Commissioner of the Commission, will— 
(1) protect residents in the United States-Mexico border 
region from water pollution resulting from— 
(A) transboundary flows of wastewater, stormwater, 
or other international transboundary water flows origi-
nating in Mexico; and 
(B) any inadequacies or breakdowns of treatment 
works in Mexico; and 
(2) provide treatment of the flows and water pollution 
described in subparagraph (A) in compliance with local, State, 
and Federal law: Provided, That the Commission may also 
use amounts transferred pursuant to this section to operate 
and maintain any new treatment work constructed, which shall 
be in addition to any amounts otherwise available to the 
Commission for such purposes. 
(b) The Commission is authorized to enter into an agreement 
with the appropriate official or officials of the United States and 
Mexican States for the operation and maintenance by the Commis-
sion of any new treatment works, pursuant to subsection (a): Pro-
vided, That such agreement shall contain a provision relating to 
the division between the two Governments of the costs of such 
operation and maintenance, or of the works involved there as may 
be recommended by said Commission and approved by the Govern-
ment of Mexico. 
(c) Nothing in this section modifies, amends, repeals, or other-
wise limits the authority of the Commission under— 
(1) the treaty relating to the utilization of the waters of 
the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio 
Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, and 
supplementary protocol, signed at Washington February 3, 1944 
(59 Stat. 1219), between the United States and Mexico; or 
(2) any other applicable treaty. 
(d) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of 
S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 
(117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives 
on June 8, 2022. 
WAIVER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7070. The President may waive section 414 of Public 
Law 101–246 and section 410 of Public Law 103–236 with respect 
to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Organization if the President determines and reports in writing 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional