H. R. 2471—520 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 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, 
$1,662,928,000, of which $96,240,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2023: 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: Provided further, That any payment 
of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to activities 
that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respec-
tive international organization and shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading 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, $1,498,614,000, 
of which $749,307,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That none of the funds made available by 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 such mission in the United Nations Security Council 
(or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and 
duration of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national 
interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the 
sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or transfers, that 
will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, 
and the estimated cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available for obligation unless the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 
mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is implementing
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effective policies and procedures to prevent United Nations 
employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving 
in such mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 
trafficking, or committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse 
or other violations of human rights, and to hold accountable individ-
uals who engage in such acts while participating in such mission, 
including prosecution in their home countries and making informa-
tion about such prosecutions publicly available on the website of 
the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
shall work with the United Nations and foreign governments 
contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 
procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 
rights: Provided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that 
United States manufacturers and suppliers are not 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 none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
heading may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission 
that will involve United States Armed Forces under the command 
or operational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military advisors have submitted to the President a recommenda-
tion that such involvement is in the national interest of the United 
States and the President has submitted to Congress such a rec-
ommendation: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages 
with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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 
Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; 
as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$51,970,000, of which $7,796,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $51,030,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the United 
States Section, except for funds designated by the Congress as
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an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to carry out the purposes of the United States Section, 
which shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
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 
technical assistance grants and the Community Assistance Program 
of the North American Development Bank, $15,008,000: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading for the Inter-
national Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2023, and up to $9,000 may be made available 
for representation expenses: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading for the International Boundary 
Commission, up to $1,000 may be made available for representation 
expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $62,846,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the United States Agency 
for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry out international 
communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for 
radio, Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, 
$850,300,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $47,708,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 
not less than $27,000,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation 
expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within 
the United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may 
be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be allocated in accordance with the table included 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
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Act): Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 
funds may be reprogrammed within and between amounts des-
ignated in such table, subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that no such re-
programming may reduce a designated amount by more than 5 
percent: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available in accordance with the principles 
and standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) 
and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204): Provided further, 
That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by 
the USAGM that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee 
organizations, provides an open platform for international terrorists 
or those who support international terrorism, or is in violation 
of the principles and standards set forth in section 303(a) and 
(b) of such Act or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Provided 
further, That in addition to funds made available under this 
heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 
$5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from business 
ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from cooperating international 
organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization 
efforts of the Voice of America and the International Broadcasting 
Bureau, shall remain available until expended for carrying out 
authorized purposes: Provided further, That significant modifica-
tions to USAGM broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, 
including changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 
wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all USAGM language 
services shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That up to 
$5,000,000 from the USAGM Buying Power Maintenance account 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available under any other provision of law and shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and 
improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital trans-
mission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of nec-
essary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission 
and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical secu-
rity worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $21,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.