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and television), for all USAGM language services shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser-
vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele-
vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 
to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading for 
such grant shall be apportioned to the Foundation not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $20,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2027, which shall not 
be used for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter-
est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, 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 Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2026, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur-
poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title
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2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re-
strictions on compensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 
to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying 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 Ha-
waii, $22,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading for such grant shall be apportioned to 
the Center not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 
4412), $315,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $210,316,000 shall be allocated in the traditional
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and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 
and $104,684,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this 
Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be apportioned to the Endowment not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
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, as authorized 
by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, 
$770,000, of which $116,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Commission may 
procure temporary, intermittent, and other services not-
withstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such 
chapter: Provided further, That such authority shall termi-
nate on October 1, 2026: Provided further, That the Com-
mission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to exercising such authority.
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UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 
by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $3,059,000, includ-
ing not more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not
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more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 
REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen-
tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi-
tations, and conditions contained in the second through 
fifth provisos under this heading in the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2026 and shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the House Democracy 
Partnership established pursuant to House Resolution 24, 
One Hundred Tenth Congress, as carried forward by 
House Resolution 5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, 
$2,300,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
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heading shall be apportioned to the House Democracy 
Partnership not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
TITLE II 
ADMINISTRATION OF ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$111,988,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General with continued oversight jurisdiction for foreign 
assistance programs administered by the agency primarily 
responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and whose over-
sight activities were funded under title II of prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, $62,500,000, of 
which $9,375,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2027, in accordance with section 409 of title 5, United 
States Code, section 614(f) of the Millennium Challenge 
Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7713(f)) and section 8A(a) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 1000(a) of Public Law 106–113), as well as section
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401 of the Inter-American Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 
290f), and section 505 of the African Development Foun-
dation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h). 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 
funds 
otherwise 
available 
for 
such 
purposes, 
$3,531,975,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, and which shall be apportioned directly to the De-
partment of State: Provided, That this amount shall be 
made available for training, equipment, and technical as-
sistance to build the capacity of public health institutions 
and organizations in developing countries, and for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health pro-
grams; (2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; 
(3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs 
which directly address the needs of mothers and children, 
and related education programs; (4) assistance for chil-
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dren displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis-
eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 
by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by 
AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises; 
(7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to un-
anticipated and emerging global health threats, including 
zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/reproductive 
health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available for United States 
contributions to The GAVI Alliance and to a multilateral 
vaccine development partnership to support epidemic pre-
paredness: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made 
available to any organization or program which, as deter-
mined by the President of the United States, supports or 
participates in the management of a program of coercive 
abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, 
That any determination made under the previous proviso 
must be made not later than 6 months after the date of
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enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the 
evidence and criteria utilized to make the determination: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to pay for the performance 
of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate 
or coerce any person to practice abortions: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor-
tion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this Act may be used to lobby for or 
against abortion: Provided further, That in order to reduce 
reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be 
available only to voluntary family planning projects which 
offer, either directly or through referral to, or information 
about access to, a broad range of family planning methods 
and services, and that any such voluntary family planning 
project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service 
providers or referral agents in the project shall not imple-
ment or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, 
of total number of births, number of family planning ac-
ceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include 
the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budg-
eting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not in-
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clude payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial 
reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a 
family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for 
achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of 
births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 
of a particular method of family planning; (3) the project 
shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of 
access to participate in any program of general welfare 
or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 
of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning 
services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac-
ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 
that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 
those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the 
use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that 
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical 
procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific 
study in which participants are advised of potential risks 
and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of State determines that there has 
been a violation of the requirements contained in para-
graph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern 
or practice of violations of the requirements contained in 
paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Secretary shall submit
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to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing 
a description of such violation and the corrective action 
taken by the Department: Provided further, That in 
awarding grants for natural family planning under section 
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant 
shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s 
religious or conscientious commitment to offer only nat-
ural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants 
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this Act or any 
other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the pro-
vision, consistent with local law, of information or coun-
seling about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That 
information provided about the use of condoms as part 
of projects or activities that are funded from amounts ap-
propriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates 
of such use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, $5,883,800,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2030, which shall be apportioned directly 
to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 
for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to 
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): 
Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 
shall be $1,250,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to 
$22,000,000 may be made available, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin-
istrative expenses of the United States Global AIDS Coor-
dinator. 
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to carry out the provisions of section 491 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance; section 
2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), and other activities to meet 
refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); allowances as
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authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $5,400,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not less than $6,500,000 
shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel: 
Provided, That consistent with section 491(d) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, funds made available under 
this heading shall be prioritized to reach those most in 
need of relief and rehabilitation because of natural and 
manmade disasters: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph, not less than 
$2,970,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the 
provisions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be apportioned to the Department of 
State not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and at the start 
of each quarter thereafter until September 30, 2027, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a spend plan to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations detailing the planned uses of 
funds, obligations, and disbursements as described under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
867
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $100,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That amounts 
made available by this Act that are in excess of the limita-
tion contained in paragraph (2) of such section shall be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Humanitarian 
Assistance’’. 
NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 
255, and chapter 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public 
Law 101–179), $6,766,874,000, of which not less than fif-
teen percent of amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be made available for programs in Africa, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be appor-
868
tioned to the Department of State not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 
of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes 
of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 
U.S.C. 4411), $205,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, which shall be made available for the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available to the National Endowment 
for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 
purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
of State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be apportioned to the De-
partment of State not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including 
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 
for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $410,500,000, of which $7,800,000 is for the Of-
fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 
Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed 
$5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur-
suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 
amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper-
ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail-
able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 
$4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 
Provided further, That in addition to the requirements 
under section 7015(a) of this Act, the Peace Corps shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
any decision to open, close, or suspend a domestic or over-
seas office or a country program unless there is a substan-
870
tial risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 
614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 
et seq.) (MCA), $830,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That section 605(e) of the MCA (22 
U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 
609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact 
obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to 
the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the 
parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of 
the United States Government funding anticipated for the 
duration of the Compact: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$100,000 may be available for representation and enter-
tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses: Provided further,
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That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ap-
portioned to the Corporation not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the limitations in sections 609(i) and 
609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 
U.S.C. 7708(i), 7708(j)), the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration may, subject to the availability of funds, extend 
compacts in Indonesia, Kosovo, Nepal, and Senegal, for 
up to one additional year: Provided further, That the Cor-
poration shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees prior to providing any such extension. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1969, $29,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 
representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the African De-
velopment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 
22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $12,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be available for representation expenses: Provided,
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That funds made available to grantees may be invested 
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 
by the Board of Directors of the United States African 
Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, 
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in excep-
tional circumstances the Board of Directors of the 
USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in 
that section with respect to a project and a project may 
exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase 
is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided fur-
ther, That the USADF shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees after each time such waiv-
er authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 
USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance 
from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 
buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be nec-
essary to carry out its functions: Provided further, That 
the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the 
United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 
such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the Afri-
can Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That 
the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the