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the voice of the United States to encourage each such in-
stitution to effectively implement and enforce policies and 
procedures which meet or exceed best practices in the 
United States for the protection of whistleblowers from 
retaliation, including the policies and procedures detailed 
under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 
RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7030. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, $45,000,000 are 
rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, $30,000,000 are rescinded. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement or for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERN-
MENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for direct govern-
ment-to-government assistance only if the require-
ments included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) through (E) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (divi-
sion F of Public Law 116–6) are fully met. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.—In 
addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds 
may only be made available for direct government- 
to-government assistance subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
the requirements of this paragraph shall only apply 
to direct government-to-government assistance in ex-
cess of $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash 
transfer, budget support, and cash payments to indi-
viduals. 
(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development or the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to- 
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government assistance if the Administrator or the 
Secretary has credible information of material mis-
use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 
the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to continue such assistance, including 
a justification, or that such misuse has been appro-
priately addressed. 
(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2022 
congressional budget justification materials, amounts 
planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by 
country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 
and type of assistance. 
(5) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the government of any foreign country 
for debt service payments owed by any country to 
any international financial institution. 
(b) NATIONAL BUDGET
AND CONTRACT TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) 
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS
OF
FISCAL 
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con-
tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re-
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quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern-
ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 
as identified in the report required by section 
7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 
government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de-
termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi-
cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require-
ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter-
minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 
Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart-
ment of State website: Provided, That such report 
shall include the elements included in the report ac-
companying this Act. 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $5,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made avail-
able for programs and activities to assist govern-
ments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to im-
prove budget transparency and to support civil soci-
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ety organizations in such countries that promote 
budget transparency. 
(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) Officials of foreign governments and 
their immediate family members about whom 
the Secretary of State has credible information 
have been involved, directly or indirectly, in sig-
nificant corruption, including corruption related 
to the extraction of natural resources, or a 
gross violation of human rights shall be ineli-
gible for entry into the United States. 
(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 
privately designate or identify the officials of 
foreign governments and their immediate family 
members about whom the Secretary has such 
credible information without regard to whether 
the individual has applied for a visa. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli-
gible for entry into the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1) if such entry would further important 
United States law enforcement objectives or is nec-
essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obli-
gations under the United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 
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(5) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of para-
graphs (1), (4), and (5), the records of the Depart-
ment of State and of diplomatic and consular offices 
of the United States pertaining to the issuance or 
refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States shall not be considered confidential. 
(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be made available to promote and support 
transparency and accountability of expenditures and 
revenues related to the extraction of natural re-
sources, including by strengthening implementation 
and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Trans-
parency Initiative, implementing and enforcing sec-
tion 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) 
and the amendments made by such section, and to 
prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and provide 
technical assistance to promote independent audit 
mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
natural resource management. 
(2) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
AND
INDEPENDENT 
AUDITS.—(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the executive director of each international 
financial institution that it is the policy of the 
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United States to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such in-
stitutions (including any loan, credit, grant, or guar-
antee) to any country for the extraction and export 
of a natural resource if the government of such 
country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures 
to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company 
payments as required by United States law, and un-
less such government has adopted laws, regulations, 
or procedures in the sector in which assistance is 
being considered to meet the standards included 
under this section in the report accompanying this 
Act. 
(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of 
building the capacity of such government to meet 
the requirements of such subparagraph. 
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 
available for any independent agency in title III, as appro-
priate, shall be made available to support the provision 
of additional information on United States Government 
foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as-
sistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies fund-
ed under this Act shall provide such information on for-
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eign assistance, upon request and in a timely manner, to 
the Department of State. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $2,400,500,000 shall be made 
available for democracy programs. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act for democracy programs pursuant to sub-
section (a) and under the heading ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law, and with 
regard to the National Endowment for Democracy 
(NED), any regulation. 
(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by 
this Act for the NED are made available pursuant 
to the authority of the National Endowment for De-
mocracy Act (title V of Public Law 98–164), includ-
ing all decisions regarding the selection of bene-
ficiaries. 
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(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 
purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de-
mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 
governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 
expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 
rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 
law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo-
cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or-
ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 
development of democratic states and institutions that are 
responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail-
able pursuant to this section that are made available for 
programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 
prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com-
mitment to democracy and the rule of law. 
(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re-
spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro-
grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 
assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 
participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 
prior approval by the government of any foreign country. 
(f) CONTINUATION
OF
CURRENT
PRACTICES.— 
USAID shall continue to implement civil society and polit-
ical competition and consensus building programs abroad 
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with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner that rec-
ognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative 
agreements in implementing such programs. 
(g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 
Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu-
manitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the 
NED of democracy programs that are planned and sup-
ported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs. 
(h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND 
JOURNALISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be made available to support and pro-
tect civil society activists and journalists who have been 
threatened, harassed, or attacked, including journalists af-
filiated with the United States Agency for Global Media, 
consistent with the action plan submitted pursuant to, and 
on the same terms and conditions of, section 7032(i) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 
Law 115–141). 
(i) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.— 
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(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall 
be made available for the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, for 
the costs of administering programs designed to pro-
mote and defend freedom of expression and the inde-
pendence of the media in countries where such free-
dom and independence are restricted or denied. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs that promote and defend freedom of ex-
pression and the independence of the media abroad: 
Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise made available by this Act for such pur-
poses, and are intended to complement emergency 
and safety programs for civil society, including jour-
nalists and media outlets at risk: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM OFFICE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 
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for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Depart-
ment of State, including for support staff at not less than 
the amounts specified for such office in the table under 
such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available 
for international religious freedom programs and funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for humanitarian 
assistance for vulnerable and persecuted religious minori-
ties: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ pursuant to this 
section shall be made available at not less than the amount 
in the table under such heading in the report accom-
panying this Act and shall be the responsibility of the Am-
bassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in 
consultation with other relevant United States Govern-
ment officials, and shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 
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available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 
assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 
Syria. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 
7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2021. 
SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 
for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 
and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims 
of such trafficking, may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 
than $10,000,000 shall be made available for foren-
sic anthropology assistance related to the exhuma-
tion and identification of victims of war crimes, 
crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall 
be administered by the Assistant Secretary for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
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State: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition 
to funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs for assist-
ance for countries. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be made available for DNA forensic technology pro-
grams to combat human trafficking in Central 
America and Mexico. 
(c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ-
ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre-
vention Board: Provided, That funds made available pur-
suant to this subsection are in addition to amounts other-
wise made available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 
the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States 
Agency for International Development, from this or any 
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other Act, may be made available as a general contribution 
to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
made available to carry out the Program for Re-
search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 
authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 
and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(2) GENOCIDE
VICTIMS
MEMORIAL
SITES.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
made available as contributions to establish and 
maintain memorial sites of genocide, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(3) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 
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Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 
partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds 
made available pursuant to this paragraph may only 
be made available following prior consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees, and the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(4) 
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available by title I of this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 
may be made available for grants pursuant to sec-
tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 
facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, 
and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for 
grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural An-
tiquities Task Force. 
(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 
may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 
III to make innovation incentive awards in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of section 
7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided, 
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That each individual award may not exceed 
$100,000: Provided further, That no more than 15 
such awards may be made during fiscal year 2021. 
(6) EXCHANGE
VISITOR
PROGRAM.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis-
tered by the Department of State to implement the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 
except through the formal rulemaking process pursu-
ant to the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to 
such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, That 
funds made available for such purpose shall only be 
made available after consultation with, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, regarding how any pro-
posed modification would affect the public diplomacy 
goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 
United States: Provided further, That such consulta-
tion shall take place not later than 30 days prior to 
the publication in the Federal Register of any regu-
latory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Pro-
gram. 
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(7) 
INTERNATIONAL
FAIRS
AND
EXPO-
SITIONS.—Notwithstanding section 204 of the Admi-
ral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Re-
lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 
2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for 
this fiscal year may be made available for United 
States participation in international fairs and expo-
sitions abroad, including for construction and oper-
ation of United States pavilions or other major ex-
hibits, subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided, That any such funds 
shall be made available on a cost matching basis 
from sources other than the United States Govern-
ment, to the maximum extent practicable: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
paragraph may not be used to reimburse any partici-
pation in international fairs and expositions abroad 
that took place prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That the Office of Inspector 
General, Department of State, shall conduct a finan-
cial and performance audit and issue a report on the 
use of such authority. 
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(8) WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the President is 
authorized to accept the statutes of, and to maintain 
membership of the United States in, the United Na-
tions World Tourism Organization, and the United 
States’ assessed contributions to maintain such 
membership may be paid from funds appropriated 
for ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’. 
(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 
vetting program, or making significant changes to the 
scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec-
retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary and the Administrator shall pro-
vide a direct vetting option for prime awardees in any 
partner vetting program initiated or significantly modified 
after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Sec-
retary of State or USAID Administrator, as applicable, 
informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by- 
case basis that a direct vetting option is not feasible for 
such program. 
(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2021, the 
President may use up to $125,000,000 under the author-
ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
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(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and under title 
IV of this Act for assistance for the central government 
of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com-
ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-
national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 
25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with-
holding funds under this subsection. 
(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PRO-
TECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, and 
merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of For-
eign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of ex-
pired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2021, except for funds des-
ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 
the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not 
more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 
(j) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to counter 
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extremism may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law restricting assistance to foreign 
countries, except sections 502B, 620A, and 620M of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the use 
of the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior 
consultation with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES 
OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 
203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
457): Provided, That in addition to suspension on the 
basis of an unpaid default or final civil judgment directly 
or indirectly related to human trafficking against the em-
ployer or a family member assigned to an embassy, sus-
pension on this basis should also apply to an employer or 
family member assigned to any diplomatic mission, or any 
international organization: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State should assist in obtaining payment of final 
court judgments awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa holders, 
including encouraging the sending states to provide com-
pensation directly to victims: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons an-
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nual report a concise summary of each trafficking case 
involving an A–3 or G–5 visa holder that meets one or 
more of the following criteria: (1) a final court judgment 
(including a default judgment) issued against a current 
or former employee of such diplomatic mission or inter-
national organization; (2) the issuance of a T-visa to the 
victim; or (3) a request by the Department of State to 
the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats 
or family members be waived to permit criminal prosecu-
tion. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) PASSPORT
FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 
Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) INCENTIVES
FOR
CRITICAL
POSTS.—The 
authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
111–32) shall remain in effect through September 
30, 2021. 
(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV-
ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ for ‘‘October 
1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 
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(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI-
TATION.— 
(A) Subject to the limitation described in 
subparagraph (B), the authority provided by 
section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re-
main in effect through September 30, 2021. 
(B) The authority described in subpara-
graph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible 
member of the Foreign Service (as defined in 
section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a local-
ity-based comparability payment (stated as a 
percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the 
amount of the locality-based comparability pay-
ment (stated as a percentage) that would be 
payable to such member under section 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 
official duty station were in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(5) CATEGORICAL
ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 
167) is amended— 
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(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, and 
2021’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2021’’; and 
(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 
note), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’. 
(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
ANNUITANT
WAIV-
ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 
Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, and may be used to facilitate the 
assignment of persons for oversight of programs in 
Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Ven-
ezuela. 
(7) ACCOUNTABILITY
REVIEW
BOARDS.—The 
authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 
1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 
for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 
2021, except that the notification and reporting re-
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quirements contained in such section shall include 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(8) SPECIAL
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
FOR
AF-
GHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION
COMPETITIVE
STA-
TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 
at least 12 months of continuous service after enact-
ment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 
which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, 
shall acquire competitive status for appointment to 
any position in the competitive service for which the 
employee possesses the required qualifications. 
(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef-
fect during fiscal year 2021. 
(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
of the Department of State may waive the provisions 
of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 
case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 
the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 
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to the same constraints and in the same manner by 
which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv-
er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec-
tion. 
(11) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of 
the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 
1101 note) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2015 
THROUGH 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 THROUGH 
2021’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘22,500’’ and inserting ‘‘26,500’’; and 
(C) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’. 
(m) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for monitoring 
and evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 
and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, as appro-
priate, be made available for the regular collection of feed-
back obtained directly from beneficiaries to enhance the 
quality and relevance of such assistance: Provided, That 
the Department of State and USAID shall establish, and 
post on their respective websites, updated procedures for 
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implementing partners that receive funds under such 
headings for regularly collecting and responding to such 
feedback, including guidelines for the reporting on actions 
taken in response to the feedback received: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department of State and USAID shall reg-
ularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feedback is 
regularly collected and used by implementing partners to 
maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assist-
ance. 
(n) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 
under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ 
by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, 
Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 
to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph for the costs of such 
guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 
a country. 
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(2) 
DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs that 
were previously designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
such Act. 
(3) 
CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 
this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the appropriate congressional committees and 
the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(o) LOCAL WORKS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$50,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be 
made available for Local Works pursuant to section 
7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
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ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), which 
may remain available until September 30, 2025. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of 
section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eli-
gible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, inter-
national, and United States-based nongovernmental 
organizations, educational institutions, and other 
small entities that have received less than a total of 
$5,000,000 from USAID over the previous 5 fiscal 
years: Provided, That departments or centers of 
such educational institutions may be considered indi-
vidually in determining such eligibility. 
(p) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 
purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND 
PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 
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for purposes of this Act the term ‘‘funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re-
main available for obligation, and have not expired. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, the International 
Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North 
American Development Bank, the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, the African 
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 
(4) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 
means the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(5) SPEND
PLAN.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap-
propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 
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purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 
for measuring progress, and a timeline for 
achieving such goals; 
(B) amounts and sources of funds by ac-
count; 
(C) how such funds will complement other 
ongoing or planned programs; and 
(D) implementing partners, to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(6) SUCCESSOR
OPERATING
UNIT.—Any ref-
erence to a particular USAID operating unit or of-
fice in this or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs shall be deemed to include any suc-
cessor operating unit or office performing the same 
or similar functions. 
(7) THIS ACT.—Except as expressly provided 
otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in 
titles I through VIII shall be treated as referring 
only to the provisions of such titles. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY 
SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
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