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entered into between USAID and the Department of 
State. 
(c) LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Amounts transferred pursu-
ant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115–254) may only be 
transferred from funds made available under title III 
of this Act, and such amounts shall not exceed 
$50,000,000: Provided, That any such transfers 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of State, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, and 
the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation (the 
Corporation), as appropriate, shall ensure that the 
programs funded by such transfers are coordinated 
with, and complement, foreign assistance programs 
implemented by the Department of State and 
USAID: Provided further, That no funds transferred 
pursuant to such authority may be used by the Cor-
poration to post personnel abroad or for activities 
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described in section 1421(c) of the BUILD Act of 
2018. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ directed to 
implement the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partner-
ship for Peace Act by application of section 7019 of 
this Act and section 7019 of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 
116-260) shall be excluded from the limitation on 
transfers contained in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section and in section 7009(c) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 
116-260). 
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 
the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 
of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
written policy justification to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
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(e) AUDIT
OF
INTER-AGENCY
TRANSFERS
OF 
FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 
funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs entered into between the De-
partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 
United States Government under the authority of section 
632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any com-
parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 
Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans-
fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 
responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 
shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
use of such funds and report to the Department of State 
or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such au-
dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 
State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 
funds transferred under such authority may be made 
available for the cost of such audits. 
PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first- 
class travel by employees of United States Government de-
partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven-
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tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 
made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 
any United States Government department or agency may 
be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 
use by such department or agency unless such network 
has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 
websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 
limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 
tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity 
carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga-
tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis-
cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 
as part of official business. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 
None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems), or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 
country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or to-
bacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery sys-
tems), except for restrictions which are not applied equally 
to all tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nic-
otine delivery systems) of the same type. 
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(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Invest-
ment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and 
‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made avail-
able to the Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development may be made avail-
able to support the use or establishment of email accounts 
or email servers created outside the .gov domain or not 
fitted for automated records management as part of a 
Federal government records management program in con-
travention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act 
Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 
(e) REPRESENTATION
AND ENTERTAINMENT EX-
PENSES.—Each Federal department, agency, or entity 
funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Department 
of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in titles 
III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that do-
mestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex-
penses further official agency business and United States 
foreign policy interests, and— 
(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 
of the Executive Branch; 
(2) are principally for meals and events of a 
protocol nature; 
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(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
(4) do not include activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character. 
(f) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.— 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or 
under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 
obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
musical productions, and amusement parks. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 
661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
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Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds made available 
for ‘‘United States International Development Finance 
Corporation’’ and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for 
an additional 4 years from the date on which the avail-
ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 
funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their 
respective periods of availability contained in this Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes 
of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob-
ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance 
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available for an additional 4 years from the date on 
which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 
expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated 
before the expiration of their respective periods of avail-
ability contained in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall provide 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 
than October 31, 2022, detailing by account and source 
year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal 
year. 
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultation with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
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amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR-
EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 
the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2022 on funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs by a foreign government or entity 
against United States assistance programs, either directly 
or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 
assistance for fiscal year 2023 and for prior fiscal years 
and allocated for the central government of such country 
or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 
if, not later than September 30, 2023, such taxes have 
not been reimbursed: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act and 
then quarterly thereafter until September 30, 2022, on the 
foreign governments and entities that have not reimbursed 
such taxes, including any amount of funds withheld pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
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(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur-
suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist-
ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 
States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 
that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 
and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 
a programmatically responsible manner. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en-
tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 
State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(A) such foreign government or entity has 
an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 
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this subsection with regard to any foreign govern-
ment or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax-
ation of assistance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat-
eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 
agreement between the Government of the United 
States and the government of the country receiving 
assistance that describes the privileges and immuni-
ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 
for such country generally, or an individual agree-
ment between the Government of the United States 
and such government that describes, among other 
things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 
accorded the United States assistance provided 
under that agreement. 
(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 
and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 
customs duties but shall not include individual in-
come taxes assessed to local staff. 
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RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 
specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 
programs within the same account notwithstanding the 
designation if compliance with the designation is made im-
possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 
Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made available under the same terms and conditions as 
originally provided. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 
the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe-
riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 
administered by the Department of State or the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin-
istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 
of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 
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can be obligated during the original period of availability: 
Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des-
ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 
applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other-
wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des-
ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 
contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 
appropriated by this Act. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO-
GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 
made available in titles I, II, and VI, and under the head-
ings ‘‘Peace Corps’’ and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’, of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs to the departments and agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 
2022, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of fees or of 
currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made 
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available by transfer, to the departments and agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 
(1) create new programs; 
(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 
activity; 
(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 
post; 
(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re-
name bureaus, centers, or offices; or 
(5) contract out or privatize any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro-
priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
REPROGRAMMING
OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I, II, 
and VI of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs, to the departments and agencies funded 
under such titles that remain available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2022, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the department and agency funded 
under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure for programs, projects, or activities 
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through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments or changes existing programs, 
projects, or activities; 
(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 
(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(4) results from any general savings, including 
savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 
result in a change in existing programs, projects, or 
activities as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and 
Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘De-
mocracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central 
Asia’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, 
‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 
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submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 
include information (if known on the date of transmittal 
of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author-
ity. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
AND 
FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs may be made available 
to support or continue any program initially funded 
under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 
or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and in accordance with the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub-
mits a justification to such Committees that includes 
a description of, and the estimated costs associated 
with, the support or continuation of such program. 
(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 
of Defense to the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for assistance for foreign countries and international 
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organizations shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other committees pursuant to sub-
section (f) of that section: Provided, That before 
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 
of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense arti-
cles are significant military equipment (as defined in 
section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or 
are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 
$7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 
elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 
funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 
Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
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(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro-
vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 
as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak-
ing the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 
provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances. 
(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, 
Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, 
Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nica-
ragua, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, So-
malia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbek-
istan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as pro-
vided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations and such no-
tification shall include the information specified under this 
section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) DIPLOMATIC
PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated under title I of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that are made available for 
lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti-
fication procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for the following 
programs and activities shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: 
(A) the Global Engagement Center, except 
that the Secretary of State shall consult with 
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the Committees on Appropriations prior to sub-
mitting such notification; 
(B) the Prosper Africa initiative; 
(C) community-based police assistance con-
ducted pursuant to the authority of section 
7035(a)(1) of this Act; 
(D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund 
and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund; 
(E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 
(F) the Global Security Contingency Fund; 
(G) the Countering PRC Influence Fund 
and the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 
and 
(H) the Gender Equity and Equality Ac-
tion Fund. 
(3) DEMOCRACY PROGRAM POLICY AND PROCE-
DURES.—Modifications to democracy program policy 
and procedures, including relating to the use of con-
sortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 
obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap-
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plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 
shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) PRIOR CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of State, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Chief Execu-
tive Officer of the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation, and the Chief Executive Offi-
cer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations at least 7 days 
prior to informing a government of, or publically announc-
ing a decision on, the suspension or early termination of 
assistance to a country or a territory, including as a result 
of an interagency review of such assistance, from funds 
appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs: Provided, That such consultation shall 
include a detailed justification for such suspension, includ-
ing a description of the assistance being suspended. 
DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
III through VI of this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization, including any contractor, 
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which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(b) PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
(3), any report required by this Act to be submitted 
to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds 
made available by this Act shall be posted on the 
public Web site of such agency not later than 45 
days following the receipt of such report by Con-
gress. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report 
if— 
(A) the public posting of the report would 
compromise national security, including the 
conduct of diplomacy; 
(B) the report contains proprietary or 
other privileged information; or 
(C) the public posting of the report is spe-
cifically exempted in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
(3) The agency posting such report shall do so 
only after the report has been made available to the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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(c) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBER-
SECURITY PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall— 
(1) regularly review and update the policies, di-
rectives, and oversight necessary to comply with 
Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential execu-
tive orders and memoranda concerning the preserva-
tion of all records made or received in the conduct 
of official business, including record emails, instant 
messaging, and other online tools; 
(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 
Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II, 
as appropriate, to improve Federal records manage-
ment pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other ap-
plicable Federal records management statutes, regu-
lations, or policies for the Department of State and 
USAID; 
(3) direct departing employees, including senior 
officials, that all Federal records generated by such 
employees belong to the Federal Government; 
(4) substantially reduce, compared to the pre-
vious fiscal year, the response time for identifying 
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and retrieving Federal records, including requests 
made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 
Information Act’’); and 
(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to miti-
gate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from 
the use of personal email accounts or servers outside 
the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and 
remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce 
guidance related to the control of national security 
information, and implement the recommendations of 
the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of In-
spector General. 
USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT 
SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 
not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu-
tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 
within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 
determination and any resulting changes to program or 
policy. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR INVOLUNTARY 
STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
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amended, may be used to pay for the performance of invol-
untary sterilization as a method of family planning or to 
coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to 
undergo sterilizations. None of the funds made available 
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical re-
search which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, 
or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steriliza-
tion as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or ex-
pended for any country or organization if the President 
certifies that the use of these funds by any such country 
or organization would violate any of the above provisions 
related to involuntary sterilizations. 
ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS 
SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 
subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 
III through V shall be made available at not less than the 
amounts specifically designated in the respective tables in-
cluded in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 
That such designated amounts for foreign countries and 
international organizations shall serve as the amounts for 
such countries and international organizations transmitted 
to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made 
available for such foreign countries and international orga-
nizations notwithstanding the date of the transmission of 
such report. 
(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS BELOW MINIMUM 
LEVELS.—Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as applica-
ble, may only deviate up to 10 percent from the amounts 
specifically designated in the respective tables included in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such 
percentage may be exceeded only if the Secretary of State 
and USAID Administrator, as applicable, determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations on a case- 
by-case basis that such deviation is necessary to respond 
to significant, exigent, or unforeseen events or to address 
other exceptional circumstances directly related to the na-
tional security interest of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(c) 
LIMITATION.—For 
specifically 
designated 
amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 
the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As-
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(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov-
ernment of that country and the United States Gov-
ernment. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail-
able to the government of a foreign country, under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in 
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