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notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, 
including any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any 
notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 
34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 
7070 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 
currently attributable to the United States and provide updated 
assessment costs including offsets from available credits and 
updated foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 
any payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 
to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
and the respective international organization and shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for a United States contribu-
tion to an international organization for the United States share 
of interest costs made known to the United States Government 
by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 
1984, through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance 
or restoration of international peace and security, $562,344,000, 
of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United 
Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security Council 
(or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and 
duration of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national 
interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the 
sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or transfers, that 
will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, 
and the estimated cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available for obligation unless the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 
mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is implementing 
effective policies and procedures to prevent United Nations 
employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving 
in such mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 
trafficking, or committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse 
or other violations of human rights, and to hold accountable individ-
uals who engage in such acts while participating in such mission, 
including prosecution in their home countries and making informa-
tion about such prosecutions publicly available on the website of 
the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
shall work with the United Nations and foreign governments 
contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 
procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human
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rights: Provided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that 
United States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given 
opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given 
to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
heading may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission 
that will involve United States Armed Forces under the command 
or operational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military advisors have submitted to the President a recommenda-
tion that such involvement is in the national interest of the United 
States and the President has submitted to Congress such a rec-
ommendation: Provided further, That not later than May 1, 2019, 
and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 
State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits 
attributable to the United States, including those resulting from 
United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax 
Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2019 and fiscal 
year 2020 assessment costs including offsets from available credits: 
Provided further, That any such credits shall only be available 
for United States assessed contributions to United Nations peace-
keeping missions, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, 
including any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any 
notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 
34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 
7070 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 
currently attributable to the United States and provide updated 
assessment costs, including offsets from available credits: Provided 
further, That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and members 
of the United Nations Security Council to evaluate and prioritize 
peacekeeping missions, and to consider a draw down when mission 
goals have been substantially achieved. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 
Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; 
as follows:
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$48,134,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the Inter-
national Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the 
Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the 
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 103–182), $13,258,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up 
to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020, and 
$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
International Boundary Commission, $1,000 may be made available 
for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $50,651,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international commu-
nication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio, 
Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, 
$798,196,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $34,508,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading may remain available until expended 
for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 
not less than $13,800,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation 
expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within 
the United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may 
be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty: Provided further, That the BBG shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by the 
BBG that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee
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organizations, provides an open platform for international terrorists 
or those who support international terrorism, or is in violation 
of the principles and standards set forth in subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 303 of the United States International Broadcasting 
Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of 
ethics: Provided further, That significant modifications to BBG 
broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes 
to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, 
Internet, and television), for all BBG language services shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That in addition to funds made 
available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 
revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in 
receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available until 
expended for carrying out authorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and 
improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital trans-
mission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of nec-
essary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission 
and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical secu-
rity worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not 
later than 60 days after 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.), $38,634,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, 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 interest and earnings accruing to such 
Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain available until 
expended.
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EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
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 Pro-
gram Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, 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 purposes which are not in accordance with 
section 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including 
the restrictions on compensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Pro-
gram, 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 Scholar-
ship Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain available 
until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying 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 Hawaii, $16,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Center 
not later than 60 days after enactment 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 Endow-
ment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $180,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated 
in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core 
institutes, and $62,500,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of section 7070(a) of this Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be appor-
tioned and obligated to the Endowment not later than 60 days 
after 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, $675,000, as authorized by chapter 
3123 of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That the Commission
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limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (divi-
sion F of Public Law 111–117) shall continue in effect during 
fiscal year 2019 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
heading as if included in this Act. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE DRUG POLICY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy 
Commission, as authorized by title VI of the Department of State 
Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), $1,500,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
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, $1,214,808,000, of which 
up to $182,221,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title 
may be made available to finance the construction (including 
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease 
of offices for use by the United States Agency for International 
Development, unless the USAID Administrator has identified such 
proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds 
for such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or agreements 
entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 
commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the fol-
lowing fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority of sections 
610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised 
by the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 
out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 
accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated or made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for representation 
and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 
be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 
shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID during the cur-
rent fiscal year. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section
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667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $225,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $76,600,000, of which 
up to $11,490,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020, 
for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
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, $3,117,450,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development: Provided, 
That this amount shall be made available for training, equipment, 
and technical assistance to build the capacity of public health 
institutions and organizations in developing countries, and for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (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 children 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 diseases, 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, unanticipated and emerging global 
health threats; and (8) family planning/reproductive health: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may 
be made available for a United States contribution to the GAVI 
Alliance: 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 determined by the President of the United States, supports 
or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion
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or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any determina-
tion made under the previous proviso must be made not later 
than 6 months after the date of 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 avail-
able 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 further, That nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion 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 vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following require-
ments: (1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall 
not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, 
of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, 
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 budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project 
shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or finan-
cial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family 
planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numer-
ical 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 acceptors comprehen-
sible 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 med-
ical 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 
USAID Administrator determines that there has been a violation 
of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) 
of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the require-
ments contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report con-
taining a description of such violation and the corrective action 
taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 
for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because 
of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer 
only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants 
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing 
or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates
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to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit 
the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling 
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 appropriated 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, $5,720,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, which shall be appor-
tioned directly to the Department of State: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph may be made available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 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), and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 
to make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That the amount of such contribution should be $1,350,000,000: 
Provided further, That clauses (i) and (vi) of section 202(d)(4)(A) 
of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622) shall be applied with 
respect to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 through 
2019 by substituting ‘‘2004’’ for ‘‘2009’’: Provided further, That up 
to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 
to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2019 may be made available 
to USAID for technical assistance related to the activities of the 
Global Fund, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
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 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,000,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $3,801,034,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds 
shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for International 
Development not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 
and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transi-
tion Initiatives, United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support