H. R. 244—472 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the purchase of not 
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes 
for use outside of the United States, $410,000,000, of which 
$5,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 
as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 
funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be 
derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 
operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for represen-
tation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made avail-
able for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That any deci-
sion to open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic 
or overseas office or country program shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation and 
regular notification procedures may be waived when there is a 
substantial security risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps per-
sonnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this Act: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
used to pay for abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
the previous proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113– 
76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (MCA), 
$905,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 
may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation (MCC): Provided further, That up to 5 per-
cent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA 
for fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That section 605(e) of the 
MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursu-
ant to section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact obligates, 
or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability 
of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact 
to proceed, the entire amount of the United States Government 
funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided fur-
ther, That the MCC Chief Executive Officer shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to commencing 
negotiations for any country compact or threshold country program; 
signing any such compact or threshold program; or terminating 
or suspending any such compact or threshold program: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading by this Act
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and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs that are available to imple-
ment section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That no country should be eligible for a threshold 
program after such country has completed a country compact: Pro-
vided further, That any funds that are deobligated from a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations prior to re-obliga-
tion: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 606(a)(2) of 
the MCA, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes 
of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has 
a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower 
middle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is among 
the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the 
World Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 
606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, in addition to countries described 
in the preceding proviso, a country shall be a candidate country 
for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the 
country has a per capita income equal to or below the World 
Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year 
and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as 
identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the require-
ments of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided further, That 
any MCC candidate country under section 606 of the MCA with 
a per capita income that changes in the fiscal year such that 
the country would be reclassified from a low income country to 
a lower middle income country or from a lower middle income 
country to a low income country shall retain its candidacy status 
in its former income classification for the fiscal year and the 2 
subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That publication in the 
Federal Register of a notice of availability of a copy of a Compact 
on the MCC Web site shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements 
of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such Compact: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs shall be available for a threshold 
program in a country that is not currently a candidate country: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $100,000 may be available for representation and 
entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter- 
American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 
401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be 
available for representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 
96–533), $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018,
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of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation 
expenses: Provided, That funds made available to grantees may 
be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when author-
ized by the Board of Directors of the United States African Develop-
ment Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That interest earned 
shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the 
African Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in 
exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 
may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with 
respect to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 
up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 
fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such waiver 
authority is exercised: Provided further, That the USADF may 
make rent or lease payments in advance from appropriations avail-
able for such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters 
in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: Provided 
further, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside 
the United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 
such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act: Provided further, That the USADF may not 
withdraw any appropriation from the Treasury prior to the need 
of spending such funds for program purposes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, which shall be available not-
withstanding any other provision of law. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $889,664,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Department of State may 
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 
from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose 
of providing such property to a foreign country or international 
organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading, except that any funds made available notwithstanding 
such section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support 
training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement,
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corrections, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional part-
ners: Provided further, That not less than $72,565,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, which shall be available 
for the same purposes as funds appropriated under this heading: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available, on a competitive 
basis, for rule of law programs for transitional and post-conflict 
states, and for activities to coordinate rule of law programs among 
foreign governments, international and nongovernmental organiza-
tions, and other United States Government agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading that are trans-
ferred to another department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of $5,000,000, and any 
agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
demining and related programs and activities, $500,696,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018, to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 
Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related 
activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 
organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear 
Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and for a voluntary 
contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): 
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall inform the appropriate 
congressional committees of information regarding any separate 
arrangements relating to the ‘‘Road-map for the Clarification of 
Past and Present Outstanding Issues Regarding Iran’s Nuclear 
Program’’ between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
in classified form if necessary, if such information becomes known 
to the Department of State: Provided further, That for the clearance 
of unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should prioritize 
those areas where such ordnance was caused by the United States: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be made 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and 
multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament, 
and weapons destruction, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That such funds may also be used 
for such countries other than the Independent States of the former 
Soviet Union and international organizations when it is in the