118 HR 4665 PCS: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-10-03
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely:<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY</header><appropriations-intermediate id="H520782C168F34094AF9245E74DF94780"><header>Department of State</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF517AC12903E4C7CAC795E8DA470F913"><header>Administration of Foreign Affairs</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HC59A5DBC8C814EA6815E359FC455005D"><header>DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including for training, human resources management, and salaries, including employment without regard to civil service and classification laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 36); for the regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas activities as authorized by law; for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, including representation to certain international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as authorized; and for security activities, $8,815,620,000 (reduced by $306,505,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which $712,418,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which $4,066,168,000 (reduced by $500,000) (increased by $500,000) is for Worldwide Security Protection, which may remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic>, </proviso>That funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under this heading and under the heading <quote>Consular and Border Security Programs</quote> shall be made available to increase consular staff, reduce passport processing times, and lower wait times for visa services, including by assigning onboard staff for temporary duty to meet immediate consular staffing needs.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC52A46D685024518863B803B7EA98D38"><header>consular and border security programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/103">Public Law 117–103</external-xref>), $300,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) shall be available until expended for the purposes of such account, including to reduce passport backlogs and reduce visa wait times: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary of State may by regulation authorize State officials or the United States Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for each application for a passport accepted by such officials or by that Service.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HEEA84C03B0E7493A83A82D7FFAA669FB"><header>CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as authorized, $346,210,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1DD1C638CE2940D38F033868CCB1FADD"><header>OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $108,165,000, of which $16,225,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading are made available notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3929">22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)</external-xref>), as it relates to post inspections.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight, $26,835,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for the printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs during the prior fiscal year.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD26FD2DE40FA4C2AB127019184B07ED0"><header>EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as authorized, $700,946,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $287,500,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic>, </proviso>That fees or other payments received from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCBAE21B047094FFAAD1C36FD2DFAF84B"><header>REPRESENTATION EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H317F46BFC4AC456C9DB3819531BFC08F"><header>PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as authorized, $27,492,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6C7DFE7B9962498F96997C76C0A880BC"><header>EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/292">22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.</external-xref>), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real property that are owned or leased by the Department of State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, $917,381,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation expenses as authorized: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agencies of the United States Government.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,095,801,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCC501F7F4FA8426FBF00A9CBBC64FCB7"><header>EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, as authorized, $10,685,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Repatriation Loans Program Account</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD92B5B7FEA164E0BAD1BBB1EC741FF42"><header>REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans, $1,800,000, as authorized: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $5,167,004.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H71E41A2989D045A78DA5E300A6A1932D"><header>PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/8">Public Law 96–8</external-xref>), $34,964,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H3E2ADEB4E51F4517842CBE23160F4712"><header>INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not to exceed $1,842,732 shall be derived from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at the International Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/553">Public Law 90–553</external-xref>), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $744,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H86C3B809074B4CAE88CB00177A0C9B86"><header>PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H12603C6DE1C24A79AF81D8AFA3F96F39"><header>International organizations</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HDB81E9B680D84D91AC817E6E3496D72C"><header>CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet annual obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, $245,795,000: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the President's budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not later than May 1, 2024, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits attributable to the United States, including from the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 assessment costs including offsets from available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2706">22 U.S.C. 2706</external-xref>), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7062 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for a United States contribution 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may be made available for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF440DE84FA974B9880CF4EF9F00D67F9"><header>CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, $1,268,886,000 (reduced by $667,296,000), of which $190,333,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 Committees 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 individuals who engage in such acts while participating in such mission, including prosecution in their home countries and making information about such prosecutions publicly available on the website of the United Nations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 rights: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds shall be available for peacekeeping 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 recommendation that such involvement is in the national interest of the United States and the President has submitted to Congress such a recommendation: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That not later than May 1, 2024, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2024, 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 2024 and fiscal year 2025 assessment costs, including offsets from available credits: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed contributions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That any notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2706">22 U.S.C. 2706</external-xref>), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 7062 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H63F259CD64544D4F989EE21776A09E98"><header>International commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HF12EF8A834464ED5B63D4D207328FFCB"><header>INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HEBC6995D0DD9443DBD0ABD02A62D6C9A"><header>SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $70,000,000, of which $10,500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H04EDFB3A3D9044C69E398ABF0653012E"><header>CONSTRUCTION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized projects, $76,530,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the United States Section, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Salaries and Expenses</quote> to carry out the purposes of the United States Section, which shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD42DB3CE0D7445BD9CA89D12E2955F84"><header>AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the International 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 for technical assistance grants and the Community Assistance Program of the North American Development Bank, $16,204,000: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That of the amount provided under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025, and up to $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the amount provided under this heading for the International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be made available for representation expenses.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H7664381B151741B98AD02DC98BF1EC21"><header>INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $62,864,000: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-major id="HE2522B3268E74058AF919511CE97D122"><header>RELATED AGENCY</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H57AE79BFDAF94CCBBFA81ABBD882AF2F"><header>United States agency for global media</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HB4F01F75791C414381537E132F17C9B6"><header>INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to enable the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry out international communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, $798,196,000, of which $39,910,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic>, </proviso> That in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up to $64,208,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may remain available until expended for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which not less than $43,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) pursuant to the requirements included in section 7045 of this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That of the funds appropriated under this heading and made available for the Open Technology Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for grants for innovative methods to reach audiences inside of Cuba: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That of the funds appropriated under this heading and made available for USAGM networks, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for programming produced about Cuba by OCB, which are in addition to funds made available for OCB: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available in accordance with the principles and standards set forth in section 303(a) and (b) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6202">22 U.S.C. 6202</external-xref>) and section 305(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6204">22 U.S.C. 6204</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by the USAGM that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee 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 section 303(a) and (b) of such Act or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in addition to funds made available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That significant modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all USAGM language services shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H28FD165FB7124D76B6632E82E23D7C42"><header>BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-major id="H532F0DCEB75C4286AAC47B93AAE2C224"><header>RELATED PROGRAMS</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HC0B8E3D3BE7D4E14B2F2F77691C42E77"><header>The asia foundation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The Asia Foundation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4402">22 U.S.C. 4402</external-xref>), $19,580,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HBE089C82C71E4342A732FA38E356C156"><header>United States institute of peace</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4601">22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.</external-xref>), $38,634,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall not be used for construction activities.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE64C4039D1C04542846423DCB89DA5DC"><header>Center for middle eastern-Western dialogue trust fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2078">22 U.S.C. 2078</external-xref>), the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 2024, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H25DDDAD73A37478596B0ED02F5936866"><header>Eisenhower exchange fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/5204">20 U.S.C. 5204–5205</external-xref>), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2024, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for 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.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HB2F64F7B20BD48AAA9C1E429809A312E"><header>Israeli arab scholarship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2452">22 U.S.C. 2452</external-xref> note), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2024, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE6AF7B5FEDE94CC09EB893ED01DB1499"><header>East-West center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $19,580,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H24E31275B8174FC9B62A3E86E8D6BA68"><header>National endowment for democracy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants made by the Department of State to the National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4412">22 U.S.C. 4412</external-xref>), $315,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $215,000,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core institutes, and $100,000,000 shall be for democracy programs: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major id="H98F724F4977D45DDA9791988F7D4DB7F"><header>OTHER COMMISSIONS</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HBCDB00B89DC442C7B4764670A2D140CA"><header>Commission for the preservation of america’s heritage abroad</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H6768C4E4B77446FDA687F62E2381B49B"><header>SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/3123">chapter 3123</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code, $770,000, of which $115,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Commission may procure temporary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2024: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such authority.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H3DE51711B8A34F069BC12A18600E9BEA"><header>United States commission on international religious freedom</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H98D22179CC5D4F2A801326B851148BC0" commented="no"><header>SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6431">22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.</external-xref>), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H67AC1D7B424A4FD78D8868BA269D6CB8"><header>Commission on security and cooperation in europe</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H704FAF48946B46589DC86475BE5C7AB3"><header>SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/304">Public Law 94–304</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3001">22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>), $2,908,000, including not more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H288F55FC55FF49159E4E5353C3690838"><header>Congressional-Executive commission on the people's republic of china</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H10BC410C0F9741C0A5D491A27212E72E"><header>SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, as authorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6911">22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.</external-xref>), $2,300,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HE883C3D6573342849325330526E9BDAD"><header>United States-China economic and security review commission</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H337492D66D5845BDA5B77ACABAECC571"><header>SALARIES AND EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7002">22 U.S.C. 7002</external-xref>), $4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the authorities, requirements, limitations, and conditions contained in the second through fifth provisos under this heading in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/117">Public Law 111–117</external-xref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.<pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-small><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT</header><appropriations-intermediate id="H3ACA9774D02948A79308D71DCC8F8FB8"><header>Funds appropriated to the President</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H216E71E8284B45F5BB6073B308894AD7"><header>OPERATING EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,214,808,000 (reduced by $26,199,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which up to $182,221,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote> 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That contracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 <quote>Operating Expenses</quote> in accordance with the provisions of those sections: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 current fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated or otherwise made available in title II of this Act under the heading <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote>, subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCDA9068A57414BC9A3D692C50C9ACD7E"><header>CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $230,599,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HFAF107FAFC794F8989EB91F96B04A3D2"><header>OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $87,500,000, of which up to $13,125,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025, for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development.<pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-small><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE</header><appropriations-intermediate id="H31D0209F88724CBFAAEFA08BBA17A3AC"><header>Funds appropriated to the President</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H62E8D6BE30CA4CDAB98741211C855391"><header>GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $3,623,712,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) to remain available until September 30, 2025, and which shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for International Development: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available for a United States contribution to The GAVI Alliance: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 or involuntary sterilization: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any determination 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall not 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 financial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any individual's decision not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 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 requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such applicant's religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, the term <term>motivate</term>, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $6,395,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department of State: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/25">Public Law 108–25</external-xref>), for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the amount of such contribution shall be $2,000,000,000: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2024 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to $20,000,000 may be made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HA0E46B518CA54817AE594E479F793412"><header>DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for International Development.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HFE70C39ED8D447E483134B74E4C015B2"><header>INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $3,905,460,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available under this heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for International Development not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H56D9847824A743C2AA6769D7BA7BB173"><header>TRANSITION INITIATIVES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to support transition to democracy and long-term development of countries in crisis, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such support may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That funds appropriated under this heading may not be made available for programs for which the sole purpose is to transport individuals: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso> That the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new, or terminating a, program of assistance: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso> That if the Secretary of State determines that it is important to the national interest of the United States to provide transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC81E572768F44946B24743D9C17B1FE8"><header>COMPLEX CRISES FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/94">Public Law 116–94</external-xref>), $30,000,000 (increased by $45,000,000) (reduced by $45,000,000), to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for International Development.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H5D42879F04A84AF992F84C3025371C6F"><header>ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,977,850,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H32B5D991612E4CFABADCC65BDC082686"><header>DEMOCRACY FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/164">Public Law 98–164</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4411">22 U.S.C. 4411</external-xref>), $210,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall be made available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading that are made available to the National Endowment for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for such purposes, $145,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall be made available for the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation, United States Agency for International Development.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H556AB52890A84FB0B27074EEAEA85A80"><header>ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/511">Public Law 102–511</external-xref>), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/179">Public Law 101–179</external-xref>), $770,334,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 7047 of this Act, for assistance and related programs for countries identified in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5801">22 U.S.C. 5801</external-xref>) and section 3(c) of the SEED Act of 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5402">22 U.S.C. 5402</external-xref>), in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Global Health Programs</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, and <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote> that are made available for assistance for such countries shall be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED Act of 1989: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for contributions to multilateral initiatives to counter hybrid threats.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HB824A89B7B6545BFB8BB35A8C7B0E20E"><header>Department of State</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HCFC08B47505D4A129C9F1402CF1C7571"><header>MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2601">22 U.S.C. 2601</external-xref>), and other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3901">22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>); allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,548,250,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H2FA10A79BE03477E8AC59ED64A2B69F5"><header>Independent agencies</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HECF935C9F7C241A9AFD3B5FDA7931A33"><header>PEACE CORPS</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H240AFBB7FED24AE69404F0BEAC4C7957"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2501">22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</external-xref>), including the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, $410,500,000, of which $7,300,000 (increased by $2,700,000) is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2515">22 U.S.C. 2515</external-xref>), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas operations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for representation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in addition to the requirements under section 7015(a) of this Act, the Peace Corps shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to any decision to open, close, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or a country program unless there is a substantial risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 614 of division E of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref> shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H3FEA564A5C904F0A8CB859759FEACDFE"><header>MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>) (MCA), $905,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $122,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That section 605(e) of the MCA (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7704">22 U.S.C. 7704(e)</external-xref>) shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708</external-xref>) 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H48F5FEFFF7484D1B817079BE5D194482"><header>INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB3F7A7A09F5B4C3FAF0F64C2DD73C546"><header>UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development Foundation Act (title V of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/533">Public Law 96–533</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/290h">22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.</external-xref>), $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF): <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/290h-3">22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)</external-xref>), 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the USADF shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees after each time such waiver authority is exercised: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 Development Foundation Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for program purposes.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H18B7342704B5473B99957C7428FA6645"><header>Department of the treasury</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HFAB9E5BF7F014580B1A269936FDA6883"><header>INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 expended, of which not more than $6,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That amounts made available under this heading may be made available to contract for services as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which such services are performed.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1992B284D6D44DF9ADB982ED9300AEE5"><header>DEBT RESTRUCTURING</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For <quote>Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of the Treasury—Debt Restructuring</quote> there is appropriated $46,280,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees for, or credits extended to, such countries as the President may determine, including the costs of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States pursuant to multilateral debt restructurings, including Paris Club debt restructurings and the <quote>Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative</quote>: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such amounts may be used notwithstanding any other provision of law.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H31DFAAC9A2294A16B1176F7AF30E8401"><header>TROPICAL FOREST AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available for programs within the International Affairs Budget Function 150, including the costs of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries pursuant to part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.<pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE</header><appropriations-intermediate id="H5979F21F4AE2472A8089F35F66BAA634"><header>Department of State</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H49026E9C6FD34DD4AA7BC2F169107107"><header>INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,497,469,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available under this heading that are transferred 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available under this heading for Program Development and Support may be made available notwithstanding pre-obligation requirements contained in this Act, except for the notification requirements of section 7015.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H2128A43001A742A3B4B66B2FE1E3B0EA"><header>NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $921,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out the provisions 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5854">22 U.S.C. 5854</external-xref>), section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>), 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): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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 national security interest of the United States to do so: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available for conventional weapons destruction programs, including demining and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for administrative expenses related to the operation and management of such programs and activities, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8F622C65B73244138E705AED7FC1E76B"><header>PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $420,458,000, of which $301,133,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping operations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia under the same terms and conditions, as applicable, as funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities</quote>: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HD7BC5A72ABDA484B93D8847AE1A4D30A"><header>Funds appropriated to the President</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HAC5DA5A994F6402C88217289B5BA43BF"><header>INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $125,425,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the civilian personnel for whom military education and training may be provided under this heading may include civilians who are not members of a government whose participation would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for human rights: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $3,500,000 shall remain available until expended to increase the participation of women in programs and activities funded under this heading, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1742E31A8EA74955A00231656F7F7EE6"><header>FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>), $6,703,049,000: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and international organizations, the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and subject to the regular notification procedures of such Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this heading to procure defense articles and services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available under this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds made available under this heading shall be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurement has first signed an agreement with the United States Government specifying the conditions under which such procurement may be financed with such funds: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That all country and funding level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include activities implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or is a major non-NATO ally designated by section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may utilize funds made available under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and services: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not more than $72,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds made available under this heading for general costs of administering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not more than $1,541,392,546 of funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)</external-xref>) may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2792">22 U.S.C. 2792(b)</external-xref>), except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.<pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-small><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE</header><appropriations-intermediate id="H0A89758E0CB14D78AE288E4E5A9E8F19"><header>International financial institutions</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HF3AC2D6C47C9469E9B6EFEF87A38B4E9"><header>GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, $139,575,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H6A3DB34434D94324900B2E7BF57B7A00"><header>CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, $206,500,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD69F20F05B86438797E3415DDB5E0AF5"><header>LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed $1,421,275,728.70.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HD0375805E2A04E3099A1DB5C1282D2AA"><header>CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the International Development Association by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H928B983EABFF4E34B2AB442B2291332F"><header>CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the Asian Development Bank's Asian Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $43,610,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H44A4D993A61948F7B177A7453E343571"><header>CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, $32,417,000, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H1BBCDC260F764191BE039C49BACF41D9"><header>LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States Governor of the African Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed $856,174,624.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HEAC6D77583CA497A857D9D773F4D7DA0"><header>CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text><pagebreak></pagebreak></appropriations-small><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE</header><appropriations-intermediate id="HA553EE3E9DB74F6E8EE72ACEF9438058"><header>Export-Import bank of the United States</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H3DD74747DEEC459C91E87F887B7104FF"><header>INSPECTOR GENERAL</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $8,860,000, of which up to $1,329,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H54AC5EB8F91943AFAFE7FBD6FDB9C1FB"><header>PROGRAM ACCOUNT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HC2EEA6E5F9164F2FA0EA99A603BBD13E"><header>ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed $125,000,000, of which up to $18,750,000 may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with any transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) of such section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2024: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects of any transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in addition to other funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such purposes, to remain available until expended.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0F66435BC43B434B9F8D28C4F50AB404"><header>Program Budget Appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic>, </proviso>That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic>, </proviso>That such funds shall remain available until September 30, 2039, for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2024 through 2027.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4C91810DA4BF4C2EB62D020E7DF34A66"><header>RECEIPTS COLLECTED</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/79/173">Public Law 79–173</external-xref>) and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HC232C21182424A45B55946A68709956A"><header>United States international development finance corporation</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H78AD4E1A75424A60BDD1E088B372FCDF"><header>INSPECTOR GENERAL</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $7,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HE8ABAE463DA94CF9887270EF4F529C89"><header>CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States International Development Finance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to make such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accordance with the law, and to make such expenditures and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Corporation: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That for necessary expenses of the activities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>) and for administrative expenses to carry out authorized activities and project-specific transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such Act, $769,029,000: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the amount provided—</text><paragraph id="HCBB6DB16632C429B945CE69F420C97C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$198,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for administrative expenses to carry out authorized activities (including an amount for official reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed $25,000) and project-specific transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of such Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2EFA55B1E9C84D4584E1147700A82E82"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$571,029,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for the activities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts obligated in a fiscal year for activities described in section 1421(c) of such Act shall remain available for disbursement for the term of the underlying project: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That amounts made available under this paragraph may be paid to the <quote>United States International Development Finance Corporation—Program Account</quote> for programs authorized by subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018:</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="appropriations-small"><proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds may only be obligated pursuant to section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for support by the Corporation in upper-middle income countries shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in fiscal year 2024 collections of amounts described in section 1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such collections collected in fiscal year 2024 in excess of $769,029,000 shall be credited to this account and shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That in fiscal year 2024, if such collections are less than $769,029,000, receipts collected pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount equal to such shortfall, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may not be used to provide any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law or to provide assistance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law:
<proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collections described under this heading so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $558,000,000.</continuation-text></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF5112ACA4BC44FB3A8B80DA3645FE57D"><header>PROGRAM ACCOUNT</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Amounts paid from <quote>United States International Development Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Account</quote> (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 2026: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That amounts paid to this account from CCA or transferred to this account pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>) shall be available for the costs of direct and guaranteed loans provided by the Corporation pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act and the costs of modifying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the Corporation pursuant to section 1463 of such Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain available for disbursement for the following 8 fiscal years: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available in this Act and transferred to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available for obligation for 1 additional fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the total loan principal or guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed $10,000,000,000.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H54729F0614D14EDF8F186C24A17ACBA3"><header>Trade and development agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $87,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which no more than $21,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses.<pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-intermediate><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">GENERAL PROVISIONS</header><appropriations-small id="H447D28F407474D3E9E0580D23507D3AC"><header>ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H5FE3C27756B14ADB8D656B62802C819F"><enum>7001.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and differentials as authorized by sub<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/59">chapter 59</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H491DE3B38C9449359584A9AB61345F26"><header>UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT</header></appropriations-small><section id="H3CA0ACD98BCD45FDA9F28AF2E82F88E4"><enum>7002.</enum><text>Any department or agency of the United States Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such department or agency in fiscal year 2024 or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the report required by this section shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter and should specify by account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not been further sub-obligated.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H1AEFEC1B277B495496A62281E5D1C144"><header>CONSULTING SERVICES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H0FDBF5B6C4314AE59429EBCCB942B184"><enum>7003.</enum><text>The expenditure of any appropriation under title I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</text></section><appropriations-small id="HE5A396DCFECF4166A5FF226A1F7D9856"><header>DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H371B3D05AC0841E19897F525D7F24480"><enum>7004.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE77851B739644A0FB3817538D6D4D15A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Capital security cost sharing exception</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</external-xref> and contained in appendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/323">Public Law 114–323</external-xref>), a project to construct a facility of the United States may include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps.</text></subsection><subsection id="H22135482ED814573A62C56AC2BDF874B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation and notification</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be made available for the acquisition of property or award of construction contracts for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fiscal year 2024, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That notifications pursuant to this subsection shall include the information enumerated under the heading <quote>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</quote> in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H439D0E88983746CD80D0972A65526785"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interim and temporary facilities abroad</header><paragraph id="H6D4CBB279EB642309D6EDDB678D1C072"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Security vulnerabilities</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</quote> may be made available, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, to address security vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical security upgrades and local guard staffing.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1FB56500E54743CC9BF731C8A93DF980"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any significant modification to an interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such consultation and notification may be waived if there is a security risk to personnel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5542638FC18946BE80A75320C8505B43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Soft targets</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</quote> may be made available for security upgrades to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, residences, and places of worship used by United States diplomatic personnel and their dependents.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3C50F2A2380C45D0923397402DD07234"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on Art in Embassies</header><text>Section 5112 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 (title LI of division E of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/81">Public Law 117–81</external-xref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H23F2BAA69D284C5B839513E33E69F817"><header>PERSONNEL ACTIONS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H3212AA3623744485BC7A441AAB4D4949"><enum>7005.</enum><text>Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available under title I to such department or agency: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H2177297D09654C6DB2BC017E01EE0BBB"><header>PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA</header></appropriations-small><section id="H5FCA04D70E434CB7BE3F8E21A834C8E7"><enum>7006.</enum><text>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not authorized before enactment of this Act by Congress: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That up to $25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/533">Public Law 96–533</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151a">22 U.S.C. 2151a</external-xref> note).</text></section><appropriations-small id="H533B45FF151743409C8EF6AE7146972C"><header>PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H6F3727DD14CE4EF0A62A76FE8C84A9BC"><enum>7007.</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H960F1DB4B93743C2BE496A9E119B6935"><header>COUPS D’ÉTAT</header></appropriations-small><section id="HB6C44E48AA0E41BE956788134E5AFC3F"><enum>7008.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup d'état or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, a coup d'état or decree in which the military plays a decisive role: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That assistance may be resumed to such government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democratically elected government has taken office: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or public participation in democratic processes, or to support a democratic transition: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H2B3ED885638C44B7B4ACB09EA768A8C4"><header>TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY</header></appropriations-small><section id="H71E01FE674454DD79686B1CDB72A1056"><enum>7009.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7E656CC3DE73463F90532EED4B565D15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of state and united states agency for global media</header><paragraph id="H9B1683479B28446BA86D6BE674E33396"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of state</header><subparagraph id="HE1159A55BD954863A42D21F264064C5E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of this Act may be transferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no such transfer may be made to increase the appropriation under the heading <quote>Representation Expenses</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A89804D7AE74A25BF7D750ECC86CEEB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Embassy security</header><text>Funds appropriated under the headings <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>, including for Worldwide Security Protection, <quote>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</quote>, and <quote>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</quote> in this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, for emergency evacuations, or to prevent or respond to security situations and requirements, following consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48C8AF39B32648099A13A206903CDD59"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</header><text>Of the amount made available under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> for Worldwide Security Protection, not to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</quote>, to be available only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as authorized.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1AF60E7189D4311BD1DD74A085D938A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Capital Investment Fund</header><text>Of the amount made available under the heading, <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>, up to $43,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available in title I of this Act under the heading <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H127BF86985184733B5F5FED15A3FC3C0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Prior consultation</header><text>The transfer authorities provided by subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) are in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in this Act and under any other provision of law and the exercise of such authority shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8CD1EE8C7D4D480A8FE48FAC3031D629"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United states agency for global media</header><text>Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the United States Agency for Global Media under title I of this Act may be transferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H89FC6101A7F244898E415D765C4F19FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment as reprogramming</header><text>Any transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDBBB693C039D494D8660253BA9758D54"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on transfers of funds between agencies</header><paragraph id="H14881D963BAC4E258257DB6F7D02C084"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>None of the funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H686E44A928F84FE0966788476CB84E15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation and transfers</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United States Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3341C8FB773943179BB7089A729424F4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Any agreement entered into by the United States Agency for International Development or the Department of State with any 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 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings <quote>Global Health Programs</quote>, <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, and <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements entered into between USAID and the Department of State.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H40CB4A2346D240E891AB4196E6B9204A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United states international development finance corporation</header><paragraph id="H154C271E4F154F7F84CD318721CF2BFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text>Amounts transferred pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>) may only be transferred from funds made available under title III of this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That any such transfers, and any amounts transferred to the United States International Development Finance Corporation (the Corporation) pursuant to section 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Chief Executive Officer of 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA476287D440F4A80B7C5E154DF8A57BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of funds from millennium challenge corporation</header><text>Funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Millennium Challenge Corporation</quote> in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be transferred to accounts under the heading <quote>United States International Development Finance Corporation</quote> and, when so transferred, may be used for the costs of activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be subject to the limitations provided in the second, third, and fifth provisos under the heading <quote>United States International Development Finance Corporation—Program Account</quote> in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any transfer executed pursuant to the transfer authority provided in this paragraph shall not exceed 10 percent of an individual Compact awarded pursuant to section 609(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/199">Public Law 108–199</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of the United States International Development Finance Corporation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such authority shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That within 60 days of the termination in whole or in part of the Compact from which funds were transferred under this authority to the United States International Development Finance Corporation, any unobligated balances shall be transferred back to the Millennium Challenge Corporation, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H917076F86F47490B8C1D2594DE6E47B6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer of funds between accounts</header><text>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 Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD3DB3C7859D44BADA6479EE4F04A5EBC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Audit of inter-Agency transfers of funds</header><text>Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs entered into between the Department 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 comparable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer 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 audits: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such audits shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds transferred under such authority may be made available for the cost of such audits.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H97727124A9B84BBD814BBD04952ED988"><header>PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H58CFB83A60C947E2836E2F68FC711C29"><enum>7010.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H02C58AD3601E429BB7A19D7C0BB9AAB6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>First-Class travel</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by employees of United States Government departments and agencies funded by this Act in contravention of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. </text></subsection><subsection id="H34E480E7DE21414AB750A84CDD1124D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computer networks</header><text>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: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken as part of official business.</text></subsection><subsection id="H78A4FA5D47F0436094C65539664E1AB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on promotion of tobacco</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act should be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems), or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems), except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products (including electronic nicotine delivery systems) of the same type.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3C0DED5DBA514CBFA0148E6EB16BEB63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Email servers outside the .gov domain</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> and <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote> in title I, and <quote>Operating Expenses</quote> and <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote> in title II that are made available to the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development may be made available 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 contravention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/187">Public Law 113–187</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H2E2D2879BEFF4E13883F3177BD552480"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Representation and entertainment expenses</header><text>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 domestic and overseas representation and entertainment expenses further official agency business and United States foreign policy interests, and—</text><paragraph id="H0EC09EE3BCA04E30AC875133CC639273"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are primarily for fostering relations outside of the Executive Branch;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H872E2CBFF3B943B698FE35F3AB7DA274"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are principally for meals and events of a protocol nature;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF4985DCF24E43C483294372CBB84F16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are not for employee-only events; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE1B013CCA5D4C00BB8DB4DC7666FF21"><enum>(4)</enum><text>do not include activities that are substantially of a recreational character.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55B800CB21434D8F87CAF153DFCBC189"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitations on entertainment expenses</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the headings <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote> or <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> for Informational Program activities or under the headings <quote>Global Health Programs</quote>, <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, and <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> may be obligated or expended to pay for—</text><paragraph id="H3B5E3DE3717B4412858B646E64588835"><enum>(1)</enum><text>alcoholic beverages; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ECF3CE2C92A439393A1747C3C878230"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entertainment expenses for activities that are substantially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amusement parks.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H86ED0A66ACD54101AE6EA83A4518E9A5"><header>AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H4C66E80B363C4CF88A627669CB8B02D1"><enum>7011.</enum><text>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: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>), and funds made available for <quote>United States International Development Finance Corporation</quote> and under the heading <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> shall remain 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 obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding any other provision 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 obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain 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 availability contained in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> 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, 2024, detailing by account and source year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That any funds obligated for an additional period of availability pursuant to this section in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any notification submitted pursuant to the previous proviso shall indicate the source year of funds, the purpose of initial obligation, the reason for de-obligation, and the purpose for re-obligation.</text></section><appropriations-small id="HE1E50B4D9C3B46AA91948BD649CD59DF"><header>LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT</header></appropriations-small><section id="HB26A8B682BB84DAB8B448E422DE1829F"><enum>7012.</enum><text>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 determines, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the national interest of the United States.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H93E7AEB627CE46AF8D736E8B79245F17"><header>PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE</header></appropriations-small><section id="H52FEBA5EFFE84670BC517B186DE6112A"><enum>7013.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2FE3F1DAB3AD4861AFCF953B85D987AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on taxation</header><text>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 governing the terms and conditions under which such assistance 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 International Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC1646D105F5E4D11AAFD9D2A61F6DBF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification and reimbursement of foreign taxes</header><text>An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2024 on funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 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 2025 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, 2025, such taxes have not been reimbursed.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2C11ECD2137C47FA9EEF3338581EAD60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>De minimis exception</header><text>Foreign taxes of a de minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="HAF6FE69B8A0949DA9A3835587E2BD07E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reprogramming of funds</header><text>Funds withheld from obligation for each foreign government or entity pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance 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.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBB133773291343D89EDA8A05C1F1E579"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Determinations</header><paragraph id="H81C73DBF1BCD4486A50130BB196A18E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The provisions of this section shall not apply to any foreign government or entity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that—</text><subparagraph id="HA57093B29AED4E28A525C9E29D5F027B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such foreign government or entity has an effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7C9B01E521941E8BD182DAC2A3E65C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the foreign policy interests of the United States outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure that United States assistance is not subject to taxation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H47E5D22E21744D42B3CB3F9476F76BEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of this subsection with regard to any foreign government or entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F32EB08F4EA4D0C846D8BD731F0DE3F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The Secretary of State shall issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA30FFC4D6EFB4355860A0A512D8F4072"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section:</text><paragraph id="HC930795FD68C400E8EAE26E4888371A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bilateral agreement</header><text>The term <term>bilateral agreement</term> 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 immunities applicable to United States foreign assistance for such country generally, or an individual agreement 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H334FBF9888CE42049457B9CFC18B2321"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Taxes and taxation</header><text>The term <term>taxes and taxation</term> shall include value added taxes and customs duties but shall not include individual income taxes assessed to local staff.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HAA8E983772CE4E5D9E2FA23A6822FB91"><header>RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H9B600C57216443F29AB7E730CDCA3062"><enum>7014.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB29A63846515412FA87CA3D210676593"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of availability</header><text>The original period 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 specifically 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 Administrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a country or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds can be obligated during the original period of availability: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such designated funds that continue to be available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose of such designation.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE875AC05DD8F453E83CB2933723D0C42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other acts</header><text>Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That specifically designated funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HA17EFBF1FE274AFF8C1909D0F5EDB0F9"><header>NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H323190BD14A7430F9F5537A168ACB038"><enum>7015.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7A5D120CCC6E43F1B17610611193EC8A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification of changes in programs, projects, and activities</header><text>None of the funds made available in titles I, II, and VI, and under the headings <quote>Peace Corps</quote> and <quote>Millennium Challenge Corporation</quote>, 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 2024, 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 available by transfer, to the departments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to—</text><paragraph id="HED2DDB57A4E442A48668CA305A367D76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>create new programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2569FC67973B44D08D905A380DEFFF26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>suspend or eliminate a program, project, or activity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H887C671041C043B88F4179D0DEA22A15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or post;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H70BB901B788D434FA321D343FDCD9E22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename bureaus, centers, or offices; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H945804B0AB7F467B8DA62B8E33A98246"><enum>(5)</enum><text>contract out or privatize any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HA8154866E3EA4C0FB3BA31FC478675D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification of reprogramming of funds</header><text>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 related programs, to the departments and agencies funded under such titles that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, 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 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—</text><paragraph id="H8FB9C64B18964240B345D15F18AAB8C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>augments or changes existing programs, projects, or activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F3DCCC597FC44B9B1282F0E0F5013F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>relocates an existing office or employees;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB149E647FA9D42DC8FE7E7CCEE31FCDE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDA6A20B825F48AD95E0F2155DFDF424"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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;</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H3293647F744943178D4E8050E0998478"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act under the headings <quote>Global Health Programs</quote>, <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Democracy Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, <quote>Peace Corps</quote>, <quote>Millennium Challenge Corporation</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, <quote>Peacekeeping Operations</quote>, <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote>, <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, <quote>United States International Development Finance Corporation</quote>, and <quote>Trade and Development Agency</quote> shall be available for obligation for programs, projects, activities, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That requirements of this subsection or any similar provision of this or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for a program, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress for obligation for such program, project, or activity for the current fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any notification 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 authority.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7FD2B55A0B0E4946AB519F3EE07B78C9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Department of defense programs and funding notifications</header><paragraph id="H8F7292C3AB854A0481B536C64D3A7188"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 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 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, submits a justification to such Committees that includes a description of, and the estimated costs associated with, the support or continuation of such program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H194FDF0832CA4E0DA1DD7D4131A328F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision 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 organizations shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE99D0A87F852432AA8475038035F85EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification on excess defense articles</header><text>Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees if such defense articles 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF995C2F5EAE4533A026583F2020F5F0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The requirements of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, including 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: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances.</text></subsection><subsection id="H63E41A4A79C94DCBA135660205B0DC61"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Country notification requirements</header><text>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Burma, Central African Republic, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7CD0175542E146B881C7381B9992BB2B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Trust funds</header><text>Funds appropriated or otherwise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts making funds available for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for a trust fund held by an international financial institution shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and such notification shall include the information specified under this section in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4054E6680BC74B6F9A6F5F894A319A24"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Other program notification requirements</header><paragraph id="H70908F25340B491F8653E92873FAB177"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Other programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for the following programs and activities shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations—</text><subparagraph id="H39D6CF8632D84F2DA7CE0514726AF1EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Global Engagement Center;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A5662D2E6DF44FFA2E94D856F64D899"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Power Africa and Prosper Africa initiatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2F68F25F5854D44A5E07A732B77ABA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>funds under the headings <quote>International Disaster Assistance</quote> and <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote> that are made available to a country listed in section 7007 of this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H619ADB21B23E47C1AE9F1EAD83A58B9A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and the Multi-Donor Global Fragility Fund;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8518A21053D41BBB7983E50280F6144"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Indo-Pacific Strategy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D4EBB6C00E74B098DC9B7556159FA03"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Countering PRC Influence Fund and the Countering Russian Influence Fund;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2334F9F5BC44C1EB264F26129DDB994"><enum>(G)</enum><text>assistance made available pursuant to section 7059; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9A2264453AF43E6A57EC251E95E8B67"><enum>(H)</enum><text>funds specifically allocated for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE82370A62B9249D19E947E315406B609"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Democracy program policy and procedures</header><text>Modifications to democracy program policy and procedures, including relating to the use of consortia, by the Department of State and USAID shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BF7FC0146D748BABD89715A0031A95C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Arms sales</header><text>The reports, notifications, and certifications, and any other documents, required to be submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776</external-xref>), and such documents submitted pursuant to section 36(b) through (d) of such Act with respect to countries that have received assistance provided with funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall be concurrently submitted to the Committees on Appropriations and shall include information about the source of funds for any sale or transfer, as applicable, if known at the time of submission.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A192BD6B4EA4D17B973C6D94E8ACA02"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Withholding of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of application of a provision of law in this or any other Act shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5710FEF887E348E8BFCB81E9D08CEFFC"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Requirement to inform</header><text>The Secretary of State and Administrator of USAID, as applicable, shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees of each instance in which funds appropriated by this Act for assistance have been diverted or destroyed, to include the type and amount of assistance, a description of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the response of the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HDEDC5765C7454857A741C6A50413DBBE"><header>DOCUMENTS, REPORT POSTING, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H0BA8E683F72744BC98B535E626C1C4F5"><enum>7016.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF5AB198AD4554874B4E819E3C477DB6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Document requests</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, including any contractor, 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.</text></subsection><subsection id="HCCC931E021DF4FCBA9B524D434E872A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public posting of reports</header><paragraph id="HAF274ED9F0864924BA53728D9F988C0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 website of such agency not later than 45 days following the receipt of such report by Congress.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H282F25DF63844D52B36427AF98C5B339"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report if—</text><subparagraph id="H08FA49EB09414F2CAFCAC312C506DAAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text> the head of such agency determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that—</text><clause id="HC880307F7DFD41CAB913E417BBDE0A52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the public posting of the report would compromise national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; or</text></clause><clause id="HE7AF3E797BE24048897A54CC59165242"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the report contains proprietary or other privileged information; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB749A5CBF93A46E3A35A8B57777116E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the public posting of the report is specifically exempted in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD16BB6B3D6E437E893B6B18651E5856"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The agency posting such report shall do so only after the report has been made available to the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A604D241D2A46419891C753E88C9031"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The head of the agency posting such report shall do so in a central location on the public website of such agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6180E03A03DD4B95A324195A0F901C31"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Records management and related cybersecurity protections</header><text>The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall—</text><paragraph id="HF2DB899EF9C14C1ABFD67C7051B8D36B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>regularly review and update the policies, directives, and oversight necessary to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning the preservation of all records made or received in the conduct of official business, including record emails, instant messaging, and other online tools;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C0232E816514F1FA590CB5A36352706"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> and <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote> in title I, and <quote>Operating Expenses</quote> and <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote> in title II, as appropriate, to improve Federal records management pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal records management statutes, regulations, or policies for the Department of State and USAID;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H86EFC0A38E4544768A80AE55AE6747FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>direct departing employees, including senior officials, that all Federal records generated by such employees belong to the Federal Government;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB64C5071B4A43AD8C99E085E179ADD4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>substantially reduce, compared to the previous fiscal year, the response time for identifying and retrieving Federal records, including requests made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Freedom of Information Act</quote>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H621B734791A840E8B49CF268EA1CDBC7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate 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 Inspector General.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HA30D4435535F4984A41AA70F9BA0AA97"><header>USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT</header></appropriations-small><section id="HA4001007FEB34BD0ABBC964FE5C56836"><enum>7017.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President makes a determination not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 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.</text></section><appropriations-small id="HE212371E4AB94D47A220E98424DF7421"><header>PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION</header></appropriations-small><section id="H2145C68B690C475B8B0FE73315D56AE0"><enum>7018.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. 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 the performance of involuntary 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 research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended 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 abortions and involuntary sterilizations.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H4F78040C1D99413C9BE3391D7277E3CF"><header>ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS</header></appropriations-small><section id="HCA052B449CEA49F8B68593B5F5690830"><enum>7019.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBE6CC995B3EF4223A37D1DF835EA72A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation tables</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall be made available in the amounts specifically designated in the respective tables included in the report accompanying this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> 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 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available for such foreign countries and international organizations notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such report.</text></subsection><subsection id="H962873D5AEB440F2842B269EE00076D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized deviations</header><text>Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may only deviate up to 5 percent from the amounts specifically designated in the respective tables included in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBF51BD2347724A958E9E4A7D8BAA3273"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For specifically designated amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, deviations authorized by subsection (b) may only take place after submission of such report.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4FB14444EEA94B498951B02C4CBCAD53"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to—</text><paragraph id="H5FAA6EDAE1DC4B79AB67A86DFD5F2008"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funds for which the initial period of availability has expired; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAAC85851B0CD43E2B0E81794761D67A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>amounts designated by this Act as minimum funding requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDAFEF32211BA4A168B07FD6CEFB53FF5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, and other designated officials, as appropriate, shall submit the reports required, in the manner described, in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF3972425784E407A843A328446CEECD0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>International Disaster Assistance</quote> and <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote> shall not be included for purposes of meeting amounts designated for countries in this Act, unless such headings are specifically designated as the source of funds.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H672D57ECA6004A12BF929FCBB7E7192E"><header>MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H18E9932581AB41A6990421795FE830B4"><enum>7020.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was: (1) previously justified, including the projected future year costs, in a congressional budget justification; (2) included in an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs or previously authorized by an Act of Congress; (3) notified in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the projected future year costs; or (4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the pledge.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H355D37ACE6B8450E81E308041E827EC7"><header>PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM</header></appropriations-small><section id="H0B9715AE80FE4489998E82A860A255BD"><enum>7021.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H06476CCF19064300A132EAD7C87C23BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lethal military equipment exports</header><paragraph id="HA3C9525BB5574D28B44385258182F27B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available to any foreign government which provides lethal military equipment to a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined supports international terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4813">50 U.S.C. 4813(c)</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide such military equipment: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this section applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC361802E302E4A63A2462E7BC0A1CEE1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President determines that to do so is important to the national interest of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9866D2723ABA4BF79874BCD6B98AB509"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Whenever the President makes a determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report with respect to the furnishing of such assistance, including a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance furthers the United States national interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H252085BFFCD74D0499F99F7CC4A12E5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bilateral assistance</header><paragraph id="H57A7B4AA9EB548FC92870BC446F0111F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appropriated under any such title in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be made available to any foreign government which the President determines—</text><subparagraph id="H796B88490FDD4FA4857F97E57D9ADB44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5822D99C480442628E46B6869C68D648"><enum>(B)</enum><text>otherwise supports international terrorism; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3B22486B287435CA9030BF5E32A6D09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is controlled by an organization designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57DCA0ED4CA14EF0B8B2B872FC67DE2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the application of paragraph (1) to a government if the President determines that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the President shall publish each such waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HF8B53CA12BBB4242B8349E962D402CCA"><header>AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H8BE6130B96C841019DAB4F8B2F018B4A"><enum>7022.</enum><text>Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Trade and Development Agency</quote>, may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/672">Public Law 91–672</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2412">22 U.S.C. 2412</external-xref>), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2680">22 U.S.C. 2680</external-xref>), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6212">22 U.S.C. 6212</external-xref>), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3094">50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text></section><appropriations-small id="H63E0C5F9CBAC4A6A949A0E51B1DE0BC0"><header>DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY</header></appropriations-small><section id="H276F3A26935E414F9405F4234EB93A9C"><enum>7023.</enum><text>For the purpose of titles II through VI of this Act, <quote>program, project, and activity</quote> shall be defined at the appropriations Act account level and shall include all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> accounts, <quote>program, project, and activity</quote> shall also be considered to include country, regional, and central program level funding within each such account, and for the development assistance accounts of the United States Agency for International Development, <quote>program, project, and activity</quote> shall also be considered to include central, country, regional, and program level funding, either as—</text><paragraph id="HE73AB385AE5C4AE98BE54A11133160EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>justified to Congress; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H29707C2FD74F4D968834BEDA32569BC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modified pursuant to section 7019 of this Act.</text></paragraph></section><appropriations-small id="H5C75011249414B369B4D8C0CB2817F11"><header>AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION</header></appropriations-small><section id="H9EDC8EAE9DBB42699FAAAB3EF2C630A7"><enum>7024.</enum><text>Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Development Foundation Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That prior to conducting activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 days of taking such action.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H3072C372A19643549B7BFB57D53F6BBA"><header>COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H16706B905C694A899243658EEEEB26D5"><enum>7025.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4EBA36E12A1A4C8F8E6A91C8502D80E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>World markets</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Import Bank and the United States International Development Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial commitments for establishing or expanding production of any commodity for export by any country other than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this subsection shall not prohibit—</text><paragraph id="H473B481441AD4336A659CCEDA5680C68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>activities in a country that is eligible for assistance from the International Development Association, is not eligible for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance is furnished; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7682496D84CE48628F8D4415A1125EC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>activities in a country the President determines is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a complex emergency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25D40EC708224A91A15E9EF0818A7482"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exports</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection with the growth or production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That this subsection shall not prohibit—</text><paragraph id="H6BB4F6BE4AE6403495DFD9B792A64463"><enum>(1)</enum><text>activities designed to increase food security in developing countries where such activities will not have a significant impact on the export of agricultural commodities of the United States;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8100B5D5425E43DB8F5D2151993F61F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>research activities intended primarily to benefit United States producers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FDD444D20A7482F854F3813A7843402"><enum>(3)</enum><text>activities in a country that is eligible for assistance from the International Development Association, is not eligible for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance is furnished; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C6ABB977B004B5594CD534A8E1DE9A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>activities in a country the President determines is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a complex emergency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23572C24C39D434C9EE6C4A1E7D64836"><enum>(c)</enum><header>International financial institutions</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institution, using funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H00248957A831405E9E627F9C27BD8F12"><header>SEPARATE ACCOUNTS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H74AD8998BCD04EA4976F6334DDE5177A"><enum>7026.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H78BA6E03D36D428BB10C5C73396274D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Separate accounts for local currencies</header><paragraph id="H2E3FEFC67E88413F9CC70D3221DCB1F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the generation of local currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall—</text><subparagraph id="HDE90C3D3EC98421BACB4248DE0E30A87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require that local currencies be deposited in a separate account established by that government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD93193CCB591419F8E4344A3710C3256"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an agreement with that government which sets forth—</text><clause id="HA256482BB1E0475FAB267E2C770634FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and</text></clause><clause id="HB7A5BE00608B4837AEEA76E02E514D24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the terms and conditions under which the currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD72F340C3CD491F9069497B93B582DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish by agreement with that government the responsibilities of USAID and that government to monitor and account for deposits into and disbursements from the separate account.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD840699A71714189B1501324BC39BE07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uses of local currencies</header><text>As may be agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used only—</text><subparagraph id="H02F0B237913940739FC5E376F2249A3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out 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), for such purposes as—</text><clause id="HBE1EFD198262456A9755063FEEDBAB4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>project and sector assistance activities; or</text></clause><clause id="H4AF94052DB1F4F28A699BEFA1268EA0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>debt and deficit financing; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22207CDC70554A01919142C87E132286"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the administrative requirements of the United States Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32B27724C769464B8C0837235673274D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Programming accountability</header><text>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).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0291B89B3FD94A3F9EE1894B919C06F1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Termination of assistance programs</header><text>Upon termination of assistance to a country 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 established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government of that country and the United States Government.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8A64FCF3EC24AB4A4E12CDF15C69EE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Separate accounts for cash transfers</header><paragraph id="HEBEB64F0FD7D490DBA1844B1AB998F0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If assistance is made available 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 a separate account and not commingle with any other funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H460187436C4246D3828F4F8E4F2F0B41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability of other provisions of law</header><text>Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance, including provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H547B3D3E08754FDE93B01DC8FBCAB6D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>At least 15 days prior to obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the President shall submit a notification through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed description of how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion of the United States interests that will be served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE71A103BBDAB49C4BA368175CE7AB24D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>Nonproject sector assistance funds may be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H62E01366382344918912D5D40669CE18"><header>ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE</header></appropriations-small><section id="HA005181B2AEF4B79BBA6EDC56EA608B6"><enum>7027.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2BF4CEAB516E4C6199A10A8CF88561AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance through nongovernmental organizations</header><text>Restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That before using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notification procedures, including a description of the program to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assistance: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H77729FB968B14AFEBDD61D3EC45BE8CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public law 480</header><text>During fiscal year 2024, restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/83/480">Public Law 83–480</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1721">7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H6AA9B3B51D09410489FB6931BF7AF76C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>This section shall not apply—</text><paragraph id="H2AC7F9D9E1564AD2B1A330B889144C44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support international terrorism; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H178D40D277C34200A8088ABB5465737B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a country that violates internationally recognized human rights.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HEE2E7EFD0D844AEEAD51E28F2AFDDF55"><header>Impact on Jobs in the United States</header></appropriations-small><section id="H845C06E1E3064945AF46E8FCD671F574"><enum>7028.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide—</text><paragraph id="H8A8461E1CAEE47E0A30399AD1AED1C8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any financial incentive to a business enterprise currently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number of employees of such business enterprise in the United States because United States production is being replaced by such enterprise outside the United States; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FCCF41178ED42FB8776C311A07DEAD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assistance for any program, project, or activity that contributes to the violation of internationally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any designated zone or area in that country: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That the application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2467">19 U.S.C. 2467(4)(D)</external-xref> and (E)) should be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H11B0B0503BA7487F8A7AF7142377C6E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any assistance to an entity outside the United States if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the United States to other countries and adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D296A1408D3461B976AD13830AA37DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of the United States on December 12, 2013, when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation project the purpose of which is to—</text><subparagraph id="H49E30EEFEF924462BF2E97C65AFE0326"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide affordable electricity in International Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend countries; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A17F8A630D94A2F9ED1A247F5CBE84F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase exports of goods and services from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><appropriations-small id="H679796585DD14075BD3B90C16BE18BBD"><header>INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H619E649CA5C34704AC0095092D8A34AE"><enum>7029.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H443349A7D22D49C38208297DAC93AD7A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>None of the funds appropriated under title V of this Act may be made as payment to any international financial institution while the United States executive director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such executive director receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United States executive director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1179BE571B3045069B5EAE44D89A75FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Human rights</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to promote human rights due diligence and risk management, as appropriate, in connection with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB0F26EC674104DE6816E89D1BA868E62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fraud and corruption</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice of the United States to include in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA8E4C360E59340C69FFF875978A6F2DF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Beneficial ownership information</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice of the United States to encourage such institution to collect, verify, and publish, to the maximum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or limited liability company, other than a publicly listed company, that receives funds from any such financial institution.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD70DBB4C780E4D18AB1A0DAC4AE68FF3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Whistleblower protections</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice of the United States to encourage such institution 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—</text><paragraph id="H803552CD2B024A188567550DD44CD617"><enum>(1)</enum><text>protection against retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosure;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H600FAA75F35D44688B74CF223210BEE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>legal burdens of proof;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H985AA9FD0973446E8E06E0C62662BDEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CE23D36F07A4E9D8B83969819FF82AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>access to binding independent adjudicative bodies, including shared cost and selection external arbitration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F13D04D3EDD4650BA82BABE35AC8657"><enum>(5)</enum><text>results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation, including provision for the restoration of prior employment.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FFAAD1557564E7F80FFF17DE3A3EC3B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grievance mechanisms and procedures</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice of the United States to support independent investigative and adjudicative mechanisms and procedures that meet or exceed best practices in the United States to provide due process and fair compensation, including the right to reinstatement, for employees who are subjected to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, false allegations, or other misconduct.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE73624239C714ACE966F16573585A439"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Capital increases</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to support a new capital increase for an international financial institution unless the President submits a budget request for such increase to Congress and determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that—</text><paragraph id="HB8F4A0C07828429B97414E401BD4824B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the institution has completed a thorough analysis of the development challenges facing the relevant geographical region, the role of the institution in addressing such challenges and its role relative to other financing partners, and the steps to be taken to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the institution; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6D40889A4184984A7885E76CA178EDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the governors of such institution have approved the capital increase.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC33C524D09B34697A0E749E7B8EC4324"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Opposition to Lending to the People’s Republic of China</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director at each multilateral development bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan, extension of financial assistance, or technical assistance by such bank to the People’s Republic of China.</text></subsection><subsection id="H865FFF2B3E644DF488E7E8F198073185"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Contributions to Financial Intermediary Funds</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that no United States contribution to a financial intermediary fund may be used to provide any loan, extension of financial assistance, or technical assistance to the People’s Republic of China or to any country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions by the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD59BEBD69DBE45D0BEE8E5CA101E3606"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Report to Congress and Withholding</header><paragraph id="H47E63A37D6E94EF48FE79256912601F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of funds that a financial intermediary fund is budgeting for the year in which the report is submitted for a country or region described in subsection (i).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC208B59A0C364D1CA7823AEF7D8E2A77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that a financial intermediary fund plans to spend funds for a country or region described under subsection (i), including through projects implemented by a multilateral development bank, then 10 percent of the United States contribution to such bank shall be withheld from obligation for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H28E1BE67E46D400BBF08ECC80C37DF9D"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Guidance on Multilateral Development Banks</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Multilateral Assistance</quote> may be used to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out Executive Order 14008 (relating to Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad), including the memorandum entitled “Guidance on Fossil Fuel Energy at the Multilateral Development Banks”, issued by the Department of the Treasury on August 16, 2021.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H85A5E96098FF40699E673FB5BAB432DF"><header>TECHNOLOGY SECURITY</header></appropriations-small><section id="H145D8959CDD44D96913AE7C77C725683"><enum>7030.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HED2269646861466EB3735BBCC1A7CC11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Insecure communications networks</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for programs, including through the Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership, to—</text><paragraph id="H8B933489CA654D5DA3A9A48676040B92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advance the adoption of secure, next-generation communications networks and services, including 5G, and cybersecurity policies, in countries receiving assistance under this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8253BC36C1E4F13AFA36C1D318C925C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>counter the establishment of insecure communications networks and services, including 5G, promoted by the People’s Republic of China and other state-backed enterprises that are subject to undue or extrajudicial control by their country of origin; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD3BA859AA354B44A4765669066FD97A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide policy and technical training on deploying open, interoperable, reliable, and secure networks to information communication technology professionals in countries receiving assistance under this Act, as appropriate:</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection"><proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds, including funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, may be used to strengthen civilian cybersecurity and information and communications technology capacity, including participation of foreign law enforcement and military personnel in non-military activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H7736E858909C4E468EE78CB2B07FB635" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CHIPS for america international technology security and innovation fund</header><paragraph id="HA266C0CB42C24B40B0324D72F807E340" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall allocate amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America International Technology Security and Innovation Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/167">Public Law 117–167</external-xref>), to the accounts specified and in the amounts specified, in the table titled <quote>CHIPS for America International Technology Security and Innovation Fund</quote> in the report accompanying this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That amounts transferred to the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the United States International Development Finance Corporation pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/167">Public Law 117–167</external-xref>) may be made available for the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2482FCF076EB4957A89F833E00295832" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under section 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of programs allocated using funds transferred from the CHIPS for America International Technology Security and Innovation Fund, which may be allocated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such purposes in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCFC00706902A48448A762CC6F1F8955C" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations proposed allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for amounts made available under section 102(c)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2025.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC77B1AB9BBDC4111A47EF12A5A74BEE1" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of State shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America International Technology Security and Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H86847D07BA88430E9911EB7B6D4D18C6"><header>FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND ANTI-CORRUPTION</header></appropriations-small><section id="HF8533B52ED3D4A3495AE8C2A28CE65CF"><enum>7031.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0A5959EF4E7A4CBB8AE73258D4A0B81F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on direct government-to-Government assistance</header><paragraph id="H941F75F2C76946558070E4FCE2B23516"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for direct government-to-government assistance only if—</text><subparagraph id="H4A3E9BB4D6AF4EA1B4ADA52CA4571E27"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD949786D04E7476592117A9DC3688E57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each implementing agency or ministry to receive assistance has been assessed and is considered to have the systems required to manage such assistance and any identified vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or ministry have been addressed;</text></clause><clause id="H9A1E86DFB5B14CED841DD7456C84CD17" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the recipient agency or ministry employs and utilizes staff with the necessary technical, financial, and management capabilities;</text></clause><clause id="H50B7183278B14ABE80EF1FBE497D6700" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the recipient agency or ministry has adopted competitive procurement policies and systems;</text></clause><clause id="HE0545AD7C88A436AACAB8F2805E3763E" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in place to ensure that such assistance is used for its intended purposes;</text></clause><clause id="H3F4EB4CD9E4341D5A6CD473AB86BE52F" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; and</text></clause><clause id="HA2A7C5C0745D49D590BA76B3D570869A" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the government of the recipient country is taking steps to publicly disclose on an annual basis its national budget, to include income and expenditures;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B2FF196ED3146FEB402C71283F46252"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the recipient government is in compliance with the principles set forth in section 7013 of this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08792FD1F0474CB4B3C6A21FA69C7AD6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the recipient agency or ministry is not headed or controlled by an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EB782357D5447A081B45D42E62C76EE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Government of the United States and the government of the recipient country have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable objectives for the use of such assistance, which should be made available on a cost-reimbursable basis;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F1ADACBFC254AAE90AA80080ED280D1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the recipient government is taking steps to protect the rights of civil society, including freedoms of expression, association, and assembly; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD938F1E8019E41719A41F6FC55FB8D6B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the government of the recipient country is taking steps to reduce corruption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAC9C565235242EC956EB639C5994830"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation and notification</header><text>In addition to the requirements in paragraph (1), funds may only be made available for direct government-to-government assistance subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such notification shall contain an explanation of how the proposed activity meets the requirements of paragraph (1): <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the requirements of this paragraph shall only apply to direct government-to-government assistance in excess of $5,000,000 and all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, and cash payments to individuals.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCF40B3527F848EEA777572AFBA3FA10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suspension of assistance</header><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to-government assistance if the Administrator or the Secretary has credible information of material misuse of such assistance, unless the Administrator or the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the national interest of the United States to continue such assistance, including a justification, or that such misuse has been appropriately addressed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2617F97CD5884D43B28BF285B04613FD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Submission of information</header><text>The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2025 congressional budget justification materials, amounts planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, and type of assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H37D2B377E5A240D782FDF45B46B748B4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Debt service payment prohibition</header><text>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 or to the Government of the People’s Republic of China.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA8F0715DDBD4439958E340AF12AE6EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National budget and contract transparency</header><paragraph id="HDB2EFF5C344947F0BDA22DBC060616E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum requirements of fiscal transparency</header><text>The Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen the <quote>minimum requirements of fiscal transparency</quote> for each government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EDA1DBEDD3F40439B0BA07A064A3748"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination and report</header><text>For each government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall make or update any determination of <quote>significant progress</quote> or <quote>no significant progress</quote> in meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such determinations publicly available in an annual <quote>Fiscal Transparency Report</quote> to be posted on the Department of State website: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such report shall include the elements included under this section in the report accompanying this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3353D0FEBB9E4AE2A8B870BD75C038DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made available for programs and activities to assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget transparency and to support civil society organizations in such countries that promote budget transparency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA854B3365A7A4556BCE912775338F4AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Anti-Kleptocracy and human rights</header><paragraph id="HA574DA2964594BB0AFE48A5335A42865"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Ineligibility</header><subparagraph id="HBA4E981BD4C947CCB1AF1F1A2F73836E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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 significant corruption, including corruption related to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights, including the wrongful detention of locally employed staff of a United States diplomatic mission or a United States citizen or national, shall be ineligible for entry into the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7263F984A294983A611A42731375DF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Concurrent with the application of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, as appropriate, refer the matter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, to determine whether to apply sanctions authorities in accordance with United States law to block the transfer of property and interests in property, and all financial transactions, in the United States involving any person described in such subparagraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB546C819D98848A382FC437D868F7242"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H521EA2FB92E44922A234407A2C131095"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Individuals shall not be ineligible for entry into the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) if such entry would further important United States law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Headquarters Agreement: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from United States Government obligations under applicable international agreements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H54D9F0546BDC42C8B435B34F64CD0688"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver would serve a compelling national interest or that the circumstances which caused the individual to be ineligible have changed sufficiently.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3D19DB123F4D1487CAB82FB11E44D3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2025, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, including a classified annex if necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on the Judiciary describing the information related to corruption or violation of human rights concerning each of the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who the Secretary designated or identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the justification for each waiver.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4616FBD2B4CA481791AEC7D2509EEF8F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extraction of natural resources</header><paragraph id="H796542230A894850B2AB0B233BB3FF88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to promote and support transparency and accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 2052) and the amendments made by such section, and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and for technical assistance to promote independent audit mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural resource management.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2951121B1CE4F5E88EB2D15C2FC248A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under title III may be made available to support mining activities related to the extraction of minerals until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that comparable mining activities are permitted in areas in the United States which were allowable prior to 2023: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the restriction in this paragraph shall not apply to United States entities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEC1F9D0CC334BB18A317CEAE82B4131"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Foreign Assistance Website</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made available to support the provision of additional information on United States Government foreign assistance on the <quote>ForeignAssistance.gov</quote> website: <italic>Provided</italic>, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall provide such information on foreign assistance, upon request and in a timely manner, to the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HD05CDCF4A54441F38681A2893EF65FF8"><header>DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H0A14332932F54EE082416C823E9671DB"><enum>7032.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA7706B425098452EB3D032E8F48D3690"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Democracy Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, and <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, $2,900,000,000 shall be made available for democracy programs.</text></subsection><subsection id="H02E8037F584F4B8A9DA973A3E660229C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities</header><paragraph id="H0876073E27BF42FEA2A8027B53826386"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds made available by this Act for democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and under the heading <quote>National Endowment for Democracy</quote> may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with regard to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D8013DDE37A462E8E76BFA4C7F12F5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Beneficiaries</header><text>Funds made available by this Act for the NED are made available pursuant to the authority of the National Endowment for Democracy Act (title V of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/164">Public Law 98–164</external-xref>), including all decisions regarding the selection of beneficiaries.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H77A6D8A8425249BFAEB676107493D145"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of democracy programs</header><text>For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term <term>democracy programs</term> means programs that support: outcomes of improved democratic governance; credible and observable electoral processes; strong, multi-party political systems with rights to contest government; rule of law; freedoms of expression, assembly, association, and religion; human rights, including property rights; activities by non-governmental organizations and other civil society, including independent media, that promote the outcomes described in this subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5D32F9C8F0074D3CAA846B158497A2A9" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program prioritization</header><text>Funds made available for support to strengthen government institutions, including ministries, should be prioritized for countries demonstrating strong separation of powers, checks and balances, rule of law, and credible and observable electoral processes.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC6D92C4E56764F5A88CEAADE7D4BED55"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Restrictions on foreign government interference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy programs in this Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the specific nature of the assistance, and the participants in such programs shall not be subject to prior approval by the government of any foreign country.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB146A379D05A4F89A59F02078ACDB03F" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Informing programming</header><text>The Secretary of State, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and President of the NED should coordinate on plans for democracy programs supported with funds appropriated by this Act during joint regional and country planning for fiscal year 2024.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H29FA2F1163A24CD59448C49BB60D9AA0"><header>INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM</header></appropriations-small><section id="HC214A5AA94994615B318C56BEEBB9408"><enum>7033.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H37AB65BA1DB94025B1E1E95600AEE5B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>International religious freedom office</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> shall be made available for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Department of State.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF0F0ABAB5F9B4A769502E8F4884E3464"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA039521704724E8287E24E8CB8CB1E34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Democracy Fund</quote>, and <quote>International Broadcasting Operations</quote>, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for international religious freedom programs: <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds made available by this Act under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> and <quote>Democracy Fund</quote> pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in consultation with other relevant United States Government officials, and shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C1E945381634743A441D1ECB3E30B0C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>International Disaster Assistance</quote> and <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote> shall be made available for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic and religious minorities</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95FF97E8696F4C4CAE5EDB42FB85A80D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law for assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1B7AAB9980584C4B930E5A6604FAA0B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of non-State actors</header><text>Section 7033(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</external-xref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HBD08C1D9251D44769BFC182C74C0AB40"><header>SPECIAL PROVISIONS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H5D6E8698D5AE4BAE8127849DA6836FAA"><enum>7034.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8F5BCE1E33DF409190E78B8CC28D4F38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Victims of war, displaced children, and displaced burmese</header><text>Funds appropriated in title III 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 notwithstanding any other provision of law.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB4163274EB0849D6B1F05826E6F3D939"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forensic assistance</header><paragraph id="H1A4C6D7F5EAB4FA4BB7EC848C923B6F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> shall be made available for forensic anthropology assistance related to the exhumation and identification of victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCCBA652678A746A4B9618491AF0D22E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, not less than $10,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) shall be made available for DNA forensic technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central America and Mexico.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86A8917723644B35AE696A2182DCFAFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>World food programme</header><text>Funds managed by the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development from this Act may be made available as a general contribution to the World Food Programme.</text></subsection><subsection id="H25A30953BC104E2FBE428CACDD9A4F75"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Directives and authorities</header><paragraph id="H03FB86E6748747CDB74EB93448F1BF93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research and training</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> shall be made available to carry out the Program for Research 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4501">22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H787AE4B26E3343EFB76B164502523E86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Genocide victims memorial sites</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> and <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B578B01C88A4DB0868A61EB42AEDC10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special envoy for holocaust issues</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> may be made available for the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues notwithstanding the limitation of section 7064(e)(3) of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H15CDC6BE3D8F45F8B5B1E5E55419039E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Private sector partnerships</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote> and <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> that are made available for private sector partnerships, including partnerships with philanthropic foundations, up to $50,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2026: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made available following prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB99037FEC954702BE9568C3C7FB5661"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Innovation</header><text>The USAID Administrator may use funds appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation incentive awards in accordance with the terms and conditions of section 7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/6">Public Law 116–6</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That each individual award may not exceed $100,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H616F72D69BFA4D28B671233CBE83D47B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exchange visitor program</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to modify the Exchange Visitor Program administered by the Department of State to implement the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/256">Public Law 87–256</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2451">22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.</external-xref>), except through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/551">5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.</external-xref>) and notwithstanding the exceptions to such rulemaking process in such Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available for such purpose shall only be made available after consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, regarding how any proposed modification would affect the public diplomacy goals of, and the estimated economic impact on, the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such consultation shall take place not later than 30 days prior to the publication in the Federal Register of any regulatory action modifying the Exchange Visitor Program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA99EC247F87243F59C315C6020564103"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> and <quote>Operating Expenses</quote>, except for funds designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, are available to provide payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2680b">22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA275844912444DE284A777CE5F244D25"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Partner vetting</header><text>Prior to initiating a partner vetting program, providing a direct vetting option, or making a significant change to the scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary and the Administrator shall provide 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 Secretary or 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: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That the Secretary and the Administrator may restrict the award of, terminate, or cancel contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements or require an awardee to restrict the award of, terminate, or cancel a sub-award based on information in connection with a partner vetting program.</text></subsection><subsection id="H494BC410FB6C45D0AB56877523F8922A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>International child abductions</header><text>The Secretary of State should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for the central government of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 25, 1980: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of withholding funds under this subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="HCEF61FE96A7B424B9F7D4040C9182F8E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Transfer of funds for extraordinary protection</header><text>The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds under the heading <quote>Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials</quote> unobligated balances of expired funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> for fiscal year 2024, 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: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not more than $50,000,000 may be transferred.</text></subsection><subsection id="H959957131C934AFEAFF9B056561B46BA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Extension of authorities</header><paragraph id="HAD684D1111CD42C9A4DC22A39DE20CEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Incentives for critical posts</header><text>The authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/32">Public Law 111–32</external-xref>) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2EEF26DDCF2470ABC02AC71AB31E6E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction competitive status</header><text>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 enactment 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H665E23B77C6241C1A0DCA86BCC4EC60F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfer of balances</header><text>Section 7081(h) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</external-xref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H120CFEE677D94606A05A2492459E5333"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Protective services</header><text>Section 7071 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/103">Public Law 117–103</external-xref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024 and shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting <quote>$40,000,000</quote> for <quote>$30,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H98C92F49C7AA4C0A90D3DEB2B25BCC92"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Extension of loan guarantees to israel</header><text>Chapter 5 of title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/11">Public Law 108–11</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 576) is amended under the heading <quote>Loan Guarantees to Israel</quote>—</text><subparagraph id="H94D9D0A25D1F442E9D9C1FE01759F522"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding the first proviso, by striking <quote>September 30, 2028</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2029</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC90BF7FFF074DC19518B9D3ED285BA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second proviso, by striking <quote>September 30, 2028</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2029</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C253E6B213D4A4FAE84AD824DDB1F29"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Extension of certain personal services contract authority</header><text>The authority provided in section 2401 of division C of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/43">Public Law 117–43</external-xref>) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4FD1683A80574C8CB0FA8D4A9EC494C4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Extension of certain requirements</header><text>During the current fiscal year, sections (2), (3), and (4) of the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/305">Public Law 115–305</external-xref>) shall be applied by substituting <quote>2024</quote> for <quote>2023</quote> each place it occurs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5507F8A3C15D463993284A2095BB66B2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Monitoring and evaluation</header><paragraph id="H0A16064077014F77A452D759150DCFEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beneficiary feedback</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for monitoring and evaluation of assistance under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>International Disaster Assistance</quote>, and <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote> shall be made available for the regular and systematic collection of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries to enhance the quality and relevance of such assistance: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feedback is collected and used by implementing partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB97579D228A44D6187349202FB3C6355"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ex-post evaluations</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $10,000,000 should be made available for ex-post evaluations of the effectiveness and sustainability of United States Government-funded assistance programs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB9D9C28701B4F94B6A01F0E572305B8"><enum>(j)</enum><header>HIV/AIDS working capital fund</header><text>Funds available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</external-xref>) may be made available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to the terms and conditions in such section: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</external-xref>) shall be exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State shall include in the congressional budget justification an accounting of budgetary resources, disbursements, balances, and reimbursements related to such fund.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7D818A91BDEF4C989F4336D9AFFD4FF5"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Loans, consultation, and notification</header><paragraph id="H6B4DE6408CF4477ABF375DA8F0DB7163"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Loan guarantees</header><text>Funds appropriated under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> and <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> 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, Small Island Developing States, and Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That amounts made available 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H654D517DD5D24D8DBADB1E23E7C00387"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign military financing direct loans</header><text>During fiscal year 2024, direct loans under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be made available for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Major Non-NATO Allies, notwithstanding section 23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, gross obligations for the principal amounts of which shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, including balances that were previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operation/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such loans: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and may include the costs of selling, reducing, or cancelling any amounts owed to the United States or any agency of the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That the Government of the United States may charge fees for such loans, which shall be collected from borrowers in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That no funds made available to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Major Non-NATO Allies by this or any other appropriations Act for this fiscal year or prior fiscal years may be used for payment of any fees associated with such loans: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That such loans shall be repaid in not more than 12 years, including a grace period of up to one year on repayment of principal: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That amounts made available under this paragraph for such costs shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC10DD06941064B6FA37C2BA6A0230935"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign military financing loan guarantees</header><text>Funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, including balances that were previously designated by the Congress 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, may be made available, notwithstanding the third proviso under such heading, for the costs of loan guarantees under section 24 of the Arms Export Control Act for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Major Non-NATO Allies: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso> That such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of commercial loans, and total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $8,000,000,000: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That no loan guarantee with respect to any one borrower may exceed 80 percent of the loan principal: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That any loan guaranteed under this paragraph may not be subordinated to another debt contracted by the borrower or to any other claims against the borrower in the case of default: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That repayment in United States dollars of any loan guaranteed under this paragraph shall be required within a period not to exceed 12 years after the loan agreement is signed: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That the Government of the United States may charge fees for such loan guarantees, as may be determined, notwithstanding section 24 of the Arms Export Control Act, which shall be collected from borrowers or third parties on behalf of such borrowers in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That amounts made available 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0EB6BC3F07744D57B3437E3D567B9BD1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to offering Foreign Military Financing Program loans or loan guarantees to Major Non-NATO Allies, the Secretary of State shall determine and report to the appropriate congressional committees that such partners do not support any foreign adversary as defined by 15 CFR § 7.4.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF85707F9BDD24712909E3E2CF7534C87"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation and notification</header><text>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 Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB3C60BE84854E7FBA7484A09E6B7C69"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Local works</header><paragraph id="HDAB08151CF3C4A5A9D69BC6F3258F566"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote> and <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for Local Works pursuant to section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</external-xref>), which may remain available until September 30, 2028.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H192D358BBF7E4A9A9CC7B5426394915C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>For the purposes of section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</external-xref>), <quote>eligible entities</quote> shall be defined as small local, international, 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: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That departments or centers of such educational institutions may be considered individually in determining such eligibility.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC109227E5C8C4AB0B51F7AC89D930CE6"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Definitions</header><paragraph id="H77678EE48DF5483CBCD827BA207F891B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EB427EE927C4B42BA932D92E97B9324"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funds appropriated by this act and prior acts</header><text>Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the term <term>funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs</term> means funds that remain available for obligation, and have not expired.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H99162DC0520A48FC8300039A90B04EC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International financial institutions</header><text>In this Act <quote>international financial institutions</quote> means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian Development 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H53A6CC16F5AA41B38C6FB0655CC9EEFB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Spend plan</header><text>In this Act, the term <term>spend plan</term> means a plan for the uses of funds appropriated for a particular entity, country, program, purpose, or account and which shall include, at a minimum, a description of—</text><subparagraph id="H9364985026AE46EE9E53CF1381A5A26C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for measuring progress, and a timeline for achieving such goals;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00EC60EB606B4E40A65AAAD880E1B0E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>amounts and sources of funds by account;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BF7FCCC8F8B43F3A491EC87C98F7E46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how such funds will complement other ongoing or planned programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEBBEF9EFF674B9DAF436CA58140CA96"><enum>(D)</enum><text>implementing partners, to the maximum extent practicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H59803813C7AD48F0A66B33293E3DD7CD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Successor operating unit</header><text>Any reference to a particular operating unit or office in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be deemed to include any successor operating unit performing the same or similar functions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE70BD3335804D52A862A3DCEE738D88"><enum>(6)</enum><header>USAID</header><text>In this Act, the term <term>USAID</term> means the United States Agency for International Development.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HF9F1AFAC3B8E4DC688B2DF559F6FDC42"><header>LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY</header></appropriations-small><section id="H5BB6E13750DC4E10B148F3DC3D65404B"><enum>7035.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5DBC1C36FCCE43A696BB581A4426B9E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance</header><paragraph id="HB4113235B95046518977146C3EBD3230"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community-based police assistance</header><text>Funds made available under titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority through training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that support democratic governance, including assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address violence against women and girls, and foster improved police relations with the communities they serve.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAC2715355014ECF9545CB7CEFFDB622"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Combat casualty care</header><subparagraph id="HC926A7C712544D37A85DFC6F80E9BF68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Consistent with the objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Peacekeeping Operations</quote> and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> shall be made available for combat casualty training and equipment in an amount above the prior fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1FFF7DC296847AEA21D861FA63AEBF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary of State shall offer combat casualty care training and equipment as a component of any package of lethal assistance funded by this Act with funds appropriated under the headings <quote>Peacekeeping Operations</quote> and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the requirement of this subparagraph shall apply to a country in conflict, unless the Secretary determines that such country has in place, to the maximum extent practicable, functioning combat casualty care treatment and equipment that meets or exceeds the standards recommended by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any such training and equipment for combat casualty care shall be made available through an open and competitive process.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0147A7B31904C99AD7C5060F0D37846"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities</header><paragraph id="H916EF0BE8A414A3B80409872F69BEFA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reconstituting civilian police authority</header><text>In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging from instability.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA943CE72426C4B87A1EA7E5219B6DECD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration</header><text>Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</external-xref>) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB90CA4D3821E4524B8A03F6EF1E3C973"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commercial leasing of defense articles</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>) may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and Major Non-NATO Allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H437AB0D61A6D4462AEF4A1558B85BF0A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special defense acquisition fund</header><text>Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2795">22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)</external-xref>) for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the provision of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries or international organizations from the Fund shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA57BF92FFDF14C15895F6E29996D8452"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Extension of War reserves stockpile authority</header><subparagraph id="HE46A1320887C44B8BDC7B429EF354997"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/287">Public Law 108–287</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking <quote>2025</quote> and inserting <quote>2026</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CC95CAECE0544CB8A16DAA27DBCF787"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321h">22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or 2025</quote> and inserting <quote>2025 and 2026</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H120E436B817441A983E24792DA2D96FD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><subparagraph id="HC8316F936EBB46079B9F48A1023E0A76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding Section 503(a)(3) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/195">Public Law 87–195</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2311">22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)</external-xref>), the procurement of defense articles and services funded on a non-repayable basis under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be priced to include the costs of salaries of members of the Armed Forces of the United States engaged in security assistance activities pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 341 (relating to the State Partnership Program): <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That this section shall only apply to funds that remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2024.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16AA57EDAEE94ADD919748FA038200CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, equipment procured with funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading <quote>Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund</quote> may be used for any other program and in any region: <italic>Provided</italic>, That use of this authority shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H476F0C39C5AA4872A71D386CAA14DA25"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><paragraph id="H77B6D15D2B6841E3AB5231E57C6188F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child soldiers</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act should not be used to support any military training or operations that include child soldiers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7EB12504A1564AE7985AEF4C82A2676E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Landmines and cluster munitions</header><subparagraph id="H6BFC6B2E482E448198A3E0BD72843ABF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, demining equipment available to the United States Agency for International Development and the Department of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State may prescribe.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAB6A5F690EE483EBB76004BFDDF09B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cluster munitions</header><text>No military assistance shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or transferred, unless—</text><clause id="H68D8F58BD6B94FD3AABACC056182F24B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the submunitions of the cluster munitions, after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance across the range of intended operational environments, and the agreement applicable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies that the cluster munitions will only be used against clearly defined military targets and will not be used where civilians are known to be present or in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or</text></clause><clause id="H310296D15196446E8577713FBA00F7E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such cluster munitions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3BF9A8A0AEB4A2AB6A1FAC562DC9212"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Crowd control</header><text>If the Secretary of State has information that a unit of a foreign security force uses excessive force to repress peaceful expression or assembly concerning corruption, harm to the environment or human health, or the fairness of electoral processes, or in countries that are undemocratic or undergoing democratic transition, the Secretary shall promptly determine if such information is credible: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That if the information is determined to be credible, funds appropriated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for such unit, unless the Secretary of State determines that the foreign government is taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of such unit to justice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56BAC90C65384FA498971A04F688DF04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="H32C70FA9A13448D094862B517EE7E6D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Security assistance report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on funds obligated and expended during fiscal year 2023, by country and purpose of assistance, under the headings <quote>Peacekeeping Operations</quote>, <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE302D27CF083452D813EE7393D76C1FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual foreign military training report</header><text>For the purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term <term>military training provided to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense and the Department of State</term> shall be deemed to include all military training provided by foreign governments with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Department of State, except for training provided by the government of a country designated by section 517(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321k">22 U.S.C. 2321k(b)</external-xref>) as a Major Non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such third-country training shall be clearly identified in the report submitted pursuant to section 656 of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H503A0952244B4CC68AE729C7FC22B08B"><header>Combating Trafficking in Persons</header></appropriations-small><section id="HB0C07D8A8D9E4011B5999B7E23758517"><enum>7036.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9B364600AC8D4B86B6A2998C918E1940"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0AC6E5ECD82B455A9E9E116A9D27CF7A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, and <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, not less than $123,900,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally, including for the Program to End Modern Slavery, of which not less than $92,000,000 shall be from funds made available under the heading <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That funds made available by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, and <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote> that are made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons should be obligated and programmed consistent with the country-specific recommendations included in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and shall be coordinated with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4476BE34BD3A4EE78C2B8AAA10D696A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Of the funds made available by this Act, not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to further develop, standardize, and update training for all United States Government personnel under Chief of Mission authority posted at United States embassies and consulates abroad, on recognizing signs of human trafficking, and protocols for reporting such cases.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3BBA00FD33A747D9B528BAE9DDED3B3E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conferences</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for international conferences may not be made available for such conferences in Tier 3 countries, as defined by section 104 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>), unless the purpose of the conference is to combat human trafficking or is in the United States national security interest, as determined by the Secretary of State.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HBB831E54E6C443D5BD0404C0DEA7D987"><header>PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD</header></appropriations-small><section id="H9D6E60B8EFEB42A1AC8EA2EA678A550F"><enum>7037.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDCD547C80110458EBD1D65BCF56BA1C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text><paragraph id="H3D585E0DE600495FBB3377F60E5C4571"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the governing entity of a new Palestinian state—</text><subparagraph id="HFDBE2D87D51C4581AA981CFB5D78A4F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA74AA890352141608A7C7940E5ACC7FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exercises full territorial jurisdiction over the Gaza strip; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59A76DED33D64A0793F5F048A544C3C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5928B9A15C5E43DA9FDBAD78F3689A18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist within the context of full and normal relationships, which should include—</text><subparagraph id="H9C88F650ABDC4CF39D0EE64538FC5DE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>termination of all claims or states of belligerency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FC9FECD651147D287AD5B4457029CCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of every state in the area through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE37029BA571F4C6D9A652FE435AC50A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B937132F2B6469C9EF731DF31B87FFC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05BA9C03638643DE82D914898B882DA2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a framework for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1A90DCECB164EDAA4BE20F18C2FF806"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable governance.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8376B3E3C7D2499F8EE99AE7BEBC5DD4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive subsection (a) if the President determines that it is important to the national security interest of the United States to do so.</text></subsection><subsection id="H963F63B33F06489D96AB58A136FAAE44"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 7040 of this Act (<quote>Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian Authority</quote>).</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HFA8CAFD3F272456F8237047FAF6A18F3"><header>PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION</header></appropriations-small><section id="H41197B70984A4B06849D437FFF146A6B"><enum>7038.</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H642C6B7556BE4068BC2EF7CD9A75D42C"><header>ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA</header></appropriations-small><section id="H10FE573D68B4419596B6F2992BA0B1CF"><enum>7039.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC1DD3D65526246FC9F2F023013D3CCD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>For fiscal year 2024, 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures have been established to assure the Comptroller General of the United States will have access to appropriate United States financial information in order to review the uses of United States assistance for the Program funded under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> for the West Bank and Gaza.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8ED40EAC430B45C1910FD6F04CFB5FB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vetting</header><text>Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through any individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the entity's governing board or governing board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated foreign terrorist organization: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institution which the Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDAE6B8940BFC46158D6BE72A041FDABB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><paragraph id="H4A7C61A0E68C4923BB73585BEEC8F954"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recognition of acts of terrorism</header><text>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program may be made available for—</text><subparagraph id="H205107739559446E9309866B5EA00DA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BBC980F9DF34FCEBD65DA618FD2A712"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any educational institution located in the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an individual who the Secretary of State determines has committed an act of terrorism.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B60AC1298474EEB924BA1E69C63FD10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Security assistance and reporting requirement</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this or prior appropriations Acts, including funds made available by transfer, may be made available for obligation for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on—</text><subparagraph id="H5705CE1579FD41788118932BB92A6A8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the benchmarks that have been established for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46DF422ABDA74E74B51063DEF09C5D8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the steps being taken by the Palestinian Authority to end torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, including by bringing to justice members of Palestinian security forces who commit such crimes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6003DD4499CA4E8B928B6E9D49F4F109"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Oversight by the united states agency for international development</header><paragraph id="HF9EFE7A4242340E880A271AF823FF9FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, among other things, compliance with this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H19DF931F77154A6894967E31583AFB4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to $1,500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development for audits, investigations, and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H151F8FEA30534977A059DACA2CAB1578"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Comptroller general of the united states audit</header><text>Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2024 under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, and such audit shall address—</text><paragraph id="H66D48096426349E7B963EA102B9476A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to which such Program complies with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2DED977AE194F7785A090D9A5865607"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an examination of all programs, projects, and activities carried out under such Program, including both obligations and expenditures.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE86A82339FAD4F1AABC2A29D81B00DC0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notification procedures</header><text>Funds made available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HDB7D045CE104472086B89499E28CF6CE"><header>LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY</header></appropriations-small><section id="H25A3D4AD9F9044C6B211F2CFC0452906"><enum>7040.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC3432F0A77C4413498BBF28AF45BB67A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition of funds</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA9B5532F4E614C188297D6F1A9D0BDB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important to the national security interest of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="H14BE35097F0443FC8513DB7CDA2F46DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of application of waiver</header><text>Any waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB922C527A3384B8DAE3BF60B6A043B9C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.</text></subsection><subsection id="HFCD3594F816D43C787F4FBFEAAF506EE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>If the President exercises the waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority has established a single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at promoting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with Israel.</text></subsection><subsection id="H70EDF40AD31A40DF95DA2D2BD03209E7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prohibition to hamas and the palestine liberation organization</header><paragraph id="HD2E933942A284BEEAE6628B6344F7E80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated in titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing government of which Hamas is a member, or that results from an agreement with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises undue influence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H229DF6AC0E184733A8EFB67E90123758"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing government only if the President certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF0DBF8303F14A2C86BBE64864EF5AC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The President may exercise the authority in section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/446">Public Law 109–446</external-xref>) with respect to this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE55062E950264EF394F9C19500743CFC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Whenever the certification pursuant to paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the certification and every quarter thereafter on whether such government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent are continuing to comply with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the report shall also detail the amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance provided pursuant to the abovementioned certification and a full accounting of any direct support of such government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7517990B736948E18AC861FA7E5B5668"><enum>(5)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H31B3F2184B4244768461671612A69624"><header>MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA</header></appropriations-small><section id="H12B28B9F1D5B4544959F082ECED3637C"><enum>7041.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB877D4883F9E432990E0AB6DA8A5E3D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Egypt</header><paragraph id="H6B600F4768A0487993DC2BAB22156F85" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Egypt—</text><subparagraph id="H8C21F57D62B14E36AC5FDFF01ED0E02F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available from funds under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, of which not less than $40,000,000 should be made available for higher education programs, including not less than $15,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian students with high financial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Egypt that are currently accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or meets standards equivalent to those required for United States institutional accreditation by a regional accrediting agency recognized by such Department: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such funds shall be made available for democracy programs, and for development programs in the Sinai.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEE376184DDE411191C0810D4B9E1E5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available from funds under the heading “Foreign Military Financing Program”, to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That such funds may be transferred to an interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4DE31E3FA1F04A5EB4BBB21AF7B661C9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional Security Assistance</header><text>In addition to funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), not less than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> shall be made available for assistance for Egypt.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B2D5432A6E843CFA3684E5E15EAF2F1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification and report</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for Egypt may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be made available for assistance for the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is—</text><subparagraph id="HD728B564441A4A9FA037042C9A5F9CF3" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sustaining the strategic relationship with the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D6E386994274071B31BE5D53E7E3A1B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DA0E997E3E14DA0A690489FABDA222E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Iran</header><paragraph id="H341C60A0A12041D9AD48E3133721CA99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, and <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote> shall be made available by the Secretary of State—</text><subparagraph id="H2C2220E90E7B430DA7A0CCD0BA825F19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to support the United States policy to prevent Iran from achieving the capability to produce or otherwise obtain a nuclear weapon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7C12EE7FFFC4DA0AA3A6DF67A243A2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support an expeditious response to any violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions or to efforts that advance Iran’s nuclear program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1400DDC7A5B94A40AA1D9421F595A05F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support the implementation and enforcement of sanctions against Iran for support of nuclear weapons development, terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic missile and weapons proliferation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D5124B7F3E4461881ED08B890D1D25"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for democracy programs in support of the aspirations of the Iranian people.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBDF4D4A33AC54637B0C0CD3B1B79A225"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><subparagraph id="H726E8DC5B05447CF8824F3BB59ADB3F1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Semi-annual report</header><text>The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the semi-annual report required by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2160e">42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)</external-xref>), as added by section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/17">Public Law 114–17</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CBF891ECCA34B31AFF98D665B5D8260"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sanctions report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on—</text><clause id="HE1365DA0E08D4DC4BE3E760A68C2D3A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the status of United States bilateral sanctions on Iran;</text></clause><clause id="H9718EB0B47684C09922DEFFAECAD666A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reimposition and renewed enforcement of secondary sanctions; and</text></clause><clause id="HCB1A991232B44841AB85AF77EE2C320A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the impact such sanctions have had on Iran’s destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C1B4208E6704F77A75170586C2A43F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be—</text><subparagraph id="H75B0E3B658B541BFB938F5666401EF2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>used to implement or enforce a future agreement with the Government of Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran, or a renewal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action adopted on October 18, 2015, until such agreement is transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 135 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2160e">42 U.S.C. 2160e</external-xref>) and such agreement is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate as a treaty and has received the concurrence of two-thirds of Senators concurring;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E19FB9D3C3F4513B3088089E0C7D1D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made available to any foreign entity or person that is subject to United Nations or United States bilateral sanctions with respect to the Government of Iran or an entity organized under the laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of such government; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA51FFB221236408A9C34289C437716C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>used to revoke the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43C5D35436E245ECA7F801EFE00116B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Iraq</header><paragraph id="H41816E5921AF4D0C9A12EC73F97F0F50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq for—</text><subparagraph id="H54D466A9A702436EA6C52241E43D978D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>bilateral economic assistance and international security assistance, including in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDC1B666AA9E4CF9BEC0CC1A8922576E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>stabilization assistance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28F03D919ED6448184D300F4424D94D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>programs to support government transparency and accountability, judicial independence, protect the right of due process, and combat corruption;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF897585727F54925AAEEB32DF107721F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>humanitarian assistance, including in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D702E4486CD4DF6AA89E206F23E3E9F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>programs to protect and assist religious and ethnic minority populations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DEC6DE9C798443AB84FC201797D5C5D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>programs to increase United States private sector investment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEAC07DE4F3C433FA188B93DB5850D98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through VI may not be made available to an organization or entity controlled by, or an affiliate of, the Badr Organization or to any other organization or entity for which the Secretary of State has credible information is a proxy of Iran.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA80C0F4446C04441A3265AC893E6C607"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Israel</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $725,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development.</text></subsection><subsection id="HFBC3F84CA6F148A5A951F98BF3933963" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Jordan</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $1,650,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not less than $845,100,000 shall be made available for budget support for the Government of Jordan and not less than $425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA6186141CCCA407A9670B01036613D16"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Lebanon</header><paragraph id="H2DC0C12F53454DEC8FE89C5E0C6EE7E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC51C5A160D004A7080F670B15DAC8118"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Security assistance</header><subparagraph id="H85087299D8354313A591434403EEF4BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote> and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> that are made available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available for programs and equipment for the ISF and the LAF to address security and stability requirements in areas affected by conflict in Syria, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB81B87CF5ED04A11BDF3ADE3440EC2D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> that are made available for assistance for Lebanon may only be made available for programs to—</text><clause id="H3F8A5FA5CE144374A646D9033768FBA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>professionalize the LAF to mitigate internal and external threats from non-state actors, including Hizballah;</text></clause><clause id="HF5A753740C564042809F9C62E00507B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>strengthen the security of borders and combat terrorism, including training and equipping the LAF to secure the borders of Lebanon and address security and stability requirements in areas affected by conflict in Syria, interdicting arms shipments, and preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups; and</text></clause><clause id="HE4003E15433D4E13B2CD661C8F5DF923"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701:</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph"><proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That prior to obligating funds made available by this subparagraph for assistance for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan, including actions to be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is used only for the intended purposes, except such plan may not be considered as meeting the notification requirements under section 7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any notification submitted pursuant to such section shall include any funds specifically intended for lethal military equipment.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8CC4EDB5EB70489583925396015D097C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Morocco</header><text>Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Morocco.</text></subsection><subsection id="HFBE3B5F65FE743F994E1D2C742F0BCEB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Saudi arabia</header><paragraph id="HF82A65AE609E4E7BA2DDC61AB977327B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote> should be made available for assistance for the Government of Saudi Arabia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3DD0541190E4D0DA96F3D4142F93E10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs should be obligated or expended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to guarantee, insure, or extend (or participate in the extension of) credit in connection with the export of nuclear technology, equipment, fuel, materials, or other nuclear technology-related goods or services to Saudi Arabia unless the Government of Saudi Arabia—</text><subparagraph id="HEC7123A192474EF0906790EB4DBAE0B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has in effect a nuclear cooperation agreement pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2153">42 U.S.C. 2153</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0C3B6FD427347B8B62E4D142007E2C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has committed to renounce uranium enrichment and reprocessing on its territory under that agreement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB20D6062B424D1C9EA0EA10A941123C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has signed and implemented an Additional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF8CD7D0896814882B2661F236953B50D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Syria</header><paragraph id="HA610514B5CE04BAEA25869C7D47194DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-lethal assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for non-lethal stabilization assistance to address the needs of civilians affected by conflict in Syria.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H86B52E7058F0493E826D26D840161915"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="H84CDD0B4B8044EEB9F7AF10D372586AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may not be made available for a project or activity that supports or otherwise legitimizes the Government of Iran, foreign terrorist organizations (as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>)), or a proxy of Iran in Syria;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41667C37740048F5B763DB6FEEAE39F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not be made available for activities that further the strategic objectives of the Government of the Russian Federation that the Secretary of State determines may threaten or undermine United States national security interests; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD64772E718D34558B91D3CDCDC9E9C27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may not be used in areas of Syria controlled by a government led by Bashar al-Assad or associated forces or made available to an organization or entity effectively controlled by an official or immediate family member of an official of such government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E4C400A0E946288BD905EFB728261B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Monitoring, oversight, consultation, and notification</header><subparagraph id="H81705A74FD854032992B41ECAA27AF01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such assistance inside Syria.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5A418DF581A41C9A0B48C434A7F7859"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 7015(j) of this Act regarding the notification of assistance diverted or destroyed shall apply to funds made available for assistance for Syria.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H392C4AB0110D4B14AB4ADFED0413014A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Funds made available pursuant to this subsection may only be made available following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such consultation shall include the steps taken to comply with subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H736B3252FCD94684B16DB188D8FF573A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>West bank and gaza</header><paragraph id="H7BC84DED7540479A8D8F770E67AF52ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report on assistance</header><text>Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance is to—</text><subparagraph id="H9D357C02897A4906A0261470DAD7AEE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advance Middle East peace;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEC3549C92D347B9AAD6E9A6D66EB526"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve security in the region;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB106CC288794441D9EE7C1C014BD933F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>continue support for transparent and accountable government institutions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC4DFF97F15A44BA937DFEC855A02CEC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>promote a private sector economy; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE80B26C690E9407788214F75CCA9E9A0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>address urgent humanitarian needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA922CED41CBE48C98AA6FBC60E4DAD4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><subparagraph id="H18A432B488074ED78B53B5903927654E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> in this Act may be made available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if after the date of enactment of this Act—</text><clause id="H7F11B7C700DE4207956B4C45C79C8885"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Palestinians obtain the same standing as member states or full membership as a state in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A82CDBBB5D548C884BAA7A55C02F58B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Palestinians initiate an International Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1ECDA034DC5B440AA1281AA4AC5F413E"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4CAAB753FC18439692FCD866F2BFE631"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The President may waive the provisions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/204">Public Law 100–204</external-xref>) if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees that the Palestinians have not, after the date of enactment of this Act—</text><subclause id="H6CA50B74AB7644BE8EEAE7FFAA348E33" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>obtained in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof the same standing as member states or full membership as a state outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians;</text></subclause><subclause id="HB940ABC2CA464CAF840F839F1509103C" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>initiated or actively supported an ICC investigation against Israeli nationals for alleged crimes against Palestinians; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HD6B41B106ED24F56A19173A66D681E6A" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>initiated any further action, whether directly or indirectly, based on an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice that undermines direct negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including matters related to final status and Israel’s longstanding security rights and responsibilities.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H869623B87BF44D61BB290CA881472FA4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Not less than 90 days after the President is unable to make the certification pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph, the President may waive section 1003 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/204">Public Law 100–204</external-xref> if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that the Palestinians have entered into direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That any waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/204">Public Law 100–204</external-xref> under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under previous provisions of law must expire before the waiver under this clause may be exercised.</text></clause><clause id="HAC081E10F38B4709AC456AC6F38A9307" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Any waiver pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3AD80E3D183947D7BE1141C300ECC41E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application of taylor force act</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> that are made available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza shall be made available consistent with section 1004(a) of the Taylor Force Act (title X of division S of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/141">Public Law 115–141</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H07055968EFCF4B97868888C670785D64"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Security report</header><text>The reporting requirements in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/252">Public Law 110–252</external-xref>) shall apply to funds made available by this Act, including a description of modifications, if any, to the security strategy of the Palestinian Authority.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H544C9C4522C44B85856362FEC2A8ADAB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Incitement report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing steps taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incitement of violence against Israelis and to promote peace and coexistence with Israel.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E377F05DB324A58BE0BE74CF7B3DEB0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Office Requirements</header><text>The Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem shall report directly to the United States Ambassador to Israel, consistent with the operations of the previous Palestinian Affairs Unit, and may not administer or manage funds appropriated under title III of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H4C60B8D7397F4F90952A6081FCB8EFED"><header>AFRICA</header></appropriations-small><section id="H66B5F81C11C9465B8921E6B7ECCEA71B"><enum>7042.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6323AD86A02D4CA49A85114887F4403C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Counter illicit armed groups</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for programs and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) or other illicit armed groups in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, including to improve physical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child soldiers.</text></subsection><subsection id="H53B8689CB81D4B4F81FC3649ACB6CBE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ethiopia</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Ethiopia should be used to support—</text><paragraph id="HBDCD2C0B5FB246C8BA21E6E0D95B1FD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement in Tigray;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1445D95A102D43DDA73BAE6B8853BD53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>political dialogues and confidence building measures to end other conflicts in the country;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2804D7919D646AA821125C73440CA06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>civil society and protect human rights;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H192141AE03B14D58ACD7A875A3EF5C7A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>efforts to provide unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5AE69D588C94D4AB4020CB276D6DF4F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>investigations and prosecutions of gross violations of human rights; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB431C7DB4D20495BB51FD7C3D6B23D3F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>restoration of basic services in areas impacted by conflict.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H845EDFB5492B40FDAABC08E08BE8E090"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Malawi</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for higher education programs in Malawi shall be made available for higher education and workforce development programs in agriculture as described under this section in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5F20FDD4AC5046DF822FE6C9C37893B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Power Africa all-of-the-above energy policy</header><text>None of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be made available for renewable energy programs as part of Power Africa until the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that no less than the total funds allocated for renewable energy during the previous fiscal year has been allocated in fiscal year 2024 for other sources of energy included in paragraph (8) of section 3 of the Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/121">Public Law 114–121</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="HDF09477CB0394592831A8D94E6F11A5F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>South sudan</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under title IV may be made available for assistance for the central Government of South Sudan, except to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues associated with such Agreement, or any other viable peace agreement in South Sudan: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for any new program, project, or activity in South Sudan shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3D260FE3143548799AEF3A1E19E6CD91"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sudan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for any new program, project, or activity in Sudan shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H30AD4C7622A84D098A46DC1E3B71A7F1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Zimbabwe</header><paragraph id="HA0B62CBBA6DD4B928EE85F8C9D8B8064"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Instruction</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to vote against any extension by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and assembly.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A09DDC5F62B4738B75130BECC3A2DBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for assistance for the central Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and education, unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports as required in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H98860BB6CA3F4B37A196FD1C157E9132"><header>EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC</header></appropriations-small><section id="H42EBD27AFB73411C92E7162684AC4D99"><enum>7043.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H327AF4589FED4042B987CFFB6DCDEFAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Burma</header><paragraph id="HC833C7B204A34088A25A2463A2152E9A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> may be made available for assistance for Burma to support implementation of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 5575 of the BURMA Act of 2022 (subtitle E of title LV of division E of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>), and, which—</text><subparagraph id="H19392C6889E344ABB87A83CD288F6DF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to countries, except for the limitations of section 5576 of such Act and section 7008 of this Act, and following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FC63E8B385949568F005DBC3A84484F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be made available for support for the administrative operations and programs of entities that support peaceful efforts to establish an inclusive and representative democracy in Burma and a federal union to foster equality and justice among Burma’s diverse ethnic groups;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BFD0F2FC4DB41AB8A4D7EBC56756F83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be made available for programs to promote ethnic and religious tolerance, unity, and accountability and to combat violence against women and girls across Burma, and among Burmese displaced and refugee populations in the region;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC75CA0E9C2147E0BF201BEDE97A63AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall be made available for community-based organizations with experience operating in Thailand and may be made available elsewhere outside of Burma to provide food, medical, and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons in Burma, in addition to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEA8E838B1CC4D35A0A82B572861AB7F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall be made available for programs and activities to investigate and document violations of human rights in Burma committed by the military junta and its affiliated militias.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D36BC9386B64D709EC47B74AE9D39EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>International security assistance</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote> and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> may be made available for assistance for Burma.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF45B2D4BFEB49F4BE7DCBC8805948E7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Burma may be made available to the State Administration Council or any organization or entity controlled by, or an affiliate of, the armed forces of Burma, or to any individual or organization that has committed a gross violation of human rights or advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups or individuals in Burma, as determined by the Secretary of State for programs administered by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development or the President of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for programs administered by NED.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C75D20103644F6B81B539856D131DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Any new program or activity in Burma initiated in fiscal year 2024 shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD2A4B3E8AEC34F2FAC899080FE857C21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cambodia</header><paragraph id="HD2FEC93B0AAF416FB420BC8B327F9D76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification and exceptions</header><subparagraph id="HEB0850AA50544BE1A8B3E422851F3AEC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for the Government of Cambodia may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such Government is taking effective steps to—</text><clause id="H551E19B0BE094C62B5281D2D8F268AC3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>strengthen regional security and stability, particularly regarding territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the enforcement of international sanctions with respect to North Korea;</text></clause><clause id="H2082335345E04D1AA74D1D234A035BBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assert its sovereignty against interference by the People’s Republic of China, including by verifiably maintaining the neutrality of Ream Naval Base, other military installations in Cambodia, and dual use facilities such as the runway at the Dara Sakor development project;</text></clause><clause id="HF3F59CE8BB0340E793E83166667FD31F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>cease violence, threats, and harassment against civil society and the political opposition in Cambodia, and dismiss any politically motivated criminal charges against critics of the government; and</text></clause><clause id="H1C1030B947FD474F9683493C046CA6C8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>respect the rights, freedoms, and responsibilities enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia as enacted in 1993.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF00F5AC7C266441C8D8F41D87539A740"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The certification required by subparagraph (A) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act and made available for programs to strengthen the sovereignty of Cambodia, and programs to educate and inform the people of Cambodia of the influence activities of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H557F2E30AEC740948A8CC6913CCD712D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uses of funds</header><text>Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for Cambodia shall be made available for—</text><subparagraph id="H2486D8173B754FC59E562A06380D4BE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>research, documentation, and education programs associated with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43BB44BD0874411BA2E299AA8C950FB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>programs in the Khmer language to monitor, map, and publicize the efforts by the People’s Republic of China to expand its influence in Cambodia.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C671C43E4B0497BACE47BAA780B44D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Indo-Pacific strategy and the asia reassurance initiative act of 2018</header><paragraph id="H903B6560959A4C5FB3B6AE563485E883"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Diplomatic engagement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated under title I of this Act, not less than $1,238,255,000 should be made available to support implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/409">Public Law 115–409</external-xref>): <italic>Provided</italic>, That funds under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Program</quote> that are allocated pursuant to this paragraph may be transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading <quote>Related Programs</quote> in title I of this Act and under the heading <quote>Operating Expenses</quote> in title II of this Act to carry out the purposes of this paragraph: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the transfer authority of this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by this Act or any other Act and shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H49390233A8474F97AD93171194B9A9BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $2,161,745,000 shall be made available to support implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/409">Public Law 115–409</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3D29EEE4196411381F1BEC27D7CDF1B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Countering prc influence fund</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made available for a Countering PRC Influence Fund to counter the influence of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party and entities acting on their behalf globally, which shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further</italic></proviso>, That up to 10 percent of such funds shall be held in reserve to respond to unanticipated opportunities to counter PRC influence: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the uses of such funds shall be the joint responsibility of the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, and shall be allocated as described under this section in the report accompanying this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> may remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated by this Act for such Fund under the headings <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2836969423194D5594FADC9F50482CAF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Restriction on uses of funds</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for any project or activity that directly supports or promotes—</text><subparagraph id="HD9B1AD9CCC0C48EA81AAE4EC5AAC29E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Belt and Road Initiative or any dual-use infrastructure projects of the People’s Republic of China; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H743A2A772E8F4D3DA0E137E9B873DA2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of technology, including biotechnology, digital, telecommunications, and cyber, developed by the People’s Republic of China unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, determines that such use does not adversely impact the national security of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF7B0C039C54F4BFCBBEB442CEDB7F4F2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Maps</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act should be used to create, procure, or display any map that inaccurately depicts the territory and social and economic system of Taiwan and the islands or island groups administered by Taiwan authorities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5EB89DD1B99B4F6BAD4B283DD593F3AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>North korea</header><paragraph id="HFF243F921E244CFA968CA21D5CBC702E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cybersecurity</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees engages in significant transactions contributing materially to the malicious cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Government of North Korea: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State shall submit the report required by section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/122">Public Law 114–122</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9229">22 U.S.C. 9229</external-xref>) to the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State may waive the application of the restriction in this paragraph with respect to assistance for the central government of a country if the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is important to the national security interest of the United States, including a description of such interest served.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBAB6A1BE308B48179E4475073AD45B26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Broadcasts</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>International Broadcasting Operations</quote> shall be made available to maintain broadcasting hours into North Korea at levels not less than the prior fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB9A55F59C7B44D78C64421DA641A4C5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Human rights</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> and <quote>Democracy Fund</quote> shall be made available for the promotion of human rights in North Korea: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the authority of section 7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB00946F7619C43519F96838CC527D83D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> may be made available for assistance for the Government of North Korea.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H452E2D2A7B044D5A89DD65E13AB9B5F5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pacific islands countries</header><paragraph id="H6B9CDA985CB148A8BD06CCBF70B56EB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Operations</header><text>Funds appropriated under title I in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for establishing and operating diplomatic facilities in Kiribati, Tonga, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, subject to section 7015(a)(3) of this Act and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H938CF97DBF0B407EAF38796A28B6C134"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, not less than $175,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Pacific Islands countries following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available for joint development and security programs between the United States and such countries in coordination with regional allies and partners, including Taiwan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2E98728904A04E14AEBCFC3DBB1CD1CE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>People's republic of china</header><paragraph id="H6C916229D7A34E228B0A13F0FBDB263B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><subparagraph id="HEAC0D67B5F7F4C76A598BFEF5787B8DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB6D836611874294AF6358CF0D149600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, or enforce any action that directly supports or facilitates forced labor or other violations of human rights, crimes against humanity, or genocide in the People’s Republic of China.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H36C6F0B73E4A4718B04B0EF98F7090D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hong kong</header><subparagraph id="H99D468ADAEC54FB495F56C18F591B85F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Democracy programs</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the first paragraph under the heading <quote>Democracy Fund</quote>, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for democracy and Internet freedom programs for Hong Kong, including legal and other support for democracy activists.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99AD9D4F121A4326AB7932880AB35803"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The report required under section 7043(f)(3)(C) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) shall be updated and submitted to the Congress in the manner described.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H786D901662754A6385859D4D46289ED8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Philippines</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for the Philippines.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF16150992F3E47EC97562CE64CB71121" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Taiwan</header><paragraph id="H5712AE8110AC4142B0F88862778C5F3D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Global cooperation and training framework</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, which shall be administered by the American Institute in Taiwan, and shall be apportioned and allotted to the American Institute in Taiwan not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BD3149465A24CAC879EBDC73E0EBB61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign military financing program</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, not less than $500,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) shall be made available for assistance for Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(h) of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title LV of division E of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall prioritize the delivery of defense articles and services for Taiwan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B336C8DB62D45B99E8E947FF425AD38" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign military financing program loan and loan guarantee authority</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, except for amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans and loan guarantees for Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(g) of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title LV of division E of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB2DFBA63FAE74997B8B0508660925DE6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fellowship program</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan</quote> shall be made available to establish a Taiwan Fellowship Program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5D7691A6F92A4EAFABC6BFE0439E6AAB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses of funds made available pursuant to this subsection: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FAB6A6B6A9E4E78BB45CA4A36A44FE5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Tibet</header><paragraph id="H796D2638A1CD4741A7E5C22B18164AF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Programs for tibetan communities</header><subparagraph id="H119DC4D1C3434B22A3958AC3846776A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available to nongovernmental organizations with experience working with Tibetan communities to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development, education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, as authorized by section 346(d) of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (subtitle E of title III of division FF of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D16D61FA71840D5B7B66E45C9418EA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for programs to promote and preserve Tibetan culture and language in the refugee and diaspora Tibetan communities, development, and the resilience of Tibetan communities and the Central Tibetan Administration in India and Nepal, and to assist in the education and development of the next generation of Tibetan leaders from such communities, as authorized by section 346(e) of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (subtitle E of title III of division FF of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds are in addition to amounts made available in subparagraph (A) for programs inside Tibet.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A792BE9C9C84A1A84B4482D4307EFAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to strengthen the capacity of the Central Tibetan Administration, as authorized by section 346(f) of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (subtitle E of title III of division FF of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>), of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to address economic growth and capacity building activities, including for displaced Tibetan refugee families in India and Nepal to help them meet basic needs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be administered by USAID.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H83C9D6C652954C83816DFF60EE4EE43A"><header>SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA</header></appropriations-small><section id="H24F8F3C020E3420D88617E10FDC7B59F"><enum>7044.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H40E3F90DD87F4459A01201F1A7EAECAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Afghanistan</header><paragraph id="H8E8472EB8D2A4924A0A6FDD32F31877A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs and made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available for—</text><subparagraph id="H626591ADECD74BF3B7B016B51477117F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance to the Taliban; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCAA4297180C41EB8DA0AD90E4720FDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a United States contribution to a multi-donor trust fund for Afghanistan unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such contribution will not benefit the Taliban, directly or indirectly.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC31FF1611A7B42779F12431F9A5528ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Afghan Women-led Organizations</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan shall be made available for a program for Afghan women-led organizations to support education, human rights, and economic livelihoods in Afghanistan: <italic>Provided</italic>, That such program shall be co-designed by Afghan women.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H099607FE438A45D78610763F0C8B7B58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Afghan students</header><text>Funds appropriated under title III of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be made available to—</text><subparagraph id="H475C8084CE0340318664BCD509D4025F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support the higher education of students from Afghanistan studying outside of the country, including the costs of reimbursement to institutions hosting such students, as appropriate: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of funds for such purposes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A75D92D0C794B5C8BE91AD5BD9972BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide modified learning opportunities for women and girls in Afghanistan, including but not limited to, efforts to expand internet access, online schooling, and distribution of educational content.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H860D821F8B8549D29B0A8BB25F186053"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pakistan</header><paragraph id="H695387AB6F454A159F6891B80AC7F1AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> that are made available for assistance for Pakistan may only be made available to support counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB496A075FDB740489B6EADD6EF5446A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withholding</header><text>Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State reports to the appropriate congressional committees that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison and cleared of all charges relating to the assistance provided to the United States in locating Osama bin Laden.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B7A25B0BBA141429E17E920E39C4DB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sri lanka</header><paragraph id="HB093DE08751646AA8564948D8FD76ED6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic development programs, particularly in areas recovering from ethnic and religious conflict.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H02BA11084FBE4BB7A030E83BDF51C638"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the central Government of Sri Lanka may be made available only if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such Government is taking effective and consistent steps to—</text><subparagraph id="H6BA6B7EE3A7B465587BDD25FA958442C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect the rights and freedoms of the people of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and religious belief, including by investigating violations of human rights and the laws of war and holding perpetrators of such violations accountable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5B50D320B364B5ABD8B48E089D1DC5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>engage in the fundamental, systemic, political, economic, military, and legal reform necessary to recover from the current financial collapse and to prevent conflict and economic crises in the future;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D168C9C1C364146AF2DC0ED92F5D2E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase transparency and accountability in governance and combat corruption;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0B25928CC7941BBBE3199CFC1FCA631"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assert its sovereignty against influence by the People’s Republic of China; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E9A2B223742462DB26B45F24A26A001"><enum>(E)</enum><text>promote reconciliation between ethnic and religious groups, particularly arising from past conflict in Sri Lanka:</text><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph"><proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the limitations of this paragraph shall not apply to funds made available for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; to protect human rights, locate and identify missing persons, and assist victims of torture and trauma; to promote justice, accountability, and reconciliation; to enhance maritime security and domain awareness; to promote fiscal transparency and sovereignty; and for International Military Education and Training.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC03686538E754894ABB59AF6FC68180E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for the Sri Lankan armed forces may only be made available for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, instruction in human rights and related curricula development, maritime security and domain awareness, including professionalization and training for the navy and coast guard, and for programs and activities under the heading <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HE171DFDBBCDD40A9B175D0944B3904CE"><header>LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN</header></appropriations-small><section id="HFD2027ECDEF24E97B8AB8BC9B02CC8AE"><enum>7045.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6576238B59EC473298177B1BF52E95EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean</header><paragraph id="HC3072A5DB3E242A082DAF3203BC99DE9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV and made available for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean shall be prioritized for countries and programs that are—</text><subparagraph id="H0CD1DC41866A49D7915F44CBD7788245"><enum>(A)</enum><text>countering fentanyl and other narcotics trafficking;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F5A53FF5EF14D68B99264AD3AAAACA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>respecting norms of democracy, constitutional order, and human rights;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4ADBF6EEE3434FFA8D605290462FB6F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>cooperating in the countering of regional and global authoritarian threats; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FAF476BF9CB4751B2F0A3013354F0CF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>demonstrating commitment and progress in offsetting large-scale migration and human trafficking from or through the Western Hemisphere.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF480F59BE11498BB920EAAA8699EAAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Strategic priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees on a hemispheric plan to further the strategic priorities contained in paragraph (1): <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such plan shall include baseline definitions for the requirements in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FAA8F371F0B472DB505399E1784224A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Central America</header><paragraph id="H55A824ECFA604D4290EC6647DCD86DED" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for countries in Central America, including Panama and Costa Rica, and shall be allocated to address the unique circumstances of each country in support of United States security interests in the region.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6703FF8F6C444E29AC5D834B7DA34924" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on Assistance to Certain Central Governments</header><subparagraph id="H99796533CD0347019C5FC22158DB6AD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), 50 percent of such funds that are made available for assistance for each of the central governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, may only be obligated after the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is—</text><clause id="H988C6618FCAB4C31A21072C6562B51AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cooperating with the United States to counter drug trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, and other illicit transnational crime;</text></clause><clause id="H389910D0247244E3BC9AD9BCD7A68719"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cooperating with the United States and other governments in the region to facilitate the return, repatriation, and reintegration of migrants arriving at the southwest border of the United States who do not qualify for asylum, consistent with international law;</text></clause><clause id="H66455C04DDAE47179A75FD6776607E12"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>taking demonstrable actions to secure national borders and stem mass migration towards Mexico and the United States, including positive governance related to combating crime and violence, building economic opportunity, improving services, and protecting human rights;</text></clause><clause id="H476864B63374495091D8C128BFA079EF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improving strategies to combat money laundering and other global financial crimes, and counter corruption, including investigating and prosecuting government officials, military personnel, and police officers credibly alleged to be corrupt;</text></clause><clause id="HC2A8BD6C44CC472B99B8FB1F5F136DAA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>improving rule of law and taking positive steps to counter impunity; and</text></clause><clause id="H26EF25DA9A8C4EBFB01E60BCE88383BB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>improving the conditions for businesses to operate and invest, including investment-friendly tax reform, transparent and expeditious dispute resolution, and legal frameworks protecting private property rights.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB240B3FCE75449DCA638C3E7F143BAA1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The limitation of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for—</text><clause id="HBCE3C405EF6B4D1E8F1D8892D40A18E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>judicial entities to combat corruption and impunity;</text></clause><clause id="H6C13E37E21194F8B924B738DFC62608C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>investigation of human rights abuses;</text></clause><clause id="HFE62CDC83466434D83BF219ED641B633"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>support for women’s economic empowerment;</text></clause><clause id="HB16A9543631E4824A598616B0AAA6A73"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>prevention of violence against women and girls;</text></clause><clause id="H67C21DD241694BB0B6B219EACBEB7F28"><enum>(v)</enum><text>security assistance to combat transnational crime, including narcotics trafficking;</text></clause><clause id="H58C5760C9CC647AE93B10DC7485D3C43"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>security assistance to protect national borders; and</text></clause><clause id="HCB2E267BB88D4753866AAEF5AE1898E4"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>security assistance associated with migration protection.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF81716C9368649B9B5387005A7653C5A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Colombia</header><paragraph id="HA7678FCA4B6E488D85FC44D381C452C1" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for assistance for Colombia may be made available for—</text><subparagraph id="H863602860FA64AB28F49D790D32F3581"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reparation payments or cash subsidies outlined in the 2016 Peace Accords; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CFD44AFC5294AEBA473EF14DE61FCA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alternative development assistance on properties where substances deemed illegal under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 are grown, produced, imported, or distributed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0895BFC0ED864031B544187A6FCE764C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, up to $1,000,000 may be used by the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development for audits and other activities related to compliance with the limitations in paragraph (1): <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H928DB78E4E8F4997BA79618F403D879B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Aircraft supported by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs and made available for assistance for Colombia may be used to transport personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication and interdiction, including security for such activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4EF2E17D2534EDCAF4EB27078C72BCB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cuba</header><paragraph id="H96431238F3E04805A85CD4FE2915BF71" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Democracy programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available to promote democracy and strengthen civil society in Cuba, including to support political prisoners, and shall be administered by the United States Agency for International Development, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Bureau for Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Department of State: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That no funds shall be obligated for business promotion, economic reform, entrepreneurship, or any other assistance that is not democracy building as expressly authorized in the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 and the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H494BD7CFB1D94023A2DD85C6CFD94F7D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Office of Cuba Broadcasting</header><text>Not less than 50 percent of broadcast production of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting shall be allocated for medium- and short-wave broadcasting.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AC28950B53C406390C42A0014F655E1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cuban doctors</header><paragraph id="H1459F8BB5DF843C8B155B6A401EA51C1" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees listing the countries and international organizations for which the Secretary has credible information are directly paying the Government of Cuba for coerced and trafficked labor of Cuban medical professionals: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such report shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H79C3B20A302249CF90F242DA504BE5C2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act under title III may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country or international organization that is listed in the report required by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H340269B554F44A969DF540D4284CEB67" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Resumption of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may resume assistance to the government of a country or international organization listed in the report required by paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such government or international organization no longer pays the Government of Cuba for coerced and trafficked labor of Cuban medical professionals.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7820C31F4DFB4CD4A7AB2C84CD000748"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facilitating irresponsible migration</header><paragraph id="H5BE1DE2DE93442F986071F8F2678C30E" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to encourage, mobilize, publicize, or manage mass-migration caravans towards the United States southwest border: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congressional committees with analysis on the organization and funding of mass-migration caravans in the Western Hemisphere.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H21E5E083DDD8462DA060A338EF02941B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to designate foreign nationals residing in Mexico and awaiting entry into the United States on the Mexico side of the United States border as of May 19, 2023 for Priority 2 processing under the refugee resettlement priority system unless such Priority 2 designation is expressly authorized by a subsequent Act of Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H144219D1A7344D978358E263DB1E2D36"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Haiti</header><paragraph id="H57057B22115342ED9DEBBB65B6D71CE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV shall be made available for assistance for Haiti to support the basic needs of the Haitian people.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8CAC12EEE8B94BD0B1CC6BC7A19ED222"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Haiti may only be made available for the central Government of Haiti if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees by January 1, 2025 that credible elections have been held in Haiti and it is in the national interest of the United States to provide such assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF68B9415C3B443D0BCD453615BF1063A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds may be made available to support—</text><subparagraph id="HF38C614BFB9B4DF392046A17B997957C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>free and fair elections;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H432691A5BC8047749697608FDCAA5645"><enum>(B)</enum><text>anti-gang police and administration of justice programs, including to reduce pre-trial detention and eliminate inhumane prison conditions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77345D08357A49AF91A43D9859E2A2A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public health, food security, subsistence farmers, water and sanitation, education, and other programs to meet basic human needs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA20CD95156B426ABA08F44C2A1ADCEE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>disaster relief and recovery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22968978D5C74C6D8B8F639912FBA962"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for assistance for Haiti shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the requirement of this paragraph shall also apply to any funds from such Acts that are made available for support for an international security force in Haiti.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE503EE0E53A841388799A7573592A6B6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Haitian coast guard</header><text>The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.</external-xref>) for the Coast Guard.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H937B442FCE764FA7A30D8C60FD118DBF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Mexico</header><paragraph id="HA5BEDB82A5A9420DBFFEC0B235C0F2B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated under title IV in this Act that are made available for assistance for Mexico, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Mexico has taken steps to—</text><subparagraph id="H514DBB000EA14D84880BF05968D755A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce the amount of fentanyl arriving at the United States-Mexico border; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04A55F787D6646628AFE240175A367BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dismantle and hold accountable transnational criminal organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8AF157BD3224D688EA12B81A15E45FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available for assistance for Mexico under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, but not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on how such funds are strategically aligned to address the proliferation of fentanyl and other opioids from Mexico to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C139F8339F440A7B052AD6F88EDCAD1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Nicaragua</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Nicaragua shall only be made available for democracy promotion, including to support religious freedom.</text></subsection><subsection id="H86B7ACBB227B4DAFB8D0E745C665C5DF"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Organization of American states</header><text>The Secretary of State shall reduce funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote> and <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> that are made available for assistance for Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS) by an amount equal to the amount of arrears in excess of 100 percent of 2023 assessed quotas, as of the date of enactment of this Act, and re-apply such amount to the Coordinating Office of the OAS General Secretariat: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary of State may waive the requirement of this subsection for a Member State if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the national security interest of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDE4AEC7F1DC54E53B768F7C21DC955B3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>The caribbean</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $97,500,000 shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That funds made available above the fiscal year 2023 level shall be prioritized for countries within the transit zones of illicit drug shipments toward the United States, that have increased interdiction of illicit drugs, and are most directly impacted by the crisis in Haiti.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9854C6A0151544B1AC408A9864605574"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Venezuela</header><paragraph id="HE6B39DAACC2C476C92915CB8B3398139"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><subparagraph id="HBF67058EF9124971A1C0E42A860E8B67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, $50,000,000 shall be made available for democracy programs for Venezuela.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42E65FD827794D0691CD2F290B17C16C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Of the funds made available pursuant to subparagraph (A) that are allocated for electoral-related activities, 50 percent may only be obligated after the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that elections related to such activities—</text><clause id="HA931773DA51E4C81AE28AFBB7F6E3669"><enum>(i)</enum><text>allow for the diaspora from Venezuela to participate; and</text></clause><clause id="H692ED283B95747C884E2219D584F7436"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are open for credible, unaccompanied international observation.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6717F23722B49128166C28102AC714A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Funds shall be made available for assistance for communities in countries supporting or otherwise impacted by migrants from Venezuela: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such amounts are in addition to funds otherwise made available for assistance for such countries and are subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4336712BBC1A4212B7BABC56297DE6C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to negotiate the lifting of sanctions on the purchase or trade of gold extracted from Venezuela until the Secretary of State submits a report to the appropriate congressional committees on human rights abuses, crimes against humanity involving Indigenous peoples, environmental harm, and patrimonial theft associated with state-sponsored and illegal gold extraction from Venezuela's Orinoco Mining Arc and in national parks and reserves in Venezuela, including the Canaima National Park, and following consultation with such committees.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4B51A695EC647BDA414CEDB26E1F6EA"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Withholding</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> and made available for the Office of the Secretary, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State reports to the appropriate congressional committees that negotiations have begun with each of the governments listed in section 302 of H.R. 2, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 5, 2023, to carry out the directives of such section: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such report shall detail the status of such negotiations with each government.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HCB51C8D027A24A659397F941D2F77583"><header>EUROPE AND EURASIA</header></appropriations-small><section id="HC532DDB8EA5941098DD78CAB1939A71A"><enum>7046.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6EEE7155639A42828656215AA3B680CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Georgia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV may be made available for assistance for Georgia.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5C669A285F3442DB8A90668E7CC62A26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ukraine</header><paragraph id="HAF9BEDAEFCE444A99DA81940EA07A18E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strategy Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to prioritize United States national security interests and respond to Russian aggression in Ukraine and its impact on the region, which shall include an explanation of how United States assistance for Ukraine and affected countries in the region advances the objectives of such strategy: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such strategy shall include clear goals, benchmarks, timelines, and strategic objectives with respect to funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for assistance for Ukraine: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso> That such strategy shall also include details on the staffing requirements necessary to carry out such strategy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H20793383D9A14C719D392CA2307AB1D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><subparagraph id="H06C8DC510D234E27AAE2CECD21B89ADB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated under titles I and II of this Act shall be made available to support additional staff in Ukraine and neighboring countries to conduct monitoring and oversight of funds and ensure the safety and security of United States personnel. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB3EC5D042C94D449D92A378FB0B8270"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act and made available for assistance for Ukraine shall only be made available to support the ability of the Government of Ukraine to—</text><clause id="H7A88A68DAE504E70B7529C6FA3AD4176"><enum>(i)</enum><text>defend their sovereignty and withstand the impacts of Russia’s invasion; </text></clause><clause id="HAE0E45F92B434558B3C12B76BFDE692C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>combat corruption; and</text></clause><clause id="H34E7BE02E36B4F5C830B0406CF252A94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>promote transparency and democracy.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C81D4A9C37E4F39BFA98BC4AEB38AC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>In-person Monitoring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, and <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, and made available for project-based assistance for Ukraine may not be obligated for any project or activity that is—</text><subparagraph id="HCF8096D0108E44E98DD72BF7CF1F2A6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not regularly accessible for the purpose of conducting effective oversight in accordance with applicable federal statutes and regulations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9701CAF5A50E436B9A91EF1771B5E307"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conducted in areas where project and resource disbursement monitoring cannot be performed by United States personnel or by vetted third party monitors unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such report shall include a detailed justification for waiving such limitations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCC881E722D84EDBB4493429A73FAF82"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost matching</header><subparagraph id="HE9DE95BC4C6E4050BAEEECF9F222E216"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At any time during fiscal years 2024 and 2025, no United States contribution from funds appropriated under title III of this Act to the Government of Ukraine may cause the total amount of United States Government contributions from funds appropriated under title III of this Act to the Government of Ukraine to exceed 50 percent of the total amount of non-defense funds contributed to the Government of Ukraine from all sources.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H943920E5109C4E25A0F811699000B4F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may waive the limitation of subparagraph (A) if the President determines that the limitation included therein threatens the national security interest of the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33239DE9B98E45B19B6B623AA5CB97F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not less than 5 days before making the determination in subparagraph (B) and shall include in the notification—</text><clause id="HF7167D0BDD7B4E878320E71E61F3A565"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a detailed justification as to why the limitation of subparagraph (A) threatens the national security interest of the United States; and </text></clause><clause id="HD09B694242E7436FAB735A8A5364AA06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation as to why other donors to the Government of Ukraine are unable to match United States assistance.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7A71C7D46624A65BB29D140C6A6526A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>If the President makes the determination described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees every 120 days for the duration of such determination detailing steps taken to increase other donor contributions and an update to the justification required by subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CE75B3AFF0142A3BCBCFAC17413E7ED"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Not later than 15 days prior to the initial obligation of funds made available for assistance for Ukraine under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, the Secretary of State, following consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall certify and report to the appropriate congressional committees that mechanisms for monitoring and oversight of funds are in place and functioning across all programs and activities to ensure accountability of such funds to prevent waste, fraud, abuse, diversion, and corruption, including such mechanisms as—</text><subparagraph id="H2783DE4C6EA04D9581BC104A04E75FB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use of third-party monitors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CB5179CDF264B098AAF31CA96E9AC4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enhanced end-use monitoring;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H354F85D68D534C11B9F0FBAB8B2C8D0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>external and independent audits and evaluations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB6A1EF385A841CEA9358DE6EE87ED5A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>randomized spot checks; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0E2C7B70FDF40A9A497748BC2CA966A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>regular reporting on outcomes achieved and progress made toward stated program objectives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A4BE2AC95584F5B89D4A5C5EBFBF0DB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Continuation</header><text>The requirements of section 1705 of the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division M of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/328">Public Law 117–328</external-xref>) shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act under title III that are made available for assistance for Ukraine for such purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4980F9F1F40C46E59CCA91319087EAF8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notifications submitted pursuant to the requirement of section 7015(f) of this Act with respect to assistance for Ukraine shall include for each program notified, as applicable—</text><subparagraph id="H1B937EFED58A498086EED90D088E5EFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total amount made available for such program by account and fiscal year; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9496CD82D274F8CBDAF4EB6F3E3049E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any amount that remains unobligated for such program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4215012AE29846A5B4B6ACC238F9EEA8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any amount that is obligated but unexpended for such program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6788C83C9D9042D7B740D2DABAB36DE2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any amount committed but not yet notified for such program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H73322D0440C44EC5B09AB9209ACCBA03"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Obligation report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until all such funds have been expended, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall provide a comprehensive report to the appropriate congressional committees on assistance for Ukraine since February 24, 2022 that includes total amounts—</text><subparagraph id="HAE71D99BC67146FAB5690B9A48F24BE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made available by account and fiscal year;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46AD1294AEF54D51878C330961A1C1D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that remain unobligated;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95D417BB6A99474E80F6D5AAEE56D701"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that is obligated but unexpended; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H364EFEA76FC14C6DAAC83292AC1C4305"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that is committed but not yet notified.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE76A3403F035406498B2D66C35BBEE69"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Oversight reports</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until all such funds have been expended, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the use and planned uses of funds provided for Ukraine, including categories and amounts, the intended results and the results achieved, a summary of other donor contributions, and a description of the efforts undertaken by the Secretary and Administrator to increase other donor contributions: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such reports shall also include the metrics established to measure such results and determine effectiveness of funds provided and a detailed description of coordination and information sharing with the Offices of the Inspectors General, including a full accounting of any reported allegations of waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption, steps taken to verify such allegations, and steps taken to address all verified allegations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H027A6E9294CF482DA9310FEAAA3CEB45"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The requirements of paragraphs (1), (8), and (9) shall be publicly posted on the Department of State and the USAID website not later than 5 days after submission: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the reports shall be easily accessible and centrally located on such websites. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A4CEE1D8B9E4BF0A39B06BA72497937"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Territorial integrity</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for a government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if such government directs any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That except as otherwise provided in section 7047(a) of this Act, funds may be made available without regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That prior to executing the authority contained in the previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such assistance supports the national security interest of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5861126F33154CAB89BDBFFB83DF1535"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Section 907 of the FREEDOM support act</header><text>Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5812">22 U.S.C. 5812</external-xref> note) shall not apply to—</text><paragraph id="HA7D7C3EE197D4A27A19FB91377C9788D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>activities to support democracy or assistance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5851">22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.</external-xref>) and section 1424 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2333">50 U.S.C. 2333</external-xref>) or non-proliferation assistance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5A3273674114BCA8E9EC6592A09452A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any assistance provided by the Trade and Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAFB9061360234C16A4C9966AD9BDECE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any activity carried out by a member of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his or her official capacity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCFDAF8F236AC49D5AD2E8B6F8D9C30B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other assistance provided by the United States International Development Finance Corporation as authorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/254">Public Law 115–254</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDE7B9B6B9D6E4EF4BA7130457BB56ABE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/79/173">Public Law 79–173</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8939DC80CA543E7BA071F8F4ACA027F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>humanitarian assistance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6924E73593254723A2553EAFADEF9F8B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Turkey</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of defense articles or defense services to the Turkish Presidential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.</external-xref>) unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that members of the TPPD who are named in the July 17, 2017, indictment by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and against whom there are pending charges, have returned to the United States to stand trial in connection with the offenses contained in such indictment or have otherwise been brought to justice: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds made available by this Act for the security of borders, for North Atlantic Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to enhance the protection of United States officials and facilities in Turkey.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H9EA87B3113AC41BFBD10769FABA29356"><header>COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION</header></appropriations-small><section id="H6A03430783F44CF186C502D9BBF2BF88"><enum>7047.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1E1866F925024AF48F4DB663BF288065"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of the Russian Federation.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5E7CC233C2EE4D54855519CFFEF1C116"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annexation of territory</header><paragraph id="HB7ACAF73AFC24044B7AD1DFD4281E8B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports to such Committees that to do so is in the national interest of the United States, and includes a justification for such interest.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAA399B91C4F4478856400F3A48F7847"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for—</text><subparagraph id="H59CFF25290DA474DB1DB78329506FD44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the implementation of any action or policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea or other territory in Ukraine;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DB7970809B94AA79388A4D87BC42F4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United States Government investments in Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the control of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces, if such activity includes the participation of Russian Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC82690C683914F48B9CD6ACF0B2D633E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assistance for Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the control of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces, if such assistance includes the participation of Russian Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3CF6BA5689964AE2A1FD94E0506A6C35"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International financial institutions</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institution (including any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for any program that violates the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C99955A39E045C3AB8886DFC5CE521E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The requirements and limitations of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea and other territory in Ukraine under the control of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed forces.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95F7CDFE11DC411D98EF64883DE728DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Occupation of the georgian territories of abkhazia and tskhinvali region/South ossetia</header><paragraph id="HFF2C3C2CE9244E42922A4BBFE211D9A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations has recognized the independence of, or has established diplomatic relations with, the Russian Federation occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall publish on the Department of State website a list of any such central governments in a timely manner: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national interest of the United States, and includes a justification for such interest.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H09ED2D4B779F4C6796FC1BBD2BFC114F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to support the Russian Federation occupation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A8038770E4C4F7283FD1B94775DD576"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International financial institutions</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institution (including any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for any program that violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73193B1C8F3E47DC83EBB16A99D5D6F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Countering russian influence fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>International Military Education and Training</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote>, not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the purposes of the Countering Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by section 254 of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/44">Public Law 115–44</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/9543">22 U.S.C. 9543</external-xref>) and notwithstanding the country limitation in subsection (b) of such section, and programs to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and security forces in countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia and strengthen security cooperation between such countries and the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as appropriate: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph under the heading <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> may remain available until September 30, 2025.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBE1CF633D05A4091AA505F7638D5EF4E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding limitation</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to remove prohibitions related to transactions involving the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Ukraine has entered into an agreement with the Government of the Russian Federation resolving compensation to Ukraine by the Russian Federation for damages resulting from the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H185595FAC5A84C5894A1BE9DBCB98A0F"><header>UNITED NATIONS</header></appropriations-small><section id="HD34D9C82D7C44E8AAF419B241B2B8F4F"><enum>7048.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H14E4211A46514306AB5D934A1684B4DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transparency and accountability</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available for contributions to the United Nations (including the Department of Peacekeeping Operations), international organizations, or any United Nations agency, 15 percent may not be obligated for such organization, department, or agency until the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the organization, department, or agency is—</text><paragraph id="H6F2CA5C51AE54AAB975BA6002F87B053"><enum>(1)</enum><text>posting on a publicly available website, consistent with privacy regulations and due process, regular financial and programmatic audits of such organization, department, or agency, and providing the United States Government with necessary access to such financial and performance audits;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H87846C92D2934908845A4E45018388A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>effectively implementing and enforcing policies and procedures which meet or exceed best practices in the United States for the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including—</text><subparagraph id="H03744A4E95D343DA9B2BB51C506FC14A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protection against retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosures;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CB6E20AF99646B6AD94E47924DF6171"><enum>(B)</enum><text>legal burdens of proof;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32CCC4DB47144471B87A9CFC1A840C53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD119A8E4BF3E43A6A80B1277270959E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>access to binding independent adjudicative bodies, including shared cost and selection of external arbitration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A17AB69AF364BFA81A6FE64531E1FA7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation, including provision for the restoration of prior employment; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HABC67A0C88F84DF7B380E3CF9A652420"><enum>(3)</enum><text>effectively implementing and enforcing policies and procedures on the appropriate use of travel funds, including restrictions on first-class and business-class travel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCAB8BEEF6C5D452D92ACEA24B5C908D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions on united nations delegations and organizations</header><paragraph id="HC509FAAD5B7543B1A14C9BE29EC59F8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Restrictions on united states delegations</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of the United Nations if such agency, body, or commission is chaired or presided over by a country, the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4813">50 U.S.C. 4813(c)</external-xref>), supports international terrorism.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H927FA7E767714973A42A3995804A5EAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions on contributions</header><text>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a contribution to any organization, agency, commission, or program within the United Nations system if such organization, agency, commission, or program is chaired or presided over by a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4813">50 U.S.C. 4813(c)</external-xref>), or any other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D6E9603241A43F1B73E5B6A91806E27" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United nations human rights council</header><paragraph id="HD9AB686FB4034867B921A564CECD9EEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available in support of the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that participation in the Council is important to the national security interest of the United States and that such Council is taking significant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure integrity in the election of members to such Council: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such report shall include a description of the national security interest served and provide a detailed reform agenda, including a timeline to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure integrity in the election of members to such Council: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That the Secretary of State shall withhold, from funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs made available under the heading <quote>Contributions to International Organizations</quote> in title I of such acts for a contribution to the United Nations Regular Budget, the United States proportionate share of the total annual amount of the United Nations Regular Budget funding for the United Nations Human Rights Council until such determination and report is made: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That if the Secretary is unable to make such determination and report, such amounts may be reprogrammed for purposes other than the United Nations Regular Budget, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than September 30, 2024, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and to improve the quality of membership through competitive elections.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5977BB1C6EFB4BD391420F4936E55F2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0AC587D9346F463495013B8C72B8D24B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>United nations relief and works agency</header><text>Prior to each obligation of funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the appropriate congressional committees, in writing, on whether UNRWA is—</text><paragraph id="HB6FD07FCD5E54E989D3C5EB706051210"><enum>(1)</enum><text>utilizing Operations Support Officers in the West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any inappropriate use;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6770E81382CA4D39816500903F2448EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acting promptly to address any staff or beneficiary violation of its own policies (including the policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA2243480F7E9494D8DB76D5363F80738"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implementing procedures to maintain the neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspections of its installations, to ensure they are only used for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFED8F6908E204475986D969A8689E1BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>taking necessary and appropriate measures to ensure it is operating in compliance with the conditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the Department of State on actions it has taken to ensure conformance with such conditions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7FAB0C41E494E1FBE55614C11B346A6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>not engaging in operations with financial institutions or related entities in violation of relevant United States law, and is taking steps to improve the financial transparency of the organization;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD7E53FCA2EE04C6DA6F0B0470A06BCFB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in compliance with the United Nations Board of Auditors' biennial audit requirements and is implementing in a timely fashion the Board's recommendations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H541C9AA3BF584FEA870C779F9542C6E4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establishing or updating, and implementing procedures to—</text><subparagraph id="H140421942FF6482B8F3CAD8D09C01FD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prevent the use of UNRWA resources for disseminating anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric; or incitement of violence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE1F85AA21C94F2BBF445374860042C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the content of all educational materials currently taught in UNRWA-administered schools and summer camps is consistent with the values of human rights, dignity, and tolerance and does not induce incitement of violence or antisemitism.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H67370C3071754885B89FE9FE4BCF0D18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibition of payments to united nations members</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another country's delegation at international conferences held under the auspices of multilateral or international organizations.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB0B2914E85F54754B245C15D0AB906FB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="H9A18A1AE07B9463AA0D081D32A2582B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024 for contributions to any organization, department, agency, or program within the United Nations system or any international program that are withheld from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall update such report each time additional funds are withheld by operation of any provision of law: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the reprogramming of any withheld funds identified in such report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD4E8EDC404E64AABA3B7853088C8DF1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on United Nations buildings and facilities, as described under this section in the report accompanying this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE13AAE38DE23423ABB7C3D0A9A2E2892"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping operations</header><text>The Secretary of State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary has credible information that such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, until the Secretary determines that the government of such country is taking effective steps to hold the responsible members of such unit accountable and to prevent future incidents: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall promptly notify the government of each country subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such withholding not later than 10 days after a determination to withhold such assistance is made: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist such government in bringing the responsible members of such unit to justice.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0C315A8C7E534FCD9EAD5F4BCF137CA0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional availability</header><text>Subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated by this Act which are returned or not made available due to the second proviso under the heading <quote>Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities</quote> in title I of this Act or section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2227">22 U.S.C. 2227(a)</external-xref>), shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB67AE87EC37C4ED79E130D8A5A10C4E7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Procurement restrictions</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be used for the procurement by any entity of the United Nations system or any other multilateral organization of goods or services originating in or produced by any person in the Russian Federation, including any entity that is a shell or front company organized to disguise or obscure financial activity relating to such goods or services.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD7805C82A5854655B096929AED8C1899"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Accountability requirement</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall seek to enter into written agreements with each international organization that receives funding appropriated by this Act to provide timely access to the Inspectors General of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development and the Comptroller General of the United States to such organization's financial data and other information, including investigative records and reports of sexual misconduct, relevant to United States contributions to such organization, as determined by the Inspectors and Comptroller General: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic>, </proviso> That not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspectors and Comptroller General shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of such requirements.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0BDD8051A2FB4C20887198EBD2D8FBB7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>World Health Organization</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for the World Health Organization.</text></subsection><subsection id="HCB6AD67B7C1C43DC8ABB7F176087FE5E"><enum>(l)</enum><header>International conventions</header><text>None of the funds provided by this Act shall be made available to implement or support any international convention, agreement, protocol, legal instrument, or agreed outcome with legal force drafted by the intergovernmental negotiating body of the World Health Assembly or any other United Nations body until such instrument has been subject to the requirements of article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States, which requires the advice and consent of the Senate, with two-thirds of Senators concurring.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HE6BAFCE30A5543DD9AD086F75F48EA2F"><header>Arms Trade Treaty</header></appropriations-small><section id="H7D1E3E445B624385977E8737DC1B9E19" commented="no"><enum>7049.</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H16E1B677834A4D8F9157D17A2F9209E8"><header>GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM</header></appropriations-small><section id="HABA788157BBB4AE2A54380B0E9AAEF84"><enum>7050.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8AA5A95746FC44509861492C80C1ED93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds available for obligation during fiscal year 2024 under the headings <quote>International Broadcasting Operations</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Democracy Fund</quote>, and <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, not less than $94,000,000 shall be made available for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, as authorized by section 9707 of the Department of State Authorization Act 2022 (title XCVII of division I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H77F146CAC9944DDE861CB337B7E23EC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination and spend plans</header><text>After consultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, in consultation with the President of the Open Technology Fund, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made available by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, which shall include a description of safeguards established by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not used for illicit purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Department of State spend plan shall include funding for all such programs for all relevant Department of State and United States Agency for International Development offices and bureaus.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H904A9593EF264536A75A21D963F794C2"><header>TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT</header></appropriations-small><section id="H6CA275C980BF4AA6AEDDD400C40B4B69"><enum>7051.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by any official or contract employee of the United States Government.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H8C9057C63D1949EF8B9382636C870F73"><header>AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE</header></appropriations-small><section id="H7132D37D99E84B22BFC4223F3CA3B80C"><enum>7052.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7B3D95DED55344CA8C6CABA3FF128948"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Andean Counterdrug Initiative</quote>, and <quote>Andean Counterdrug Programs</quote> may be used for any other program and in any region.</text></subsection><subsection id="H041E03FCFB8543F6B4B34DA85627BF7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Property disposal</header><text>The authority provided in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the equipment is no longer required to meet programmatic purposes in the designated country or region: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That any such transfer shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0EFDBF982F174DF080F205ECF0E94C46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aircraft coordination</header><paragraph id="H1C7810E9888E4F35946C376B40958330"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be coordinated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of Mission: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such aircraft may be used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting Department of State and USAID programs and activities: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That official travel for other agencies for other purposes may be supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reimbursement when traveling on a space available basis: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds received by the Department of State in connection with the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund of the Department and shall be available for expenses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6BFFAD8897E44378F50903CB02D3FEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The requirement and authorities of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose of which is the transportation of personnel.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0286F2E25404A3AACC58C26C5670213"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Aircraft operations and maintenance</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HE9CD1A89C2284D1C96CD74FA815DB162"><header>PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H64C67BCA68B74D25957B34B7F159482B"><enum>7053.</enum><text>The terms and conditions of section 7055 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/117">Public Law 111–117</external-xref>) shall apply to this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be applied by substituting <quote>September 30, 2023</quote> for <quote>September 30, 2009</quote>.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H235D62B80BE04E788FEEBD6D1F2FA28E" commented="no"><header>INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND</header></appropriations-small><section id="H44F934F62C8842FCAA45845425B47700" commented="no"><enum>7054.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB0E3160FE81049988AB1CCFBD6C9DE77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text>The terms and conditions of sections 7086(b)(1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/117">Public Law 111–117</external-xref>) shall apply to this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H43B361C349934E7D9D67DC26B36FB7A4" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private or multilateral creditors.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HA57D48DB0C3A4EE8961AFFE12505936E"><header>EXTRADITION</header></appropriations-small><section id="H060E2DD7A90A4882AB9F6A058AD3AB9D"><enum>7055.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3919DD11ECA84B8E867571991BFCC0A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds provided under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>International Disaster Assistance</quote>, <quote>Complex Crises Fund</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote>, <quote>United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund</quote>, and <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance</quote>) for the central government of a country which has notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United States extradition request.</text></subsection><subsection id="H731480D6A3264DE399F2A11EDF10EC73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central government of a country with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has an extradition treaty and the government of that country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty.</text></subsection><subsection id="H369A46DAD1B04755831BB592BD21BD76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is important to the national interest of the United States.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HD6EF9D22210D4144B147750779E9764C"><header>ENTERPRISE FUNDS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H1FE6C249A5224CF3A89BBAB560386FB0"><enum>7056.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEBEC4775E4F949B2963A6C45B6D562C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>None of the funds made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate congressional committees are notified at least 15 days in advance.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE795CDA175EC47ACBB191C56194F9001"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of assets plan</header><text>Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4CDD4E9C1FD343D188AAA0035DDCF018"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition or operating plan</header><text>Prior to a transition to and operation of any private equity fund or other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall submit such transition or operating plan to the appropriate congressional committees.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HF3921B2269404DE8A0BED634730F08A0"><header>limitations related to global health assistance</header></appropriations-small><section id="H549A44398E844D229F90AB2D6663CAE4"><enum>7057.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC804288A5C9E4E009B79791AD2297A25"><enum>(a)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for the United Nations Population Fund.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA70AD20051FF42F5A300CC2D2B9587B2"><enum>(b)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for global health assistance may be made available to any foreign nongovernmental organization that promotes or performs abortion, except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HC612BDF5E20E442C88B6E4F7082794BD"><header>GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES</header></appropriations-small><section id="HD775D68DF6EA40BCA69BF28ECE1FBFA2"><enum>7058.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD47BFF37A38A4B4CA0CA5F5A7618E9EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease programs including activities relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law except for provisions under the heading <quote>Global Health Programs</quote> and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7601">22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0C93C7AC128A4D2CBBFD26A98B21D7D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not more than $461,000,000 may be made available for family planning/reproductive health.</text></subsection><subsection id="H16BE4629E61643099BAF8D338560CD44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pandemics and other infectious disease outbreaks</header><paragraph id="H73CABBCD14744CF5BB32C48218010AE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Global health security</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Global Health Programs</quote> shall be made available for global health security programs to accelerate the capacity of countries to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks, including by strengthening public health capacity where there is a high risk of emerging zoonotic infectious diseases: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the planned uses of such funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0369622F3DC48AFB429064359CFE0F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extraordinary measures</header><text>If the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that an international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the national interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, not to exceed an aggregate total of $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Global Health Programs</quote>, <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>International Disaster Assistance</quote>, <quote>Complex Crises Fund</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Democracy Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote>, and <quote>Millennium Challenge Corporation</quote> may be made available to combat such infectious disease or public health emergency, and may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings for the purposes of this paragraph.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2B99EC102FD484BB9FFBB0A75F614B4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Emergency reserve fund</header><text>Up to $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Global Health Programs</quote> may be made available for the Emergency Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be made available under the same terms and conditions of such section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C49D375F5294834B0C9BB191D51B625"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation and notification</header><text>Funds made available by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA31C520DDD28446C8FA7A60A6C7282E2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this Act may be made available to support, directly or indirectly,—</text><paragraph id="HD1E472962F9548E0BEF4762DC8309D97"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of China;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H54CC93E7887E42CFB653CD58FB3C96D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F527C9A7A554856AC76441C7A914FBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro Moros, or any other country determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A414DF60944415598EB954579BC1AD3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>gain-of-function research.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59350A139BA741078883CD120BD83193"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Childhood cancer</header><text>Funds appropriated under titles III and VI of this Act may be made available for public-private partnerships, including in coordination with relevant multilateral organizations and research entities, to address childhood cancer: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the feasibility of such partnerships: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>The Secretary and Administrator shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees on uses of funds for such partnerships prior to the initial obligation of funds and submission of such report.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H5E66D961DAFD437EB02BEF886ECFB918"><header>WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT</header></appropriations-small><section id="HFE6AE7A1257E4BC5918D36CEE8769318"><enum>7059.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB3096427FD7D45EBA42278537428D39B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to promote the equality and empowerment of women and girls in United States Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising the status, increasing the economic participation and opportunities for political leadership, and protecting the rights of women and girls worldwide.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE3C00E284C2147D481F426F91256C267"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Women’s economic empowerment</header><text>Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, $200,000,000 shall be made available to expand economic opportunities for women by increasing the number and capacity of women-owned enterprises, improving property rights for women, increasing women’s access to financial services and capital, enhancing the role of women in economic decision-making at the local, national, and international levels, and improving women’s ability to participate in the global economy: <italic>Provided</italic>, That prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses of funds made available pursuant to this subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF47261435A8340A6BA645941CAE89C88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Women’s leadership program</header><text>Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for programs specifically designed to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for women’s political status, expanding women’s participation in political parties and elections, and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership positions in the public and private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5DDBD606C89E43C984A52CCD8328CCBF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prevention of violence against women and girls</header><paragraph id="HAD0A729411524F828BB6602B9622F7F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made available to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H744CDE92E8F64BD5A515CD16BF2E80E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and military personnel, including for international peacekeeping operations, shall address, where appropriate, prevention and response to violence against women and girls and trafficking in persons, and shall promote the integration of women into the police and other security forces.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD284675141A45969BA82E36EC509668"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Funds made available pursuant to this subsection should include efforts to combat a variety of forms of violence against women and girls, including child marriage, rape, and female genital cutting and mutilation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H858EFD58F98344A8BC77806E27D14649"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Women, peace, and security</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, and <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, $150,000,000 should be made available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and improve coordination of, United States Government efforts to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure the equal provision of relief and recovery assistance to women and girls.</text></subsection><subsection id="H84CE3346922A43BB9D5E218444267FC3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HFE94F230653346BD8CD917F7165F5945"><header>SECTOR ALLOCATIONS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H5F558CB88FEB4BE6AB55B3752F54FCAD"><enum>7060.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3FAAA407723441D6B84E34261032963B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basic education and higher education</header><paragraph id="H9A0F49A62A334B05B6798042BDDD81CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Basic education</header><subparagraph id="H636E9E3EDB1745909CF092A64503A4D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $970,000,000 shall be made available for the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall also be used for secondary education activities: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That of the funds made available by this paragraph, $150,000,000 should be available for the education of girls in areas of conflict.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34ECEF5A5D4A4ADAA1A99ECE27598BFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made available for contributions to multilateral partnerships that support education.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H15DA3AB5A42548C29AB9E381F8FA07FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Higher education</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $285,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That of such amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for new and ongoing partnerships between higher education institutions in the United States and developing countries focused on building the capacity of higher education institutions and systems in developing countries: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of such amount and in addition to the previous proviso, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for higher education programs pursuant to section 7060(a)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0788566585CB4AC09571D73CAE031BC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation programs</header><paragraph id="H40353B7C40EA4C2893E98D34C656203F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Biodiversity</header><text>Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $385,000,000 shall be made available for biodiversity conservation programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7072C6A5DF5B452BA958E252A9AECBE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wildlife poaching and trafficking</header><subparagraph id="HF668CAB613A8406F85435B296B4E144A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and trafficking.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2D738C3FBA84DA9A19A87D4C5D62C93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this Act may be made available for training or other assistance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State determines has been credibly alleged to have participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE28668C0279E490895CCD2F99E2222B5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development programs</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Development Assistance</quote>, not less than $18,500,000 shall be made available for United States Agency for International Development cooperative development programs and not less than $31,500,000 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF065987B98DD4091AB054C2FEFDD79D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Disability programs</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Development Assistance</quote> shall be made available for programs and activities administered by USAID to address the needs of, and protect and promote the rights of, people with disabilities in developing countries.</text></subsection><subsection id="H577DFD669B964F59AEBE8CF78F0D513A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Food security and agricultural development</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $1,010,600,000 (increased by $9,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) shall be made available for food security and agricultural development programs to carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/195">Public Law 114–195</external-xref>), as amended, including for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds may be made available for a contribution as authorized by section 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>), as amended by section 3310 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/334">Public Law 115–334</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="HCE2CFF02A4744750874F336E1BD46AAE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Micro, small, and medium-Sized enterprises</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall be made available to support the development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, especially women.</text></subsection><subsection id="H048A1E5073F1409C9FCD25F34528729F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Water and sanitation</header><text>Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $475,000,000 shall be made available for water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than $237,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2BFAC366AAB04DB0BF1B5BE5E6E039E4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, as applicable, may deviate below the minimum funding requirements designated in sections 7059 and 7060 of this Act by up to 10 percent, notwithstanding such designation: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such deviations shall only be exercised to address unforeseen or exigent circumstances, including a change in country context: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That concurrent with the submission of the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations in writing any proposed deviations utilizing such authority that are planned at the time of submission of such report: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any deviations proposed subsequent to the submission of such report shall be subject to prior consultation with such Committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not later than November 1, 2025, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of the authority of this subsection.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HEC03142B31344E2DB9A65CC58EC3FA86"><header>ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H09DB3C2A334E40FE9F15F9E076D60D92"><enum>7061.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3887263A30EC47F59991A1D35DF20F7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Green climate fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any other payment to the Green Climate Fund.</text></subsection><subsection id="H43DA36C011034C63841C2686F7CDDA94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clean technology fund</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available as a contribution, grant, or any other payment to the Clean Technology Fund.</text></subsection><subsection id="HAD3107E1FD564F11BF9BAE87464F6205"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Climate damages</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to pay compensation to any country, organization, or individual for loss and damages attributed to climate change.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3B7BCF28E5BC4F71A66C39AE3D8787AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Attribution</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act and made available for the sectors and programs in sections 7032, 7036, 7059, and 7060 shall not be attributed to, or counted toward targets for, climate change programs.</text></subsection><subsection id="HECF07A3968CD4785ABC0EBC7645E0368"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transit pipelines</header><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of State to impede the uninterrupted transmission of hydrocarbons by pipeline through the territory of one Party not originating in the territory of that Party, for delivery to the territory of the other Party as ratified by The Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada concerning Transit Pipelines, signed at Washington on January 28, 1977.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD1325411DA0E41A18F7D3111480F4C8E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs from fiscal years 2020 through 2023 made available for climate change programs and whether such funds have had a direct result on lowering global temperatures.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H7D2FBDD2F8F04C178719DA48EF6CA066"><header>BUDGET DOCUMENTS</header></appropriations-small><section id="H82AEDE6C7EFC4BFB8E17A7F234C4C20D"><enum>7062.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H860E028B1E5D4E1FBEC5AFC5BB914B0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Operating plans</header><text>Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including the Inter-American Foundation and the United States African Development Foundation, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organization in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, that provides details of the uses of such funds at the program, project, and activity level: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such plans shall include, as applicable, a comparison between the congressional budget justification funding levels, the most recent congressional directives or approved funding levels, and the funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That operating plans that include changes in levels of funding for programs, projects, and activities specified in the congressional budget justification, in this Act, or amounts specifically designated in the respective tables included in the report accompanying this Act, as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H50F7747FC7D347FC98E247EFEDAB0008"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Spend plans</header><paragraph id="HDA6ACAF65A2446C6A5E3C2D9E20CDF15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary of State or Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made available by this Act for—</text><subparagraph id="H10D7776AC01948A7B03CD2AA88C6BB9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance for countries in Central America and the Caribbean, Iraq, Pacific Islands Countries, Pakistan, and Tunisia;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B85F537365E43C58E6F7CEBE565D2F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance for the Africa Regional Counterterrorism program, Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, Central America Regional Security Initiative, Global Peace Operations Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Countering PRC Influence Fund, Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, Power Africa, and Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8751E79E50F4ABE8F32BA62F8D1A851"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assistance made available pursuant to the following sections in this Act: section 7032; section 7036; section 7047(d) (on a country-by-country basis); section 7059; and subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of section 7060;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H722A55C4252F468E958F690F31239047"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Funds provided under the heading <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote> for International Organized Crime and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That the spend plans shall include bilateral and global programs funded under such heading along with a brief description of the activities planned for each country; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04E95FCC52AF4E40AB948BC1034D835D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>implementation of the Global Fragility Act of 2019.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA1FCC51B7C74B90A25A183EF42CC65C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Department of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance</quote> in title III.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2CD318C2731D484A8449BA4A07BF24E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 percent of the funds contained in a spend plan required by this subsection may be obligated prior to the submission of such spend plan if the Secretary of State, the USAID Administrator, or the Secretary of the Treasury, as applicable, determines that the obligation of such funds is necessary to avoid significant programmatic disruption: <italic>Provided</italic>, That not less than seven days prior to such obligation, the Secretary or Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the justification for such obligation and the proposed uses of such funds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H354E9DFE1366480EAA9ECCFF84E41B53"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>The spend plans referenced in subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1CE3D37D7FB743728E09A8831D09F0BE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional budget justification</header><text>The congressional budget justification for Department of State operations and foreign operations shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the appendices for such justification shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 10 calendar days thereafter.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H2610CCE04F0D401AA3836F4534AA1141"><header>REORGANIZATION</header></appropriations-small><section id="H2C1B5276C9664441948150C37A62ECAC"><enum>7063.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H225B0C46188F4077B4DAC416487842FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prior consultation and notification</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, or any other Act may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other plan described in subsection (b) by the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or any other Federal department, agency, or organization funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congressional committees: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any such notification submitted to such Committees shall include a detailed justification for any proposed action: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That congressional notifications submitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of law in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be deemed to meet the notification requirements of this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4B6E7D664B4D45A4A911131B8A4CFE5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of activities</header><text>Pursuant to subsection (a), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any action to—</text><paragraph id="H67907834A1D142FABE76CE55D54428AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus and offices within or between such departments, agencies, or organizations, including the transfer to other agencies of the authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and offices;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5EDACB1D1BF1414DBC8AEBEBA4F55024"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the United States official presence overseas, including at bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic facilities and other platforms; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H57899C3A90904625A5C9AFD0A9BBC2B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expand or reduce the size of the permanent Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally employed staff workforce of the Department of State and USAID from the staffing levels previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations for fiscal year 2024.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H1B4F48EBA4D34D609179417B7FA6913E"><header>DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT</header></appropriations-small><section id="HEDB67048711D4276BDE9C5684C1086A9"><enum>7064.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5AED7C8829CF43E297FE287C1E9DA002"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Working capital fund</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund that are made available for new service centers, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H77476AF473A441299F7A5D7522BB4A45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><paragraph id="H04BFEB0192D645C899CB6414069B1475"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>Not later than 45 days after the initial obligation of funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act that are made available to a Department of State bureau or office with responsibility for the management and oversight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or office is in compliance with Department and Federal financial and grants management policies, procedures, and regulations, as applicable.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1804EBADF45487DA93F5B12A08C0056"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>When making a certification required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or office to—</text><subparagraph id="H3DDA065403864CA795A4A69C632D351F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>account for the obligated funds at the country and program level, as appropriate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H093767898C4243DE8D07BE58F1D89787"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify risks and develop mitigation and monitoring plans;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C29BD6F02DC4B5E9333F3EC6E30A29E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish performance measures and indicators;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD6F9EA27D794101A59019658414156E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>review activities and performance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FD721222ECC495E862E02DD6C6367BB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assess final results and reconcile finances.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H789C7165322E44F780E5DAD52491DBCE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>If the Secretary of State is unable to make a certification required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing the steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office into compliance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AF2481F0F634FF68A6DE5AAAB3B3955"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information technology platform</header><text>None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act under the heading <quote>Administration of Foreign Affairs</quote> may be made available for a new major information technology investment without the concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, Department of State.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7813FD5717834B9D8C31875148F7CA18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other matters</header><paragraph id="HA54F6E8040B0487C8C740EE57E970B4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>—</text><subparagraph id="HF3E5008E57BB4A648C92DDA45DE5B394"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees from educational advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9505EFDCCC9441719913A8C678157A48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H686A5D983CA44501BFC23D1099F80B35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> are available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field examination of programs and activities in the United States funded from any account contained in title I of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H961A9F2DC9BF4200B9042304057F6DC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Of the funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $2,000,000 shall be made available to carry out section 9803 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2022 (division I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4381547B20A74717B9C7EF8F22528321"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with section 204 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2452b">22 U.S.C. 2452b</external-xref>), up to $25,000,000 of the amounts made available under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> in this Act may be obligated and expended for United States participation in international fairs and expositions abroad, including for construction and operation of a United States pavilion at Expo 2025.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H85D81DAC61494A15ACA1CEDB7B9229E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>, not less than $500,000 shall be made available for additional personnel for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H87E1777C26F848479FAFCAFCA70C74BF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations</header><paragraph id="HB8FAF1DCA0B34AEC819D32B0205FBFF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> may be made available to carry out the functions of the Global Engagement Center established pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note) unless prior to the initial obligation of such funds—</text><subparagraph id="HF301E1BDA3894760B0C72FA308E58F40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text><clause id="H964100DE7B4F42B9B5EA80286790075A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no funds will be used for purposes other than countering foreign propaganda and disinformation by foreign state and non-state actors that threaten United States national security pursuant to section 1287(i) of such Act;</text></clause><clause id="HA5AE091A14D144C4AF6EDDEFB666526B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>programs and activities will not be designed to influence public opinion in the United States or in a manner that abridges the freedom of speech or of the press of United States persons enshrined in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution;</text></clause><clause id="H9E4B4BD692AF4A18AA3F47B4F0A69EDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures to expose and refute foreign propaganda and disinformation and proactively support the promotion of credible, fact-based narratives and policies will be directed solely on audiences outside the United States; and</text></clause><clause id="H69B89860360E448BB3E0B30E4FDED2B2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Department of State has resolved with the Office of Inspector General, Department of State (OIG) and the OIG has closed each of the 18 recommendations detailed in the report “Inspection of the Global Engagement Center” (ISP I-22-15) dated September 2022; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FFAA0309A30493EA2E209F334788574"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan for the activities of the Center in fiscal year 2024: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That such plan shall detail amounts planned for each function authorized in section 1287(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note): <proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That such plan shall also include a list of each entity that received funding in the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB173B87F6F5745028AD6D6A870BD8AE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> may be reprogrammed for support of an international conference unless such conference has been previously justified in a congressional budget justification: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That any such reprogramming shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD691228CA10E472196BB708A9BA14D89"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDAF282E4A06E4FB9BFCACDB78AE9EE25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for support of a Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other position performing a similar function unless such Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other position performing a similar function—</text><clause id="HA695955573474BF08D16285C51852129"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is expressly authorized by statute; or</text></clause><clause id="H76B4638276EC43D68448863A795E8159"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has affirmatively received the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC825417230434ACCAEDE8A6DBD901F70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The limitations of this paragraph shall be construed to include the applicable office personnel and bureau managed funds of such office.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF3A5D727CFA946318D91EE9788332B4E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not later than 15 days prior to entering into a bilateral or multilateral agreement authorized by section 303(a) of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2602">19 U.S.C. 2602</external-xref>) or the extension of an agreement pursuant to section 303(e) of such Act, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees on Appropriations that any import restrictions authorized by such agreement comply with the provisions of sections 302 and 305 of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HF3E9BBFCE0414C6EBF01BA8F3FB6943C"><header>UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT</header></appropriations-small><section id="HF3E7BDD2A78E48B1B2BF80B7C6A6F9A8"><enum>7065.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5746E844949D4BCC8688915906FE6570"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Up to $170,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, may be used by the United States Agency for International Development to hire and employ individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949).</text></subsection><subsection id="HB52A2B5A342F42CEAEBEA1BBA73BBDD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2025.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD2BBB9442B764D789795B45A10DC4C5D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program account charged</header><text>The account charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority of this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily relate: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading <quote>Operating Expenses</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H09C6B5AD0BD24B8397D9E3D8349BC231"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Foreign service limited extensions</header><text>Individuals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3949">22 U.S.C. 3949</external-xref>), may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth in such section.</text></subsection><subsection id="H32C0E74D6FFE4AA8BEBDF3A57D4A8809"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Disaster surge capacity</header><text>Funds appropriated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia</quote>, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8FA1D2C576544466827A3A58B07AE851"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Personal services contractors</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/83/480">Public Law 83–480</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1721">7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</external-xref>), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/83/480">Public Law 83–480</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1721">7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</external-xref>), may be made available only for personal services contractors assigned to the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.</text></subsection><subsection id="H92CE193D2243431F92BBD29E9148BB32"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Small business</header><text>In entering into multiple award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with any category of small or small disadvantaged business.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8A65349D228049CC941449038D90F168"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Crisis operations staffing</header><text>Up to $86,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant to, or to carry out the provisions of, part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 509(b) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/94">Public Law 116–94</external-xref>) may be made available for the United States Agency for International Development to appoint and employ personnel in the excepted service to prevent or respond to foreign crises and contexts with growing instability: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That functions carried out by personnel hired under the authority of this subsection shall be related to the purpose for which the funds were appropriated: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes and may remain attributed to any minimum funding requirement for which they were originally made available: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the USAID Administrator shall coordinate with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and consult with the appropriate congressional committees on implementation of this provision.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HC7960F54318C4797AD6600854DA2F231"><header>STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT</header></appropriations-small><section id="H355CE447FED84036A8FB4B022C08BA28"><enum>7066.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8B071670335F41F588D8CD780247FDAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prevention and stabilization fund</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote>, <quote>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs</quote>, <quote>Peacekeeping Operations</quote>, and <quote>Foreign Military Financing Program</quote> may be made available for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund for the purposes enumerated in section 509(a) of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (title V of division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/94">Public Law 116–94</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="HE3AF11FD7CCF4749B26CE0DD21FCDF39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transitional justice</header><text>Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> and <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote> may be made available for programs to promote accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, which shall be in addition to any other funds made available by this Act for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such programs shall include components to develop local investigative and judicial skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain the chain of custody of evidence, including for use in prosecutions, and may include the establishment of, and assistance for, transitional justice mechanisms: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be administered by the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, Department of State, and shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds made available by this paragraph shall be made available on an open and competitive basis.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HDA299B91F9114DF1BEEC9BDFA12B80F4"><header>DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT</header></appropriations-small><section id="H22DBD6E7E2E643E8BCF067B12D57067A"><enum>7067.</enum><text>In order to enhance the continued participation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for International Development may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization as a result of economic assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to that organization.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H818042C8A62B46C1BE1A7595913265B3"><header>EXTENSION OF CONSULAR FEES AND RELATED AUTHORITIES</header></appropriations-small><section id="H8820641AD12841B19F3FBC15DA04E0FF"><enum>7068.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H600495EB2B4D4DDC8B555D0B7A3B09CD"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/214">22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)</external-xref>) shall be applied through fiscal year 2024 by substituting <quote>the costs of providing consular services</quote> for <quote>such costs</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H53B57BD800EC41B9BBCEB158035CAB13"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/136">Public Law 116–136</external-xref>; 134 Stat. 592) shall be applied during fiscal year 2024 by substituting <quote>2020 through 2024</quote> for <quote>2020 and 2021</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H647441D7233A4509B53EEC590D5B6C9B"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Discretionary amounts made available to the Department of State under the heading <quote>Administration of Foreign Affairs</quote> of this Act, and discretionary unobligated balances under such heading from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may be transferred to the Consular and Border Security Programs account if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sustain consular operations, following consultation with such Committees: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in this Act and under any other provision of law: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no amounts may be transferred from amounts designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7B5B376C0C574E749F2C93B99DF6FA96"><enum>(d)</enum><text>In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to section 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)</external-xref>), for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of State may also use fees deposited into the Fraud Prevention and Detection Account for the costs of providing consular services.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7E075814BB2A4A239257340D3A19520A"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H028FBB83285A4A4BA47A278711582C12"><header>Promotion of United States Economic Interests</header></appropriations-small><section id="H11F66E719E9D4F209613FC8212D593FC"><enum>7069.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1F8D7B190F034CE9A3E550598B5F567C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Diplomatic engagement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to section 704 of the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/94">Public Law 116–94</external-xref>) the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall prioritize the allocation of funds appropriated by this Act under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> for support of Chief of Mission diplomatic engagement to foster commercial relations and safeguard United States economic and business interests in the country in which each Chief of Mission serves, including activities and initiatives to create and maintain an enabling environment, promote and protect such interests, and resolve commercial disputes: <proviso><italic>Provided, </italic></proviso>That each Mission Resource Request and Bureau Resource Request shall include amounts required to prioritize the activities described in this subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="H74C303F9A54C48F4BF61BD80905D534B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out section 705 of the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of division J of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/94">Public Law 116–94</external-xref>) the Secretary of State shall annually assess training needs across the economic and commercial diplomacy issue areas and ensure after a review of course offerings, course attendance records, and course evaluation results, that current offerings meet training needs.</text></subsection><subsection id="H89C72243404741698B65B5AC27F9F549"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State should direct each Chief of Mission to consider how best to advance and support commercial relations and the safeguarding of United States business interests in the development and execution of the applicable Integrated Country Strategy and the Mission Resource Request for each country receiving bilateral assistance from funds appropriated by this Act.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HF91D9313833549528FE7F3D7A599C5D6" commented="no"><header>Additional Limitations on Operations and Assistance</header></appropriations-small><section id="H1E6AEAE309C546D897973A64A6E45365" commented="no"><enum>7070.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H914E7AC55B7B4137B159C5B0D559F350"><enum>(a)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for drag queen workshops, performances, or documentaries.</text></subsection><subsection id="HCA87129F638E4385B1AFF258FA187869" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any idea or concept that condones an individual being discriminated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently superior to another race, the United States or its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral character as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created by a particular race to oppress another race.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3FD6CE7FA3D84D1084BE0EF04EFC109A"><enum>(c)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593), or Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825).</text></subsection><subsection id="HF72663792B6B498C9D29295357606E7E"><enum>(d)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to—</text><paragraph id="H7BDF16F7BAC847B0AE97279AB000FB52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>classify or facilitate the classification of any communications by a United States person as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0131EE56BADF437FB20509D1403F1511"><enum>(2)</enum><text>partner with or fund nonprofit or other organizations that pressure or recommend private companies to censor, filter, or otherwise suppress lawful and constitutionally protected speech of United States persons, including recommending the censoring or removal of content on social media platforms.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E24117F7D8A415584BC9D45D37F69D9"><enum>(e)</enum><text>None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used or transferred to another Federal Agency, board, or commission to fund any domestic or international non-governmental organization or any other program, organization, or association coordinated or operated by such non-governmental organization that either offers counseling regarding sex change surgeries, promotes sex change surgeries for any reason as an option, conducts or subsidizes sex change surgeries, promotes the use of medications or other substances to halt the onset of puberty or sexual development of minors, or otherwise promotes transgenderism.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9524F9E02BC44136A99872E69EECE361"><enum>(f)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of a United States Federal department or agency funded by this Act other than the—</text><paragraph id="HFECABEEAF3304CF2A3D9C756D4FD5977"><enum>(1)</enum><text>United States flag;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B116C46B00A4642A3C40ED70CF131B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 154.2-1;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H09EBC783AD634804927B944F49C9FC1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>POW/MIA flag;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H32384BF0A5A143469B8CC6F0B194CC72"><enum>(4)</enum><text>flag of a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia at domestic locations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB628875BC80E4FBB894B614F13126EBB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>flag of an Indian Tribal government; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H80EE4FFC02A9417AB25DE0CD1A9A5838"><enum>(6)</enum><text>sovereign flag of other countries.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H4AAC18C48E63497E8AEB7CB9EBF116EB"><header>Presidential Permit Reform</header></appropriations-small><section id="H9A5D584198064B3EB92B57239DC5D7D8"><enum>7071.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to carry out the responsibilities delegated to the Secretary of State pursuant to Executive Order 13867 (April 10, 2019) or any successor Executive Order: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary shall carry out such responsibilities within the 60 day time period set forth in section 2 of such Executive Order: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That Agency heads for whom the Secretary refers such applications for pertinent information or advise pursuant to such Executive Order should respond not later than the 30 days: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That Executive Order 13867, or any successor Executive Order, should not be construed to require the application of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 prior to the Secretary providing advice to the President of the United States concerning any new or amended Presidential permit application.</text></section><appropriations-small id="HC9361002BC18447E9AF9B886A088CA86" commented="no"><header>RESCISSIONS</header></appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB2616C41B31B4DF4812D64C9E9DDCF13" commented="no"><header>(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="H5FAC257C83244C74A7F70E9E39E4F550" commented="no"><enum>7072.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA50A04FC8A8F42B88A40BB4B8A1BB644"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</header><text>Of the unobligated balances from amounts available under the heading <quote>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</quote> from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $174,000,000 are rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="H00C21465DFBA4E88B1BE929A72C6FDD7" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development assistance</header><text>Of the unobligated and unexpended balances from amounts available under the heading <quote>Development Assistance</quote> from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $709,500,000 are rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="HEE4C2D7C955A4F428D343FA6AC8B667E" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Economic support fund</header><text>Of the unobligated and unexpended balances from amounts available under the heading <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote> from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $808,600,000 are rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="H85EC4997996F4ABAA71821BD8557E13C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Peace corps</header><text>Of the unobligated balances from amounts available under the heading <quote>Peace Corps</quote> from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $18,000,000 are rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4A41596103524E189072F250444BE58A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</header><text>Of the unobligated, and unexpended balances from amounts available under the heading <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement</quote> from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $40,000,000 are rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5A3B8D1A211C4874BD8D37C06E9C55D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Export-Import Bank of the United States</header><text>Of the unobligated balances available under the heading <quote>Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation</quote> for tied-aid grants from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $59,000,000 are rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDB27EC18DE634F919518A6EE7E67DE33"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Section 60103</header><text>Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for activities of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 60103 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/169">Public Law 117–169</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Inflation Reduction Act of 2022</quote>), $11,135,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB538C6C65C634B688A5697CB38E06FA1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</text></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Countering the malign influence of the People’s Republic of China</header><appropriations-major id="H12E2D317824B474DB3F1274127F6E62B"><header>Bilateral Economic Assistance</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H3D24A12C7CD6498294DBED32137C586A"><header>Funds Appropriated to the President</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H908174CAFA6A4D039A40830A1A082CFB"><header>Economic Support Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended for programs to advance United States national security interests in the Indo-Pacific and counter the malign influence of the People’s Republic of China: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, if expressly authorized and established in the Treasury of the United States, funds made available under this title may be transferred to a <quote>Compact Assistance Fund</quote>.</text></appropriations-small><enum>IX</enum><header>Additional General Provision</header><appropriations-small id="H573F4FA1A4A843AFA844CFF5DC7BD59F"><header>Spending reduction account</header></appropriations-small><section id="HD28CB48CE694436BABAA0E72762F274F"><enum>9001.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$0 (increased by $1,000,000,000).</text></section><section id="H0C8D706573B64287A1C5012A5A2B665A"><enum>9002.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/416">Public Law 103–416</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 4321; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note).</text></section><section id="H439727F6A77047F790D384FA5EAD6ADC"><enum>9003.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to create, procure, or display any map that inaccurately depicts the occupied country of Tibet as part of the People’s Republic of China.</text></section><section id="H561DFF27B5AC4E14B27D3AE1CFB0BC45"><enum>9004.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to enforce the restrictions outlined under the headings <quote>Visits and Travel</quote> (regarding limitations on <quote>Travel to Taiwan</quote>) and <quote>Communications</quote> (regarding limitations on <quote>Name</quote>, <quote>Symbols of Sovereignty</quote>, and <quote>Correspondence</quote>) in the Department of State's June 29, 2021, Memorandum for All Department and Agency Executive Secretaries entitled <quote>Revised Guidelines on Interacting with Taiwan</quote>.</text></section><section id="HCFE0BB04CFAD4AF09AB964932E5BE08B"><enum>9005.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay Secretary Antony John Blinken a salary that exceeds $1.</text></section><section id="H6F592D3386C849B7AA4EB29455D59FE3"><enum>9006.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for the Office of Palestinian Affairs. </text></section><section id="H8486FA02D24C4158B283087E12876277"><enum>9007.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the adoption or implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration set forth in the annex to the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 2018 (A/RES/73/195). </text></section><section id="H3DE7FAF73E2E45DBADAB5A3C421AC7A2"><enum>9008.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce or otherwise implement a requirement for individuals traveling outside of the United States to receive a vaccination against COVID–19.</text></section><section id="HB264EF6C4AE442018A9409B08FB30AF4"><enum>9009.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>) (relating to the economic support fund) may be obligated or expended for assistance for Mexico. </text></section><section id="H4BDC5F13CC754D45A63E1EC329847098"><enum>9010.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out or administer any Remote Work Agreement of a domestically-assigned direct-hire employee if the employee’s alternate worksite is located outside of the locality pay area of the regular worksite for the employee’s position of record.</text></section><section id="HDD3293C2D18F4D1D8670B971DC9AF824"><enum>9011.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to support the negotiations toward an extension of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Protocol Between the United States of America and China.</text></section><section id="H2C8EC73DEF504C62B397C43669397558"><enum>9012.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement the decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015, commonly known as the <quote>Paris Agreement</quote>. </text></section><section id="HF66BF5C21A0C48BE93D00FC26CB3A48C"><enum>9013.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for any employee of the Department of State to travel to or attend any conference or event hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative.</text></section><section id="H4FED6FCEAA804CF99F9DB69FF9F21E53"><enum>9014.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Art in Embassies program of the Department of State. </text></section><section id="H54515FC4F0044DE9B827D795DB802843"><enum>9015.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The salary of Robert Malley, the United States Special Envoy to Iran, shall be reduced to $1.</text></section><section id="H5793C0AD92A24D11966A7BACA72F3ED9"><enum>9016.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. </text></section><section id="HDBE15AC023B84A7AAC6A778555283697"><enum>9017.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to move the United States embassy in Israel to a location other than Jerusalem.</text></section><section id="H83880F345962448F9C8C3CF4CC78BCE6"><enum>9018.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to implement any of the following executive orders:</text><paragraph id="H8CC543DB2EA94E73BB85C26A21D4AB8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13990, relating to Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4052C4A671147A7907ED040BB49612E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14008, relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6609CF7380F542938016E8AB7C4B1121"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, relating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD511425982D94103851DDF2BDADE5CF6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Climate-Related Financial Risk.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H84673EC3C05E4BA5B70A826334C30BA2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14057, relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E4C9AB0404849B1A1BFE85C8D2E060D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H88FE03FB28474503BBB2339103CA324C"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HFF5EC420393249EA94AD9EA25AA05EF4"><enum>9019.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available in contravention of the notice entitled <quote>In the Matter of the Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization</quote> issued by the Department of State on April 15, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 15278).</text></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="H316A8004C86C4E0BBBF24F92825C5D63"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024</short-title></quote>. <pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-small>Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2023.Kevin F. McCumber,Clerk.October 3, 2023Received; read twice and placed on the calendar