[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 227 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 227

   To authorize the transfer of certain funds to improve security at 
United States embassies and other diplomatic facilities worldwide, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2013

  Mr. Leahy (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
    Casey, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
 Lautenberg, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
    Boxer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Paul) introduced the 
following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, 
                               and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the transfer of certain funds to improve security at 
United States embassies and other diplomatic facilities worldwide, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Embassy Security Funds Transfer Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SECURITY AT UNITED 
              STATES EMBASSIES AND OTHER DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
              WORLDWIDE.

    (a) Transfer Authority.--Funds appropriated by title VIII of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act of 2012 (division I of Public Law 112-74; 125 Stat. 
1265) under the headings ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' and 
``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' may be transferred 
between such headings.
    (b) Availability.--
            (1) In general.--Any funds transferred to a heading under 
        subsection (a) shall be merged with funds in the heading to 
        which transferred, and shall, except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), be available subject to the same terms and conditions as 
        the funds with which merged.
            (2) Duration of availability.--Any funds transferred under 
        subsection (a) shall be available for the same period for which 
        such funds were originally appropriated.
    (c) Notification Procedures.--Any transfer of funds under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.
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