[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)]
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     DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025


                             General Leave

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks 
and to include extraneous material on H.R. 8771, and that I may include 
tabular material on the same.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Molinaro). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 8771.
  The Chair appoints the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber) to preside 
over the Committee of the Whole.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2025, and for other purposes, with Mr. Weber of Texas in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read 
the first time.
  General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 1 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations, or their respective 
designees.
  The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) and the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Lee) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart).
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chair, I also want to apologize, because I am getting over this 
pretty bad cold, and so I hope my voice will stand up for the hours 
that we have here on the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to speak on the fiscal year 2025 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
appropriations bill for floor consideration here today.
  The bill totals $51.7 billion, which is a cut, a reduction, of $7.6 
billion from the fiscal year 2024 enacted level. That is 11 percent 
less than enacted and nearly 20 percent below the President's budget 
request.
  This allocation and the policies within the bill will allow us to 
build on important changes that House Republicans fought hard to secure 
in the fiscal year 2024 bill signed into law only a few months ago.
  You are probably going to hear it now. There are some who will say 
that cuts of this magnitude jeopardize the United States' leadership in 
the world, that we are abandoning our leadership, and that the world 
will be less safe.
  Let me be very clear. I completely disagree. In fact, it is just the 
opposite.
  The priorities in this bill are crystal clear. If you are a friend or 
an ally of the United States, this bill supports you. If you are an 
adversary or are cozying up to our adversaries, then frankly, no, you 
are not going to like this bill.
  The bill eliminates controversial or ineffective programs that, 
frankly, American taxpayers do not support and that, frankly, again, 
even our allies and partners don't support either.
  This is key: Even with the deep cuts to the top-line spending, this 
bill fully funds our ally Israel and increases funding over the 
President's request to counter Communist China and to combat the flow 
of fentanyl into our country, again while spending less money overall.
  Let me tell you what this bill does not do, what this bill does not 
fund, Mr. Chairman. Despite the Biden administration's request, this 
bill will not fund organizations that employ terrorists, like UNRWA. It 
does not fund organizations that provide a platform on the global stage 
for the worst human rights abusers, like the Human Rights Council, or 
that take bogus legal action against Israel, as it fights for its very 
existence, like the International Criminal Court and the International 
Court of Justice.
  No, this bill does not fund organizations that cower to Communist 
China and deny Taiwan even observer status, like the World Health 
Organization. This bill also does not pay for other countries' climate 
reparations, like the Loss and Damages Fund.
  This bill certainly does not permit funds to promote and mobilize 
illegal migration to the United States' southern border through 
organizations exploiting this administration's dangerous open-border 
policies.
  Yes, this bill stops funding to all of those organizations and 
programs for the reasons that I mentioned, not just because they are a 
waste of money, which would be reason enough, but because those 
organizations are actually working against our interests and those of 
our allies while utilizing American taxpayer money to do so.
  I will take a moment to address how this bill treats, for example, 
the United Nations. This bill acknowledges the mockery that is the 
U.N., unfortunately, and zeros out the U.N. regular budget. The U.N. 
does not deserve one more dime of taxpayer money. It just doesn't.
  The hypocrisy and the moral decay at the U.N. has only gotten worse 
and is rearing its ugly head time and time again with repeated, brazen, 
anti-Semitic attacks against Israel.
  That is why this bill builds on, frankly, key wins from fiscal year 
2024 and adds new conditions on anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias 
throughout the United Nations and other international organizations. 
This should be no surprise. Actions have consequences. At least they 
should. The U.N. will feel the consequences of their actions in this 
bill.
  This legislation makes confronting the national security threat posed 
by the Communist Chinese Party a top priority. It provides $2.1 billion 
to counter the malign influence of the People's Republic of China and 
the Communist Party of China. Note this: That is above the President's 
request despite spending less money overall.
  It also provides $500 million for foreign military financing for 
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security needs and prioritizes funding for other critical partners in 
the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines and the Pacific Island 
countries.
  I would like to now turn to our hemisphere, which is another top 
priority in this bill, which impacts all Americans. This bill includes 
funding to combat the trafficking of opiates, and in particular 
fentanyl, which is killing so many young Americans. This bill also 
holds accountable governments failing to cooperate on countering 
narcotics and other issues of critical importance to the United States 
and the American people.
  Let me give you this example. No funds in this bill can go to Mexico 
until a certification is made that an agreement is in place to restore 
water deliveries owed to the United States from Mexico.
  The bill increases support for freedom and democracy for the people 
of Cuba, in this hemisphere, by providing $35 million for democracy 
funding and $35 million for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. It also 
reins in attempts by the Biden administration to promote the so-called 
entrepreneurs in Cuba's closed, communist economy.
  Let's be very clear. The only truly independent entrepreneurs in Cuba 
are in prison. While the Cuban people are risking their lives to demand 
true freedom and hitting the streets to demand true freedom, 
unfortunately, the Biden administration is attempting to throw their 
oppressors a lifeline with unilateral sanction relief. That is why the 
language is even further tightened this year.

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  Finally, this bill includes all longstanding pro-life protections, 
including a prohibition on all taxpayer funds from being used to pay 
for abortion. It builds on those requirements by applying the 
Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy to all global health 
funding.
  You see, Mr. Chairman, it promotes American values by continuing 
important funding for democracy, increasing funding for religious 
freedom programs abroad, supporting faith-based organizations that are 
helping to deliver the United States foreign assistance, and 
eliminating programs that use taxpayer dollars for, frankly, 
controversial or ineffective agendas.
  Now, before I close, Mr. Chairman, if I may, I thank the amazing 
staff from the Appropriations Committee for their work on the bill. 
Also, I thank my personal office staff who have worked amazingly hard 
with very little time, as you know, on this important bill.
  Again, Mr. Chairman, I thank you for bringing this legislation to the 
floor. I am actually thanking the Speaker of the House for bringing 
this legislation to the floor which supports our allies. It protects 
our national security in a smart, efficient, and thoughtful way.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
the House Republican draft of the FY25 State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Agencies appropriations bill.
  This woefully underfunded bill will weaken America, and, yes, it will 
leave us vulnerable to our adversaries.
  The measures Republicans are bringing to the House floor this week 
would slash our diplomatic and development programs by a shocking 12 
percent, while at the same time seeking to increase military spending 
by $8.5 billion.
  These cuts would leave America vastly weakened. This continues a 
dangerous trend that puts the Pentagon on steroids while leaving 
diplomacy and development on life support.
  Our national security is built on three pillars: defense, diplomacy, 
and development. We need all three to be strong to execute a foreign 
policy that advances both our interests and our values. We already 
spend 50 percent less in real terms on diplomacy and development than 
we did 40 years ago. If only defense is adequately funded, it means 
that we will too often rely only on military force, which should be a 
last resort, not our first. In the famous words of General Mattis: If 
you don't fund the State Department, you need to buy me more 
ammunition.
  My Republican colleagues like to talk a good game about confronting 
China. In truth, this bill is really a gift to Beijing's diplomatic 
efforts. Even before the billion-dollar cut to our embassies and 
Foreign Service officers, the People's Republic of China now has more 
foreign missions and more diplomats than we do.
  In addition, the bill's prohibitions on participation in global 
venues like the United Nations or the World Health Organization will 
simply mean that China's self-interest will go unchecked by the United 
States. You can't have it both ways.
  I just returned from a bipartisan delegation to Africa where my 
colleagues and I, both Democrats and Republicans, met with reformers in 
key African democracies. These leaders told us that they preferred to 
partner with the United States over China. However, too often, American 
presence and investment was missing in action.
  They told us over and over and over again: Where are you? You are not 
here.
  Countering the PRC's influence means, quite frankly, America needs to 
show up. Republicans, again, as I said, can't have it both ways. China, 
Russia, and all of our adversaries will rush to fill the void left by 
this bill.
  This bill also takes a really dishonest approach to the existential 
threat posed by climate change. People around the world are confronting 
the impacts of human-caused climate change right now: life-threatening 
temperatures, crop failures, floods and severe weather. Many of us are 
experiencing this in our own districts and hometowns.
  Now, we can't change the temperature. Climate change is here. The 
past 12 months have been the hottest ever measured, but we can help 
people and communities around the world to cope with the most life-
threatening impacts.
  However, this bill ignores reality. It includes no funding for clean 
energy; no funding to help communities adapt to drought, rising 
coastlines, or extreme heat; no funding to stop deforestation or 
recurring coastal flooding; and the bill cuts off, mind you, 
cooperation with other countries.
  Once again, Mr. Chair, think of the PRC and what this bill says to 
them.
  The bill also wages war on women's reproductive freedom. Mr. Chair, 
218 million women still cannot access the tools to decide when and how 
to have a baby. As a result, hundreds of thousands die in childbirth. 
That is a fact. The Republican bill makes it harder for women to access 
care. It also cuts off funding for the United Nations Family Planning 
Association, the one partner that helps mothers and babies in the 
hardest places to reach. Mothers and babies will die because of this.
  Nonetheless, the most damaging aspect of this bill is the massive 
abdication and retreat of United States leadership around the world. 
The bill treats issues and countries as black and white, good and evil; 
it is our way or the highway. This is fundamentally undemocratic for a 
country that stands for democracy.
  A key example is how this bill doubles down and triples down on the 
failed, yes, failed Cuban embargo. There is no track record of success 
nurturing democracy and human rights by punishing regular people.
  Instead of listening to partners and addressing concerns together, 
this bill forces the United States to go it alone and reject any 
country with a different perspective. Perhaps most telling, the largest 
increase in this bill is foreign military financing in the State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. It zeroes 
out the United Nations and outright prohibits half a dozen U.N. bodies. 
The message of this bill, once again, is more weapons and less 
cooperation.

  This is not how the world works. This approach is isolating America. 
Yes, human rights violators and countries that do not share democratic 
values also participate in these organizations, but that is why we must 
stay engaged. If we cede the ground to countries with little regard for 
human rights, then we are enabling more injustice.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to reject this bill and get to work 
on a truly bipartisan approach that will protect and advance America's 
security interests and, of course, make sure that we are a country 
which leads in forming alliances and cooperates for the sake of the 
survivors of our planet.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield 6 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), who is the distinguished 
ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the Republican 
majority's State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies 
appropriations bill.
  First, I would also like to thank the majority and minority staff, 
especially Erin Kolodjeski, Laurie Mignone, and Stephanie Reed. I also 
want to acknowledge Chairman Diaz-Balart and Ranking Member Barbara Lee 
for their work on the bill.
  It is difficult to imagine this entire institution without 
Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
  As ranking member of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Congresswoman Lee has been a 
unique and effective advocate for America wielding influence on the 
global stage. Our soft power, our ability to bring other nations 
together for the common purposes of democracy, freedom, and human 
rights, is as critical to our freedom and prosperity as our defense 
capabilities.
  I thank Congresswoman Lee for all that she has done for California 
and for our Nation.
  To the bill, much like last year, the fiscal year 2025 State and 
Foreign Operations bill resurrects the doomed isolationism of the early 
20th century. Just a few months after Democrats and Republicans voted 
for final bipartisan 2024 funding bills, the majority proposes that we 
decimate the State and Foreign Operations bill with a 12 percent cut.
  Let us take stock for a moment. Around the globe, America's 
adversaries threaten the peace and prosperity of the free world. With 
wars in the Middle East and Europe and humanitarian crises on nearly 
every continent, the world is yearning for American leadership.
  Not since the Cold War have our diplomatic influence and soft power 
been more critical to keeping Americans safe, yet House Republicans 
have proposed a bill that would diminish America's world leadership and 
obstruct our ability to support our allies, to deter our adversaries, 
to surpass our competitors, to maximize our influence, and to continue 
leading the free world.
  Whether we are talking about our diplomatic strength, economic 
investments, or humanitarian assistance, this bill unravels the hard-
fought credibility and influence we have earned to be global leaders.
  This bill threatens our national security, it threatens women's 
health globally, it hampers our response to the climate crisis, 
undermines our diplomatic corps by underfunding the State Department 
and USAID, and completely blocks support for the United Nations Relief 
and Works Agency--the backbone of getting humanitarian assistance to 
Gazans in need and jeopardizes relief for refugees in Lebanon and in 
Jordan--leaving behind some of the most vulnerable people facing the 
most unthinkable conditions in the world.
  The majority's bill is, yet again, diminishing the global standing of 
the United States and what we stand for, what our values are, for our 
own people and for people around the world who look to America, the 
world's largest economy and oldest constitutional democracy, for 
inspiration and, yes, for hope.
  This bill abdicates U.S. leadership at the United Nations and other 
multilateral and international institutions by not including any 
funding for the U.N. regular budget, the U.N. Development Program, U.N. 
Women, and for UNICEF, as well.
  By withdrawing from these organizations, we will allow our 
competitors and our adversaries to take our place and to replace our 
influence on the global stage.
  By shortchanging USAID at a time when a historic number of people are 
facing conflict and instability, we are failing to live up to America's 
ideals.
  A wide gamut of nonprofit, faith-based, and advocacy organizations 
have issued stark warnings of what this bill portends for America's 
global leadership and national security. The Global Health Council led 
a group of 62 organizations in saying that this bill ``falls woefully 
short of the funding necessary to address global converging crises and 
would signal a cessation of U.S. leadership and influence on the world 
stage.''
  Later, at the appropriate time, I will submit this compilation for 
inclusion in the Congressional Record.
  Our starting point for 2025 must provide, and Democrats will accept 
nothing less than, a 1 percent increase in defense and nondefense 
funding consistent with the framework set in the Fiscal Responsibility 
Act that Republicans demanded. Any increase for defense beyond that 1 
percent must be matched with nondefense investments. As we proved 
together this spring, final spending bills will be the product of 
negotiations between Democrats and the Republicans in the House and 
Senate.
  For all of these reasons, I cannot support this bill. For the sake of 
our national security, for women's health globally, and our response to 
the climate crisis, Republicans must abandon this reckless and partisan 
path and join Democrats at the table. It is time to govern.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks), the distinguished ranking member 
of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
  Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Chair, I thank Ranking Member Lee for all the hard 
work that she does on SFOPS and her global leadership, which is 
tremendously important.
  Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to this legislation.
  On this very floor, my Republican colleagues have claimed that 
America is falling behind its competitors like China, that we must 
counter its spreading malign influence that it has commanded through 
foreign investments and other coercive measures.
  While Beijing has increased its diplomatic budget over the last 
decade to surpass even what we afford our own diplomatic posts and 
personnel, what is the Republicans' strategy to grow our own influence 
and to outcompete China, Russia, and other national security 
competitors and adversaries? What is their plan? They propose this 
legislation, a partisan chain saw to our international affairs budget, 
which would impose a 12 percent cut on top of the cuts they imposed in 
last year's budget. This bill is a white flag of surrender in the 
competition for global influence.
  I believe there is still a bipartisan majority in this House that is 
serious about meeting the national security challenges we face. 
Unfortunately, the majority is not being allowed to work its will 
today. Instead, this legislation caters to the fringe MAGA wing of the 
Republican Party with extreme riders on abortion and family planning, 
climate change, and DEI.
  The bill cuts funding to international organizations, including the 
U.N., where we must demonstrate stronger leadership to advance U.S. 
interests.
  This bill has sharp cuts to the personnel accounts for both the State 
Department and USAID. How are we going to implement programming without 
the staffing needed to manage it, or retain the skilled diplomatic 
workforce?
  Amendments proposed today zero out funding for Ukraine, USAID, 
humanitarian and international disaster relief, educational exchange 
programs critical to promoting America's standing around the world, and 
democracy and human rights programs. This is irresponsible 
policymaking.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Lois Frankel), a member of the 
Appropriations Committee.
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Chair, sadly, I rise in opposition 
to the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2025, with the hope and expectation that we can do 
better.
  Mr. Chair, as the leaders of the free world, we have a duty to ensure 
that this critical bill reflects the importance of American leadership, 
our commitment to developing nations, and our investments in peace and 
democracy around the world.
  While I am very pleased that this bill includes vital provisions for 
our support of Israel and maintains funding for the implementation of 
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Peace, and Security Act, it ultimately falls short in too many crucial 
areas.
  My Republican colleagues often emphasize the threats posed by our 
global adversaries. However, this bill fails to recognize that poverty, 
hunger, disease, conflict, hatred, and climate change are also 
formidable enemies.
  So, alarmingly, it severely cuts funding for development assistance, 
humanitarian aid, and democracy programs, eliminating funding for such 
organizations that save lives like UNICEF and UNFPA.
  It slashes support for women's healthcare and family planning 
services and includes dangerous policy riders that prevent the poorest, 
most vulnerable women from accessing abortion, and it shuts down health 
clinics just for providing accurate information.
  Furthermore, this bill fails to appreciate the diversity of mankind. 
It contains provisions that harm the LGBTQ community worldwide and 
stifles diplomatic diversity initiatives.
  Mr. Chair, by ceding American leadership, this bill creates a vacuum 
that will embolden our adversaries, leaving our country and the world 
less healthy, less safe, and less prosperous.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill and send a 
clear message that we can do better.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Ramirez).
  Mrs. RAMIREZ. Mr. Chair, I rise to strongly oppose H.R. 8771.
  The fact that we are even debating this ridiculous bill makes it 
clear that some of my colleagues still remain, I will say, uninformed, 
which will be the kind word, of the ways in which the world is 
interconnected.
  They deny the devastating consequences when our Nation neglects our 
role, defunds diplomacy, and erodes our commitments to the 
international community. The multifront global crises facing this 
Nation calls for leadership and for our Nation's leaders to step up in 
partnership and cooperation.
  Instead, Republicans are doubling down on poison pills that roll back 
our commitments around reproductive healthcare, LGBTQI+ rights, and 
climate change; cut over $1 billion to the United Nations and 
international bodies that hold war criminals accountable; decimate 
lifesaving humanitarian aid and gut migration and refugee assistance; 
and undermine Presidential authority and also international laws.
  That is what this bill is about. This bill, in my opinion, is deeply 
unserious and dangerous, and I encourage my colleagues to vote ``no.''
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Meng), a member of the Appropriations 
Committee.
  Ms. MENG. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 8771, 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2025.
  As a daughter of immigrants and as the Representative of one of the 
most diverse communities in our Nation, I know firsthand the impact of 
world events on my friends and neighbors in Queens, but for the second 
straight year, the GOP is turning our back on the world by cutting 
critical investments in U.S. diplomacy and development, attacking 
women's rights, and retreating from the world stage.
  This government spending bill would slash the State and foreign 
operations budget to the lowest level in over a decade. It undermines 
America's long legacy of leadership that has lifted millions out of 
poverty, stemmed diseases like HIV and malaria, helped millions of 
children learn to read and write, and supported the most vulnerable in 
their time of need.
  Mr. Chair, $7.6 billion in funding cuts will isolate us from our 
allies and the international conflicts we are confronting together. 
These cuts would gut women's health and rights around the world, 
putting maternal health and the well-being of millions of children at 
risk.
  Furthermore, this bill would codify the Trump-era global gag rule, 
forcing healthcare organizations across the world that receive aid from 
the U.S. to choose between providing a full range of healthcare options 
to their patients or forgoing U.S. assistance altogether.
  From healthcare and climate change to diplomacy and security, this 
legislation falls woefully short of the resources we need to address 
the international crises we are facing today.
  America alone is not America First. From my community of Queens and 
its connection to so many others across the globe, I am voting against 
this bill, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, let me close by saying a couple of things about this 
bill once more.
  First of all, it is a deeply political, extremist bill that seeks to 
satisfy the radical fringe at the expense of our national security, 
global human rights, and the well-being of our allies.
  Let me say again what I said yesterday in the Rules Committee. We 
spend less than 0.5 percent of our GNP on overseas assistance, mind 
you. This bill cuts that less than 0.5 percent by 12 percent and 6 
percent in last fiscal year.
  The world is full of threats that don't respect borders, from climate 
change to pandemics to assertive dictators. We can't stick our heads in 
the sand and hope that it will all go away.
  Investments in development, diplomacy, economic assistance, poverty 
alleviation, healthcare, education, and job creation don't just protect 
American lives and American interests. They also protect taxpayers' 
wallets and promote peace and security for not only the United States 
but throughout the planet.
  Experts have found that for every $1 we spent on conflict prevention, 
it saves us $16 down the road. Mr. Chair, I urge my Republican 
colleagues to consider this when they claim this bill is fiscally 
responsible.
  It has been a tremendous honor, let me say, to serve as both chair 
and ranking member of the Subcommittee of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs, but I leave this role deeply concerned that our 
politics are leading us in the wrong direction and leaving the United 
States alone on the global stage.
  Democrats will not support a bill if it means turning our backs to 
the world's most vulnerable women or the looming threat of climate 
change.
  I take some solace in knowing that this partisan Republican draft 
bill is dead on arrival in the Senate. When my Republican colleagues 
are ready to come to the table and discuss what America's diplomats and 
development professionals need to do their jobs, I will be ready to 
talk.
  Our diplomats, our support staff, our Peace Corps volunteers, our 
Foreign Servicemembers, and all those who represent the United States 
are impacted by this bill. We owe them a definite deep sense of 
commitment and gratitude for their service and for their work. Let's do 
that by not gutting the bill that they rely on to do their jobs.
  Until we are able to talk, I urge all Members to reject this 
dangerous, very weak, and inadequate bill.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, this bill does more for our national 
security and our allies with less taxpayer money. That is precisely how 
government is supposed to work. You do more and better with less money. 
That is how government is supposed to work.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this good bill, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Chair, the United States has long been the global 
leader for peace, stability, and international cooperation. This role 
did not come easily or through weakness. It is the result of the great 
sacrifice of the American people. It came about not only because of our 
armed might, which served to defeat the fascist powers during World War 
2, but also because of America's clear commitment to the values of 
freedom and democracy, not only for ourselves, but for all of humanity.
  Today's measure--the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025--reflects that 
persistent commitment to our national values. It also commands American 
excellence--we will not only be a participant in the international 
conversation, but the global leader of it.
  The bill prioritizes programs to protect our national security; 
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around the globe; and promote freedom and democracy abroad.
  It supports our allies and partners like Israel and Taiwan, both 
democracies that face external threats.
  It includes funding to enhance security partnerships in the Indo-
Pacific region, which is critical to countering Communist China's 
continued aggression.
  And it prioritizes funding for combating fentanyl, a crisis that is 
touching every community in every state in the Nation.
  The bill accomplishes these goals in a fiscally responsible way, 
ensuring that funds are spent where they are needed most. Critically, 
the bill also maintains longstanding bipartisan policies to promote 
religious freedom and to protect life, which are of great importance to 
so many Americans.
  I'm deeply proud of the work we have done on this bill, and I applaud 
Chairman Diaz-Balart for his hard work. I urge all of my colleagues to 
support this bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule.
  An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 
Rules Committee Print 118-39 shall be considered as adopted and the 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of further amendment under the 5-minute rule and shall be 
considered as read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

                               H.R. 8771

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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, 2025, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                          diplomatic programs

       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, $8,406,887,000, of 
     which $671,726,000 may remain available until September 30, 
     2026, and of which $3,928,712,000 is for Worldwide Security 
     Protection, which may remain available until expended, and of 
     which up to $818,168,000 is for Diplomatic Policy and 
     Support.

                 consular and border security programs

       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 Public Law 117-103), $491,000,000 shall 
     be available until expended for the purposes of such account, 
     including to reduce passport backlogs and reduce visa wait 
     times:  Provided, 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.

                        capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 
     authorized, $389,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $137,800,000, of which $28,650,000 may remain available until 
     September 30, 2026, and of which $26,800,000 may remain 
     available until September 30, 2026 for the Special Inspector 
     General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR):  Provided, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading are made available 
     notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post 
     inspections:  Provided further, 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.

               educational and cultural exchange programs

       For necessary expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
     programs, as authorized, $720,946,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not less than $287,800,000 shall be 
     for the Fulbright Program:  Provided, 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:  Provided 
     further, That any substantive modifications from the prior 
     fiscal year to programs funded under this heading in this Act 
     shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                        representation expenses

       For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000.

              protection of foreign missions and officials

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable 
     the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary 
     protective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2026.

            embassy security, construction, and maintenance

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
     Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 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, $945,210,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2029, of which not to exceed $25,000 may 
     be used for overseas representation expenses as authorized:  
     Provided, 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.
       In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
     acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,012,611,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

       For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 
     meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
     Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, 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 ``Repatriation Loans Program 
     Account''.

                   repatriation loans program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,800,000, as authorized:  
     Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
     the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
     $5,823,626.

              payment to the american institute in taiwan

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 
     Act (Public Law 96-8), $38,218,000.

         international center, washington, district of columbia

       Not to exceed $1,879,587 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 (Public Law 90-
     553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 
     Act, $745,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
     such section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
     section.

     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund, as authorized, $60,000,000.

                      International Organizations

              contributions to international organizations

       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, $269,614,000:  
     Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, That any payment of arrearages under this 
     heading shall be directed to activities that are mutually 
     agreed upon by the United States and the respective 
     international organization and shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, 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.

        contributions for international peacekeeping activities

       For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
     of international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
     maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
     security, $1,068,900,000, of which $534,450,000 may remain 
     available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That none of 
     the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated or 
     expended for any new

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     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:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be made available for obligation unless the 
     Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis 
     that the United Nations is implementing effective policies 
     and procedures to prevent United Nations employees, 
     contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving in such 
     mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 
     trafficking, or committing acts of sexual exploitation and 
     abuse or other violations of human rights, and to hold 
     accountable 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:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work with 
     the United Nations and foreign governments contributing 
     peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting procedures 
     to ensure that such troops have not violated human rights:  
     Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available under this heading may be used for 
     any United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve 
     United States Armed Forces under the command or operational 
     control of a foreign national, unless the President's 
     military advisors have submitted to the President a 
     recommendation that such involvement is in the national 
     interest of the United States and the President has submitted 
     to Congress such a recommendation:  Provided further, That 
     any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and 
     members of the United Nations Security Council to evaluate 
     and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and to consider a draw 
     down when mission goals have been substantially achieved.

                       International Commissions

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
     obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or 
     specific Acts of Congress, as follows:

 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

       For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
     and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United 
     States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for 
     representation expenses, as follows:

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     $81,800,000, of which $12,270,000 may remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

                              construction

       For detailed plan preparation and construction of 
     authorized projects, $168,550,000, to remain available until 
     expended, as authorized:  Provided, 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 ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'' 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:  Provided further, That such transfer 
     authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     provided in this Act.

              american sections, international commissions

       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 grant programs of the North American 
     Development Bank, including technical assistance grants and 
     the Community Assistance Program, $17,300,000:  Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading for the 
     International Joint Commission, up to $1,250,000 may remain 
     available until September 30, 2026, and up to $9,000 may be 
     made available for representation expenses:  Provided 
     further, That of the amount provided under this heading for 
     the International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be 
     made available for representation expenses.

                  international fisheries commissions

       For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
     commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
     law, $65,719,000:  Provided, That the United States share of 
     such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
     pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                 United States Agency for Global Media

                 international broadcasting operations

       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, 2026:  
     Provided, 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):  Provided further, That 
     funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
     be made available for medium- and short-wave broadcasting at 
     not less than the fiscal year 2024 level and in a manner able 
     to reach all provinces in Cuba with daily programming:  
     Provided further, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
     available for such purposes, up to $75,708,000 of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading may remain available until 
     expended for satellite transmissions, global network 
     distribution, and Internet freedom programs, of which not 
     less than $43,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 
      Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, That such funds are in addition to amounts 
     otherwise made available for such purposes:  Provided 
     further, 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 otherwise 
     made available for OCB:  Provided further, That of the total 
     amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 
     may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 may 
     be used for such expenses within the United States as 
     authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for 
     representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  
     Provided further, That 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 (22 U.S.C. 
     6202) and section 305(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204):  
     Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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.

                   broadcasting capital improvements

       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.

                            RELATED PROGRAMS

                          The Asia Foundation

       For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 
     Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $19,580,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                    United States Institute of Peace

       For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of 
     Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $55,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2026, which shall not be used 
     for construction activities.

         Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund

       For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-
     Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 
     the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
     Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 
     U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and earnings 
     accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 2025, to 
     remain available until expended.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

       For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
     Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
     Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
     5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
     Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
     30, 2025, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 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

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     payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 
     5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for purposes which 
     are not in accordance with section 200 of title 2 of the Code 
     of Federal Regulations, including the restrictions on 
     compensation for personal services.

                    Israeli Arab Scholarship Program

       For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
     Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
     U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
     Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
     2025, to remain available until expended.

                            East-West Center

       To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying 
     out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to 
     the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between 
     East and West in the State of Hawaii, $19,580,000.

                    National Endowment for Democracy

       For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
     Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National 
     Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $315,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $210,316,000 
     shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, 
     including for the core institutes, and $104,684,000 shall be 
     for democracy programs:  Provided, That the requirements of 
     section 7062(a) of this Act shall not apply to funds made 
     available under this heading.

                           OTHER COMMISSIONS

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
     Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, as authorized by 
     chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, $770,000, of 
     which $115,500 may remain available until September 30, 2026: 
      Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
     intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph 
     (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter:  Provided further, 
     That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2025:  
     Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such 
     authority.

      United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

                         salaries and expenses

       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 (22 U.S.C. 
     6431 et seq.), $4,850,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026, including not more than $4,000 for 
     representation expenses.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304 (22 
     U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $3,059,000, including not more than 
     $6,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China

                         salaries and expenses

       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 (22 
     U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not more than 
     $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

      United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       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 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $4,000,000, including not 
     more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 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 
     Public Law 111-117) shall continue in effect during fiscal 
     year 2025 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 
     heading.

                                TITLE II

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $1,214,808,000, of which up to $182,221,000 may remain 
     available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading and under the 
     heading ``Capital Investment Fund'' in this title may be made 
     available to finance the construction (including architect 
     and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 
     offices for use by the United States Agency for International 
     Development, unless the USAID Administrator has identified 
     such proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the 
     obligation of funds for such purposes:  Provided further, 
     That contracts or agreements entered into with funds 
     appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for 
     the expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal 
     year:  Provided further, That the authority of sections 610 
     and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
     exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer funds 
     appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to 
     ``Operating Expenses'' in accordance with the provisions of 
     those sections:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated or made available under this heading, not to 
     exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and 
     entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 
     available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed 
     $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID 
     during the current fiscal year:  Provided further, 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 ``Capital Investment Fund'', subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                        capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
     related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
     information technology and related capital investments, 
     pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, $259,100,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
     available for such purposes:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $90,000,000, of which up to $19,500,000 may remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, for the Office of Inspector General 
     of the United States Agency for International Development.

                               TITLE III

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

       For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 
     the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
     other purposes, as follows:

                         global health programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes, $3,623,712,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2028, and which shall be 
     apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
     International Development:  Provided, That this amount shall 
     be made available for training, equipment, and technical 
     assistance to build the capacity of public health 
     institutions and organizations in developing countries, and 
     for such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal 
     health programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration 
     programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation 
     programs which directly address the needs of mothers and 
     children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for 
     children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) 
     programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
     research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other 
     infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, 
     and for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/
     AIDS, including children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) 
     disaster preparedness training for health crises; (7) 
     programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     unanticipated and emerging global health threats; and (8) 
     family planning/reproductive health:  Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available 
     for a United States contribution to The GAVI Alliance:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available in 
     this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior 
     appropriations Acts may be made available to any organization 
     or program which, as determined by the President of the 
     United States, supports or participates in the management of 
     a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization:  
     Provided further, 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: 
      Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
     That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter 
     any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under 
     section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to lobby for or against abortion:  Provided 
     further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in 
     developing nations, funds shall be available only to 
     voluntary family planning projects which offer, either 
     directly or through referral to, or information about access 
     to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, 
     and that any such 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: 
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     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:  
     Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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 ``motivate'', 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:  Provided further, 
     That information provided about the use of condoms as part of 
     projects or activities that are funded from amounts 
     appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
     shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of 
     such use.
       In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
     provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
     prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
     AIDS, $5,645,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2029, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department 
     of State:  Provided, 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 
     (Public Law 108-25), for a United States contribution to the 
     Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 
     Fund):  Provided further, That the amount of such 
     contribution shall be $1,250,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made 
     available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2025 may be made 
     available to USAID for technical assistance related to the 
     activities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     paragraph, up to $22,000,000 may be made available, in 
     addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
     for administrative expenses of the United States Global AIDS 
     Coordinator, which, consistent with prior years, shall only 
     be made available to support the prevention, treatment, and 
     control of HIV/AIDS.

                         development assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, 
     and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2028:  Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
     shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for 
     International Development.

                   international disaster assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
     international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and 
     reconstruction assistance, $3,452,362,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, 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.

                         transition initiatives

       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:  Provided, 
     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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
     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:  Provided further, 
     That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 
     shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 
     the Committees on Appropriations.

                          complex crises fund

       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 Public Law 116-94), $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for 
     International Development.

                         economic support fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $3,430,888,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.

                             democracy fund

       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 Public Law 98-164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), 
     $205,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
     which shall be made available for the Human Rights and 
     Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
     Labor, Department of State:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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.
       For an additional amount for such purposes, $150,500,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall be 
     made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, 
     and Governance, United States Agency for International 
     Development.

            assistance for europe, eurasia and central asia

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act 
     (Public Law 102-511), and the Support for Eastern European 
     Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179), 
     $770,334,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 
     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 (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 3(c) of the 
     SEED Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes:  Provided, That funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Global Health 
     Programs'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' 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:  
     Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available for contributions to multilateral initiatives to 
     counter hybrid threats.

                          Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

       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 (22 U.S.C. 2601), 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 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 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, $2,453,236,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading, not less than $6,500,000 shall be made 
     available for refugees resettling in Israel.

                          Independent Agencies

                              peace corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the 
     purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
     administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, 
     $410,500,000, of which $7,300,000 is for the Office of 
     Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 
     2026:  Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps may 
     transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as 
     authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, 
     That funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may 
     not be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps 
     overseas operations:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may 
     be available for representation expenses, of which not to 
     exceed $4,000 may

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     be made available for entertainment expenses:  Provided 
     further, 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:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 
     pay for abortions:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     the previous proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 
     113-76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading.

                    millennium challenge corporation

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) 
     (MCA), $937,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     up to $146,000,000 may be available for administrative 
     expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation:  Provided 
     further, That section 605(e) of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7704(e)) 
     shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading:  
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact 
     entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 
     7708) only if such Compact obligates, or contains a 
     commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds 
     and the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to 
     proceed, the entire amount of the United States Government 
     funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact:  
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, not to exceed $100,000 may be available for 
     representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to 
     exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses.

                       inter-american foundation

       For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the 
     Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions 
     of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
     $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation 
     expenses.

              united states african development foundation

       For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development 
     Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 290h 
     et seq.), $30,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2026, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 
     representation expenses:  Provided, That funds made available 
     to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project 
     purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the 
     United States African Development Foundation (USADF):  
     Provided further, That interest earned shall be used only for 
     the purposes for which the grant was made:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African 
     Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h-3(a)(2)), in 
     exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 
     may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section 
     with respect to a project and a project may exceed the 
     limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely 
     to foreign currency fluctuation:  Provided further, That the 
     USADF shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees after each time such waiver authority is 
     exercised:  Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts 
     outside the United States Treasury and retain any interest 
     earned on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of 
     the African Development Foundation Act:  Provided further, 
     That the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 
     Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for program 
     purposes.

                       Department of the Treasury

               international affairs technical assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $30,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     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.

                           debt restructuring

       For ``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Department of the 
     Treasury--Debt Restructuring'' there is appropriated 
     $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 
     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 ``Common Framework for Debt Treatments 
     beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative'':  Provided, 
     That such amounts may be used notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law.

                                TITLE IV

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                          Department of State

          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,566,183,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That the 
     Department of State may use the authority of section 608 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its 
     restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of 
     the United States Government for the purpose of providing 
     such property to a foreign country or international 
     organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
     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:  Provided 
     further, 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.

    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

       For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-
     terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
     $921,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 
     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 (22 U.S.C. 5854), 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), 
     or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining 
     activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the 
     destruction of small arms, and related activities, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
     activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
     international organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution to 
     the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
     Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):  Provided, That 
     funds made available under this heading for the 
     Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be made 
     available, notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
     subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, 
     to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to 
     nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons destruction, and 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
     That such funds may also be used for such countries other 
     than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
     international organizations when it is in the national 
     security interest of the United States to do so:  Provided 
     further, 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:  Provided 
     further, 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.

                        peacekeeping operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $420,458,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:  
     Provided, 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:  Provided further, 
     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:  Provided further, 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 ``Contributions 
     for International Peacekeeping Activities'':  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             international military education and training

       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, 2027:  
     Provided, 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:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $3,500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended to increase the

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     participation of women in programs and activities funded 
     under this heading, following consultation with the 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $50,000 
     may be available for entertainment expenses.

                   foreign military financing program

       For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President 
     to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $6,828,049,000:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided 
     further, 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.
       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:  
     Provided, That all country and funding level increases in 
     allocations shall be submitted through the regular 
     notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act:  
     Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 
     to make timely payment for defense articles and services:  
     Provided further, That not more than $77,000,000 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:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of State may use funds made available under this 
     heading pursuant to the previous proviso for the 
     administrative and other operational costs of the Department 
     of State related to military assistance and sales, assistance 
     under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
     Department of Defense security assistance programs, in 
     addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes:  
     Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the funds made 
     available pursuant to the previous proviso may be used for 
     direct hire personnel, except that this limitation may be 
     exceeded by the Secretary of State following consultation 
     with the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, 
     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:  Provided further, That not more 
     than $1,487,254,020 of funds realized pursuant to section 
     21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2761(e)(1)(A)) may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
     Department of Defense during fiscal year 2025 pursuant to 
     section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2792(b)), except that this limitation may be exceeded only 
     through the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
     on Appropriations.

                                TITLE V

                        MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE

                  International Financial Institutions

                      global environment facility

       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.

     contribution to the international bank for reconstruction and 
                              development

       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.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       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.

       contribution to the international development association

       For payment to the International Development Association by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

               contribution to the asian development fund

       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.

              contribution to the african development bank

       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.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       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.

              contribution to the african development fund

       For payment to the African Development Fund by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

  contribution to the international fund for agricultural development

       For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 
     Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                                TITLE VI

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

                           inspector general

       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.), $9,600,000, of which up to 
     $1,440,000 may remain available until September 30, 2026.

                            program account

       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:  Provided, 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.

                        administrative expenses

       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, 2026:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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, 2025:  Provided further, 
     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:  Provided 
     further, 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.

                     program budget appropriations

       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, 2028:  
     Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     such funds shall remain available until September 30, 2040, 
     for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, 
     insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2025 
     through 2028.

                           receipts collected

       Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945 (Public Law 79-173) 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:  Provided, 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

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     year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0.

      United States International Development Finance Corporation

                           inspector general

       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.), $8,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026.

                       corporate capital account

       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:  Provided, 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 Public Law 115-254) and for 
     administrative expenses to carry out authorized activities 
     described in section 1434(d) of such Act, $769,029,000:  
     Provided further, That of the amount provided--
       (1) $198,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2027, for administrative expenses to carry out authorized 
     activities (including an amount for official reception and 
     representation expenses which shall not exceed $25,000); and
       (2) $571,029,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2027, 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:  Provided further, That amounts made available under 
     this paragraph may be paid to the ``United States 
     International Development Finance Corporation--Program 
     Account'' for programs authorized by subsections (b), (e), 
     (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018:
       Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That in 
     fiscal year 2025 collections of amounts described in section 
     1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018 shall be credited as 
     offsetting collections to this appropriation:  Provided 
     further, That such collections collected in fiscal year 2025 
     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:  Provided 
     further, That in fiscal year 2025, 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:  Provided 
     further, That fees charged for project-specific transaction 
     costs as described in section 1434(k) of the BUILD Act of 
     2018, and other direct costs associated with origination or 
     monitoring services provided to specific or potential 
     investors, shall not be considered administrative expenses 
     for the purposes of this heading:  Provided further, That 
     such fees shall be credited to this account for such 
     purposes, to remain available until expended:  Provided 
     further, 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:  Provided further, 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 $354,029,000.

                            program account

       Amounts paid from ``United States International Development 
     Finance Corporation--Corporate Capital Account'' (CCA) shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, 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 Public Law 115-254) 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:  
     Provided further, That such costs, including the cost of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain 
     available for disbursement for the following 8 fiscal years:  
     Provided further, 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: 
      Provided further, That the total loan principal or 
     guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed $12,000,000,000.

                      Trade and Development Agency

       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, 2027:  
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not more than $5,000 may be available for representation and 
     entertainment expenses:  Provided further, That the United 
     States Trade and Development Agency may promote United States 
     private sector participation in development projects in any 
     country in which the United States Government has strategic 
     foreign policy goals or national security interests, subject 
     to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                      allowances and differentials

       Sec. 7001.  Funds appropriated under title I of this Act 
     shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
     allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 
     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.

                      unobligated balances report

       Sec. 7002.  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 2025 or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated 
     by fiscal year:  Provided, 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.

                          consulting services

       Sec. 7003.  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.

                         diplomatic facilities

       Sec. 7004. (a) Capital Security Cost Sharing Exception.--
     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 Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G 
     of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the Department of 
     State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323), 
     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.
       (b) Consultation and Notifications.--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 2025, 
     shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: 
      Provided, That notifications pursuant to this subsection 
     shall include the information enumerated under this section 
     in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations at the early project development stage for 
     out-year construction projects, including to discuss security 
     and non-security construction requirements, modifications to 
     scope, and cost reductions identified for such projects, 
     consistent with applicable laws and regulations:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall submit a quarterly report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations on contingency savings 
     identified from funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' by prior 
     Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs, and the obligation 
     of funds made available by such savings shall be subject to 
     prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Interim and Temporary Facilities Abroad.--
       (1) Security vulnerabilities.--Funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and 
     Maintenance'' 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.
       (2) Consultation.--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.
       (d) Soft Targets.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' 
     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.
       (e) Facilities.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act

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     may be used to move the United States embassy in Israel to a 
     location other than Jerusalem.

                           personnel actions

       Sec. 7005.  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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That use 
     of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act.

                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

       Sec. 7006.  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:  Provided, 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 (Public Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note).

        prohibition against direct funding for certain countries

       Sec. 7007.  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:  Provided, 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.

                              coups d'etat

       Sec. 7008. (a) Prohibition.--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'etat or decree or, after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, a coup d'etat or decree in which the military plays a 
     decisive role:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, 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.
       (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, following consultation 
     with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, may waive the 
     restriction in this section on a program-by-program basis if 
     the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that such waiver is in the national security 
     interest of the United States:  Provided, That funds made 
     available pursuant to such waiver shall be subject to prior 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                      transfer of funds authority

       Sec. 7009. (a) Department of State and United States Agency 
     for Global Media.--
       (1) Department of state.--
       (A) In general.--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 ``Representation 
     Expenses''.
       (B) Embassy security.--Funds appropriated under the 
     headings ``Diplomatic Programs'', including for Worldwide 
     Security Protection, ``Embassy Security, Construction, and 
     Maintenance'', and ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and 
     Consular Service'' 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, subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of such Committees.
       (C) Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.--Of 
     the amount made available under the heading ``Diplomatic 
     Programs'' 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 ``Emergencies in 
     the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', to be available only 
     for emergency evacuations and rewards, as authorized.
       (D) Capital investment fund.--Of the amount made available 
     under the heading, ``Diplomatic Programs'', up to $50,000,000 
     may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 
     in title I of this Act under the heading ``Capital Investment 
     Fund''.
       (E) Prior consultation.--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.
       (2) United states agency for global media.--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.
       (3) Treatment as reprogramming.--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.
       (b) Limitation on Transfers of Funds Between Agencies.--
       (1) In general.--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.
       (2) Allocation and transfers.--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 
     Public Law 115-254).
       (3) Notification.--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 
     ``Global Health Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'' shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided, That the requirement in the previous sentence shall 
     not apply to agreements entered into between USAID and the 
     Department of State.
       (c) United States International Development Finance 
     Corporation.--
       (1) Transfers.--Amounts transferred pursuant to section 
     1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 
     115-254) may only be transferred from funds made available 
     under title III of this Act:  Provided, That any such 
     transfers, or any other amounts transferred to the United 
     States International Development Finance Corporation (the 
     Corporation) pursuant to any provision of law, shall be 
     subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: 
      Provided further, 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.
       (2) Transfer of funds from millennium challenge 
     corporation.--Funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Millennium Challenge Corporation'' 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 ``United States International 
     Development Finance Corporation'' 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:  Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 
     limitations provided in the second, third, and fifth provisos 
     under the heading ``United States International Development 
     Finance Corporation--Program Account'' in this Act:  Provided 
     further, 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 
     Public Law 108-199):  Provided further, That such funds shall 
     not be available for administrative expenses of the United 
     States International Development Finance Corporation:  
     Provided further, That such authority shall be subject to 
     prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
     procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 
     is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
     law:  Provided further, 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.
       (d) Transfer of Funds Between Accounts.--None of the funds 
     made available under titles II through V of this Act may be 
     obligated under an appropriations account to which such funds 
     were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically 
     provided for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 
     5 days prior to the exercise of any authority contained in 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, 
     consults with and provides a written policy justification to 
     the Committees on Appropriations.

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       (e) Audit of Inter-Agency Transfers of Funds.--Any 
     agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds 
     appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making 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:  Provided, That such audits 
     shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations by 
     the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate:  Provided 
     further, That funds transferred under such authority may be 
     made available for the cost of such audits.

             prohibition and limitation on certain expenses

       Sec. 7010. (a) First-Class Travel.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by 
     employees of United States Government 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.
       (b) Computer Networks.--None of the funds made available by 
     this Act for the operating expenses of any United States 
     Government department or agency may be used to establish or 
     maintain a computer network for use by such department or 
     agency unless such network has filters designed to block 
     access to sexually explicit websites:  Provided, That nothing 
     in this subsection shall limit the use of funds necessary for 
     any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency, 
     or any other entity carrying out the following activities: 
     criminal investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; 
     administrative discipline; and the monitoring of such 
     websites undertaken as part of official business.
       (c) Prohibition on Promotion of Tobacco.--None of the funds 
     made available by this Act 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.
       (d) Email Servers Outside the .gov Domain.--None of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``Diplomatic Programs'' and ``Capital Investment Fund'' in 
     title I, and ``Operating Expenses'' and ``Capital Investment 
     Fund'' 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 (Public Law 113-187).
       (e) Representation and Entertainment Expenses.--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--
       (1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 
     Executive Branch;
       (2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol 
     nature;
       (3) are not for employee-only events; and
       (4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 
     recreational character.
       (f) Limitations on Entertainment Expenses.--None of the 
     funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
     under the headings ``International Military Education and 
     Training'' or ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for 
     Informational Program activities or under the headings 
     ``Global Health Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'' may be obligated or expended to 
     pay for--
       (1) alcoholic beverages; or
       (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
     substantially of a recreational character, including entrance 
     fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, 
     and amusement parks.

               assistance effectiveness and transparency

       Sec. 7011. (a) Strategy.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall develop and submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a multi-year strategy to improve the 
     effectiveness of United States foreign assistance.
       (2) Elements.--The strategy required by this subsection 
     shall include--
       (A) methods used to determine the effectiveness of United 
     States assistance;
       (B) analysis on using outcomes to inform the allocation of 
     such assistance;
       (C) results of impact evaluations carried out within the 
     prior 12 months and a plan for incorporating the results of 
     such evaluations into the design of future programs funded by 
     such assistance; and
       (D) estimated costs associated with implementation of the 
     strategy.
       (3) Concurrent recommendations.--The Secretary and 
     Administrator shall--
       (A) convene a panel of experts and practitioners to make 
     recommendations for the strategy required by this subsection; 
     and
       (B) include all such recommendations in an appendix to the 
     strategy whether or not they were incorporated into the 
     strategy.
       (4) Consultation.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary and Administrator shall 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
     requirements of this subsection.
       (b) Beneficiary Feedback.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     that are made available for monitoring and evaluation of 
     assistance under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'', and ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance'' 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: Provided, 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.
       (c) Evaluations.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under titles III and IV, not less than $25,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be made available for impact 
     evaluations, including ex-post evaluations, of the 
     effectiveness and sustainability of United States Government-
     funded assistance programs: Provided, That of the funds made 
     available pursuant to this paragraph, $20,000,000 shall be 
     administered in coordination with the Office of the Chief 
     Economist, USAID, and may be used for administrative expenses 
     of such Office: Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to this paragraph are in addition to funds otherwise 
     made available for such purposes.
       (d) Notification Requirement.--An obligation in excess of 
     $2,000,000 from deobligated balances of funds appropriated by 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs that remain 
     available due to the exercise of the authority in section 
     7011 of such Acts shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (e) Foreign Assistance Website.--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 ``ForeignAssistance.gov'' website: Provided, 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.

            limitation on assistance to countries in default

       Sec. 7012.  No part of any appropriation provided under 
     titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish 
     assistance to the government of any country which is in 
     default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in 
     payment to the United States of principal or interest on any 
     loan made to the government of such country by the United 
     States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated 
     under this Act unless the President determines, following 
     consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that 
     assistance for such country is in the national interest of 
     the United States.

          prohibition on taxation of united states assistance

       Sec. 7013. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     made available to provide assistance for a foreign country 
     under a new bilateral agreement 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.
       (b) Notification and Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An 
     amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 
     during fiscal year 2025 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 2026 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, 
     2026, such taxes have not been reimbursed.
       (c) De Minimis Exception.--Foreign taxes of a de minimis 
     nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 
     (b).
       (d) Reprogramming of Funds.--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.
       (e) Determinations.--
       (1) In general.--The provisions of this section shall not 
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     entity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of State 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations that--
       (A) such foreign government or entity has an effective 
     arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of 
     such taxes; or
       (B) 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.
       (2) Consultation.--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.
       (f) Implementation.--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.
       (g) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       (1) Bilateral agreement.--The term ``bilateral agreement'' 
     refers to a framework bilateral agreement between the 
     Government of the United States and the government of the 
     country receiving assistance that describes the privileges 
     and 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.
       (2) Taxes and taxation.--The term ``taxes and taxation'' 
     shall include value added taxes and customs duties but shall 
     not include individual income taxes assessed to local staff.

                         reservations of funds

       Sec. 7014. (a) Extension of Availability.--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:  
     Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 
     available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
     only for the purpose of such designation.
       (b) Other Acts.--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:  Provided, That specifically designated funding 
     levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other 
     Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 
     Act.

                       notification requirements

       Sec. 7015. (a) Notification of Changes in Programs, 
     Projects, and Activities.--None of the funds made available 
     in titles I, II, and VI, and under the headings ``Peace 
     Corps'' and ``Millennium Challenge Corporation'', 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 2025, 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--
       (1) create new programs;
       (2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or activity;
       (3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or post;
       (4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename bureaus, 
     centers, or offices; or
       (5) contract out or privatize any functions or activities 
     presently performed by Federal employees;
     unless previously justified to the Committees on 
     Appropriations or such Committees are notified 15 days in 
     advance of such obligation.
       (b) Notification of Reprogramming of Funds.--None of the 
     funds provided under titles I, II, and VI of this Act or 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs, to the departments 
     and agencies funded under such titles that remain available 
     for obligation in fiscal year 2025, 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--
       (1) augments or changes existing programs, projects, or 
     activities;
       (2) relocates an existing office or employees;
       (3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or
       (4) results from any general savings, including savings 
     from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change 
     in existing programs, projects, or activities as approved by 
     Congress;
     unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 
     in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
       (c) Notification Requirement.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act under the headings ``Global Health 
     Programs'', ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'', ``Peace Corps'', ``Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
     and Related Programs'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', 
     ``International Military Education and Training'', ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'', ``United States International 
     Development Finance Corporation'', and ``Trade and 
     Development Agency'' 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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, 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.
       (d) Department of Defense Programs and Funding 
     Notifications.--
       (1) Programs.--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.
       (2) Funding.--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.
       (3) Notification on excess defense articles.--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:  Provided, That before issuing a letter of 
     offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms Export 
     Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the 
     Committees on 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:  Provided 
     further, That such Committees shall also be informed of the 
     original acquisition cost of such defense articles.
       (e) Waiver.--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:  Provided, 
     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:  Provided further, That any notification 
     provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
     explanation of the emergency circumstances.
       (f) Country Notification Requirements.--None of the funds 
     appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be 
     obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Burma, 
     Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, 
     Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 
     Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South 
     Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, 
     Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (g) Trust Funds.--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.

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       (h) Other Program Notification Requirements.--
       (1) Other programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act that 
     are made available for the following programs and activities 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations:
       (A) the Global Engagement Center;
       (B) the Power Africa and Prosper Africa initiatives;
       (C) funds made available under the headings ``International 
     Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance'' that are made available to a country listed in 
     section 7007 of this Act;
       (D) the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and the Multi-
     Donor Global Fragility Fund;
       (E) the Countering PRC Influence Fund and the Countering 
     Russian Influence Fund;
       (F) assistance made available pursuant to section 7059 of 
     this Act; and
       (G) funds specifically allocated for the Partnership for 
     Global Infrastructure and Investment.
       (2) Democracy program policy and procedures.--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.
       (3) Arms sales.--The reports, notifications, and 
     certifications, and any other documents, required to be 
     submitted pursuant to section 36(a) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776), 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.
       (i) Withholding of Funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or 
     otherwise not programmed as a result of 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.
       (j) Requirement to Inform.--The Secretary of State and 
     USAID Administrator, 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.

      documents, report posting, records management, and related 
                       cybersecurity protections

       Sec. 7016. (a) Document Requests.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through 
     VI of this Act shall be available to a 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.
       (b) Public Posting of Reports.--
       (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), any 
     report required by this Act to be submitted to Congress by 
     any Federal agency receiving funds made available by this Act 
     shall be posted on the public website of such agency not 
     later than 45 days following the receipt of such report by 
     Congress.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a report if--
       (A) the head of such agency determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations in the transmittal letter 
     accompanying such report that--
       (i) the public posting of the report would compromise 
     national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; or
       (ii) the report contains proprietary or other privileged 
     information; or
       (B) the public posting of the report is specifically 
     exempted in the report accompanying this Act.
       (3) The agency posting such report shall do so only after 
     the report has been made available to the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (4) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
     in a central location on the public website of such agency.
       (c) Records Management and Related Cybersecurity 
     Protections.--The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 
     shall--
       (1) 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;
       (2) use funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``Diplomatic Programs'' and ``Capital Investment Fund'' in 
     title I, and ``Operating Expenses'' and ``Capital Investment 
     Fund'' 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;
       (3) direct departing employees, including senior officials, 
     that all Federal records generated by such employees belong 
     to the Federal Government;
       (4) substantially reduce, compared to the 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 
     ``Freedom of Information Act''); and
       (5) 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.

               use of funds in contravention of this act

       Sec. 7017.  If the President makes a determination not to 
     comply with any provision of this Act on 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.

   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

       Sec. 7018.  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.

                        allocations and reports

       Sec. 7019. (a) Allocation Tables.--Subject to subsection 
     (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through 
     V shall be made available in the amounts specifically 
     designated in the respective tables included in the report 
     accompanying this Act:  Provided, That such designated 
     amounts for foreign countries and international organizations 
     shall serve as the amounts for such countries and 
     international organizations transmitted to Congress in the 
     report required by section 653(a) of 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.
       (b) Authorized Deviations.--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.
       (c) Limitation.--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.
       (d) Exceptions.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply 
     to--
       (1) funds for which the initial period of availability has 
     expired; and
       (2) amounts designated by this Act as minimum funding 
     requirements.
       (e) Reports.--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.
       (f) Clarification.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the headings ``International Disaster Assistance'' and 
     ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' 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.

                           multi-year pledges

       Sec. 7020.  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.

   prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international 
                               terrorism

       Sec. 7021. (a) Lethal Military Equipment Exports.--
       (1) Prohibition.--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 
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     Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)):  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 
     That this section applies with respect to lethal military 
     equipment provided under a contract entered into after 
     October 1, 1997.
       (2) Determination.--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.
       (3) Report.--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.
       (b) Bilateral Assistance.--
       (1) Limitations.--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--
       (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or 
     group which has committed an act of international terrorism;
       (B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or
       (C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 
     terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
       (2) Waiver.--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:  Provided, 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.

                       authorization requirements

       Sec. 7022.  Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
     section 10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 
     of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
     U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
     6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).

              definition of program, project, and activity

       Sec. 7023.  For the purpose of titles II through VI of this 
     Act, ``program, project, and activity'' 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 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'', and ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' accounts, ``program, project, and activity'' 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, ``program, project, and 
     activity'' shall also be considered to include central, 
     country, regional, and program level funding, either as--
       (1) justified to Congress; or
       (2) 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.

authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation, and united 
                 states african development foundation

       Sec. 7024.  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:  Provided, 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.

                commerce, trade and surplus commodities

       Sec. 7025. (a) World Markets.--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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That this 
     subsection shall not prohibit--
       (1) 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
       (2) activities in a country the President determines is 
     recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, 
     or a complex emergency.
       (b) Exports.--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:  Provided, That this subsection shall not 
     prohibit--
       (1) 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;
       (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
     United States producers;
       (3) 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
       (4) activities in a country the President determines is 
     recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, 
     or a complex emergency.
       (c) International Financial Institutions.--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.

                           separate accounts

       Sec. 7026. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--
       (1) Agreements.--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--
       (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
     separate account established by that government;
       (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets 
     forth--
       (i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and
       (ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so 
     deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and
       (C) 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.
       (2) Uses of local currencies.--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--
       (A) 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--
       (i) project and sector assistance activities; or
       (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
       (B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
     States Government.
       (3) Programming accountability.--USAID shall take all 
     necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local 
     currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from 
     the separate account established pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(2).
       (4) Termination of assistance programs.--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.
       (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--
       (1) In general.--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.
       (2) Applicability of other provisions of law.--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).
       (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any 
     such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
     President shall submit a

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     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).
       (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
     exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) only through 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                       eligibility for assistance

       Sec. 7027. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--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 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'':  
     Provided, 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:  Provided 
     further, 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.
       (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2025, 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 (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 
     1721 et seq.):  Provided, 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.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
       (1) 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
       (2) 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.

             promotion of united states economic interests

       Sec. 7028. (a) Diplomatic Engagement.--Consistent with 
     section 704 of the Championing American Business Through 
     Diplomacy Act of 2019 (title VII of division J of Public Law 
     116-94), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Commerce, shall prioritize the allocation of 
     funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
     Programs'' 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:  Provided, That each Mission Resource 
     Request and Bureau Resource Request shall include amounts 
     required to prioritize the activities described in this 
     subsection.
       (b) Training.--In carrying out section 705 of title VII of 
     division J of Public Law 116-94, 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.
       (c) Assistance.--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.

                  international financial institutions

       Sec. 7029. (a) Compensation.--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.
       (b) Human Rights.--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.
       (c) Fraud and Corruption.--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.
       (d) Beneficial Ownership Information.--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.
       (e) Whistleblower Protections.--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--
       (1) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 
     public disclosure;
       (2) legal burdens of proof;
       (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
       (4) access to binding independent adjudicative bodies, 
     including shared cost and selection external arbitration; and
       (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
     retaliation, including provision for the restoration of prior 
     employment.
       (f) Grievance Mechanisms and Procedures.--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.
       (g) Capital Increases.--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 the Secretary of the Treasury concurrent with 
     such request determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that--
       (1) 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;
       (2) the capital increase does not increase the voting power 
     of the People's Republic of China in such institution; and
       (3) the governors of such institution have approved the 
     capital increase.
       (h) Opposition to Lending to the People's Republic of 
     China.--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.
       (i) Contributions to Financial Intermediary Funds.--The 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that no United States 
     contribution to a financial intermediary fund overseen by the 
     Department of the Treasury 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.
       (j) Report to Congress and Withholding.--
       (1) 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).
       (2) 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.
       (k) Guidance on Multilateral Development Banks.--None of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act under the heading ``Multilateral Assistance'' 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.

                     economic resilience initiative

       Sec. 7030. (a)  Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall be made 
     available for the Economic Resilience Initiative to enhance 
     the economic security and stability of the United States and 
     partner countries, including through efforts to counter 
     economic coercion:  Provided, That funds made available by 
     this subsection may only be made available following 
     consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
     of, the Committees on Appropriations, and shall include--
       (1) strategic infrastructure investments, which shall be 
     administered by the Secretary of State

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     in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 
     agencies:  Provided, That such funds may be transferred to, 
     and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act to the 
     Export-Import Bank of the United States under the heading 
     ``Program Account'', to the United States International 
     Development Finance Corporation under the heading ``Corporate 
     Capital Account'', and under the heading ``Trade and 
     Development Agency'':  Provided further, 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;
       (2) activities to enhance critical mineral supply chain 
     security, except that 50 percent of funds made available for 
     such activities shall utilize United States-based entities 
     following the submission of the report required under this 
     subsection in the report accompanying this Act;
       (3) economic resilience programs administered by the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development; and
       (4) the Cyberspace, Digital Connectivity, and Related 
     Technologies Fund in accordance with Chapter 10 of Part II of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:  Provided, That the 
     authority of section 592(f) of such Act may apply to amounts 
     made available for such Fund under the heading ``Economic 
     Support Fund'' and such funds may be made available for the 
     Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership program 
     consistent with section 6306 of the Department of State 
     Authorization Act of 2023 (division F of Public Law 118-31):  
     Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
     paragraph are in addition to funds otherwise made available 
     for such purposes and shall be coordinated with the USAID 
     Administrator, including for relevant USAID programming.
       (b) Loan Guarantees.--Funds appropriated under the headings 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'' by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs, including funds made 
     available pursuant to this section, may be made available for 
     the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Costa Rica, Egypt, 
     Jordan, Panama, Small Island Developing States, and Ukraine, 
     which are authorized to be provided and which shall be 
     administered by the United States Agency for International 
     Development unless otherwise provided for by this Act or any 
     other provision of law:  Provided, That amounts made 
     available under this subsection for the costs of such 
     guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 
     purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a 
     country:  Provided further, That 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.
       (c) CHIPS for America International Technology Security and 
     Innovation Fund.--
       (1) 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 2025 pursuant to the transfer authority 
     in section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
     Public Law 117-167), to the accounts specified and in the 
     amounts specified, in the table titled ``CHIPS for America 
     International Technology Security and Innovation Fund'' in 
     the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That such funds 
     shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
       (2) 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:  Provided, 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.
       (3) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
     President for fiscal year 2026, 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 2026.
       (4) 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.
       (5) Amounts transferred to the Export-Import Bank 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 Public Law 117-167) 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.

     financial management, budget transparency, and anti-corruption

       Sec. 7031. (a) Limitation on Direct Government-to-
     Government Assistance.--
       (1) Requirements.--Funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available for direct government-to-government assistance 
     only if--
       (A) the requirements included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) 
     through (E) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 
     Public Law 116-6) are fully met; and
       (B) the government of the recipient country is taking steps 
     to reduce corruption.
       (2) Consultation and notification.--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: 
      Provided, That such notification shall contain an 
     explanation of how the proposed activity meets the 
     requirements of paragraph (1):  Provided further, That the 
     requirements of this paragraph shall only apply to direct 
     government-to-government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 
     and all funds available for cash transfer, budget support, 
     and cash payments to individuals.
       (3) Suspension of assistance.--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.
       (4) Submission of information.--The Secretary of State 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent 
     with the fiscal year 2026 congressional budget justification 
     materials, amounts planned for assistance described in 
     paragraph (1) by country, proposed funding amount, source of 
     funds, and type of assistance.
       (5) Debt service payment prohibition.--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.
       (b) National Budget and Contract Transparency.--
       (1) Minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.--The 
     Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 
     the ``minimum requirements of fiscal transparency'' 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 Public Law 113-76).
       (2) Determination and report.--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 ``significant 
     progress'' or ``no significant progress'' in meeting the 
     minimum requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such 
     determinations publicly available in an annual ``Fiscal 
     Transparency Report'' to be posted on the Department of State 
     website.
       (3) Assistance.--Not less than $7,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' 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.
       (c) Anti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights.--
       (1) Ineligibility.--
       (A) 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.
       (B) 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.
       (C) 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.
       (2) Exception.--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:  Provided, That nothing in paragraph 
     (1) shall be construed to derogate from United States 
     Government obligations under applicable international 
     agreements.
       (3) Waiver.--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.

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       (4) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until 
     September 30, 2026, 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.
       (5) Posting of report.--Any unclassified portion of the 
     report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 
     Department of State website.
       (6) Clarification.--For purposes of paragraphs (1), (4), 
     and (5), the records of the Department of State and of 
     diplomatic and consular offices of the United States 
     pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to 
     enter the United States shall not be considered confidential.
       (d) Extraction of Natural Resources.--
       (1) Assistance.--Funds appropriated by this Act shall 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 
     (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the amendments made 
     by such section, and to prevent the sale of conflict 
     minerals, and for technical assistance to promote independent 
     audit mechanisms and support civil society participation in 
     natural resource management.
       (2) Prohibition.--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: Provided, That the restriction in 
     this paragraph shall not apply to United States entities.
       (3) Public disclosure and independent audits.--
       (A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     executive director of each international financial 
     institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
     oppose any assistance by such institutions (including any 
     loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any country for the 
     extraction and export of a natural resource if the government 
     of such country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures 
     to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments 
     as required by United States law, and unless such government 
     has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the sector in 
     which assistance is being considered that: (1) accurately 
     account for and publicly disclose payments to the government 
     by companies involved in the extraction and export of natural 
     resources; (2) include independent auditing of accounts 
     receiving such payments and the public disclosure of such 
     audits; and (3) require public disclosure of agreement and 
     bidding documents, as appropriate.
       (B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 
     assistance for the purpose of building the capacity of such 
     government to meet the requirements of such subparagraph.

                           democracy programs

       Sec. 7032. (a) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'', and ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement'', $2,900,000,000 shall be made 
     available for democracy programs.
       (b) Authorities.--
       (1) Availability.--Funds made available by this Act for 
     democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and under the 
     heading ``National Endowment for Democracy'' may be made 
     available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     with regard to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), 
     any regulation.
       (2) Beneficiaries.--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 Public Law 
     98-164), including all decisions regarding the selection of 
     beneficiaries.
       (c) Definition of Democracy Programs.--For purposes of 
     funds appropriated by this Act, the term ``democracy 
     programs'' means programs that support good governance, 
     credible and competitive elections, freedom of expression, 
     association, assembly, and religion, human rights, labor 
     rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and that 
     otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic political 
     parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and 
     institutions, and citizens to support the development of 
     democratic states and institutions that are responsive and 
     accountable to citizens.
       (d) Program Prioritization.--Funds made available pursuant 
     to subsection (a) to strengthen ministries and agencies 
     should be prioritized in countries that demonstrate a strong 
     commitment to the separation of powers, checks and balances, 
     the rule of law, and credible electoral processes.
       (e) Restrictions on Foreign Government Interference.--
       (1) Prior approval.--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.
       (2) Disclosure of implementing partner information.--If the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of 
     the United States Agency for International Development, 
     determines that the government of the country is undemocratic 
     or has engaged in or condoned harassment, threats, or attacks 
     against organizations implementing democracy programs, any 
     new bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 
     under which assistance is provided to such country shall not 
     require the disclosure of the names of implementing partners 
     of democracy programs, and the Secretary of State and the 
     USAID Administrator shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 
     amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to 
     conform to this requirement.
       (f) Continuation of Current Practices.--USAID shall 
     continue to implement civil society and political competition 
     and consensus building programs abroad with funds 
     appropriated by this Act in a manner that recognizes the 
     unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in 
     implementing such programs.

                    international religious freedom

       Sec. 7033. (a) International Religious Freedom Office.--
     Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
     Programs'' shall be made available for the Office of 
     International Religious Freedom, Department of State.
       (b) Assistance.--
       (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', and 
     ``International Broadcasting Operations'', not less than 
     $50,000,000 shall be made available for international 
     religious freedom programs:  Provided, That funds made 
     available by this Act under the headings ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' and ``Democracy Fund'' 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.
       (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'' and ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance'' shall be made available for humanitarian 
     assistance for vulnerable and persecuted ethnic and religious 
     minorities.
       (c) Authority.--Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
     Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law for assistance for 
     ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.
       (d) Designation of Non-State Actors.--Section 7033(e) of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 
     115-31) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025.

                           special provisions

       Sec. 7034. (a) Victims of War, Displaced Children, and 
     Displaced Burmese.--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.
       (b) Forensic Assistance.--
       (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' 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:  Provided, That such funds shall be in 
     addition to funds made available by this Act and prior Acts 
     making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs for assistance for 
     countries.
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not 
     less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for DNA 
     forensic technology programs to combat human trafficking in 
     Central America and Mexico.
       (c) World Food Programme.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``International Disaster Assistance'' may 
     be made available as a general contribution to the World Food 
     Programme.
       (d) Directives and Authorities.--
       (1) Research and training.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
     Central Asia'' 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 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).
       (2) Genocide victims memorial sites.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
     under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance 
     for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' 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.
       (3) Private sector partnerships.--Of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'' and 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' 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:  Provided, That funds 
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     available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made 
     available following prior consultation with, and the regular 
     notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
       (4) Innovation.--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 Public Law 116-6), except that each individual 
     award may not exceed $500,000.
       (5) Exchange visitor program.--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 (Public Law 87-256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), except 
     through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to the 
     Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) and 
     notwithstanding the exceptions to such rulemaking process in 
     such Act:  Provided, 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:  
     Provided further, 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.
       (6) Payments.--Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
     Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs under the headings 
     ``Diplomatic Programs'' and ``Operating Expenses'', 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 (22 U.S.C. 
     2680b(i)(2)):  Provided, That funds made available pursuant 
     to this paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (7) Exemption of transactions.--Financing for transactions 
     related to civil nuclear facilities, material, and 
     technologies, and related goods and services and for 
     transactions under the program on China and Transformational 
     Exports shall be excluded from the requirements of section 
     8(g) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 
     (g)).
       (8) Special envoy for holocaust issues.--Funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' may be 
     made available for the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues 
     notwithstanding the limitation of section 7064(c)(4) of this 
     Act.
       (e) Partner Vetting.--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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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.
       (f) International Child Abductions.--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:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within 15 days of withholding funds under this 
     subsection.
       (g) Transfer of Funds for Extraordinary Protection.--The 
     Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds 
     under the heading ``Protection of Foreign Missions and 
     Officials'' unobligated balances of expired funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' for 
     fiscal year 2025, 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:  
     Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be transferred.
       (h) Impact on Jobs.--Section 7056 of the Department of 
     State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public Law 116-260) 
     shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025.
       (i) Extension of Authorities.--
       (1) Incentives for critical posts.--The authority contained 
     in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (Public Law 111-32) shall remain in effect through 
     September 30, 2025.
       (2) Special inspector general for afghanistan 
     reconstruction competitive status.--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.
       (3) Transfer of balances.--Section 7081(h) of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115-31) 
     shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025.
       (4) Protective services.--Section 7071 of the Department of 
     State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117-103) 
     shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2025 and shall be 
     applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 
     ``$40,000,000'' for ``$30,000,000''.
       (5) Extension of loan guarantees to israel.--Chapter 5 of 
     title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended under 
     the heading ``Loan Guarantees to Israel''--
       (A) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by striking 
     ``September 30, 2029'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''; 
     and
       (B) in the second proviso, by striking ``September 30, 
     2029'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''.
       (6) Extension of certain personal services contract 
     authority.--The authority provided in section 2401 of 
     division C of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering 
     Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 117-43) shall remain in 
     effect through September 30, 2025.
       (j) HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund.--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 (Public Law 108-
     447) 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:  
     Provided, That the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the 
     Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447) 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:  Provided further, 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.
       (k) Local Works.--
       (1) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the headings ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', 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 Public Law 113-235), 
     which may remain available until September 30, 2029.
       (2) Eligible entities.--For the purposes of section 7080 of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 
     113-235), ``eligible entities'' 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:  Provided, That 
     departments or centers of such educational institutions may 
     be considered individually in determining such eligibility.
       (l) Definitions.--
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--Unless otherwise 
     defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committees 
     on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives.
       (2) Clarification.--In Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, the term ``contribution, grant, or other payment'' 
     with respect to the United Nations or any affiliated 
     organization of the United Nations shall mean voluntary and 
     assessed contributions and payments, including contributions 
     and payments to the United Nations Regular Budget.
       (3) Funds appropriated by this act and prior acts.--Unless 
     otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the 
     term ``funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs'' means funds that remain 
     available for obligation, and have not expired.
       (4) International financial institutions.--In this Act 
     ``international financial institutions'' 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.
       (5) Pacific islands countries.--In this Act, the term 
     ``Pacific Islands countries'' means the Cook Islands, the 
     Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of 
     the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
     Republic of Nauru, Niue, the Republic of Palau, the 
     Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Independent State 
     of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, 
     and the Republic of Vanuatu.

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       (6) Spend plan.--In this Act, the term ``spend plan'' 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--
       (A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for measuring 
     progress, and a timeline for achieving such goals;
       (B) amounts and sources of funds by account;
       (C) how such funds will complement other ongoing or planned 
     programs; and
       (D) implementing partners, to the maximum extent 
     practicable.
       (7) Successor operating unit.--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.
       (8) USAID.--In this Act, the term ``USAID'' means the 
     United States Agency for International Development.

                      law enforcement and security

       Sec. 7035. (a) Assistance.--
       (1) Community-based police assistance.--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 
     gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 
     with the communities they serve.
       (2) Combat casualty care.--
       (A) 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 ``Peacekeeping 
     Operations'' and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall 
     be made available for combat casualty training and equipment 
     in an amount above the prior fiscal year.
       (B) 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 ``Peacekeeping Operations'' and ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'':  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That any such training and 
     equipment for combat casualty care shall be made available 
     through an open and competitive process.
       (b) Authorities.--
       (1) Reconstituting civilian police authority.--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.
       (2) Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.--
     Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 
     (division J of Public Law 113-235) shall continue in effect 
     during fiscal year 2025.
       (3) Commercial leasing of defense articles.--
     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 (22 U.S.C. 2763) 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.
       (4) Special defense acquisition fund.--Not to exceed 
     $900,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the 
     purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), 
     to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2027:  
     Provided, 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.
       (5) War reserve stockpile authority.--For fiscal year 2025, 
     section 514(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2321h(b)) shall not apply to defense articles to be 
     set aside, earmarked, reserved, or intended for use as 
     reserve stocks in stockpiles in the State of Israel.
       (6) Program clarification.--Notwithstanding section 
     503(a)(3) of Public Law 87-195 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)), 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):  Provided, That this 
     paragraph shall only apply to funds that remain available for 
     obligation in fiscal year 2025.
       (7) Foreign military financing direct loans and loan 
     guarantees.--Section 2606(a) of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) shall continue 
     in effect during fiscal year 2025 and shall apply to funds 
     made available by this Act under the heading ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program''.
       (c) Limitations.--
       (1) Child soldiers.--Funds appropriated by this Act should 
     not be used to support any military training or operations 
     that include child soldiers.
       (2) Landmines and cluster munitions.--
       (A) Landmines.--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.
       (B) Cluster munitions.--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--
       (i) 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
       (ii) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the 
     purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such 
     cluster munitions.
       (3) Crowd control.--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:  Provided, 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.
       (4) Oversight and accountability.--
       (A) Prior to the signing of a new Letter of Offer and 
     Acceptance (LOA) involving funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', the Secretary 
     of State shall consult with each recipient government to 
     ensure that the LOA between the United States and such 
     recipient government complies with the purposes of section 4 
     of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) and that the 
     defense articles, services, and training procured with funds 
     appropriated under such heading are consistent with United 
     States national security policy.
       (B) The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the 
     appropriate congressional committees of any instance in which 
     the Secretary of State has credible information that such 
     assistance was used in a manner contrary to such agreement.
       (5) Delivery of withheld items.--Any defense article and 
     defense service withheld from delivery to Israel by the 
     Department of State as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
     including those contracted through Direct Commercial Sales 
     for the Ministry of Public Security, shall be delivered to 
     Israel not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act: Provided, That 50 percent of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under 
     the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' and made available for 
     the Office of the Secretary shall be withheld from obligation 
     until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the defense articles and 
     services described in this paragraph have been delivered to 
     Israel.
       (6) Obligation requirement.--The Secretary of State shall 
     obligate any remaining unobligated balances of funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available before the date of 
     enactment of this Act for assistance for Israel not later 
     than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (d) Reports.--
       (1) Security assistance report.--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 
     2024, by country and purpose of assistance, under the 
     headings ``Peacekeeping Operations'', ``International 
     Military Education and Training'', and ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program''.
       (2) Annual foreign military training report.--For the 
     purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, the term ``military training provided 
     to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense 
     and the Department of State'' 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 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321k(b)) as a major non-NATO ally:  Provided, That such 
     third-country training shall be clearly identified in the 
     report submitted pursuant to section 656 of such Act.

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       countering the flow of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs

       Sec. 7036. (a) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not 
     less than $175,000,000 shall be made available for programs 
     to counter the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and 
     other synthetic drugs into the United States:  Provided, That 
     such funds shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 
     available for such purposes.
       (b) Uses of Funds.--Funds made available pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall be made available to support--
       (1) efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl 
     precursors, and other synthetic drugs and their precursor 
     materials to the United States from and through the People's 
     Republic of China (PRC), Mexico, and other countries;
       (2) law enforcement cooperation and capacity building 
     efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling transnational 
     criminal organizations involved in the production and 
     trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other 
     synthetic drugs;
       (3) implementation of the Fighting Emerging Narcotics 
     Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting Results Act (part 
     7 of subtitle C of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117-263); 
     and
       (4) engagement, including through multilateral 
     organizations and frameworks, to catalyze collective action 
     to address the public health and security threats posed by 
     fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs, 
     including through the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic 
     Drug Threats.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) The Secretary of State shall, in consultation with the 
     heads of other relevant Federal agencies and not later than 
     90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 
     and assessing the cooperation of the PRC in countering the 
     flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic 
     drugs, and describing actions taken by the United States in 
     coordination with other countries to engage the PRC on taking 
     concrete and measurable steps to stop the flow of fentanyl, 
     fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs from the PRC 
     to other countries:  Provided, That such report shall be 
     updated and resubmitted quarterly thereafter until September 
     30, 2026.
       (2) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees detailing how assistance 
     for Mexico is strategically aligned to address the 
     proliferation of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other 
     synthetic drugs from Mexico to the United States.

                         palestinian statehood

       Sec. 7037. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--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--
       (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state--
       (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful co-
     existence with the State of Israel; and
       (B) 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
       (2) 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--
       (A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency;
       (B) 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;
       (C) their right to live in peace within secure and 
     recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;
       (D) freedom of navigation through international waterways 
     in the area; and
       (E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of the 
     refugee problem.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--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.
       (c) Waiver.--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.
       (d) Exemption.--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 (``Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian 
     Authority'').

 prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation

       Sec. 7038.  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.

           oversight requirements for the west bank and gaza

       Sec. 7039. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2025, 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 ``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and Gaza.
       (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 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:  Provided, 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.
       (c) Prohibition.--
       (1) Recognition of acts of terrorism.--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--
       (A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring 
     individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism; 
     and
       (B) 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.
       (2) Security assistance and reporting requirement.--
     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--
       (A) 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
       (B) 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.
       (d) Oversight by the United States Agency for International 
     Development.--
       (1) 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.
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to $1,400,000 
     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:  Provided, That such funds 
     are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
     purposes.
       (e) Comptroller General of the United States Audit.--
     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 2025 under the heading ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', and such audit shall address--
       (1) the extent to which such Program complies with the 
     requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and
       (2) an examination of all programs, projects, and 
     activities carried out under such Program, including both 
     obligations and expenditures.
       (f) Notification Procedures.--Funds made available in this 
     Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

         limitation on assistance for the palestinian authority

       Sec. 7040. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--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.
       (b) Waiver.--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.
       (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--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.
       (d) Report.--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

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     funds will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place 
     to ensure that the funds are properly disbursed:  Provided, 
     That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian 
     Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons 
     and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
       (e) Certification.--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.
       (f) Prohibition to Hamas and the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization.--
       (1) 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.
       (2) 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.
       (3) 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 (Public Law 109-
     446) with respect to this subsection.
       (4) 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:  Provided, 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.
       (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 
     VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the 
     Palestine Liberation Organization.

                      middle east and north africa

       Sec. 7041. (a) Egypt.--
       (1) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
     less than $1,425,000,000 shall be made available for 
     assistance for Egypt, of which--
       (A) not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available from 
     funds under the heading ``Economic Support Fund''; and
       (B) 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, 2026:  
     Provided, That such funds may be transferred to an interest 
     bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
       (2) Additional security assistance.--In addition to amounts 
     made available pursuant to paragraph (1), not less than 
     $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall be made 
     available for assistance for Egypt.
       (3) Directive.--Funds made available pursuant to paragraph 
     (1)(A) shall include support for higher education programs 
     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, democracy programs, and for development programs 
     in the Sinai.
       (4) Certification and report.--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--
       (A) sustaining the strategic relationship with the United 
     States; and
       (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel 
     Peace Treaty.
       (b) Iran.--
       (1) Funding.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Diplomatic Programs'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs'' shall be made available--
       (A) to support the United States policy to prevent Iran 
     from achieving the capability to produce or otherwise obtain 
     a nuclear weapon;
       (B) to support an expeditious response to any violation of 
     United Nations Security Council Resolutions or to efforts 
     that advance Iran's nuclear program;
       (C) 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
       (D) for democracy programs in support of the aspirations of 
     the Iranian people.
       (2) Reports.--
       (A) Semi-annual report.--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 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by section 2 of the 
     Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-
     17).
       (B) Sanctions report.--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--
       (i) the status of United States bilateral sanctions on 
     Iran;
       (ii) the reimposition and renewed enforcement of secondary 
     sanctions; and
       (iii) the impact such sanctions have had on Iran's 
     destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East.
       (3) Limitations.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act may be used to--
       (A) implement an 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, in contravention of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review 
     Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 2160e);
       (B) 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
       (C) revoke the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary 
     Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to 
     section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1189).
       (c) Iraq.--
       (1) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act 
     shall be made available for assistance for Iraq for--
       (A) bilateral economic assistance and international 
     security assistance, including in the Kurdistan Region of 
     Iraq;
       (B) stabilization assistance, including in Anbar Province;
       (C) programs to support government transparency and 
     accountability, support judicial independence, protect the 
     right of due process, end the use of torture, and combat 
     corruption;
       (D) humanitarian assistance, including in the Kurdistan 
     Region of Iraq;
       (E) programs to protect and assist religious and ethnic 
     minority populations; and
       (F) programs to increase United States private sector 
     investment.
       (2) Limitation.--Funds appropriated by this Act under title 
     III and made available for bilateral economic assistance for 
     Iraq may not be made available to an organization or entity 
     for which the Secretary of State has credible information is 
     controlled by the Badr Organization.
       (d) Israel.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not less 
     than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 
     Israel: Provided, That any funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' and 
     made available for assistance for Israel shall be disbursed 
     within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
     further, 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 $450,300,000 shall be 
     available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles 
     and defense services, including research and development.
       (e) Jordan.--
       (1) 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 ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program''.
       (2) In addition to amounts made available pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), not less than $400,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 
     shall be made available for assistance for Jordan, which 
     shall be made available for budget support, and not less than 
     $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall be made 
     available for assistance for Jordan.
       (f) Lebanon.--
       (1) Limitation.--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 (8 U.S.C. 1189).
       (2) Security assistance.--
       (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' and 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 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.
       (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are made 
     available for assistance for Lebanon may only be made 
     available for programs to--

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       (i) professionalize the LAF to mitigate internal and 
     external threats from non-state actors, including Hizballah;
       (ii) 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
       (iii) implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     1701:
       Provided, 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:  
     Provided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to 
     such section shall include any funds specifically intended 
     for lethal military equipment.
       (g) Morocco.--Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
     this Act shall be made available for assistance for Morocco.
       (h) Saudi Arabia.--
       (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``International Military Education and Training'' 
     should be made available for assistance for the Government of 
     Saudi Arabia.
       (2) 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--
       (A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation agreement pursuant 
     to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2153);
       (B) has committed to renounce uranium enrichment and 
     reprocessing on its territory under that agreement; and
       (C) has signed and implemented an Additional Protocol to 
     its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency.
       (i) Syria.--
       (1) Non-lethal assistance.--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 for Syria, including for emergency 
     medical and rescue response and chemical weapons 
     investigations.
       (2) Limitations.--Funds made available pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) of this subsection--
       (A) 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 (8 
     U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in Syria;
       (B) 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
       (C) 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.
       (3) Monitoring, oversight, consultation, and 
     notification.--
       (A) 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.
       (B) 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:  Provided, That such consultation shall 
     include the steps taken to comply with subparagraph (A) and 
     steps intended to be taken to comply with section 7015(j) of 
     this Act.
       (j) West Bank and Gaza.--
       (1) Limitations.--
       (A) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' in this Act may be made available 
     for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if after the 
     date of enactment of this Act--
       (i) 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
       (ii) 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.
       (B)(i) The President may waive the provisions of section 
     1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
     1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204) 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--
       (I) 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;
       (II) initiated or actively supported an ICC investigation 
     against Israeli nationals for alleged crimes against 
     Palestinians; and
       (III) 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.
       (ii) 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 Public 
     Law 100-204 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:  Provided, That any 
     waiver of the provisions of section 1003 of Public Law 100-
     204 under clause (i) of this subparagraph or under previous 
     provisions of law must expire before the waiver under this 
     clause may be exercised.
       (iii) 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.
       (C) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available for the Office of 
     Palestinian Affairs, Department of State.
       (2) Application of taylor force act.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 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 Public Law 
     115-141).
       (3) Security report.--The reporting requirements in section 
     1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 
     110-252) shall apply to funds made available by this Act, 
     including a description of modifications, if any, to the 
     security strategy of the Palestinian Authority.
       (4) Incitement report.--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.
       (5) Directive.--Beginning in fiscal year 2025, the 
     Secretary of State shall bifurcate the budget operating unit 
     of ``West Bank and Gaza'' into separate units.
       (k) Yemen.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to revoke the designation of Ansarallah as a 
     Specially Designated Global Terrorist group.

                                 africa

       Sec. 7042. (a) Counter Illicit Armed Groups.--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.
       (b) Ethiopia.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for assistance for Ethiopia should be used to 
     support--
       (1) political dialogue;
       (2) civil society and the protection of human rights;
       (3) investigations and prosecutions of gross violations of 
     human rights;
       (4) efforts to provide unimpeded access to, and monitoring 
     of, humanitarian assistance; and
       (5) the restoration of basic services in areas impacted by 
     conflict.
       (c) Malawi.--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.
       (d) Power Africa.--Prior to the initial obligation of funds 
     appropriated by this Act and made available for the Power 
     Africa program, the Administrator of the United States Agency 
     for International Development shall submit the report 
     required under this section in the report accompanying this 
     Act:  Provided, That such funds shall be used for all-of-the-
     above energy development consistent with the Electrify Africa 
     Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-121).
       (e) South Sudan.--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.
       (f) Sudan.--
       (1) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under title IV may be made available for assistance for the 
     central Government of 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 Sudan.
       (2) Consultation.--Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
     Acts making appropriations

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     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.
       (g) Zimbabwe.--
       (1) Instruction.--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.
       (2) Limitation.--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).

                       east asia and the pacific

       Sec. 7043. (a) Burma.--
       (1) Uses of funds.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made available 
     for assistance for Burma for the purposes described in 
     section 5575 of the Burma Act of 2022 (subtitle E of title LV 
     of division E of Public Law 117-263) and section 7043(a) of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 
     117-328):  Provided, That the authorities, limitations, and 
     conditions contained in section 7043(a) of division K of 
     Public Law 117-328 shall apply to funds made available for 
     assistance for Burma under this Act, except for the minimum 
     funding requirements and paragraph (1)(B):  Provided further, 
     That for the purposes of section 5575 of the Burma Act of 
     2022 and assistance for Burma made available by this Act and 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs, ``non-lethal 
     assistance'' shall include equipment and associated training 
     to support--
       (A) atrocities prevention;
       (B) the protection of civilians from military attack;
       (C) the delivery of humanitarian assistance;
       (D) investigations into genocide and human rights 
     violations committed by the Burmese military;
       (E) local governance and the provision of services in areas 
     outside the control of the Burmese military; and
       (F) medical trauma care, supplies, and training.
       (2) Deserter programs.--Pursuant to section 7043(a)(1)(A) 
     of division K of Public Law 117-328, as continued in effect 
     by this subsection, 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 Burma shall be made available 
     for programs and activities to support deserters from the 
     military junta and its allied entities, following 
     consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.
       (b) Cambodia.--
       Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act but prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
     by this Act that are made available for assistance for 
     Cambodia, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the 
     extent of the influence of the People's Republic of China in 
     Cambodia, including on the Government of Cambodia and with 
     respect to the purposes and operations of Ream Naval Base.
       (c) Indo-Pacific Strategy.--
       (1) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
     and IV of this Act, not less than $2,100,000,000 shall be 
     made available to support implementation of the Indo-Pacific 
     Strategy.
       (2) Countering prc influence fund.--Of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Development 
     Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, 
     Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', and 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', 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:  Provided, That such funds are in addition to 
     amounts otherwise made available for such purposes:  Provided 
     further, That up to 10 percent of such funds shall be held in 
     reserve to respond to unanticipated opportunities to counter 
     PRC influence:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to this paragraph under the heading ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'' may remain available until 
     September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated by this Act for such Fund under the headings 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', 
     ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be 
     transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 
     such headings:  Provided further, 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.
       (3) Restriction on uses of funds.--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--
       (A) the Belt and Road Initiative or any dual-use 
     infrastructure projects of the People's Republic of China; or
       (B) 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.
       (4) Maps.--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.
       (d) North Korea.--
       (1) Cybersecurity.--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:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of State shall submit the report 
     required by section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and 
     Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-122; 22 U.S.C. 
     9229) to the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, 
     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.
       (2) Broadcasts.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``International Broadcasting Operations'' shall be 
     made available to maintain broadcasting hours into North 
     Korea at levels not less than the prior fiscal year.
       (3) Human rights.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Democracy Fund'' 
     shall be made available for the promotion of human rights in 
     North Korea:  Provided, That the authority of section 
     7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds.
       (4) Limitation on use of funds.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' may be made available for assistance for the 
     Government of North Korea.
       (e) Pacific Islands Countries.--
       (1) Operations.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Diplomatic Programs'' for the Department of State 
     and ``Operating Expenses'' for the United States Agency for 
     International Development shall be made available to expand 
     the United States diplomatic and development presence in 
     Pacific Islands countries (PICs), including the number and 
     location of facilities and personnel.
       (2) Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
     and Related Programs'', and ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', not less than $175,000,000 shall be made available 
     for assistance for PICs.
       (f) People's Republic of China.--
       (1) Prohibition.--
       (A) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
       (B) 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.
       (2) Hong kong.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the first paragraph under the heading ``Democracy Fund'', 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.
       (g) Philippines.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under titles III and IV, not less than $180,300,000 shall be 
     made available for assistance for the Philippines, of which 
     not less than $80,300,000 shall be made available under the 
     heading ``Development Assistance'' and not less than 
     $100,000,000 shall be made available under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program''.
       (h) Taiwan.--
       (1) Global cooperation and training framework.--Of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', 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.
       (2) Foreign military financing program.--Of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'', not less than $500,000,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for Taiwan:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Defense, shall prioritize the delivery of defense articles 
     and services for Taiwan, as authorized by section 5502(g) of 
     the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (subtitle A of title LV of 
     division E of Public Law 117-263).
       (3) Foreign military financing program loan and loan 
     guarantee authority.--Funds appropriated by this Act and 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', except for amounts 
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     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 
     Public Law 117-263).
       (4) Fellowship program.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Payment to the American Institute in 
     Taiwan'' shall be made available for the Taiwan Fellowship 
     Program.
       (5) Consultation.--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:  Provided, That 
     such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (i) Tibet.--
       (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', 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 Public Law 116-
     260).
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', 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 Public Law 116-260):  Provided, That such funds are in 
     addition to amounts made available in paragraph (1) for 
     programs inside Tibet.
       (3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', 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 Public Law 116-
     260), of which up to $1,500,000 may be made available to 
     address economic growth and capacity building activities, 
     including for displaced Tibetan refugee families in India and 
     Nepal to help meet basic needs, following consultation with 
     the Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That such funds 
     shall be administered by USAID.

                         south and central asia

       Sec. 7044. (a) Afghanistan.--
       (1) Restriction.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan 
     may be made available for assistance to the Taliban.
       (2) Afghan women.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
     assistance for Afghanistan shall be made available for--
       (A) programs to investigate and document human rights 
     abuses against women in Afghanistan; and
       (B) a program for Afghan women-led organizations to support 
     education, human rights, and economic livelihoods in 
     Afghanistan: Provided, That such program shall be co-designed 
     by women in Afghanistan.
       (3) Afghan students.--Funds appropriated by this Act and 
     prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs shall be made 
     available to--
       (A) 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:  Provided, 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
       (B) 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.
       (b) Pakistan.--
       (1) Limitation.--Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' that are made 
     available for assistance for Pakistan may only be made 
     available to support counterterrorism and counterinsurgency 
     capabilities in Pakistan.
       (2) Withholding.--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 Committees on 
     Appropriations 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.
       (c) Sri Lanka.--
       (1) Assistance.--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.
       (2) Certification.--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--
       (A) 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;
       (B) implement the necessary political, economic, military, 
     and legal reforms to enable economic recovery and to prevent 
     conflict and future economic crises;
       (C) increase transparency and accountability in governance 
     and combat corruption, including bringing to justice public 
     officials who have engaged in significant acts of corruption;
       (D) assert its sovereignty against influence by the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (E) promote reconciliation between ethnic and religious 
     groups, particularly arising from past conflict in Sri Lanka, 
     as described under this section in the report accompanying 
     this Act:
       Provided, That the limitations of this paragraph shall not 
     apply to funds made available for humanitarian assistance and 
     disaster response; 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.
       (3) Limitation.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
     made available for assistance for the Sri Lankan armed forces 
     may only be made available for--
       (A) international peacekeeping operations training;
       (B) humanitarian assistance and disaster response;
       (C) instruction in human rights and related curricula 
     development;
       (D) maritime security and domain awareness, including 
     professionalization and training for the navy and coast 
     guard; and
       (E) programs and activities under the heading 
     ``International Military Education and Training''.
       (4) Consultation.--Funds made available for assistance for 
     Sri Lanka for international peacekeeping operations training 
     shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                    latin america and the caribbean

       Sec. 7045. (a) Assistance for Latin America and the 
     Caribbean.--
       (1) Assistance.--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--
       (A) countering fentanyl and other narcotics trafficking;
       (B) respecting norms of democracy, constitutional order, 
     and human rights;
       (C) cooperating in the countering of regional and global 
     authoritarian threats; and
       (D) demonstrating commitment and progress in offsetting 
     large-scale migration and human trafficking from or through 
     the Western Hemisphere.
       (2) Strategic Priorities.--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): Provided, That such plan shall 
     include baseline definitions for the requirements in 
     subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D).
       (b) Central America.--
       (1) Assistance.--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.
       (2) Limitation on assistance to certain central 
     governments.--
       (A) Of the funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), 
     60 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--
       (i) cooperating with the United States to counter drug 
     trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, and other 
     transnational crime;
       (ii) 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;
       (iii) 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;
       (iv) 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;
       (v) improving rule of law and taking positive steps to 
     counter impunity; and
       (vi) 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.
       (B) Exceptions.--The limitation of subparagraph (A) shall 
     not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for--

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       (i) judicial entities to combat corruption and impunity;
       (ii) investigation of human rights abuses;
       (iii) support for women's economic empowerment;
       (iv) prevention of violence against women and girls;
       (v) security assistance to combat transnational crime, 
     including narcotics trafficking;
       (vi) security assistance to protect national borders; and
       (vii) security assistance associated with migration 
     protection.
       (c) Colombia.--
       (1) Pre-obligation report.--Prior to the initial obligation 
     of funds appropriated by this Act and made available for 
     assistance for Colombia, the Secretary of State shall submit 
     a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
     status of United States bilateral relations with the 
     Government of Colombia, including analysis of how such 
     Government's current policies align with United States 
     national interests such as mitigating irregular migration; 
     supporting rule of law, democracy and strong institutions; 
     and countering narcotics trafficking, terrorist 
     organizations, human trafficking, and antisemitism.
       (2) Withholding of funds.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``International Narcotics Control 
     and Law Enforcement'' that are made available for assistance 
     for Colombia, 30 percent may be obligated only if the 
     Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that in the previous 12 months the Government 
     of Colombia has--
       (A) reduced overall coca cultivation, production, and drug 
     trafficking;
       (B) continued cooperating with the United States on joint 
     counternarcotics operations; and
       (C) maintained extradition cooperation with the United 
     States.
       (3) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     or 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--
       (A) reparation payments;
       (B) alternative development assistance on properties where 
     substances deemed illegal under the Controlled Substance Act 
     of 1970 are grown, produced, imported, or distributed;
       (C) compensation awarded to demobilized combatants through 
     the implementation of the 2016 peace agreement between the 
     Government of Colombia and illegal armed groups; and
       (D) agrarian cash subsidies.
       (4) Oversight.--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 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', 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 
     (3)(B): Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes.
       (5) Authority.--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.
       (d) Cuba.--
       (1) Democracy programs.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', not less 
     than $35,000,000 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: Provided, 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.
       (2) Public diplomacy limitation.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act in title I and made available for 
     public diplomacy programs may be made available for business 
     promotion, economic reform, entrepreneurship, or any other 
     activity or exchange in Cuba, or with Cuban nationals abroad, 
     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.
       (3) Prohibitions.--
       (A) 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 used to revoke the designation of Cuba as a 
     State Sponsor of Terrorism.
       (B) 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 used to eliminate or diminish the Cuba 
     Restricted List as maintained by the Department of State, or 
     to otherwise allow, facilitate or encourage financial 
     transactions with entities on the Cuba Restricted List, as 
     well as other entities or individuals within the Cuban 
     military or Cuban intelligence services, high level members 
     of the Communist Party, those licensed by the Cuban 
     government, or the immediate family members of these entities 
     or individuals.
       (e) Cuban Doctors.--
       (1) Report.--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:  Provided, That such report shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (2) Designation.--The Secretary of State shall apply the 
     requirements of section 7031(c) of this Act to officials from 
     countries and organizations identified in the report required 
     pursuant to the previous paragraph.
       (3) Limitation.--
       (A) 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).
       (B) 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.
       (f) Facilitating Irresponsible Migration.--
       (1) 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:  Provided, 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.
       (2) Unless expressly authorized by a subsequent Act of 
     Congress, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available--
       (A) 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;
       (B) for the Safe Mobility Offices; and
       (C) for the Welcome Corps or any successor programs.
       (3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Diplomatic Programs'' 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: Provided, That such 
     report shall detail the status of such negotiations with each 
     government.
       (g) Haiti.--
       (1) Assistance.--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.
       (2) Certification.--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 elections 
     have been scheduled or held in Haiti and it is in the 
     national interest of the United States to provide such 
     assistance.
       (3) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), funds may 
     be made available to support--
       (A) democracy programs;
       (B) anti-gang police, and administration of justice 
     programs, including to reduce pre-trial detention and 
     eliminate inhumane prison conditions;
       (C) public health, food security, subsistence farmers, 
     water and sanitation, education, and other programs to meet 
     basic human needs; and
       (D) disaster relief and recovery.
       (4) Consultation.--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 Haiti 
     shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided, 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.
       (5) Haitian coast guard.--The Government of Haiti shall be 
     eligible to purchase defense articles and services under the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the 
     Coast Guard.
       (h) Mexico.--
       (1) Water deliveries.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be made available 
     for assistance for Mexico until the Secretary of State 
     certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the United States and Mexico have entered into an 
     agreement to balance the deficit of water deliveries to the 
     United States by Mexico, as prescribed by Article 4, Section 
     B of the Treaty Between the United States of America and 
     Mexico Relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado 
     and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, February 3, 1944 
     (59 Stat. 1219): Provided, That the limitation of this 
     paragraph shall not apply to funds made available to counter 
     the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other 
     synthetic drugs into the United States.
       (2) Counternarcotics.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act under title IV that are made available for assistance for 
     Mexico, 30 percent may only be obligated after the Secretary 
     of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that in the previous 12 months the Government 
     of Mexico has taken steps to--
       (A) reduce the amount of fentanyl arriving at the United 
     States-Mexico border;

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       (B) dismantle and hold accountable transnational criminal 
     organizations;
       (C) support joint counternarcotics operations and 
     intelligence sharing with United States counterparts;
       (D) respect extradition requests for criminals sought by 
     the United States; and
       (E) increase counternarcotics engagement at both federal 
     and state levels.
       (i) Nicaragua.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy and 
     religious freedom programs for Nicaragua.
       (j) Organization of American States.--
       (1) The Secretary of State shall instruct the United States 
     Permanent Representative to the Organization of American 
     States (OAS) to use the voice and vote of the United States 
     to:
       (A) implement budgetary reforms and efficiencies within the 
     Organization;
       (B) eliminate arrears, increase other donor contributions, 
     and impose penalties for successive late payment of 
     assessments;
       (C) prevent programmatic and organizational redundancies 
     and consolidate duplicative activities and functions;
       (D) prioritize areas in which the OAS has expertise, such 
     as strengthening democracy, monitoring electoral processes, 
     and protecting human rights; and
       (E) implement reforms within the Office of the Inspector 
     General (OIG) to ensure the OIG has the necessary leadership, 
     integrity, professionalism, independence, policies, and 
     procedures to properly carry out its responsibilities in a 
     manner that meets or exceeds best practices in the United 
     States.
       (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this 
     Act and made available for an assessed contribution to the 
     Organization of American States, but 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 on actions taken or planned to be taken pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) that are in addition to actions taken during 
     the preceding fiscal year, and the results of such actions.
       (k) The Caribbean.--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: 
     Provided, That funds made available above the fiscal year 
     2024 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.
       (l) Venezuela.--
       (1) Assistance.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', $50,000,000 shall be made 
     available for democracy programs for Venezuela.
       (B) Of the funds made available pursuant to subparagraph 
     (A), an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount made 
     available in the previous fiscal year for elections 
     programming shall be withheld from obligation until the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that elections in 2024--
       (i) allowed for the diaspora from Venezuela to participate;
       (ii) permitted credible, unobstructed international 
     observation; and
       (iii) permitted opposition candidates selected through 
     credible and democratic processes to participate.
       (C) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available 
     for assistance for communities in countries supporting or 
     otherwise impacted by migrants from Venezuela:  Provided, 
     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.
       (2) Limitation.--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.

                           europe and eurasia

       Sec. 7046. (a) Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act.--
     Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5812 note) 
     shall not apply to--
       (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
     title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) 
     and section 1424 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation 
     assistance;
       (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
     Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961;
       (3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 
     States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his 
     or her official capacity;
       (4) 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 Public Law 115-254);
       (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945 (Public Law 79-173); or
       (6) humanitarian assistance.
       (b) Territorial Integrity.--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:  Provided, 
     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:  Provided further, 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.
       (c) Turkey.--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 (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) 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:  
     Provided, That the limitation in this paragraph shall not 
     apply to the use of funds made available by this Act for 
     border security purposes, for North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization or coalition operations, or to enhance the 
     protection of United States officials and facilities in 
     Turkey.
       (d) Ukraine.--
       (1) Cost matching.--Funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``Assistance for 
     Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' that are made available 
     for contributions to the Government of Ukraine may not exceed 
     50 percent of the total amount provided for such assistance 
     by all sources:  Provided, That the President may waive the 
     limitation in this paragraph if the President determines and 
     reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to 
     do so is in the national security interest of the United 
     States, including a detailed justification for such 
     determination and an explanation as to why other donors to 
     the Government of Ukraine are unable to meet or exceed such 
     level:  Provided further, That following such determination, 
     the President shall submit a report to the Speaker and 
     Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority 
     and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and the appropriate 
     congressional committees every 120 days while assistance is 
     provided in reliance on the determination under the previous 
     proviso detailing steps taken by the Department of State to 
     increase other donor contributions and an update on the 
     status of such contributions:  Provided further, That the 
     requirements of this paragraph shall continue in effect until 
     funds made available by this Act pursuant to this paragraph 
     have been expended.
       (2) Oversight.--
       (A) Staffing.--Funds appropriated under titles I and II of 
     this Act shall be made available to support the appropriate 
     level of staff in Ukraine and neighboring countries to 
     conduct effective monitoring and oversight of United States 
     foreign assistance and ensure the safety and security of 
     United States personnel, consistent with the strategy 
     required in paragraph (1).
       (B) In-person monitoring.--The Secretary of State shall, to 
     the maximum extent practicable, ensure that funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'' and made available for 
     project-based assistance for Ukraine are subject to in-person 
     monitoring by United States personnel or by vetted third 
     party monitors.
       (C) Certification.--Not later than 15 days prior to the 
     initial obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and made 
     available for assistance for Ukraine under the headings 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
     and Related Programs'', and ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
     shall jointly certify and report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that mechanisms for monitoring and 
     oversight of funds are in place and functioning to ensure 
     accountability of such funds to prevent waste, fraud, abuse, 
     diversion, and corruption, including mechanisms such as use 
     of third-party monitors, enhanced end-use monitoring, 
     external and independent audits and evaluations, randomized 
     spot checks, and regular reporting on outcomes achieved and 
     progress made toward stated program objectives, consistent 
     with the strategy required in paragraph (1):  Provided, That 
     section 7015(e) of this Act shall apply to the certification 
     requirement of this subparagraph.
       (D) Notification.--The requirements of section 1706 of the 
     Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 
     (division M of Public Law 117-328) shall apply to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under titles I through IV that are 
     made available for assistance for Ukraine.
       (E) Reports.--
       (i) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and every 90 days thereafter until all funds 
     appropriated by this Act and made available for Ukraine have 
     been expended, the Secretary of State and the USAID 
     Administrator shall provide a comprehensive report to

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     the appropriate congressional committees on assistance made 
     available for Ukraine since February 24, 2022, in this Act 
     and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
     State, foreign operations, and related programs:  Provided, 
     That such report shall include the total amount of such 
     funds, disaggregated by account and fiscal year, that remain 
     unobligated, are obligated but unexpended, and are committed 
     but not yet notified.
       (ii) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and every 90 days thereafter until all funds 
     appropriated by this Act and made available for Ukraine have 
     been expended, the Secretary of State and the USAID 
     Administrator shall jointly report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees on the use and planned uses of funds 
     made available during fiscal year 2025 for assistance 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:  Provided, 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.
       (F) Transparency.--The reports required under this 
     subsection shall be made publicly available consistent with 
     the requirements of section 7016(b) of this Act.

              countering russian influence and aggression

       Sec. 7047. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act may be made available for assistance for the 
     central Government of the Russian Federation.
       (b) Annexation of Territory.--
       (1) Prohibition.--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:  Provided, 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.
       (2) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available for--
       (A) the implementation of any action or policy that 
     recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 
     Crimea or other territory in Ukraine;
       (B) 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
       (C) 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.
       (3) International financial institutions.--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.
       (4) Duration.--The requirements and limitations of this 
     subsection shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of 
     State determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations 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.
       (c) Occupation of the Georgian Territories of Abkhazia and 
     Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.--
       (1) Prohibition.--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:  Provided, That the Secretary shall publish on the 
     Department of State website a list of any such central 
     governments in a timely manner:  Provided further, 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.
       (2) Limitation.--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.
       (3) International financial institutions.--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.
       (d) Countering Russian Influence Fund.--Of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs under the headings ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``International Military Education and 
     Training'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', 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 (Public Law 115-44; 22 
     U.S.C. 9543) 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:  
     Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this 
     paragraph under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' may remain available until September 30, 2026.

          united nations and other international organizations

       Sec. 7048. (a) Transparency and Accountability.--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--
       (1) 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;
       (2) 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--
       (A) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 
     public disclosures;
       (B) legal burdens of proof;
       (C) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;
       (D) access to binding independent adjudicative bodies, 
     including shared cost and selection of external arbitration; 
     and
       (E) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
     retaliation, including provision for the restoration of prior 
     employment; and
       (3) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 
     procedures on the appropriate use of travel funds, including 
     restrictions on first-class and business-class travel;
       (4) taking credible steps to combat anti-Israel bias;
       (5) developing and implementing mechanisms to inform donors 
     of instances in which funds have been diverted or destroyed 
     and an explanation of the response by the respective 
     international organization; and
       (6) implementing policies and procedures to effectively vet 
     staff for any affiliation with a terrorist organization.
       (b) Restrictions on United Nations Delegations and 
     Organizations.--
       (1) Restrictions on united states delegations.--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 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), supports 
     international terrorism.
       (2) Restrictions on contributions.--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 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), or any other 
     provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism.
       (c) United Nations Human Rights Council.--
       (1) 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:  Provided, 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:  Provided 
     further, 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 under the

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     heading ``Contributions to International Organizations'' 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than September 30, 2025, 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.
       (2) 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 may be made available for a contribution, grant, or 
     other payment to the United Nations International Commission 
     of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including 
     East Jerusalem, and Israel, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law.
       (d) United Nations Relief And Works Agency.--
       (1) 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 may be made available--
       (A) for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the 
     United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law; or
       (B) to solicit or otherwise encourage funds for UNRWA from 
     other donors and sources, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law.
       (2) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a transition 
     plan to the appropriate congressional committees for 
     providing assistance in the Middle East without direct or 
     indirect funding to, or support from, UNRWA.
       (e) Prohibition of Payments to United Nations Members.--
     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.
       (f) Report.--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 2025 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:  
     Provided, That the Secretary shall update such report each 
     time additional funds are withheld by operation of any 
     provision of law:  Provided further, 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.
       (g) Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping 
     Operations.--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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, assist such government in 
     bringing the responsible members of such unit to justice.
       (h) Additional Availability.--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 
     ``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'' 
     in title I of this Act or section 307(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 
     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.
       (i) Procurement Restrictions.--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 except 
     when required for health and safety-related activities.
       (j) Accountability Requirement.--Prior to the initial 
     obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and made 
     available for any international organization that failed to 
     enter into written agreements pursuant to section 7048(h) of 
     the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 
     118-47), the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     a report justifying such obligation and the policies and 
     procedures in place to provide enhanced oversight of such 
     international organization.
       (k) World Health Organization.--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 may be made 
     available for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the 
     World Health Organization.
       (l) International Conventions.--
       (1) 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 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.
       (2) 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 and designated for global health security may be 
     obligated after such date the President, his designee, or any 
     other United States official, signs, accedes to, accepts, 
     approves, ratifies, or otherwise renders itself legally bound 
     to, by executive agreement or otherwise, any convention, 
     agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic 
     prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World 
     Health Assembly without first submitting such convention, 
     agreement, or instrument to the Senate as a treaty that is 
     subject to the requirements of Article II, Section 2, Clause 
     2 of the Constitution of the United States, and receiving the 
     advice and consent of the Senate to that instrument.
       (m)  IVerify.--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 may be made available to 
     support iVerify or any other fact-checking tool of the United 
     Nations Development Programme or any other international 
     organization.
       (n) International Court of Justice.--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 may be made 
     available for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the 
     International Court of Justice, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law.
       (o) International Criminal Court.--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 may be made 
     available for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the 
     International Criminal Court, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law.
       (p) Arms Trade Treaty.--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 may be obligated or expended 
     to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves 
     a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.

                       prohibition on censorship

       Sec. 7049. (a) Restriction.--(1) Funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act for programs to counter 
     foreign propaganda and disinformation, and for related 
     purposes, may only be made available for the purpose of 
     countering such efforts by foreign state and non-state actors 
     abroad.
       (2) None of the funds made available for the programs 
     described in paragraph (1) may be used to--
       (A) characterize United States independent news media 
     companies as creators of disinformation, misinformation, or 
     malinformation;
       (B) advocate to, or act to, censor, filter, or remove 
     content from a United States entity on social media 
     platforms; or
       (C) take any action designed to influence consumer or 
     advertising behavior toward United States media companies or 
     social network platforms.
       (b) Global Engagement Center Limitation.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
     Programs'' 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 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) beyond the termination 
     date specified in subsection (j) of such Act unless expressly 
     authorized by a subsequent Act of Congress.

                        global internet freedom

       Sec. 7050. (a) Funding.--Of the funds available for 
     obligation during fiscal year 2025 under the headings 
     ``International Broadcasting Operations'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', and ``Assistance for Europe, 
     Eurasia and Central Asia'', not less than $94,000,000 shall 
     be made available for programs to promote

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     Internet freedom globally, consistent with section 9707 of 
     the Department of State Authorization Act of 2022 (title 
     XCVII of division I of Public Law 117-263).
       (b) Coordination and Spend Plans.--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:  Provided, 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.

 torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment

       Sec. 7051.  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.

                aircraft transfer, coordination, and use

       Sec. 7052. (a) Transfer Authority.--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 
     ``Diplomatic Programs'', ``International Narcotics Control 
     and Law Enforcement'', ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'', and 
     ``Andean Counterdrug Programs'' may be used for any other 
     program and in any region.
       (b) Property Disposal.--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:  Provided, That 
     any such transfer shall be subject to prior consultation 
     with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Aircraft Coordination.--
       (1) Authority.--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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 
     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:  
     Provided further, 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.
       (2) Scope.--The requirement and authorities of this 
     subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose 
     of which is the transportation of personnel.
       (d) Aircraft Operations and Maintenance.--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.

   parking fines and real property taxes owed by foreign governments

       Sec. 7053.  The terms and conditions of section 7055 of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111-117) 
     shall apply to this Act:  Provided, That subsection (f)(2)(B) 
     of such section shall be applied by substituting ``September 
     30, 2024'' for ``September 30, 2009''.

                      international monetary fund

       Sec. 7054. (a) Extensions.--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 Public Law 111-117) 
     shall apply to this Act.
       (b) Repayment.--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.

                              extradition

       Sec. 7055. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated 
     in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than 
     funds provided under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'', ``Complex Crises 
     Fund'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', ``United 
     States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', and 
     ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Assistance'') 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.
       (b) Clarification.--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.
       (c) Waiver.--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.

                            enterprise funds

       Sec. 7056. (a) Notification.--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.
       (b) Distribution of Assets Plan.--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.
       (c) Transition or Operating Plan.--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.

            limitations related to global health assistance

       Sec. 7057. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be made available for the 
     United Nations Population Fund.
       (b) 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.

                        global health activities

       Sec. 7058. (a) In General.--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 ``Global Health Programs'' 
     and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 
     Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 
     U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended.
       (b) Limitation.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
     more than $461,000,000 may be made available for family 
     planning/reproductive health.
       (c) Pandemics and Other Infectious Disease Outbreaks.--
       (1) Global health security.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Global Health Programs'' 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:  Provided, 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.
       (2) Extraordinary measures.--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 ``Global Health Programs'', 
     ``Development Assistance'', ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'', ``Complex Crises Fund'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'', ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', and 
     ``Millennium Challenge Corporation'' 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.
       (3) Emergency reserve fund.--Up to $50,000,000 of the funds 
     made available under the heading ``Global Health Programs'' 
     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 Public Law 115-31):  
     Provided, That such funds shall be made available under the 
     same terms and conditions of such section.
       (4) Consultation and notification.--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.
       (d) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, none of the funds made available by this Act may be made 
     available to support directly or indirectly--
       (1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in the City of 
     Wuhan in the People's Republic of China;
       (2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.;
       (3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments 
     of the People's Republic of China,

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     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 Nicolas Maduro Moros, or any other country 
     determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign 
     adversary; or
       (4) gain-of-function research.
       (e) Childhood Cancer.--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: Provided, That the Secretary and 
     Administrator shall consult with the appropriate 
     congressional committees on uses of funds for such 
     partnerships.

                    women's equality and empowerment

       Sec. 7059. (a) In General.--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.
       (b) Women's Economic Empowerment.--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, including 
     through implementation of the Women's Entrepreneurship and 
     Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-428):  
     Provided, That 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.
       (c) Women's Leadership Program.--Of the funds appropriated 
     under title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall 
     be made available for the Madeleine K. Albright Women's 
     Leadership Program, as established by section 7059(b) of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2023 (division K of Public Law 117-328) 
     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.
       (d) Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls.--
       (1) 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.
       (2) 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.
       (3) 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.
       (e) Women, Peace, and Security.--Of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the headings ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
     and Central Asia'', and ``International Narcotics Control and 
     Law Enforcement'', $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.
       (f) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act may be made available for the Gender Equity and Equality 
     Action Fund.

                           sector allocations

       Sec. 7060. (a) Basic Education and Higher Education.--
       (1) Basic education.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 
     not less than $922,000,000 shall be made available for the 
     Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund:  Provided, That such 
     funds shall also be used for secondary education activities:  
     Provided further, That of the funds made available by this 
     paragraph, $150,000,000 should be available for the education 
     of girls in areas of conflict.
       (B) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act 
     for assistance for basic education programs, not less than 
     $152,000,000 shall be made available for contributions to 
     multilateral partnerships that support education.
       (2) Higher education.--Of the funds appropriated by title 
     III of this Act, not less than $271,000,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for higher education:  Provided, 
     That of such amount, not less than $33,000,000 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:  
     Provided further, 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 
     Public Law 116-260).
       (b) Conservation.--
       (1) Biodiversity.--Of the funds appropriated under title 
     III of this Act, not less than $365,750,000 shall be made 
     available for biodiversity conservation programs.
       (2) Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking.--
       (A) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 
     this Act, not less than $118,750,000 shall be made available 
     to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 
     trafficking.
       (B) 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.
       (c) Development Programs.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Development Assistance'', 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.
       (d) Disability Programs.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Development Assistance'' 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.
       (e) Food Security and Agricultural Development.--Of the 
     funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than 
     $960,000,000 shall be made available for food security and 
     agricultural development programs to carry out the purposes 
     of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-195), 
     including for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs:  Provided, 
     That funds may be made available for a contribution as 
     authorized by section 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and 
     Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246), as amended by 
     section 3310 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 
     (Public Law 115-334).
       (f) Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises.--Of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $252,000,000 
     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.
       (g) Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons.--
       (1) In general.--Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the headings ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia'', and ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'', not less than $123,400,000 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 ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'':  Provided, That 
     funds made available by this Act under the headings 
     ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', and 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'' 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:  Provided further, That such funds are 
     in addition to funds made available by this Act under the 
     heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' for the Office to Monitor and 
     Combat Trafficking in Persons:  Provided further, That funds 
     made available by this Act 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.
       (2) Conferences.--Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
     made available to organize or host international conferences 
     should 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 (Public Law 
     106-386), unless the purpose of such conference is to combat 
     human trafficking or it is in the national interest of the 
     United States, and any such use of funds shall be subject to 
     prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
       (3) Certification.--The Secretary of State shall certify 
     and report to the appropriate congressional committees not 
     later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
     that--
       (A) all employees of the Department of State and USAID were 
     provided Counter Trafficking in Persons codes of conduct and 
     training during fiscal year 2024; and
       (B) the Department of State and USAID included Counter 
     Trafficking in Persons stipulations in all applicable binding 
     funding and procurement documents with awardees, contractors, 
     and grantees in fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the 
     contractors and subcontractors of commercial items and 
     services as defined in Part 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation are exempted.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
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     State and the Administrator of USAID shall report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees on how all grants and 
     contracts awarded in the prior fiscal year are compliant with 
     applicable requirements within title I of Public Law 106-386.
       (5) Oversight.--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 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', up to $1,000,000 may be used by 
     the Inspectors General of the Department of State and the 
     United States Agency for International Development for audits 
     and other activities related to compliance with subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B) of paragraph (3): Provided, That the Secretary of 
     State and Administrator of USAID shall ensure that 
     requirements related to title I of Public Law 106-386 flow 
     down to awards, contracts, grants, and sub-derivatives of 
     such funding relationships, subject to standard waiver 
     exceptions.
       (h) Water and Sanitation.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act, not less than $451,000,000 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 $225,500,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan 
     Africa.
       (i) Deviation.--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:  
     Provided, That such deviations shall only be exercised to 
     address unforeseen or exigent circumstances:  Provided 
     further, 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:  Provided further, That any deviations proposed 
     subsequent to the submission of such report shall be subject 
     to prior consultation with such Committees:  Provided 
     further, That not later than November 1, 2026, the Secretary 
     of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the use of the authority of this 
     subsection.

              limitations related to environment programs

       Sec. 7061. (a) Green Climate Fund.--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.
       (b) Clean Technology Fund.--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.
       (c) Climate Damages.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be made available 
     for the Loss and Damage Fund or to pay compensation to any 
     country, organization, or individual for loss and damages 
     attributed to climate change.
       (d) Attribution.--Funds appropriated by this Act and made 
     available for the sectors and programs in sections 7032, 
     7059, and 7060 shall not be attributed to, or counted toward 
     targets for, climate change programs.
       (e) Transit Pipelines.--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.
       (f) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
     Change.--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 ``Paris Agreement''.
       (g) Climate Executive Orders.--None of the funds made 
     available by this Act may be used to implement, enforce, or 
     otherwise carry out the following--
       (1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting Public 
     Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle 
     the Climate Crisis;
       (2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling the Climate 
     Crisis at Home and Abroad;
       (3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating to 
     Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and 
     Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration;
       (4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate-Related 
     Financial Risk;
       (5) Executive Order 14037, relating to Strengthening 
     American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks;
       (6) Executive Order 14057, relating to Catalyzing Clean 
     Energy Industries and Jobs through Federal Sustainability;
       (7) Executive Order 14082, relating to Implementation of 
     the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation 
     Reduction Act of 2022; and
       (8) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revitalizing Our 
     Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.
       (h) Study.--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 2024 made available for climate change programs and 
     whether the use of such funds have had a direct and 
     measurable impact on lowering global temperatures or on 
     projections of future global temperatures using the most 
     plausible and accurate scenarios and models for future 
     conditions.

                            budget documents

       Sec. 7062. (a) Operating Plans.--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 2025, that provides details of the uses of such 
     funds at the program, project, and activity level:  Provided, 
     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:  Provided further, 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 designated in 
     the tables in the report accompanying this Act, as 
     applicable, shall be subject to the notification and 
     reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of this Act.
       (b) Spend Plans.--
       (1) 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--
       (A) assistance for countries in Central America and the 
     Caribbean, Colombia, Iraq, Pacific Islands countries, and 
     Ukraine;
       (B) Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, Central America 
     Regional Security Initiative, Indo-Pacific Strategy and the 
     Countering PRC Influence Fund, Partnership for Global 
     Infrastructure and Investment, Power Africa, and Trans-Sahara 
     Counterterrorism Partnership;
       (C) 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), (e), (g), and (h) of section 7060; and
       (D) implementation of the Global Fragility Act of 2019.
       (2) 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 ``Department of 
     the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance'' in 
     title III.
       (3) 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:  Provided, 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.
       (c) Clarification.--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.
       (d) Congressional Budget Justification.--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 2026:  Provided, That the 
     appendices for such justification shall be provided to the 
     Committees on Appropriations not later than 10 calendar days 
     thereafter.

                             reorganization

       Sec. 7063. (a) Prior Consultation and Notification.--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:  Provided, That such funds shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That any such notification 
     submitted to such Committees shall include a detailed 
     justification for any proposed action:  Provided further, 
     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.
       (b) Description of Activities.--Pursuant to subsection (a), 
     a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any 
     action to--
       (1) 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;
       (2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the United 
     States official presence

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     overseas, including at bilateral, regional, and multilateral 
     diplomatic facilities and other platforms; or
       (3) 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 2025.

                      department of state matters

       Sec. 7064. (a) Working Capital Fund.--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.
       (b) Certification.--
       (1) Compliance.--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.
       (2) Considerations.--When making a certification required 
     by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider the 
     capacity of a bureau or office to--
       (A) account for the obligated funds at the country and 
     program level, as appropriate;
       (B) identify risks and develop mitigation and monitoring 
     plans;
       (C) establish performance measures and indicators;
       (D) review activities and performance; and
       (E) assess final results and reconcile finances.
       (3) Plan.--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.
       (c) Other Matters.--
       (1) In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``Diplomatic 
     Programs''--
       (A) 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
       (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
     reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House 
     facilities.
       (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act under the heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' 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.
       (3)(A) Prior to entering into a bilateral or multilateral 
     agreement authorized by section 303(a) of the Convention on 
     Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2602) or the 
     extension of an agreement pursuant to section 303(e) of such 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall ensure that any import 
     restrictions authorized by such agreement comply with the 
     provisions of sections 302 and 305 of such Act.
       (B) Reports required by section 303(g) of the Convention on 
     Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2602) shall 
     also be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided, That such reports shall also include information 
     concerning compliance with section 303(c) of such Act.
       (4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under the 
     heading ``Diplomatic Programs'' 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--
       (i) is expressly authorized by statute; or
       (ii) has affirmatively received the advice and consent of 
     the Senate.
       (B) The limitations of this paragraph shall be construed to 
     include the applicable office personnel and bureau managed 
     funds of such office.

     united states agency for international development management

       Sec. 7065. (a) Authority.--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 
     ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia'', 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).
       (b) Restriction.--The authority to hire individuals 
     contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
     2026.
       (c) Program Account Charged.--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:  
     Provided, 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 ``Operating 
     Expenses''.
       (d) Foreign Service Limited Extensions.--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 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may be extended for a period of up to 
     4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth in such 
     section.
       (e) Disaster Surge Capacity.--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 ``Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
     Asia'', 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.
       (f) Personal Services Contractors.--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 (Public Law 83-480; 7 
     U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), 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:  
     Provided, That not more than 15 of such contractors shall be 
     assigned to any bureau or office:  Provided further, That 
     such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Food for 
     Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be 
     made available only for personal services contractors 
     assigned to the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.
       (g) Small Business.--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.
       (h) Senior Foreign Service Limited Appointments.--
     Individuals hired pursuant to the authority provided by 
     section 7059(o) of the Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 
     (division F of Public Law 111-117) may be assigned to or 
     support programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan with funds made 
     available in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
     for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs.
       (i) Crisis Operations Staffing.--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 Public Law 
     116-94) 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:  Provided, 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:  Provided further, 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:  
     Provided further, 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.

  stabilization and development in regions impacted by extremism and 
                                conflict

       Sec. 7066.  Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
     terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', ``Peacekeeping 
     Operations'', and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not 
     less than $135,000,000 shall 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 Public Law 116-94):  Provided, That such 
     funds shall be prioritized for countries with national and 
     local governments with the demonstrated political will and 
     capacity to partner on strengthening government legitimacy:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of State and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the intended prioritization and allocation 
     of such funds not later than 60 days prior to submitting the 
     pre-obligation spend plans required by section 7062(b) of 
     this Act:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     such headings may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
     appropriated under such headings for such purposes:  Provided 
     further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority provided by this Act or any other 
     Act, and is subject to prior consultation with, and the 
     regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to this subsection under the heading ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'' may remain available until 
     September 30, 2026.

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                          debt-for-development

       Sec. 7067.  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.

           extension of consular fees and related authorities

       Sec. 7068. (a) Section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 
     4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied through fiscal 
     year 2025 by substituting ``the costs of providing consular 
     services'' for ``such costs''.
       (b) Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations for 
     Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (division B 
     of Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 592) shall be applied during 
     fiscal year 2025 by substituting ``2020 through 2025'' for 
     ``2020 and 2021''.
       (c) Discretionary amounts made available to the Department 
     of State under the heading ``Administration of Foreign 
     Affairs'' 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:  Provided, That 
     such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer 
     authority otherwise available in this Act and under any other 
     provision of law:  Provided further, 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.
       (d) In addition to the uses permitted pursuant to section 
     286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1356(v)(2)(A)), for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of State 
     may also use fees deposited into the Fraud Prevention and 
     Detection Account for the costs of providing consular 
     services.
       (e) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (b) 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 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                    gaza oversight and other matters

       Sec. 7069. (a) Certification.--The Secretary of State shall 
     certify and report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees not later than 15 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, that--
       (1) oversight policies, processes, and procedures have been 
     established by the Department of State and the United States 
     Agency for International Development, as appropriate, and are 
     in use to prevent the diversion to Hamas and other terrorist 
     and extremist entities in Gaza and the misuse or destruction 
     by such entities of assistance, including through 
     international organizations; and
       (2) such policies, processes, and procedures have been 
     developed in coordination with other bilateral and 
     multilateral donors and the Government of Israel, as 
     appropriate.
       (b) Oversight Policy and Procedures.--The Secretary of 
     State and the USAID Administrator shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, concurrent with the 
     submission of the certification required in subsection (a), a 
     written description of the oversight policies, processes, and 
     procedures for funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for assistance for Gaza, including specific actions 
     to be taken should such assistance be diverted, misused, or 
     destroyed, and the role of the Government of Israel in the 
     oversight of such assistance.
       (c) Requirement to Inform.--The Secretary of State and 
     USAID Administrator shall promptly inform the appropriate 
     congressional committees of each instance in which funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
     assistance for Gaza have been diverted, misused, or 
     destroyed, to include the type 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.
       (d) Third Party Monitoring.--Funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be made available for third party monitoring of 
     assistance for Gaza, including end use monitoring, following 
     consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.
       (e) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the initial 
     obligation of funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for assistance for Gaza, and every 90 days 
     thereafter until all such funds are expended, the Secretary 
     of State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing 
     the amount and purpose of such assistance provided during 
     each respective quarter, including a description of the 
     specific entity implementing such assistance.
       (f) Assessment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until 
     September 30, 2026, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Director of National Intelligence and other heads of 
     elements of the intelligence community that the Secretary 
     considers relevant, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report assessing whether funds 
     appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance 
     for the West Bank and Gaza have been diverted to or destroyed 
     by Hamas or other terrorist and extremist entities in the 
     West Bank and Gaza:  Provided, That such report shall include 
     details on the amount and how such funds were made available 
     and used by such entities:  Provided further, That such 
     report may be submitted in classified form, if necessary.
       (g) Consultation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act but prior to the initial obligation of 
     funds made available by this Act for humanitarian assistance 
     for Gaza, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, as 
     appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the amount and anticipated uses of such 
     funds.
       (h) Inspectors General.--The Inspectors General of the 
     Department of State and USAID shall conduct investigations of 
     their respective agency's implementing partners that receive 
     funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs and made available for 
     assistance in the West Bank and Gaza, or entities that 
     provide logistical support to implementing partners that 
     receive such funds to determine if allegations or reports 
     that such entities have employed staff or contractors that 
     are members of, or affiliated with, a United States 
     designated terrorist organization or have participated in any 
     terrorist act, including before, on, or after October 7, 
     2023, are credible, and, as appropriate, refer their 
     investigative findings for potential criminal, civil, or 
     administrative enforcement remedies.
       (i) Limitation on Foreign Nationals From Gaza.--None of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs under the headings 
     ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' and ``United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Fund'' may be used to support 
     the admission and resettlement into the United States of a 
     foreign national from Gaza.

          additional limitations on operations and assistance

       Sec. 7070. (a) 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.
       (b) 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.
       (c) 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).
       (d) 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.
       (e) 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 the United States 
     Department of State other than the--
       (1) United States flag;
       (2) Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 154.2-1;
       (3) POW/MIA flag;
       (4) Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursuant to section 
     904 of title 36, United States Code;
       (5) flag of a State, insular area, or the District of 
     Columbia at domestic locations;
       (6) flag of an Indian Tribal government;
       (7) official branded flag of a United States agency; or
       (8) sovereign flag of other countries.
       (f) None of the funds made available by this Act or prior 
     Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
     foreign operations, and related programs may be used to 
     implement, administer, or enforce any COVID-19 mask or 
     vaccine mandates, including for individuals traveling outside 
     of the United States.
       (g) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, 
     training, programs, offices, officers, policies, or other 
     executive agency functions.

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       (h)(1) Notwithstanding section 7 of title 1, United States 
     Code, section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this 
     Act shall be used in whole or in part to take any 
     discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, 
     on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance 
     with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, 
     that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one 
     man and one woman.
       (2) As used in paragraph (1), a discriminatory action means 
     any action taken by the Federal Government to--
       (A) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
     any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
     delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under section 
     501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
     referred to in paragraph (1);
       (B) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
     charitable contribution made to or by such person;
       (C) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
     terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
     grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, 
     guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, 
     accreditation, employment, or other similar position or 
     status from or to such person;
       (D) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a 
     Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal 
     treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational 
     program, from or to such person; or
       (E) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
     unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
     property, facilities, educational institutions, speech forum 
     (including traditional, limited and nonpublic forum), or 
     charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.
       (3) The Federal Government shall consider accredited, 
     licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 
     that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, 
     respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
     against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the 
     person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 
     religious belief or moral conviction described in paragraph 
     (1).
       (i) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for hiring practices based 
     on gender, religion, political affiliation, or race.
       (j) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to the Data 
     Journalism Agency or the Global Disinformation Index.
       (k) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to InterAction.
       (l) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to a United 
     States institution of higher education that has failed to 
     take administrative action against any student, staff member, 
     or student group that commits acts of antisemitism while 
     utilizing the facilities, grounds, or resources of such 
     institution.

                              rescissions

                    (including rescissions of funds)

       Sec. 7071. (a) Economic Support Fund.--Of the unobligated 
     balances from amounts made available under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' from prior Acts making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs, $640,161,000 are rescinded.
       (b) International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.--
     Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under 
     the heading ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement'' from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, $65,000,000 are rescinded.
       (c) Debt Restructuring.--Of the unobligated balances from 
     amounts made available under the heading ``Debt 
     Restructuring'' from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs, $111,000,000 are rescinded.
       (d) Restriction.--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 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 7072.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be made available to the 
     Republic of Maldives until the Secretary of State determines 
     that the Republic of Maldives has revoked its ban on Israeli 
     passport holders.

                TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION

                       spending reduction account

       Sec. 8001.  $0.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025''.

  The Acting CHAIR. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 
as amended, are waived.
  No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 
except those printed in part B of House Report 118-559, amendments en 
bloc described in section 8 of House Resolution 1316, and pro forma 
amendments described in section 9 of House Resolution 1316. Pursuant to 
section 18 of House Resolution 1316, it shall not be in order to 
consider amendment No. 37 printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Each further amendment printed in part B of House Report 118-559 may 
be offered only in the order printed in the report, by the Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 9 of House Resolution 1316, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. All 
points of order against such further amendments are waived.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting 
of amendments printed in part B of House Report 118-559 not earlier 
disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, except as 
provided by section 9 of House Resolution 1316, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for 
the purpose of debate.

                              {time}  1730


        Amendments En Bloc Offered by Mr. Diaz-Balart of Florida

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, pursuant to House Resolution 1316, I 
offer amendments en bloc.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
  Amendments en bloc consisting of amendment Nos. 7, 10, 11, 12, 25, 
26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 51, 52, 53, 55, 
58, 60, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73, and 74, printed in part B of House 
Report 118-559, offered by Mr. Diaz-Balart of Florida:

            Amendment No. 7 Offered by MR. burgess of texas

       Page 206, line 11, strike ``60 percent'' and insert ``80 
     percent''.


          Amendment No. 10 Offered by MR. connolly of virginia

       Page 21, line 8, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 11 Offered by MR. connolly of virginia

       Page 32, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,00,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 12 Offered by MR. foster of illinois

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 25 Offered by MR. issa of california

       Page 13, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $16,000,000) (increased by $16,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 26 Offered by Ms. jackson lee of texas

       Page 262, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


          Amendment No. 27 Offered by ms. jackson lee of texas

       Page 23, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000) (decreased by $1,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 28 Offered by mr. james of michigan

       Page 284, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 29 Offered by mr. keating of massachusetts

       Page 32, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $30,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 30 Offered by mr. lalota of new york

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 31 Offered by mr. lawler of new york

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increase by $1,000,000) (decrease by $1,000,000)''.


           Amendment No. 33 Offered by mr. lawler of new york

       Page 43, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 34 OFFERED BY MR. LAWLER OF NEW YORK

       Page 44, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $30,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000)''.

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        AMENDMENT NO. 40 OFFERED BY MRS. MILLER OF WEST VIRGINIA

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 41 OFFERED BY MRS. MILLER-MEEKS OF IOWA

       Page 2, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''.


          AMENDMENT NO. 42 OFFERED BY MR. MOLINARO OF NEW YORK

       Page 263, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.


          AMENDMENT NO. 43 OFFERED BY MR. MOLINARO OF NEW YORK

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 2, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 44 OFFERED BY MS. MOORE OF WISCONSIN

       Page 259, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.


             AMENDMENT NO. 46 OFFERED BY MR. MOYLAN OF GUAM

       Page 43, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 51 OFFERED BY MR. OGLES OF TENNESSEE

       Page 34, line 12, after the second dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,700,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 52 OFFERED BY MR. OGLES OF TENNESSEE

       Page 197, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 53 OFFERED BY MR. OGLES OF TENNESSEE

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:

               TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL LIMITATION PROVISION

       Sec. 9001.  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.


            AMENDMENT NO. 55 OFFERED BY MR. PFLUGER OF TEXAS

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.


         AMENDMENT NO. 58 OFFERED BY MR. SCHWEIKERT OF ARIZONA

       Page 264, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.


           AMENDMENT NO. 60 OFFERED BY MR. STEIL OF WISCONSIN

       Page 39, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania

       Page 4, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000) (reduced by $500,000)''.


          Amendment No. 66 Offered by MR. TIFFANY of wisconsin

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  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 (Public Law 
     103-416; 108 Stat. 4321; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note).


            Amendment No. 69 Offered by MS. TITUS of nevada

       Page 30, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $30,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000)''.


         Amendment No. 70 Offered by MR. vasquez of new mexico

       Page 2, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.


          Amendment Number 71 Offered by Mr. Waltz of Florida

       Page 174, line 10, strike ``;'' and insert ``, including in 
     the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq under its leadership by 
     President Faiq Zidan;''.


        Amendment No. 73 Offered by Mr. Wilson of South Carolina

       Page 31, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000)''.


        Amendment No. 74 Offered by Mr. Wilson of South Carolina

       Page 179, line 18, after ``, Syria'' insert ``(including 
     northwest Syria)''.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. 
Lee) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the bipartisan en 
bloc amendment, which represents amendments with support from both 
sides of the aisle.
  The amendment includes 32 noncontroversial amendments that advance 
the priorities of both sides, including support for Taiwan, training 
for security partners in the Indo-Pacific, highlighting the vital work 
of the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, and improving passport 
processing.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this 
amendment, and I thank Chairman Diaz-Balart for working with me to 
include these bipartisan priorities in this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of my 
Amendment No. 10 to support civil society in Tunisia.
  My amendment will increase and decrease funding of this bill by five 
million dollars to express concern for Tunisia's authoritarian 
trajectory and an intensified crackdown against political opponents 
which has dissolved parliament, annulled the existing constitution, and 
disbanded the independent judicial system.
  Since President Saied's takeover in July 2021, Tunisian authorities 
have deliberately dismantled fundamental freedoms, imprisoned political 
opponents and perceived critics, and ramped up rhetoric disparaging 
civil society and sub-Saharan migrants.
  Tunisia-based NGO's and journalists have also documented an increase 
in racially motivated assaults against sub-Saharan Africans by ordinary 
citizens.
  More dissenting voices continue to be arrested or summoned for 
questioning on an almost daily basis.
  Recently, the Tunisian government has weaponized a draconian 
cybercrime law, Decree 54, to silence free expression and imprison 
journalists and lawyers who have criticized the government.
  President Saied has continued to assert that there is a foreign 
conspiracy to increase migration to Tunisia, and has accused civil 
society groups helping migrants of committing ``treason''.
  These alarming developments and Tunisia's continued autocratic 
consolidation not only endanger the country's stability in a period of 
deep economic insecurity, but they also raise serious concerns about 
the future of the U.S.-Tunisia relationship, which since 2011 has been 
anchored by a shared commitment to democratic principles.
  It was these shared values that led the House Democracy Partnership 
to partner with Tunisia's parliament, and the U.S. Government to 
designate Tunisia as a Major Non-NATO ally, strengthen security 
cooperation, and dramatically increase bilateral aid over the past 12 
years.
  My amendment reiterates concern for Tunisia's authoritarian 
trajectory and an intensified crackdown against political opponents 
which has dissolved parliament, annulled the existing constitution, and 
disbanded the independent judicial system.
  These developments undermine the confidence in the rule of law that 
is essential for a flourishing U.S.-Tunisia relationship.
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of my 
bipartisan Amendment No. 11 to support the Georgian people in their 
Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
  My amendment will increase and decrease funding of this bill by $10 
million to emphasize our commitment to a future for Georgia that 
follows a Euro-Atlantic trajectory, one where democratic institutions 
are upheld, not denigrated.
  Mr. Chair for the past decade, I have served as co-chair of the 
Georgia Caucus here in the House of Representatives.
  It has been from that position that I have advocated for Georgia's 
territorial integrity and their turn away from Russia and towards the 
West.
  As we meet here today, Russia still illegally occupies and controls 
20 percent of sovereign Georgian territory.
  Russian officials continue to commit human rights violations and 
brutally repress Georgians living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  Let us make clear that South Ossetia and Abkhazia are Georgian, just 
as Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhizhia, and Crimea are Ukrainian.
  And it is equally important for us to support the Georgian people in 
their wishes to join the European community, which received a boost 
with Georgia being granted EU candidate status on June 23, 2022.
  But we must speak out about Georgia's current trajectory and make 
clear that the democratic backsliding in Georgia, which has culminated 
in the passage of a Foreign Agents Law that mimics what Putin used to 
eviscerate civil society in Russia, is unsustainable.
  As we speak, Georgia's democracy is in danger. Boundless 
investigations of political parties, changes in election systems that 
violate the Venice Commission and OSCE, and now the Foreign Agents Law, 
bring Georgia further away from EU membership, not closer.
  Attacks on the United States Ambassador, against independent judges, 
civil society members, the political opposition, and the rights of

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LGTBQ+ individuals only push Georgia closer to the Russian model, and 
away from the liberal democratic model of the West.
  Our amendment makes clear that the United States will continue to 
stand with the Georgian people, in support of its democratic 
institutions, in support of the rule of law, in support of 
accountability for those that engage in corruption, in support of an 
independent judiciary, and in support of Georgia's Euro-Atlantic 
aspirations.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered 
by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart).
  The en bloc amendments were agreed to.


                Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Brecheen

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 4, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Brecheen) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is going to reduce funding 
for educational and the cultural exchange programs back to the 2019 
levels.
  This is a modest cut that will reduce spending by less than 3 
percent, back to 2019 spending levels. It leaves $700 million for these 
programs.
  There is nothing inherently wrong with exchange programs. However, 
there is something wrong about continuing to increase Washington's 
spending on unnecessary programs when our national debt continues to 
climb $34 trillion-plus.
  This commonsense amendment simply returns spending for these programs 
back to pre-COVID levels. With this appropriations bill, we have 
already reduced 28 accounts to 2019 levels, with strong Republican 
support. I encourage my colleagues to continue this trend of returning 
to those pre-COVID spending levels and curbing unnecessary spending 
increases.
  To help my colleagues understand how bad Washington's spending 
problem is, the CBO projects our Federal deficit to be $1.9 trillion, 
an uptick of $400 billion. That had to be modified, if Members paid 
attention to what happened this last week with the CBO. It is going to 
grow to $2.9 trillion by 2034. An annual deficit of almost $3 trillion 
is facing us less than 10 years away.
  This excessive spending is going to drive the national debt to record 
levels and continue to exacerbate the inflation crisis that everybody 
in America is feeling. The devaluation of our currency because of 
excessive spending all ties together. The average family of four is 
spending $1,300 more a month to afford the same goods and services as 
compared to January of 2021, which amounts to $16,000 lost to 
devaluation of the currency because of what we are doing with excessive 
spending. We can fix this.
  I will add one more little tidbit to this. According to Zillow, 
Americans are having to earn $106,000 to be able to afford a home. That 
is an 80 percent increase, according to Zillow, from what they saw in 
2020, which was $59,000 in 2020.
  How can we, in good conscience, continue to contribute to this 
economic crisis by excessive spending being felt around the country.
  Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support returning to pre-
COVID on this, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment.
  The Department of State Educational and Cultural Exchanges account 
funds people-to-people engagement, which supports our country's foreign 
policy objectives. These programs foster mutual understanding between 
the people of the United States and of other countries and promote 
peace and understanding. Lord knows we need this.
  They allow us to promote our values of democracy, freedom of the 
press, and civic participation, as well as promote dialogue, 
collaboration, and the sharing of diverse perspectives, especially for 
the cultivation of the next generation of global leaders. These 
programs also help us understand those who may or may not share our 
values, but we at least have an opportunity to engage.
  One of our best-known programs is the Fulbright Program. Each year, 
over 13,000 United States students and scholars submit an application 
for the Fulbright Program. This program also leverages over $100 
million from partner governments, who see a value in supporting their 
students coming to the United States.
  These students will be future presidents, generals, scientists, and 
writers of partner nations in the future. In fact, leaders in more than 
120 countries around the world in both government and business were 
exposed to American culture and values through State-sponsored 
exchanges.
  This amendment threatens the Fulbright Program, as well as hundreds 
of other professional and academic exchanges that expose U.S. citizens 
to the rest of the world and the rest of the world to the United States 
and to our ideals. What is wrong with that? I think the world needs 
this at this point.
  It doesn't make any sense to cut these programs. These programs are 
some of the best diplomatic investments that we make.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chairman, returning back to pre-COVID spending 
levels, I have to ask the question to any colleague, whether it be 
Democrat or Republican: Was not the amount of government spending pre-
COVID in 2019 enough? There is an old saying that however much 
government you want is how much government you have to be willing to 
pay for.
  The problem is with Congress. We are deficit spending because we are 
not willing to make cuts. We are not willing to make prioritization 
occur to be able to afford these programs. We are passing the tab on to 
our kids and our grandkids. Our housing costs and inflation are the 
result of this.
  Mr. Chairman, this is pre-COVID spending levels, and I encourage my 
colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, once again, I am urging 
opposition to this amendment because it is just an example of what I 
said earlier in terms of withdrawing from the rest of the world. Our 
young people, people who want to engage with the world to make this 
world a better place, deserve to be able to do that.
  This cut takes us back to, I think, the levels at 2019. That is 
unacceptable.
  Mr. Chairman, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance 
of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Brecheen).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Brecheen

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 47, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $139,575,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Brecheen) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would eliminate funding

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for the Global Environment Facility at the World Bank, saving American 
taxpayers nearly $140 million.
  This amendment represents a roughly 0.3-percent reduction in spending 
for the bill overall. The Global Environment Facility is an 
international fund under the World Bank, which uses donor countries' 
money to pay for climate agenda projects in developing countries. The 
United States' contribution to this fund is $140 million for fiscal 
year 2025.
  Proponents of global climate initiatives often use phrases like 
``shared global responsibility'' to sell programs that cost taxpayers 
millions and give up American sovereignty to unelected bureaucrats. 
However, this funding has nothing to do with responsibilities at all.
  This year's roughly $140 million donation to the GEF is over $10 
million more than China's, the world's largest polluter. China has 
contributed, during the entire 33-year lifetime of the program, less 
than this year's singular allocation by the United States.
  Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Federal 
deficit is going to be $1.9 trillion for fiscal year 2024. That is 27 
percent greater than CBO projected at the beginning of this year, a 
$400 billion change in a matter of months.
  Where is the responsibility to American taxpayers? As Members of 
Congress, our responsibility is to those taxpayers. We should not be 
forcing and punting the price tag for this to our kids and our 
grandkids. We should not be sending millions of dollars overseas when 
we cannot get our fiscal house in order.
  The Trump administration's budget request for fiscal year 2020 
rightly asked for no funding for the Global Environment Facility. Under 
President Trump, the U.S. withdrew from the one-sided Paris climate 
accord and became a net energy exporter for the first time in over 70 
years.
  The Trump administration recognized that American strength and 
prosperity are advanced by supporting pro-growth policies, cutting 
spending and regulations, and unleashing American energy.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to follow the example of that 
administration and vote ``yes'' on this amendment. The U.S. Government 
should not send one more taxpayer dollar to unelected bureaucrats in 
support of other countries' climate agendas, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  Once again, we are retreating from the world, and this amendment, 
again, makes that point. It would eliminate the United States' 
contribution to the Global Environment Facility.
  Now, the Global Environment Facility is a multilateral trust fund 
that provides grant-based funding to developing countries to address 
global environmental challenges. These are some of the most vulnerable 
countries in the world.
  The Global Environment Facility fund benefits the U.S. economy and 
the environment by addressing problems that affect our domestic health, 
safety, and prosperity, such as by protecting tropical forests, 
reducing transboundary pollutants, and combating illegal wildlife 
tracking, which I know is a concern of both sides of the aisle and 
Members on both sides of the aisle.
  Every one of our districts has been challenged by severe drought, 
rainfall, storms, and heat. We are continuing to spend more and more on 
humanitarian needs caused by these disasters, both domestically and 
abroad. We need to get ahead of these crises. Helping communities cope, 
especially those with the least means to do so, is both moral and 
smart.
  Why are we demonizing these programs and cutting ourselves off from 
these valuable tools? These are not problems anyone can solve alone. We 
must work with others, which makes cooperation and our multilateral 
tools, such as the Global Environment Facility, real. Cuts will disrupt 
and dismantle what we are trying to accomplish in this world, and that 
is to make sure that our children have a future on this planet.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chairman, I respectfully disagree. We are not 
retreating on the world stage. What we are trying to do is get our 
fiscal house in order so that America can cheat history as a republic 
that can outlast most democracies. I will contend we are not a 
democracy. We are, specifically, a republic. We are cheating history if 
we can get our fiscal house in order and continue this great 
experiment.
  Retreating on the world stage is what I am afraid is going to happen. 
We are about to run out of the funds to be able to continue this great 
experiment in self-governance.
  I would ask Members to consider that Chairman Arrington of the Budget 
Committee sent some of us this story from the Asia Times, and it is 
called: ``U.S. Debt Moving Toward $50 Trillion Isn't Whole Story.'' 
This is the Asian perspective about what they are looking at in America 
as us heading toward a sovereign debt crisis and us losing the reserve 
world currency.

                              {time}  1745

  We are up against a great threat. I am greatly concerned about the 
future of this country. We are not retreating. We are trying to 
strengthen. There is an old African proverb: If there is no enemy on 
the inside, the enemy on the outside can do you no harm. We have to get 
strong within.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I must say that if Republicans 
really want to get our fiscal house in order, then they would be the 
first to repeal these terrible Trump tax cuts that have created an even 
bigger hole in our fiscal house.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Brecheen).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Brecheen

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 16, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $16,366,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Brecheen) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chair, this amendment would return funding for the 
U.S. Institute of Peace back to fiscal year '19 funding levels. In 
doing so, this amendment would save $16.3 million.
  This amendment, again, returns spending for this specific agency back 
to pre-COVID spending levels. To be clear, this is a modest proposal in 
the context of the overall spending of the bill.
  This amendment would reduce spending in the bill by 0.03 percent. 
That is less than half a percent of the top line for this bill.
  Side note for all of us who have paid attention to the numbers: Post-
COVID, our discretionary budget overall is up 30 percent. That is of 
note.
  Why go back to pre-COVID spending levels? If you look at the 
inflationary index, if you look at what has happened with the housing 
prices, going back to pre-COVID has a lot of net positives in terms of 
our Federal outlays.
  Year after year, the Federal Government continues to outpace spending 
and outpace revenues. It outpaces the growth of our economy. In a 
recent report, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the Federal 
deficit for 2024 is going to reach $1.9 trillion.

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  The COVID-era spending spree drastically accelerated the growth of 
our national debt. In the next decade, the CBO expects the Federal 
deficit to grow to $2.9 trillion. That is a $3 trillion annual deficit.
  We didn't get to $1 trillion in gross national debt until 1980. 200 
years of governance and in 1980, we reached $1 trillion. Within 10 
years, we are headed to be three times that in annual deficit debt 
spending when it took us almost 250 years as a Nation to get to $1 
trillion.
  This is going to be a cumulative sovereign debt crisis. Today, we are 
at $34.5 trillion, and it is just going to tick up.
  As a result, the current state of our national debt means that the 
Federal Government will require that every taxpayer give up $267,000 to 
pay off your share of this balance. The growth of this debt is causing 
a corresponding increase in the amount of interest payments due each 
year, which are threatening to crowd out critical spending on national 
defense, contributing toward the severe inflation crisis.
  Mr. Chair, I call on my colleagues to get serious about the massive 
debt. Let's return so many of these programs back to fiscal year '19 
pre-COVID spending levels.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this 
amendment. Now, the United States Institute of Peace, that is p-e-a-c-
e, or USIP, is one of the best tools the United States has to bring 
people together to prevent wars. Government officials, civil society 
practitioners, and defense experts creatively solve our world's 
problems and our world's thorniest issues.
  Congress created the United States Institute of Peace in 1984. Again, 
I will spell it, p-e-a-c-e. Some Members don't even like to use the 
term ``peace.'' We created it in 1984. It applies practical solutions 
directly in conflict zones and provides analysis, education, and 
resources to those working for peace, p-e-a-c-e.
  USIP has specialized teams of mediators, trainers, and others in some 
of the world's most dangerous places and works to equip communities 
with the skills necessary to prevent or resolve their own violent 
conflicts before they threaten the United States.
  It is in our own national security interest not to cut programs that 
cut the budget of the United States Institute of P-e-a-c-e.
  The USIP works on the ground with local partners on the root causes 
of conflict that all too frequently result in America's military gains 
or diplomatic development investments going to waste.
  In a world that grows more dangerous and complex every day with wars 
and rumors of wars, we need the services and the creative thinking of 
the United Institute of P-e-a-c-e.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I hope 
that you all will begin to use the word ``peace'' a little bit more 
because I think your children and grandchildren would be grateful.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRECHEEN. Mr. Chair, peace through strength is something that 
many of us believe in. It is the concern over the lack of our economic 
prowess, the lack of our strength why this amendment is before this 
body.
  Again, was there not enough government spending in 2019? Returning 
back to 2019 pre-COVID spending levels is what this does. It would save 
us $16 million.
  Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to put the best, long-term 
interests of our Nation ahead of short-term policy concerns or policy 
considerations or parochial considerations. It is the long-term 
longevity that has to rule the day.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, it doesn't make any sense to 
support this amendment, cutting resources for the United Institute of 
Peace, p-e-a-c-e, while we increase funding for the Department of 
Defense where we know there is over $200 billion in waste, fraud, and 
abuse.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Burlison). The question is on the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Brecheen).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Burchett

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  The salary of Setareh Sieg, Special Assistant to 
     the Director of Programming at Voice of America, shall be 
     reduced to $1.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, a couple of weeks ago, the House Foreign 
Affairs Committee released a report on the U.S. Global Agency for 
Global Media's failure to vet its staff properly. Specifically, one of 
its executives, Setareh Sieg, lied on her resume, misused taxpayer 
dollars, and reportedly committed workplace misconduct.
  Ms. Sieg was fired under the Trump administration, then rehired under 
the Biden administration, under suspicious circumstances, mind you.
  Whistleblowers contacted the Foreign Affairs Committee requesting an 
investigation into Sieg, which the committee launched in 2021.
  Among other things, the report stated she lied about having a Ph.D. 
on her resume and played favorites with overtime. She reportedly hired 
a senior official based on favoritism.
  I learned about Ms. Sieg's actions a year ago. I tried to cut her 
salary in last year's appropriations bill. She was fired by the Trump 
administration, then the Biden administration, of course, hired her 
back, despite multiple reports of misconduct.
  This is not the transparency, Mr. Chair, that Americans deserve from 
our government. She doesn't deserve a salary and she should be removed 
from this position immediately.
  Mr. Chair, I have a 17-year-old daughter, and I tell her 
continuously: Baby, you play by the rules. You work hard. You tell the 
truth. You will be rewarded for that. Then I go home and tell her: No, 
I was wrong. You don't play by the rules. You lie about who you are. 
You mistreat people. You get rewarded by this government.
  Mr. Chair, that is wrong and that needs to be changed. I urge all my 
colleagues to vote for this amendment to reduce Ms. Sieg's salary to 
$1.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this 
amendment.
  Quite frankly, it is despicable to target dedicated public servants 
and threaten their livelihoods.
  Public servants doing their job and carrying out the policies of this 
administration or any administration that they serve should be 
commended, not demonized.
  Our government is dependent on being able to attract the best talent 
to bring their skills to public service, especially when, in most 
cases, they could earn much more in the private sector. Who is going to 
be willing to do that if their names can be dragged through the 
political mud?
  The subject of this amendment has been a public servant at USAGM for 
nearly 25 years speaking truth to Iranians and promoting the democratic 
values of American society.

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  This is a personnel matter and should be dealt with as such. It is 
not for appropriations. If you have an issue with the policy, let's 
discuss that, not penalize public servants who are representing the 
administration that they serve and have dedicated their careers to the 
United States.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bost). The question is on the amendment offered 
by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Burchett

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to fund the United States Agency for Global Media.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee.

                              {time}  1800

  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chairman, I am offering this amendment to withhold 
funding from the United States Agency for Global Media. This agency has 
misused taxpayer money and also failed properly to vet its own staff.
  I ask you, Mr. Chairman, is the policy of this great Nation to misuse 
taxpayer money and fail to properly vet its own staff that is allowed 
to lie on their resumes?
  Back in January 2021, it was recommended the agency suspend one of 
its executives, Setareh Sieg, following an investigation regarding her 
professional behavior.
  The investigation concluded that Ms. Sieg lied on her resume. She 
lied. She misused taxpayer dollars for personal expenses and provided 
lavish contracts for friends. Is this the policy of this country, Mr. 
Chairman, I ask you?
  However, just weeks later, and just hours after President Biden was 
sworn into office, guess what? Ms. Sieg was reinstated to her previous 
position without loss of pay or seniority.
  The United States Agency for Global Media should be focused on its 
mission to inform and engage with people around the world in support of 
freedom and democracy, not a policy of allowing its employees to lie on 
their resumes, Mr. Chairman. Instead, they are playing political games 
and misusing our taxpayer dollars.
  I recommend we withhold funding until a time when the U.S. Agency for 
Global Media can prove it is capable of removing employees that have 
deceitful and irresponsible work histories and is capable of properly 
vetting its own staff.
  I reserve the balance of my time, Mr. Chairman.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment. Let me just start by saying if we are really talking about 
misusing taxpayer money, remember that the Pentagon has flunked six 
audits.
  This amendment prohibits any funding from going to the U.S. Agency 
for Global Media, or USAGM. USAGM informs, engages, and connects people 
around the world, giving them an opportunity for independent media that 
may not be available in their own country.
  At a time when more democracies are declining and even sliding into 
autocracies than any other point in the last century, we cannot afford 
to cut USAGM programs.
  Funding for these programs targets programming in the languages of 
Iran, Russia, the PRC, and other authoritarian States to push back on 
false narratives about American policies that these adversaries are 
spreading and builds the capabilities that USAGM needs to deliver 
content to its global audience quickly and reliably.
  One of the organizations that USAGM oversees, Voices of America, has 
an audience of more than 358 million people around the world.
  Their trusted and objective news is translated into 48 languages in 
order to share American stories and perspectives that locals would not 
otherwise have access to.
  Another organization, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, provides 
uncensored news in countries where free press is threatened and 
disinformation is pervasive.
  These programs are key to outcompeting China and combating Russian 
disinformation. They are key to our success on the global stage.
  USAGM's open technology fund provides a range of tools to help 
audiences overcome internal restrictions, especially in countries like 
Iran where the internet can be a lifeline.
  Through its grantees and Federal agencies, USAGM is reaching more 
than 420 million people weekly, and the great majority of those 
audiences have reported that they find the information they receive to 
be trustworthy.
  USAGM deserves our continued support, and I urge my colleagues to 
oppose this shortsighted amendment. I reserve the balance of my time
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, at the inception of these wonderful 
organizations that my colleague across the aisle described, I would say 
they probably were very effective. I would say now they have very 
little effect.
  I can't imagine somebody in one of these countries turning on the 
radio and deciding, hey, I am not going to go down this path anymore 
because somebody from another country is on the radio telling me to do 
otherwise.
  I find the policy that we have of promoting people who lie and who 
mistreat others because of political power or their connections very 
offensive, and that is exactly why Americans do not trust this town.
  They do not trust Congress. They do not trust government because they 
see people continuously getting ahead in life that cheat, lie, and do 
things that are inappropriate.
  Things that we would not allow in our own homes, in our own 
businesses, in our churches or our places of worship we sure as heck 
shouldn't allow in the seat of this government, and this continues.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Burchett

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 6 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:

               TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL LIMITATION PROVISION

       Sec. 9001.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate your service to our great 
country in the Marine Corps. I should have said that earlier.
  I offer this amendment to prohibit any funding for the Special 
Presidential Envoy for Climate. This is just another group of unelected 
bureaucrats making decisions for the American people with no input from 
Congress, no

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input from the people's House, Mr. Chairman.
  President Biden promised to be the most transparent President in 
history, and he is about as transparent as a brick wall. He promised 
honesty and accountability for the American people, and he has not 
delivered.
  This special envoy is the opposite of transparency, Mr. Chairman. We 
have requested the names of the office staff as well as their titles 
and amount of their salaries. We are trying to do our jobs and conduct 
oversight over the executive branch's operations, but we have not 
received one bit of information from them.
  If the executive branch wants to make climate decisions, it must come 
through Congress first. John Kerry used to be in charge of this office. 
When I asked him how much his climate treaties were going to cost the 
American people, he responded with one word: Trillions, Mr. Chairman.
  This is completely unacceptable. We are $32 trillion in debt. Every 
hundred days, we add another trillion dollars to our debt load. We have 
no plan to pay it back.
  It is misuse of Americans' hard-earned dollars to push this 
administration's political agendas, and it is putting Americans out of 
work.
  This office of unelected bureaucrats operates like a bunch of climate 
dictators, and it must not receive any funding from Congress.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment. Climate change has resulted in lives upended in Texas, 
Florida, and Oklahoma, and has led to extreme heat across the entire 
Northeast just last week.
  The climate crisis poses threats to the stability of countries, 
heightens social and political tensions, and adversely affects food 
prices and availability. This is according to our own military.
  The need for foreign assistance will only increase if we do not 
address the significant driver of crises around the world.
  No country can solve the climate crisis alone. This requires a 
multilateral effort. Our climate envoy is lending his energy and 
talents and collaborating with other countries to address these 
concerns. His relationships with foreign leaders are a benefit to the 
United States and our efforts.
  I would think we would want to thank him for doing this. Again, we 
should be thanking people who are serving the American people, not 
demonizing them for it.
  Funding the Special Presidential Envoy and his office is a 
requirement if we are to protect national security, strengthen the 
economy, and leave behind a safer planet for our children and 
grandchildren.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chairman, I can remember in 1977 there was a TV 
show I used to like. It was called ``In Search of . . . ''
  That year I remember very well because I had to go to school at 
Bearden Junior High School on Saturdays because of snow days. We used 
up all of our snow days.
  The show ``In Search of . . . '' had one episode that was: ``In 
Search of . . . The Coming Ice Age,'' and that was the talk. We are 
going into an ice age. Then it was acid rain. Then it was global 
warming.
  All these reactionary things that happen to us, all they end up doing 
is costing us more money and making some advisory group, a bunch of fat 
cats, rich.
  Every time we put these environmental regulations on this great 
country, these unelected bureaucrats get out here and get together, and 
then they figure out what we are going to do, and guess what? We are 
the only dadgum country in the world that follows them.
  We cut a deal with China. They don't honor it. In China, for 
instance, when they put a new coal-fired plant together, it is our 
1950s technology. We follow the rules. No one else does.
  These unelected bureaucrats fly around in their big jets, they look 
down their noses at us, and we have to suffer the consequences.
  Let's talk about the reality here. This is just another boondoggle so 
we can run for reelection and scare people.
  The water that we drink and the air that we breathe now is cleaner 
and safer than it ever has been in my lifetime. Those are the facts.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Burlison

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available for the World 
     Economic Forum.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Missouri (Mr. Burlison) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this amendment 
to prohibit funding for the World Economic Forum.
  Every year, the World Economic Forum hosts its annual luxury 
conference in Davos where CEOs, world leaders, and other globalists 
take their private jets to some ski town in Switzerland to discuss 
carbon emissions, which is ironic, erasing borders of our nations, and 
other high-minded ideas like encouraging a transition to eating insects 
because the Earth is ``running out of protein.''
  The founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, says it 
provides a platform for high-powered leaders to ``shape global, 
regional, and industry agendas.''
  All that really means is bigger governments, more taxes and spending, 
more surveillance of citizens, and more open borders.
  During the COVID-19 pandemic, Schwab was the guy pushing for ``the 
great reset'' to ``reshape the world.'' When Klaus Schwab says things 
like ``You will own nothing, and you will be happy,'' we should take 
him at his word.
  When globalist elites get together to talk about their plans for 
world domination, we should not ignore them. We definitely should not 
be sending them our U.S. taxpayer dollars to legitimize their efforts.
  If these Marxist hypocrites want to get together on their own dime, 
so be it. Since 2023, the State Department has funneled nearly 60 
million taxpayer dollars to the World Economic Forum.
  This amendment would simply prohibit the State Department from 
funneling any money from U.S. taxpayers to the World Economic Forum.
  No matter how much they talk about ``protecting liberal democracy,'' 
these people, the globalists, are the problem.
  If we are truly going to represent Americans, and if we are truly 
going to stand for our national sovereignty and the freedom to govern 
ourselves, then we need to stop legitimizing these globalists with our 
money.
  I urge the adoption of this amendment, and I reserve the balance of 
my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment, which would prohibit any funding to the World Economic 
Forum, which we don't fund.
  The reality is that no funds from this bill go to the World Economic 
Forum. Therefore, this amendment would establish another prohibition 
for no reason.

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  This is the appropriations process, a process that historically 
focused on making things happen rather than making prohibitions on 
things that are not being done, just in case you all didn't know.
  I will tell you that this is really quite amazing to me that we could 
prohibit funding for something we don't fund.
  Since this is my last appropriations process, I cannot be more 
disheartened with what is happening to the essential work of this 
committee when we start defunding what we don't fund.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.

                              {time}  1815

  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chair, the gentlewoman says that there is nothing 
in this that sends money, yet since 2013, the State Department has 
funneled nearly $60 million to the World Economic Forum's efforts. It 
can't be both. Even if it is the case, then this amendment shouldn't 
worry anyone. It is belt and suspenders.
  At the end of the day, when the American people are $34 trillion in 
debt--that is over $250,000 per taxpayer that they owe as their share 
of the national debt--we should not be taking out more debt to send to 
these globalists and fund their agenda.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, this is mind-boggling. I guess, 
once again, we are doing something that does not make any sense in this 
process.
  The other point I think I would like to make in closing is that, once 
again, this is something that will be supposedly defunded that we don't 
fund that has to do with the world. It has to do with retreating from 
the world in terms of just the agenda of the Republicans.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I hope that Members will look 
at how they are manipulating and misrepresenting this appropriations 
process because when we start defunding what we don't fund, that is 
very disingenuous and misleading to the public.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Chairman, it is a fact that, since 2013, we have 
funneled nearly $60 million to the efforts of this globalist elite 
organization. I don't think that the taxpayers of the United States 
should foot the bill for their agenda, which I think is an un-American 
agenda.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Burlison).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Burchett

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentlewoman 
from Florida (Mrs. Cammack), and I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, 
     or enforce any major rule under subparagraph (A) of section 
     804(2) of title 5, United States Code.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Tennessee.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of Representative 
Cammack's amendment, which would restrict funds at the Department of 
State from being used to finalize any rules and regulations with an 
annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more.
  Under the Biden administration, hundreds of billions of dollars in 
regulatory costs have fallen on the American people with no input from 
Congress--once again, unelected bureaucrats.
  Biden's State Department is pursuing radical climate initiatives 
abroad funded by American tax dollars--again, none of our business.
  A 2021 Department memo directed funding away from carbon-intensive 
initiatives overseas, threatening projects with national security 
implications, Mr. Chair. Now, taxpayer dollars are being used to 
subsidize clean energy initiatives abroad while our own electricity 
prices are still outpacing inflation.
  We should not allow unelected bureaucrats to impose regulatory costs 
behind closed doors. Our Nation needs major regulatory reform, and this 
amendment is a crucial step forward to a more transparent and 
accountable government.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment to restore 
congressional oversight over burdensome executive actions and require 
that any major rule be approved by Congress before taking effect.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  Let me say a couple of things about any new rule. Any new rule being 
proposed by a government agency is required to assess the potential 
costs and benefits of such a rule change and submit it to OMB.
  In some cases, it may make sense to pursue such a rule. In many 
cases, the benefits will outweigh the costs, and the rulemaking process 
is designed to make these decisions in a clear and transparent manner.
  A blanket prohibition, such as this amendment, just aims at tying an 
administration's hands while carrying out the laws that Congress 
enacted.
  For the State and Foreign Operations bill, the State Department has 
advised that they have only pursued one rule recently that would be 
considered significant. That was to increase the consular fee 
structure. The consular operation of the State Department is self-
funding through fees, so it is important that those fees reflect the 
costs of passports, visas, and other consular documents.
  Congress delegates rulemaking authority to government agencies and 
has oversight over them. Congress also has the ability to disapprove of 
a rule through the Congressional Review Act. This amendment is overly 
broad and unnecessary.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to the TechCamp 
     public diplomacy program of the Bureau of Educational & 
     Cultural Affairs.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of my amendment No. 
13 to the fiscal year 2025 State-Foreign Operations bill.
  This amendment prohibits funds for the TechCamp public diplomacy 
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
  If you believe its website, the TechCamp ``creates connections, 
sparks innovation, and empowers civil society to solve the world's most 
pressing challenges through technology.''
  In reality, the actual purpose of the TechCamp program is to spread 
progressive ideology around the world. What is even more shocking is 
that the TechCamp is linked to Anatoly Bondarenko, and he is a trainer 
for the taxpayer-funded program. Bondarenko is a founder of the 
Texty.org.UA, which placed me and 116 Representatives on a hit list for 
not supporting Ukraine.
  Americans should not have to fund efforts to propagandize foreign 
countries with progressive ideology. Neither should they have to fund 
programs that have taxpayer-funded organizations that create hit lists 
that potentially threaten the security of American leaders.
  Let's defund the wasteful TechCamp program. Mr. Chair, I urge my 
colleagues to vote ``yes'' on my amendment, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment, which seeks to cut all funding for the TechCamp public 
diplomacy program.
  TechCamp is designed to support good governance and mitigate violent 
extremism. Through TechCamp workshops, the State Department connects 
private-sector technology experts with key populations--journalists, 
nongovernmental organizations, and civil society advocates--to explore 
and apply innovative tech solutions to global issues. TechCamp also 
boosts U.S. economic engagement around the globe by highlighting the 
United States' technical and private-sector innovation.
  I understand that attention to this program has increased after a 
former participant was involved in activity that some Members take 
exception to. There are thousands of participants from more than 110 
countries making an impact through this program. An effective foreign 
policy tool should not be disposed of because of the actions of one 
participant a decade after they left the program.
  This past year, one TechCamp in Nepal funded a digital outreach 
campaign for the management of antimicrobial resistance. Another in 
Kazakhstan educates people in Central Asian countries on how to protect 
themselves from Russian propaganda and fact-check information as well 
as develop cybersecurity skills in women in the region through online 
webinars. These are not programs we should be cutting.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I find this priceless, that it is hindering 
violent extremism. I just indicated that over 100 of my colleagues were 
listed on a hit list. Talk about extremism. That is the key component 
of this.
  If everybody has to suffer, I don't think that we will have any 
problems when we hang these people out to dry that have actually abused 
this program, and maybe we will have some more civil society in that 
regard.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, once again, I ask everybody to vote for this 
amendment because it is hypocrisy at its finest. I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to approve Foreign Military Sales authorized under 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to 
     Ukraine.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of my amendment No. 
14 to the fiscal year 2025 State-Foreign Operations bill.
  My amendment prohibits funds for foreign military sales to Ukraine. 
The Foreign Military Sales, or FMS, Program is a form of security 
assistance authorized by the Arms Export Control Act.
  As of June 7, the United States has spent nearly $600 million in 
active government-to-government sales cases with Ukraine under the FMS 
Program. The United States should not approve of foreign military sales 
to authoritarian foreign countries like Ukraine.
  Ukraine has arrested priests, raided a monastery, suspended 11 
opposition political parties, and consolidated all television platforms 
into a single state channel. The country does not even allow 
Presidential elections.
  Even more shocking is that the FMS Program may be used to supply 
Ukraine with American weapons that can be used to strike inside Russia.
  Last May, the State Department approved a possible emergency foreign 
military sale to Ukraine of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or 
HIMARS. Concerningly, just last month, an American-supplied HIMARS 
rocket system was reportedly likely used in an attack inside of Russia. 
I, for one, would rather not have American weapons being used on the 
territory of a country we are not even at war with.
  President Eisenhower once said: ``A vital element in keeping the 
peace is our military establishment.''
  We cannot keep the peace when the weapons of our military 
establishment are being wielded against a third party, against another 
great power. If you truly support global democracy and liberty, end the 
foreign military sales to Ukraine.
  Mr. Chair, I ask that my colleagues vote ``yes,'' and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, we use the term ``my friend'' all the 
time here, but I will tell you that the gentleman from Arizona and I 
are friends. I have great respect for him, but I do have to claim the 
time in opposition.
  Congress recently provided $1.6 billion in foreign military financing 
for Ukraine--not in this bill; that was already done--and other 
countries impacted by the situation in Ukraine.

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  While foreign military financing funds in this bill are not 
designated for Ukraine--there aren't any--let me tell you why I still 
respectfully have to stand in opposition.
  I think this sends a pretty bad message during a time of active war. 
I think it would be a monumental mistake, potentially emboldening our 
enemies, including Russia, and send a dangerous signal of United 
States' weakness, something that, unfortunately, this administration 
does every single day, and a lack of resolve to others around the 
world, including potentially Communist China and other adversaries.
  I will also note that House Republicans successfully secured language 
in the fiscal year 2024 State and Foreign Operations bill that brings 
unprecedented transparency and oversight requirements on all assistance 
going to Ukraine, which I think is a very important thing to do, and I 
think all of us agree with that.

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  I want to repeat: There are no FMF funds in this bill for Ukraine. 
The only FMF we have in this bill goes to other key partners, and I 
mentioned that, like Taiwan.
  I think that a prohibition potentially sends a very bad message. 
There are no funds, but I think this would send a very bad message.
  I have great respect for somebody who actually is a friend of mine. 
We are good friends, but I respectfully have to oppose this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, yes, we are very good friends.
  I will tell you once again, saying this out loud and putting it in 
writing is very important, because this is going to go to the Senate, 
and the Senate is going to have an objective. When you put something 
down on a piece of paper, they are going to have to take notice of 
this. From that standpoint, that is why I want this in this bill. It 
may not have a place yet in this bill, but the Senate also has to know 
the intentions of this House. The House has its own independent 
inclinations.
  I have got to tell you: We are a third party in an unending war. You 
have got to be kidding me. I thought we were the only ones who could 
declare war, the House, the Congress. I have to object to my dear 
friend and say, listen, I would like this to be put in there.
  Mr. Chair, I would ask everybody to vote for this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Lee).
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this 
amendment.
  Russia's brutal and unprovoked attack in Ukraine is not just a threat 
to Ukraine and its neighbors but to the world, including our own 
country.
  If Russia succeeds in its aggression, other unprovoked attacks are 
inevitable. Ukraine's democracy is being undermined every single day. 
Entire cities have been demolished, women and girls are being sexually 
abused by Russian soldiers, and children are being kidnapped.
  Hospitals and schools, which should be safe havens, are being 
intentionally attacked. Thousands of innocent children and their 
families have been brutally murdered. Millions of Ukrainians have been 
forced to flee their country.
  I have visited Ukraine, and I immediately recognized the love of the 
Ukrainian people for their country and their democracy. Since the war 
broke out, I have been to Poland, and I met with Ukrainians to hear 
firsthand about the dire situations they face amidst Russian 
aggression. I have talked to civil society organizations funded by the 
United States who, facing danger and violence, are supporting refugees, 
vulnerable people, women and children. I was deeply moved by their 
stories and their commitment.
  Mr. Chair, we must be able to ensure that Ukraine has the funding and 
support it needs to defend itself and that vulnerable people continue 
to receive lifesaving assistance.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 15 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to implement, 
     administer, or enforce the Bilateral Security Agreement 
     Between the United States of America and Ukraine.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of my amendment No. 15 
to the fiscal year 2025 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill.
  Amendment No. 15 prohibits funds for the Bilateral Security Agreement 
between the United States of America and Ukraine. The Bilateral 
Security Agreement between the United States and Ukraine was signed 
this month by Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  The agreement erroneously implies that Ukraine is a democracy, 
despite being an authoritarian country that does not even allow 
Presidential elections.
  The agreement also reaffirms that ``Ukraine's future is in NATO,'' 
even though the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO is one reason the 
Russian-Ukraine conflict escalated, on top of other things.
  While war hawks and neocons are further provoking conflict with 
Russia, they are also cheapening their golden calf, NATO, by advocating 
for Ukraine's admission into the alliance.
  The agreement further states: ``It is the policy of the United States 
to support providing sustainable levels of security assistance for 
Ukraine in support of the objectives outlined in the Bilateral Security 
Agreement and associated implementation arrangements.''
  By putting pen to paper on an executive agreement, Joe Biden is 
doubling down on billions more of future taxpayers' support for 
Ukraine. The United States has given $175 billion in emergency support 
to Ukraine so far while the invasion along our southern border goes 
ignored by this administration.
  When is enough enough? Only Congress should have the power of the 
purse.
  Under the National Emergency Act, we see that the President and the 
executive branch actually share that power with us. We should not be 
strong-armed by an executive who wants to drag America into another 
forever war. Let's put this administration in check.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on my amendment, and 
I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment, which is an attack on our commitment to strengthen our 
security and economic cooperation with Ukraine, as well as to pursue 
accountability for Russia's actions there, by prohibiting funds for 
implementing the Bilateral Security Agreement recently signed between 
the United States and Ukraine.
  No specific funds are committed through the security agreement, but 
the signal this amendment sends to our Ukrainian partners is damaging.
  Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, there is a great message that this sends. It 
says this is the time for peace.
  When are we going to stop these forever wars? Why don't we get out on 
top of this aspect and really come clean with the American people?
  How do wars even start? Does anybody say that Russian President Putin 
actually went to the U.N. twice to say: Listen, there was an invasion 
in my country where 14,000 of my citizens were killed?
  I have no fond respect for Vladimir Putin, but he has a right to 
protect his people. I say that this sends a very clear message that it 
is time for peace. In fact, I was one of those people who actually 
offered that. The Cactus League in Arizona is a great time to have 
people out in Arizona to watch baseball games, and you can talk peace 
afterward. It is time for peace, not war.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I ask everybody to vote for this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).

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  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Gosar

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 16 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available for the U.S. 
     Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Arizona (Mr. Gosar) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of my amendment No. 16 
to the fiscal year 2025 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill.
  My amendment prohibits funds for the Special Representative for 
Ukraine's Economic Recovery. Think about that: Special Representative 
for Ukraine's Economic Recovery.
  The purpose of the Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic 
Recovery is to work with various actors to ``help forge Ukraine's 
future as a prosperous, secure, European democracy.'' A European 
democracy, that is pretty interesting.
  It is a slap in the face of hardworking Americans that we are wasting 
taxpayer dollars to pay for this Special Representative for Ukraine's 
Economic Recovery, but there is no such position for America's economic 
recovery that has been so ravaged by this administration's 
Bidenflation.
  Our national debt is approaching $35 trillion, with $1 trillion being 
added to that debt every 100 days. The national debt is the leading 
cause of Bidenflation, the downgrade in credit rating, and overall poor 
economy.
  Since this administration took office, the price index for food 
consumed at home increased by 21 percent. Energy prices have shot up by 
more than a third since Biden assumed office.
  The U.S. economy is hurting, and American families are struggling. 
While Americans find it difficult to afford energy and healthy food 
because of this administration's disastrous domestic economic policies, 
this administration is giving Ukraine a blank check. This is 
unacceptable.
  Let's defund the wasteful Special Representative for Ukraine's 
Economic Recovery and commit to putting America first.
  Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``yes'' vote on my amendment, and I reserve 
the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, this amendment prevents the United 
States Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery from 
helping forge Ukraine's future as a prosperous, secure, European 
democracy and accelerate Ukraine's economic transformation. This 
position is key to ensuring that Ukraine not only survives but thrives, 
standing on its own.
  The Ukrainian people are defending their country from the front line 
to the assembly line. Their ability to emerge from this conflict 
depends on their economic resilience.
  A Coca-Cola bottling plant outside of Kyiv, the largest in Europe, 
was shelled, and many of the plant's 1,600 workers fought not only to 
liberate it but to get it back up and running. Eighty-four percent of 
American companies in Ukraine are back up and running.
  Ukraine's economic recovery is not just key to the stability of 
Europe but also dinner tables around the world. In January of 2024, the 
Black Sea corridor brought more than 8.7 million tons of Ukrainian 
grain to global markets feeding much of the world.
  Ukraine and its people have not given up on their aspirations. The 
Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery is doing 
critical work to ensure Ukraine can see economic success and not be 
dependent on donor assistance. This should be supported, not 
demagogued.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, European democracy: There is an oxymoron right 
there.
  How about Europe handling this person?
  How can there be economic recovery in Ukraine when we can't even do 
it here at home?
  That is sick. That is absolutely sick.
  Our taxpayer dollars, $36 trillion, how well are we going to have the 
establishment in this world bearing $36 trillion in debt, soon to be 
$50 trillion?
  I find this unacceptable that this should be flying right through 
because this is unbelievable. We are in a proxy war that we never 
condoned.
  We are over here funneling money right and left, and we can't even 
support our southern border?
  Give me a break. Give me a break. Give the American taxpayers a 
break.
  It is time for us to get serious about this. It is time for peace. It 
is time for us to show our power in the fact that we can mitigate 
peace, and everybody can honor their promises to each other.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chair, I urge all my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on 
this, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.
  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider Amendment No. 17 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.


           Amendment No. 18 Offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 18 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  The salary of Samantha Power, Administrator of 
     the United States Agency for International Development, shall 
     be reduced to $1.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from Georgia (Ms. Greene) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Georgia.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, my amendment reduces the salary of 
Samantha Power, the administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, to $1.
  Samantha Power is a globalist leftwing activist who uses government 
positions to force the regime's views on the American people and the 
rest of the world.
  When Samantha Power took office in 2021, she set three priorities for 
USAID in her New Vision for Global Development: one, broadening the 
coalition by increasing the number and diversity of voices at USAID; 
two, focusing assistance more on the voices and needs of the most 
marginalized; and, three, making aid more responsive by better 
incorporating the perspectives of those on the ground.
  Under Samantha Power, USAID has focused on food security in response 
to the Ukraine war, climate change, democracy, and governance.
  Also under Samantha Power, USAID has installed diversity, equity, and 
inclusion advisers in all bureaus, offices,

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and overseas missions and has created an agencywide dashboard and DEI 
scorecards to track staff compliance with the administration's DEI 
directives.
  These blatantly political scorecards demand ideological conformity 
and should have no place in the government workplace or elsewhere.
  Furthermore, Samantha Power has repeatedly met with influential 
leftwing foundations while serving in the role.
  According to nearly 700 pages of internal calendar entries obtained 
by FOX News, Power met with George Soros' Open Society Foundation 
multiple times. Of course, she did. She also has met with the Bill and 
Melinda Gates Foundation at least five times. She also held meetings 
with several other powerful groups like the Ford and Rockefeller 
Foundations.
  Power's intimate association with these entities exemplifies how the 
Biden administration and its officials and agencies keep close contact 
with leftwing outside groups who help execute extreme policy 
initiatives.
  When Samantha Power served as Obama's ambassador to the United 
Nations, she made hundreds of requests to intelligence agencies to 
unmask names associated with the 2016 Trump campaign in order to 
support the Russia hoax narrative. For her activism, the Biden 
administration granted Samantha Power a permanent seat on the National 
Security Council, a more prominent role than the USAID administrator 
she has had under previous administrations.
  A person who abuses her position in government to meddle in 
democratic elections should be nowhere near public office. Instead of 
fulfilling her role as an administrator, Samantha Power is focused on 
imposing a leftwing agenda throughout the entire U.S. Government and 
its proxies around the world.
  My amendment will ensure that she is held accountable and that the 
American people no longer have to fund her salary.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment. This amendment seeks to punish Administrator Power, 
likely due to differences of opinion with the amendment's sponsor.
  Given the administrator covers all worldwide issues, it is natural 
that differing opinions would arise. However, we cannot decide to 
defund the salary of the leadership of a United States Government 
agency simply because a Member of Congress does not agree with all the 
positions the administration takes on issues pertaining to foreign 
affairs.
  Administrator Power is a patriot. She cares about inclusion. She 
wants diversity, equity, and inclusion reflected as a policy in the 
State Department so that the State Department and countries reflect the 
diversity not only of our own country but throughout the world. It 
means people like myself would be part of this program. Her career has 
been very distinguished, serving as our ambassador to the United 
Nations. She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. I think we should 
thank Samantha Power for trying to make sure that our USAID is 
inclusive and that it reflects our democracy.
  If my colleagues want to debate the merits of our foreign policy, 
then let's do it. However, it is beneath this body to really take on a 
public servant for just doing their job.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia 
will be postponed.


           Amendment No. 19 Offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 19 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for assistance to Ukraine.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from Georgia (Ms. Greene) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Georgia.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would ensure that 
no additional funding is appropriated for Ukraine through the State 
Department. To date, Congress has appropriated $174.2 billion in 
emergency supplemental funding. Of this amount, about $58 billion of 
which 33 percent has been provided through the Department of State and 
USAID, and there is virtually no oversight to tell the American people 
how much of their money is going where.
  We know the money goes to humanitarian and economic assistance and 
other nonmilitary assistance, but there is much fraud and abuse 
suspected and widely reported.
  The economic support fund for Ukraine's Government goes toward 
providing food, energy, and healthcare services for the people of 
Ukraine. It is also used to counter Russian disinformation and 
supporting small- and medium-sized agribusinesses and natural gas 
purchases by Ukraine.
  According to some reports, Ukraine has actually been purchasing 
Russian natural gas from third parties during the war. It seems 
counterintuitive for the U.S. to sanction Russian oil and then send 
taxpayer dollars to Ukraine only for them to turn around and use the 
money to buy Russian oil.
  USAID provides direct budget support to the Ukrainian Government 
through three trust funds: the multidonor trust fund, the single donor 
trust fund, and public expenditures for administrative capacity 
endurance.
  This budget support funds the salaries of healthcare workers, first 
responders, school employees, and assistance for pensioners and 
internally displaced persons in Ukraine.
  While our southern border is being invaded daily, Joe Biden cares 
more about protecting the borders of Ukraine than the country he swore 
to protect.
  About one-half of Americans think the U.S. is spending too much money 
helping Ukraine according to the most recent AP poll. According to a 
recent CBS poll, over 60 percent of Republicans do not support 
additional aid to Ukraine, and even one in four Democrats don't support 
it anymore. After all, the American people are over $34.5 trillion in 
debt, but Joe Biden doesn't care about what Americans on either side of 
the political spectrum think. Joe Biden and his family have profited so 
much off of Ukraine's corruption that he must think it is only fair to 
return the favor.
  It is truly disturbing to watch American taxpayer dollars go down the 
drain or, actually, should we say in foreigners' pockets for foreign 
purposes that are not our own. Nevertheless, President Biden is 
beholden to a foreign government.
  My amendment will ensure that no American taxpayer money is sent to 
continue an endless failed war in that corrupt country which is 
murdering an unknown amount of Ukrainian men.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of my amendment, and 
I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in 
personalities toward the President.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment. Russia's brutal and unprovoked attack on Ukraine is not 
just a threat to Ukraine and its neighbors but to the world.
  If Russia succeeds in its aggression, other unprovoked attacks are 
inevitable.
  Ukraine's democracy is being undermined every single day. Entire 
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have been demolished, women and girls are being sexually abused by 
Russian soldiers, and children are being kidnapped. Hospitals and 
schools which should be safe havens are being intentionally attacked. 
Thousands of innocent children and their families have been brutally 
murdered. Millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their 
country.
  As I have said earlier, I have visited Ukraine, and I immediately 
recognized the love of the Ukrainian people for their country and their 
democracy.
  Since the war broke out, I have met with Ukrainians in Poland to hear 
firsthand the dire situation that they face amidst Russian aggression. 
I have talked to civil society organizations funded by the United 
States who are facing danger and violence. They are supporting 
refugees, vulnerable people, and women and children. I was deeply moved 
by their stories and their commitment.
  However, we must continue to ensure that Ukraine has the funding and 
support it needs to defend itself and that vulnerable people continue 
to receive lifesaving assistance.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time I have 
remaining.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, hearing my colleague across the 
aisle talking about the rape and murder of women, I remind everyone 
that American women and children are being raped and murdered by 
illegal alien monsters that this Biden administration is allowing into 
the country, releasing into our country and paying for them to travel 
via buses and planes to all 50 States.
  If this United States House of Representatives should care about any 
women, girls, and children being raped and murdered, it should be 
American women, girls, and children, but this body cares most about 
Ukraine.

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  I remind everyone that, just recently, a Ukrainian group called Texty 
published a list of Ukrainian enemies that includes almost 400 
Americans, including Republican U.S. lawmakers, conservative 
influencers and media groups, and antiwar activists.
  This group receives money from the U.S. State Department through a 
program called TechCamp. So the State Department is funding a group 
called Texty that has published a Ukrainian kill list, basically, and 
that involves American lawmakers and conservative influencers and media 
groups. It is unbelievable that American taxpayers would be used for 
this.
  This is outrageous, Mr. Chair. I ask the House to vote in favor of my 
amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, support for Ukraine is in the 
interests of the United States.
  Also, we have to deplore women being raped and children being 
kidnapped anywhere in the world, including in Ukraine.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia 
will be postponed.


           Amendment No. 20 Offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Obernolte). It is now in order to consider 
amendment No. 20 printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the United States Agency for International 
     Development.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from Georgia (Ms. Greene) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Georgia.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, the American people are over $34.5 
trillion in debt thanks to the decisions made here in Washington, D.C.
  My amendment would prohibit $1.6 billion of funding for the United 
States Agency for International Development, USAID, which sends 
billions of American taxpayer dollars every single year to foreign 
nations across the world.
  USAID was responsible for the management of more than $40 billion in 
combined annual appropriations in fiscal year 2022, representing more 
than one-third of the funds provided in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act.
  Imagine if this money went to Americans, who, by the way, are paying 
for it, instead of foreign countries. Maybe we could solve some of the 
problems we have here at home.
  That year, USAID provided assistance to over 130 foreign countries. 
The top countries that received money from most to least were Ukraine, 
Ethiopia, Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, the Congo, 
Syria, and Sudan.
  Among the wasteful things USAID has funded in recent years--under 
Samantha Power's tenure, by the way--are programs like $385 million 
DREAMS Initiative--Determined Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored 
and Safe--a program under PEPFAR which aims to reduce rates of HIV 
among adolescent girls around the world. We certainly care about girls 
around the world, but we really care about our American taxpayers 
helping Americans at home.
  DREAMS has provided millions of girls with family planning 
counseling, contraceptives, and referrals. In 2022, more than 275,000 
sex workers and many others around the world received HIV medication 
from USAID.
  Again, the American people are over $34.5 trillion in debt, and 300 
Americans die every single day from fentanyl poisoning.
  USAID also implements programs that identify and respond to the 
unique needs of women, men, girls, boys, and those of other gender 
identities--by the way, there aren't any; there are only two--of all 
ages and abilities, and in all their diversity, so they can equally 
access and use HIV prevention and treatment services, protect 
themselves and practice healthy behaviors, exercise their rights, and 
live free from violence, stigma, and discrimination.
  I think Americans here would like to live free from violence, but 
again, our border is overrun.
  Since 2014, USAID has led the coordination and implementation of 
PEPFAR's Sustainable Financing Initiative. PEPFAR, by the way, is 
receiving over $5 billion in funding from the American people.
  With investments of $48 million, the USAID-led SFI generated more 
than $361 million of domestic resources across 16 countries and two 
regional programs over 6 years. In Tanzania, USAID helped access $7.8 
million in private-sector financing for private clinics. This 
investment resulted in a 35 percent increase in HIV testing, with over 
10,000 patients tested and 100 percent of positive patients linked to 
care. In Nigeria, USAID engaged in private pharmacies to provide HIV 
treatment.
  Meanwhile, the fentanyl drug crisis continues to rage across America, 
but we continue to fund USAID with billions of dollars to address AIDS 
and other diseases all over the world.
  We should be caring about Americans, and we should be funding 
treatments for Americans here at home from a weapon of mass destruction 
that is murdering Americans every single day.
  American taxpayers are funding this, and American taxpayers want 
their problems solved. They want Americans protected. They want to feel 
safe and secure at home, not to be the piggy bank of the world, which 
is what USAID is.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

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  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment.
  The United States Agency for International Development is essential 
to global stability, asserting United States leadership and foreign 
policy influence, and advancing security and prosperity worldwide.
  USAID is the leader of the United States' global humanitarian and 
development work, ensuring strong stewardship and accountability of 
U.S. tax dollars and making tangible improvements in the lives of 
millions of people all around the world.
  This amendment would force USAID to close all of its missions and 
terminate its programs overseas. It is highly ironic that the 
Department of Defense, which this Congress cannot seem to give enough 
money to, would be the first people to decry the loss of these programs 
in building security and stability around the world.
  Without USAID, millions of children with malaria would go untreated, 
and hundreds of thousands of people would die of tuberculosis. Without 
USAID, millions of the most vulnerable people in the world would be 
hungrier as well as lose access to quality education and clean water.
  USAID teams are working day and night to address catastrophic 
humanitarian crises in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and beyond. Continued 
battering from a growing number of natural disasters during this 
particularly strong El Nino has led to a number of people requiring 
humanitarian assistance, increasing by nearly a third from $274 million 
in 2022 to $363 million at the end of 2023.
  With regard to PEPFAR, yes, I was the author of PEPFAR and worked 
with Republicans, primarily President Bush, to make sure that the 
United States was on the right side of history by just basically saving 
lives. We have saved over 25 million lives thanks to PEPFAR.
  I think that is a real testament to how it was in the past in this 
House of Representatives, where Democrats and Republicans worked 
together to save lives. I am very proud of that effort, and I know that 
this amendment would harm that effort to achieve an AIDS-free 
generation by 2030. It is harmful.

  We must not reduce our development and humanitarian efforts. We 
wouldn't be able to counter the PRC's or Russia's influence. What we 
are doing is opening the door for their expanded global influence, if 
that is all my colleagues care about.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, may I inquire how much time I have 
remaining.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Georgia has 30 seconds 
remaining.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I also would like to tell the House 
that USAID has been an arm of the Democratic Party. Ninety-six percent 
of all political contributions from USAID employees go to Democratic 
Party candidates or PACs.
  Also, just months before the national elections, over 1,000 USAID 
staff issued a statement echoing Democratic talking points.
  Here is the issue: Our government is not a charity. The American 
people are the most generous people in the world, sending unknown 
amounts of money constantly to every cause to save people's lives.
  I urge the House to pass my amendment, support our America. America 
First.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, let me just say that I realize 
the United States is not a charity, but I believe there are many in 
this country who believe we are our brothers' keepers, our sisters' 
keepers, and we have a duty to those less fortunate.
  In fact, USAID is providing remarkable humanitarian assistance to 
those who need the United States' generosity and support.
  Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 21 Offered by Ms. Hageman

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 21 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide funding to the Food and Agriculture 
     Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from Wyoming (Ms. Hageman) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Wyoming.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in favor of my amendment No. 21 to 
H.R. 8771, which blocks funds for the United Nations Food and 
Agriculture Organization, or FAO.
  The FAO exists within the U.N. system as a specialized agency. It has 
194 member states, and it has a mission to improve food quality and 
combat hunger in over 130 countries.
  This sounds like a good cause, so why my amendment. Simply, FAO is 
the current target of the Chinese Communist Party influence strategy 
within the multilateral system, facilitated by FAO Director General Qu 
Dongyu, a Chinese citizen and former Vice Minister of Agriculture and 
Rural Affairs of the CCP.
  It is no secret that the CCP is waging a multilateral influence 
operation with the intent to undermine the U.S. as a world power while 
reorienting the global system in its favor. Seeking to advance this 
cause by gaining legitimacy inside the U.N., the CCP is targeting 
elections for leadership positions within these specialized agencies, 
then seeking to shift its policies in the CCP's favor.
  Over the course of the last 12 years, China has run the World Health 
Organization, the U.N. Industrial Development Organization, the 
International Civil Aviation Organization, the International 
Telecommunications Union, and now the FAO. In 2020, China nearly 
succeeded in its bid to lead the World Intellectual Property 
Organization.
  All of these organizations coordinated major sectors crucial for 
development in modern life, yet I am concerned that the State 
Department is not taking these threats seriously and only engages with 
countering Chinese ascensions to these leadership positions when 
elections get down to the wire or if there is media scrutiny.
  It is time to step up and counter CCP influence. It starts by 
engaging with agencies to prevent CCP control.
  The U.S. contributes 22 percent of the FAO's regular budget compared 
to China's 12 percent. If we are going to foot the bill at 
international organizations, we should not do so at the expense of 
promoting the CCP.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1915

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment, which would prohibit funding to the Food and Agriculture 
Organization because the agency head is a citizen of the People's 
Republic of China.
  The FAO deputy director general is a U.S. citizen, and there are 
numerous Americans in high-level positions across FAO, all elevating 
the United States' priorities and interests. Americans have always held 
one of these three deputy director general positions.
  There are 735 million people who face hunger worldwide. The United 
States' support to the FAO in 2022 provided assistance to 30 million 
people in places like Ukraine, Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and 
Afghanistan to address food insecurity, famine, and drought.

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  FAO is also aggressively pursuing partnerships with American private-
sector companies, working with Google on monitoring natural resources, 
Mars, Inc. on antimicrobial resistance mitigation, and others on 
agribusiness.
  FAO collaborates with the United States land grant universities on 
agricultural technology programs, such as with Penn State on their 
desert locust early-warning system and Mississippi State University on 
a reference center for antimicrobial resistance and aquaculture 
biosecurity.
  This amendment is another example of approaching the world as black 
and white. The FAO director general was reelected last summer unopposed 
by the FAO membership.
  The United States pulling out from an organization that we have an 
interest in is only detrimental to us. Our ability to improve the 
operations of multilateral institutions and make sure their stances 
reflect our values hinges on the United States being an active, 
participating member of the organization.
  While I agree that reform should be considered regarding appointments 
at the U.N., this is not the way to go about such a change. This 
amendment would reduce U.S. engagement in a United Nations agency based 
on where a leader is from.
  We need to pay our dues, contribute to U.N. agencies, and be an 
active participant. You don't have a say in what happens at the table 
if you are not at the table.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Diaz-Balart).
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for bringing this 
important amendment to the floor.
  Mr. Chairman, the CCP's influence at the FAO is real. It is dramatic, 
and it is real, as the gentlewoman mentioned in her opening statement. 
I think she did a great job explaining it.
  If there is a change in leadership in that organization, maybe we can 
start supporting this organization, but there have to be consequences.
  Mr. Chairman, I am grateful to my colleague for bringing this 
important amendment. I strongly support it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, how can we counter CCP influence 
if we pull out of these organizations? We also agree that the United 
States should be more serious about leadership, but we have to be there 
to do it.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chairman, for my colleagues who may share my concern 
about CCP influence but are concerned about not supporting the FAO 
mission, I would also note that Director Dongyu's tenure has been 
marked with criticism, including from U.N. officials, for mismanaging 
the agency and failing to properly respond to global food shortages.
  A December 2022 Politico article, interviewing more than a dozen U.N. 
officials and diplomats, highlighted these concerns. These officials 
criticized the top-down authoritarian management of the FAO, saying, 
``It is not him. It is China,'' and, ``I am not convinced he would make 
a single decision without first checking it with the capital,'' 
referring to China.
  It is a matter of fact that the invasion of Ukraine, a major food 
exporter, further contributed to food shortages, especially for 
Ukraine's trading partners. U.N. officials criticized the FAO for 
refusing to realize this reality, even though it falls directly within 
its jurisdiction. The concern got so bad that U.S. and EU officials had 
to force an emergency meeting of the FAO council.
  Under his watch, the priorities of the collective FAO have been 
sidelined for the director general's priorities, which the West has 
warned are similar to China's Global Development Initiative.
  I would also note that, according to the base text of this bill, 
there is precedent for such a policy, as section 7048 restricts funds 
for a specialized agency chaired or presided over by a country which 
supports international terrorism.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Hageman).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Wyoming 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 22 Offered by Ms. Hageman

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 22 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be made available to the International Organization for 
     Migration for support of activities in countries and areas of 
     the Western Hemisphere.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from Wyoming (Ms. Hageman) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Wyoming.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in favor of my amendment No. 22 to 
H.R. 8771, which prohibits funding for the United Nations' 
International Organization for Immigration, or IOM, activities in the 
Western Hemisphere.
  What is at stake with this amendment is twofold: ending the channels 
connecting U.S. taxpayer dollars to activities facilitating mass 
migration to the southern border and reclaiming Congress' control over 
the allocation of funding.
  The underlying bill allocates $2.4 billion for migration and refugee 
assistance to carry out sections 2(a) and 2(b) of the Migration and 
Refugee Assistance Act, which allow for membership and contributions 
for IOM and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Congress broadly 
allocates this pot of money for these purposes, and then the State 
Department and USAID have the discretion to allocate these funds as 
they see fit.
  While this process alone should raise concern about the 
appropriations authority, we should be even more concerned that this 
system is helping the IOM, which is facilitating mass illegal 
migration, creating the crisis at our southern border.
  We have uncovered the fact that the IOM is using contributions from 
countries, including the United States, to lobby the Biden 
administration to repeal and replace policies that secure the southern 
border and also engage in activities providing assistance that 
facilitates mass migration to that same border.
  Shortly after President Biden took office, IOM issued a statement in 
support of his executive orders, which set this administration off on 
its destructive border and immigration agenda. The IOM has also risen 
in support of the Biden administration's creation of unlawful parole 
categories, the kind this body impeached Secretary Mayorkas for, and 
continued to criticize the U.S. for keeping title 42 restrictions in 
place.
  The IOM also pressured the Biden administration to end the remain in 
Mexico policy, which it considers ``inhumane and against international 
law.''
  Of the most concern is how U.S. taxpayer dollars provided to the IOM 
are then being provided directly to illegal migrants, facilitating the 
mass migration to our southern border, causing this problem.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment.
  Both the Department of State and USAID rely on IOM's expertise as an 
implementing partner to support the United States' foreign policy 
priorities worldwide, including strengthening border security, 
countering trafficking

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in persons, combating the smuggling of migrants, providing humanitarian 
and emergency relief, and assisting involuntary repatriation.
  State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration has funded the 
IOM to support migrants who have experienced violence, exploitation, 
and/or abuse, and includes victims of trafficking and unaccompanied and 
separated children. IOM does not facilitate, assist, or encourage 
illegal or mass migration in any way, period.
  By supporting the humanitarian needs of migrants, such as basic 
sanitation, healthcare, and food, it makes migrants less likely to 
resort to harmful coping strategies, such as child labor, family 
separation, or forced marriage.
  This amendment would prevent support for IOM programming in Haiti, 
where it is the only agency providing emergency relief to returned 
Haitian migrants.
  More people are on the move globally, 117 million, than at any point 
in human history, and most of those displaced are taking refuge in 
neighboring low-income countries.
  IOM supports the stability of our neighbors and partners that are 
struggling to host a larger number of refugees. The infrastructure--
shelter, water, sanitation, health, and education--of these states is 
overwhelmed. This aid relieves the strain and advances our national 
security interests. Left unaddressed, the strain will feed instability 
and trigger more violence in these regions.
  It is in the United States' interests that these vulnerable people 
are cared for and hosting countries are willing to continue to receive 
them.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chairman, to add insult to injury, U.S. dollars 
provided to the U.N. are also sent to NGOs that use these funds to 
provide cash, debit cards, food, clothing, medical treatment, shelter, 
and even ``humanitarian transportation'' to U.S.-bound illegal 
immigrants in Latin American nations and Mexico. In short, U.S. 
taxpayer dollars are being sent over our borders to the IOM, which is 
then using them to facilitate the crisis at our border.

  The IOM is using U.S. taxpayer dollars to push our government to 
lower its border security policies and then aiding in programs rushing 
illegal migrants to the border, overwhelming the system in place and 
helping to facilitate the crisis we are facing.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. HAGEMAN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment does not harm the United 
States' ability to help refugees if it so desires.
  First, it keeps in place U.S. funding for IOM activities in other 
regions where there are refugee crises. It simply blocks U.S. funding 
for activities in the Western Hemisphere that are harming our own 
border security.
  Second, if the United States wants to provide refugee services, it 
should do so directly and not rely on international organizations to 
administer these services.
  To the extent that the U.S. does want to engage with international 
organizations, this does not mean it should not review how its funds 
are used and whether the organization is operating in the best 
interests of the United States. In this instance, the IOM is not, and 
the U.S. should not be complicit in bad policies that harm our country.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Hageman).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Wyoming 
will be postponed.


                  Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Issa

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 23 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available for any official 
     document, statement, or other communication that refers to 
     the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the 
     title of ``President''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Issa) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, spokespeople across the United States 
Government routinely refer to Xi Jinping as President of China. The 
only problem is he is not the President. He holds a number of titles in 
the Communist Party. They include three jobs. First, he is general 
secretary of the Communist Party; second, he is chairman of the Central 
Military Commission; and, third, he is state chairman, which is a 
ceremonial position.
  Mr. Chairman, I include two articles in the Record to describe this 
in more detail.

                         [From CNN, Sept. 2020]

 US Lawmakers Want to Stop Calling Xi Jinping a President. But Will He 
                                 Care?

                           (By Jessie Yeung)

       Chinese leader Xi Jinping holds so many titles that he has 
     earned himself a nickname: the ``Chairman of Everything.''
       Since taking office in 2012, he has become head of not only 
     the state, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the 
     armed forces, as is normal for the country's leader--but also 
     of multiple new party super-committees, prompting speculation 
     from international commentators that he is less of a 
     president and more of an autocrat.
       Now a new bill in the United States Congress wants to strip 
     Xi of the title ``President,'' which most Western governments 
     and English-language news organizations--including CNN--refer 
     to him by.
       The bill, called the ``Name the Enemy Act,'' was introduced 
     to the House of Representatives on August 7 by Republican 
     Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. It would prohibit the 
     federal government from creating or disseminating any 
     documents that ``refer to the head of state of the People's 
     Republic of China as anything other than General Secretary of 
     the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, or 
     alternatively, as General Secretary,'' according to a draft 
     of the bill.
       ``The leadership of the People's Republic of China has gone 
     unchallenged in its perverse pursuits of human rights abuses 
     across decades,'' the bill reads. ``Addressing the head of 
     state of the People's Republic of China as a `President' 
     grants the incorrect assumption that the people of the state, 
     via democratic means, have readily legitimized the leader who 
     rules them.''
       Xi's titles have been a topic of controversy and some 
     confusion. None of his official Chinese titles include the 
     word ``president,'' or translate to it--but all Chinese 
     leaders since the 1980s, when the country began to open up 
     its economy, have had that official English title in China.
       Perry isn't the first to call for a change in designation; 
     for years, critics have argued that this split in Xi's 
     Chinese and English titles allows him to project an image of 
     openness and representative leadership to the international 
     community that is at odds with his authoritarian style and 
     consolidation of power at home.
       ``China is not a democracy, and its citizens have no right 
     to vote, assemble, or speak freely, said the US-China 
     Economic and Security Review Commission, a US government 
     panel, in a 2019 report to Congress. ``Giving General 
     Secretary Xi the unearned title of `President' lends a veneer 
     of democratic legitimacy to the CCP and Xi's authoritarian 
     rule.''


                            A quick history

       Xi is known by three main titles in Chinese.
       As State Chairman (guojia zhuxi), he is the head of state; 
     as Chairman of the Central Military Commission (zhongyang 
     junwei zhuxi), he is the commander-in-chief of the People's 
     Liberation Army (PLA); and as General Secretary of the CCP 
     (zong shuji), he is head of China's ruling (and effectively 
     only) political party.
       These titles are used depending on context; the military 
     title is used when Xi is dealing with PLA matters, for 
     instance.
       In English-language government communiques and state-run 
     media, however, Xi is referred to as the President--but that 
     wasn't always the case.
       The country's 1954 constitution, which was adopted several 
     years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, 
     refers to the

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     Chinese leader as ``Chairman'' in its original English 
     translation.
       Mao Zedong was the first to hold this position. In 1975, he 
     pushed through a new constitution that emphasized the 
     Communist Party's authority over the state's, by eliminating 
     the State Chairman office entirely and granting sweeping new 
     powers to the Party Chairman instead.
       It wasn't until 1982, under a new leader pushing to open 
     China to the world, that another constitution was introduced. 
     It reversed many of Mao's changes by re-establishing the 
     State Chairman's office, rebranding the Party Chairman as 
     General Secretary--and introducing the new official English 
     translation of ``President,'' which has since been used for 
     each successive leader.
       The word ``president'' has Latin roots that mean ``to sit 
     before,'' which is why it was initially used for heads of 
     colleges or committee leaders. Its meaning doesn't inherently 
     have anything to do with elections or democracy; but the 
     United States was the first country to use the word as a 
     title for the head of a republic, and other countries 
     followed suit.
       The 1980s were a time of sweeping reform and globalization 
     in China, as then-leader Deng Xiaoping loosened government 
     control over the economy and certain personal freedoms.
       The newly adopted English title of ``President'' reflected 
     this spirit of opening up and increased international 
     diplomacy. It also put distance between the country's new 
     leadership and Mao's authoritarian regime, during which up to 
     45 million people starved to death, and inched closer to how 
     other modern countries referred to their leaders.
       The shift indicated ``kind of an external alignment with 
     international practices,'' said Janny Leung, a professor of 
     linguistics at Hong Kong University's School of English, in 
     contrast to Soviet-era Chinese titles which ``have a strong 
     Communist historical association.''
       Even the state-run paper China Daily said in 2009 that the 
     new title was introduced because ``the heads of state in the 
     world's republic countries are all called President in 
     English.''
       Some Western newspapers adopted the term president 
     immediately, while others continued using ``leader of the 
     Communist Party.''
       But as China prepared to join the World Trade Organization 
     in the late 1990s, which was taken as a sign that it was 
     tracking towards a more democratic future, the use of 
     ``Chinese President'' as a title became more widespread.


                         International pushback

       China looks very different today than during Deng's era. It 
     has cemented its position as a world leader, and its GDP has 
     jumped from $150 billion in 1978 to $14 trillion last year, 
     becoming the world's second-largest economy.
       The country's leadership and political landscape have also 
     transformed. Whereas Deng, and other officials of his time, 
     carefully stepped away from the Mao era, Xi has worked to 
     increase Communist Party control over nearly all aspects of 
     society, drawing parallels between his and Mao's governing 
     style.
       In 2016, Xi was named ``the core of the Chinese Communist 
     Party''--cementing his position above his peers and 
     demonstrating his grip on power. The title was originally 
     granted to Mao, then to Deng and Jiang Zemin, Deng's 
     handpicked successor.
       A year later, his name and political ideology, Xi Jinping 
     Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New 
     Era, often simply known as ``XI Jinping Thought,'' was 
     formally written into the Communist Party constitution--an 
     echo of ``Mao Zedong Thought.'' No other sitting Chinese 
     leader has had their names enshrined in the party 
     constitution this way; ``Deng Xiaoping Theory'' was added to 
     the party constitution after Deng's death.
       The most stunning move came in 2018, when the country's 
     constitution was amended to abolish presidential term 
     limits--leaving Xi free to serve indefinitely as China's head 
     of state.
       At the time, the CPP justified the change as necessary to 
     align the presidency with Xi's two other, more powerful, 
     posts--heads of the party and the military--which have no 
     term limits.
       Xi's tightening grip and crackdown on dissent have prompted 
     some journalists, policy experts, and others in the West to 
     urge dropping the English title ``President,'' arguing that 
     it doesn't accurately represent the nature of his leadership. 
     Instead, they say, foreign media and governments should adopt 
     the literal translated version of Xi's Chinese titles, which 
     better reflect his role.
       And in its 2019 report to Congress, the US-China Economic 
     and Security Review Commission announced it would begin 
     referring to Xi using ``the title by which he derives his 
     authority: General Secretary of the Chinese Communist 
     Party.''


                            A `war of words'

       Perry's bill comes as relations between China and the US 
     continue to hit new lows. In recent months, the countries 
     have blamed each other over the spread of Covid-19, and 
     closed a pair of consulates over a worsening national 
     security spat. US authorities have taken aim at several 
     Chinese tech firms and threatened to ban the popular apps 
     TikTok and WeChat.
       This rise in tensions has been reflected in how top US 
     officials refer to Xi.
       In the past two months alone, FBI Director Christopher 
     Wray, US Attorney General William Barr, National Security 
     Advisor Robert O'Brien and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 
     have all referred to Xi by the title of General Secretary in 
     speeches and statements--a clear departure from the White 
     House's previous practice of referring to the Chinese leader 
     as ``President Xi.''
       Pompeo has also taken steps to distinguish the CCP from its 
     citizens in recent criticism, saying in July that the Chinese 
     people ``are completely distinct from the Chinese Communist 
     Party''--rhetoric that Xi has bristled at, and that experts 
     say is designed to further delegitimize the CCP by driving a 
     wedge between the party and those it supposedly represents.
       As the latest push to officially change Xi's title, the 
     ``Name The Enemy Act'' is more of a political statement than 
     a linguistic adjustment, said Leung, the Hong Kong University 
     professor.
       After all, she said, there are plenty of authoritarian 
     countries that use terms associated with democracy--for 
     instance, North Korea's official name is Democratic People's 
     Republic of Korea. And Russian leader Vladimir Putin is still 
     referred to as ``President,'' even though opposition figures 
     and critics have accused the country's elections as being 
     ``fake.''
       The move to strip Xi of his title of President is a ``war 
     of words--a way to diminish the legitimacy of the CCP in this 
     current US-China tension,'' Leung said.
       ``If a foreign country then tells China, `No we're not 
     going to use your official name,' it just causes China to 
     lose face, regardless of what the term means,'' she added. 
     ``If that's the term they choose and if you are denying or 
     (refusing) to acknowledge it, I think that itself challenges 
     the face of the country.''
       It's unclear how likely the bill is to pass; though it has 
     four other Republican cosponsors, there are also only a few 
     months left in this congressional session. If it isn't signed 
     into law by the session's end in January, it'll have to be 
     scrapped and later re-introduced.
       The power of such a law, however, rests on one thing: the 
     assumption that Xi still wants to be called President. Some 
     experts argue he might, instead, prefer to revive the retired 
     title of Party Chairman, last held by Mao.
       ``This year we can see a lot of steps (by Xi) in 
     preparation for the coming 20th Party Congress (scheduled for 
     2022), but also we could see such change in the English title 
     of Chairman,'' said Wu Qiang, a political commentator in 
     Beijing. ``The title of Chairman means the top, absolute top, 
     absolute authority. The totalitarian title for the leader of 
     the Party.''
       If Xi brings the title back, it would be his most 
     significant step in following Mao's legacy, Wu Qiang added--a 
     sign that ``he wants to turn back to the Maoist era.''
       And adopting the term ``Chairman'' could help Xi 
     consolidate even more power, said Leung--perhaps turning him, 
     literally, into the Chairman of Everything.

 Opinion It's Time to Stop Calling Xi Jinping the `President' of China

                         (By Katherine Wilhelm)

       In Chinese philosophy we find the concept of ``rectifying 
     names'' (zheng ming). Confucius taught that failing to call 
     things by their proper names is a failure to recognize 
     reality, which leads to social and moral disorder.
       He was right. One excellent case in point: what to call Xi 
     Jinping.
       This week, as the world's media are following the Chinese 
     Communist Party's 20th National Congress reporters have been 
     referring to Xi almost universally as China's ``president.;'' 
     But that's misleading. The congress is likely to give Xi an 
     unusual third five-year term as the leader of the Communist 
     Party. We know the title he holds as party leader: general 
     secretary. And we also know that his immense power as the 
     paramount leader of China derives from this party position, 
     not from his concurrent position as head of state. So why on 
     earth do we persist in calling him ``president'' instead of 
     ``general secretary''?
       The position that we have come to call ``president'' in 
     English is actually styled ``state chairman'' (guojia zhuxi) 
     in the Chinese constitution. Mao Zedong held the same post 
     for five years in the 1950s but gave it up because he was 
     bored by the paperwork. The next ``state chairman'' was Liu 
     Shaoqi, who died in detention during the Cultural Revolution, 
     a year after being stripped of all his titles for alleged 
     disloyalty to Mao.
       The position fell into disuse but was revived in the 1982 
     constitution, with fewer powers. In a reflection of the 
     party's post-Mao backlash against excessive concentration of 
     power, the chairmanship was held by a series of respected 
     veteran members of the party politburo. In 1993, when China 
     was trying to overcome the brief international chill caused 
     by the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, then-party General 
     Secretary Jiang Zemin grabbed the post, and it's been held 
     concurrently by the party general secretary ever since.
       It is generally believed that CCP leaders find the title of 
     president useful when dealing with foreign countries. They 
     can meet as peers with other heads of state rather than with 
     the heads of other countries' ruling parties--who might not 
     be the same person.
       Indeed, the title was so valuable to Xi that in 2018, he 
     had the constitution amended to remove the two-consecutive-
     term limit on

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     the presidency. Everyone in China immediately understood this 
     as a signal that Xi intended to remain party general 
     secretary for more than two terms. The general secretary 
     position had no such term limit.
       The state post holds no charm of its own for an ambitious 
     politician. Mao, not one to share power, was happy to give it 
     up--perhaps because its powers are mostly ceremonial. We 
     never see photos of Xi sitting in a presidential office doing 
     presidential things. It's not clear that there even is a 
     presidential office per se, with its own staff. The only time 
     we hear from Xi as president is when he signs one-sentence 
     orders proclaiming new laws that have been approved by the 
     National People's Congress, appoints new ambassadors who have 
     already been approved by the NPC, or takes similar 
     ministerial actions. Virtually all of the powers conferred on 
     the president by the constitution are shared with the NPC or 
     its standing committee. Only the pomp and circumstance of 
     international travel as head of state belong to Xi alone.
       Foreign offices and media seem to assume that no harm comes 
     from referring to the CCP general secretary almost 
     exclusively by his state title. But the practice generates a 
     lot of unnecessary confusion about how China's political 
     system works. Ultimate power in China is held by the 
     Communist Party, with state officials operating solely as its 
     agents. Indeed, under Xi, the party has boldly stepped out of 
     the shadows, issuing more and more policy documents jointly 
     with government bodies or entirely in its own name. When we 
     insist on using Xi's state title while ignoring his party 
     title, we participate in a charade that pretends important 
     decisions in China are made by the apparatus of the state, 
     instead of by the party.
       In China's own media, Xi is almost always identified as the 
     party general secretary. Let's follow their example and ditch 
     the word ``president.''
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, calling the state chairman a President helps 
the Communist Party offer a more presentable face to the world, and it 
hides the party's iron fist in a velvet glove of ceremonial title.

                              {time}  1930

  It sows confusion about Communist China's Government, presenting it 
akin to democracy instead of an authoritarian police state.
  We should stop playing by the rules Beijing's propaganda would have 
us do as to Xi and give him his actual titles. I urge my colleagues to 
do so.
  I might note, Mr. Chair, that, in fact, many people that I don't 
particularly agree with, including President Bashar al-Assad and 
others, have the title, but if China doesn't give itself the title and 
rather he is the head of the Communist Party, we should continue to 
call him that and not erroneously make him look like a democratic 
leader.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment, which prohibits funding for materials that refer to the 
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the title 
``President.''
  The United States House of Representatives does not get to pick what 
other countries call their head of state. This is not a serious policy.
  In the United States of America, we should not resort to pettiness, 
and we should treat others with respect, even when we have vehement 
disagreements. This is how you solve problems.
  I must reflect on the fact that this is the appropriations process, a 
process that is derived by the United States Constitution. It is a 
privilege to serve in this House and on the Appropriations Committee.
  This amendment does not meet the stature of this process.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, the gentlewoman from California, who I greatly 
admire is, in fact, in this case, wrong. She is making a mistake that I 
hope to correct in this debate.
  Xi Jinping is not the President. That is not the title that their 
government gives him. As I said in my opening remarks and I will 
clarify, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is a President. That is the 
title his country gives him. The President of Egypt is a President. 
There are plenty of Presidents.
  We would not call Bibi Netanyahu President when he is the Prime 
Minister, and, of course, we would call the President of Israel 
President.
  I am only making the clear point that Xi Jinping has three titles, 
none of which includes, in any reasonable translation, the word 
``President.'' He is the head of state. He is the chairman of his 
party. He is the chairman of, in fact, his military.
  As a member of Foreign Affairs, it is an important technical 
correction. I am in earnest agreeing with my friend, the gentlewoman 
from California, that we should not arbitrarily refuse to take any 
title given by their country. China could call him President if they 
wanted to; they do not.
  My amendment only says we need to stop changing his title. When the 
gentlewoman says that we shouldn't arbitrarily or in a petty way change 
a title, I agree. The title should be one of those three titles or, of 
course, he is the head of state and that can be used.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, first of all, let me just say, we 
should allow the State Department to manage protocol. We don't need a 
funding prohibition.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, in closing, I completely agree that the State 
Department should have reasonable diplomatic ability, but it has become 
a problem of a misstatement. As I said earlier, Prime Minister Bibi 
Netanyahu should not be referred to as President even if the State 
Department wants to. They have both a President and a Prime Minister, 
as does France.
  It is important that titles reflect what, in fact, their titles are. 
The head of China has three titles. If they want to give him a fourth, 
they may, but until they do, I believe it is completely inappropriate 
to call a rose by any other name than the one that, in fact, the rose 
possesses.
  Mr. Chair, I close by urging passage, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Issa).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 24 Offered by Mr. Issa

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 24 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available to support the implementation or negotiations 
     toward an extension of the Scientific and Technological 
     Cooperation Protocol Between the United States of America and 
     China.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Issa) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, my amendment simply recognizes that over the 
last half-century things have changed.
  When I was a young private, Richard Nixon opened up the gate to 
China. A matter of less than a decade later, Jimmy Carter added them to 
the Science and Technology Agreement, recognizing that this emerging 
country needed our help, and that as we spread them and push them away 
from the Soviet Union, that this was one more way to work together.
  I commend what those men, those Presidents, did during their decades, 
but in the six decades since that time, things have changed. The fact 
is, China isn't just a competitor; they are, in fact, the world's 
greatest thief of technology, and cooperation simply leads to greater 
espionage and theft.
  For that reason, it is time to end our agreement that gives them one-
way access to our technology. Simply put, we can no longer support the 
stealing of technology. In the words of Vladimir Lenin: ``The 
capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.'' That 
has not changed.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.

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  This Science and Technology Agreement, or STA, with the PRC was 
extended for 6 months in March and it does not commit us to a permanent 
agreement. The extension will allow the administration time to amend 
and strengthen the terms of the STA. Without the STA, the United States 
would lose valuable insight into China's technical advances.
  Additionally, many scientific STA outcomes have been deeply 
beneficial to the United States and the rest of the world. This 
includes determining the importance of folic acid supplementation in 
preventing birth defects and decreasing China's air pollution, which 
blows across the Pacific contributing to our West Coast's air 
pollution.
  Opponents of this agreement cite concerns that the PRC would exploit 
civilian research partnerships for military purposes. However, all 
legitimate concerns about information sharing can be addressed through 
modifications to the STA rather than eliminating it entirely.
  This is being actively negotiated now, and we need to give 
negotiators a chance to come to a stronger agreement.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, my friend, the gentlewoman from California, 
knows that the acid rain that falls on California and throughout the 
United States comes from the knowing and willful burning of coal with 
no scrubbers in China.
  They don't need technology agreements to fix that. The technology 
exists. They need a will to do it.
  If we are going to talk about what we would get in the way of air 
quality, the answer is, we are not getting air quality because they 
simply won't make those expenses. That is a sadly hollow reason to 
continue it.
  Additionally, there are subagreements within the STA. Those do not go 
away. Some of the things that were cited, if they are appropriate, 
would continue.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chair, for all of us who serve on the Science 
Committee, there is no greater investment that we have made around the 
world than the one we made in CERN. The one in that supercollider; the 
one that gave us the PET scan, which gave us a lot of other technology 
that made us understand after the atomic age began what a proton was, 
how an electron worked, and these particle beams have been huge.
  It has been something to which we have contributed hundreds of 
millions of dollars a year asking only that our scientists be able to 
study with the others.
  I was just in CERN. The scientists there, who are of one world as any 
scientist you would find, both Americans and Europeans and others, they 
were in shock because many of their colleagues had just returned from 
China where they found that the entire design for the future particle 
collider which is going to be built in North Dakota had been stolen in 
its entirety. Every part of that sensitive information had been taken 
to China.
  When they went there, the most galling thing they could see was the 
Chinese bragging about having it, that they were going to get it built 
first and that people would have to come to them years before it would 
be available in the United States.
  We have been in a science cooperation that included the Chinese at 
every step. It is time to recognize that we have gotten little from 
them except lies about the origin of COVID. We have, in fact, been lied 
to by them and theft is systemic. We cannot and should no longer enter 
into those kinds of agreements.
  Mr. Chair, for that reason, I urge passage of this simple but 
important amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Issa).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. Lawler

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 32 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. LAWLER. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 34, line 12, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Lawler) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. LAWLER. Mr. Chair, today, I rise in support of my amendment to 
increase funding for the Peace Corps. This investment is a commitment 
to our Nation's values and our role on the global stage, and we should 
not back away from it.
  The Peace Corps represents the best of America. It embodies our 
spirit and our generosity. It helps build communities across the globe 
and exposes them to the good that America does in the world. These 
initiatives are more crucial than ever in today's world where American 
soft power, which the Peace Corps is a projection of, must be at the 
forefront of the pushback against authoritarian countries like Russia 
and China.
  As we consider the challenges and opportunities before us, let us 
come together to ensure the Peace Corps is equipped to continue its 
mission. Supporting this amendment means supporting sustained American 
leadership and goodwill across the globe.
  Thousands of Americans serve in the Peace Corps every year and 
reducing their funding would prevent them from accomplishing their 
critical mission. I have heard from many constituents about their 
personal experiences with the Peace Corps and they can tell you, as 
good as anyone, how impactful serving has been and how many volunteers 
go on to incredible careers in public service.
  I ask my colleagues to stand together to fund this vital program for 
the next generation of Americans and enhance our Nation's legacy of 
making a positive impact worldwide.
  Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1945

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, this is the only amendment that 
I will reluctantly oppose. This amendment seeks to increase funding to 
the Peace Corps to the fiscal year 2024 level.
  I do agree with the premise that the Peace Corps should receive 
additional funding in this bill. The reality is that there is not 
enough funding for the offset where the gentleman is identifying this 
money, and that is the State Department diplomatic programs. It is 
already $1 billion below the fiscal year 2024 level.
  This amendment highlights that the allocation for this bill is just 
simply too low. We cannot expect to address the variety of global 
challenges to foster peace and support our diplomatic efforts with the 
12 percent decrease in the top line of this bill.
  I support the mission of the Peace Corps fully. They are our best 
diplomats. I commend all of the volunteers who serve our country.
  I was recently in Africa on a bipartisan delegation, and we met with 
many Peace Corps members. They are serving this country, and they are 
helping in so many ways in the most vulnerable places on the planet. I 
thank them for that.
  This amendment, though, is just robbing Peter to pay Paul. I urge my 
colleagues to oppose this amendment, again, reluctantly.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LAWLER. Mr. Chairman, I respect my colleague across the aisle, 
but to my knowledge, my colleagues across the aisle never offered an 
amendment to increase funding for the Peace Corps, and this is an 
amendment that is before us to do just that.
  We are constrained by the Fiscal Responsibility Act. We are trying to 
stay within the confines of the law and make sure that our spending is 
in line with the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

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  If my colleague agrees with me that we need to increase funding for 
the Peace Corps, I can't understand why we would be opposed to an 
amendment that would do just that.
  Yes, we all think every program is vital. Yes, we would love to see 
it at every level we would like to raise it to.
  This is an amendment that increases spending for the Peace Corps. If 
you agree with that, even if it is not up to the level you would like, 
I am not sure why you would oppose it.
  At the end of the day, this is an amendment that I believe all of my 
colleagues should support, and I think it is unfortunate that my 
colleagues across the aisle would oppose it simply because it doesn't 
go high enough. It is still higher than is in the base text.
  If you believe in the mission of the Peace Corps, I encourage all of 
my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of 
my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, let me just say once again that 
taking $1 billion from our State Department diplomatic programs is 
wrong. That is why I oppose this amendment.
  I think we need to increase funding for the Peace Corps, but, also, 
we need the State Department diplomatic programs to support the 
infrastructure and to support our diplomats.
  Why in the world would we take $1 billion from our diplomats? I, 
again, believe that we should increase funding for both. Here we are 
faced with a 12 percent cut, so no way.
  Again, I reluctantly oppose this. If we could find a new offset that 
is not going to take money away from our diplomatic programs, a billion 
dollars, then we could talk.
  At this point, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. LAWLER. Mr. Chairman, we are supporting a critical program while 
staying within the confines of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which 
this body, this Congress, and this President agreed to.
  That is what we are seeking to do while supporting the critical 
mission of the Peace Corps. That is why I encourage all of my 
colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my 
time and ask for a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. LAWLER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Lawler).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 35 Offered by Ms. Mace

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 35 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated, expended, or otherwise be made available to the 
     United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from South Carolina (Ms. Mace) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment to 
ensure that no funds in the Department of State and Foreign Operations 
appropriations bill from being obligated, expended, or otherwise made 
available to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or 
UNHCR.
  In 2022, the United States contributed a total of $2.2 billion to the 
UNHCR, which accounts for approximately 40 percent of total funding.
  You might think that given America's outsized role in funding of the 
UNHCR that it might work to serve in the national interests of the 
United States. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
  Like many international institutions, including the International 
Organization for Migration, which we debated earlier, the UNHCR has 
become hostile to American sovereignty and undermined our border 
security.
  UNHCR's 2018 report, which the Trump administration wisely voted 
against, emphasized a need to limit detention of migrants that arrive 
at our borders, which is inconsistent with Federal law and inconsistent 
with our national interests. We need to be detaining more illegal 
aliens that arrive at our border, not less.
  In 2021, in the thick of COVID-19, the UNHCR was actively lobbying 
the United States to terminate title 42, which allowed the U.S. to 
expel migrants back to Mexico or their country of origin. This is one 
of the most important tools to stem the tide of illegal immigration.
  While Americans were stuck in their homes under onerous pandemic 
restrictions, UNHCR wanted to fling American borders wide open to 
illegal aliens.
  In perhaps the most egregious misuse of taxpayer dollars, UNHCR and 
other international entities hand out cash, debit cards, and other 
funds for lodging, movement, and other expenses to migrants in South 
and Latin America bound for the United States.
  These migrants receive cards with hundreds of dollars on them, 
funding migrants from throughout the world to travel to our southern 
border.
  U.N. documents say the money can be handed out as cash in envelopes 
and transferred to bank accounts for lodging assistance and even for 
transportation costs to move migrant caravans.
  In one Mexican town on the road to the United States, UNHCR was 
doling out $400 payments every 15 days to migrants, funded on the backs 
of American taxpayers. These funds are unrestricted and unconditional 
and can be used for any purpose.
  America is experiencing the worst crisis at our southern border in 
our Nation's history, and these policies UNHCR is advocating and the 
cash payments they are handing out to migrants are only making the 
problem worse.
  They call these payments cash-based intervention. My amendment 
ensures that we give the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees a cash-
based intervention by cutting off Federal funding.
  We cannot continue to fund the invasion of our own country, and I 
strongly urge the passage of my amendment. I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would zero out 
funding for the United Nations' Office of High Commissioner for 
Refugees, which is a global organization established after World War II 
to help people who lost their homes.
  They work in 136 countries to provide lifesaving assistance, 
including shelter, food, water, and medical care for people forced to 
flee conflict and persecution, many of whom have nobody left to turn 
to.
  Just last week, the United States recognized World Refugee Day, 
reaffirming our tradition as a beacon of hope for refugees and 
persecuted people around the globe.
  In the United States, refugees contributed almost $124 billion to the 
growth of the United States' economy from 2005 to 2019.
  According to UNHCR, the overall forced displacement rose to 120 
million in May 2024 and reflects the 12th year of a consecutive 
increase.
  At this level, the global displaced population is the equivalent of 
the 12th largest country in the world, which is about the size of 
Japan.
  Responsibility sharing is essential to meet humanitarian needs so 
that all people can live with hope and dignity.
  No single country can respond alone, and no country is untouched by 
the impacts of forced displacement. I urge my colleagues to oppose this 
amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chairman, we should not be paying people to come here 
illegally. This is not part of the founding of our Nation.
  If we are going to talk about growing our economy, and I think a lot 
of us know that there is a lot of value there, then we should be 
talking about work visas and other programs, not using taxpayer dollars 
to pay illegals to come here in caravans illegally across our southern 
border.
  Let's face it. A Nation without borders is not a Nation at all. I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, UNHCR advocates for the rights 
of refugees. They do not advocate on any country's immigration 
policies.

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UNHCR also does not support economic migrants, only those that have 
applied for asylum.
  Mr. Chairman, as I close, I must say some of these amendments tonight 
are just downright mean-spirited. I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South 
Carolina will be postponed.


                  Amendment No. 36 Offered by Ms. Mace

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 36 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 33, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000,000)''.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentlewoman 
from South Carolina (Ms. Mace) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chairman, in 2022, over 100,000 Americans lost their 
lives due to drug overdoses with nearly 70 percent of those fatal 
overdoses being due to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
  The fentanyl trafficked across our southern border has turned every 
town into a border town. In South Carolina in 2022, we lost 2,296 lives 
due to drug overdoses with 1,660 of those due to fentanyl.
  With deadly fentanyl taking the lives of so many Americans, I was 
distressed when reviewing the State-Foreign Operations appropriations 
bill to find out we were spending more to subsidize migrants and 
refugees from other countries than we were spending on combating 
international narcotics trafficking.
  My amendment would simply transfer $500 million from the migration 
and refugee assistance account to the international narcotics control 
and law enforcement account.
  This would provide law enforcement with much-needed resources to 
combat the deadly scourge of fentanyl trafficking.
  Fentanyl is a nationwide problem that requires a truly international 
approach. The primary source of fentanyl killing American citizens is 
from China. This fentanyl is brought by international drug cartels, 
trafficked into the United States through the southern border, and 
distributed into each and every one of our communities.
  This is a chemical attack on our Nation to weaken our society and 
kill our young people. It is critical that we bolster funding to combat 
international narcotics trafficking.
  Further, this additional funding is necessary to combat Mexican drug 
cartels who are seeing soaring profits under the Biden administration.
  According to a House Budget Committee report, the cartels are 
bringing in $30 million a day, or nearly $1 billion every month or more 
from their human and drug trafficking operations.
  The amount of human suffering taking place at the hands of these 
criminal cartels is heartbreaking. Criminal cartels who control our 
border force migrants, including women and children, into indentured 
servitude, sex slavery, drug trafficking, and worse to pay their way 
into the United States.

                              {time}  2000

  On the path to the border, there are rape trees where cartel members 
will hang the underwear of women and girls they have raped and abused 
on their journey to America.
  Studies estimate approximately 60 percent of unaccompanied minors are 
exploited through child pornography, sex abuse, and drug trafficking by 
the cartels on their journey to the United States. This cruel reality 
is enabled by the Federal funds that go to entities that fuel cash 
payments to migrants. Not only are Biden's open-border policies 
enabling this human suffering, taxpayers are funding it.
  It is critical that we put people over politics, citizens over 
cartels, and pass this amendment to bolster law enforcement and 
counternarcotics operations to put an end to the cartels' cruelty.
  Mr. Chair, I urge passage of this amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment. The Migration and Refugee Assistance account supports 
protection and assistance to ease the suffering of those that had to 
leave everything behind to become a refugee. Again, it is hard to 
describe the meanness in these amendments. The funding also contributes 
to broader USG and international efforts to resolve conflicts that 
cause displacement and provide solutions for people and families that 
cannot return home.
  This humanitarian aid saves lives and upholds the dignity of tens of 
millions of forcibly displaced and crisis-affected people, including 
refugees, victims of conflict, stateless persons, and vulnerable 
migrants.
  One in every 69 people, or 1.5 percent of the entire world's 
population, is now forcibly displaced. This is nearly double the 1 in 
125 people who were displaced a decade ago. What does it mean for the 
United States to turn its back on these people?
  Almost 11 million Sudanese remain uprooted. I visited Sudan this 
spring, and these people have been uprooted by violence over and over 
and over and over. Almost 14 million people have fled a brutal regime 
in Syria and exist only tenuously in neighboring countries like 
Lebanon, Turkiye, Jordan, and Egypt.
  By cutting this assistance, nations hosting these refugees will not 
accept growing refugee populations in their countries, potentially 
destabilizing regions and threatening global stability and security.
  Should we be spending more in other areas of this bill? Absolutely, 
which is why the 12 percent proposed cut is irresponsible and does not 
come anywhere near meeting the needs of the United States. The 
Migration and Refugee account is already facing a $725 million cut.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, protecting America and her citizens isn't mean. 
It simply means that we are putting our Nation and her people first, as 
we should, because we have sworn an oath to our Constitution. Putting 
our citizens and our Nation's sovereignty above any other is what we 
should be doing right now to combat what Joe Biden and his 
administration have done to the United States of America.
  We are literally using taxpayer dollars, paying people to come here 
illegally who are then infiltrating into our communities, who are 
raping women and killing children.
  We read story after story on the news of violence happening in our 
communities, fentanyl drug overdoses. In fact, 10 years ago, I didn't 
even know what fentanyl was; but, in fact, last year I knew two people 
personally who died of a fentanyl overdose.
  Joe Biden and his administration are allowing this to happen right in 
every one of our communities today, and we have to put an end to it. 
That means moving money around, cutting funding to the programs that 
are allowing this to happen, and stop funding what is coming across our 
southern border.
  If we really, truly care about America, then put your money where 
your mouth is and protect her citizens.
  When we talk about threatening security, the videos this week of 
southern California where Gavin Newsom said he was going to send the 
Guard down to the border because, by golly, he was going to protect the 
State of California. The next day there was a

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video of hundreds and hundreds of Chinese nationals coming into 
southern California illegally. It is just completely absurd, and this 
body needs to do something about it.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South 
Carolina will be postponed.
  The Chair understands that amendment No. 38 will not be offered.
  The Chair understands amendment No. 39 will not be offered.


               Amendment No. 45 Offered by Mr. Moskowitz

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 45 
printed in part B of House Report 118-559.
  Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the 
     following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available for the Department of State to cite statistics 
     obtained from the Gaza Health Ministry.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Moskowitz) and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Mr. Chair, I rise today to speak in support of my 
amendment to the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill for 
fiscal year 2025 limiting the use of unverified statistics from the 
Gaza Ministry of Health. I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition 
to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  This amendment prohibits the State Department from using the 
statistics obtained from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is often the 
only information available about what is happening on the ground in 
Gaza. As much as we wish there were other sources, this ministry is the 
only official source for Gaza casualties and is the de facto authority 
there.
  Israel has sealed Gaza's borders, barring foreign journalists and 
others who could offer this reporting. The journalists and medical 
professionals who are there are unable to account for all of the bodies 
trapped under rubble and discovered in mass graves.
  The United Nations and other international institutions and experts 
as well as the Palestinian authorities in the West Bank say this 
ministry has made a good faith effort to account for the dead under the 
most difficult conditions. Their figures have been found to be credible 
in the past, holding up to United Nations scrutiny, independent 
investigations, and even Israel's tallies.
  When new information comes to light, as with the Office of 
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance a few weeks ago, they are made. 
In order for the State Department to do its job effectively, it needs 
to work with real-time information. This amendment would severely 
inhibit the United States Government's ability to assess the situation.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Mr. Chair, my amendment does not deny the tragedy that 
is going on in Gaza due to Hamas' horrific attack on Israel on October 
7, but at the end of the day, the Gaza Ministry of Health is the Hamas 
Ministry of Health.
  The idea that the United States Government would rely on a terrorist 
organization for statistics, for data that is being utilized, there are 
better ways to do this. We could work with our international partners 
and the U.N.
  By the way, the U.N., which was relying on Hamas, the Gaza Ministry 
of Health, if you will, lowered their numbers just a couple weeks ago 
by a significant amount, thousands, in fact. I believe that the United 
States should stop relying on a terrorist organization for information.
  Remember, it is Hamas' goal to sell propaganda to the American 
people, to sell propaganda to the world, and the idea that we would 
participate in it because there are no other credible sources--Hamas is 
not a credible source. Since when is Hamas credible?
  Mr. Chair, I thank my colleagues, Representatives Wilson of South 
Carolina, Lawler, Gottheimer, and Miller of West Virginia, for 
supporting my amendment.
  As I have said, this amendment will prohibit the State Department 
from using unverified statistics provided by Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of 
Health. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this bipartisan 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Moskowitz).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will 
be postponed.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), I move to strike the last 
word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as she may 
consume to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I thank my good colleague from California for 
yielding me time.
  I want to say how absolutely unconscionable it is that my colleagues 
are offering an amendment to prevent our U.S. Government from even 
citing the Palestinian death toll.
  Since 1948, Mr. Chair, there has been a coordinated effort, 
especially in this Chamber, to dehumanize Palestinians and erase 
Palestinians from existence. The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians did 
not end in 1948.
  Today, Mr. Chair, we are recognizing the Israeli apartheid government 
carry out a genocide in Gaza in real time. This amendment is an attempt 
to hide it.
  Let me remind you all of the words of the Israeli Defense Minister 
who said: ``We are imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, 
no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human 
animals.''
  They don't even see Palestinians as human beings, Mr. Chair. Here we 
are, my colleagues wanting to prohibit our own U.S. officials from even 
citing the Palestinian death toll.
  Let me read into the Record the latest casualties of Palestinians 
killed: 37,718 Palestinians, including more than 15,000 Palestinian 
children. More than 86,377 Palestinians have been injured. Six 
children, Mr. Chair, are killed in Gaza every single hour.
  Palestinians are not just numbers. Behind these numbers are real 
people--mothers, fathers, sons, daughters--who have had their lives 
stolen from them and their families torn apart, and we should not be 
trying to hide it. These are innocent children and babies who have been 
bombed in their tents, burned alive, dismembered, and deliberately 
starved to death.
  Where is our shared humanity in this Chamber?
  There is so much anti-Palestinian racism in this Chamber that my 
colleagues don't even want to acknowledge that Palestinians exist at 
all, not when they are alive and now not even when they are dead. It is 
absolutely disgusting. This is genocide denial.
  Mr. Chair, I know the majority of this Chamber doesn't believe 
Palestinians should live or exist, but I won't remain silent as the 
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American serving in Congress, while folks attempt to even erase those 
who were killed with our own weapons.
  If I may later, at the appropriate time, I will submit for inclusion 
into the Congressional Record the list of Palestinians killed in Gaza. 
Mr. Chair, it is important to note this for everyone here. The list is 
so long that I can't even submit it because of the text limit. That is 
how many have been killed in Gaza, and now we are going to try to hide 
it.
  I include in the Record a link to the list of those killed in Gaza.
  Https://www.scribd.com/document/681084315/List-of-Martyrs-in-Gaza-as-
October-26-2023-as-reported-by-the-Gaza-Ministry-of-Health
  Mr. Chair, I rise asking all of us, please, don't erase them. They 
have a right to be acknowledged as being killed. They are dead.
  What more do you want from the people in Palestine?

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  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that Amendment No. 47 will 
not be offered.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Carter of Georgia) having assumed the chair, Mr. Obernolte, Acting 
Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, 
reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill 
(H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2025, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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