Sec. 8401. Notification of program changes
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Unless the appropriate congressional committees are notified at least 15 days in advance, funds appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this Act may not be obligated for any assistance or contributions under this Act— for a Country Development Cooperation Strategy, or any significant revision thereof, which has not been transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with section 1018; for a country, international organization, regional program, or centrally funded program for which assistance was not included in a Country Development Cooperation Strategy, or was not justified in congressional budget justification documents for that fiscal year; more than 10 percent in excess of the amount allocated pursuant to section 8303 for that country, international organization, regional program, or centrally funded program for that fiscal year; for a strategy or objective not justified to Congress for that country, international organization, regional program, or centrally funded program; for a nonproject assistance activity; or in the case of assistance administered through the Department of Defense under this Act, for the provision of major defense equipment (other than conventional ammunition) or aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles not previously justified to Congress, or more than ten percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress.
Subsection
(a)applies with respect to all funds appropriated for assistance and contributions under this Act other than— subtitles A and B of title VII (relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, respectively); section 1131 (relating to the development credit authority); section 2025 (relating to transition initiatives); section 2022 (relating to complex crisis, stabilization, and prevention fund); and humanitarian assistance. The requirements of subsection
(a)may be waived if the President— determines that doing so is necessitated by emergency circumstances; notifies the appropriate congressional committees as early as practicable, but in no event later than three days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable; and includes in such notification an explanation of the circumstances necessitating the use of the authority of this subsection.