Sec. 7034.

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Funds appropriated in titles III and VI 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. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Economic Support Fund and International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement , not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to prevent atrocities, including to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Prevention Board, or any successor entity.

Funds managed by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, or any successor humanitarian assistance bureau, of the United States Agency for International Development, from this or any other Act, may be made available as a general contribution to the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 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.).

Of the amounts made available by title I of this Act under the heading Diplomatic Programs , up to $500,000 may be made available for grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 ( 22 U.S.C. 2656d ), including to facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. The USAID Administrator may use funds appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation incentive awards:

Provided , That each individual award may not exceed $100,000: Provided further , That no more than 15 such awards may be made during fiscal year 2020. 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, as amended, ( Public Law 87–256 ; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act 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. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings Development Assistance and Economic Support Fund that are made available for private sector partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2022:

Provided , That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made available following prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. Section 207(c) of the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A–257; 22 U.S.C. 2452 ) is amended by adding a new paragraph as follows: On October 1, 2019, any remaining unobligated balances of funds made available under the heading Vietnam Education Foundation—Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund that are not necessary for liquidating the final liabilities of the Vietnam Education Foundation shall be available for grants authorized by section 211 of this Act. .

Prior to initiating a partner vetting program, or making significant changes 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. During fiscal year 2020, the President may use up to $200,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 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 2020, except for funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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. Section 7034(k) 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 2020. Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 ( 22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2) ) shall be applied by substituting September 30, 2020 for September 30, 2010 . The authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2020.

Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1) ) shall be applied by substituting September 30, 2020 for October 1, 2010 in subparagraph (B). The authority provided by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–32 ) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2020: Provided , That the exercise of the authority of section 1113 of such Act, as carried forward by this Act, shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.

The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 ( Public Law 101–167 ) is amended— in section 599D ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— in subsection (b)(3), by striking and 2019 and inserting 2019, and 2020 ; and in subsection (e), by striking 2019 each place it appears and inserting 2020 ; and in section 599E ( 8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 2019 and inserting 2020 . The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–212 ) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2020.

The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 ( 22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3) ) shall remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 2020, except that the notification and reporting requirements contained in such section shall include the Committees on Appropriations. 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 the date of 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.

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 2020. The Inspector General of the Department of State may waive the provisions of subsections

(a)through

(d)of section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4064 ) on a case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject to the same constraints and in the same manner by which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiver authority pursuant to subsection

(g)of such section. 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 other global health and child survival activities 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 Appropriation 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. 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 may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided: Provided , That amounts made available under this paragraph for the costs of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. Funds made available pursuant to paragraph

(1)from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that were previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act. Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 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, 2024. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. In this Act, the term Paris Agreement means the decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015. Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall for fiscal year 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, be deemed to include portions of Western Kordofan that were previously part of Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan. In this Act, the term USAID means the United States Agency for International Development. 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— realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for measuring progress, and a timeline for achieving such goals; amounts and sources of funds by account; how such funds will complement other ongoing or planned programs; and implementing partners, to the maximum extent practicable.

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