Sec. 416. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.

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## SEC. 416 None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. This division may be cited as the “Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014”. ### Division K DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 # Title I DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF STATEADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $6,605,701,000, of which $710,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2015, and of which up to $1,867,251,000 may remain available until expended for Worldwide Security Protection: * Provided*, That funds made available under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs

(1)through

(4)as follows:(1)Human resources.—For necessary expenses 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, $2,360,312,000, of which not less than $131,713,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy American salaries, and up to $255,866,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.(2)Overseas programs.—For necessary expenses for the regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, $1,760,255,000, of which not less than $369,589,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy international information programs.(3)Diplomatic policy and support.—For necessary expenses 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, $769,534,000.(4)Security programs.—For necessary expenses for security activities, $1,715,600,000, of which up to $1,611,385,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection.(5)Fees and payments collected.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this heading—(A)not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities located at the International Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act, and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $520,150, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section;(B)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(C)not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House facilities.(6)Transfer, reprogramming, and other matters.—(A)Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs

(1)through

(4)under this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act.(B)Of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 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.(C)Funds appropriated under this heading are available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs and activities in the United States funded from any account contained in this title.(D)Of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $34,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made available under the heading "Conflict Stabilization Operations" in title I of prior acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs.(E)None of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used for the preservation of religious sites unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such sites are historically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the purpose of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the free exercise of religion, and that the project is in the national interest of the United States. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUNDFor necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, $76,900,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized: * Provided*, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103-236 shall not apply to funds available under this heading. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALFor necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $69,406,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), as it relates to post inspections: * Provided*, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $10,400,000 may remain available until September 30, 2015. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMSFor expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as authorized, $560,000,000, to remain available until expended: * 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 not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing modifications made to existing educational and cultural exchange programs since calendar year 2011, including for special academic and special professional and cultural exchanges: * Provided further*, That any further modifications to such programs shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. REPRESENTATION EXPENSESFor representation expenses as authorized, $7,300,000. PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALSFor expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as authorized, $28,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCEFor necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292-303), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, $785,351,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and 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.In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,614,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made available under this heading and the actual and anticipated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2014. EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICEFor necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, $9,242,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, 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", subject to the same terms and conditions. REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNTFor the cost of direct loans, $1,537,000, 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 $2,690,000. PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWANFor necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8), $31,221,000. PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUNDFor payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSCONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSFor 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, $1,265,762,000: * 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 the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits available to the United States, including from the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund (TEF), and provide updated fiscal year 2015 assessment costs including offsets from available TEF credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: * Provided further*, That any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed contributions to the United Nations and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further,* That any payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective international organization: * 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 ACTIVITIESFor necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, $1,765,519,000, of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified:

(1)of the estimated cost and duration of the mission, the national interest that will be served, and the exit strategy;

(2)that the United Nations has in place measures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving in the mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation or other violations of human rights, and to bring to justice individuals who engage in such acts while participating in the peacekeeping mission, including prosecution in their home countries of such individuals in connection with such acts, and to make information about such cases publicly available in the country where an alleged crime occurs and on the United Nations’ Web site; and

(3)pursuant to section 7015 of this Act and the procedures therein followed, of the source of funds that will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission: * Provided further*, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that American 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 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 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 interests of the United States and the President has submitted to the Congress such a recommendation: * Provided further*, That the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits available to the United States, including those resulting from United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund: * Provided further*, That any such credits shall only be available for United States assessed contributions to the United Nations and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading shall be available for United States assessed contributions up to the amount specified in Annex IV accompanying United Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/220: * Provided further*, That such funds may be made available above the amount authorized in section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it is important to the national interest of the United States. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONSFor 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 MEXICOFor 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 EXPENSESFor salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $44,000,000. CONSTRUCTIONFor detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized projects, $33,438,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONSFor 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 the Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103-182, $12,499,000: * Provided,* That of the amount provided under this heading for the International Joint Commission, $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses. INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONSFor necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $35,980,000: * Provided*, That the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. RELATED AGENCYBROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONSFor necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East, $721,080,000: * Provided*, That up to $41,734,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may remain available until expended for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which not less than $25,500,000 shall be available to expand unrestricted access to programs funded under this heading and other information on the Internet through the development and use of circumvention and secure communication technologies: * 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 representation 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 the authority provided by section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2014: * Provided further,* That the BBG shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by the Board 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 subsections

(a)and

(b)of section 303 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: * Provided further,* That significant modifications to BBG broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG language services shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That in addition to funds made available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $2,000,000 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. BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTSFor the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception, and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. RELATED PROGRAMSTHE ASIA FOUNDATIONFor a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACEFor necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act, $30,984,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, which shall not be used for construction activities. CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUNDFor 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, 2014, to remain available until expended. EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMFor 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, 2014, 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 payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform Administrative Requirements) and A-122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation for personal services. ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMFor 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), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2014, to remain available until expended. EAST-WEST CENTERTo 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, $16,700,000: * Provided,* That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACYFor grants made by the Department of State to the National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core institutes, and $35,000,000 shall be for democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs. OTHER COMMISSIONSCOMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD SALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $690,000, as authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99-83. UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOMSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-292), as amended, $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses: * Provided*, That if the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is authorized beyond September 30, 2014, this amount will remain available until September 30, 2015. COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPESALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2015. CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINASALARIES AND EXPENSESFor 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. 6911-6919), $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2015. UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSIONSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor 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), $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That the authorities, requirements, limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth provisos under this heading in division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2014 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if included in this Act. # Title II UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENTOPERATING EXPENSESFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,059,229,000, of which $158,900,000 may remain available until September 30, 2015: * 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 (USAID), 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, for USAID during the current fiscal year. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUNDFor 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, $117,940,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes: * Provided further*, That not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit a strategy to eliminate redundant services and operations at diplomatic facilities abroad, including information technology systems, communications systems, and motor pool: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $45,000,000, of which $6,750,000 may remain available until September 30, 2015, for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development. # Title III BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENTFor 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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)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, $2,769,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, and which shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID): * 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; and

(6)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:

(A)an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or

(B)program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning;

(3)the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning services;

(4)the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; and

(5)the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the USAID Administrator determines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or

(5)of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph

(4)of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: * 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, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 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), as amended, for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: * Provided further*, That the amount of such contribution should be $1,650,000,000: * Provided further*, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2014 may be made available to USAID for technical assistance related to the activities of the Global Fund: * Provided further*, That the annual report required by section 104(A)(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall also be submitted hereafter to the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be made available for a challenge grant pilot program: * Provided further*, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to $14,250,000 may be made available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEFor 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, $2,507,001,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $23,000,000 shall be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for cooperative development programs of the United States Agency for International Development. INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCEFor 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, $876,828,000, to remain available until expended. TRANSITION INITIATIVESFor necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $48,177,000, to remain available until expended, to support transition to democracy and long-term development for countries in crisis: * 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 USAID shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: * Provided further*, That if the Secretary of State determines that it is important to the national interests 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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available on such terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of preventing or responding to such challenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: * Provided further*, 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 may be used for administrative expenses, in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, except that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $40,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act: * Provided*, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which further the purposes of part I of such Act: * Provided further*, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: * Provided further*, That funds made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading, except that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed under this heading with respect to any single country shall not exceed $300,000,000: * Provided further*, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $1,500,000,000.In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by USAID, $8,041,000, which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading "Operating Expenses" in title II of this Act: * Provided*, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2016. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,982,967,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. DEMOCRACY FUNDFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, $130,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which $70,500,000 shall be made available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and $60,000,000 shall be made available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development. DEPARTMENT OF STATEMIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCEFor 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, 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; 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, $1,774,645,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian requirements: * Provided*, That $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading in this Act, or in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel: * Provided further*, That no amounts in the previous proviso may be made available from amounts that were 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. UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUNDFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. INDEPENDENT AGENCIESPEACE CORPS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501-2523), including the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the United States, $379,000,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That the Director of the Peace Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 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 be made available for entertainment expenses: * Provided further*, That any decision to open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or country program shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, except that prior consultation and regular notification procedures may be waived when there is a substantial security risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this Act: * Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATIONFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (MCA), $898,200,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the Corporation): * Provided further*, That up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA for fiscal year 2014: * Provided further*, That section 605(e) of the MCA 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 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 the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to commencing negotiations for any country compact or threshold country program; signing any such compact or threshold program; or terminating or suspending any such compact or threshold program: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this heading by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are available to implement section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That no country should be eligible for a threshold program after such country has completed a country compact: * Provided further*, That any funds that are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations prior to re-obligation: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding section 606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, in addition to countries described in the preceding proviso, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: * Provided further,* That any Millennium Challenge Corporation candidate country under section 606 of the MCA with a per capita income that changes in the fiscal year such that the country would be reclassified from a low income country to a lower middle income country or from a lower middle income country to a low income country shall retain its candidacy status in its former income classification for the fiscal year and the 2 subsequent fiscal years: * Provided further,* That publication in the Federal Register of a notice of availability of a copy of a Compact on the Millennium Challenge Corporation Web site shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such Compact: * Provided further,* That none of the funds made available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be available for a threshold program in a country that is not currently a candidate country: * 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 FOUNDATIONFor 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, 2015: * Provided*, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses. UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONFor necessary expenses to carry out title V of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-533), $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation expenses: * Provided,* That section 503(a) of the African Development Foundation Act (Public Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 290h-1(a)) is hereby amended by inserting "United States" before "African Development": * Provided further*, 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, 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 provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such waiver authority is exercised. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURYINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCEFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, which shall be available notwithstanding any other provision of law. # Title IV INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT OF STATEINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENTFor necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,005,610,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That the provision of assistance by any other United States Government department or agency which is comparable to assistance made available under this heading but which is provided under any other provision of law, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of sections 481(b) and 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: * Provided further,* That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to combat piracy of United States copyright materials, consistent with the requirements of section 688(a) and

(b)of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110-161): * Provided further,* That the reporting requirements contained in section 1404 of Public Law 110-252 shall apply to funds made available by this Act, including a description of modifications, if any, to the Palestinian Authority’s security strategy: * Provided further,* That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available, on a competitive basis, for rule of law programs for transitional and post-conflict states, and for activities to coordinate rule of law programs among foreign governments, international and nongovernmental organizations, and other United States Government agencies: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, corrections, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: * Provided further,* 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 that Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for the International Police Peacekeeping Operations Support Program shall only be made available on a cost-matching basis from sources other than the United States Government, to the maximum extent practicable: * 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. NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMSFor necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $630,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 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, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 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 voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: * Provided*, That for the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should prioritize those areas where such ordnance was caused by the United States: * Provided further,* That funds made available under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be 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. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONSFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $235,600,000: * Provided*, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of such Act, 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 $36,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai, of which of up to $8,000,000 may be made available to address force protection requirements: * Provided further*, That funds appropriated under this Act should not be used to support any military training or operations that include child soldiers: * Provided further*, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds made available under this heading for the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative: * Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENTINTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAININGFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $105,573,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2015, and may only be provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * 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, not to exceed $55,000 may be available for entertainment expenses. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAMFor necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $5,389,280,000: * 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 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel, and funds are available for assistance for Jordan and Egypt subject to section 7041 of this Act: * Provided further*, That the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days 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 $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development: * Provided further*, That none of the funds made available under this heading shall be made available to support or continue any program initially funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3456) unless the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, has justified such program to the Committees on Appropriations: * 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 title 31, United States Code, section 1501(a).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 only those countries for which assistance was justified for the "Foreign Military Sales Financing Program" in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security assistance programs 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 $60,000,000 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 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 $885,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. # Title V MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENTINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMSFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, $344,020,000, of which up to $10,000,000 may be made available for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: * Provided*, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYFor payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, $143,750,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONFor payment to the International Development Association by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,355,000,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENTFor 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, $186,957,000, to remain available until expended. LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONSThe 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 $2,928,990,899. CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUNDFor payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Clean Technology Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $184,630,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUNDFor payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Strategic Climate Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $49,900,000, to remain available until expended. GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMFor payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, $133,000,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKFor payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, $102,000,000, to remain available until expended. LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONSThe United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $4,098,794,833. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUNDFor payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $6,298,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANKFor payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of increase in capital stock, $106,586,000, to remain available until expended. LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONSThe United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $2,558,048,769. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDFor payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $109,854,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKFor payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, $32,418,000, to remain available until expended. LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONSThe 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 such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $507,860,808. CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDFor payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $176,336,000, to remain available until expended. CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTFor 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 STATESINSPECTOR GENERALFor necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015. PROGRAM ACCOUNTThe Export-Import Bank (the 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 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, 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 the enactment of this Act: * Provided further*, That not less than 20 percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Bank under this Act should be used to finance exports directly by small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act): * Provided further,* That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Bank under this Act should be used for renewable energy technologies or energy efficiency technologies: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103-428, as amended, sections 1(a) and

(b)of Public Law 103-428 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2014. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSESFor administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed $115,500,000, of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * 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)thereof shall remain in effect until September 30, 2014: * 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, to remain available until expended. RECEIPTS COLLECTEDReceipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, 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 year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0: * Provided further*, That amounts collected in fiscal year 2014 in excess of obligations, up to $10,000,000, shall become available on September 1, 2014, and shall remain available until September 30, 2017. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATIONNONCREDIT ACCOUNTThe Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law as may be necessary: * Provided,* That the amount available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an amount for official reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed $62,574,000: * Provided further,* That project-specific transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with services provided to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading. PROGRAM ACCOUNTFor the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $27,371,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account: * 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 sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016: * Provided further,* That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2014 remain available for disbursement through 2022; funds obligated in fiscal year 2015 remain available for disbursement through 2023; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2016 remain available for disbursement through 2024: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: * Provided further,* That funds made available pursuant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCYFor necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $55,073,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $4,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses. # Title VII GENERAL PROVISIONS ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS7001.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 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT7002.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 2014 or any previous fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: * Provided*, That the report required by this section should specify by account the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not been further sub-obligated. CONSULTING SERVICES7003.The expenditure of any appropriation under title I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 FACILITIES7004.(a)Of funds provided under title I of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not include office space or other accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of funding required by subsection

(e)of section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A-453), as amended by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.(b)Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps.(c)For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2014 costs of providing new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual program level and agency shares in a manner that is proportional to the Department of State’s contribution for this purpose.(d)Funds appropriated by this Act, and any prior Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be made available for the acquisition of property for diplomatic facilities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.(e)(1)The limitation and reporting requirement regarding the New London Embassy contained in section 7004(f) of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2014.(2)Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, under the heading "Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance" may be obligated for the relocation of the United States Embassy to the Holy See only if the Secretary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that—(A)the United States Ambassador to the Holy See and embassy staff will retain their independence from other United States missions located in Rome, including by maintaining a separate building with a discrete address and entrance; and(B)any relocation of the chancery will not increase annual operating costs, will not result in a reduction in staff, and will enhance overall security for the United States Embassy to the Holy See.(f)(1)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance", not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available to address security vulnerabilities at expeditionary, interim, and temporary facilities abroad, including physical security upgrades and local guard staffing: * Provided*, That the uses of such funds should be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations: * Provided further*, That such funds shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.(2)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the policies, standards, and procedures for the construction and operation of expeditionary, interim, and temporary diplomatic facilities, including any waiver of security requirements and accommodation of temporary surges in personnel or programs: * Provided*, That such report shall include a list of all expeditionary, interim, and temporary diplomatic facilities and the number of personnel and security costs for each such facility: * Provided further*, That the report required by this paragraph may be submitted in classified form if necessary.(3)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the opening, closure, or any significant modification to an expeditionary, interim, or temporary 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. PERSONNEL ACTIONS7005.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 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS7006.In evaluating proposals for local guard contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization to award such contracts on the basis of best value as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as described in Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwithstanding subsection (c)(3) of such section, for high risk, high threat posts: * Provided*, That the authority in this section shall apply to any options for renewal that may be exercised under such contracts. PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES7007.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’éTAT7008.None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup d’état or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, a coup d’état or decree in which the military plays a decisive role: * Provided*, That assistance may be resumed to such government if the President determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 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: * Provided further*, That funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. TRANSFER AUTHORITY7009.(a)Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors.—(1)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.(2)Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors 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)Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 7015(a) and

(b)of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.(b)Export Financing Transfer Authorities.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 2014, for programs under title VI of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: * Provided,* That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(c)Limitation on Transfers Between Agencies.—(1)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)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.(3)Any agreement entered into by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 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 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings "Global Health Programs", "Development Assistance", and "Economic Support Fund" 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.(d)Transfers Between Accounts.—None of the funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriation 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.(e)Audit of Inter-agency Transfers.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act, or prior Acts, 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: * Provided*, That such audits shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That funds transferred under such authority may be made available for the cost of such audits. REPORTING REQUIREMENT7010.The Secretary of State shall provide the Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 2014, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on the uses of funds made available under the headings "Foreign Military Financing Program", "International Military Education and Training", "Peacekeeping Operations", and "Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund" in this Act, or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs: * Provided*, That such report shall include a description of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of, the assistance provided by such funds. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS7011.No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act: * Provided,* That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under the heading "Development Credit Authority" shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: * Provided further,* That the Secretary of State shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations at the beginning of each fiscal year, detailing by account and source year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal year. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT7012.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 consultations 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 ASSISTANCE7013.(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 shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement.(b)Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2014 on funds appropriated by this Act by a foreign government or entity against United States assistance programs for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either directly or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2015 and allocated for the central government of such country and for the West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than September 30, 2015, that such taxes have not been reimbursed to the Government of the United States.(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 country 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)The provisions of this section shall not apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations—(A)does not assess taxes on United States assistance or which 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)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 country or entity.(f)Implementation.—The Secretary of State shall issue 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)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)the term "taxes and taxation" shall include value added taxes and customs duties but shall not include individual income taxes assessed to local staff or personal services contractors.(h)Report.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by such departments or agencies to comply with the requirements of this section. RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS7014.(a)Funds appropriated under titles II through VI of this Act which are specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with the designation is made impossible by operation of any provision of this or any other Act: * Provided*, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under the same terms and conditions as originally provided.(b)In addition to the authority contained in subsection (a), the original period of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that are specifically designated for particular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year if the USAID Administrator 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.(c)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 REQUIREMENTS7015.(a)None of the funds made available in titles I and II of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, 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 agencies and departments funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—(1)creates new programs;(2)eliminates a program, project, or activity;(3)increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;(4)relocates an office or employees;(5)closes or opens a mission or post;(6)creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bureaus, centers, or offices;(7)reorganizes programs or activities; or(8)contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: * Provided*, That unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations, the requirements of this subsection shall apply to all obligations of funds appropriated under titles I and II of this Act for paragraphs

(5)and

(6)of this subsection.(b)None of the funds provided under titles I and II of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or department funded under titles I and II of this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agency or department funded under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—(1)augments existing programs, projects, or activities;(2)reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or(3)results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.(c)None of the funds made available under titles III through VI of this Act under the headings "Global Health Programs", "Development Assistance", "International Organizations and Programs", "Trade and Development Agency", "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", "Economic Support Fund", "Democracy Fund", "Peacekeeping Operations", "Conflict Stabilization Operations", "Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs", "Millennium Challenge Corporation", "Foreign Military Financing Program", "International Military Education and Training", and "Peace Corps", shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, projects, 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: * 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 an activity, program, or project for which funds are appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year.(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the exception of funds transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under title I of this Act, 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, and funds made available for programs authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163), shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(e)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)None of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT7016.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. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS7017.Subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which are returned or not made available for organizations and programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7049(a) of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2015: * 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. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION7018.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. ALLOCATIONS7019.(a)Funds provided in this Act shall be made available for programs and countries in the amounts contained in the respective tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).(b)For the purposes of implementing this section and only with respect to the tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts referenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES7020.(a)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 are—(1)primarily for fostering relations outside of the Executive Branch;(2)principally for meals and events of a protocol nature;(3)not for employee-only events; and(4)do not include activities that are substantially of a recreational character.(b)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", and "Economic Support Fund" 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 but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amusement parks. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM7021.(a)Lethal Military Equipment Exports.—(1)None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by titles III through VI of this Act may be 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 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act: * 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)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 interests of the United States.(3)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 United States national interests.(b)Bilateral Assistance.—(1)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.(2)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 REQUIREMENTS7022.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, section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY7023.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 following accounts: "Economic Support Fund" and "Foreign Military Financing Program", "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 the Congress; or(2)allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION7024.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 COMMODITIES7025.(a)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 Overseas Private Investment 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)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 American 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)22 U.S.C. 262h noteThe Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of the international financial institutions, as defined in section 7029(g) of this Act, to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated or 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 ACCOUNTS7026.(a)22 U.S.C. 2362 noteSeparate Accounts for Local Currencies.—(1)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 (USAID) 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.(5)Reporting requirement.—The USAID Administrator shall report on an annual basis as part of the justification documents submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies for the administrative requirements of the United States Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of local currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose in each applicable country.(b)Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.—(1)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 them 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 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 the 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 subsection (b)(1) only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE7027.(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: * 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 under the regular notification procedures of those committees, 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 2014, 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): * 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. LOCAL COMPETITION7028.(a)Requirements for Exceptions to Competition for Local Entities.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) may only be made available for limited competitions through local entities if—(1)prior to the determination to limit competition to local entities, USAID has—(A)assessed the level of local capacity to effectively implement, manage, and account for programs included in such competition; and(B)documented the written results of the assessment and decisions made; and(2)prior to making an award after limiting competition to local entities—(A)each successful local entity has been determined to be responsible in accordance with USAID guidelines; and(B)effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in place to ensure that award funding is used for its intended purposes; and(3)no level of acceptable fraud is assumed.(b)In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), the USAID Administrator shall report, on a semi-annual basis, to the appropriate congressional committees on all awards subject to limited or no competition for local entities: * Provided*, That such report should be posted on the USAID Web site: * Provided further*, That the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of $3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities in excess of $2,000,000.(c)Section 7077 of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2014: * Provided*, That subsection

(b)of such section is amended in subsection (b)(3) by striking "either" and in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking "or" after the semicolon and replacing in lieu thereof "and". INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS7029.(a)None of the funds appropriated under title V of this Act should be made as payment to any international financial institution unless the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such institution has a policy and practice of requiring independent, outside evaluations of each project and program loan or grant and significant analytical, non-lending activity, and the impact of such loan, grant, or activity on achieving the institution’s goals, including reducing poverty and promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with effective safeguards.(b)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.(c)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution that would require user fees or service charges on poor people for primary education or primary healthcare, including maternal and child health, and the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in connection with such institution’s financing programs.(d)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund

(IMF)to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, memorandum, instrument, plan, or other program of the IMF to a Heavily Indebted Poor Country that imposes budget caps or restraints that do not allow the maintenance of or an increase in governmental spending on healthcare or education; and to promote government spending on healthcare, education, agriculture and food security, or other critical safety net programs in all of the IMF’s activities with respect to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.(e)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to seek to ensure that each such institution responds to the findings and recommendations of its accountability mechanisms by providing just compensation or other appropriate redress to individuals and communities that suffer violations of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from any loan, grant, strategy or policy of such institution.(f)The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States executive directors of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2014, on the steps being taken by such institutions to support implementation of the April 2010 Reparations Plan for Damages Suffered by the Communities Affected by the Construction of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam in Guatemala.(g)22 U.S.C. 262h noteFor the purposes of this Act "international financial institutions" shall mean 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 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, and the African Development Fund. DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT7030.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. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY7031.(a)Limitation on Direct Government-to-Government Assistance.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for direct government-to-government assistance only if—(A)each implementing agency or ministry to receive assistance has been assessed and is considered to have the systems required to manage such assistance and any identified vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or ministry have been addressed; and(i)the recipient agency or ministry employs and utilizes staff with the necessary technical, financial, and management capabilities;(ii)the recipient agency or ministry has adopted competitive procurement policies and systems;(iii)effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in place to ensure that such assistance is used for its intended purposes;(iv)no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; and(v)the government of the recipient country is taking steps to publicly disclose on an annual basis its national budget, to include income and expenditures;(B)the recipient government is in compliance with the principles set forth in section 7013 of this Act;(C)the recipient agency or ministry is not headed or controlled by an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;(D)the Government of the United States and the government of the recipient country have agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable objectives for the use of such assistance, which should be made available on a cost-reimbursable basis; and(E)the recipient government is taking steps to protect the rights of civil society, including freedom of association and assembly.(2)In addition to the requirements in subsection (a), no funds may be made available for direct government-to-government assistance without prior consultation with, and notification 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)The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 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)The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the fiscal year 2015 congressional budget justification materials, amounts planned for assistance described in subsection

(a)by country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, and type of assistance.(5)Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act and 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2014, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report that—(A)details all assistance described in subsection

(a)provided during the previous 6-month period by country, funding amount, source of funds, and type of such assistance; and(B)the type of procurement instrument or mechanism utilized and whether the assistance was provided on a reimbursable basis.(6)None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any foreign country for debt service payments owed by any country to any international financial institution: * Provided*, That for purposes of this subsection, the term "international financial institution" has the meaning given the term in section 7029(g) of this Act.(b)National Budget and Contract Transparency.—(1)Minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall develop for each government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, "minimum requirements of fiscal transparency" which shall be updated and strengthened, as appropriate, to reflect best practices.(2)Definition.—For purposes of paragraph (1), "minimum requirements of fiscal transparency" are requirements consistent with those in subsection (a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget documentation (to include receipts and expenditures by ministry) and government contracts and licenses for natural resource extraction (to include bidding and concession allocation practices).(3)Determination and report.—For each government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall make a 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’s Web site: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall identify the significant progress made by each such government to publicly disclose national budget documentation, contracts, and licenses which are additional to such information disclosed in previous fiscal years, and include specific recommendations of short- and long-term steps such government should take to improve fiscal transparency: * Provided further*, That the annual report shall include a detailed description of how funds appropriated by this Act are being used to improve fiscal transparency, and identify benchmarks for measuring progress.(4)Assistance.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $10,000,000 should 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: * Provided*, That such sums shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes: * Provided further*, That a description of the uses of such funds shall be included in the annual "Fiscal Transparency Report" required by paragraph (3).(c)8 U.S.C. 1182 noteAnti-Kleptocracy and Human Rights.—(1)Officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members who the Secretary of State has credible information have been involved in significant corruption, including corruption related to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights shall be ineligible for entry into the United States.(2)Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry into the United States 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)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.(4)Not later than 6 months after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, including a classified annex if necessary, to the Committees on Appropriations describing the information relating to corruption or violation of human rights concerning each of the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1), 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)Any unclassified portion of the report required under paragraph

(4)shall be posted on the Department of State’s Web site, without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States.(d)Foreign Assistance Web Site.—Funds appropriated by this Act under titles I and III may be made available to support the provision of additional information on United States Government foreign assistance on the Department of State’s foreign assistance Web site: * Provided*, That all Federal agencies funded under this Act shall provide such information on foreign assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS7032.(a)Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $2,849,555,000 should be made available for democracy programs, as defined in subsection (c).(b)Funds made available by this Act for democracy programs may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with regard to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation.(c)(1)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.(2)For purposes of funds appropriated under title III of this Act, the term "democracy programs" shall also include programs to rescue scholars, and fellowships, scholarships, and exchanges in the Middle East and North Africa region for academic professionals and university students from countries in such region, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(d)With respect to the provision of assistance for democracy, human rights, and governance activities in this Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any foreign country: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection.(e)The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a strategy for the promotion of democracy in each country that receives funds appropriated by this Act in title III and that is important to the security interests of the United States, but whose central government does not govern justly or in accordance with the rule of law: * Provided*, That such strategy shall include support for institutions and individuals within such government that demonstrate a commitment to democratic principles.(f)Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for democracy programs shall be made available to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle East and North Africa.(g)Any funds made available by this Act for a business and human rights program in the People’s Republic of China shall be made available on a cost-matching basis from sources other than the United States Government.(h)The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State

(DRL)and the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the NED.(i)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Democracy Fund" that are made available to DRL shall be made available to establish and maintain a database of prisons and gulags in North Korea, including a list of political prisoners, and such database shall be regularly updated and made publicly available on the Internet, as appropriate. MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES7033.None of the funds appropriated 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. SPECIAL PROVISIONS7034.(a)Victims of War, Displaced Children, and Displaced Burmese.—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.(b)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.(c)World Food Program.—Funds managed by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made available as a general contribution to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other provision of law.(d)Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation or Executive order, 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", "Peacekeeping Operations", "International Disaster Assistance", "Complex Crises Fund", and "Transition Initiatives" may be made available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into civilian society former members of foreign terrorist organizations: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this subsection: * Provided further*, That for the purposes of this subsection the term "foreign terrorist organization" means an organization designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.(e)Research and Training.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" may 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. 4501-4508).(f)Partner Vetting.—Funds appropriated in this Act or any prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support the continued implementation of the Partner Vetting System

(PVS)pilot program: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, on the estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the PVS for expansion: * Provided further*, That such report shall include the requirements under this subsection in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): * Provided further*, That such report may be delivered in classified form, if necessary.(g)Contingencies.—During fiscal year 2014, the President may use up to $100,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other provision of law.(h)International Child Abductions.—The Secretary of State may 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.(i)22 U.S.C. 2656 noteReports Repealed.—Section 585 in the matter under section 101(c) of Division A of Public Law 104-208, Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997; and subsection (g)(3) of section 7081 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division F of Public Law 111-117) are hereby repealed.(j)Transfers 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 and Consular Programs" for fiscal year 2014, except for funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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.(k)Protections and Remedies for Employees of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457): * Provided*, That in determining whether to suspend the issuance of A-3 or G-5 visas under such section, the Secretary should consider the following as "credible evidence":

(1)a final court judgment (including a default judgment) issued against a current or former employee of such mission or organization (for which the time period for appeal has expired);

(2)the issuance of a T-visa to the victim; or

(3)a request by the Department of State to the sending state that immunity of individual diplomats or family members be waived to permit criminal prosecution: * Provided further*, That the Secretary should assist in obtaining payment of final court judgments awarded to A-3 and G-5 visa holders, including encouraging the sending states to provide compensation directly to victims: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons annual report a concise summary of each trafficking case involving an A-3 or G-5 visa holder which meets one or more of the items in the first proviso of this subsection.(l)22 U.S.C. 2378dModification of Amendment.—Section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Limitation on Assistance to Security Forces) is amended in subsection (d)(5) by striking everything after "when" and inserting in lieu thereof "an individual is designated to receive United States training, equipment, or other types of assistance the individual’s unit is vetted as well as the individual;".(m)Extension of Authorities.—(1)22 U.S.C. 214 noteSection 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, 2014" for "September 30, 2010".(2)22 U.S.C. 4831 noteThe 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, 2014, except that the notification and reporting requirements contained in such section shall include the Committees on Appropriations.(3)The authority contained in section 1115(d) of Public Law 111-32 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2014.(4)22 U.S.C. 4064 noteSection 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by substituting "September 30, 2014" for "October 1, 2010" in paragraph (2).(5)22 U.S.C. 2733 noteSection 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be applied by substituting "September 30, 2014" for "October 1, 2010" in paragraph (2).(6)22 U.S.C. 2385 noteSection 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting "September 30, 2014" for "October 1, 2010" in subparagraph (B).(7)(A)Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph (B), the authority provided by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2014.(B)The authority described in subparagraph

(A)may not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia.(8)The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended—(A)In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—(i)in subsection (b)(3), by striking "and 2013" and inserting "2013, and 2014"; and(ii)in subsection (e), by striking "2013" each place it appears and inserting "2014"; and(B)in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "2013" and inserting "2014".(9)The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of Public Law 111-212 shall remain in effect through September 30, 2014.(n)Crowd Control Items.—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 foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly in countries undergoing democratic transition.(o)8 U.S.C. 1101 noteExtension of Protection for Afghan Allies.—Section 602(b) of Public Law 111-8 is amended by adding at the end of subsection 602(b)(3)(C):(D)Additional fiscal year.For fiscal year 2014, the total number of principal aliens who may be provided special immigrant status under this section may not exceed 3,000, except that any unused balance of the total number of principal aliens who may be provided special immigrant status in fiscal year 2014 may be carried forward and provided through the end of fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (C), except that the one year period during which an alien must have been employed in accordance with subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) shall be the period from October 7, 2001 through December 31, 2014, and except that the principal alien seeking special immigrant status under this subparagraph shall apply to the Chief of Mission in accordance with subsection (b)(2)(D) no later than September 30, 2014..(p)Department of State Working Capital Fund.—Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the activities and in the amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget: * Provided*, That Federal agency components shall be charged only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: * Provided further*, That Federal agency components may only pay for Working Capital Fund services that are consistent with the component’s purpose and authorities: * Provided further*, That the Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of each service: * Provided further*, That the Working Capital Fund shall be subject to the requirements of section 7015 of this Act.(q)22 U.S.C. 2396aProperty Management.—Section 585(a) of Public Law 101-513 is amended by inserting "and for maintenance" after "of that Act".(r)Evaluations of Assistance.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for monitoring and evaluation of assistance funded under the headings "International Disaster Assistance" and "Migration and Refugee Assistance" should be made available for the independent and systematic collection and reporting of information obtained directly from beneficiaries of such assistance regarding the quality and utility of such assistance, for the purpose of maximizing its cost effectiveness: * Provided*, That the Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, shall post summaries of such information on their Web sites.(s)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 108-477) 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 108-477) 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.(t)Definitions.—(1)Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the term "appropriate congressional committees" shall mean the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.(2)Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the term "funds appropriated in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs" shall mean funds that remain available for obligation, and have not expired. ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL7035.It is the sense of the Congress that—(1)the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa;(2)the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded;(3)all Arab League states should normalize relations with their neighbor Israel;(4)the President and the Secretary of State should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into consideration the participation of any recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell weapons to said country; and(5)the President should report to Congress annually on specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply. PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD7036.(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 interests 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"). RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY7037.None of the funds appropriated under titles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any department or agency of the United States Government for the purpose of conducting official United States Government business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: * Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: * Provided further*, That meetings between officers and employees of the United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United States Government business with such authority should continue to take place in locations other than Jerusalem: * Provided further*, That as has been true in the past, officers and employees of the United States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental discussions. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION7038.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. ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA7039.(a)Oversight.—For fiscal year 2014, 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)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 the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism.(2)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 the benchmarks that have been established for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks.(d)Audits.—(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 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development for audits, inspections, 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)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 2014 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)Funds made available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(g)Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations updating the report contained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109-13. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY7040.(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 interests 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 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 Palestine 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 AFRICA7041.(a)Egypt.—(1)In general.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for the Government of Egypt may only be made available if the Secretary of State certifies 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.(2)Economic support fund.—(A)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund", and subject to paragraph

(6)of this subsection, up to $250,000,000 may be made available for assistance for Egypt, of which not less than $35,000,000 should be made available for higher education programs including not less than $10,000,000 for scholarships at not-for-profit institutions for Egyptian students with high financial need: * Provided*, That such funds may also be made available for democracy programs.(B)Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, including paragraph

(6)of this subsection, funds made available under the heading "Economic Support Fund" in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for assistance for Egypt may be made available for education and economic growth programs, subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees: * Provided*, That such funds may not be made available for cash transfer assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Egypt is taking steps to stabilize the economy and implement economic reforms.(C)The Secretary of State may reduce the amount of assistance for the central Government of Egypt under the heading "Economic Support Fund" by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent to that expended by the United States Government for bail, and by nongovernmental organizations for legal and court fees, associated with democracy-related trials in Egypt.(3)Foreign military financing program.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program", and subject to paragraph

(6)of this subsection, up to $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, may be made available for assistance for Egypt which may be transferred to an interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided*, That if the Secretary of State is unable to make the certification in subparagraph (6)(A) or

(B)of this subsection, such funds may be made available at the minimum rate necessary to continue existing contracts, notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, except that defense articles and services from such contracts shall not be delivered until the certification requirements in subparagraph (6)(A) or

(B)of this subsection are met.(4)Prior year funds.—Funds appropriated under the headings "Foreign Military Financing Program" and "International Military Education and Training" in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available notwithstanding any provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, except that such funds under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" shall only be made available at the minimum rate necessary to continue existing contracts, and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.(5)Security exemptions.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, including paragraphs (3), (4), and

(6)of this subsection, funds made available for assistance for Egypt in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available for counterterrorism, border security, and nonproliferation programs in Egypt, and for development activities in the Sinai.(6)Fiscal year 2014 funds.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2),

(3)and

(5)of this subsection, funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Economic Support Fund", "International Military Education and Training", and "Foreign Military Financing Program" for assistance for the Government of Egypt may be made available notwithstanding any provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt as follows—(A)up to $975,000,000 may be made available if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has held a constitutional referendum, and is taking steps to support a democratic transition in Egypt; and(B)up to $576,800,000 may be made available if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has held parliamentary and presidential elections, and that a newly elected Government of Egypt is taking steps to govern democratically.(b)Iran.—The terms and conditions of section 7041(c) in division I of Public Law 112-74 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2014 as if part of this Act, except that the date in paragraph

(3)shall be deemed to be "September 30, 2014".(c)Iraq.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the Government of Iraq should be made available to such government to support international efforts to promote regional stability, including in Syria.(2)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" for assistance for Iraq shall be made available for democracy programs, which shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in consultation with the Chief of Mission.(3)(A)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees assessing cost effective, operational alternatives for Consulate Basrah, including closure of the Consulate and coverage of Basrah from Embassy Baghdad: * Provided*, That should the Secretary of State determine that the closure of Consulate Basrah is a cost effective alternative, funds made available by this Act under the heading "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" for such diplomatic facility may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the heading "Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance" to increase security at diplomatic facilities abroad.(B)Of the funds appropriated under title I of this Act that are made available for the costs of operations at Embassy Baghdad, 10 percent may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on all active diplomatic facility construction projects in Iraq since October 1, 2011, including the status of each project, the amount obligated and expended for each project, the savings from completed or terminated projects, and how such savings were reprogrammed: * Provided*, That none of the funds appropriated by title I of this Act may be made available for construction, rehabilitation, or other improvements to facilities in Iraq on property for which no land-use agreement has been entered into by the Governments of the United States and Iraq: * Provided further*, That the restrictions in this subparagraph shall not apply if such funds are necessary to protect United States Government facilities or the security, health, and welfare of United States personnel.(d)Jordan.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Jordan—(1)not less than $360,000,000 shall be made available under the heading "Economic Support Fund" and not less than $300,000,000 shall be made available under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program"; and(2)from amounts made available under title VIII designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, not less than $340,000,000 above the levels included in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Jordan shall be made available for the extraordinary costs related to instability in the region, including for security requirements along the border with Iraq.(e)Lebanon.—(1)None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the Lebanese Armed Forces

(LAF)if the LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.(2)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" for assistance for Lebanon may be made available only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen border security and combat terrorism, including training and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, and to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701: * Provided*, That funds may not be made available for obligation for assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of State submits a detailed spend plan, including actions to be taken to ensure that equipment provided to the LAF is used only for the intended purposes, to the Committees on Appropriations, 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, and shall be submitted not later than September 1, 2014: * Provided further*, That any notification submitted pursuant to section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7015 of this Act shall include any funds specifically intended for lethal military equipment.(3)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" for assistance for Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the provisions of this Act.(f)Libya.—(1)None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is cooperating with United States Government efforts to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the attack on United States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: * Provided*, That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to funding made available for the purpose of protecting United States Government personnel or facilities.(2)None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for Libya for infrastructure projects, except on a loan basis with terms favorable to the United States, and only following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.(g)Loan Guarantees and Enterprise Funds.—(1)Funds appropriated under the heading "Economic Support Fund" in this Act—(A)may be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Tunisia and Jordan, which are authorized to be provided: * Provided*, That amounts made available under this paragraph for the cost of guarantees shall not be considered "assistance" for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country; and(B)may be made available to establish and operate one or more enterprise funds for Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan: * Provided*, That the first, third and fifth provisos under section 7041(b) of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" for an enterprise fund or funds to the same extent and in the manner as such provision of law applied to funds made available under such section (except that the clause excluding subsection (d)(3) of section 201 of the SEED Act shall not apply): * Provided further*, That the authority of any such enterprise fund or funds to provide assistance shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2024.(2)Funds made available by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.(h)Morocco.—Funds appropriated under title III of this Act that are available for assistance for Morocco should also be available for assistance for the territory of the Western Sahara: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, on proposed uses of such assistance.(i)Syria.—(1)Funds appropriated under title III of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law for non-lethal assistance for programs to address the needs of civilians affected by conflict in Syria, and for programs that seek to—(A)establish governance in Syria that is representative, inclusive, and accountable;(B)develop and implement political processes that are democratic, transparent, and adhere to the rule of law;(C)further the legitimacy of the Syrian opposition through cross-border programs;(D)develop civil society and an independent media in Syria;(E)promote economic development in Syria;(F)document, investigate, and prosecute human rights violations in Syria, including through transitional justice programs and support for nongovernmental organizations; and(G)counter extremist ideologies.(2)Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for the adequate monitoring, oversight, and control of such assistance inside Syria: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees of each significant instance in which assistance provided pursuant to the authority of this subsection has been compromised, to include the type and amount of assistance affected, a description of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation of the Department of State’s response.(3)Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to the authority of this subsection may only be made available after the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of relevant United States Government agencies, submits, in classified form if necessary, a comprehensive strategy to the appropriate congressional committees, which shall include a clear mission statement, achievable objectives and timelines, and a description of inter-agency and donor coordination and implementation of such strategy: * Provided*, That such strategy shall also include a description of oversight and vetting procedures to prevent the misuse of funds.(4)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.(j)West Bank and Gaza.—(1)Report on assistance.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance is to—(A)advance Middle East peace;(B)improve security in the region;(C)continue support for transparent and accountable government institutions;(D)promote a private sector economy; or(E)address urgent humanitarian needs.(2)Limitations.—(A)(i)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 judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.(ii)The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in paragraph

(A)resulting from the application of subparagraph (A)(i)(I) if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States, and submits a report to such Committees detailing how the waiver and the continuation of assistance would assist in furthering Middle East peace.(B)(i)The President may waive the provisions of 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 not, after the date of enactment of this Act, 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)Not less than 90 days after the President is unable to make the certification pursuant to subparagraph (i), 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 subparagraph

(i)of this paragraph or under previous provisions of law must expire before the waiver under the preceding sentence may be exercised.(iii)Any waiver pursuant to this paragraph 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.(k)Yemen.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Yemen may be made available for the Armed Forces of Yemen if such forces are controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. AFRICA7042.(a)Central African Republic.—Funds made available by this Act for assistance for the Central African Republic shall be made available for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against humanity.(b)Counterterrorism Programs.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $53,000,000 should be made available for the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership program, and not less than $24,000,000 should be made available for the Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program.(2)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund", $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to counter extremism in East Africa, in addition to such sums that may otherwise be made available for such purposes.(c)Crisis Response.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Global Health Programs" for HIV/AIDS activities may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the headings "Economic Support Fund" and "Transition Initiatives" to respond to unanticipated crises in Africa, except that funds shall not be transferred unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that no individual currently on anti-retroviral therapy supported by such funds shall be negatively impacted by the transfer of such funds: * Provided*, That the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.(d)Ethiopia.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for Ethiopian military and police forces shall not be made available unless the Secretary of State—(A)certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Ethiopia is implementing policies to—(i)protect judicial independence; freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion; the right of political opposition parties, civil society organizations, and journalists to operate without harassment or interference; and due process of law; and(ii)permit access to human rights and humanitarian organizations to the Somali region of Ethiopia; and(B)submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the types and amounts of United States training and equipment proposed to be provided to the Ethiopian military and police including steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to military or police personnel or units that have violated human rights, and steps taken by the Government of Ethiopia to investigate and prosecute members of the Ethiopian military and police who have been credibly alleged to have violated such rights.(2)The restriction in paragraph

(1)shall not apply to IMET assistance, assistance to Ethiopian military efforts in support of international peacekeeping operations, countering regional terrorism, border security, and for assistance to the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College.(3)Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Development Assistance" and "Economic Support Fund" that are available for assistance in the lower Omo and Gambella regions of Ethiopia shall—(A)not be used to support activities that directly or indirectly involve forced evictions;(B)support initiatives of local communities to improve their livelihoods; and(C)be subject to prior consultation with affected populations.(4)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to oppose financing for any activities that directly or indirectly involve forced evictions in Ethiopia.(e)Expanded International Military Education and Training.—(1)Funds appropriated under the heading "International Military Education and Training"

(IMET)in this Act that are made available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Somalia, and Zimbabwe may be made available only for training related to international peacekeeping operations and expanded IMET: * Provided*, That the limitation included in this paragraph shall not apply to courses that support training in maritime security.(2)None of the funds appropriated under the heading "International Military Education and Training" in this Act may be made available for assistance for Equatorial Guinea or the Central African Republic.(f)Lord’s Resistance Army.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for programs and activities in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army

(LRA)consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 111-172), 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.(g)Programs in Africa.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Global Health Programs", "Complex Crises Fund", and "Economic Support Fund", not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for a pilot program to address health and development challenges in Africa and promote increased economic opportunities with the United States.(2)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for a pilot program to address security challenges in Africa.(3)Funds made available under paragraphs

(1)and

(2)shall be programmed in a manner that leverages a United States Government-wide approach to addressing shared challenges and mutually beneficial opportunities, and shall be the responsibility of United States Chiefs of Mission in countries in Africa seeking enhanced partnerships with the United States in areas of trade, investment, development, health, and security.(h)Somalia.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" that are made available for assistance for Somalia should be used to promote dialogue and reconciliation between the central government and Somali regions, and should be provided in an impartial manner that is based on need and institutional capacity.(2)None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for lethal assistance for Somali security forces.(i)South Africa.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, and following consultation with the Government of South Africa, the Secretary of State shall submit a transition strategy to the appropriate congressional committees for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in South Africa, including projected trajectories for levels and types of United States assistance.(j)Sudan.—(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of Sudan.(2)None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agreements.(3)The limitations of paragraphs

(1)and

(2)shall not apply to—(A)humanitarian assistance;(B)assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, and Abyei; and(C)assistance to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues associated with the CPA, or any other internationally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan.(k)South Sudan.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for South Sudan, including to promote stability and reconciliation, prevent and respond to gender-based violence, promote women’s leadership, expand educational opportunities especially for girls, strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of law, and enhance the capacity of the Federal Legislative Assembly to conduct oversight over government processes, revenues, and expenditures.(2)Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for the central Government of South Sudan, 15 percent may not be obligated until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is—(A)implementing policies to support freedom of expression and association, establish democratic institutions including an independent judiciary, parliament, and security forces that are accountable to civilian authority; and(B)investigating and punishing members of security forces who have violated human rights.(3)The Secretary of State shall seek to obtain regular audits of the financial accounts of the Government of South Sudan to ensure transparency and accountability of funds, including revenues from the extraction of oil and gas, and the timely, public disclosure of such audits: * Provided*, That the Secretary should assist the Government of South Sudan in conducting such audits, and provide technical assistance to enhance the capacity of the National Auditor Chamber to carry out its responsibilities, and shall submit a report not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations detailing steps that will be taken by the Government of South Sudan, which are additional to those taken in the previous fiscal year, to improve resource management and ensure transparency and accountability of funds.(l)Trafficking in Conflict Minerals, Wildlife, and Other Contraband.—(1)None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" may be made available for assistance for Rwanda unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Rwanda is taking steps to cease political, military and/or financial support to armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including M23, that have violated human rights or are involved in the illegal exportation of minerals, wildlife, or other contraband out of the DRC.(2)The restriction in paragraph

(1)shall not apply to assistance to improve border controls to prevent the illegal exportation of minerals, wildlife, and other contraband out of the DRC by such groups, to protect humanitarian relief efforts, or to support the training and deployment of members of the Rwandan military in international peacekeeping operations, or to conduct operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army.(m)War Crimes in Africa.—(1)The Congress reaffirms its support for the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

(ICTR)and the Special Court for Sierra Leone

(SCSL)to bring to justice individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in a timely manner.(2)Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country in which individuals indicted by the ICTR and the SCSL are credibly alleged to be living, if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is cooperating with the ICTR and the SCSL, including the apprehension, surrender, and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: * Provided*, That this subsection shall not apply to assistance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title VI of this Act: * Provided further*, That the United States shall use its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council to fully support efforts by the ICTR and the SCSL to bring to justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely manner.(3)The prohibition in paragraph

(2)may be waived on a country-by-country basis if the President determines that doing so is in the national security interest of the United States: * Provided*, That prior to exercising such waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on—(A)the steps being taken to obtain the cooperation of the government in apprehending and surrendering the indictee in question to the court of jurisdiction;(B)a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing the indictee before such court; and(C)the justification for exercising the waiver authority.(n)Zimbabwe.—(1)22 U.S.C. 2151 noteThe 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 loans or grants to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to property, and freedom of speech and association.(2)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 makes the determination required in paragraph (1), and funds may be made available for macroeconomic growth assistance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such government is implementing transparent fiscal policies, including public disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural resources. EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC7043.(a)Asia Rebalancing.—(1)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an integrated, multi-year planning and budget strategy for a rebalancing of United States policy in Asia that links United States interests in the region with the necessary resources and personnel required for implementation, management and oversight of such strategy: * Provided*, That such strategy may be submitted in classified form if necessary.(2)Funds appropriated by title III of this Act that are designated for implementation of the strategy described in paragraph

(1)shall also support the advancement of democracy and human rights in Asia, including for democratic political parties, civil society, and groups and individuals seeking to advance transparency, accountability, and the rule of law: * Provided*, That such funds shall also be made available, through an open and competitive process, to nongovernmental networks and alliances that seek to promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Asia.(3)Funds appropriated by this Act that are designated for the implementation of the strategy described in paragraph

(1)should be matched, to the maximum extent practicable and as appropriate, by sources other than the United States Government.(b)Burma.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" may be made available for assistance for Burma notwithstanding any other provision of law: * Provided*, That no such funds shall be made available to any successor or affiliated organization of the State Peace and Development Council

(SPDC)controlled by former SPDC members that promote the repressive policies of the SPDC, or to any individual or organization credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights, including against Rohingyas and other minority Muslim groups: * Provided further*, That such funds may be made available for programs administered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID, for ethnic groups and civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire agreements and further prospects for reconciliation and peace, which may include support to representatives of ethnic armed groups for this purpose.(2)Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for Burma—(A)may not be made available for budget support for the Government of Burma;(B)shall be provided to strengthen civil society organizations in Burma, including as core support for such organizations;(C)shall be made available for community-based organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical, and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Migration and Refugee Assistance"; and(D)shall be made available for ethnic and religious reconciliation programs, including in ceasefire areas, as appropriate, and to address the Rohingya and Kachin crises.(3)(A)Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy for the promotion of democracy and human rights in Burma, which shall include support for civil society, former prisoners, monks, students, and democratic parliamentarians: * Provided*, That funds made available by this Act for assistance for Burma shall be made available for the implementation of such strategy: * Provided further*, That the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall be consulted on democracy and human rights programs for Burma administered by USAID.(B)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2014, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the status of election preparations in Burma, including an assessment of the ability of citizens to participate as voters and candidates and of political parties to freely contest elections.(4)The Department of State may continue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on human rights and disaster response, and following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.(5)Funds appropriated by this Act should only be made available for assistance for the central Government of Burma if such government has implemented Constitutional reforms, in consultation with Burma’s political opposition and ethnic groups, providing for inclusive, transparent, and fair participation in presidential and parliamentary elections in Burma, including as voters and candidates.(6)Any new program or activity in Burma initiated in fiscal year 2014 shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees.(c)Cambodia.—(1)Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for Cambodia, 10 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State submits to the Committees on Appropriations the financial assessment and comparative analysis report on Cambodia required under such heading in Senate Report 113-81.(2)None of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of Cambodia unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that—(A)such government is conducting and implementing, with the concurrence of the political opposition in Cambodia, an independent and credible investigation into irregularities associated with the July 28, 2013 parliamentary elections, and comprehensive reform of the National Election Committee; or(B)all parties that won parliamentary seats in such elections have agreed to join the National Assembly, and the National Assembly is conducting business in accordance with the Cambodian constitution.(3)The requirements of paragraph

(2)shall not apply to assistance for global health, food security, humanitarian demining programs, human rights training for the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, or to enhance maritime security capabilities, except that any such programs shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(4)Funds appropriated by this Act for a United States contribution to a Khmer Rouge tribunal should not be made available unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Cambodia has provided, or otherwise secured, funding for the national side of such tribunal.(5)The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States executive director to the World Bank to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2014, on the steps being taken by the World Bank to provide appropriate redress for the Boeung Kak Lake families who were harmed by the Land Management and Administration Project, as determined by the World Bank Inspection Panel, and as described in Senate Report 113-81: * Provided*, That such report shall also include steps taken by the executive director to postpone reengagement of World Bank programs in Cambodia until the requirements of paragraph

(2)are met.(d)North Korea.—(1)Of the funds made available under the heading "International Broadcasting Operations" in title I of this Act, not less than $8,938,000 shall made available for broadcasts into North Korea.(2)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Migration and Refugee Assistance" shall be made available for assistance for refugees from North Korea, including for protection activities in the People’s Republic of China.(3)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)People’s Republic of China.—(1)None of the funds appropriated under the heading "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" in this Act may be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the export of satellites of United States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed action.(2)The terms and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the People’s Liberation Army

(PLA)of the People’s Republic of China, to include such projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: * Provided*, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA.(3)Funds appropriated by this Act for public diplomacy under title I and for assistance under titles III and IV shall be made available to counter the strategic influence of the People’s Republic of China: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State shall consult with other relevant United States Government agencies in the development of a coordinated diplomacy and assistance strategy that counters such influence: * Provided further*, That the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on such strategy prior to the initial obligation of funds for such purposes, and such strategy may be submitted to the Committees in classified form if necessary.(f)Tibet.—(1)The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to support financing in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are subject to effective monitoring.(2)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" shall be made available to nongovernmental organizations to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China.(g)Vietnam.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" shall be made available for remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be made available for assistance for the Government of Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes, and funds appropriated under the heading "Development Assistance" shall be made available for health/disability activities in areas sprayed with Agent Orange or otherwise contaminated with dioxin. SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA7044.(a)Afghanistan.—(1)Operations and reports.—(A)Funds appropriated under titles I and II of this Act that are available for the construction and renovation of United States Government facilities in Afghanistan may not be made available if the purpose is to accommodate Federal employee positions or to expand aviation facilities or assets above those notified by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Committees on Appropriations, or contractors in addition to those in place on the date of enactment of this Act: * Provided*, That the limitations in this paragraph shall not apply if funds are necessary to protect such facilities or the security, health, and welfare of United States personnel.(B)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" and "Operating Expenses" that are made available for operations in Afghanistan, 15 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the USAID Administrator, submits the report to the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on transition and security plans for the Department of State and USAID required under the heading "Sec. 7046" in House Report 113-185: * Provided*, That such report shall be updated every 6 months until September 30, 2015.(2)Assistance.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Economic Support Fund" and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" for assistance for Afghanistan—(A)may not be used to initiate any new program, project, or activity for which regular oversight by the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, is not possible, to include site visits;(B)shall only be made available for programs that the Government of Afghanistan

(GoA)or other Afghan entity is capable of sustaining, as appropriate and as determined by the Chief of Mission;(C)may be made available for independent election bodies;(D)may be made available for reconciliation programs and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration activities for former combatants who have renounced violence against the GoA, in accordance with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of Public Law 112-74;(E)should not be used to initiate new major infrastructure projects;(F)shall be prioritized for programs that promote women’s economic and political empowerment, strengthen and protect the rights of women and girls, and to implement the United States Embassy Kabul Gender Strategy;(G)shall be implemented in accordance with all applicable audit policies of the Department of State and USAID; and(H)may not be made available to any individual or organization that the Secretary of State determines to be involved in corrupt practices, including with respect to Kabul Bank.(3)Certification requirement.—(A)Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Economic Support Fund" and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" for assistance for the central Government of Afghanistan may not be obligated unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that—(i)credible elections in Afghanistan have taken place, and a peaceful transfer of power has occurred;(ii)the GoA—(I)has agreed to a Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States Government that further defines the security partnership, including support for counterterrorism operations; and(II)is cooperating with the United States concerning the release of prisoners that the United States Government, the International Security Assistance Force, or the Afghan National Security Forces believe pose a threat to the United States, Afghanistan, and the region;(iii)the GoA is taking credible steps to protect and advance the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan;(iv)the necessary policies and procedures are in place to ensure GoA compliance with section 7013 of this Act; and(v)the GoA is making credible efforts to reduce corruption and recover Kabul Bank stolen assets.(B)The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, may waive the requirements of subparagraph

(A)if to do so is important to the national security interests of the United States: * Provided*, That if the Secretary of State, after such consultation, exercises the authority of this subparagraph the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on the justification for the waiver and the requirements of subparagraph

(A)that cannot be certified.(4)Rule of law programs.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for rule of law programs: * Provided*, That decisions on the uses of such funds shall be the responsibility of the Coordinating Director, in consultation with other appropriate United States Government officials in Afghanistan, and such Director shall be consulted on the uses of all funds appropriated by this Act for rule of law programs in Afghanistan.(5)Funding reduction.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are available for assistance for the GoA shall be reduced by $5 for every $1 that the GoA imposes in taxes, duties, penalties, or other fees on the transport of property of the United States Government (including the United States Armed Forces), entering or leaving Afghanistan.(6)Base rights.—None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the United States Government to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement between the United States and Afghanistan.(7)Extension of authority.—Funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.(8)Afghanistan regional transition.—Of the funds made available by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan, up to $150,000,000 may be made available for programs in Central and South Asia relating to a transition in Afghanistan, including expanding Afghanistan linkages with the region: * Provided*, That such funds shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Department of State, and the coordinator designated pursuant to section 601 of the Support for Eastern European Democracy

(SEED)Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511): * Provided further*, That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(9)Contributing authority.—Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan.(b)Bangladesh.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Development Assistance" that are available for assistance for Bangladesh shall be made available for programs to improve labor conditions by strengthening the capacity of independent workers’ organizations in Bangladesh’s readymade garment, shrimp, and fish export sectors.(c)Nepal.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" may be made available for assistance for Nepal only if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations of human rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal army is cooperating fully with civilian judicial authorities, including providing investigators access to witnesses, documents, and other information.(2)The conditions in paragraph

(1)shall not apply to assistance for humanitarian relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal, or for training to participate in international peacekeeping missions.(d)Pakistan.—(1)Certification.—(A)None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the headings "Economic Support Fund", "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", and "Foreign Military Financing Program" for assistance for the Government of Pakistan may be made available unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Pakistan is—(i)cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and other domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking steps to end support for such groups and prevent them from basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border attacks into neighboring countries;(ii)not supporting terrorist activities against United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial processes in Pakistan;(iii)dismantling improvised explosive device

(IED)networks and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs;(iv)preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related material and expertise;(v)issuing visas in a timely manner for United States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts, assistance programs, and Department of State operations in Pakistan; and(vi)providing humanitarian organizations access to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict.(B)The Secretary of State may waive the requirements of subparagraph

(A)if to do so is important to the national security interests of the United States: * Provided*, That if the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, exercises the authority of this subparagraph the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on the justification for the waiver and the requirements of subparagraph

(A)that the Government of Pakistan has not met: * Provided further*, That such report may be submitted in classified form if necessary.(2)Assistance.—(A)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" for assistance for Pakistan may be made available only to support counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan, and are subject to section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.(B)Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Economic Support Fund" and "Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs" that are available for assistance for Pakistan shall be made available to interdict precursor materials from Pakistan to Afghanistan that are used to manufacture IEDs, including calcium ammonium nitrate; to support programs to train border and customs officials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for agricultural extension programs that encourage alternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers.(C)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" that are made available for assistance for infrastructure projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a manner consistent with section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)).(D)Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV for assistance for Pakistan may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for this subsection.(E)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.(3)Reports.—(A)(i)The spend plan required by section 7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan shall include achievable and sustainable goals, benchmarks for measuring progress, and expected results regarding combating poverty and furthering development in Pakistan, countering extremism, and establishing conditions conducive to the rule of law and transparent and accountable governance: * Provided*, That such benchmarks may incorporate those required in title III of Public Law 111-73, as appropriate: * Provided further*, That not later than 6 months after submission of such spend plan, and each 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2015, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of achieving the goals and benchmarks in such plan.(ii)The Secretary of State should suspend assistance for the Government of Pakistan if any report required by paragraph (A)(i) indicates that Pakistan is failing to make measurable progress in meeting such goals or benchmarks.(B)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the costs and objectives associated with significant infrastructure projects supported by the United States in Pakistan, and an assessment of the extent to which such projects achieve such objectives.(e)Sri Lanka.—(1)None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" may be made available for assistance for Sri Lanka, no defense export license may be issued, and no military equipment or technology shall be sold or transferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the authorities contained in this Act or any other Act, unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka is meeting the conditions specified under such heading in Senate Report 113-81.(2)Paragraph

(1)shall not apply to assistance for humanitarian demining, disaster relief, and aerial and maritime surveillance.(3)If the Secretary makes the certification required in paragraph (1), funds appropriated under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" that are made available for assistance for Sri Lanka should be used to support the recruitment of Tamils into the Sri Lankan military in an inclusive and transparent manner, Tamil language training for Sinhalese military personnel, and human rights training for all military personnel.(4)Funds appropriated under the heading "International Military Education and Training"

(IMET)in this Act that are available for assistance for Sri Lanka, may be made available only for training related to international peacekeeping operations and expanded IMET: * Provided*, That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to maritime security.(5)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of the international financial institutions to vote against any loan, agreement, or other financial support for Sri Lanka except to meet basic human needs, unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka is meeting the conditions specified under such heading in Senate Report 113-81.(f)Regional Cross Border Programs.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" for assistance for Afghanistan and Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, for cross border stabilization and development programs between Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either country and the Central Asian countries. WESTERN HEMISPHERE7045.(a)Colombia.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act and made available to the Department of State for assistance for the Government of Colombia may be used to support a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and other criminal or illegal armed groups, and to take actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue operations: * Provided*, That the first through fifth provisos of paragraph (1), and paragraph

(3)of section 7045(a) of division I of Public Law 112-74 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2014 and shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance for Colombia as if included in this Act: * Provided further*, That 10 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Colombian national police for aerial drug eradication programs may not be used for the aerial spraying of chemical herbicides unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the herbicides do not pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans, including pregnant women and children, or the environment, including endemic species: * Provided further*, That any complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such aerial spraying shall be thoroughly investigated and evaluated, and fair compensation paid in a timely manner for meritorious claims: * Provided further*, That of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund", not less than $141,500,000 shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for alternative development/institution building and local governance programs in Colombia.(2)Limitation.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program", 25 percent may be obligated only in accordance with the procedures and conditions specified under section 7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).(b)Cuba.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund", up to $17,500,000 should be made available for programs and activities in Cuba.(2)None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" may be obligated by USAID for any new programs or activities in Cuba.(c)Guatemala.—(1)Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Guatemalan army only—(A)if the Secretary of State certifies that the Government of Guatemala is taking credible steps to implement the Reparations Plan for Damages Suffered by the Communities Affected by the Construction of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam (April 2010); and(B)in accordance with the procedures and requirements specified under section 7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).(2)None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "International Military Education and Training" and "Foreign Military Financing Program" may be expended for assistance for the Guatemalan Armed Forces until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Guatemala has resolved all cases involving Guatemalan children and American adoptive parents pending since December 31, 2007, or that such government is making significant progress toward meeting a specific timetable for resolving such cases.(d)Haiti.—(1)None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central Government of Haiti until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that—(A)Haiti is taking steps to hold free and fair parliamentary elections and to seat a new Haitian Parliament;(B)the Government of Haiti is respecting the independence of the judiciary; and(C)the Government of Haiti is combating corruption and improving governance, including passage of the anti-corruption law to enable prosecution of corrupt officials and implementing financial transparency and accountability requirements for government institutions.(2)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.(e)Honduras.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" and "Foreign Military Financing Program", 35 percent may not be made available for assistance for the Honduran military and police except in accordance with the procedures and requirements specified under section 7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).(2)The restriction in paragraph

(1)shall not apply to assistance to promote transparency, anti-corruption, border security, and the rule of law within the military and police.(f)Mexico.—(1)Prior to the obligation of 15 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" and "Foreign Military Financing Program" that are available for assistance for the Mexican military and police, the Secretary of State shall report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Mexico is meeting the requirements specified under section 7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).(2)The restriction in paragraph

(1)shall not apply to assistance to promote transparency, anti-corruption, border security, and the rule of law within the military and police.(g)Aircraft Operations and Maintenance.—To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act should be paid for by the recipient country.(h)Trade Capacity.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Development Assistance" and "Economic Support Fund" should be made available for labor and environmental capacity building activities relating to free trade agreements with countries of Central America, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS7046.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. WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS7047.If the President determines that doing so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other violations of international humanitarian law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph

(2)thereof: * Provided,* That the determination required under this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section 552(c): * Provided further,* That funds made available pursuant to this section shall be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. UNITED NATIONS7048.(a)Transparency and Accountability.—(1)Of the funds appropriated under title I and under the heading "International Organizations and Programs" in title V of this Act that are available for contributions to the United Nations, any United Nations agency, or the Organization of American States, 15 percent may not be obligated for such organization or agency until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the organization or agency is—(A)posting on a publicly available Web site, consistent with privacy regulations and due process, regular financial and programmatic audits of such organization or agency, and providing the United States Government with necessary access to such financial and performance audits; and(B)implementing best practices for the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices for—(i)protection against retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosures;(ii)legal burdens of proof;(iii)statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;(iv)access to independent adjudicative bodies, including external arbitration; and(v)results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation.(2)The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in this subsection, on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important to the national interests of the United States.(b)Restrictions on United Nations Delegations and Organizations.—(1)None of the funds made available under title I of 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 commission is chaired or presided over by a country, the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism.(2)None of the funds made available under title I of this Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a contribution to any organization, agency, 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 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, or any other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.(3)The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national interest of the United States.(c)United Nations Human Rights Council.—Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to support the United Nations Human Rights Council only if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that participation in the Council is in the national interest of the United States: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than September 30, 2014, 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.(d)Report.—Not later than 45 days after 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 2014 under the headings "Contributions to International Organizations" and "International Organizations and Programs" 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.(e)United Nations Relief and Works Agency.—The reporting requirements regarding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency contained in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32, House Report 111-151), under the heading "Migration and Refugee Assistance" in title XI shall apply to funds made available by this Act under such heading.(f)United Nations Capital Master Plan.—None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for the design, renovation, or construction of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE7049.(a)Authority.—Funds made available by 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.(b)Notification.—Assistance provided under subsection

(a)shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO7050.None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES7051.None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of the United States Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single international conference occurring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance is important to the national interest: * Provided*, That for purposes of this section the term "international conference" shall mean a conference attended by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION7052.(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 and Consular 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, including for the transportation of active and standby Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment during a deployment: * Provided*, That the responsibility for policy decisions and justification for the use of such transfer authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this responsibility shall not be delegated.(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)The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 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 for the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of State may be credited to the Department’s Working Capital Fund and shall be available for expenses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft.(2)The requirement and authorities of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose of which is the transportation of personnel. PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS7053.The terms and conditions of section 7055 of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall apply to this Act: * Provided*, That the date "September 30, 2009" in subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be "September 30, 2013". LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS7054.(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—(1)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(2)such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such cluster munitions. PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA7055.No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not authorized before the date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: * Provided,* That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533. LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES7056.Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official residence expenses of the United States Agency for International Development during the current fiscal year. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)7057.(a)22 U.S.C. 3948 noteAuthority.—Up to $93,000,000 of the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 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.(b)Restrictions.—(1)The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year pursuant to the authority contained in subsection

(a)may not exceed 175.(2)The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection

(a)shall expire on September 30, 2015.(c)Conditions.—The authority of subsection

(a)should only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that are filled by personal services contractors or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated.(d)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 such individual’s responsibilities 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".(e)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, may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth in such section.(f)Disaster Surge Capacity.—Funds appropriated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 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.(g)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), 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), may be made available only for personal services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace.(h)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.(i)Senior Foreign Service Limited Appointments.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) of 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. GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES7058.(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: * Provided*, That of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family planning/reproductive health, including in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species.(b)Pandemic Response.—If the President determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that a pandemic virus is efficient and sustained, severe, and is spreading internationally, any funds made available under titles III and IV in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made available to combat such virus: * Provided*, That funds made available pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.(c)Global Fund.—(1)Of the funds appropriated by this Act that are available for a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that—(A)the Global Fund is maintaining and implementing a policy of transparency, including the authority of the Global Fund Office of the Inspector General

(OIG)to publish OIG reports on a public Web site;(B)the Global Fund is providing sufficient resources to maintain an independent OIG that—(i)reports directly to the Board of the Global Fund;(ii)maintains a mandate to conduct thorough investigations and programmatic audits, free from undue interference; and(iii)compiles regular, publicly published audits and investigations of financial, programmatic, and reporting aspects of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, and Local Fund Agents;(C)the Global Fund maintains an effective whistleblower policy to protect whistleblowers from retaliation, including confidential procedures for reporting possible misconduct or irregularities; and(D)the Global Fund is implementing the recommendations contained in the Consolidated Transformation Plan approved by the Board of the Global Fund on November 21, 2011.(2)The withholding required by this subsection shall not be in addition to funds that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2014 pursuant to the application of any other provision contained in this or any other Act. GENDER EQUALITY7059.(a)Gender Equality.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to promote gender equality in United States Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising the status, increasing the participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls worldwide.(b)Women’s Leadership.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 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.(c)Gender-Based Violence.—(1)(A)Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 should be made available to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in conflict and non-conflict settings.(B)Funds appropriated by 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 gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote the integration of women into the police and other security forces.(2)Department of State and USAID gender programs shall incorporate coordinated efforts to combat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, including child marriage, rape, female genital cutting and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict settings.(d)Women, Peace, and Security.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Development Assistance", "Economic Support Fund", and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" 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 equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. SECTOR ALLOCATIONS7060.(a)Basic and Higher Education.—(1)Basic education.—(A)Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for basic education.(B)The United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that programs supported with funds appropriated for basic education in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs are integrated, when appropriate, with health, agriculture, governance, and economic development activities to address the economic and social needs of the broader community.(C)Funds appropriated by title III of this Act for basic education may be made available for a contribution to multilateral partnerships that support education.(2)Higher education.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $225,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be to support such programs in Africa, including for partnerships between higher education institutions in Africa and the United States.(b)Development Grants Program.—Of the funds appropriated in title III of this Act, not less than $45,000,000 shall be made available for the Development Grants Program established pursuant to section 674 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110-161), primarily for unsolicited proposals for activities within all sectors, to support grants of not more than $2,000,000 to small nongovernmental organizations, universities, and other small entities: * Provided*, That funds made available under this subsection shall remain available until September 30, 2016, and are in addition to other funds available for such purposes.(c)Environment Programs.—(1)In general.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $1,153,500,000 should be made available for environment programs.(2)Clean energy.—The limitation in section 7081(b) of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2014 as if part of this Act: * Provided*, That the proviso contained in such section shall not apply.(3)Adaptation and mitigation.—Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for United States contributions to multilateral environmental funds to support adaptation and mitigation programs and activities.(4)Sustainable landscapes and biodiversity.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall be made available for sustainable landscapes programs and, in addition, not less than $212,500,000 shall be made available to protect biodiversity, and shall not be used to support or promote the expansion of industrial scale logging or any other industrial scale extractive activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical forest as of December 30, 2013: * Provided*, That funds made available for the Central African Regional Program for the Environment and other tropical forest programs in the Congo Basin for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shall be apportioned directly to the USFWS: * Provided further,* That funds made available for the Department of the Interior

(DOI)for programs in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve shall be apportioned directly to the DOI: * Provided further,* That such funds shall also support programs to protect great apes and other endangered species.(5)Wildlife poaching and trafficking.—(A)Not less than $45,000,000 of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act 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 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the national security interests of the United States.(6)Authority.—Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law except for the provisions of this subsection and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to support environment programs.(7)Extraction of natural resources.—(A)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 Public Law 110-246 and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and provide technical assistance to promote independent audit mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural resource management.(B)(i)The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the managements of the international financial institutions and post on the Department of the Treasury’s Web site that it is the policy of the United States to vote against any assistance by such institutions (including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and export of a natural resource if the government of the country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments as required by section 1504 of Public Law 111-203, and unless such government has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the sector in which assistance is being considered for—(I)accurately accounting for and public disclosure of payments to the host government by companies involved in the extraction and export of natural resources;(II)the independent auditing of accounts receiving such payments and public disclosure of the findings of such audits; and(III)public disclosure of such documents as Host Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemination or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is commercially proprietary or that would create competitive disadvantage.(ii)The requirements of clause

(i)shall not apply to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity of such government to meet the requirements of this subparagraph.(C)The Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution and the United States representatives to all forest-related multilateral financing mechanisms and processes that it is the policy of the United States to vote against any financing to support or promote the expansion of industrial scale logging or any other industrial scale extractive activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical forest as of December 30, 2013.(D)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution that it is the policy of the United States to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or policy of such institution to support the construction of any large hydroelectric dam (as defined in "Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making," World Commission on Dams (November 2000)).(8)Transfer of funds.—The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall transfer $50,000,000 of funds appropriated under the heading "Economic Support Fund" to funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Multilateral Assistance, International Financial Institutions" for additional payments to trust funds enumerated under such headings: * Provided*, That prior to exercising such transfer authority the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations.(9)22 U.S.C. 7909 noteContinuation of prior law.—Section 7081(g)(2) and

(4)of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2014 as if part of this Act.(d)Food Security and Agriculture Development.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $1,100,000,000 should be made available for food security and agriculture development programs, of which $32,000,000 shall be made available for the Feed the Future Collaborative Research Innovation Lab: * Provided*, That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law to address food shortages, and, if authorized, for a United States contribution to the endowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.(e)Microenterprise and Microfinance.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 should be made available for microenterprise and microfinance development programs for the poor, especially women.(f)Reconciliation Programs.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Economic Support Fund" and "Development Assistance", $26,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war: * Provided*, That the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds: * Provided further,* That to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched by sources other than the United States Government.(g)Trafficking in Persons.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Development Assistance", "Economic Support Fund", and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", not less than $44,000,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally.(h)Water and Sanitation.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $365,000,000 shall be made available for water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).(i)Notification Requirements.—Authorized deviations from funding levels contained in this section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. UZBEKISTAN7061.The terms and conditions of section 7076 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (division H of Public Law 111-8) shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act, except that the Secretary of State may waive the application of section 7076(a) for a period of not more than 6 months and every 6 months thereafter until September 30, 2015, if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the waiver is in the national security interest and necessary to obtain access to and from Afghanistan for the United States, and the waiver includes an assessment of progress, if any, by the Government of Uzbekistan in meeting the requirements in section 7076(a): * Provided*, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 12 months after enactment of this Act and 6 months thereafter, on all United States Government assistance provided to the Government of Uzbekistan and expenditures made in support of the Northern Distribution Network in Uzbekistan during the previous 12 months, including any credible information that such assistance or expenditures are being diverted for corrupt purposes: * Provided further*, That information provided in the assessment and report required by the previous provisos shall be unclassified but may be accompanied by a classified annex and such annex shall indicate the basis for such classification: * Provided further*, That for purposes of the application of section 7076(e) to this Act, the term "assistance" shall not include expanded international military education and training. REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS7062.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 United States Agency for International Development. UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND7063.(a)Contribution.—Of the funds made available under the heading "International Organizations and Programs" in this Act for fiscal year 2014, $35,000,000 shall be made available for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).(b)Availability of Funds.—Funds appropriated by this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the "Global Health Programs" account and shall be made available for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(c)Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.—None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic of China.(d)Conditions on Availability of Funds.—Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available unless—(1)UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with other sums; and(2)UNFPA does not fund abortions.(e)Report to Congress and Dollar-for-dollar Withholding of Funds.—(1)Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of funds that the UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the report is submitted for a country program in the People’s Republic of China.(2)If a report under paragraph

(1)indicates that the UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country program in the People’s Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then the amount of such funds the UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made available to the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION7064.(a)Whenever the President determines that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that account: * Provided,* That such funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation: * Provided further,* That designated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: * Provided further,* That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.(b)22 U.S.C. 2194 noteNotwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections

(a)through

(c)of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect until September 30, 2014. INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS7065.Funds appropriated under the headings "Development Assistance", "Economic Support Fund", and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" in this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities: * Provided*, That decisions regarding the uses of such funds shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Affairs, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate: * Provided further*, That the Assistant Secretary of State for DRL shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds. PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE7066.(a)None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract employee of the United States Government.(b)Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or other security forces in countries receiving assistance from funds appropriated by this Act. EXTRADITION7067.(a)None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds provided under the headings "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)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)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 interests of the United States. COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES7068.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 may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, and 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. INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION7069.(a)None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Global Health Programs", "Economic Support Fund", and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" shall be made available for assistance for a government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that 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 such 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.(b)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance and related programs for the countries identified in section 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European Democracy

(SEED)Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179) and section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511) and may be used to carry out the provisions of those Acts: * Provided*, That such assistance and related programs from funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Global Health Programs", "Economic Support Fund", and "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement" shall be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 601 of the Support for Eastern European Democracy

(SEED)Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511).(c)Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to—(1)activities to support democracy or assistance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of Public Law 104-201 or non-proliferation assistance;(2)any assistance provided by the Trade and Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);(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 Overseas Private Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);(5)any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; or(6)humanitarian assistance. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND7070.(a)The terms and conditions of sections 7086(b)

(1)and

(2)and 7090(a) of division F of Public Law 111-117 shall apply to this Act.(b)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 creditors.(c)The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, a description and estimate of IMF surcharges on outstanding and new loans for calendar years 2011, 2012, and 2013; the IMF’s internal use of funds derived from such surcharges; and details of the IMF’s internal budget for the calendar years 2011, 2012, and 2013.(d)The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to ensure that the IMF is implementing best practices for the protection of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices for—(1)protection against retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosures;(2)legal burdens of proof;(3)statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation;(4)access to independent adjudicative bodies, including external arbitration; and(5)results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation. SOVEREIGNTY OF THE POST-SOVIET STATES7071.(a)Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated under title III of this Act that are available for assistance for the central Government of the Russian Federation, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such assistance supports the national interests of the United States.(b)(1)Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance to the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) shall be made available to advance the signing and implementation of Association Agreements, trade agreements, and visa liberalization agreements with the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to external pressure not to enter into such agreements with the European Union.(2)Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on actions taken by the Government of the Russian Federation to apply pressure on Eastern Partnership countries to prevent their further integration with European institutions and harmonization with European legal norms; an assessment of whether the Government of the Russian Federation is violating its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization by erecting non-tariff barriers against imports of goods from these countries; and a description of actions taken or planned by the United States Government to ensure that the Eastern Partnership countries maintain full sovereignty in their foreign policy decisionmaking.(c)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing efforts by the Government of the Russian Federation to investigate and prosecute law enforcement and government personnel credibly alleged to be responsible for gross violations of human rights against Russian individuals affiliated with nongovernmental and civil society organizations, the private sector, social activism, opposition political parties, and the media.(d)Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for democracy and rule of law programs in countries of the former Soviet Union: * Provided*, That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a multi-year strategy, including cost estimates, objectives, and oversight mechanisms, for such programs on a country-by-country basis.(e)Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the support of the Government of the Russian Federation for the Government of Syria, including arms sales and the use of such arms against civilian populations, and for the Government of Iran, including support for nuclear research cooperation and sanctions relief.(f)The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a description of steps taken by the United States Government to assist in the restoration of the territorial integrity of Georgia. PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL7072.None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for first-class travel by employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN AWARDS7073.(a)Convictions.—None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency has direct knowledge of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered, in accordance with its procedures, that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.(b)Unpaid Taxes.—None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency has direct knowledge of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered, in accordance with its procedures, that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.(c)Implementation.—The requirements of this section shall be implemented 180 days after enactment of this Act. ENTERPRISE FUNDS7074.(a)None of the funds made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified at least fifteen days in advance.(b)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 Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund.(c)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 Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. ARMS TRADE TREATY7075.None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. BUDGET DOCUMENTS7076.(a)Operating Plans.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or organization funded in titles I and II, and the Department of the Treasury and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, including the Inter-American Foundation and the 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 2014, that provides details of the use of such funds at the program, project, and activity level.(b)Spend Plans.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available by this Act under title III, and under title IV where applicable, for—(1)assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen;(2)the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, the Central American Regional Security Initiative, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership program, and the Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program; and(3)democracy programs, and food security and agriculture development programs.(c)Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available during fiscal year 2013 under the heading "Development Credit Authority".(d)Not later than 45 days after 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 headings "Department of the Treasury" in title III and "International Financial Institutions" in title V.(e)Notifications.—The spend plans referenced in subsections (b),

(c)and

(d)shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.(f)Congressional Budget Justifications.—The congressional budget justifications 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 2015. SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND7077.Not to exceed $100,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (Fund), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016: * 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. USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT7078.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 and policy. DISABILITY PROGRAMS7079.(a)Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" shall be made available for programs and activities administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to address the needs and protect and promote the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, including initiatives that focus on independent living, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, transportation, sports, and integration of individuals with disabilities, including for the cost of translation.(b)Of the funds made available by this section, up to 7 percent may be for USAID for management, oversight, and technical support. GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM7080.(a)Of the funds appropriated under titles I and III of this Act, not less than $50,500,000 shall be made available for programs to promote Internet freedom globally: * Provided*, That such programs shall be prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom of expression on the Internet, and that are important to the national interests of the United States: * Provided further*, That funds made available pursuant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources other than the United States Government, including from the private sector.(b)Funds made available pursuant to subsection

(a)shall be—(1)coordinated with other democracy, governance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act under the headings "International Broadcasting Operations", "Economic Support Fund", "Democracy Fund", and "Complex Crises Fund", and shall be incorporated into country assistance, democracy promotion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate;(2)made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for programs to implement the May 2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace and the comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran, as required by section 414 of Public Law 112-158;(3)made available to the Broadcasting Board of Governors

(BBG)to provide tools and techniques to access the Internet Web sites of BBG broadcasters that are censored, and to work with such broadcasters to promote and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital security techniques;(4)made available for programs that support the efforts of civil society to counter the development of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, including countering threats to Internet freedom at international organizations; to combat violence against bloggers and other users; and to enhance digital security training and capacity building for democracy activists; and(5)made available for research of key threats to Internet freedom; the continued development of technologies that provide or enhance access to the Internet, including circumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian governments; and maintenance of the United States Government’s technological advantage over such censorship techniques: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the BBG, shall coordinate any such research and development programs with other relevant United States Government departments and agencies in order to share information, technologies, and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness of such technologies.(c)After consultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the USAID Administrator, and the BBG Board Chairman 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. IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES7081.None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to provide—(1)any financial incentive to a business enterprise currently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number of employees of such business enterprise in the United States because United States production is being replaced by such enterprise outside the United States;(2)assistance for any program, project, or activity that contributes to the violation of internationally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any designated zone or area in that country: * Provided*, That the application of section 507(4)(D) and

(E)of such Act should be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture;(3)any assistance to an entity outside the United States if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the United States to other countries and adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; or(4)until September 30, 2014, for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to—(A)the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010;(B)the modification proposed by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in November 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; or(C)the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of the United States on December 12, 2013,when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation project the purpose of which is to:

(i)provide affordable electricity in International Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend countries; and

(ii)increase exports of goods and services from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United States. DEATH GRATUITY AND OTHER BENEFITS(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)7082.(a)Death Gratuity.—Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973) is amended—(1)in subsection

(a)by striking "at the time of death" and inserting "at level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, at the time of death, except that for employees compensated under local compensation plans established under section 408 the amount shall be equal to the greater of either one year’s salary at the time of death, or one year’s basic salary at the highest step of the highest grade on the local compensation plan from which the employee was being paid at the time of death";(2)by redesignating subsections

(b)and

(d)as subsections

(d)and

(e)respectively;(3)by inserting after subsection

(a)the following new subsection:(b)Other Executive Agencies.The head of an executive agency shall, pursuant to guidance issued under subsection (c), make a death gratuity payment authorized by this section to the survivors of any employee of that agency or of an individual in a special category serving in an uncompensated capacity for that agency, as identified in guidance issued under subsection (c), who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad while subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207.; and(4)by amending subsection

(c)to read as follows:Guidance.Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the heads of other relevant executive agencies, issue guidance with criteria for determining eligibility for, and order of payments to, survivors and beneficiaries of any employee or of an individual in a special category serving in an uncompensated capacity for that agency who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty while subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207..(b)Life Insurance and Educational Benefits.—(1)In general.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections:415.22 U.S.C. 3975GROUP LIFE INSURANCE SUPPLEMENT APPLICABLE TO THOSE KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS(a)Foreign Service Employees.(1)In general.Notwithstanding the amounts specified in chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, a Foreign Service employee who dies as a result of injuries sustained while on duty abroad because of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), shall be eligible for a payment from the United States in an amount that, when added to the amount of the employee’s employer-provided group life insurance policy coverage (if any), equals $400,000. In the case of an employee compensated under a local compensation plan established under section 408, the amount of such payment shall be determined by regulations implemented by the Secretary of State and shall be no greater than $400,000.(2)Designation of beneficiary.A payment made under paragraph

(1)shall be made in accordance with the guidance issued under section 413(c).(b)Other Executive Agencies.The head of an executive agency shall provide the additional payment authorized by this section, consistent with the provisions set forth in subsection (a), with respect to any employee of that agency or of an individual in a special category serving in an uncompensated capacity for that agency who dies as a result of injuries sustained while on duty abroad because of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), while subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207.416.22 U.S.C. 3976SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE(a)Foreign Service Employees.The Secretary shall, pursuant to guidance issued under section 413(c), provide educational assistance to a beneficiary of any United States national Foreign Service employee who dies while on duty abroad as a result of an act of terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), to meet, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred by the beneficiary in pursuing a program of education at an educational institution, including subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, and other educational costs.(b)Other Executive Agencies.The head of an executive agency shall, pursuant to guidance issued under section 413(c) provide educational assistance authorized by this section to a beneficiary of any employee of that agency who dies as a result of an act of terrorism or terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)), while on duty abroad and subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207.(c)Amount of Assistance.Educational assistance under this section may be made available up to the amounts provided for in section 3532 of title 38, United States Code, as adjusted by section 3564 of such title, and for an aggregate period not in excess of 48 months.(d)Program of Education and Educational Institution Defined.For purposes of this section, the terms "program of education" and "educational institution" have the meanings given the terms in section 3501 of title 38..(2)Clerical amendment.—The table of contents in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 414 the following new items:Sec. 415. Group life insurance supplement applicable to those killed in terrorist attacks.Sec. 416. Survivors’ and dependents’ educational assistance..(c)22 U.S.C. 3973 noteApplicability.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sections 413, 415, and 416 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended or added by this section, shall apply in the case of a Foreign Service employee or executive branch employee subject to the authority of the chief of mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 3927), serving at a United States diplomatic or consular mission abroad, who died on or after April 18, 1983, as a result of injuries sustained in an act of terrorism, as defined in section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)).(d)22 U.S.C. 2680 noteFunding.—(1)Diplomatic and consular programs funds.—Amounts made available to the Department of State pursuant to the sixth proviso under the heading "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" in title I of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 110-161) are authorized to be used by the Department of State to pay benefits or payments made available pursuant to this Act.(2)Availability.—To pay benefits or payments made available pursuant to this Act, the Secretary of State may merge with the amounts described in paragraph

(1)unobligated balances of funds appropriated under the "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" heading for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, up until the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated or otherwise made available.(3)Rescission.—Of the unexpended balances available under the heading "Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation" from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $23,000,000 are rescinded. PREADOPTION VISITATION REQUIREMENT7083.Section 101(b)(1)(F)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)(i)) is amended by striking "at least twenty-five years of age, who personally saw and observed the child prior to or during the adoption proceedings;" and inserting "who is at least 25 years of age, at least 1 of whom personally saw and observed the child before or during the adoption proceedings;". # Title VIII OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF STATEADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For an additional amount for "Diplomatic and Consular Programs", $1,391,109,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which $900,274,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available until expended: * Provided*, That the Secretary of State may transfer up to $100,000,000 of the total funds made available under this heading to any other appropriation of any department or agency of the United States, upon the concurrence of the head of such department or agency, to support operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: * Provided further*, That any such transfer shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under subsections

(a)and

(b)of 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: * Provided further*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONSFor an additional amount for "Conflict Stabilization Operations", $8,500,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALFor an additional amount for "Office of Inspector General", $49,650,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, which shall be for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for reconstruction oversight: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMSFor an additional amount for "Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs", as authorized, $8,628,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCEFor an additional amount for "Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance", $275,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSCONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSFor an additional amount for "Contributions to International Organizations", $74,400,000: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. RELATED AGENCYBROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONSFor an additional amount for "International Broadcasting Operations", $4,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. RELATED PROGRAMSUNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACEFor an additional amount for "United States Institute of Peace", $6,016,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTFUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT OPERATING EXPENSESFor an additional amount for "Operating Expenses", $81,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALFor an additional amount for "Office of Inspector General", $10,038,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCEFUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCEFor an additional amount for "International Disaster Assistance", $924,172,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. TRANSITION INITIATIVESFor an additional amount for "Transition Initiatives", $9,423,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. COMPLEX CRISES FUNDFor an additional amount for "Complex Crises Fund", $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDFor an additional amount for "Economic Support Fund", $1,656,215,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. DEPARTMENT OF STATEMIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCEFor an additional amount for "Migration and Refugee Assistance", $1,284,355,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCEDEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENTFor an additional amount for "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", $344,390,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMSFor an additional amount for "Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs", $70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONSFor an additional amount for "Peacekeeping Operations", $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: * Provided further,* That of the funds available for obligation under this heading in this Act and in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, up to $194,000,000 may be used to pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia. FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENTFOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAMFor an additional amount for "Foreign Military Financing Program", $530,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. GENERAL PROVISIONSADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS8001.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for fiscal year 2014. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS8002.Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appropriations accounts in this Act shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts. TRANSFER AUTHORITY8003.(a)Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under the headings "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" and "Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance" may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such headings.(b)Funds appropriated by this title in 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" may be transferred to, and merged with—(1)funds appropriated by this title under such headings; and(2)funds appropriated by this title under the headings "International Disaster Assistance" and "Migration and Refugee Assistance".(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, of the funds appropriated by this title in this Act not to exceed $400,000,000 from funds appropriated under the heading "Economic Support Fund", not to exceed $10,000,000 from funds appropriated under the heading "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", and not to exceed $50,000,000 from funds appropriated under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading "Complex Crises Fund": * Provided*, That upon determination that all or part of the funds so transferred from such appropriations are not necessary for the purposes for which they were transferred, such amounts may be transferred back to such appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as originally appropriated.(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, not to exceed $25,000,000 from funds appropriated under the headings "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", "Peacekeeping Operations", and "Foreign Military Financing Program" by this title in this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made available under the heading "Global Security Contingency Fund": * Provided*, That not later than 15 days prior to making any such transfer, the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations on a country basis, including the implementation plan and timeline for each proposed use of such funds.(e)The transfer authority provided in subsections

(a)and

(b)may only be exercised to address unanticipated contingencies: * Provided*, That no such transfer shall exceed 15 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year by this title and no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer.(f)The transfer authority provided by this section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided*, That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available under any other provision of law, including section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be exercised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this title. RESCISSION OF FUNDS8004.Of the unobligated balances available from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" and designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, $427,296,000 are rescinded: * Provided*, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated for Worldwide Security Protection.This division may be cited as the "Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014". ### Division L TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 # Title I Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2014 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY SALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $107,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,652,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,900,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $10,271,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $12,676,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,530,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $26,378,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,020,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,714,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $1,386,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $10,778,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $15,695,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: * Provided*, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: * Provided further*, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: * Provided further*, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: * Provided further*, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: * Provided further*, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGYFor necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $14,765,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training: * Provided further*, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the powers and duties, functions, authorities and personnel of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration are hereby transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology in the Office of the Secretary: * Provided further*, That notwithstanding section 102 of title 49 and section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, there shall be an Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology within the Office of the Secretary, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, to lead such office: * Provided further*, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSFor capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $600,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region: * Provided further*, That projects eligible for funding provided under this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port infrastructure investments: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may use up to 35 percent of the funds made available under this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph: * Provided further*, That in distributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation modes: * Provided further*, That a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than $10,000,000 and not greater than $200,000,000: * Provided further*, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made available under this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State: * Provided further*, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing package: * Provided further*, That not less than 20 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be for projects located in rural areas: * Provided further*, That for projects located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: * Provided further*, That of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for funding under this heading: * Provided further,* That grants awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: * Provided further*, That projects conducted using funds provided under this heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select the grants and credit assistance awarded under this heading: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Maritime Administration, to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure Investments program. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITALFor necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and re-engineering business processes, $7,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2015. CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVESFor necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls and identity management, testing and assessment of information technology against business, security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced security controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber security workforce training tools, $4,455,000, to remain available through September 30, 2015. OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTSFor necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,551,000. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development, development activities, and making grants, to remain available until expended, $7,000,000: * Provided*, That of the unobligated balances made available by Public Law 111-117, $750,000 are hereby rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the unobligated balances made available by section 195 of Public Law 111-117, $2,000,000 are hereby rescinded. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDFor necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $178,000,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: * Provided*, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transportation: * Provided further*, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: * Provided further*, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: * Provided further*, That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees. MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAMFor the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: * 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 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000.In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $592,000. MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACHFor necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center outreach activities, $3,088,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation. PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $149,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That in determining between or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: * Provided further,* That basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: * Provided further*, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has negotiated with the community over a local cost share. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION101.None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.102.The Secretary or his designee may engage in activities with States and State legislators to consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities.103.Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United States Code, in addition to authority provided by section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109-59: * Provided*, That the Department shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance under the contract.104.The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for each meeting, and require the Credit Council to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATIONOPERATIONS (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by Public Law 108-176, $9,651,422,000, of which $6,495,208,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,311,790,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,204,777,000 shall be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $16,011,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed $762,462,000 shall be available for finance and management activities; not to exceed $59,782,000 shall be available for NextGen and operations planning activities; and not to exceed $296,600,000 shall be available for staff offices: * Provided*, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: * Provided further*, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: * Provided further,* That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: * Provided further,* That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108-176: * Provided further,* That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the Congress: * Provided further,* That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: * Provided further,* That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Congress: * Provided further,* That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: * Provided further*, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second career training program: * Provided further,* That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: * Provided further*, That there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: * Provided further,* That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $140,000,000 shall be for the contract tower program, of which $10,350,000 is for the contract tower cost share program: * Provided further,* That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,600,000,000, of which $450,250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014, and $2,149,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization of **national airspace systems**: * Provided further*, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2015 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING RESCISSION)For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $158,792,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and development: * Provided further*, That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this heading, $26,183,998 are rescinded. GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety programs, including those related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2014, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: * Provided further*, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of allowable project costs under paragraph

(2)for subgrants or paragraph

(3)of that section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction project: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than $106,600,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, not less than $29,500,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Research, and $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available and transferred to "Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses" to carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Program. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION110.None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2014.111.None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: * Provided*, That the prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.112.The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.113.Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation.114.None of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such premium pay.115.None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit card.116.The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.117.None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of Transportation.118.Subparagraph

(D)of section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking "benefit." and inserting "benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share capped at 20 percent.".119.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that is made available to the public, except data made available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator.119A.None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 8 political and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.119B.None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA provides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the report related to aeronautical navigation products described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).119C.None of the funds appropriated or limited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.119D.The Secretary shall

(1)evaluate and adjust existing helicopter routes above Los Angeles, and make adjustments to such routes if the adjustments would lessen impacts on residential areas and noise-sensitive landmarks;

(2)analyze whether helicopters could safely fly at higher altitudes in certain areas above Los Angeles County;

(3)develop and promote best practices for helicopter hovering and electronic news gathering;

(4)conduct outreach to helicopter pilots to inform them of voluntary policies and to increase awareness of noise sensitive areas and events;

(5)work with local stakeholders to develop a more comprehensive noise complaint system; and

(6)continue to participate in collaborative engagement between community representatives and helicopter operators: * Provided*, That not later than one year after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall begin a regulatory process related to the impact of helicopter use on the quality of life and safety of the people of Los Angeles County unless the Secretary can demonstrate significant progress in undertaking the actions required under the previous proviso.119E.(a)Section 44302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in paragraph

(f)by deleting "the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014" and inserting "September 30, 2014" in lieu thereof.(b)Section 44303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in paragraph

(b)by deleting "the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014" and inserting "September 30, 2014" in lieu thereof.(c)Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in paragraph

(a)by deleting "the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014" and inserting "September 30, 2014" in lieu thereof. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONLIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)Not to exceed $416,100,000, together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration for necessary expenses for administration and operation. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available by this Act and transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States Code. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)Funds available for the implementation or execution of programs of Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the provisions of Public Law 112-141 shall not exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2014: * Provided*, That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit instruments: * Provided further*, That such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: * Provided further*, That such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until expended. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION120.(a)23 U.S.C. 104 noteFor fiscal year 2014, the Secretary of Transportation shall—(1)not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways—(A)amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; and(B)amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;(2)not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts—(A)made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and(B)for which obligation limitation was provided in a previous fiscal year;(3)determine the proportion that—(A)the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of this subsection; bears to(B)the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs

(1)through

(11)of subsection

(b)and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of this subsection;(4)distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs

(1)and (2), for each of the programs (other than programs to which paragraph

(1)applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by multiplying—(A)the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by(B)the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for such fiscal year; and(5)distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs

(1)and

(2)and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the national highway performance program in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion that—(A)amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears to(B)the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.(b)Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.—The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations under or for—(1)section 125 of title 23, United States Code;(2)section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);(3)section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701);(4)subsections

(b)and

(j)of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);(5)subsections

(b)and

(c)of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198);(6)sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);(7)section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on June 8, 1998);(8)section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);(9)Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used;(10)section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2012, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);(11)section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made available for obligation; and(12)section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years).(c)Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year—(1)revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection

(a)if an amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and(2)redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.(d)Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation Research Programs.—(1)In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to contract authority for transportation research programs carried out under—(A)chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and(B)division E of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.(2)Exception.—Obligation authority made available under paragraph

(1)shall—(A)remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and(B)be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.(e)Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.—(1)In general.—Not later than 30 days after the date of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, United States Code) that—(A)are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and(B)the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.(2)Ratio.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph

(1)in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5).(3)Availability.—Funds distributed to each State under paragraph

(1)shall be available for any purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.121.Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: * Provided*, That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction programs.122.23 U.S.C. 313 noteNot less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements.123.(a)In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in the State of Texas that—(1)as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled;(2)is constructed with Federal assistance provided under title 23, United States Code; and(3)is in actual operation as of the date of enactment of this Act.(b)Exceptions.—(1)Number of toll lanes.—Subsection

(a)shall not apply to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the segment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as were in existence prior to that date.(2)High-occupancy vehicle lanes.—A high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be considered to be a nontoll lane for purposes of determining whether a highway will have fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of the toll, if—(A)high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless otherwise specified by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government entity, or public toll road or transit authority; or(B)each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was converted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local government entity, or public toll road or transit authority.124.None of the funds in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writing to the following committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: * Provided*, That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.125.Section 149(m) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking "that was previously eligible under this section" and replacing with "for which CMAQ funding was made available, obligated or expended in fiscal year 2012, and shall have no imposed time limitation". FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONMOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended: * Provided*, That funds available for implementation, execution or administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of $259,000,000 for "Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs" for fiscal year 2014, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016, is for the research and technology program, and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109-59, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016, is for information management: * Provided further*, That the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to Congress a report by March 28, 2014, on the agency’s ability to meet its requirement to conduct compliance reviews on mandatory carriers. NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)Of the unobligated contract authority provided in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) or other appropriation or authorization acts for the national motor carrier safety program, $13,000,000 shall be made available for the modernization and maintenance of border facilities and the total limitation of these obligations shall not exceed $13,000,000. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That funds available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 for "Motor Carrier Safety Grants"; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver’s license improvements program, $32,000,000 shall be available for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration information system management program, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program, and $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety data improvement program: * Provided further*, That, of the funds made available herein for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION130.Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of Public Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-28. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONOPERATIONS AND RESEARCHFor expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $134,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2015. OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $123,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2014, are in excess of $123,500,000, of which $118,500,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: * Provided further*, That within the $118,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015, and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: * Provided further,* That $5,000,000 of the total obligation limitation for operations and research in fiscal year 2014 shall be applied toward unobligated balances of contract authority provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-141, to remain available until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): * Provided*, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2014, are in excess of $561,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for "Highway Safety Programs" under 23 U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for "National Priority Safety Programs" under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,000,000 shall be for "High Visibility Enforcement Program" under section 2009 of Public Law 109-59, as amended by Public Law 112-141; $25,500,000 shall be for "Administrative Expenses" under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112-141: * Provided further*, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or structures: * Provided further*, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for "National Priority Safety Programs" under 23 U.S.C. 405 for "Impaired Driving Countermeasures" (as described in subsection

(d)of that section) shall be available for technical assistance to the States: * Provided further*, That with respect to the "Transfers" provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: * Provided further*, That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted under the previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION140.An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.141.The limitations on obligations for the programs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made available in previous public laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.142.None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATIONSAFETY AND OPERATIONSFor necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $184,500,000, of which $12,400,000 shall remain available until expended. RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTFor necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $35,250,000, to remain available until expended. RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAMThe Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, such authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: * Provided*, That, pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2014. OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATIONTo enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment of the Corporation’s seasonal cash flow requirements, for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110-432), $340,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That the amounts available under this paragraph shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: * Provided further*, That each such grant request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: * Provided further*, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, business plan, the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2014 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the comprehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock: * Provided further*, That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include annual information on the maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: * Provided further*, That the Corporation shall provide monthly performance reports in an electronic format which shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, and the reasons for such changes as well as progress against the milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement plan: * Provided further*, That the Corporation’s budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual reports, monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all supplemental reports or plans comply with requirements in Public Law 112-55: * Provided further*, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 50 percent off the normal peak fare: * Provided further*, That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a State and the State participates in the setting of fares. CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATIONTo enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital investments as authorized by section 101(c), 102, and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110-432), $1,050,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $199,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: * Provided*, That of the amounts made available under this heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: * Provided further*, That after an initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: * Provided further*, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $40,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation should the funds provided under the heading "Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation" be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal year 2014: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund the costs of project management and oversight of activities authorized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Public Law 110-432: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital project justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: * Provided further*, That except as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: * Provided further*, That none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2014 business plan: * Provided further*, That in addition to the project management oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of division B of Public Law 110-432, the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associated with implementing section 212 of division B of Public Law 110-432, including the amendments made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United States Code. NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL(RESCISSION)Of the funds made available for Next Generation High Speed Rail, as authorized by sections 1103 and 7201 of Public Law 105-178, $1,973,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided*, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM(RESCISSION)Of the funds made available for the Northeast Corridor Improvement Program, as authorized by Public Law 94-210, $4,419,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided*, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION150.Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States. For purposes of this section, the word "services" shall mean any service that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States.151.The Secretary of Transportation may receive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-United States Government sources to repair damages to or replace United States Government owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third-party liability for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program.152.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount to be determined by the Secretary.153.None of the funds provided to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: * Provided*, That the president of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: * Provided further*, That Amtrak shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations each quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to employees and amounts paid above the cap for each month within such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was granted: * Provided further*, That Amtrak shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 17, 2014, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 2013 and the two prior calendar years: * Provided further*, That such summary shall include the total number of employees that received waivers and the total overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees receiving waivers for each month for 2013 and for the two prior calendar years.154.Of the funds made available under Public Law 113-2 under the heading "Federal Railroad Administration, Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation", the second proviso is amended by deleting "or any other Act". FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSESFor necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, $105,933,000, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5326: * Provided*, That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit security under this heading: * Provided further*, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2015 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2015. TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112-141; and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That funds available for the implementation or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112-141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, shall not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2014. TRANSIT RESEARCHFor necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 5313, $43,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That $40,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $3,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAININGFor necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 5322(a),

(b)and (e), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That $3,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $2,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a),

(b)and (e). CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTSFor necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, $1,942,938,000, to remain available until expended. GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITYFor grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public Law 110-432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall approve grants for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: * Provided further*, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on those investments that will improve the safety of the system: * Provided further*, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110-432 (112 Stat. 4968). ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)160.The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation.161.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit Administration’s discretionary program appropriations headings for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2018, and other recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided.162.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2013, under any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for any such section.163.The Secretary may not enforce regulations related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit agency who during fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance with part 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception from said part.164.For purposes of applying the project justification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary may consider the costs and ridership of any connected project in an instance in which private parties are making significant financial contributions to the construction of the connected project; additionally, the Secretary may consider the significant financial contributions of private parties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal share of net capital project costs for the New Starts project.165.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project with a New Starts share greater than 60 percent.166.None of the funds in this Act may be available to advance in any way a new fixed guideway capital project towards a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas.167.Unobligated and recovered fiscal year 2010 through 2012 funds that were made available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5339 shall be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, as amended by Public Law 112-141, subject to the terms and conditions required under such section.168.New bus rapid transit projects recommended in the President’s budget submission to the Congress of the United States for funds appropriated under the heading "capital investment grants" in this Act shall be funded from $93,269,369 in unobligated amounts that were made available to carry out the discretionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 5309 in fiscal years 1999 through 2010: * Provided*, That all such projects shall remain subject to the Capital Investment Grants Program requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5309 for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity projects as applicable.169.Of the funds made available for the Formula Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 97-424, as amended, $63,465,775 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided*, That of the funds made available for the Formula Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 91-453, as amended, $795,307 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Formula Grants program as authorized by Public Law 95-599, as amended, $928,838 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the University Transportation Research program, as authorized by Public Law 91-453, as amended, and by Public Law 102-240, as amended, $595,619 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Job Access and Reverse Commute program, as authorized by Public Law 105-178, as amended, $15,704,469 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Capital Investment Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 105-178, as amended, $11,429,055 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Research, Training, and Human Resources program, as authorized by Public Law 95-599, as amended, $419,474 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Interstate Transfer Grants program, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4), $2,687,207 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, as authorized by section 14 of Public Law 96-184, as amended, and by Public Law 101-551, as amended, $523,107 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available for the Urban Discretionary Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 88-365, as amended, $679,314 are hereby permanently rescinded: * Provided further*, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONThe Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $31,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, and of which $15,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for the Asset Renewal Program. MARITIME ADMINISTRATIONMARITIME SECURITY PROGRAMFor necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain available until expended. OPERATIONS AND TRAININGFor necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $148,003,000, of which $11,300,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of training ships at State Maritime Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2015, for Student Incentive Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and of which $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the United State Merchant Marine Academy: * Provided,* That amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs: * Provided further,* That the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource Management of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: * Provided further,* That 50 percent of the funding made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, in consultation with the Superintendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a plan detailing by program or activity how such funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That the Administrator shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act detailing the current and future impacts of reductions in government impelled cargo on the U.S. Merchant Marine as a result of changes to cargo preference requirements included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the historical reductions in the P.L. 480 title II Food for Peace program, and the winding down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: * Provided further*, That the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, shall further develop a national sealift strategy that ensures the long-term viability of the U.S. Merchant Marine. SHIP DISPOSALFor necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended. MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $38,500,000, of which $35,000,000 shall remain available until expended: * 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, as amended: * Provided further*, That not to exceed $3,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for "Operations and Training", Maritime Administration. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION170.Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: * Provided*, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.171.None of the funds available or appropriated in this Act shall be used by the United States Department of Transportation or the United States Maritime Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such sales offers must be consistent with the solicitation and provide that the work will be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106-398. Nothing contained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority to award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONOPERATIONAL EXPENSES (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $21,654,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: * Provided*, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to "Pipeline Safety" in order to fund "Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities" as authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETYFor expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $45,000,000, of which $2,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: * Provided further*, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. PIPELINE SAFETY(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)(PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND)For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $119,087,000, of which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 2016; and of which $98,514,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $54,436,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund, as authorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): * Provided*, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for the One-Call state grant program. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2014 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5128(b)-(c): * Provided further*, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $85,605,000: * Provided*, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department: * Provided further*, That the funds made available under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code:

(1)unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and

(2)the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item

(1)of this proviso: * Provided further,* That:

(1)the Inspector General shall have the authority to audit and investigate the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA);

(2)in carrying out these audits and investigations the Inspector General shall have all the authorities described under section 6 of the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.);

(3)MWAA Board Members, employees, contractors, and subcontractors shall cooperate and comply with requests from the Inspector General, including providing testimony and other information;

(4)The Inspector General shall be permitted to observe closed executive sessions of the MWAA Board of Directors;

(5)MWAA shall pay the expenses of the Inspector General, including staff salaries and benefits and associated operating costs, which shall be credited to this appropriation and remain available until expended; and

(6)if MWAA fails to make funds available to the Inspector General within 30 days after a request for such funds is received, then the Inspector General shall notify the Secretary of Transportation, who shall not approve a grant for MWAA under section 47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, until such funding is made available for the Inspector General: * Provided further*, That hereafter funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office of Inspector General participates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this account for law enforcement activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain available until expended. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARDSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,000,000: * Provided*, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses under this heading: * Provided further*, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2014, to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more than $29,750,000. GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION180.During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).181.Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.182.None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: * Provided*, That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation.183.(a)No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.(b)Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.184.Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration’s "Federal-Aid Highways" account, the Federal Transit Administration’s "Technical Assistance and Training" account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s "Safety and Operations" account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.185.None of the funds in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement is announced by the department or its modal administrations from:(1)any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Administration including the emergency relief program;(2)the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administration;(3)any program of the Federal Railroad Administration;(4)any program of the Federal Transit Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs;(5)any program of the Maritime Administration; or(6)any funding provided under the headings "National Infrastructure Investments" in this Act: * Provided*, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any "quick release" of funds from the emergency relief program: * Provided further*, That no notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation.186.Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until expended.187.Amounts made available in this or any other Act that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available—(1)to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments; and(2)to pay contractors for services provided in recovering improper payments or contractor support in the implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: * Provided*, That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs

(1)and (2)—(A)shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation from which the improper payments were made, and shall be available for the purposes and period for which such appropriations are available: * Provided further*, That where specific project or accounting information associated with the improper payment or payments is not readily available, the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, which shall be available for the purposes and period associated with the account so credited; or(B)if no such appropriation remains available, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: * Provided further*, That prior to the transfer of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and reasons for such transfer: * Provided further*, That for purposes of this section, the term "improper payments" has the same meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107-300.188.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be provided solely to the Committees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided*, That the Secretary may provide notice to other congressional committees of the action of the Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days following the date on which the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.189.None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code.190.Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or administrations.191.The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.192.The unobligated balances of funds made available for section 1307(d)(1) of Public Law 109-59, as amended (23 U.S.C. 322 note; 119 Stat. 1217; 122 Stat. 1577), shall be made available to the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects as defined in section 24401(2)(A) of title 49, United States Code and to carry out sections 20158 and 26101(b) of title 49, United States Code: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall make available no less than $20,000,000 for corridor planning improvement grants as described in section 26101(b) of title 49, United States Code: * Provided further*, That such corridor planning improvement grants shall be available for passenger rail corridors that have not completed a tier 1 environmental impact statement within the last 10 years: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may retain a portion of the funds made available for planning activities to facilitate the preparation of a service development plan and related environmental impact statement for rail corridors located in multiple States.This title may be cited as the "Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2014". # Title II Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2014 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTMANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE OFFICESFor necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,500,000: * Provided*, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICESFor necessary salaries and expenses for administration, management and operations of offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $506,000,000, of which not to exceed $47,900,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $94,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $197,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Administration; not to exceed $53,700,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $53,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $16,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed $3,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed $4,300,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Management; and not to exceed $36,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: * Provided further*, That funds provided under this heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: * Provided further,* That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities that support the housing mission area: * Provided further,* That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the status of pending congressional reports: * Provided further,* That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports required by Congress electronically. PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSESPUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSINGFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, $205,000,000. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Development, $102,000,000. HOUSINGFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, $381,500,000, of which at least $8,000,000 shall be for the Office of Risk and Regulatory Affairs: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall ensure that an administrator of the Office of Manufactured Housing has been selected and begun such administration within 120 days of enactment of this Act: * Provided further,* That the funds made available under this heading shall be reduced by $50,000 for each day that the Department is in violation of the previous proviso and any such funds shall be rescinded. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCHFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Research, $22,000,000. FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITYFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,000,000. OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMESFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,000,000. PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSINGTENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCEFor activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) ("the Act" herein), not otherwise provided for, $15,177,218,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2013 (in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2013), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014: * Provided*, That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows:(1)$17,365,527,000 shall be available for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental vouchers: * Provided*, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2014 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing agency based on validated voucher management system

(VMS)leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: * Provided further*, That in determining calendar year 2014 funding allocations under this heading for public housing agencies, including agencies participating in the Moving To Work

(MTW)demonstration, the Secretary may take into account the anticipated impact of changes in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing agencies’ contract renewal needs: * Provided further*, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may be used to fund a total number of unit months under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of units under contract, except for public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work

(MTW)demonstration, which are instead governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph: * Provided further*, That except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method described above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2014: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may extend the notification period with the prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ calendar year 2014 allocations based on the excess amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2013 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the previous proviso throughout the calendar year to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations: * Provided further*, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available only:

(1)for adjustments in the allocations for public housing agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of the Act;

(2)for vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act;

(3)for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers; and

(4)for public housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso based on need, as determined by the Secretary;(2)$130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the authority as provided under this Act: * Provided*, That when a public housing development is submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted housing, subject only to the availability of funds: * Provided further*, That of the amounts made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result of

(1)the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment;

(2)the expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or

(3)the expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered by the Secretary: * Provided further*, That such tenant protection assistance made available under the previous proviso may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the enactment of this Act;(3)$1,500,000,000 shall be for administrative and other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, including fees associated with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other special purpose incremental vouchers: * Provided*, That no less than $1,485,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar year 2014 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276): * Provided further*, That if the amounts made available under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading from prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: * Provided further,* That all public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous proviso: * Provided further*, That amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, including related development activities;(4)$106,691,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative expenses: * Provided*, That administrative and other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph

(3)of this heading;(5)$75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance for use through a supported housing program administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: * Provided*, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this title, to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: * Provided further*, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such voucher assistance: * Provided further*, That assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and(6)The Secretary shall separately track all special purpose vouchers funded under this heading. HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading "Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing" and the heading "Project-Based Rental Assistance", for fiscal year 2014 and prior years may be used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: * Provided,* That any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be rescinded: * Provided further,* That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDFor the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the "Act") $1,875,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: * Provided*, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2014 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph

(2)of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time periods under such section: * Provided further*, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term "obligate" means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: * Provided further*, That up to $8,000,000 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assessment activities: * Provided further*, That of the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs including safety and security measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2014: * Provided further*, That of the total amount provided under this heading $45,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): * Provided further*, That of the total amount made available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be used for incentives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: * Provided further*, That the funding provided under the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that provide support to help public housing residents obtain employment and increase earnings: * Provided further*, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may set aside a portion of the funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to support the services element of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may allow PHAs to request exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a voluntary program for residents: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: * Provided further*, That from the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2014 to public housing agencies that are designated high performers. PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUNDFor 2014 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,400,000,000: * Provided,* That in determining public housing agencies’, including Moving to Work agencies’, calendar year 2014 funding allocations under this heading, the Secretary shall take into account the impact of changes to flat rents on public housing agencies’ formula income levels. CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVEFor competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $90,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That grant funds may be used for resident and community services, community development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable housing: * Provided further,* That the use of funds made available under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: * Provided further,* That grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: * Provided further*, That grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with input from residents and the community, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: * Provided further*, That grantees may include local governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: * Provided further,* That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public entity: * Provided further,* That of the amount provided, not less than $55,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing authorities: * Provided further,* That such grantees shall create partnerships with other local organizations including assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organizations: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: * Provided further*, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be provided to assist communities in developing comprehensive strategies for implementing this program or implementing other revitalization efforts in conjunction with community notice and input: * Provided further*, That the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the use of such competitive funds, including but not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, and performance metrics. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCYFor the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000: * Provided*, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assistance under different provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary. NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTSFor the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: * Provided*, That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component based on single-race census data and with the need component based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts: * Provided further*, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national or regional organizations representing Native American housing interests for providing training and technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA; and $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, oversight, and management of such Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: * Provided further*, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: * Provided further*, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: * Provided further*, That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,530,000: * Provided further,* That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTFor the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That of this amount, $300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance activities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Hawaii-based employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNTFor the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: * Provided further*, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $1,818,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided further*, That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative contract expenses including management processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee program. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNTFor the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) and for such costs for loans used for refinancing, $100,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: * Provided further*, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $18,868,000, to remain available until expended. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDSFor carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new contracts under each section, and if amounts provided under this heading pursuant to such section are insufficient to fund renewals for all such expiring contracts, then amounts made available under this heading for formula grants pursuant to section 854(c)(1) shall be used to provide the balance of such renewal funding before awarding funds for such formula grants: * Provided further*, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDFor assistance to units of State and local government, and to other entities, for economic and community development activities, and for other purposes, $3,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, unless otherwise specified: * Provided*, That of the total amount provided, $3,030,000,000 is for carrying out the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the "Act" herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): * Provided further*, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended for planning and management development and administration: * Provided further*, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange for any other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: * Provided further,* That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for grants for the Economic Development Initiative ("EDI") or Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): * Provided further*, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: * Provided further*, That $70,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and safety: * Provided further*, That of the amounts made available under the previous proviso, $10,000,000 shall be for grants for mold remediation and prevention that shall be awarded through one national competition to Native American tribes with the greatest need. EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES/RENEWAL COMMUNITIES(RESCISSION)Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading are hereby permanently rescinded. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNTFor the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308): * Provided*, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: * Provided further*, That additionally, the Secretary may collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection

(m)of such section 108, and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: * Provided further*, That the funds provided under this heading and any amounts from any such fees collected are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $150,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMFor the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided,* That notwithstanding the amount made available under this heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount: * Provided further,* That the requirements under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant to the "Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013", shall not apply to any project to which funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by the Final Rule titled "Home Investment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Updating Property Standards" which became effective on such date: * Provided further,* That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMFor the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: * Provided further*, That $35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity-building activities: * Provided further*, That $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building by national rural housing organizations with experience assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)For the emergency **solutions** grants program as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the **continuum of care** program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the **rural housing stability assistance** program as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, $2,105,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of care program shall remain available until expended: * Provided further,* That not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for such emergency solutions grants program: * Provided further*, That not less than $1,815,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for such continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance programs: * Provided further*, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national homeless data analysis project: * Provided further*, That all funds awarded for supportive services under the continuum of care program and the rural housing stability assistance program shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: * Provided further*, That for all match requirements applicable to funds made available under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such funds: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts funded under the **continuum of** care program if the program is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets appropriate program requirements, performance measures, and financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: * Provided further*, That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, social services, and employment programs for which homeless populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: * Provided further*, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 2014: * Provided further,* That with respect to funds provided under this heading for the continuum of care program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014, provision of permanent housing rental assistance may be administered by private nonprofit organizations: * Provided further,* That not later than 180 days after awarding fiscal year 2013 funds described in the previous proviso to private nonprofit organizations, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs a report that includes a review of the history of and need for the authority provided in the previous proviso, the number and geographic distribution of persons assisted under such actions, an analysis of the effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantages of the authority under the previous proviso and such other information as may be necessary to assess the ongoing need for such authority: * Provided further,* That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this Act. HOUSING PROGRAMSPROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCEFor activities and assistance for the provision of project-based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) ("the Act"), not otherwise provided for, $9,516,628,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2013 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2013), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014: * Provided*, That the amounts made available under this heading shall be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this paragraph: * Provided further*, That of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $265,000,000 shall be available for assistance agreements with performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): * Provided** further*, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may also use such amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667): * Provided further*, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading "Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing", or the heading "Housing Certificate Fund", may be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: * Provided further*, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to be available until expended: * Provided further*, That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under this heading. HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLYFor amendments to capital advance contracts for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services associated with the housing, $383,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2017: * Provided*, That of the amount provided under this heading, up to $72,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing projects: * Provided further*, That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 202 projects: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: * Provided further,* That upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to be available until September 30, 2017: * Provided further*, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized under this heading and, together with such funds, may be used by the Secretary for demonstration programs to test housing with services models for the elderly that demonstrate the potential to delay or avoid the need for nursing home care: * Provided further*, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading may be used for the current purposes authorized under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were originally appropriated. HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESFor amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $126,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2017: * Provided,* That amounts made available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 811 projects: * Provided further*, That, in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to be available until September 30, 2017: * Provided further*, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized under this heading: * Provided further*, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading may be used for the current purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated. HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCEFor contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $45,000,000, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: * Provided*, That grants made available from amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 120 days of enactment of this Act: * Provided further,* That funds shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; and for housing counselor training. RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCEFor amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended: * Provided*, That such amount, together with unobligated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections of law. RENT SUPPLEMENT(RESCISSION)Of the amounts recaptured from terminated contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) $3,500,000 are rescinded: * Provided*, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUNDFor necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $7,530,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,530,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: * Provided*, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: * Provided further*, That the amount made available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal year 2014 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $1,000,000 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation: * Provided further*, That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect fees from any program participant: * Provided further*, That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act: * Provided further*, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their services. FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATIONMUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNTNew commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided*, That during fiscal year 2014, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $20,000,000: * Provided further*, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. For administrative contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $127,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided further*, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2014, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNTNew commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided,* That during fiscal year 2014, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of **single family** real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATIONGUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNTNew commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided,* That $19,500,000 shall be available for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government National Mortgage Association: * Provided further,* That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments will and do exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2014, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: * Provided further,* That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCHRESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGYFor contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided,* That with respect to amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies for research projects: * Provided further,* That with respect to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: * Provided further,* That for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award decisions. FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITYFAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIESFor contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, $66,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which $40,100,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 561: * Provided,* That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training: * Provided further*, That no funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan: * Provided further*, That of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the creation and promotion of translated materials and other programs that support the assistance of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMESLEAD HAZARD REDUCTIONFor the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015: * Provided,* That up to $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: * Provided further,* That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: * Provided further*, That of the total amount made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs: * Provided further*, That each recipient of funds provided under the third proviso shall make a matching contribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: * Provided further*, That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability: * Provided further*, That amounts made available under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a program competition is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDFor the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide and program-specific information technology systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and program-specific information systems, and for program-related maintenance activities, $250,000,000, of which $205,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015, and of which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016 for Development, Modernization and Enhancement: * Provided*, That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: * Provided further*, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any other information technology purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: * Provided further*, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made available under this heading for Development, Modernization and Enhancement, including development and deployment of a Next Generation Management System and development and deployment of modernized Federal Housing Administration systems may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations and the Comptroller General of the United States a plan for expenditure that—(A) provides for all information technology investments:

(i)the cost and schedule baselines with explanations for each associated variance,

(ii)the status of functional and performance capabilities delivered or planned to be delivered, and

(iii)mitigation strategies to address identified risks;

(B)outlines activities to ensure strategic, consistent, and effective application of information technology management controls:

(i)enterprise architecture,

(ii)project management,

(iii)investment management, and

(iv)human capital management. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $125,000,000: * Provided*, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel issues within this office. TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVEFor necessary expenses of research, evaluation, and program metrics activities; program demonstrations; and technical assistance and capacity building, $40,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2016: * Provided*, That prior to obligation of technical assistance and capacity building funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this activity: * Provided further*, That with respect to amounts made available under this heading for research, evaluation and program metrics or program demonstrations, notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies for such projects: * Provided further*, That with respect to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project. GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)201.Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.202.None of the amounts made available under this Act may be used during fiscal year 2014 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.203.Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public Law 112-55 (125 Stat. 693-694) shall apply during fiscal year 2014 as if such sections were included in this title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall be applied by substituting "fiscal year 2014" for "fiscal year 2011" and "fiscal year 2012" each place such terms appear.204.Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).205.Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).206.Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to Congress.207.Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2014 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: * Provided*, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States Government.208.The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information to these Committees upon request.209.The President’s formal budget request for fiscal year 2015, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the identical account and sub-account structure provided under this Act.210.Paragraph (2)(B)(i) of section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended—(1)in the matter preceding subclause (I)—(A)by striking "Except as otherwise provided under this clause, each" and inserting "Each"; and(B)by inserting after "which shall" the following: "not be lower than 80 percent of the applicable fair market rental established under section 8(c) of this Act and which shall"; and(2)by striking the undesignated matter following subclause

(II)and inserting the following: "Public housing agencies must comply by June 1, 2014, with the requirement of this clause, except that if a new flat rental amount for a dwelling unit will increase a family’s existing rental payment by more than 35 percent, the new flat rental amount shall be phased in as necessary to ensure that the family’s existing rental payment does not increase by more than 35 percent annually. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to require establishment of rental amounts equal to 80 percent of the fair market rental in years when the fair market rental falls from the prior year.".211.A public housing agency or such other entity that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing board of such agency or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of directors or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory board of not less than six residents of public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or other administering entity on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly.212.Subparagraph

(A)of section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)(A)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", or a consortium of such entities or bodies as approved by the Secretary".213.No funds provided under this title may be used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).214.(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more multifamily housing project or projects to another multifamily housing project or projects.(b)Phased Transfers.—Transfers of project-based assistance under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).(c)The transfer authorized in subsection

(a)is subject to the following conditions:(1)Number and bedroom size of units.—(A)For occupied units in the transferring project: the number of low-income and very low-income units and the configuration (i.e. bedroom size) provided by the transferring project shall be no less than when transferred to the receiving project or projects and the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to the transferring project shall remain the same in the receiving project or projects.(B)For unoccupied units in the transferring project: the Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the project-based assistance budget authority.(2)The transferring project shall, as determined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically nonviable.(3)The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.(4)The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the transferring project and provide a certification of approval by all appropriate local governmental officials.(5)The tenants of the transferring project who remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving project are available for occupancy.(6)The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the best interest of the tenants.(7)If either the transferring project or the receiving project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects.(8)If the transferring project meets the requirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for the project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than the existing use restrictions.(9)The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any such increased cost.(d)For purposes of this section—(1)the terms "low-income" and "very low-income" shall have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations governing the program under which the project is insured or assisted;(2)the term "multifamily housing project" means housing that meets one of the following conditions—(A)housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act;(B)housing that has project-based assistance attached to the structure including projects undergoing mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act;(C)housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;(D)housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;(E)housing that is assisted under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or(F)housing or vacant land that is subject to a use agreement;(3)the term "project-based assistance" means—(A)assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937;(B)assistance for housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately before October 1, 1983);(C)rent supplement payments under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;(D)interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act;(E)assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and(F)assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;(4)the term "receiving project or projects" means the multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions are to be transferred;(5)the term "transferring project" means the multifamily housing project which is transferring some or all of the project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project or projects; and(6)the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.(e)Public Notice and Research Report.—(1)The Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register the terms and conditions, including criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to this section no later than 30 days before the effective date of such notice.(2)The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, including the effect of such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected properties.215.(a)No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who—(1)is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));(2)is under 24 years of age;(3)is not a veteran;(4)is unmarried;(5)does not have a dependent child;(6)is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and(7)is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).(b)For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any other required fees and charges) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with dependent children.216.The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the heading "Native American Housing Block Grants" in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005.217.Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until September 30, 2014, insure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such section 255.218.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2014, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of

(1)the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal, State, and local resources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 ("MAHRAA") and

(2)environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any multifamily property described under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.219.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) after December 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered paragraph at the end of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, which may be a private nonprofit organization described in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000.220.(a)Inspections.—Section 8(o)(8) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)) is amended—(1)by redesignating subparagraph

(E)as subparagraph (G); and(2)by striking subparagraph

(D)and inserting the following new subparagraphs:(D)Biennial inspections.(i)Requirement.Each public housing agency providing assistance under this subsection (or other entity, as provided in paragraph (11)) shall, for each assisted dwelling unit, make inspections not less often than biennially during the term of the housing assistance payments contract for the unit to determine whether the unit is maintained in accordance with the requirements under subparagraph (A).(ii)Use of alternative inspection method.The requirements under clause

(i)may be complied with by use of inspections that qualify as an alternative inspection method pursuant to subparagraph (E).(iii)Records.The public housing agency (or other entity) shall retain the records of the inspection for a reasonable time, as determined by the Secretary, and shall make the records available upon request to the Secretary, the Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any auditor conducting an audit under section 5(h).(iv)Mixed-finance properties.The Secretary may adjust the frequency of inspections for mixed-finance properties assisted with vouchers under paragraph

(13)to facilitate the use of the alternative inspections in subparagraph (E).(E)Alternative inspection method.An inspection of a property shall qualify as an alternative inspection method for purposes of this subparagraph if—(i)the inspection was conducted pursuant to requirements under a Federal, State, or local housing program (including the Home investment partnership program under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act and the low-income housing tax credit program under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); and(ii)pursuant to such inspection, the property was determined to meet the standards or requirements regarding housing quality or safety applicable to properties assisted under such program, and, if a non-Federal standard or requirement was used, the public housing agency has certified to the Secretary that such standard or requirement provides the same (or greater) protection to occupants of dwelling units meeting such standard or requirement as would the housing quality standards under subparagraph (B).(F)Interim inspections.Upon notification to the public housing agency, by a family (on whose behalf tenant-based rental assistance is provided under this subsection) or by a government official, that the dwelling unit for which such assistance is provided does not comply with the housing quality standards under subparagraph (B), the public housing agency shall inspect the dwelling unit—(i)in the case of any condition that is life-threatening, within 24 hours after the agency’s receipt of such notification, unless waived by the Secretary in extraordinary circumstances; and(ii)in the case of any condition that is not life-threatening, within a reasonable time frame, as determined by the Secretary..(b)42 U.S.C. 1437f noteEffective Date.—The amendments in subsection

(a)shall take effect upon such date as the Secretary determines, in the Secretary’s sole discretion, through the Secretary’s publication of such date in the Federal Register, as part of regulations promulgated, or a notice issued, by the Secretary to implement such amendments.221.The commitment authority provided under the heading "Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account" may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance with the requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: * Provided*, That any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general local government in non-entitlement areas that received the commitment.222.Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating fund rule: * Provided*, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements.223.42 U.S.C. 1437g noteWith respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement and management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): * Provided*, That a public housing agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2).224.No official or employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control and has received training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the accounts "Executive Offices" and "Administrative Support Offices," as well as each account receiving appropriations for "Program Office Salaries and Expenses" within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.225.42 U.S.C. 1437f-1The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall report annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in the report identify all existing units maintained by region as section 8 project-based units and all project-based units that have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been eliminated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary shall identify in detail and by project all the efforts made by the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall include a review of the impact of the loss of any subsidized units in that housing marketplace, such as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized, low-income housing in areas with scarce housing resources for low-income families.226.42 U.S.C. 3545aThe Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability

(NOFA)for any program or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or through other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.227.Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation must be paid from individual program office personnel benefits and compensation funding. The annual budget submission for program office personnel benefit and compensation funding must include program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line item request.228.The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any office funded under the heading "Administrative Support Offices" to any other office funded under such heading: * Provided*, That no appropriation for any office funded under the heading "Administrative Support Offices" shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any account funded under the general heading "Program Office Salaries and Expenses" to any other account funded under such heading: * Provided further*, That no appropriation for any account funded under the general heading "Program Office Salaries and Expenses" shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses between any office funded under the heading "Administrative Support Offices" and any account funded under the general heading "Program Office Salaries and Expenses", but only with the prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.229.The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shall be considered a "program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development" under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income verifications and matching.230.(a)The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take the required actions under subsection

(b)when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assistance:(1)receives a Real Estate Assessment Center

(REAC)score of 30 or less; or(2)receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 and:(A)fails to certify in writing to HUD within 60 days that all deficiencies have been corrected; or(B)receives consecutive scores of less than 60 on REAC inspections.Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects with assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the united States housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).(b)The Secretary shall take the following required actions as authorized under subsection (a)—(1)The Secretary shall notify the owner and provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan within 60 days, with a specified timetable for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any contract administrator.(2)At the end of the term of the Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may require immediate replacement of project management with a management agent approved by the Secretary, and shall take one or more of the following actions, and provide additional notice of those actions to the owner and the parties specified above:(A)impose civil money penalties;(B)abate the section 8 contract, including partial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all deficiencies have been corrected;(C)pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by the Secretary under established procedures, which will be obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal is offered; or(D)seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies.(c)The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that the property is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of

(2)environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecutive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report shall include:(1)The enforcement actions being taken to address such conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have such conditions multiple times; and(2)Actions that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified properties.231.None of the funds made available by this Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2014.232.12 U.S.C. 1751z-1 noteTitle II of division K of Public Law 110-161 is amended by striking the item related to "Flexible Subsidy Fund".233.Paragraph

(1)of section 242(i) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-7(i)(1)) is amended by striking "July 31, 2011" and inserting "July 31, 2016".234.Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended—(1)in subsection (m)(1), by striking "fiscal year" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "fiscal year 2014."; and(2)in subsection (o), by striking "September" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "September 30, 2014.".235.Of the amounts made available for salaries and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with amounts made available in the "Information Technology Fund" account under this title.236.42 U.S.C. 5313aThe proviso under the "Community Development Fund" heading in Public Laws 109-148, 109-234, 110-252, and 110-329 which requires the Secretary to establish procedures to prevent duplication of benefits and to report to the Committees on Appropriations on all steps to prevent fraud and abuse is amended by striking "quarterly" and inserting "annually".237.None of the funds in this Act may be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.238.(a)Section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) is amended—(1)in paragraph (2), by designating the first sentence as subparagraph (A), the second sentence as subparagraph (B), and the remaining sentences as subparagraph (D), and by inserting after subparagraph

(B)the following new subparagraph (C):(C)The term extremely low-income families means very low-income families whose incomes do not exceed the higher of—(i)the poverty guidelines updated periodically by the Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act applicable to a family of the size involved (except that this clause shall not apply in the case of public housing agencies or projects located in Puerto Rico or any other territory or possession of the United States); or(ii)30 percent of the median family income for the area, as determined by the Secretary, with adjustments for smaller and larger families (except that the Secretary may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the median for the area on the basis of the Secretary’s findings that such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes).; and(b)Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(2)(A);(2)in subsection (b)(1); and(3)in subsection (c)(3), by striking "families whose incomes" and all that follows through "low family incomes" and inserting "extremely low-income families".239.The language under the heading Rental Assistance Demonstration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55) is amended in the penultimate proviso by striking "and 2013," and inserting "through December 31, 2014".240.None of the funds in this Act provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced by the Department or its offices.241.Section 202(f)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(f)(2)) is amended—(a)in paragraph (A)—(1)by striking the matter before clause

(i)and inserting the following: "The Secretary shall establish procedures to delegate the award, review and processing of projects, selected by the Secretary in a national competition, to a State or local housing agency that—"; and(2)in clause (iii), by striking "capital advance" and inserting "funding", and by replacing the comma with a semi-colon;(b)in subparagraph (B), by striking "capital advances" and inserting "funding under this section";(c)in subparagraph (C), by striking the first sentence;(d)by redesignating subparagraph

(D)as subparagraph (E), and in the redesignated subparagraph (E)—(1)by striking "a capital advance" and inserting "funding under this section"; and(2)by striking "capital advance amounts or project rental assistance" and inserting "funding under this section"; and(e)by inserting the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (C):(D)Assistance under subsection (c)(2) may be provided for projects which identify in the application for assistance a defined health and other supportive services program including sources of financing the services for eligible residents and memoranda of understanding with service provision agencies and organizations to provide such services for eligible residents at their request. Such supportive services plan and memoranda of understating shall—(i)identify the target populations to be served by the project;(ii)set forth methods for outreach and referral;(iii)identify the health and other supportive services to be provided; and(iv)identify the terms under which such services will be made available to residents of the project..242.Section 8(o)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(2)), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:(D)Utility allowance.(i)General.In determining the monthly assistance payment for a family under subparagraphs

(A)and (B), the amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities shall not exceed the appropriate utility allowance for the family unit size as determined by the public housing agency regardless of the size of the dwelling unit leased by the family.(ii)Exception for families in including persons with disabilities.Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), upon request by a family that includes a person with disabilities, the public housing agency shall approve a utility allowance that is higher than the applicable amount on the utility allowance schedule if a higher utility allowance is needed as a reasonable accommodation to make the program accessible to and usable by the family member with a disability..243.42 U.S.C. 1437a noteThe Secretary shall establish by notice such requirements as may be necessary to implement sections 210, 212, 220, 238, and 242 under this title and the notice shall take effect upon issuance: * Provided*, That the Secretary shall commence rulemaking based on the initial notice no later than the expiration of the 6-month period following issuance of the notice and the rulemaking shall allow for the opportunity for public comment.This title may be cited as the "Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2014". # Title III RELATED AGENCIES ACCESS BOARDSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $7,448,000: * Provided*, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and training expenses. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSIONSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, $24,669,000: * Provided*, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERALSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,499,000: * Provided*, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: * Provided further*, That the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: * Provided further*, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such selections, appointments, and employment within Amtrak: * Provided further*, That concurrent with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2015, the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 2015 in similar format and substance to those submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Government. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARDSALARIES AND EXPENSESFor necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), $103,027,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATIONPAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATIONFor payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $136,600,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program: * Provided*, That in addition, $67,500,000 shall be made available until expended to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, under the following terms and conditions:(1)The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation ("NRC") shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development

(HUD)(with match to be determined by the NRC based on affordability and the economic conditions of an area; a match also may be waived by the NRC based on the aforementioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided to approved counseling intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC which determines where there is a prevalence of mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, including any trends for mortgages that are likely to default and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may also be eligible where the State Housing Finance Agency meets all the requirements under this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling intermediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as determined by the NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements.(2)Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance shall only be made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will be provided such assistance that shall consist of activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result in the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant to such activity or another positive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made available under this paragraph may be provided directly to lenders or homeowners to discharge outstanding mortgage balances or for any other direct debt reduction payments.(3)The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situation, an evaluation of the current value of the property that is subject to the mortgage, counseling regarding the assumption of the mortgage by another non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third party, counseling and advice of all likely restructuring and refinancing strategies or the approval of a work-out strategy by all interested parties.(4)NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the total funds under this paragraph to its own charter members with expertise in foreclosure prevention counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC that the procedures for selection do not consist of any procedures or activities that could be construed as an unacceptable conflict of interest or have the appearance of impropriety.(5)HUD-approved counseling entities and State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph shall have demonstrated experience in successfully working with financial institutions as well as borrowers facing default, delinquency and foreclosure as well as documented counseling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful performance and positive outcomes with documented counseling plans (including post mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout agreements and loan modification agreements. NRC may use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in underserved areas.(6)Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to $3,000,000 may be made available to build the mortgage foreclosure and default mitigation counseling capacity of counseling intermediaries through NRC training courses with HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their partners, except that private financial institutions that participate in NRC training shall pay market rates for such training.(7)Of the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for associated administrative expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided under this section.(8)Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance grants may include a budget for outreach and advertising, and training, as determined by the NRC.(9)The NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee on its efforts to mitigate mortgage default. UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESSOPERATING EXPENSESFor necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $3,500,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended by striking "October 1, 2015" in section 209 and inserting "October 1, 2016". # Title IV GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

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