Making appropriations for Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

IB Union Calendar No. 54 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2839 [Report No. 116–78] Making appropriations for Department of State, foreign operations, and re- lated programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 20, 2019 Mrs. LOWEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for Department of State, foreign op- erations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro- 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2839 RH grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 1 for other purposes, namely: 2 TITLE I 3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 4 AGENCY 5 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 6 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 7 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 8 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 9 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 10 $9,245,766,000, of which up to $772,480,000 may remain 11 available until September 30, 2021, and of which up to 12 $4,095,899,000 may remain available until expended for 13 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That of the 14 amount made available under this heading for Worldwide 15 Security Protection, $2,626,122,000 is designated by the 16 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 17 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 18 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 19 of 1985: Provide further, That designated funds made 20 available under this heading shall be allocated in accord- 21 ance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 22 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex- 23 penses for training, human resources management, 24 and salaries, including employment without regard 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2839 RH to civil service and classification laws of persons on 1 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au- 2 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor- 3 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 4 $2,900,417,000, of which up to $509,782,000 is for 5 Worldwide Security Protection. 6 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex- 7 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 8 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 9 $1,955,868,000. 10 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 11 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 12 Department of State, including representation to 13 certain international organizations in which the 14 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati- 15 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen- 16 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra- 17 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar- 18 mament activities as authorized, $780,057,000. 19 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex- 20 penses for security activities, $3,609,424,000, of 21 which up to $3,586,117,000 is for Worldwide Secu- 22 rity Protection. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2839 RH (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad- 1 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 2 this heading— 3 (A) as authorized by section 810 of the 4 United States Information and Educational Ex- 5 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re- 6 main available until expended, may be credited 7 to this appropriation from fees or other pay- 8 ments received from English teaching, library, 9 motion pictures, and publication programs and 10 from fees from educational advising and coun- 11 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 12 (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 13 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 14 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 15 (6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, 16 AND OTHER MATTERS.— 17 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 18 this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 19 and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 20 this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 21 (B) Of the amount made available under 22 this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 23 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 24 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2839 RH gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv- 1 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu- 2 ations and rewards, as authorized. 3 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 4 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur- 5 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 6 by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 7 31, United States Code, for the field examina- 8 tion of programs and activities in the United 9 States funded from any account contained in 10 this title. 11 (7) CLARIFICATION.—References to the ‘‘Diplo- 12 matic and Consular Programs’’ account in any pro- 13 vision of law shall in this fiscal year, and each fiscal 14 year thereafter, be construed to include the ‘‘Diplo- 15 matic Programs’’ account. 16 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 17 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 18 Fund, as authorized, $140,000,000, to remain available 19 until expended. 20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 22 General, $90,829,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 23 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 24 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections: Provided, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2839 RH That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 1 $13,624,000 may remain available until September 30, 2 2021. 3 In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af- 4 ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 5 oversight, $54,900,000, which is designated by the Con- 6 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 7 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 9 of which up to $8,235,000 may remain available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2021. 11 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 12 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 13 programs, as authorized, $730,000,000, to remain avail- 14 able until expended, of which not less than $272,000,000 15 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not less than 16 $111,961,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program: 17 Provided, That fees or other payments received from, or 18 in connection with, English teaching, educational advising 19 and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 20 as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain 21 available until expended: Provided further, That a portion 22 of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central 23 Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie 24 Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2839 RH on Appropriations: Provided further, That any substantive 1 modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs fund- 2 ed by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior 3 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 4 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 5 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 6 For representation expenses as authorized, 7 $7,212,000. 8 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 9 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 10 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 11 services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available 12 until September 30, 2021. 13 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 15 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 16 preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 17 property that are owned or leased by the Department of 18 State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail- 19 able, the Harry S Truman Building, $781,562,000, to re- 20 main available until September 30, 2024, of which not to 21 exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 22 expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 23 appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acqui- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2839 RH sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de- 1 partments and agencies of the United States Government. 2 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up- 3 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 4 $1,205,649,000, to remain available until expended, of 5 which $424,087,000 is designated by the Congress for 6 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter- 7 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 10 SERVICE 11 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 12 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo- 13 matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to 14 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 15 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 16 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 17 Loans Program Account’’. 18 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 19 For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as author- 20 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 21 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 22 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur- 23 ther, That such funds are available to subsidize gross obli- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2839 RH gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex- 1 ceed $5,563,619. 2 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 3 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela- 4 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 5 INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 6 COLUMBIA 7 Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees 8 collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 9 facilities at the International Center in accordance with 10 section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90– 11 553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 12 Act, $743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 13 by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 14 that section. 15 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 16 DISABILITY FUND 17 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 18 Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 19 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 20 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 22 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 23 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 24 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2839 RH tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,520,285,000, of 1 which $96,240,000 is designated by the Congress for 2 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter- 3 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 5 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time 6 of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 7 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 8 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 9 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 10 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 11 That any payment of arrearages under this heading shall 12 be directed to activities that are mutually agreed upon by 13 the United States and the respective international organi- 14 zation and shall be subject to the regular notification pro- 15 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 16 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 17 heading shall be available for a United States contribution 18 to an international organization for the United States 19 share of interest costs made known to the United States 20 Government by such organization for loans incurred on 21 or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2839 RH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 1 ACTIVITIES 2 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex- 3 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 4 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 5 security, $2,128,414,000, of which $988,656,000 is des- 6 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper- 7 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 8 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 9 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That of the funds 10 made available under this heading up to $1,159,620,000 11 may remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided 12 further, That none of the funds made available by this Act 13 shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded 14 United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 15 days in advance of voting for such mission in the United 16 Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in 17 advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropria- 18 tions are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration 19 of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national 20 interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) 21 the sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or 22 transfers, that will be [Text truncated for display. 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