IIB 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7608 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 30, 2020 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year end- ing September 30, 2021, 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 7608 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State, Foreign Oper- 2 ations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environ- 3 ment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appro- 4 priations Act, 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT. 6 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 7 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 8 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi- 9 sion. 10 SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT. 11 (a) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this 12 Act’’ contained in division A of this Act shall be treated 13 as a reference to House Report 116–444. The effect of 14 such Report shall be limited to division A and shall apply 15 for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro- 16 vided by, and the implementation of, division A. 17 (b) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this 18 Act’’ contained in division B of this Act shall be treated 19 as a reference to House Report 116–446. The effect of 20 such Report shall be limited to division B and shall apply 21 for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro- 22 vided by, and the implementation of, division B. 23 (c) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this 24 Act’’ contained in division C of this Act shall be treated 25 as a reference to House Report 116–448. The effect of 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 7608 RFS such Report shall be limited to division C and shall apply 1 for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro- 2 vided by, and the implementation of, division C. 3 (d) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this 4 Act’’ contained in division D of this Act shall be treated 5 as a reference to House Report 116–445. The effect of 6 such Report shall be limited to division D and shall apply 7 for purposes of determining the allocation of funds pro- 8 vided by, and the implementation of, division D. 9 SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 10 (a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con- 11 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 13 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or re- 14 scinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently 15 so designates all such amounts and transmits such des- 16 ignations to the Congress. 17 (b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con- 18 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 19 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 21 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the 22 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 23 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 7608 RFS DIVISION A—STATE, FOREIGN OPER- 1 ATIONS, AND RELATED OPERATIONS 2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 5 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro- 6 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and 7 for other purposes, namely: 8 TITLE I 9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 10 AGENCY 11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 12 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 13 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 14 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 15 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 16 $9,188,195,000 (reduced by $1,500,000) (reduced by 17 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 18 $5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 19 $1,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), of which 20 $763,845,000 may remain available until September 30, 21 2022, and of which up to $4,095,899,000 may remain 22 available until expended for Worldwide Security Protec- 23 tion: Provided, That of the amount made available under 24 this heading for Worldwide Security Protection, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 HR 7608 RFS $2,626,122,000 is designated by the Congress for Over- 1 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 3 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro- 4 vided further, That funds made available under this head- 5 ing shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs (1) 6 through (4) as follows: 7 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex- 8 penses for training, human resources management, 9 and salaries, including employment without regard 10 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 11 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au- 12 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor- 13 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 14 Stat. 11; Chapter 36), $2,999,725,000 (reduced by 15 $1,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), of which up 16 to $543,687,000 is for Worldwide Security Protec- 17 tion. 18 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex- 19 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 20 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 21 $1,840,143,000 (reduced by $500,000) (reduced by 22 $5,000,000). 23 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 24 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 HR 7608 RFS Department of State, including representation to 1 certain international organizations in which the 2 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati- 3 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen- 4 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra- 5 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation, and disar- 6 mament activities as authorized, $774,882,000 (in- 7 creased by $500,000): Provided, That none of the 8 funds made available pursuant to this paragraph 9 shall be available for the official travel of the Sec- 10 retary of State from the period of time between the 11 submission to Congress of the President’s fiscal year 12 2022 budget and the Secretary of State providing 13 written confirmation of a mutually agreed upon date 14 for the Secretary’s participation in a budget hearing 15 before the Committees on Appropriations. 16 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex- 17 penses for security activities, $3,573,445,000, of 18 which up to $3,552,212,000 is for Worldwide Secu- 19 rity Protection. 20 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad- 21 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 22 this heading— 23 (A) as authorized by section 810 of the 24 United States Information and Educational Ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 HR 7608 RFS change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re- 1 main available until expended, may be credited 2 to this appropriation from fees or other pay- 3 ments received from English teaching, library, 4 motion pictures, and publication programs and 5 from fees from educational advising and coun- 6 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 7 (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 8 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 9 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 10 (6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, 11 AND OTHER MATTERS.— 12 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 13 this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 14 and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 15 this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 16 (B) Of the amount made available under 17 this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 18 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 19 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer- 20 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv- 21 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu- 22 ations and rewards, as authorized. 23 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 24 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 HR 7608 RFS chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 1 by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 2 31, United States Code, for the field examina- 3 tion of programs and activities in the United 4 States funded from any account contained in 5 this title. 6 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 7 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 8 Fund, as authorized, $137,500,000 (reduced by 9 $25,000,000), to remain available until expended. 10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 12 General, $90,829,000, of which $13,624,000 may remain 13 available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds 14 appropriated under this heading are made available not- 15 withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act 16 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post in- 17 spections. 18 In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af- 19 ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 20 oversight, $54,900,000, to remain available until Sep- 21 tember 30, 2022, which is designated by the Congress for 22 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter- 23 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 HR 7608 RFS Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 1 that are made available for the printing and reproduction 2 costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts for such costs 3 during the prior fiscal year. 4 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 5 For necessary expenses of educational and cultural 6 exchange programs, as authorized, $741,700,000 (reduced 7 by $1,400,000), to remain available until expended, of 8 which not less than $277,000,000 shall be for the Ful- 9 bright Program and not less than $116,860,000 shall be 10 for Citizen Exchange Program: Provided, That fees or 11 other payments received from, or in connection with, 12 English teaching, educational advising and counseling pro- 13 grams, and exchange visitor programs as authorized may 14 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex- 15 pended: Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright 16 awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall 17 be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, fol- 18 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria- 19 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 20 this heading that are made available for the Benjamin Gil- 21 man International Scholarships Program shall also be 22 made available for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, 23 pursuant to section 7075 of the Department of State, For- 24 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 HR 7608 RFS Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided fur- 1 ther, That not less than $5,000,000 of the funds appro- 2 priated under this heading shall be made available for the 3 Global TechGirls Program in the manner specified under 4 this heading in the report accompanying this Act: Pro- 5 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 6 heading for the Fulbright Program, not less than 7 $5,000,000 shall be made available for the English Teach- 8 ing in Africa Program in the manner specified under this 9 heading in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 10 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 11 be made available for the Civil Society Exchange Program 12 following consultation with the Committees on Appropria- 13 tions: Provided further, That any substantive modifica- 14 tions from the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this 15 Act under this heading shall be subject to prior consulta- 16 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 17 Committees on Appropriations. 18 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 19 For representation expenses as authorized, 20 $7,415,000. 21 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to 23 enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608.RFS H7608 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 HR 7608 RFS protective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain 1 available until September 30, 2022. 2 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 4 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 5 preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 6 property that are owned or leased by the Department of 7 State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail- 8 able, the Harry S Truman Building, $769,800,000, to re- 9 main available until September 30, 2025, of which not to 10 exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 11 expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 12 appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acqui- 13 sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de- 14 partments and agencies of the United States Government. 15 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up- 16 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 17 $1,205,649,000, to remain available until September 30, 18 2025, of which $424,287,000 is designated by the Con- 19 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 20 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- 21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 31, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7608 [Text truncated for display. 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