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The section also gives the Act's short title.","amount":null,"quote":"None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for operations in support of the Defense Department’s Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability with respect to the Gaza Strip."}]},{"category":"named_funding","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Title I, “EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HF95658F223CF4BE981AACBB77493B537"},"heading":"","effect":"Directs not less than $287,800,000 of the exchange programs appropriation to the Fulbright Program.","amount":"$287,800,000","quote":"of which not less than $287,800,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program"},{"cite":{"label":"Title I, “EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H0AF3214163294BB9871885EC0F9E7537"},"heading":"","effect":"Appropriates $945,210,000 for Foreign Service buildings, property upkeep, 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subsection (e) bars funds for moving the United States embassy in Israel to a location other than Jerusalem.","amount":null,"quote":"a project to construct a facility of the United States may include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7030","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H632B01DC5A084A61BFCE9417FA7618CE"},"heading":"","effect":"Subsection (b) allows funds to cover the costs of loan guarantees for six listed recipients and says those amounts are not counted as assistance under laws that limit assistance to a country.","amount":null,"quote":"amounts made available under this subsection for the costs of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7031","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H6B87894A56094C398B86F1A1438C56AB"},"heading":"","effect":"Subsection (d)(2) bars title III funds for mining-related activities until a certification about mining in the United States is made, and says this restriction does not apply to United States entities.","amount":null,"quote":"the restriction in this paragraph shall not apply to United States entities"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7035","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HE9A50A63185E46E4986272D3F97D10B0"},"heading":"","effect":"Paragraph (b)(5) makes section 514(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act not apply for fiscal year 2025 to defense articles set aside for reserve stockpiles in the State of Israel.","amount":null,"quote":"section 514(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)) shall not apply to defense articles to be set aside, earmarked, reserved, or intended for use as reserve stocks in stockpiles in the State of Israel"},{"cite":{"label":"Title IV, “INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H8A34A3FBA9754DC1BCD055EA7060FBD0"},"heading":"","effect":"Within the $1,566,183,000 account, it makes section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act inapplicable and lets Program Development and Support funds be used despite pre-obligation requirements in the Act, apart from the section 7015 notification requirements.","amount":null,"quote":"funds made available under this heading for Program Development and Support may be made available notwithstanding pre-obligation requirements contained in this Act, except for the notification requirements of section 7015"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7008","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H8CF3F0F7DD344F3DAE33787FD69D6627"},"heading":"","effect":"The prohibition on assistance after a coup does not apply to assistance for democratic elections, public participation in democratic processes, or a democratic transition, and the Secretary of State may waive it program by program.","amount":null,"quote":"the provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or public participation in democratic processes, or to support a democratic transition"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7009","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HBC299658C5C044E7A1A8E056AF8E5599"},"heading":"","effect":"Sets transfer authorities between named accounts, and exempts agreements between USAID and the Department of State from the notification requirement that applies to other inter-agency agreements over $1,000,000.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to agreements entered into between USAID and the Department of State"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7013","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HEB729484748A4A4EB972F3A60BC40BB9"},"heading":"","effect":"The withholding of funds equal to taxes assessed on U.S. assistance does not apply to de minimis foreign taxes, or to governments or entities that have a reimbursement arrangement or for which the Secretary of State reports foreign policy interests outweigh the section's purpose.","amount":null,"quote":"The provisions of this section shall not apply to any foreign government or entity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7015","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H76C2E608A1A244FA978E8677053C12CE"},"heading":"","effect":"Notification requirements may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, and do not apply to reprogramming under 10 percent of the amount justified; the section also lists named countries subject to regular notification.","amount":null,"quote":"may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7016","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HA5EB045CD1B94A35837239880E68763E"},"heading":"","effect":"The requirement to post reports publicly within 45 days does not apply to reports that the agency head determines would compromise national security or contain proprietary or privileged information, or that the accompanying report exempts.","amount":null,"quote":"the head of such agency determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations in the transmittal letter accompanying such report that—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7019","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HDBCF010026D247D4A954DBACF9E5CD5F"},"heading":"","effect":"The requirement to make funds available in the amounts in the report tables, and the 5 percent limit on deviation, do not apply to funds whose initial period of availability has expired or to amounts designated as minimum funding requirements.","amount":null,"quote":"Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— (1) funds for which the initial period of availability has expired; and (2) amounts designated by this Act as minimum funding requirements."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7025","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H6DAB3CB4A4C44862A93CD2C8D70AED88"},"heading":"","effect":"The ban on financing export production of surplus commodities does not apply to the Export-Import Bank if its Board finds U.S. benefits outweigh injury, nor to certain IDA-eligible countries or countries recovering from conflict or crisis.","amount":null,"quote":"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"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7026","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HD8BF8C07F5A74DEE9EED77EE77396C84"},"heading":"","effect":"Nonproject sector assistance funds may be exempted from the requirement to keep cash transfer funds in a separate account, and cash transfer funds may be used notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of law.","amount":null,"quote":"Nonproject sector assistance funds may be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7037","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H3D3A75BF778C4CA9BEB9855C0DA90152"},"heading":"","effect":"The limit on assistance supporting a Palestinian state can be waived by the President, and does not apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions.","amount":null,"quote":"The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing entity"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7048","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H4CDE331E45C5420A8CAD343B1E03E83A"},"heading":"","effect":"Among its limits on contributions to United Nations and other international organizations, it states that the requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act does not apply to funds in this Act; the Russian procurement limit also excepts health and safety-related activities.","amount":null,"quote":"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"}]},{"category":"rule_delay","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7029","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H295A28856E0F4B37A59A6E7A70FE62A0"},"heading":"","effect":"Subsection (k) bars use of funds under the heading \"Multilateral Assistance\" to implement Executive Order 14008 and a Department of the Treasury guidance memorandum on fossil fuel energy at the multilateral development banks.","amount":null,"quote":"may be used to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out Executive Order 14008 (relating to Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9010","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#H969742B293F94D69A8DC05465A7576BF"},"heading":"","effect":"Bars use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, or enforce any major rule as defined in the cited section of title 5, United States Code.","amount":null,"quote":"may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any major rule under subparagraph (A) of section 804(2) of title 5, United States Code"}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Title I, “CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HFC955957605546CB976632416362E1F2"},"heading":"","effect":"Allows the Secretary of State, by regulation, to authorize State officials or the United States Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for passport applications.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary of State may by regulation authorize State officials or the United States Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for each application for a passport"}]},{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7060","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh#HE885908F01AB44798249F2E517BA310D"},"heading":"","effect":"Sets minimum amounts from title III funds for education, conservation, food security and other areas, including not less than $922,000,000 for a fund named for a person, and $225,500,000 for sub-Saharan Africa water programs.","amount":"$922,000,000","quote":"not less than $922,000,000 shall be made available for the Nita M. Lowey Basic Education Fund"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-06-28","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8771/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8771.png","v":"894c399e7570","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8771, 118th Congress: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025. House: 212 Yea, 200 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 28 Jun 2024."}}