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RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 STATE 128420 
 
FOR FINANCIAL MANANGEMENT OFFICERS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ABUD AFIN AMGT KICA
SUBJECT: FY 2010 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND INITIAL DOS 
FINANCIAL OPERATING GUIDANCE 
 
REF: STATE 102239, STATE 111855 
 
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SUMMARY 
 
¶1.  This is the third cable providing fiscal year (FY) 2010 
Department of State financial operating guidance. This ALDAC 
specifically concerns the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2010 (H.R. 3288). 
 
¶2.  The Congress has passed, and the President is expected to 
sign into law, the Department of State, Foreign Opearations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 [H.R.3288]) prior to 
the expiration of the current Continuing Resolution (CR), 
which expires at midnight Friday, December 18, 2009.  End 
summary. 
 
FUNDING DETAILS 
 
¶3. Below are funding details for selected State Operations 
appropriations accounts for FY 2010. 
 
a. Diplomatic and Consular Programs (D&CP):  8.6 billion US 
Dollars (USD) (374.4 million USD of which is forward funding 
for FY 2010 from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 
[P.L. 111-32]), 358.6 million USD below the request.  This 
includes 5.5 billion USD in ongoing operations (25.0 million 
USD of which was provided as forward funding for FY 2010 in 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 [P.L. 111-32]), a 
decrease of  52.8 million USD from the President's request. 
Within the  8.6 billion USD for D&CP, 2.7 billion USD is 
provided for Human Resources; 2.8 billion USD is provided for 
Overseas Programs (including 361.0 million USD in forward 
funding for FY 2010 from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2009 [P.L. 111-32]); 892.0 million USD is provided for 
Diplomatic Policy and Support; and 2.2 billion USD is provided 
for Security Programs (of which 1.6 billion USD is for 
Worldwide Security Protection, including 13.4 million USD in 
forward funding from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 
[P.L. 111-32]).  Within these D&CP funding levels, Public 
Diplomacy is fully funded at 520.0 million USD.  Within the 
2.8 billion USD for Overseas Programs, Iraq operations are 
funded at 1.5 billion USD (336.0 million USD of which is 
forward funding from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 
[P.L. 111-32]), 257.4 million USD below the request; 
Afghanistan operations are funded at 485.6 million USD, fully 
funding the request; and Pakistan operations are funded at 
45.8 million USD, fully funding the request.  D&CP funds are 
two-year funds, expiring on September 30, 2011, except 
Worldwide Security Protection funds, which are available until 
expended. 
 
b. Capital Investment Fund: 139.0 million USD, 21.0 below the 
request level. 
 
c. Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance (ESCM):  1.8 
billion USD, fully funding the request when including the 90.9 
million USD forward funded in the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32).  This includes 876.9 million USD for 
ongoing operations and 938.2 million USD for Worldwide 
Security Upgrades (90.9 million USD of which was provided as 
forward funding for FY 2010 in the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009 [P.L. 111-32]).  Section 7004 (c) requires that the 
Department consult with the Appropriations Committees prior to 
any final decision to acquire property for diplomatic 
facilities in Kabul. 
 
d. Civilian Stabilization Initiative (CSI): 120.0 million USD 
for the State Department plus an additional 30.0 million USD 
in a separate CSI account for USAID, for a total funding level 
of 150.0 million USD for this activity, 173.3 million USD 
below the request. 
 
e. Educational and Cultural Exchange programs: 635.0 million 
USD, 1.8 million USD above the request.  The explanatory 
statement accompanying the bill indicates that the additional 
funds are for Special Academic Exchanges, the Pakistan 
Literacy Training program, and a one-time grant program. 
 
f. Representation Allowances: 8.175 million USD, funded at the 
request level.  This is approximately the same level received 
in FY 2008 and FY 2009. 
 
g. Contributions to International Organizations: 1.7 billion 
USD, 114.5 million USD below the request level.  This funding 
 
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level does not provide funding for synchronization efforts. 
 
h. Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities: 
2.1 billion USD, 135.0 million USD below the request.  In 
addition, up to 55.0 million USD from the Foreign Assistance 
Peacekeeping Operations account is available for assessed 
contributions for peacekeeping activities in Somalia.  The 
statutory cap on peacekeeping contributions is increased to 
27.3 percent for assessments received during calendar year 
2010 only. 
 
i. International Fisheries Commissions: 54.0 million USD, 
10.4 million USD above the request level, which includes 6.5 
million USD for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and 
authority to make payments to fulfill U.S. obligations under 
the Pacific Salmon Treaty. 
 
State Operations General Provisions of Note 
 
¶4. State Operations General Provisions of note in the bill 
include the following: 
-       Section 7002 requires a quarterly unobligated balances 
report-cumulative balances from this fiscal year or any 
previous fiscal year that remain unobligated and unexpended. 
-       Section 7004 (c) requires that the Department consult 
with the Appropriations Committees prior to any final decision 
to acquire property for diplomatic facilities in Kabul. 
-       Section 7006 authorizes the Department to award local 
guard contracts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan on the 
basis of best value as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff 
analysis.  The authority applies to any contracts awarded in 
FY 2010 and any options for renewal of those contracts. 
-       Section 7009 carries the customary transfer authority 
language for the Department of State. 
-       Section 7015 continues the reprogramming threshold at 1 
million USD, or 10 percent. 
-       Section 7019 requires the Department to notify the 
Appropriations Committees if it deviates from the allocations 
for six State Operations accounts in the funding tables 
included in the joint explanatory statement: 
--      Diplomatic & Consular Programs; 
--      Civilian Stabilization Initiative; 
--      Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs; 
--      International Fisheries Commissions; 
--      American Sections, International Commissions; and 
--      International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico. 
-       Section 7023 provides the customary waiver of statutory 
requirements for authorizations of appropriations. 
-       Section 7034 (l) provides that 411,687 USD from ECA 
unobligated balances shall be transferred to the permanent 
appropriation for Interparliamentary Exchanges and shall 
remain available until expended. 
-       Section 7034(n) extends the locality pay provision in 
the FY 2009 supplemental appropriations act to the funds 
appropriated for FY 2010. 
-       Section 7034(r) extends the provision allowing the 
Department to conduct a less formal investigation for 
incidents involving "serious injury, loss of life, or 
significant destruction of property" in Afghanistan or Iraq 
instead of convening an Accountability Review Board. 
-       Section 7034(s) calls on the Secretary to consider final 
court judgments against certain foreign diplomats who employ 
domestic workers in determining whether to suspend issuance of 
A-3 and G-5 visas, and notes that the Secretary should assist 
in the payment of such judgments and include such judgments in 
the annual Trafficking in Persons report. 
-       Section 7043 requires reports on Iran sanctions and 
efforts to curtail Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, and 
establishes a restriction (with waiver provisions) on Export- 
Import Bank support for projects controlled by energy 
companies that provide Iran with significant refined petroleum 
resources support its ability to import or produce petroleum. 
-       Section 7044 authorizes the use of aircraft procured 
with funding from the D&CP, INCLE, or Andean Counterdrug 
Programs accounts in any region for any program, including for 
the Civilian Response Corps, subject to regular congressional 
notification procedures, if the Secretary or Deputy Secretary 
determines that the equipment is no longer required to meet 
programmatic purposes in the designated country or region. 
Section 7044 provides that the appropriate Chief of Mission is 
to coordinate the use of State and USAID aircraft and 
authorizes the use of the aircraft transport Federal and non- 
Federal personnel subject to certain conditions. It also 
requires the Department to report by September 30, 2010 on the 
inventory of State and USAID aircraft, the contractors 
operating the aircraft, the cost of the contracts, and an 
analysis of the tradeoffs between the purchase and lease of 
aircraft. 
-       Section 7045(h) requires the Department to submit a 
 
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report on the feasibility of using passport cards for 
international travel by nationals of the United States, 
Canada, and Mexico at airports of entry between those 
countries. 
-       Section 7051 increases the statutory cap on CIPA 
peacekeeping contributions to 27.3percent for assessments 
received in calendar year 2010. 
-       Section 7052 requires the Department to submit reports 
on resolutions adopted in the UN Human Rights Council. 
-       Section 7053 prohibits the use of funds in the Act to 
pay for more than 50 US Government employees stationed in the 
US to attend a conference overseas unless the Secretary 
certifies that such attendance is in the national interest. 
-       Section 7054 prohibits the use of State operating funds 
to pay the expenses of a US delegation to any UN body chaired 
by a terrorist list state. 
-       Section 7066 requires that within 180 days of enactment 
of this act, the Secretary submit a report to the 
Appropriations Committees identifying assistance programs and 
other activities in each foreign country in FY 2008 and FY 
2009 by line item in the President's budget. 
-       Section 7068 prohibits any funding from Title I of this 
or any other appropriations act being used to duplicate the 
coordinating activities of the Senior Policy Operating Group 
on Trafficking in Persons. 
-       Section 7085(a) requires a report on prison conditions 
in countries that receive US foreign assistance and requires 
the Secretary to designate a Deputy Assistant Secretary in DRL 
to have primary responsibility for diplomatic efforts related 
to international prison conditions. 
-       Section 7091 requires a report on efforts to promote 
compliance with intellectual property rights for energy and 
environmental technologies during international climate change 
negotiations. 
-       The Act also includes the regular annual restrictions on 
funding for: publicity and propaganda (section 7057); 
supporting or justifying torture (section 7069); and promoting 
or seeking a reduction of foreign restrictions on tobacco 
products (section 7082). 
 
INITIAL OPERATING GUIDANCE 
 
¶5.  Like last year, although funds for D&CP are available for 
two years, these funds are intended for FY 2010 program needs. 
Bureaus and posts must obligate these funds in accordance with 
approved spending plans and congressional notifications, 
including the D&CP spend plan required within 45 days of 
enactment.  RM/BP is finalizing the D&CP spend plan, based 
largely on the FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification, as 
adjusted by the Omnibus, with the intent of releasing these 
funds expeditiously.  Subsequent revisions will be assessed at 
mid-year based upon emerging needs and bureau and post 
spending trends. 
 
¶6.  While the two-year availability mitigates pressure for 
fiscal 2010 year-end, use-or-lose spending of the funds, 
planned deferrals of FY 2010 funds into FY 2011 are subject to 
Department-level review and approval.  At the same time, the 
two-year availability provides some flexibility to address 
year-end spending issues.  As such, bureaus and posts must 
balance the need to execute funds effectively with standard 
controls on year-end spending. 
 
¶7.  Congress is expected to monitor the Department's execution 
of these funds, in particular the amount and purpose of any 
unobligated balances at the end of FY 2010 carried forward 
into FY 2011.  (Related to this and as noted in para 4, 
section 7002 requires quarterly reporting on unobligated and 
unexpended funds.) 
 
¶8.  Unobligated carryover balances and recoveries are subject 
to re-allotment in FY 2011 to bureaus and posts before they 
can be obligated.  They also may be subject to Departmental 
reprioritization and so may not be re-allotted in FY 2011 to 
the bureaus or posts to which they were originally allocated. 
The extent to which those funds are reflected in approved 
spending plans will be one factor considered in allocating 
those funds in FY 2011. 
 
RELATED ISSUES: 
 
¶9.  Related to this guidance are the following issues: 
 
¶A. Commercial service fees collected in FY 2010 will continue 
to be posted to and made available for obligation and 
execution from the two-year account 19-0/1-0113.8. 
 
¶B. D&CP funds for Worldwide Security Protection are available 
until expended, i.e., no-year, as they have been in the past - 
no change. 
 
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE 
 
¶11.  The Department's procurement executive provides the 
following reminder: all requisitions should be submitted to 
your contracting officer with the notation "subject to the 
availability of funds" appearing clearly, as is the usual 
practice.  Under no circumstances may a purchase order or 
contract award be authorized or made without sufficient funds 
being available at the time the obligation is incurred.  To do 
so could result in a violation of the Antideficiency Act. 
 
¶12. Minimize considered. 
CLINTON