; and $79,744,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided , That funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for the printing and reproduction costs of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) shall not exceed amounts for such costs during fiscal year 2017: Provided further , That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of SIGAR who completes at least 12 months of continuous service after the date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive status for appointment to any position in the competitive service for which the employee possesses the required qualifications: Provided further , That funds appropriated under this heading are made available notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3928(a)(1) ), as it relates to post inspections. Educational and cultural exchange programs For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as authorized, $634,143,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $240,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not less than $111,360,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program, including $4,125,000 for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange: 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 a portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further , That any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.