1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Permanent General Provisions Act of 2018 . 2. Permanent effect The provisions of this Act apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year thereafter. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) International financial institutions The term international financial institutions means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. (3) Regular notification procedures The term regular notification procedures means that at least 15 days prior to obligating funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall submit a notification to the Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed description of how such funds proposed to be made available will be used. 4. Consulting services The expenditure of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States