for foreign countries and international organizations shall serve as the amounts for such countries and international organizations transmitted to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available for such foreign countries and international organizations notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such report. (b) Authorized deviations below minimum levels Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may deviate by not more than 5 percent below the minimum amounts specifically designated in the respective tables in the report accompanying this Act: Provided , That deviations pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. (c) Limitation Deviations authorized by subsection (b) may only take place after submission of the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (d) Exceptions (1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— (A) funds for which the initial period of availability has expired