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Union Calendar No. 105

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2601

[Report No. 109–168] 

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 

2006 and 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2005

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

JULY 13, 2005

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 24, 2005] 

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State 

for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations Au5 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short Title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs. 

Sec. 102. Contributions to international organizations. 

Sec. 103. International commissions. 

Sec. 104. Migration and Refugee Assistance. 

Sec. 105. Centers and foundations. 

Sec. 106. United States International Broadcasting activities. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 201. Consolidation of law enforcement powers; new criminal offense. 

Sec. 202. International litigation fund. 

Sec. 203. Retention of medical reimbursements. 

Sec. 204. Buying power maintenance account. 

Sec. 205. Authority to administratively amend surcharges. 

Sec. 206. Accountability review boards. 

Sec. 207. Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza. 

Sec. 208. Removal of contracting prohibition. 

Sec. 209. Translation of reports of the Department of State. 

Sec. 210. Entries within passports. 

Sec. 211. United States actions with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 

Sec. 212. Availability of unclassified telecommunications facilities. 

Sec. 213. Reporting formats. 

Sec. 214. Extension of requirement for scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese. 

Sec. 215. American Institute in Taiwan facilities enhancement. 

Sec. 216. Activities related to Cuba. 

TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT 

OF STATE 

Sec. 301. Education allowances. 

Sec. 302. Official residence expenses. 

Sec. 303. Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger pay allowances. 

Sec. 304. Home leave. 

Sec. 305. Overseas equalization and comparability pay adjustment. 

Sec. 306. Fellowship of Hope Program. 

Sec. 307. Regulations regarding retirement credit for government service performed abroad. 

Sec. 308. Promoting assignments to international organizations. 

Sec. 309. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay. 

Sec. 310. Death gratuity. 

Sec. 311. Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures. 

Sec. 312. Repeal of recertification requirement for members of the Senior Foreign 

Service. 

Sec. 313. Technical amendments to title 5, United States Code, provisions on recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses. 
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Sec. 314. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service. 

Sec. 315. Statement of Congress regarding career development program for Senior 

Foreign Service. 

Sec. 316. Sense of Congress regarding additional United States consular posts. 

Sec. 317. Office of the Culture of Lawfulness. 

Sec. 318. Review of human resources policies of the Department of State. 

TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Sec. 401. REDI Center. 

Sec. 402. Extension of authorization of appropriation for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 

Sec. 403. Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 

Sec. 404. Property disposition. 

TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Middle East Broadcasting Networks. 

Sec. 503. Improving signal delivery to Cuba. 

Sec. 504. Establishing permanent authority for Radio Free Asia. 

Sec. 505. Personal services contracting program. 

Sec. 506. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education benefits. 

TITLE VI—ADVANCE DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2005

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Findings. 

Sec. 603. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 604. Definitions. 

Subtitle A—Department of State Activities 

Sec. 611. Promotion of democracy in foreign countries. 

Sec. 612. Reports. 

Sec. 613. Strategies to enhance the promotion of democracy in foreign countries. 

Sec. 614. Activities by the United States to promote democracy and human rights 

in foreign countries. 

Sec. 615. Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Advisory Board. 

Sec. 616. Establishment and maintenance of Internet site for global democracy 

and human rights. 

Sec. 617. Programs by United States missions in foreign countries and activities 

of chiefs of mission. 

Sec. 618. Training for Foreign Service officers. 

Sec. 619. Performance pay; promotions; Foreign Service awards. 

Sec. 620. Appointments. 

Subtitle B—Alliances With Other Democratic Countries 

Sec. 631. Alliances with other democratic countries. 

Sec. 632. Sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a Democracy Caucus. 

Sec. 633. Annual diplomatic missions on multilateral issues. 

Sec. 634. Strengthening the Community of Democracies. 

Subtitle C—Funding for Promotion of Democracy 

Sec. 641. Policy. 

Sec. 642. Human Rights and Democracy Fund. 
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Subtitle D—Presidential Actions 

Sec. 651. Investigation of violations of international humanitarian law. 

Sec. 652. Presidential communications. 

TITLE VII—STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL AND SECURITY 

ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2005

Subtitle A—General Provisions 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Definitions. 

Sec. 703. Declaration of policy. 

Subtitle B—Revising and Strengthening Strategic Export Control Policies 

Sec. 711. Amendments to the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

Sec. 712. Strategic Export Control Board. 

Sec. 713. Authorization for additional license and compliance officers. 

Subtitle C—Procedures Relating to Export Licenses 

Sec. 721. Transparency of jurisdictional determinations. 

Sec. 722. Certifications relating to export of certain defense articles and defense 

services. 

Sec. 723. Priority for United States military operations. 

Sec. 724. License officer staffing and workload. 

Sec. 725. Database of United States military assistance. 

Sec. 726. Training and liaison for small businesses. 

Sec. 727. Commercial communications satellite technical data. 

Sec. 728. Reporting requirement for unlicensed exports. 

Subtitle D—Terrorist-Related Provisions and Enforcement Matters 

Sec. 731. Sensitive technology transfers to foreign persons located within the 

United States. 

Sec. 732. Certification concerning exempt weapons transfers along the northern 

border of the United States. 

Sec. 733. Comprehensive nature of United States arms embargoes. 

Sec. 734. Control of items on Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. 

Sec. 735. Unlawful use of United States defense articles. 

Subtitle E—Strengthening United States Missile Nonproliferation Law 

Sec. 741. Probationary period for foreign persons. 

Sec. 742. Strengthening United States missile proliferation sanctions on foreign 

persons. 

Sec. 743. Comprehensive United States missile proliferation sanctions on all responsible foreign persons. 

Subtitle F—Security Assistance and Related Provisions 

Sec. 751. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. 

Sec. 752. Transfer of obsolete and surplus items from Korean War Reserves Stockpile and removal or disposal of remaining items. 

Sec. 753. Extension of Pakistan waivers. 

Sec. 754. Reporting requirement for foreign military training. 
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Sec. 755. Certain services provided by the United States in connection with foreign military sales. 

Sec. 756. Maritime interdiction patrol boats for Mozambique. 

Sec. 757. Reimbursement for international military education and training. 

TITLE VIII—NUCLEAR BLACK MARKET ELIMINATION ACT 

Sec. 801. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Sanctions for Transfers of Nuclear Enrichment, Reprocessing, and 

Weapons Technology, Equipment and Materials Involving Foreign Persons 

and Terrorists 

Sec. 811. Authority to impose sanctions on foreign persons. 

Sec. 812. Presidential notification on activities of foreign persons. 

Subtitle B—Further Actions Against Corporations Associated With Sanctioned 

Foreign Persons 

Sec. 821. Findings. 

Sec. 822. Campaign by United States Government officials. 

Sec. 823. Coordination. 

Sec. 824. Report. 

Subtitle C—Incentives for Proliferation Interdiction Cooperation 

Sec. 831. Authority to provide assistance to cooperative countries. 

Sec. 832. Types of assistance. 

Sec. 833. Congressional notification. 

Sec. 834. Limitation. 

Sec. 835. Use of assistance. 

Sec. 836. Limitation on ship or aircraft transfers to uncooperative countries. 

Subtitle D—Rollback of Nuclear Proliferation Networks 

Sec. 841. Nonproliferation as a condition of United States assistance. 

Sec. 842. Report on identification of nuclear proliferation network host countries. 

Sec. 843. Suspension of arms sales licenses and deliveries to nuclear proliferation 

network host countries. 

Subtitle E—General Provisions 

Sec. 851. Definitions. 

TITLE IX—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Related Provisions 

CHAPTER 1—PART I OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 901. Assistance to establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in 

developing countries. 

Sec. 902. Support for small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Sec. 903. Assistance to support democracy in Zimbabwe. 

Sec. 904. Restrictions on United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations Development Program. 

Sec. 905. Assistance for the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. 

Sec. 906. Report on foreign law enforcement training and assistance. 

Sec. 907. Assistance for disaster mitigation efforts. 
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Sec. 908. Assistance to promote democracy in Belarus. 

Sec. 909. Assistance for maternal and prenatal care for certain individuals of 

Belarus and Ukraine involved in the cleanup of the Chornobyl 

disaster. 

Sec. 910. Assistance to address non-infectious diseases in foreign countries. 

CHAPTER 2—PART II OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 921. Economic support fund assistance for Egypt. 

Sec. 922. Inter-Arab Democratic Charter. 

Sec. 923. Middle East Partnership Initiative. 

Sec. 924. West Bank and Gaza Program. 

Sec. 925. Economic Support Fund assistance for Venezuela. 

CHAPTER 3—PART III OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 931. Support for pro-democracy and human rights organizations in certain 

countries. 

Sec. 932. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. 

Sec. 933. Assistance for law enforcement forces. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions of Law 

Sec. 941. Amendments to the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002. 

Sec. 942. Amendments to the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002. 

Sec. 943. Amendments to the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986. 

Sec. 944. Assistance for demobilization and disarmament of former irregular 

combatants in Colombia. 

Sec. 945. Support for famine relief in Ethiopia. 

Sec. 946. Assistance to promote democracy and human rights in Vietnam. 

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions 

Sec. 951. Report on United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing to 

Haiti. 

Sec. 952. Sense of Congress regarding assistance for regional health education 

and training programs. 

Sec. 953. Sense of Congress regarding assistance for regional health care delivery. 

Sec. 954. Sense of Congress regarding elimination of extreme poverty in developing countries. 

Sec. 955. Sense of Congress regarding United States foreign assistance. 

TITLE X—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

Sec. 1001. Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Initiative. 

Sec. 1002. Annual Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 

Sec. 1003. Dual gateway policy of the Government of Ireland. 

Sec. 1004. Stabilization in Haiti. 

Sec. 1005. Verification reports to Congress. 

Sec. 1006. Protection of refugees from North Korea. 

Sec. 1007. Acquisition and major security upgrades. 

Sec. 1008. Services for children with autism at overseas missions. 

Sec. 1009. Incidence and prevalence of autism worldwide. 

Sec. 1010. Internet jamming. 

Sec. 1011. Department of State employment composition. 

Sec. 1012. Incitement to acts of discrimination. 

Sec. 1013. Child marriage. 
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Sec. 1014. Magen David Adom Society. 

Sec. 1015. Developments in and policy toward Indonesia. 

Sec. 1016. Murders of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and 

John Marin Linde. 

Sec. 1017. Diplomatic relations with Israel. 

Sec. 1018. Tax enforcement in Colombia. 

Sec. 1019. Provision of consular and visa services in Pristina, Kosova. 

Sec. 1020. Democracy in Pakistan. 

Sec. 1021. Status of the sovereignty of Lebanon. 

Sec. 1022. Activities of international terrorist organizations in Latin America 

and the Caribbean. 

Sec. 1023. Analysis of employing weapons scientists from the former Soviet 

Union in Project Bioshield. 

Sec. 1024. Extradition of violent criminals from Mexico to the United States. 

Sec. 1025. Actions of the 661 Committee. 

Sec. 1026. Elimination of report on real estate transactions. 

TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—General Provisions 

Sec. 1101. Statement of policy relating to democracy in Iran. 

Sec. 1102. Iranian nuclear activities. 

Sec. 1103. Location of international institutions in Africa. 

Sec. 1104. Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship program. 

Sec. 1105. Prohibition on commemorations relating to leaders of Imperial Japan. 

Sec. 1106. United States policy regarding World Bank Group loans to Iran. 

Sec. 1107. Statement of policy regarding support for SECI Regional Center for 

Combating Trans-Border Crime. 

Sec. 1108. Statement of policy urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious 

freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch. 

Sec. 1109. Statement of policy regarding the murder of United States citizen 

John M. Alvis. 

Sec. 1110. Statement of Congress and policy with respect to the disenfranchisement of women. 

Subtitle B—Sense of Congress Provisions 

Sec. 1111. Korean Fulbright programs. 

Sec. 1112. United States relations with Taiwan. 

Sec. 1113. Nuclear proliferation and A. Q. Khan. 

Sec. 1114. Palestinian textbooks. 

Sec. 1115. International convention affirming the human rights and dignity of 

persons with disabilities. 

Sec. 1116. Fulbright Scholarships for East Asia and the Pacific. 

Sec. 1117. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan energy pipeline. 

Sec. 1118. Legislation requiring the fair, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory 

restitution of private property confiscated in Poland. 

Sec. 1119. Child labor practices in the cocoa sectors of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. 

Sec. 1120. Contributions of Iraqi Kurds. 

Sec. 1121. Proliferation Security Initiative. 

Sec. 1122. Security of nuclear weapons and materials. 

Sec. 1123. International Criminal Court and genocide in Darfur, Sudan. 

Sec. 1124. Action against al-Manar television. 

Sec. 1125. Stability and security in Iraq. 

Sec. 1126. Property expropriated by the Government of Ethiopia.
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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap5 propriate congressional committees’’ means the Com6 mittee on International Relations of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela8 tions of the Senate. 

9 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

10 means the Department of State. 

11 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of State. 

13 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF 

14 APPROPRIATIONS 

15 SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 

16 The following amounts are authorized to be appro17 priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administration 

18 of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, functions, 

19 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of foreign affairs 

20 of the United States and for other purposes authorized by 

21 law: 

22 (1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—

23 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA24 TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro25 grams’’, $3,769,118,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

26 $3,896,611,500 for fiscal year 2007. 
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1 (B) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UPGRADES.—In 

2 addition to amounts authorized to be appro3 priated under subparagraph (A), $689,523,000 

4 for fiscal year 2006 and $710,208,690 for fiscal 

5 year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for 

6 worldwide security upgrades. 

7 (C) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—Of the amounts 

8 authorized to be appropriated under subpara9 graph (A), $333,863,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

10 $343,699,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized 

11 to be appropriated for public diplomacy. 

12 (D) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN

13 RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts author14 ized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), 

15 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $20,000,000 

16 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appro17 priated for salaries and expenses of the Bureau 

18 of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 

19 (E) ANTI-SEMITISM.—Of the amounts au20 thorized to be appropriated under subparagraph 

21 (A), $225,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $225,000 

22 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appro23 priated for necessary expenses to fund 

24 secondments, hiring of staff, and support tar25 geted projects of the Office of Democratic Institu-
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1 tions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Orga2 nization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 

3 (OSCE) regarding anti-Semitism and intoler4 ance and for the OSCE/ODIHR Law Enforce5 ment Officers Hate Crimes Training Program. 

6 (F) RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.—

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts au8 thorized to be appropriated under subpara9 graph (A), $205,000 for fiscal year 2006 

10 and $205,000 for fiscal year 2007 are au11 thorized to be appropriated for necessary ex12 penses to fund activities of the Organization 

13 for Security and Cooperation in Europe re14 lating to freedom of religion and belief. 

15 (ii) OSCE PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, AND

16 MISSIONS.—

17 (I) PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.—

18 Of the amounts authorized to be appro19 priated under subparagraph (A), 

20 $125,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

21 $125,000 for fiscal year 2007 are au22 thorized to be appropriated for nec23 essary expenses to fund for 

24 secondments, hiring of staff, and sup25 port targeted projects of the Office of 
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1 Democratic Institutions and Human 

2 Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization 

3 for Security and Cooperation in Eu4 rope (OSCE) regarding religious free5 dom and for the OSCE/ODIHR Panel 

6 of Experts on Freedom of Religion or 

7 Belief. 

8 (II) MISSIONS.—Of the amounts 

9 authorized to be appropriated under 

10 subparagraph (A), $80,000 for fiscal 

11 year 2006 and $80,000 for fiscal year 

12 2007 are authorized to be appropriated 

13 for OSCE Missions in Armenia, Azer14 baijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, 

15 Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan 

16 and Uzbekistan for activities to address 

17 issues relating to religious freedom and 

18 belief and to fund the hiring of new 

19 staff who are dedicated to religious 

20 freedom and belief. 

21 (G) CHARLES B. RANGEL INTERNATIONAL

22 AFFAIRS PROGRAM.—Of the amounts authorized 

23 to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), 

24 $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,500,000 

25 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appro-
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1 priated for the Charles B. Rangel International 

2 Affairs Program at Howard University. 

3 (H) MINORITY RECRUITMENT.—Of the 

4 amounts authorized to be appropriated under 

5 subparagraph (A), $3,000,000 for fiscal year 

6 2006 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 are au7 thorized to be appropriated for the recruitment of 

8 members of minority groups for careers in the 

9 Foreign Service and international affairs. 

10 (2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Capital 

11 Investment Fund’’, $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 

12 and $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

13 (3) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION AND

14 MAINTENANCE.—For ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc15 tion and Maintenance’’, $1,526,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2006 and $1,550,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

17 (4) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

18 PROGRAMS.—

19 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA20 TIONS.—For ‘‘Educational and Cultural Ex21 change Programs’’, $428,900,000 for fiscal year 

22 2006 and $438,500,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

23 (B) SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR KOREAN STU24 DENT LEADERS.—Of the amounts authorized to 

25 be appropriated under subparagraph (A), 
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1 $750,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $750,000 for 

2 fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appro3 priated for summer academic study programs in 

4 the United States (focusing on United States po5 litical systems, government institutions, society, 

6 and democratic culture) for college and univer7 sity students from the Republic of Korea, to be 

8 known as the ‘‘United States Summer Institutes 

9 for Korean Student Leaders’’. 

10 (C) SUDANESE SCHOLARSHIPS.—Of the 

11 amounts authorized to be appropriated under 

12 subparagraph (A), $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 

13 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized 

14 to be appropriated for scholarships for students 

15 from southern Sudan for secondary or postsec16 ondary education in the United States, to be 

17 known as ‘‘Sudanese Scholarships’’. 

18 (D) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIGENOUS PEO19 PLES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH

20 AMERICA.— Of the amounts authorized to be ap21 propriated under subparagraph (A), $250,000 

22 for fiscal year 2006 and $250,000 for fiscal year 

23 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for schol24 arships for secondary and postsecondary edu25 cation in the United States for students from 
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1 Mexico and the countries of Central and South 

2 America who are descended from the indigenous 

3 peoples of Mexico or such countries. 

4 (E) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of the 

5 amounts authorized to be appropriated under 

6 subparagraph (A), $650,000 for fiscal year 2006 

7 and $650,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized 

8 to be appropriated for South Pacific Exchanges. 

9 (F) TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.—Of 

10 the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 

11 subparagraph (A), $750,000 for fiscal year 2006 

12 and $800,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized 

13 to be appropriated to carry out the Tibetan 

14 scholarship program established under section 

15 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and 

16 Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 

17 (Public Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note). 

18 (G) NGAWANG CHOEPEL EXCHANGE PRO19 GRAMS.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro20 priated under subparagraph (A), $500,000 for 

21 fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 for fiscal year 

22 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for the 

23 ‘‘Ngawang Choepel Exchange Programs’’ (for24 merly known as ‘‘programs of educational and 

25 cultural exchange between the United States and 
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1 the people of Tibet’’) under section 103(a) of the 

2 Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Re3 lations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–

4 319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note). 

5 (H) HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE.—Of the 

6 amounts authorized to be appropriated under 

7 subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 for fiscal year 

8 2006 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 are au9 thorized to be appropriated for HIV/AIDS re10 search and mitigation strategies. 

11 (I) PROJECT CHILDREN AND COOPERATION

12 WITH IRELAND.—Of the amounts authorized to 

13 be appropriated under subparagraph (A), 

14 $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 for 

15 fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appro16 priated for people-to-people activities (with a 

17 focus on young people) to support the Northern 

18 Ireland peace process involving Catholic and 

19 Protestant participants from the Republic of Ire20 land, the United Kingdom, and the United 

21 States, to be known as ‘‘Project Children’’. 

22 (5) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For ‘‘Rep23 resentation Allowances’’, $8,281,000 for fiscal year 

24 2006 and $8,281,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
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1 (6) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OF2 FICIALS.—For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions and 

3 Officials’’, $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

4 $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

5 (7) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CON6 SULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo7 matic and Consular Service’’, $12,143,000 for fiscal 

8 year 2006 and $12,143,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

9 (8) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation 

10 Loans’’, $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

11 $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

12 (9) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN

13 TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute in 

14 Taiwan’’, $19,751,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

15 $20,146,020 for fiscal year 2007. 

16 (10) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For 

17 ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $29,983,000 for fis18 cal year 2006, and $29,983,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

19 SEC. 102. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA20 TIONS. 

21 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

22 ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

23 for ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’, 

24 $1,296,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,322,430,000 for 

25 fiscal year 2007, for the Department of State to carry out 
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1 the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the 

2 conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with re3 spect to international organizations and to carry out other 

4 authorities in law consistent with such purposes. 

5 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE6 KEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appro7 priated for ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping 

8 Activities’’, $1,035,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 

9 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, for the De10 partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, 

11 duties, and responsibilities of the United States with respect 

12 to international peacekeeping activities and to carry out 

13 other authorities in law consistent with such purposes. 

14 Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection are au15 thorized to remain available until expended. 

16 (c) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—

17 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

18 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 

19 under subsection (a), there are authorized to be ap20 propriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 

21 fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to offset adverse fluctua22 tions in foreign currency exchange rates. 

23 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro24 priated under this subsection shall remain available 

25 for obligation and expenditure only to the extent that 
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1 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

2 determines and certifies to Congress that such 

3 amounts are necessary due to such fluctuations. 

4 SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS. 

5 The following amounts are authorized to be appro6 priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the Depart7 ment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, 

8 and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of 

9 the United States and for other purposes authorized by law: 

10 (1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM11 MISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For ‘‘Inter12 national Boundary and Water Commission, United 

13 States and Mexico’’—

14 (A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

15 $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $28,200,000 

16 for fiscal year 2007; and 

17 (B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $6,100,000 for fiscal 

18 year 2006 and $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

19 (2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 

20 UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International 

21 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 

22 $1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,429,000 for 

23 fiscal year 2007. 
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1 (3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For 

2 ‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $6,320,000 for fis3 cal year 2006 and $6,320,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

4 (4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS.—

5 For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’, 

6 $25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $25,123,000 for 

7 fiscal year 2007. 

8 SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro10 priated for the Department of State for ‘‘Migration and 

11 Refugee Assistance’’ for authorized activities, $955,000,000 

12 for fiscal year 2006 and $983,650,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

13 (b) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—Of the 

14 amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection 

15 (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for 

16 fiscal year 2006 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for 

17 resettlement of refugees in Israel. 

18 (c) PILOT PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM REFUGEE POP19 ULATIONS.—

20 (1) PILOT PROGRAM.—Of the amounts author21 ized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there 

22 are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fis23 cal year 2006 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2007 for 

24 the establishment and implementation of a two-year 

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1 refugee populations that are currently assisted in 

2 camps or other segregated settlements. 

3 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot 

4 program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 

5 shall—

6 (A) seek to protect and ensure basic rights 

7 granted to refugees under the 1951 Convention 

8 Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 

9 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees; 

10 (B) seek innovative modules or methods to 

11 assist long-term refugee populations both within 

12 and outside traditional camp settings, as appro13 priate, that support refugees living or working in 

14 local communities, such as integration of refu15 gees into local schools and services, resource con16 servation and livelihood projects designed to di17 minish conflict between refugee hosting commu18 nities and refugees, and engagement of civil soci19 ety components of refugee hosting communities 

20 in a policy dialogue with the United Nations 

21 High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 

22 international and nongovernmental refugee as23 sistance organizations to enhance options to as24 sist refugees and promote the rights to which ref-
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1 ugees may be entitled under the 1951 Convention 

2 and 1967 Protocol; 

3 (C) provide a United States voluntary con4 tribution to UNHCR to conduct the pilot pro5 gram in cooperation with nongovernmental orga6 nizations with expertise in the protection of ref7 ugee rights, one or more major operational hu8 manitarian assistance agencies, and in consulta9 tion with host countries, the United States, and 

10 other donor countries; and 

11 (D) urge UNHCR to select not less than 

12 three host countries in which to conduct the pilot 

13 program. 

14 (3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

15 date on which the first pilot program is established 

16 pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

18 on the implementation of this subsection, the develop19 ment of innovative models to protect and assist refu20 gees, and recommendations for ensuring refugee rights 

21 are respected in countries of temporary asylum. 

22 SEC. 105. CENTERS AND FOUNDATIONS. 

23 (a) ASIA FOUNDATION.—There are authorized to be 

24 appropriated for ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’ for authorized ac-
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1 tivities, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $18,000,000 

2 for fiscal year 2007. 

3 (b) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National Endow5 ment for Democracy’’ for authorized activities, $80,000,000 

6 for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

7 (c) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER8 CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—There are authorized 

9 to be appropriated for the ‘‘Center for Cultural and Tech10 nical Interchange Between East and West’’ for authorized 

11 activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $13,024,000 

12 for fiscal year 2007. 

13 SEC. 106. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 

14 ACTIVITIES. 

15 The following amounts are authorized to be appro16 priated to carry out United States Government inter17 national broadcasting activities under the United States In18 formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 

19 Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broad20 casting to Cuba Act, the United States International Broad21 casting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

22 Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out other authori23 ties in law consistent with such purposes: 

24 (1) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPER25 ATIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
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1 ations’’, $603,394,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

2 $621,495,820 for fiscal year 2007. Of the amounts au3 thorized to be appropriated under under this para4 graph, $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated 

5 for fiscal year 2006 and $5,000,000 is authorized to 

6 be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for increased 

7 broadcasting to Belarus. 

8 (2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—

9 For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’, 

10 $10,893,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $10,893,000 for 

11 fiscal year 2007. 

12 (3) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad13 casting to Cuba’’, $37,656,000 for fiscal year 2006 

14 and $29,931,000 for fiscal year 2007, to remain 

15 available until expended, for necessary expenses to en16 able the Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry 

17 out broadcasting to Cuba, including the purchase, 

18 rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for 

19 radio and television transmission and reception, and 

20 the purchase, lease, and installation of necessary 

21 equipment, including aircraft, for radio and tele22 vision transmission and reception. 

23 (4) RADIO FREE ASIA.—In addition to such 

24 amounts as are otherwise authorized to be appro25 priated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
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1 there are authorized to be appropriated $9,100,000 for 

2 fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to overcome the jamming 

3 of Radio Free Asia by Vietnam. 

4 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

5 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC6 TIVITIES 

7 SEC. 201. CONSOLIDATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POW8 ERS; NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

11 new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 3064. Powers of special agents in the Department of 

13 State and the Foreign Service 

14 ‘‘Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or 

15 interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged in 

16 the performance of the protective functions authorized by 

17 section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

18 of 1956 or by section 103 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu19 rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 shall be fined under 

20 this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’. 

21 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

22 sections at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United 

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

24 new item:

‘‘3064. Powers of special agents in the Department of State and the Foreign Service.’’.
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1 SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND. 

2 Section 38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Au3 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amended—

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘as a result of a decision of an 

5 international tribunal,’’ after ‘‘received by the De6 partment of State’’; and 

7 (2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘United States 

8 Government’’. 

9 SEC. 203. RETENTION OF MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 

10 Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

11 U.S.C. 4084) is amended by adding at the end the following 

12 new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(g) Reimbursements paid to the Department of State 

14 for funding the costs of medical care abroad for employees 

15 and eligible family members shall be credited to the cur16 rently available applicable appropriation account. Notwith17 standing any other provision of law, such reimbursements 

18 shall be available for obligation and expenditure during the 

19 fiscal year in which they are received or for such longer 

20 period of time as may be provided in law.’’. 

21 SEC. 204. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. 

22 Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Au23 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended by 

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1 SEC. 205. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATIVELY AMEND SUR2 CHARGES. 

3 Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the Sec4 retary of State is authorized to amend administratively the 

5 amounts of the surcharges related to consular services in 

6 support of enhanced border security (provided for in title 

7 IV of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

8 2005 (Public Law 108–447)) that are in addition to the 

9 passport and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 

10 2004. 

11 SEC. 206. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 

12 Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 

13 U.S.C. 4831(a)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

15 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following new para17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.—

19 ‘‘(A) LIMITED EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIRE20 MENT TO CONVENE BOARD.—The Secretary of 

21 State is not required to convene a Board in the 

22 case of an incident that—

23 ‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of life, 

24 or significant destruction of property at, or 

25 related to, a United States Government mis26 sion in Afghanistan or Iraq; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) occurs during the period begin2 ning on July 1, 2004, and ending on Sep3 tember 30, 2009. 

4 ‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the 

5 case of an incident described in subparagraph 

6 (A), the Secretary shall—

7 ‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on 

8 International Relations of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Committee on For10 eign Relations of the Senate of the incident; 

11 ‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the inci12 dent; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry 

14 required by clause (ii), submit to each such 

15 Committee a report on the findings and rec16 ommendations related to such inquiry and 

17 the actions taken with respect to such rec18 ommendations.’’. 

19 SEC. 207. DESIGNATION OF COLIN L. POWELL RESIDENTIAL 

20 PLAZA. 

21 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building in Kingston, 

22 Jamaica, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza and cur23 rently a staff housing facility for the Embassy of the United 

24 States in Jamaica, shall be known and designated as the 

25 ‘‘Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza’’. 
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1 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu2 lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

3 States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a) 

4 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Colin L. Powell 

5 Residential Plaza’’. 

6 SEC. 208. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 

7 Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 

8 and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399) (relat9 ing to the ineligibility of persons doing business with Libya 

10 to be awarded a contract) is repealed. 

11 SEC. 209. TRANSLATION OF REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 

12 OF STATE. 

13 (a) TRANSLATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

14 date of issuance of each of the reports listed in subsection 

15 (c), the appropriate United States mission in a foreign 

16 country shall translate into the official languages of such 

17 country the respective country report from each of such re18 ports. 

19 (b) POSTING ON WEBSITE.—Not later than five days 

20 after each of the translations required under subsection (a) 

21 are completed, the appropriate United States mission shall 

22 post each of such translations on the website of the United 

23 States Embassy (or other appropriate United States mis24 sion) for such country. 
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1 (c) REPORTS.—The reports referred to in subsection 

2 (a) are the following: 

3 (1) The Country Reports on Human Rights 

4 Practices, including the Trafficking in Persons Re5 port, required under sections 116 and 502B of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 

7 2304). 

8 (2) The Annual Report on International Reli9 gious Freedom, required under section 102b of the 

10 International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

11 U.S.C. 6412). 

12 SEC. 210. ENTRIES WITHIN PASSPORTS. 

13 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

14 (1) The power of the executive branch to issue 

15 passports or other travel documents to United States 

16 citizens is derived solely from law. 

17 (2) The Secretary of State has caused entries to 

18 be made in passports of United States citizens who 

19 were born in Jerusalem, Israel, that are inconsistent 

20 with the usual practice of entering the name of a 

21 country and not a city as a place of birth. 

22 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

23 that United States citizens who have passports should not 

24 be required to carry passports which inaccurately or incon25 sistently represent their personal details. 
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1 (c) AUTHORITY.—This section is passed in exercise of 

2 the power of Congress, pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of 

3 the Constitution of the United States ‘‘To make all Laws 

4 which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Exe5 cution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 

6 by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 

7 or in any Department or Officer thereof.’’. 

8 (d) REQUIREMENT THAT ACCURATE ENTRIES BE

9 MADE ON REQUEST OF CITIZEN.—The first section of ‘‘An 

10 Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for 

11 other purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926, (22 U.S.C. 211a; 

12 44 Stat. 887), is amended by inserting after the first sen13 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of the 

14 issuance of a passport to a United States citizen born in 

15 the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, upon the request 

16 of the citizen or the citizen’s legal guardian, record the place 

17 of birth as Israel.’’. 

18 SEC. 211. UNITED STATES ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO JE19 RUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 

20 (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE

21 IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be appro22 priated by this Act may be expended for the operation of 

23 a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru24 salem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under 

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1 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA2 TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 

3 by this Act may be available for the publication of any offi4 cial United States Government document that lists coun5 tries and their capital cities unless such publication identi6 fies Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. 

7 SEC. 212. AVAILABILITY OF UNCLASSIFIED TELECOMMUNI8 CATIONS FACILITIES. 

9 The Secretary of State shall make available to the ap10 propriate congressional committees the use of unclassified 

11 telecommunications facilities of the Department of State 

12 that are located in an embassy, consulate, or other facility 

13 of the United States in a foreign country to allow such com14 mittees to receive testimony or other communication from 

15 an individual in any such country. 

16 SEC. 213. REPORTING FORMATS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, with 

18 respect to a report that the Secretary is required to submit 

19 to the appropriate congressional committees, submit each 

20 such report on suitable media in machine-readable format, 

21 including in plain text and in hypertext mark-up language 

22 (commonly referred to as ‘‘HTML’’), in addition to submis23 sion in written format. 

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement specified 

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1 report that the Secretary is required to submit to the appro2 priate congressional committees after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 214. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOLAR5 SHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE. 

6 Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and 

7 Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public 

8 Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘for the fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 

10 years 2006 and 2007’’. 

11 SEC. 215. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN FACILITIES EN12 HANCEMENT. 

13 Section 3(a) of the American Institute in Taiwan Fa14 cilities Enhancement Act (Public Law 106–212) is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘the sum of $75,000,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’. 

17 SEC. 216. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CUBA. 

18 (a) ACTIVITIES.—Of the funds made available for fis19 cal year 2006 for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

20 Affairs of the Department of State, $5,000,000 shall be used 

21 for activities related to Cuba under—

22 (1) the J. William Fulbright Educational Ex23 change Program; 

24 (2) the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program; 

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1 (4) the Benjamin A. Gilman International 

2 Scholarship Program; 

3 (5) the EducationUSA Program; and 

4 (6) professional, cultural, and youth programs 

5 operated by the Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bu6 reau. 

7 (b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall give pri8 ority to human rights dissidents, pro-democracy activists, 

9 and independent civil society members for participation in 

10 the activities described in subsection (a). 

11 (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 

12 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec13 retary shall notify the appropriate congressional commit14 tees on efforts to identify eligible participants for activities 

15 described in subsection (a). Not later than 15 days prior 

16 to a final determination of eligible participants for activi17 ties described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify 

18 the appropriate congressional committees of such deter19 mination and provide a list that contains the names of such 

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1 TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND 

2 PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART3 MENT OF STATE 

4 SEC. 301. EDUCATION ALLOWANCES. 

5 Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by 

8 inserting ‘‘United States’’ after ‘‘nearest’’; 

9 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

10 the following new subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(B) The travel expenses of dependents of 

12 an employee to and from a secondary or post-sec13 ondary educational institution, not to exceed one 

14 annual trip each way for each dependent, except 

15 that an allowance payment under subparagraph 

16 (A) may not be made for a dependent during the 

17 12 months following the arrival of the dependent 

18 at the selected educational institution under au19 thority contained in this subparagraph.’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(D) Allowances provided pursuant to sub23 paragraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the 

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1 the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of 

2 the dependent’s school during the dependent’s an3 nual trip between the school and the employee’s 

4 duty station, except that such payment or reim5 bursement may not exceed the cost that the Gov6 ernment would incur to transport the baggage 

7 with the dependent in connection with the an8 nual trip, and such payment or reimbursement 

9 shall be in lieu of transportation of the bag10 gage.’’. 

11 SEC. 302. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES. 

12 Section 5913 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

13 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may 

15 be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reim16 bursements.’’. 

17 SEC. 303. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIF18 FERENTIALS AND DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES. 

19 (a) REPEAL OF LIMITED-SCOPE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

20 PREVIOUS INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 591 of the 

21 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro22 grams Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of Public Law 

23 108–199) is repealed. 

24 (b) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title 5, 

25 United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by 
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1 striking ‘‘25 percent of the rate of basic pay or, in the case 

2 of an employee of the United States Agency for Inter3 national Development,’’. 

4 (c) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of title 

5 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent 

6 of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent of the basic 

7 pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development’’ both places 

9 that it appears and inserting ‘‘35 percent of the basic pay 

10 of the employee’’. 

11 (d) CRITERIA.—The Secretary of State shall inform 

12 the appropriate congressional committees of the criteria to 

13 be used in determinations of appropriate adjustments in 

14 post differentials under section 5925(a) of title 5, United 

15 States Code, as amended by subsection (b), and danger pay 

16 allowances under section 5928 of title 5, United States 

17 Code, as amended by subsection (c). 

18 (e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than two years 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of State shall conduct a study assessing the effect of the in21 creases in post differentials and danger pay allowances 

22 made by the amendments in subsections (b) and (c), respec23 tively, in filling ‘‘hard-to-fill’’ positions and shall submit 

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1 SEC. 304. HOME LEAVE. 

2 Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

3 (relating to travel, leave, and other benefits) is amended—

4 (1) in section 901(6) (22 U.S.C. 4081(6)), by 

5 striking ‘‘unbroken by home leave’’ both places that it 

6 appears; and 

7 (2) in section 903(a) (22 U.S.C. 4083), by strik8 ing ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’. 

9 SEC. 305. OVERSEAS EQUALIZATION AND COMPARABILITY 

10 PAY ADJUSTMENT. 

11 (a) OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign 

13 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) (relating 

14 to compensation) is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 415. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with subsection (c), 

18 a member of the Service who is designated class 1 or below 

19 and who does not have as an official duty station a location 

20 in the continental United States or in a non-foreign area 

21 shall receive locality-based comparability payments under 

22 section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that would be 

23 paid to such member if such member’s official duty station 

24 would have been Washington, D.C. 

25 ‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—The locality-based 

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1 ‘‘(1) be considered to be part of the basic pay of 

2 a member in accordance with section 5304 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, for the same purposes for which 

4 comparability payments are considered to be part of 

5 basic pay under such section; and 

6 ‘‘(2) be subject to any applicable pay limita7 tions. 

8 ‘‘(c) PHASE-IN.—The comparability pay adjustment 

9 described under this section shall be paid to a member de10 scribed in subsection (a) in three phases, as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) In fiscal year 2006, 33.33 percent of the 

12 amount of such adjustment to which such member is 

13 entitled. 

14 ‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2007, 66.66 percent of the 

15 amount of such adjustment to which such member is 

16 entitled. 

17 ‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal 

18 years, 100.00 percent of the amount of such adjust19 ment to which such member is entitled.’’. 

20 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec21 tions in section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 414 the following 

23 new item:

‘‘Sec. 415. Overseas comparability pay adjustment.’’.
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE

2 RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM OF THE FOREIGN

3 SERVICE.—

4 (1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.—Section 

5 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

6 4045(a)) is amended—

7 (A) in paragraph (1)—

8 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘7.25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘7.00 per10 cent’’; and 

11 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

12 ‘‘The contribution by the employing agen13 cy’’ through ‘‘and shall be made’’ and in14 serting ‘‘An equal amount shall be contrib15 uted by the employing agency’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)—

17 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 

18 plus an amount equal to .25 percent of 

19 basic pay’’; and 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the first 

21 sentence, by striking ‘‘, plus an amount 

22 equal to .25 percent of basic pay’’; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, plus 

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1 (2) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.—Section 

2 806(a)(9) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)) is 

3 amended—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘is outside’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘was outside’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting after ‘‘continental United 

7 States’’ the following: ‘‘for any period of time 

8 from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the 

9 first full pay period beginning after the date of 

10 applicability of the overseas comparability pay 

11 adjustment under section 415’’; 

12 (3) ENTITLEMENT TO ANNUITY.—Section 

13 855(a)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)) is 

14 amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘is outside’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘was outside’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting after ‘‘continental United 

18 States’’ the following: ‘‘for any period of time 

19 from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the 

20 first full pay period beginning after the date of 

21 applicability of the overseas comparability pay 

22 adjustment under section 415’’. 

23 (4) DEDUCTIONS AND WITHHOLDINGS FROM

24 PAY.—Section 856(a)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

25 4071e(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(2) The applicable percentage under this subsection 

2 shall be as follows:

Percentage Time Period

7.5 ......................................................................................................... Before January 1, 1999. 

7.75 ....................................................................................................... January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999. 

7.9 ......................................................................................................... January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000. 

7.55 ....................................................................................................... January 11, 2003, to September 30, 2004.

7.5 ......................................................................................................... After September 30, 2004.’’. 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

4 section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act and apply beginning on the first day of the first full 

6 pay period beginning after such date. 

7 SEC. 306. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM. 

8 (a) FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title I 

9 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 506. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary is authorized to 

13 establish a program to be known as the ‘Fellowship of Hope 

14 Program’. Under the Program, the Secretary may assign 

15 a member of the Service, for not more than one year, to 

16 a position with any designated country or designated entity 

17 that permits an employee of such country or entity to be 

18 assigned to a position with the Department. 

19 ‘‘(b) SALARY AND BENEFITS.—The salary and benefits 

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1 subsection (b) of section 503 during a period in which such 

2 member is participating in the Fellowship of Hope Pro3 gram. The salary and benefits of an employee of a des4 ignated country or designated entity participating in the 

5 Program shall be paid by such country or entity during 

6 the period in which such employee is participating in the 

7 Program. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘designated country’ means a 

10 member country of—

11 ‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza12 tion; or 

13 ‘‘(B) the European Union. 

14 ‘‘(2) The term ‘designated entity’ means—

15 ‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza16 tion; or 

17 ‘‘(B) the European Union. 

18 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion shall be construed to—

20 ‘‘(1) authorize the appointment as an officer or 

21 employee of the United States of—

22 ‘‘(A) an individual whose allegiance is to 

23 any country, government, or foreign or inter24 national entity other than to the United States; 

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1 ‘‘(B) an individual who has not met the re2 quirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 

3 7311 of title 5, United States Code, and any 

4 other provision of law concerning eligibility for 

5 appointment as, and continuation of employ6 ment as, an officer or employee of the United 

7 States; or 

8 ‘‘(2) authorize the Secretary to assign a member 

9 of the Service to a position with any foreign country 

10 whose law, or to any foreign or international entity 

11 whose rules, require such member to give allegiance or 

12 loyalty to such country or entity while assigned to 

13 such position.’’. 

14 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

15 Such Act is amended—

16 (1) in section 503 (22 U.S.C. 3983)—

17 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘AND’’ and inserting ‘‘FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, 

19 OR’’; and 

20 (B) in subsection (a)—

21 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

22 (1), by inserting ‘‘foreign government,’’ 

23 after ‘‘organization,’’; and 
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1 (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 or with a foreign government under section 

3 506’’ before the semicolon; and 

4 (2) in section 2, in the table of contents—

5 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

6 503 and inserting the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 503. Assignments to agencies, international organizations, foreign governments, or other bodies.’’;

7 and 

8 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

9 section 505 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope Program.’’.

10 SEC. 307. REGULATIONS REGARDING RETIREMENT CREDIT 

11 FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED 

12 ABROAD. 

13 Section 321(f) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

14 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (5 U.S.C. 8411 note; Public Law 

15 107–228) is amended by inserting ‘‘, not later than 60 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Au17 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007,’’ after ‘‘regu18 lations’’. 

19 SEC. 308. PROMOTING ASSIGNMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL 

20 ORGANIZATIONS. 

21 (a) PROMOTIONS.—Section 603(b) of the Foreign Serv22 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is amended by striking 

23 the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, and 
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1 shall consider whether the member of the Service has served 

2 in a position whose primary responsibility is to formulate 

3 policy toward or represent the United States at an inter4 national organization, a multilateral institution, or a 

5 broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international in6 strument.’’. 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub8 section (a) shall take effect and apply beginning on Janu9 ary 1, 2010. 

10 SEC. 309. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS 

11 WITHOUT PAY. 

12 (a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Service 

13 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary may suspend a member of the 

16 Service without pay when there is reasonable cause to be17 lieve that the member has committed a crime for which a 

18 sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is a 

19 connection between the conduct and the efficiency of the 

20 Foreign Service. 

21 ‘‘(2) Any member of the Service for whom a suspension 

22 is proposed shall be entitled to—

23 ‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 

24 for the proposed suspension; 
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1 ‘‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally and in 

2 writing to the proposed suspension; 

3 ‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other rep4 resentative; and 

5 ‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the spe6 cific reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable. 

7 ‘‘(3) Any member suspended under this section may 

8 file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applica9 ble to grievances under chapter 11 of this title. 

10 ‘‘(4) In this subsection: 

11 ‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means—

12 ‘‘(i) with respect to a member of the Service 

13 assigned to duty in the United States, 15 days 

14 after receiving notice of the proposed suspension; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the Serv17 ice assigned to duty outside the United States, 

18 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed 

19 suspension. 

20 ‘‘(B) The terms ‘suspend’ and ‘suspension’ mean 

21 the placing of a member of the Service in a tem22 porary status without duties and pay.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

24 (1) AMENDMENT OF SECTION HEADING.—Such 

25 section, as amended by subsection (a), is further 
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1 amended in the section heading by inserting ‘‘; SUS2 PENSION’’ before the period at the end. 

3 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such 

4 Act is amended, in the table of contents, by striking 

5 the item relating to section 610 and inserting the fol6 lowing new item:

‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’.

7 SEC. 310. DEATH GRATUITY. 

8 Section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

9 U.S.C. 3973(a)) is amended in the first sentence by insert10 ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or $100,000, 

11 whichever is greater’’. 

12 SEC. 311. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEV13 ANCE BOARD PROCEDURES. 

14 Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

15 U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence—

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘the involuntary separation of 

17 the grievant (other than an involuntary separation 

18 for cause under section 610(a)),’’ after ‘‘considering’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘the grievant or’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘the grievant, or’’. 
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1 SEC. 312. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 

2 FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN 

3 SERVICE. 

4 Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

5 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is hereby repealed. 

6 SEC. 313. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED 

7 STATES CODE, PROVISIONS ON RECRUIT8 MENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION BO9 NUSES. 

10 Title 5, United States Code, is amended—

11 (1) in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting before 

12 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but does not 

13 include members of the Foreign Service other than 

14 chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at-large’’; and 

15 (2) in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting before 

16 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but does not 

17 include members of the Foreign Service other than 

18 chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at-large’’. 

19 SEC. 314. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN SERV20 ICE. 

21 Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

22 U.S.C. 3949) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) or (c)’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(3) as a career candidate, if—

4 ‘‘(A) continued service is determined appropriate 

5 to remedy a matter that would be cognizable as a 

6 grievance under chapter 11; or 

7 ‘‘(B) the career candidate is called to military 

8 active duty pursuant to the Uniformed Services Em9 ployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 

10 (Public Law 103–353; codified in chapter 43 of title 

11 38, United States Code) and the limited appointment 

12 expires in the course of such military active duty;’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period 

16 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 

17 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(6) in exceptional circumstances where the Secretary 

20 determines the needs of the Service require the extension of 

21 a limited appointment—

22 ‘‘(A) for a period of time not to exceed 12 

23 months, provided such period of time does not permit 

24 additional review by the boards under section 306; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) for the minimum time needed to settle a 

2 grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise provided 

3 for in this section.’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘(c) Noncareer specialist employees who have served 

7 five consecutive years under a limited appointment may be 

8 reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment provided 

9 there is at least a one year break in service before such new 

10 appointment. This requirement may be waived by the Di11 rector General in cases of special need.’’. 

12 SEC. 315. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS REGARDING CAREER 

13 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SENIOR FOR14 EIGN SERVICE. 

15 Congress declares that the recent changes proposed by 

16 the Department of State to the career development program 

17 for members of the Senior Foreign Service will help promote 

18 well-rounded and effective members of the Senior Foreign 

19 Service, and should be implemented as planned in the com20 ing years. Congress fully supports the proposed changes that 

21 require that in order to be eligible for promotion into the 

22 Senior Foreign Service, a member of the Foreign Service 

23 must demonstrate over the course of the career of such mem24 ber the following: 
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1 (1) Operational effectiveness, including a breadth 

2 of experience in several regions and over several func3 tions. 

4 (2) Leadership and management effectiveness. 

5 (3) Sustained professional language proficiency. 

6 (4) Responsiveness to Service needs. 

7 SEC. 316. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL 

8 UNITED STATES CONSULAR POSTS. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that to help advance United 

10 States economic, political, and public diplomacy interests, 

11 the Secretary of State should make best efforts to establish 

12 United States consulates or other appropriate United States 

13 diplomatic presence in Pusan, South Korea, Hat Yai, Thai14 land, and an additional location in India in an under15 served region. 

16 SEC. 317. OFFICE OF THE CULTURE OF LAWFULNESS. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Bu18 reau for International Law Enforcement and Narcotics of 

19 the Department of State an Office of the Culture of Lawful20 ness. 

21 (b) DIRECTOR AND STAFF.—The Office shall be headed 

22 by a Director and staffed by not less than two professional 

23 staff. 

24 (c) DUTIES.—The Director of the Office shall coordi25 nate and increase the effectiveness of existing culture of law-
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1 fulness programs in the Department that can directly sup2 port foreign efforts to develop a culture of lawfulness, in3 cluding—

4 (1) seeking coordination between various pro5 grams and activities to support international nar6 cotics and other law enforcement, public diplomacy, 

7 foreign assistance, and democracy efforts by the per8 sonnel of the Department in Washington, D.C., and 

9 in United States embassies in foreign countries; 

10 (2) developing new initiatives to foster a culture 

11 of lawfulness through international organizations; 

12 (3) ensuring that culture of lawfulness education 

13 is included in the curricula of all law enforcement 

14 and public security academies and training programs 

15 that receive assistance from the United States, and in 

16 democracy, civic education, and rule of law assistance 

17 programs conducted with foreign governments and 

18 nongovernmental organizations. 

19 (d) REPORT.—Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by in21 serting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(8) In addition, the efforts of the United States 

23 to foster the culture of lawfulness in countries around 

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1 SEC. 318. REVIEW OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES OF THE 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

3 (a) BOTTOM-UP REVIEW OF ELEMENTS OF THE DE4 PARTMENT OF STATE.—The Secretary of State shall con5 duct ongoing, thorough reviews of the organizational struc6 ture and human resource policies of all elements of the De7 partment of State to determine those organizational struc8 tures that are most effectively organized and whether per9 sonnel with the appropriate skill sets are being hired, 

10 trained, and utilized to meet national security challenges, 

11 including those posed by international terrorist threats. 

12 (b) EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY.—The review conducted 

13 under subsection (a) shall include an emphasis on improv14 ing the ethnic, racial, cultural, and gender diversity of per15 sonnel of the Department of State. 

16 (c) BIENNIAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to 

17 the appropriate congressional committees a biennial report 

18 on the reviews conducted under this section and efforts to 

19 improve diversity of the personnel of the Department of 

20 State. 

21 TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL 

22 ORGANIZATIONS 

23 SEC. 401. REDI CENTER. 

24 The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for the 

25 participation by the United States in the Regional Emerg26 ing Disease Intervention (‘‘REDI’’) Center in Singapore. 
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1 SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TION FOR THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION 

3 ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 207 of the 

5 International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

6 6435) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for the fiscal year 

7 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,300,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2006 through 2011’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of such 

10 section is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘subsection’’. 

12 SEC. 403. REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC EN13 ERGY AGENCY. 

14 (a) FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL

15 ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.—Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) Efforts to prevent the further spread of nu17 clear weapons capabilities would be enhanced by uni18 versal membership in the International Atomic En19 ergy Agency (IAEA). 

20 (2) The enhanced authorities provided by the Ad21 ditional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements be22 tween the IAEA and Member States of the IAEA are 

23 indispensable to the ability of the IAEA to conduct 

24 inspections of nuclear facilities to a high degree of 

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1 (3) The national security interests of the United 

2 States would be enhanced by the universal ratifica3 tion and implementation of the Additional Protocol. 

4 (4) The national security interests of the United 

5 States would be enhanced by the rapid implementa6 tion by all Member States of the United Nations of 

7 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, 

8 which prohibits all Member States from providing 

9 any form of support to non-state actors that attempt 

10 to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 

11 transfer, or use nuclear, chemical, or biological weap12 ons and their means of delivery, and requiring all 

13 Member States to adopt and enforce appropriate and 

14 effective domestic laws criminalizing such acts. 

15 (5) The national security interests of the United 

16 States require that the IAEA possess sufficient au17 thorities and resources to comprehensively and effi18 ciently carry out its responsibilities for inspections 

19 and safeguards of nuclear facilities. 

20 (6) Regularly assessed contributions of Member 

21 States to the regular budget of the IAEA are due in 

22 the first quarter of each calendar year. 

23 (7) Currently, the United States does not pay its 

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1 of the IAEA until the last quarter of each calendar 

2 year. 

3 (8) This delayed payment results in recurring 

4 shortages of funds for the IAEA, thus compromising 

5 its ability to conduct safeguards inspections and nu6 clear security activities. 

7 (b) FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE NUCLEAR NON8 PROLIFERATION TREATY.—Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu10 clear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly referred to 

11 as the ‘‘Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty’’ or the 

12 ‘‘NPT’’) is the foundation for international coopera13 tion to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons 

14 capabilities. 

15 (2) The NPT was conceived, written, and rati16 fied by State Parties as a treaty for the specific pur17 pose of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weap18 ons and nuclear explosive devices, as stated in the 

19 Preamble and first three Articles of the NPT. 

20 (3) The overriding priority of the NPT is pre21 venting the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nu22 clear explosive devices. 

23 (4) Article IV of the NPT conditions the ‘‘in24 alienable right to develop research, production and 

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1 discrimination’’ on conformity with Articles I and II, 

2 which obligate signatories ‘‘not to manufacture of oth3 erwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear ex4 plosive devices; and not to seek or receive any assist5 ance in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or other 

6 nuclear explosive devices’’; 

7 (5) Because the processes used for the enrichment 

8 of uranium and the reprocessing of plutonium for 

9 peaceful purposes are virtually identical to those 

10 needed for military purposes and thereby inherently 

11 pose an enhanced risk of proliferation, even under 

12 strict international inspections, Article IV of the NPT 

13 cannot be interpreted to recognize the inalienable 

14 right by every country to enrich uranium or reprocess 

15 plutonium. 

16 (6) Because the factors needed for the develop17 ment of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes are vir18 tually identical to those required for the development 

19 of nuclear weapons and devices, Article X cannot be 

20 interpreted to allow a signatory country to develop a 

21 nuclear weapons program based on materials, facili22 ties, and equipment it has acquired through its Arti23 cle IV cooperation. 

24 (c) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress declares 

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1 (1) all provisions of the NPT must be interpreted 

2 within the context of preventing the proliferation of 

3 nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices; 

4 (2) Article IV of the NPT, interpreted in con5 formity with the NPT’s purpose, spirit, and freely 

6 undertaken obligations by State Parties, does not 

7 guarantee every country that is a State Party an in8 alienable right to enrich uranium or reprocess pluto9 nium; and 

10 (3) if a State Party chooses to exercise its Article 

11 X right of withdrawal from the NPT, such State 

12 Party must surrender all of the materials, facilities, 

13 and equipment it has acquired through its Article IV 

14 cooperation, and no State Party will be recognized as 

15 having legally exercised its Article X right of with16 drawal from the NPT until it has surrendered all 

17 such materials, facilities, and equipment. 

18 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

19 that—

20 (1) the Director General of the IAEA should 

21 strengthen efforts to secure universal ratification and 

22 implementation of the Additional Protocol; and 

23 (2) the IAEA possesses statutory authority, in24 cluding under Articles II, III, VIII, IX, XI, and XII 
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1 of the IAEA Statute, to undertake nuclear security 

2 activities. 

3 (e) PROMOTION OF ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AND

4 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION

5 1540.—

6 (1) UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTA7 TION; FULL COMPLIANCE.—The President shall take 

8 such steps as the President determines necessary to 

9 encourage—

10 (A) rapid universal ratification and imple11 mentation by Member States of the IAEA of the 

12 Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agree13 ments between the IAEA and Member States; 

14 and 

15 (B) full compliance by all foreign countries 

16 with United Nations Security Council Resolu17 tion 1540, which calls for the adoption and en18 forcement by all foreign countries of ‘‘appro19 priate effective laws which prohibit any non20 State actor to manufacture, acquire, possess, de21 velop, transport, transfer or use nuclear, chem22 ical or biological weapons and their means of de23 livery, in particular for terrorist purposes, as 

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1 going activities, participate in them as an ac2 complice, assist or finance them’’. 

3 (2) SUSPENSION OF UNITED STATES NON-HU4 MANITARIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The President is 

5 authorized to suspend United States non-humani6 tarian foreign assistance to any country that—

7 (A) has not signed and ratified the Addi8 tional Protocol; and 

9 (B) has not fully complied with United Na10 tions Security Council Resolution 1540. 

11 (3) REPORT.—

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

14 annually thereafter until September 31, 2010, 

15 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro16 priate congressional committees a report on 

17 United States efforts to promote full compliance 

18 by all countries with United Nations Security 

19 Council Resolution 1540, with particular atten20 tion to the following: 

21 (i) United States efforts in appropriate 

22 international organizations or fora to elabo23 rate and implement international standards 

24 for such full compliance. 
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1 (ii) Steps taken by the United States 

2 to assist other countries to meet their obli3 gations under United Nations Security 

4 Council Resolution 1540. 

5 (B) SUBMISSION.—The report required 

6 under this paragraph may be submitted together 

7 with the report on ‘‘Patterns of Global of Ter8 rorism’’. 

9 (f) PAYMENT AT BEGINNING OF CALENDAR YEAR.—

10 The Secretary of State shall take expeditious action to en11 sure that the United States regularly assessed contribution 

12 to the IAEA is made at the beginning of each calendar year. 

13 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi14 tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to 

15 the Secretary of State under this Act, there are authorized 

16 to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be 

17 necessary to permit the Secretary to ensure that the United 

18 States regularly assessed contribution of its annual dues to 

19 the IAEA is provided to the IAEA at the beginning of each 

20 calendar year to compensate for the current delayed pay21 ment described under subsection (b). 

22 SEC. 404. PROPERTY DISPOSITION. 

23 Section 633(e) of the Departments of Commerce, Jus24 tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
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1 priations Act, 2004 (division B of Public Law 108–199; 

2 22 U.S.C. 2078(e)) is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘The United States, through the 

4 Department of State, shall retain ownership of the 

5 Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey, and the’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘at such location’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘at an appropriate location’’. 

9 TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL 

10 BROADCASTING 

11 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Broad13 casting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 

14 SEC. 502. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 

15 (a) MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS.—The 

16 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 

17 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

18 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 309A. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 

20 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Grants authorized under section 

21 305 shall be available to make annual grants to the Middle 

22 East Broadcasting Networks for the purpose of carrying out 

23 radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East region. 

24 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—Middle East Broadcasting Networks 

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1 with the broadcasting standards and broadcasting prin2 ciples set forth in section 303. 

3 ‘‘(c) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement or 

4 grants under this section shall be subject to the following 

5 limitations and restrictions: 

6 ‘‘(1) The Board may not make any grant to the 

7 non-profit corporation, Middle East Broadcasting 

8 Networks, unless its certificate of incorporation pro9 vides that—

10 ‘‘(A) The Board of Directors of Middle East 

11 Broadcasting Networks shall consist of the mem12 bers of the Broadcasting Board of Governors es13 tablished under section 304 and of no other 

14 members. 

15 ‘‘(B) Such Board of Directors shall make all 

16 major policy determinations governing the oper17 ation of Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 

18 and shall appoint and fix the compensation of 

19 such managerial officers and employees of Mid20 dle East Broadcasting Networks as it considers 

21 necessary to carry out the purposes of the grant 

22 provided under this title, except that no officer 

23 or employee may be paid basic compensation at 

24 a rate in excess of the rate for level II of the Ex-
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1 ecutive Schedule as provided under section 5313 

2 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 ‘‘(2) Any grant agreement under this section 

4 shall require that any contract entered into by Middle 

5 East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that all ob6 ligations are assumed by Middle East Broadcasting 

7 Networks and not by the United States Government. 

8 ‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that any 

9 lease agreement entered into by Middle East Broad10 casting Networks shall be, to the maximum extent 

11 possible, assignable to the United States Government. 

12 ‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 

13 made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires 

14 that grant funds be used only for activities consistent 

15 with this section, and that failure to comply with 

16 such requirements shall permit the grant to be termi17 nated without fiscal obligation to the United States. 

18 ‘‘(5) Duplication of language services and tech19 nical operations between the Middle East Broad20 casting Networks (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, 

21 and the International Broadcasting Bureau will be 

22 reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by 

23 the Board. 

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1 ‘‘(1) the Middle East Broadcasting Networks a 

2 Federal agency or instrumentality; or 

3 ‘‘(2) the officers or employees of the Middle East 

4 Broadcasting Networks officers or employees of the 

5 United States Government.’’. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

7 Such Act is further amended—

8 (1) in section 304(g) (22 U.S.C. 6203(g)), by in9 serting ‘‘, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks,’’ 

10 after ‘‘Incorporated’’; 

11 (2) in section 305 (22 U.S.C. 6204)—

12 (A) in subsection (a)—

13 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘308 

14 and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 

15 309A’’; and 

16 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘308 

17 and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 

18 309A’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘308 and 

20 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and 

21 (3) in section 307 (22 U.S.C. 6206)—

22 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘308 and 

23 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and 
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1 (B) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, 

2 by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broadcasting Net3 works,’’ after ‘‘Asia,’’. 

4 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO

5 TITLE 5.—Section 8332(b)(11) of title 5, United States 

6 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad7 casting Networks;’’ after ‘‘Radio Free Asia;’’. 

8 SEC. 503. IMPROVING SIGNAL DELIVERY TO CUBA. 

9 Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 

10 U.S.C. 1465a; Public Law 98–111) is amended—

11 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

12 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

13 following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(c) To effect radio broadcasting to Cuba, the Board 

15 is authorized to utilize the United States International 

16 Broadcasting facilities located in Marathon, Florida, and 

17 the 1180 AM frequency used at those facilities. In addition 

18 to the above facilities, the Board may simultaneously utilize 

19 other governmental and nongovernmental broadcasting 

20 transmission facilities and other frequencies, including the 

21 Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Frequency Modula22 tion (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW) band. The Board 

23 may lease time on commercial or noncommercial edu24 cational AM band, FM band, and SW band radio broad-
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1 casting stations to carry a portion of the service programs 

2 or to rebroadcast service programs.’’; 

3 (3) by striking subsection (d); 

4 (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

5 following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(e) Any service program of United States Government 

7 radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section shall 

8 be designated ‘Radio Marti program’.’’; 

9 (5) by striking subsection (f); and 

10 (6) by redesignating subsections (c) and (e) (as 

11 amended by this section) as subsections (b) and (c), 

12 respectively. 

13 SEC. 504. ESTABLISHING PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR 

14 RADIO FREE ASIA. 

15 Section 309 of the United States International Broad16 casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘, and shall 

18 further specify that funds to carry out the activities 

19 of Radio Free Asia may not be available after Sep20 tember 30, 2009’’; and 

21 (2) by striking subsection (f). 

22 SEC. 505. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 

23 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

24 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amended—

25 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (a)—

2 (A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘(in this section referred to 

4 as the ‘program’)’’; and 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘producers, and writers’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘and other broadcasting special7 ists’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and in9 serting ‘‘100’’; and 

10 (4) by striking subsection (c). 

11 SEC. 506. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 

12 ISLANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS. 

13 Section 305(a) of the United States International 

14 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended 

15 by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new para16 graph: 

17 ‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of primary 

18 and secondary school expenses for dependents of per19 sonnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the North20 ern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to exceed 

21 expenses authorized by the Department of Defense for 

22 such schooling for dependents of members of the 

23 Armed Forces stationed in the Commonwealth, if the 

24 Board determines that schools available in the Com-
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1 monwealth are unable to provide adequately for the 

2 education of the dependents of such personnel. 

3 ‘‘(B) To provide transportation for dependents of 

4 such personnel between their places of residence and 

5 those schools for which expenses are provided under 

6 subparagraph (A), if the Board determines that such 

7 schools are not accessible by public means of transpor8 tation.’’. 

9 TITLE VI—ADVANCE 

10 DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2005

11 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Advance Democratic 

13 Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance 

14 Democracy Act of 2005’’ or the ‘‘ADVANCE Democracy Act 

15 of 2005’’. 

16 SEC. 602. FINDINGS. 

17 Congress finds the following: 

18 (1) All human beings are created equal and pos19 sess certain rights and freedoms, including the funda20 mental right to participate in the political life and 

21 government of their respective countries. These in22 alienable rights are recognized in the Declaration of 

23 Independence of the United States and in the Uni24 versal Declaration of Human Rights of the United 

25 Nations. 
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1 (2) The continued lack of democracy, freedom, 

2 and fundamental human rights in some countries is 

3 inconsistent with the universal values on which the 

4 United States is based and such continued lack of de5 mocracy, freedom, and fundamental human rights 

6 also poses a national security threat to the United 

7 States, its interests, and its friends, as it is in such 

8 countries that radicalism, extremism, and terrorism 

9 can flourish. 

10 (3) There is also a correlation between nondemo11 cratic rule and other threats to international peace 

12 and security, including threats from war, genocide, 

13 famine, poverty, drug trafficking, corruption, refugee 

14 flows, human trafficking, religious persecution, envi15 ronmental degradation, and discrimination against 

16 women. 

17 (4) The transition to democracy must be led 

18 from within nondemocratic countries, including by 

19 nongovernmental organizations, movements, and indi20 viduals, and by nationals of such countries who live 

21 abroad. Nevertheless, democratic countries have a 

22 number of instruments available for supporting demo23 cratic reformers who are committed to promoting ef24 fective, nonviolent change in nondemocratic countries. 
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1 (5) United States efforts to promote democracy 

2 and protect human rights in countries where they are 

3 lacking can be strengthened to improve assistance for 

4 such reformers. United States ambassadors and dip5 lomats can play a critical role in such efforts to pro6 mote democracy by publicly demonstrating support 

7 for democratic principles and supporting democratic 

8 reformers. Training and incentives are needed to as9 sist United States officials in strengthening the tech10 niques and skills required to promote democracy. 

11 (6) A full evaluation of United States funds ex12 pended for the support of democracy is also necessary 

13 to ensure an efficient and effective use of the resources 

14 that are dedicated to these efforts. 

15 (7) The promotion of democracy requires a 

16 broad-based effort with collaboration between all 

17 democratic countries, including through the Commu18 nity of Democracies. 

19 (8) The promotion of such universal democracy 

20 constitutes a long-term challenge that does not always 

21 lead to an immediate transition to full democracy, 

22 but through a dedicated and integrated approach can 

23 achieve universal democracy. 

24 SEC. 603. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

25 It shall be the policy of the United States—
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1 (1) to promote freedom and democracy in foreign 

2 countries as a fundamental component of United 

3 States foreign policy; 

4 (2) to affirm fundamental freedoms and human 

5 rights in foreign countries and to condemn offenses 

6 against those freedoms and rights as a fundamental 

7 component of United States foreign policy; 

8 (3) to use all instruments of United States influ9 ence to support, promote, and strengthen democratic 

10 principles, practices, and values in foreign countries, 

11 including the right to free, fair, and open elections, 

12 secret balloting, and universal suffrage; 

13 (4) to protect and promote fundamental freedoms 

14 and rights, including the freedoms of association, of 

15 expression, of the press, and of religion, and the right 

16 to own private property; 

17 (5) to protect and promote respect for and adher18 ence to the rule of law in foreign countries; 

19 (6) to provide appropriate support to organiza20 tions, individuals, and movements located in non21 democratic countries that aspire to live in freedom 

22 and establish full democracy in such countries; 

23 (7) to provide, political, economic, and other 

24 support to foreign countries that are willingly under25 taking a transition to democracy; 
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1 (8) to commit United States foreign policy to the 

2 challenge of achieving universal democracy; and 

3 (9) to strengthen alliances and relationships with 

4 other democratic countries in order to better promote 

5 and defend shared values and ideals. 

6 SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this title: 

8 (1) ANNUAL REPORT ON DEMOCRACY.—The term 

9 ‘‘Annual Report on Democracy’’ means the Annual 

10 Report on Democracy required under section 612(a). 

11 (2) COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND COMMU12 NITY.—The terms ‘‘Community of Democracies’’ and 

13 ‘‘Community’’ mean the association of democratic 

14 countries committed to the global promotion of demo15 cratic principles, practices, and values, which held its 

16 First Ministerial Conference in Warsaw, Poland, in 

17 June 2000. 

18 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti19 ty’’ means any nongovernmental organization, inter20 national organization, multilateral institution, pri21 vate foundation, corporation, partnership, associa22 tion, or other entity, organization, or group engaged 

23 in (or with plans to engage in) the promotion of de24 mocracy and fundamental rights and freedoms in for25 eign countries categorized as ‘‘democratic transition 
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1 countries’’ or as ‘‘nondemocratic’’ in the most recent 

2 Annual Report on Democracy. 

3 (4) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

4 individual’’ means any individual engaged in, or who 

5 intends to engage in, the promotion of democracy and 

6 fundamental rights and freedoms in foreign countries 

7 categorized as ‘‘democratic transition countries’’ or as 

8 ‘‘nondemocratic’’ in the most recent Annual Report 

9 on Democracy. 

10 (5) REGIONAL DEMOCRACY HUB AND HUB.—The 

11 terms ‘‘Regional Democracy Hub’’ and ‘‘Hub’’ mean 

12 the Regional Democracy Hubs established under sec13 tion 611(c)(2). 

14 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of State. 

16 (7) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under Sec17 retary’’ means the Under Secretary of State for De18 mocracy and Global Affairs established under section 

19 1(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

20 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)), as amended by section 

21 611(a)(2) of this Act. 
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1 Subtitle A—Department of State 

2 Activities 

3 SEC. 611. PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY IN FOREIGN COUN4 TRIES. 

5 (a) CODIFICATION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

6 FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS.—Section 1(b) of 

7 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2651a(b)) is amended—

9 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para10 graph (5); and 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(4) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEMOC14 RACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS.—There shall be in the 

15 Department of State, among the Under Secretaries 

16 authorized by paragraph (1), an Under Secretary of 

17 State for Democracy and Global Affairs, who shall 

18 have primary responsibility to assist the Secretary 

19 and the Deputy Secretary in the formulation and im20 plementation of United States policies and activities 

21 relating to the transition to and development of de22 mocracy in nondemocratic countries and to coordi23 nate United States policy on global issues, including 

24 issues related to human rights, women’s rights, free25 dom of religion, labor standards and relations, the 
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1 preservation of the global environment, the status and 

2 protection of the oceans, scientific cooperation, nar3 cotics control, law enforcement, population issues, ref4 ugees, migration, war crimes, and trafficking in per5 sons. The Secretary may assign such other respon6 sibilities to the Under Secretary for Democracy and 

7 Global Affairs as the Secretary determines appro8 priate or necessary. In particular, the Under Sec9 retary shall have the following responsibilities: 

10 ‘‘(A) Coordinating with the Under Sec11 retary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

12 and officers and employees from the regional bu13 reaus of the Department of State to promote the 

14 transition to democracy in nondemocratic coun15 tries and strengthen development of democracy 

16 in countries that are in transition to democracy. 

17 ‘‘(B) Advising the Secretary regarding any 

18 recommendation requested by any official of any 

19 other agency that relates to the human rights sit20 uation in a foreign country or the effects on 

21 human rights or democracy in a foreign country 

22 of an agency program of such official.’’. 

23 (b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY

24 OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND

25 LABOR.—Section 1(c)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic 
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1 Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(2)) is amended 

2 by inserting after the first sentence the following new sen3 tence: ‘‘The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 

4 Human Rights, and Labor shall also be responsible for mat5 ters relating to the transition to and development of democ6 racy in nondemocratic countries, including promoting and 

7 strengthening the development of democracy in foreign 

8 countries that are in the early stages of a transition to de9 mocracy and evaluating the effectiveness of United States 

10 programs that promote democracy.’’. 

11 (c) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED STATES MIS12 SIONS ABROAD.—

13 (1) OFFICE RELATED TO DEMOCRATIC MOVE14 MENTS AND TRANSITIONS.—

15 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be with16 in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

17 and Labor of the Department of State an office 

18 that shall be responsible for working with demo19 cratic movements and facilitating the transition 

20 of nondemocratic countries and democratic tran21 sition countries to full democracy. 

22 (B) PURPOSE.—In addition to any other 

23 responsibilities conferred on the office, the office 

24 shall promote transitions to full democracy in 

25 countries that have been categorized as nondemo-
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1 cratic or as democratic transition countries in 

2 the most recent Annual Report on Democracy re3 quired under section 612(a). 

4 (C) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Deputy As5 sistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 

6 Human Rights, and Labor described in para7 graph (4) and employees of the office shall—

8 (i) develop relations with, consult with, 

9 and provide assistance to nongovernmental 

10 organizations, individuals, and movements 

11 that are committed to the peaceful pro12 motion of democracy, democratic principles, 

13 practices, and values, and fundamental 

14 rights and freedoms in countries described 

15 in subparagraph (B), including fostering 

16 relationships with the United States Gov17 ernment and the governments of other demo18 cratic countries; 

19 (ii) assist officers and employees of re20 gional bureaus to develop strategies and 

21 programs to promote peaceful change in 

22 such countries; 

23 (iii) foster dialogue, to the extent prac24 ticable, between the leaders of such non25 governmental organizations, individuals, 
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1 and movements and the officials of such 

2 countries; 

3 (iv) create narratives and histories re4 quired under section 616 for the Internet 

5 site for global democracy and human rights 

6 and assist in the preparation of the report 

7 required under section 612; and 

8 (v) facilitate, in coordination with 

9 public affairs officers and offices of the De10 partment of State responsible for public di11 plomacy programs in such countries, de12 bates and discussions, including among 

13 young people in other countries, regarding 

14 the values and benefits of democracy and 

15 human rights at academic institutions in 

16 such countries. 

17 (2) REGIONAL DEMOCRACY HUBS AT UNITED

18 STATES MISSIONS ABROAD.—

19 (A) PILOT PROGRAM.—

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 establish at least one Regional Democracy 

22 Hub at one United States mission in two of 

23 the following geographic regions: 

24 (I) The Western Hemisphere. 

25 (II) Europe. 
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1 (III) South Asia. 

2 (IV) The Near East. 

3 (V) East Asia and the Pacific. 

4 (VI) Africa. 

5 (ii) DIRECTOR.—Each Regional De6 mocracy Hub shall be headed by a Director. 

7 The Director and the associated staff shall 

8 be selected by the Secretary of State in con9 sultation with the Assistant Secretary of 

10 State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

11 Labor. 

12 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Regional 

13 Democracy Hub shall support the appropriate 

14 United States ambassador and United States 

15 employees assigned to United States missions in 

16 each such geographic region to carry out the re17 sponsibilities described in this Act, including as18 sisting Ambassadors and other United States of19 ficials in each nondemocratic country or demo20 cratic transition country in the geographic re21 gion to design and implement strategies for a 

22 transition to democracy in such county, includ23 ing regional strategies as appropriate. 

24 (C) ACCREDITATION.—As appropriate, the 

25 Department should seek accreditation for the Di-
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1 rector to all nondemocratic countries in each geo2 graphic region for which each Hub is respon3 sible. 

4 (D) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may ter5 minate each Hub established under this para6 graph five years after each is established. 

7 (E) CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITIES.—Noth8 ing in this paragraph shall be construed as re9 moving any responsibility under this or any 

10 other Act of any chief of mission or other em11 ployees of United States diplomatic missions, in12 cluding the development and implementation of 

13 strategies to promote democracy. 

14 (F) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA15 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

16 to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 

17 to carry out the responsibilities described in sub18 paragraph (B), including hiring additional staff 

19 to carry out such responsibilities. 

20 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUREAU OF IN21 TELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH.—The Assistant Sec22 retary of State for Intelligence and Research should 

23 coordinate with the Department of the Treasury, the 

24 Department of Justice, the Central Intelligence Agen-
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1 cy, other appropriate intelligence agencies, and, as 

2 appropriate, with foreign governments to—

3 (A) monitor and document financial assets 

4 inside and outside the United States held by 

5 leaders of countries determined to be nondemo6 cratic countries or democratic transition coun7 tries in the Annual Report on Democracy under 

8 section 612(a); 

9 (B) identify close associates of such leaders; 

10 and 

11 (C) monitor and document financial assets 

12 inside and outside the United States held by 

13 such close associates. 

14 (4) COORDINATION.—

15 (A) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

16 STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND

17 LABOR.—There should be in the Department of 

18 State a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

19 Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Any 

20 such Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be in ad21 dition to the current number of Deputy Assistant 

22 Secretaries. In addition to considering qualified 

23 noncareer candidates, the Secretary of State 

24 should seek to recruit senior members of the Sen25 ior Foreign Service to serve in such position. 
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1 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to the 

2 responsibilities described in paragraph (1)(C) 

3 and such other responsibilities as the Secretary 

4 or Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 

5 Human Rights, and Labor may from time to 

6 time designate, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

7 State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 

8 should—

9 (i) coordinate the work of the office de10 scribed in paragraph (1) with the work of 

11 other offices and bureaus at the Department 

12 of State and other United States Govern13 ment agencies that provide grants and other 

14 assistance to nongovernmental organiza15 tions, individuals, and movements; and 

16 (ii) forge connections between the 

17 United States and nongovernmental organi18 zations, individuals, and movements com19 mitted to the promotion of democracy and 

20 democratic principles, practices, and values 

21 and seek to embrace the work of such orga22 nizations, individuals, and movements. 

23 (5) RECRUITMENT.—The Secretary shall seek to 

24 ensure that, not later than December 31, 2012, not 

25 less than 50 percent of the nonadministrative employ-
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1 ees serving in the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

2 Rights, and Labor are members of the Foreign Serv3 ice. 

4 SEC. 612. REPORTS. 

5 (a) ANNUAL REPORT ON DEMOCRACY.—

6 (1) PREPARATION AND DEADLINE FOR SUBMIS7 SION.—The Secretary of State shall prepare an An8 nual Report on Democracy. The Under Secretary of 

9 State for Democracy and Global Affairs, with the as10 sistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democ11 racy, Human Rights, and Labor, shall have the prin12 cipal responsibility of assisting the Secretary in the 

13 preparation of the Annual Report. The Under Sec14 retary and Assistant Secretary shall consult with the 

15 regional bureaus of the Department of State in the 

16 preparation of the Annual Report. Not later than 

17 July 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the 

18 appropriate congressional committees the Annual Re19 port on Democracy. 

20 (2) CONTENTS.—The Annual Report on Democ21 racy shall contain the following: 

22 (A) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.—An Executive 

23 Summary with a table listing every foreign 

24 country that the Secretary determines to be 

25 ‘‘nondemocratic’’, and a list of countries the Sec-
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1 retary determines to be ‘‘democratic transition 

2 countries’’ because they are at the early stages of 

3 their transition to democracy. The Executive 

4 Summary shall contain a short narrative high5 lighting the status of democracy in each such 

6 country. 

7 (i) DETERMINATION OF CATEGORIZA8 TION.—With respect to a country listed in 

9 the Executive Summary, the Secretary shall 

10 determine which of the categorizations spec11 ified under subparagraph (A) is appro12 priate by reference to the principles en13 shrined in the United Nations Charter, the 

14 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 

15 the International Covenant on Civil and 

16 Political Rights, the United Nations Com17 mission on Human Rights Resolution 1499/

18 57 (entitled ‘‘Promotion of the Right to De19 mocracy’’), the assessments used to deter20 mine eligibility for financial assistance dis21 bursed from the Millennium Challenge Ac22 count, the assessments of nongovernmental 

23 organizations of eligibility to participate in 

24 the meetings of the Community of Democ25 racies, and the standards established and 
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1 adopted by the Community of Democracies. 

2 In addition, the categorization of a country 

3 should be informed by the general consensus 

4 regarding the status of civil and political 

5 rights in such country by major nongovern6 mental organizations that conduct assess7 ments of such conditions in such countries. 

8 (ii) DETERMINATION OF NONDEMO9 CRATIC CATEGORIZATION.—

10 (I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

11 shall categorize a country as nondemo12 cratic if such country fails to satisfy 

13 any of the following requirements: 

14 (aa) All citizens of such 

15 county have the right to, and are 

16 not restricted in practice from, 

17 fully and freely participating in 

18 the political life of such country 

19 regardless of gender, race, lan20 guage, religion, or beliefs. 

21 (bb) The national legislative 

22 body of such country and, if di23 rectly elected, the head of govern24 ment of such country, are chosen 

25 by free, fair, open, and periodic 
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1 elections, by universal and equal 

2 suffrage, and by secret ballot. 

3 (cc) More than one political 

4 party in such country has can5 didates who seek elected office at 

6 the national level and such parties 

7 are not restricted in their political 

8 activities or their process for se9 lecting such candidates, except for 

10 reasonable administrative require11 ments commonly applied in coun12 tries categorized as fully demo13 cratic. 

14 (dd) All citizens in such 

15 country have a right to, and are 

16 not restricted in practice from, 

17 fully exercising the freedoms of 

18 thought, conscience, belief, peace19 ful assembly and association, 

20 speech, opinion, and expression, 

21 and such country has a free, inde22 pendent, and pluralistic media. 

23 (ee) The current government 

24 of such country did not come to 
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1 power in a manner contrary to 

2 the rule of law. 

3 (ff) Such country possesses 

4 an independent judiciary and the 

5 government of such country gen6 erally respects the rule of law. 

7 (II) ADDITIONAL CONSIDER8 ATIONS.—Notwithstanding the satisfac9 tion by a country of the requirements 

10 specified under subclause (I), the Sec11 retary may categorize a country as 

12 nondemocratic if the Secretary deter13 mines that such is appropriate after 

14 consideration of the principles specified 

15 under clause (i) with respect to such 

16 country. 

17 (B) STATUS OF DEMOCRACY.—A description 

18 of each country on the list described in subpara19 graph (A), including—

20 (i) an evaluation of trends over the 

21 preceding 12 months towards improvement 

22 or deterioration in the commitment to and 

23 protection of democratic principles, prac24 tices, values, institutions, and processes in 

25 each such country; 
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1 (ii) an evaluation of the political 

2 rights and freedoms enjoyed by individuals 

3 in each such country and an evaluation of 

4 the factors that prevent each such country 

5 from being categorized as fully democratic; 

6 and 

7 (iii) for each country previously cat8 egorized as nondemocratic in the Executive 

9 Summary from the preceding 12 months, 

10 an evaluation of any progress made over the 

11 previous calendar year towards achieving a 

12 categorization of democratic transition 

13 country. 

14 (C) STRATEGY FOR NONDEMOCRATIC COUN15 TRIES.—An in-depth examination of each coun16 try categorized as nondemocratic in the Execu17 tive Summary, including—

18 (i) a strategy developed following con19 sultations with nongovernmental organiza20 tions, individuals, and movements that pro21 mote democratic principles, practices, and 

22 values in each such country to promote and 

23 achieve transition to full democracy in each 

24 such country; 
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1 (ii) a summary of any actions taken 

2 by the President with respect to any such 

3 country, the effects of any such actions, and 

4 if no such actions have been taken, a state5 ment explaining why not; 

6 (iii) a summary of any actions taken 

7 by the chief of mission and officials of the 

8 United States in each such country with 

9 which the United States maintains diplo10 matic and consular posts with respect to 

11 promoting such a transition within such 

12 country and any activities of the embassy 

13 or consulate in such country to support in14 dividuals and organizations in such coun15 try that actively advocate for such a transi16 tion; 

17 (iv) a summary of efforts taken by offi18 cials of the United States to speak directly 

19 to the people in each such country, and in 

20 particular, a description of any visits taken 

21 by the chief of mission and other officials of 

22 the United States in each such country to 

23 the colleges and universities and other insti24 tutions in each such country where young 

25 people congregate and learn; 
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1 (v) a summary of any communications 

2 between United States Government officials, 

3 including the chief of mission in each such 

4 country, and the leader and other high gov5 ernment officials of each such country con6 cerning respect for liberty, democracy, and 

7 political, social, and economic freedoms; 

8 and 

9 (vi) a description and evaluation of the 

10 efforts undertaken by other democratic 

11 countries belonging to the Community of 

12 Democracies to advance democracy in each 

13 such county, including through relevant 

14 bodies of the United Nations, regional orga15 nizations and bilateral policies and foreign 

16 assistance and the extent to which the 

17 United States coordinated United States ac18 tions and policies with such efforts. 

19 (3) CLASSIFIED ADDENDUM.—If the Secretary 

20 determines that it is in the national security interests 

21 of the United States, is necessary for the safety of in22 dividuals identified in the Annual Report on Democ23 racy, or is necessary to further the purposes of this 

24 Act, any information required by paragraph (2), in25 cluding policies adopted or actions taken by the 
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1 United States, may be summarized in the Annual Re2 port on Democracy or in the Executive Summary and 

3 submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 

4 in more detail in a classified addendum. 

5 (b) ONE-TIME REPORT ON TRAINING AND GUIDELINES

6 FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS AND CHIEFS OF MIS7 SION.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

8 Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 

9 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

10 one-time report containing a description of the training 

11 provided under section 619 for Foreign Service officers, in12 cluding chiefs of mission serving or preparing to serve in 

13 countries categorized as democratic transition countries or 

14 nondemocratic in the Annual Report on Democracy re15 quired under subsection (a), or chiefs of mission in fully 

16 democratic countries whose job performance could benefit 

17 from such training, with respect to methods to promote and 

18 achieve transition to full democracy in each such country, 

19 including nonviolent action. The Secretary shall submit the 

20 report together with the first Annual Report on Democracy 

21 required under such subsection. 

22 SEC. 613. STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE PROMOTION OF 

23 DEMOCRACY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

24 (a) WORKING GROUP ON NONDEMOCRATIC COUN25 TRIES.—Beginning in the year after the second Annual Re-
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1 port on Democracy required under section 612(a) is sub2 mitted and not less than once each year thereafter, the 

3 Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs 

4 should convene a working group under subsection (c) fo5 cused on each country categorized as nondemocratic in the 

6 most recent such report in order to—

7 (1) review progress on the action plan with re8 spect to each such country to promote and achieve the 

9 transition to full democracy in such country; and 

10 (2) receive recommendations regarding further 

11 action that should be taken with respect to such plan. 

12 (b) WORKING GROUP ON DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION

13 COUNTRIES.—Beginning in the year after the second An14 nual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a) 

15 is submitted and not less than once each year thereafter, 

16 the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Af17 fairs should also convene a working group under subsection 

18 (c) focused on the progress towards a fully democratic form 

19 of governance in each country categorized as a democratic 

20 transition country in the most recent Annual Report that 

21 was categorized as nondemocratic in any previous Annual 

22 Report. 

23 (c) MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUPS.—The working 

24 groups referred to in subsections (a) and (b) should include 

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1 propriate representatives from other relevant government 

2 agencies, including the United States Agency for Inter3 national Development, the Department of the Treasury, and 

4 the Department of Defense. 

5 (d) CONSULTATIONS WITH CHIEFS OF MISSIONS.—

6 The chief of mission for each country categorized as non7 democratic or a democratic transition country in the most 

8 recent Annual Report on Democracy shall meet with the 

9 Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs 

10 at least once each year to discuss the transition to full de11 mocracy in such country, including any actions the chief 

12 of mission has taken to implement the action plan for such 

13 country included in such report. 

14 SEC. 614. ACTIVITIES BY THE UNITED STATES TO PROMOTE 

15 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN FOR16 EIGN COUNTRIES. 

17 (a) FREEDOM INVESTMENT ACT OF 2002.—The Free18 dom Investment Act of 2002 (subtitle E of title VI of Public 

19 Law 107–228) is amended—

20 (1) in section 663(a), (relating to human rights 

21 activities at the Department of State)—

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

23 the end; 

24 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

25 paragraph (4); 
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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol2 lowing new paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(2) a United States mission abroad in a coun4 try that has been categorized as nondemocratic in the 

5 most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as re6 quired under section 612(a) of the Advance Demo7 cratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and 

8 Enhance Democracy Act of 2005) should have at least 

9 one political officer who shall have primary responsi10 bility for monitoring and promoting democracy and 

11 human rights in such country; 

12 ‘‘(3) the level of seniority of any such political 

13 officer should be in direct relationship to the severity 

14 of the problems associated with the establishment of 

15 full democracy and respect for human rights in such 

16 country; and’’; and 

17 (D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘monitoring human rights develop19 ments’’ and all that follows through ‘‘rec20 ommendation’’ and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘monitoring and promoting democracy and 

22 human rights, including a political officer de23 scribed in paragraphs (2) and (3), in a foreign 

24 country should be made after consultation with 

25 and upon the recommendation’’; and 
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1 (2) in section 665(c) (relating to reports on ac2 tions taken by the United States to encourage respect 

3 for human rights), by striking the second sentence and 

4 adding at the end the following new sentences: ‘‘If the 

5 Secretary elects to submit such information as a sepa6 rate report, such report may be submitted as part of 

7 the Annual Report on Democracy required under sec8 tion 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Ad9 dress Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democ10 racy Act of 2005. If the Secretary makes such an elec11 tion, such report shall be organized so as to contain 

12 a separate section for each country to which such in13 formation applies, together with a short narrative de14 scribing the extrajudicial killing, torture, or other se15 rious violations of human rights that are indicated to 

16 have occurred in each such country.’’. 

17 (b) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—The Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amend19 ed—

20 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)), by 

21 striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following 

22 new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(10) for each country with respect to which the 

24 report indicates that extrajudicial killings, torture, or 

25 other serious violations of human rights have occurred 
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1 in the country, a strategy, including a specific list of 

2 priorities and an action plan, to end such practices 

3 in the country, and any actions taken in the previous 

4 year to end such practices in the country; and’’; and 

5 (2) in section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by 

6 striking the sixth sentence and inserting the following 

7 new sentence: ‘‘Such report shall also include, for each 

8 country with respect to which the report indicates 

9 that extrajudicial killings, torture, or other serious 

10 violations of human rights have occurred in the coun11 try, a strategy, including a specific list of priorities 

12 and an action plan, to end such practices in the 

13 country, and any actions taken in the previous year 

14 to end such practices in the country.’’. 

15 SEC. 615. DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

16 ADVISORY BOARD. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Democ18 racy Promotion and Human Rights Advisory Board. 

19 (b) PURPOSE AND DUTIES.—The Board shall advise 

20 and provide recommendations to the Secretary of State, the 

21 Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 

22 the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 

23 Rights, and Labor, and the Assistant Administrator for the 

24 Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assist25 ance of the United States Agency for International Develop-
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1 ment concerning United States policies regarding the pro2 motion of democracy and the establishment of universal de3 mocracy, including the following: 

4 (1) Reviewing and making recommendations re5 garding the overall United States strategy for pro6 moting democracy and human rights in partly demo7 cratic and nondemocratic countries, including meth8 ods for incorporating the promotion of democracy and 

9 human rights into United States diplomacy, the use 

10 of international organizations to further United 

11 States democracy promotion goals, and ways in 

12 which the United States can work with other coun13 tries and the Community of Democracies to further 

14 such purposes. 

15 (2) Recommendations regarding specific strate16 gies to promote democracy in countries categorized as 

17 nondemocratic or as democratic transition countries 

18 in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy 

19 under section 612(a) and methods for consulting and 

20 coordinating with individuals (including expatriates) 

21 and nongovernmental organizations that promote 

22 democratic principles, practices, and values. 

23 (3) Recommendations regarding the use of—

24 (A) programs related to the promotion of 

25 democracy and human rights administered by 
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1 the United States Agency for International De2 velopment; and 

3 (B) the Human Rights and Democracy 

4 Fund, established under section 664 of the Free5 dom Investment Act of 2002 (subtitle E of title 

6 VI of Public Law 107–228). 

7 (4) Recommendations regarding regulations to be 

8 promulgated concerning—

9 (A) the standards of performance to be met 

10 by members of the Foreign Service, including 

11 chiefs of mission, under section 405(d) of the 

12 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d)); 

13 and 

14 (B) the development of programs to promote 

15 democracy in foreign countries under section 

16 614, relating to programs undertaken by United 

17 States missions in foreign countries and the ac18 tivities of chiefs of mission. 

19 (c) STUDY ON DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

21 after the appointment of five members of the Board, 

22 the Board shall submit to the President, appropriate 

23 congressional committees, and the Secretary a study 

24 on United States democracy assistance. 

25 (2) CONTENTS.—The study shall include—
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1 (A) a comprehensive review and an overall 

2 evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of 

3 United States appropriations for the promotion 

4 of democracy, including—

5 (i) information regarding the amount 

6 of money dedicated to such purpose each fis7 cal year; 

8 (ii) an identification of the inter9 national organizations, nongovernmental 

10 organizations, multilateral institutions, in11 dividuals, private groups (including cor12 porations and other businesses), and govern13 ment agencies and departments receiving 

14 such funds for such purpose; 

15 (iii) information regarding the effi16 ciency and effectiveness of the use of such 

17 funds to promote a transition to democracy 

18 in nondemocratic countries with a special 

19 emphasis on activities related to the pro20 motion of democracy under subsection 

21 (b)(3)(B), relating to the Human Rights 

22 and Democracy Fund; and 

23 (iv) information regarding the effi24 ciency and effectiveness of the use of such 

25 funds to promote and sustain democracy in 
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1 countries that are already fully democratic 

2 or democratic transition countries; 

3 (B) a review of—

4 (i) whether United States international 

5 broadcasts influence citizens of countries 

6 categorized as nondemocratic in the most 

7 recent Annual Report on Democracy and 

8 the impact of increasing such broadcasts to 

9 such countries relative to the cost of such in10 creases, including information relating to 

11 an assessment of programming on the 

12 means of nonviolent protest and democratic 

13 change; and 

14 (ii) the potential contribution that 

15 supporting private media sources that are 

16 not controlled or owned by the United 

17 States to reaching citizens of such countries, 

18 the situations where such support may be 

19 appropriate, and the mechanisms that 

20 should be used to provide such support; 

21 (C) policy recommendations to the Presi22 dent and appropriate congressional committees 

23 regarding ways to improve United States pro24 grams for the promotion of democracy, including 

25 coordination of such programs; and 
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1 (D) recommendations for reform of United 

2 States Government agencies involved in the pro3 motion of democracy. 

4 (d) MEMBERSHIP.—

5 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Board shall be com6 posed of nine members, who shall be citizens of the 

7 United States and who shall not be officers or em8 ployees of the United States. The Secretary shall ap9 point all such members. Not more than five members 

10 may be affiliated with the same political party. 

11 (2) SELECTION.—Members of the Board shall be 

12 selected from among distinguished individuals noted 

13 for their knowledge and experience in fields relevant 

14 to the issues to be considered by the Board, including 

15 issues related to the promotion of democracy, inter16 national relations, management and organization of 

17 foreign assistance or comparable programs, methods 

18 and means of nonviolent protest, academic study and 

19 debate of democracy, human rights, and international 

20 law. 

21 (3) TIME FOR APPOINTMENT.—The appointment 

22 of members to the Board under paragraph (1) shall 

23 be made not later than 120 days after the date of the 

24 enactment of this Act. 
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1 (4) TERM OF SERVICE AND SUNSET.—Each 

2 member shall be appointed to the Board for a term 

3 that shall expire on the date that is one year after the 

4 date of the submission of the study under subsection 

5 (c). 

6 (5) SUNSET.—The Board shall terminate on the 

7 date that is one year after the date of the submission 

8 of the study under such subsection unless the Sec9 retary determines that it is in the interest of the De10 partment to extend the Board for a period of an addi11 tional five years. 

12 (6) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Secretary 

13 shall ensure that all members of the Board, and ap14 propriate experts and consultants under paragraph 

15 (7)(E), obtain relevant security clearances in an expe16 ditious manner. 

17 (7) OPERATION.—

18 (A) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall appoint 

19 one member of the Board to chair the Board. The 

20 Board shall meet at the call of the Chair. 

21 (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the 

22 Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including 

23 per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author24 ized for employees of agencies under subchapter 

25 I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
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1 while away from their homes or regular places of 

2 business in the performance of service for the 

3 Board. 

4 (C) OFFICE SPACE AND ADMINISTRATIVE

5 ASSISTANCE.—Upon the request of the chair6 person of the Board, the Secretary shall provide 

7 reasonable and appropriate office space, supplies, 

8 and administrative assistance. 

9 (D) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN OTHER

10 LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall be con11 strued to cause the Board to be considered an 

12 agency or establishment of the United States, or 

13 to cause members of the Board to be considered 

14 officers or employees of the United States. Execu15 tive branch agencies may conduct programs and 

16 activities and provide services in support of the 

17 activities duties of the Board, notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law. The Federal Advisory 

19 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 

20 to the Board. 

21 (E) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The 

22 Board may procure temporary and intermittent 

23 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 

24 States Code. 
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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Board such sums as 

3 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 

4 2008. 

5 SEC. 616. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTER6 NET SITE FOR GLOBAL DEMOCRACY AND 

7 HUMAN RIGHTS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to facilitate access by 

9 individuals and nongovernmental organizations in foreign 

10 countries to documents, streaming video and audio, and 

11 other media regarding democratic principles, practices, and 

12 values, and the promotion and strengthening of democracy, 

13 the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Under Sec14 retary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, the 

15 Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 

16 and the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 

17 Human Rights, and Labor, shall establish and maintain 

18 an Internet site for global democracy and human rights. 

19 (b) CONTENTS.—The Internet site for global democracy 

20 established under subsection (a) shall include the following 

21 information: 

22 (1) The Executive Summary prepared under sec23 tion 612(a)(2)(A), but only to the extent that infor24 mation contained therein is not classified. 
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1 (2) Narratives and histories of significant demo2 cratic movements in foreign countries, particularly 

3 regarding successful nonviolent campaigns to oust 

4 dictatorships. 

5 (3) Narratives relating to the importance of the 

6 establishment of and respect for fundamental free7 doms. 

8 (4) Major human rights reports by the United 

9 States Government or any other documents, ref10 erences, or links to external Internet sites the Sec11 retary or Under Secretary determines appropriate, 

12 including reference to or links to training materials 

13 regarding successful movements in the past, including 

14 translations of such materials, as appropriate. 

15 SEC. 617. PROGRAMS BY UNITED STATES MISSIONS IN FOR16 EIGN COUNTRIES AND ACTIVITIES OF CHIEFS 

17 OF MISSION. 

18 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE DE19 MOCRACY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—Each chief of mission 

20 in each foreign country categorized as nondemocratic in the 

21 most recent Annual Report on Democracy, with the assist22 ance of the director of the relevant Regional Hub, shall—

23 (1) develop, as part of annual program plan24 ning, a strategy to promote democracy in each such 

25 foreign country and to provide visible and material 
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1 support to individuals and nongovernmental organi2 zations in each such country that are committed to 

3 democratic principles, practices, and values, such 

4 as—

5 (A) consulting and coordinating with such 

6 individuals and organizations regarding the pro7 motion of democracy; 

8 (B) visiting local landmarks and other local 

9 sites associated with nonviolent protest in sup10 port of democracy and freedom from oppression; 

11 (C) holding periodic public meetings with 

12 such individuals and organizations to discuss de13 mocracy and political, social, and economic free14 doms; 

15 (D) issuing public condemnation of severe 

16 violations of internationally recognized human 

17 rights (as such term is described in section 

18 116(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

19 U.S.C. 2151n(a)), violations of religious freedom, 

20 including particularly severe violations of reli21 gious freedom (as such terms are defined in 

22 paragraphs (11) and (13) of section 3 of the 

23 International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

24 U.S.C. 6402)), political repression, and govern-
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1 ment-tolerated or -condoned trafficking in per2 sons; and 

3 (E) providing technical, financial, and such 

4 other support to such individuals and organiza5 tions; 

6 (2) hold ongoing discussions with the leaders of 

7 each such nondemocratic country regarding a transi8 tion to full democracy and the development of polit9 ical, social, and economic freedoms and respect for 

10 human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, 

11 in such country; and 

12 (3) conduct meetings with civil society, inter13 views with media that can directly reach citizens of 

14 each such country, and discussions with students and 

15 young people of each such country regarding a transi16 tion to democracy and the development of political, 

17 social, and economic freedoms in each such country. 

18 (b) PUBLIC OUTREACH IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—

19 Each chief of mission or principal officer should spend time 

20 at universities and other institutions of higher learning 

21 to—

22 (1) debate and discuss values and policies that 

23 promote democracy; and 

24 (2) communicate, promote, and defend such 

25 United States values and policies. 
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1 (c) ACCESS TO UNITED STATES MISSIONS.—The Sec2 retary is encouraged to allow access to a United States dip3 lomatic or consular mission in each foreign country cat4 egorized as a democratic transition country or as nondemo5 cratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy by 

6 individuals and representatives of nongovernmental organi7 zations in each such country who are committed to demo8 cratic principles, practices, and values in each such coun9 try. 

10 SEC. 618. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 

11 (a) TRAINING IN DEMOCRACY AND THE PROMOTION OF

12 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.—Section 708 of the For13 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c) TRAINING ON GLOBAL DEMOCRACY PRO16 MOTION.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the training 

18 required under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary 

19 of State, in cooperation with other relevant officials, 

20 including the Under Secretary of State for Democracy 

21 and Global Affairs, and the Director of the National 

22 Foreign Affairs Training Center of the Foreign Serv23 ice Institute of the Department of State, shall estab24 lish as part of the training provided after December 

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1 chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission, in2 struction in how to strengthen and promote democ3 racy through peaceful means in consultation with in4 dividuals and nongovernmental organizations that 

5 support democratic principles, practices, and values. 

6 In particular, such instruction shall be mandatory for 

7 members of the Service having reporting or other re8 sponsibilities relating to internal political develop9 ments and human rights, including religious freedom, 

10 in nondemocratic countries or democratic transition 

11 countries as categorized in the most recent Annual 

12 Report on Democracy as required under section 

13 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address 

14 Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy 

15 Act of 2005, including for chiefs of mission and dep16 uty chiefs of mission, and shall be completed before 

17 the time that such member or chief of mission as18 sumes a post (or, if such is not practical, within the 

19 first year of assuming such post). 

20 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF TRAINING.—The training re21 quired under paragraph (1) shall include instruction, 

22 a training manual, and other materials regarding the 

23 following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) International documents and United 

2 States policy regarding electoral democracy and 

3 respect for human rights. 

4 ‘‘(B) United States policy regarding the 

5 promotion and strengthening of democracy 

6 around the world, with particular emphasis on 

7 the transition to democracy in nondemocratic 

8 countries. 

9 ‘‘(C) For any member, chief of mission, or 

10 deputy chief of mission who is to be assigned to 

11 a foreign country that is categorized as non12 democratic in the Annual Report on Democracy, 

13 instruction regarding ways to promote democ14 racy in such country and providing technical, fi15 nancial, and other support to individuals (in16 cluding expatriated citizens) and nongovern17 mental organizations in such country that sup18 port democratic principles, practices, and values. 

19 ‘‘(D) The protection of internationally rec20 ognized human rights (including the protection 

21 of religious freedom) and standards related to 

22 such rights, provisions of United States law re23 lated to such rights, diplomatic tools to promote 

24 respect for such rights, the protection of individ25 uals who have fled their countries due to viola-
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1 tions of such rights (including the role of United 

2 States embassies in providing access to the 

3 United States Refugee Admissions Program) and 

4 the relationship between respect for such rights 

5 and democratic development and national secu6 rity. The Director of the National Foreign Af7 fairs Training Center of the Foreign Service In8 stitute of the Department of State shall consult 

9 with nongovernmental organizations involved in 

10 the protection and promotion of such rights and 

11 the United States Commission on International 

12 Religious Freedom (established under section 

13 201(a) of the International Religious Freedom 

14 Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(a)) in developing 

15 the training required by this subparagraph.’’. 

16 (b) OTHER TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall 

17 ensure that the training described in subsection (a) is pro18 vided to members of the civil service who are assigned in 

19 the United States or abroad who have reporting or other 

20 responsibilities relating to internal political developments 

21 and human rights in countries that are categorized as 

22 democratic transition countries or nondemocratic in the 

23 Annual Report on Democracy required under section 

24 612(a). 
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

2 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec3 essary to develop appropriate programs and materials to 

4 accomplish the training required under subsection (c) of sec5 tion 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

6 4028), as added by subsection (a). 

7 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 708 of the For8 eign Service Act of 1980, as amended by subsection (a), is 

9 further amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘(a) TRAINING ON HUMAN RIGHTS.—The’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘(b) The’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘(b) TRAINING ON REFUGEE LAW AND RE15 LIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—The’’. 

16 SEC. 619. PERFORMANCE PAY; PROMOTIONS; FOREIGN 

17 SERVICE AWARDS. 

18 (a) PERFORMANCE PAY.—Section 405(d) of the For19 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d)) is amended 

20 by inserting after the second sentence the following new sen21 tence: ‘‘Meritorious or distinguished service in the pro22 motion of democracy in foreign countries, including contact 

23 with and support of individuals and nongovernmental or24 ganizations that promote democracy in a foreign country 

25 categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Re-
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1 port on Democracy (as required under section 612(a) of the 

2 Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Coun3 tries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), shall also serve 

4 as a basis for granting awards under this section.’’. 

5 (b) PROMOTIONS.—Section 603(b) of the Foreign Serv6 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003(b)) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Precepts for selection 

8 boards shall also, where applicable, include an evaluation 

9 of whether members of the Service and members of the Sen10 ior Foreign Service have met the standards of performance 

11 established by the Secretary pursuant to section 619(c) of 

12 the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic 

13 Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005, or have 

14 served in a position in which the primary responsibility 

15 is to monitor or promote democracy or human rights.’’. 

16 (c) REGULATIONS AND EVALUATIONS CONCERNING

17 STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAMS TO PRO18 MOTE DEMOCRACY.—With respect to members of the For19 eign Service, including all chiefs of mission, who are as20 signed to foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic in 

21 the most recent Annual Report on Democracy, the Secretary 

22 shall prescribe regulations concerning the standards of per23 formance to be met under sections 405(d) and 603(b) of the 

24 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d) and 

25 4003(b)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), respec-
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1 tively, and the development of programs to promote democ2 racy in foreign countries under section 617. The require3 ments of sections 617 and 618(a) shall serve as one of the 

4 bases for performance criteria in evaluating chiefs of mis5 sion and those officers at posts so designated by the chief 

6 of mission. 

7 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS.—Section 614 of the 

8 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Distin10 guished or meritorious service in the promotion of democ11 racy in foreign countries, including contact with and sup12 port of individuals and nongovernmental organizations 

13 that promote democracy in a foreign country categorized 

14 as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on De15 mocracy (as required under section 612(a) of the Advance 

16 Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and 

17 Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), shall also serve as a basis 

18 for granting awards under this section.’’. 

19 SEC. 620. APPOINTMENTS. 

20 (a) APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.—Section 302 

21 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3942) is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(c) If an individual (with respect to subsection (a)) 

24 or a member of the Service (with respect to subsection (b)) 

25 is appointed by the President to be a chief of mission in 
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1 a country at the time such country is categorized as non2 democratic in an Annual Report on Democracy (required 

3 under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Ad4 dress Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy 

5 Act of 2005), and if such individual or such member has 

6 previously served as chief of mission in a country that was 

7 so categorized, the President shall transmit to the Com8 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written report 

9 summarizing the actions that such individual or member 

10 took during the period of such prior service to promote de11 mocracy and human rights in such country, including ac12 tions in furtherance of the strategy contained in such re13 port.’’. 

14 (b) CHIEFS OF MISSION.—Section 304(a)(1) of such 

15 Act (22 U.S.C. 3944(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the 

16 end the following new sentence: ‘‘If the country in which 

17 the individual is to serve is categorized as nondemocratic 

18 in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as re19 quired under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Val20 ues, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance De21 mocracy Act of 2005), the individual should possess clearly 

22 demonstrated competence in and commitment to the pro23 motion of democracy in such country, including competence 

24 in promoting democratic principles, practices, and values 

25 through regular interaction with individuals, including stu-
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1 dents and young people within such country, who support 

2 and advocate such principles, practices, and values.’’. 

3 Subtitle B—Alliances With Other 

4 Democratic Countries 

5 SEC. 631. ALLIANCES WITH OTHER DEMOCRATIC COUN6 TRIES. 

7 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that it is in the national 

8 interest of the United States, including for humanitarian, 

9 economic, social, political, and security reasons, to forge al10 liances with democratic countries to work together to pro11 mote and protect—

12 (1) shared democratic principles, practices, and 

13 values; and 

14 (2) political, social, and economic freedoms 

15 around the world. 

16 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subtitle are to 

17 encourage new ways of forging alliances with democratic 

18 countries in order to—

19 (1) promote and protect democratic principles, 

20 practices, and values, including the right to free, fair, 

21 and open elections, secret balloting, and universal suf22 frage; 

23 (2) promote and protect fundamental shared po24 litical, social, and economic freedoms, including the 
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1 freedoms of association, of expression, of the press, of 

2 religion, and to own private property; 

3 (3) promote and protect respect for the rule of 

4 law; 

5 (4) develop, adopt, and pursue strategies to ad6 vance common interests in international organiza7 tions and multilateral institutions to which members 

8 of the alliance of democratic countries belong; and 

9 (5) provide political, economic, and other nec10 essary support to countries that are undergoing a 

11 transition to democracy. 

12 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PARTICIPA13 TION.—It is the sense of Congress that any foreign country 

14 that is categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent An15 nual Report on Democracy under section 612(a) should not 

16 participate in any alliance of democratic countries aimed 

17 at working together to promote democracy. 

18 SEC. 632. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE ESTAB19 LISHMENT OF A DEMOCRACY CAUCUS. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that with the passage 

21 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 

22 of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), Congress—

23 (1) encouraged the establishment of a Democracy 

24 Caucus within the United Nations, the United Na25 tions Human Rights Commission, the United Nations 
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1 Conference on Disarmament, and at other broad2 based international organizations; and 

3 (2) required increased training in multilateral 

4 diplomacy for members of the Foreign Service and 

5 appropriate members of the Civil Service to support 

6 such an establishment. 

7 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

8 that the creation of a Democracy Caucus in each inter9 national organization and multilateral institution of which 

10 the United States is a member will not only improve the 

11 internal governance of such organizations but will also 

12 strengthen the implementation of commitments by such or13 ganizations and institutions regarding democracy and 

14 human rights. 

15 SEC. 633. ANNUAL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ON MULTILAT16 ERAL ISSUES. 

17 The Secretary of State, acting through the principal 

18 officers responsible for advising the Secretary on inter19 national organizations, should ensure that a high level dele20 gation from the United States is sent on an annual basis 

21 to consult with key foreign governments in every region to 

22 promote United States policies, including issues related to 

23 democracy and human rights, at key international fora, in24 cluding the United Nations General Assembly, the United 

25 Nations Human Rights Commission or other multilateral 
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1 human rights body, the Organization for Security and Co2 operation in Europe, and the United Nations Education, 

3 Science, and Cultural Organization. 

4 SEC. 634. STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOC5 RACIES. 

6 (a) FORMAL MECHANISMS FOR THE COMMUNITY OF

7 DEMOCRACIES.—It is the sense of Congress that the Com8 munity of Democracies should develop a more formal mech9 anism for carrying out work between ministerial meetings, 

10 including hiring appropriate staff to carry out such work, 

11 and should, as appropriate, establish a headquarters. 

12 (b) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary is author13 ized to detail on a nonreimbursable basis any employee of 

14 the Department of State to any country that is a member 

15 of the Convening Group of the Community of Democracies. 

16 (c) REGIONAL GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOC17 RACIES.—It is the sense of Congress that regional groups 

18 within the Community of Democracies should be established 

19 and strengthened in order to facilitate coordination of com20 mon positions and action on multilateral strategies to pro21 mote and consolidate democracy. 

22 (d) INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC TRAN23 SITION.—

24 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

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1 contributions from private individuals, support the 

2 initiative of the Government of Hungary and the gov3 ernments of other European countries to establish a 

4 International Center for Democratic Transition to 

5 support transitions to full democracy. 

6 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

7 There is authorized to be appropriated for a grant to 

8 the International Center for Democratic Transition 

9 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 

10 2008. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph 

11 shall remain available until expended. 

12 (3) USE OF FUNDS.—Any grant made in fiscal 

13 year 2006 by the Secretary to the International Cen14 ter for Democratic Transition under paragraph (2) 

15 may be used for the establishment and operation of 

16 the Center and for programs and activities of the 

17 Center. Any grant or voluntary contribution made in 

18 any subsequent fiscal year by the Secretary to the 

19 Center under such paragraph may be used for pro20 grams and activities of the Center. 

21 Subtitle C—Funding for Promotion 

22 of Democracy 

23 SEC. 641. POLICY. 

24 It shall be the policy of the United States to provide 

25 financial assistance to eligible entities and eligible individ-
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1 uals in order to assist such entities and individuals in the 

2 promotion of democracy in countries categorized as non3 democratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy 

4 under section 612(a). 

5 SEC. 642. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND. 

6 (a) PURPOSES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOC7 RACY FUND.—In addition to uses currently approved for 

8 the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, the Secretary of 

9 State, acting through the Assistant Secretary of State for 

10 Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall use amounts 

11 appropriated to the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 

12 under subsection (e) to provide assistance to eligible entities 

13 and eligible individuals to promote democracy in foreign 

14 countries categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent 

15 Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a). The 

16 promotion of democracy in such countries for which such 

17 assistance may be provided may include the following ac18 tivities: 

19 (1) The publication and distribution of books 

20 and the creation and distribution of other media re21 lating to information about current events in such 

22 country and educational programming designed to 

23 provide information regarding democracy, the rule of 

24 law, free, fair and open elections, free market econom25 ics, fundamental human rights (including the rights 
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1 of freedom of speech and of religion and the rights to 

2 be free from slavery and bondage), and successful 

3 democratic movements in history, including edu4 cational programs for leaders and members of demo5 cratic movements to convey information to such indi6 viduals regarding the means of nonviolent force and 

7 the methods of nonviolent action. 

8 (2) The translation into languages spoken in 

9 such countries of relevant programming and existing 

10 books, videos, and other publications relating to the 

11 subjects specified in paragraph (1). 

12 (3) The promotion of political pluralism and the 

13 rule of law within such countries, including the pro14 motion of nongovernmental organizations and move15 ments that promote democratic principles, practices, 

16 and values. 

17 (4) The creation of programs for student groups 

18 to work with citizens of such countries who are com19 mitted to democratic reforms and to the promotion of 

20 a transition to democracy. 

21 (5) The creation of training programs for citi22 zens of such countries concerning international legal 

23 obligations to support democracy and human rights, 

24 including religious freedom. 
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1 (6) Support for nongovernmental organizations 

2 which have experience with the Community of Democ3 racies to assist the Community of Democracies and 

4 its Convening Group. 

5 (b) FREEDOM INVESTMENT ACT OF 2002.—Section 

6 664(b) of the Freedom Investment Act of 2002 (subtitle E 

7 of title VI of Public Law 107–228; relating to the purposes 

8 of the Human Rights and Democracy Fund) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para12 graph (6); 

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(5) to support the study of democracy abroad, 

16 including support for debates and discussions at aca17 demic institutions, regarding the values and benefits 

18 of democracy; and’’; and 

19 (4) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by para20 graph (2) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘(5)’’. 

22 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.—Assistance pro23 vided through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 

24 may be provided to eligible entities and eligible individuals 

25 in foreign countries notwithstanding any provision of law 
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1 that prohibits assistance to a foreign country or to a govern2 ment of a foreign country. 

3 (d) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE HUMAN

4 RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND.—Not later than 60 days 

5 after the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Assistant Sec6 retary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 

7 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 

8 annual report on the status of the Human Rights and De9 mocracy Fund. Each such annual report shall contain the 

10 following information: 

11 (1) An identification of each eligible entity and 

12 eligible individual who received assistance during the 

13 previous fiscal year under subsection (b) and a sum14 mary of the activities of each such recipient. 

15 (2) An account of projects funded and outside 

16 contributions received during the previous fiscal year. 

17 (3) A balance sheet of income and outlays cur18 rent as of the conclusion of the fiscal year to which 

19 such report is relevant. 

20 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available for 

22 each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, there are author23 ized to be appropriated to the Human Rights and De24 mocracy Fund to carry out the purposes of this sec25 tion $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $60,000,000 
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1 for fiscal year 2007. Amounts appropriated under 

2 this section shall remain available until expended. 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 

4 five percent of amounts appropriated to the Human 

5 Rights and Democracy Fund for each fiscal year may 

6 be applied toward administrative expenses associated 

7 with carrying out this section. 

8 (3) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may accept 

9 contributions to the Human Rights and Democracy 

10 Fund from the governments of other democratic coun11 tries, private foundations, private citizens, and other 

12 nongovernmental sources. 

13 Subtitle D—Presidential Actions 

14 SEC. 651. INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF INTER15 NATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, with the assistance 

17 of the Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of State for 

18 Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at19 Large for War Crimes Issues, shall collect information re20 garding incidents that may constitute crimes against hu21 manity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of inter22 national humanitarian law by leaders or other government 

23 officials of foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic 

24 or as democratic transition countries in the most recent An25 nual Report on Democracy under section 612(a). 
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1 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The President shall consider 

2 what actions can be taken to ensure that such leaders or 

3 other government officials of foreign countries who are iden4 tified in accordance with subsection (a) as responsible for 

5 crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other viola6 tions of international humanitarian law are brought to ac7 count for such crimes in an appropriately constituted tri8 bunal. 

9 SEC. 652. PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

10 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that direct communica11 tions from the President to citizens of countries that are 

12 categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Re13 port on Democracy would be extremely beneficial to dem14 onstrate that the United States supports such citizens and 

15 the efforts and actions of such citizens to promote and 

16 achieve transition to democracy in such countries. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

18 that—

19 (1) from time to time as the President shall de20 termine appropriate, the President should broadcast a 

21 message to the citizens of countries categorized as 

22 nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on 

23 Democracy under section 612(a) expressing the sup24 port of the United States for such citizens, discussing 

25 democratic principles, practices, and values, and po-
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1 litical, social, and economic freedoms, and con2 demning violations of internationally recognized 

3 human rights (as such term is described in section 

4 116(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

5 U.S.C. 2151n(a))), violations of religious freedom, in6 cluding particularly severe violations of religious free7 dom (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) 

8 and (13) of section 3 of the International Religious 

9 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402)), political re10 pression, and government-tolerated or condoned traf11 ficking in persons that occur in such country; and 

12 (2) the President should encourage leaders of 

13 other democratic countries to make similar broad14 casts. 

15 TITLE VII—STRATEGIC EXPORT 

16 CONTROL AND SECURITY AS17 SISTANCE ACT OF 2005

18 Subtitle A—General Provisions 

19 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Export Con21 trol and Security Assistance Act of 2005’’. 

22 SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this title: 
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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit3 tees’’ means—

4 (A) the Committee on International Rela5 tions and the Committee on Armed Services of 

6 the House of Representatives; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

8 and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

9 Senate. 

10 (2) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERV11 ICES.—The term ‘‘defense articles and defense serv12 ices’’ has the meaning given the term in section 47(7) 

13 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794 

14 note). 

15 (3) DUAL USE.—The term ‘‘dual use’’ means, 

16 with respect to goods or technology, those goods or 

17 technology that are specifically designed or developed 

18 for civil purposes but which also may be used or de19 ployed in a military or proliferation mode. Such term 

20 does not include purely commercial items. 

21 (4) EXPORT.—The term ‘‘export’’ has the mean22 ing given that term in section 120.17 of the Inter23 national Traffic in Arms Regulations, and includes 

24 re-exports, transfers, and re-transfers by any means. 
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1 (5) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.—

2 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

3 means those regulations contained in sections 730 

4 through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations 

5 (or successor regulations). 

6 (6) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘foreign 

7 government’’ has the meaning given the term in sec8 tion 38(g)(9)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

9 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(B)). 

10 (7) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per11 son’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

12 38(g)(9)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

13 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(C)). 

14 (8) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 

15 given the term in section 16(3) of the Export Admin16 istration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415(3)). 

17 (9) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULA18 TIONS.—The term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms 

19 Regulations’’ means those regulations contained in 

20 sections 120 through 130 of title 22, Code of Federal 

21 Regulations (or successor regulations). 

22 (10) ITEM.—The term ‘‘item’’ means any good or 

23 technology, defense article or defense service subject to 

24 the export jurisdiction of the United States under law 

25 or regulation. 
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1 (11) LICENSE.—The term ‘‘license’’ means an of2 ficial written document of the United States Govern3 ment issued pursuant to the Export Administration 

4 Regulations or the International Traffic in Arms 

5 Regulations, as the case may be, authorizing a spe6 cific export. 

7 (12) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME; 

8 MTCR.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re9 gime’’ or ‘‘MTCR’’ has the meaning given the term in 

10 section 11B(c)(2) of the Export Administration Act of 

11 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(2)). 

12 (13) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME

13 ANNEX; MTCR ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology 

14 Control Regime Annex’’ or ‘‘MTCR Annex’’ has the 

15 meaning given the term in section 11B(c)(4) of the 

16 Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

17 2401b(c)(4)). 

18 (14) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the mean19 ing given the term in section 38(g)(9)(E) of the Arms 

20 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(E)). 

21 (15) STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL.—The term 

22 ‘‘strategic export control’’ means the control of items 

23 subject to the export jurisdiction of the United States 

24 pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regu25 lations or the Export Administration Regulations. 
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1 (16) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ has 

2 the meaning given the term in section 16(4) of the 

3 Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

4 2415(4)). 

5 (17) UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.—The 

6 term ‘‘United States Munitions List’’ means the list 

7 referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export 

8 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 

9 SEC. 703. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

10 Congress declares that, at a time of evolving threats 

11 and changing relationships with other countries, United 

12 States strategic export controls are in urgent need of a com13 prehensive review in order to assure such controls are 

14 achieving their intended purposes of protecting the national 

15 security interests of the United States in the Global War 

16 on Terrorism and of promoting the foreign policy purposes 

17 of the United States, in particular by assuring that—

18 (1) export license procedures are properly de19 signed to prioritize readily which exports may be ap20 proved quickly for United States friends and allies 

21 and which require greater scrutiny in order to safe22 guard national interests; 

23 (2) technology related to the military superiority 

24 of the United States Armed Forces is safeguarded 
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1 during and after export to a high level of confidence; 

2 and 

3 (3) overlapping and duplicative functions among 

4 the responsible departments and agencies of the Gov5 ernment of the United States are consolidated and in6 tegrated wherever appropriate in order to enhance ef7 ficiency, information sharing, and the consistent exe8 cution of United States policy. 

9 Subtitle B—Revising and Strength10 ening Strategic Export Control 

11 Policies 

12 SEC. 711. AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC 

13 AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1956. 

14 (a) UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND

15 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.—Section 1(b)(2) of the State 

16 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

17 2651a(b)(2)) is amended—

18 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘There’’ and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The Under Secretary for 

24 Arms Control and International Security shall 

25 be responsible for—
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1 ‘‘(i) coordinating and executing a 

2 United States strategy for strengthening 

3 multilateral export controls; 

4 ‘‘(ii) coordinating the activities of all 

5 bureaus and offices of the Department of 

6 State that have responsibility for export 

7 control policy, licensing, or assistance; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) serving as the chairperson of the 

9 Strategic Export Control Board established 

10 under section 712 of the Strategic Export 

11 Control and Security Assistance Act of 

12 2005.’’. 

13 (b) DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR STRATEGIC EX14 PORT CONTROL .—Section 1(b)(2) of the State Department 

15 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(2)), as 

16 amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding 

17 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(C) DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR

19 STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL.—There shall be in 

20 the Department of State a Deputy Under Sec21 retary for Strategic Export Control who shall 

22 have primary responsibility to assist the Under 

23 Secretary for Arms Control and International 

24 Security in carrying out the responsibility of the 
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1 Under Secretary described in subparagraph 

2 (B)(iii).’’. 

3 (c) DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS REGISTRATION

4 FEES.—Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authori5 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new para11 graph: 

12 ‘‘(4) functions of the Strategic Export Control 

13 Board established under section 712 of the Strategic 

14 Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 

15 2005.’’. 

16 SEC. 712. STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL BOARD. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Strategic 

18 Export Control Board (in this section referred to as the 

19 ‘‘Board’’). The Board shall consist of representatives from 

20 the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, 

21 the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 

22 Justice, the National Security Council, the intelligence com23 munity (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security 

24 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)), and other appropriate de25 partments and agencies of the Government of the United 
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1 States, and the Under Secretary for Arms Control and 

2 International Security of the Department of State. The 

3 Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Secu4 rity shall serve as the chairperson of the Board. 

5 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Board shall—

6 (1) conduct a comprehensive review of United 

7 States strategic export controls in the context of the 

8 Global War on Terrorism in order to strengthen con9 trols by regulation, where appropriate, and to formu10 late legislative proposals for any new authorities that 

11 are needed for counter-terrorism purposes; 

12 (2) develop a strategy for ensuring a high level 

13 of confidence in the export control of any items im14 portant to the current and future military superiority 

15 of the United States Armed Forces, including in par16 ticular the security of sensitive software through the 

17 use of tamper-resistant security software and other 

18 emerging technologies; 

19 (3) design standards and best practices for infor20 mation assurance and protection for the robust infor21 mation technology systems, such as virtual private 

22 networks, already utilized by United States defense 

23 firms in the conduct of their export control regulated 

24 activities with foreign partners, which can also gain 

25 the support of United States friends and allies; 
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1 (4) formulate, with the assistance of the United 

2 States defense industry and the support of United 

3 States friends and allies, an automated international 

4 delivery confirmation system for commercial ship5 ments of lethal and other high risk items in order to 

6 afford improved protection against attempts to dis7 rupt international supply chains or to divert sensitive 

8 items to gray arms markets; 

9 (5) prepare recommendations for the President 

10 and Congress, as appropriate, with respect to—

11 (A) the consolidation of overlapping or du12 plicative functions among the responsible depart13 ments and agencies of the Government of the 

14 United States in such areas as enforcement, end 

15 use monitoring, export licensing, watch lists, and 

16 related areas; 

17 (B) the cost-savings associated with integra18 tion of export licensing staffs and the promulga19 tion of integrated export control regulations; and 

20 (C) the resultant rationalization of budg21 etary resources to be authorized among the re22 sponsible departments and agencies of the United 

23 States Government; 

24 (6) establish the necessary departmental and 

25 inter-agency controls that will ensure legitimate ex-
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1 ports by United States business organizations can be 

2 readily identified and generally approved within 10 

3 days, but no later than 30 days in more complex 

4 cases, except in unusual circumstances, such as those 

5 requiring congressional notification or foreign govern6 ment assurances; 

7 (7) review and revise, where appropriate, plans 

8 for modernizing information technology systems of the 

9 relevant departments and agencies of the Government 

10 of the United States involved in export licensing, ex11 port enforcement, and screening of involved private 

12 parties to ensure efficient, reliable, and secure intra13 governmental networks, at the earliest practicable 

14 date among the relevant departments and agencies 

15 and United States exporters; and 

16 (8) develop a strategy for strengthening the mul17 tilateral control regimes or developing new regimes, 

18 as appropriate, to augment or supplement existing 

19 international arrangements. 

20 (c) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 

21 than one year, two years, and three years after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

23 United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

24 committees a report that contains—
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1 (1) an independent assessment of progress made 

2 by the Board in carrying out its functions under 

3 paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (b); 

4 (2) the budgetary impact of each of the rec5 ommendations prepared under subsection (b)(5) and 

6 any additional recommendations prepared by the 

7 Comptroller General and the budgetary impact of 

8 such recommendations; and 

9 (3) a certification as to whether the Comptroller 

10 General had access to sufficient information to enable 

11 the Comptroller General to make informed judgments 

12 on the matters covered by the report. 

13 SEC. 713. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL LICENSE AND 

14 COMPLIANCE OFFICERS. 

15 (a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap16 propriated under section 101 of this Act, up to $13,000,000 

17 shall be available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 

18 for salaries and expenses related to the assignment of addi19 tional full time license and compliance officers in the Direc20 torate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State. 

21 (b) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds authorized 

22 under subsection (a) may be made available until 15 days 

23 after the date on which the Secretary of State submits a 

24 written report to the congressional committees specified in 

25 section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
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1 U.S.C.2394–1(a)) in accordance with the procedures appli2 cable to reprogramming notifications under such section, 

3 which sets forth the plans and timetable of the Department 

4 of State for measurable improvements in the quality and 

5 timeliness of the service it provides in support of United 

6 States Armed Forces abroad and routine exports by United 

7 States business organizations, as well as for the elaboration 

8 of enhanced compliance measures appropriate to the height9 ened security environment for arms exports during the 

10 Global War on Terrorism. 

11 Subtitle C—Procedures Relating to 

12 Export Licenses 

13 SEC. 721. TRANSPARENCY OF JURISDICTIONAL DETER14 MINATIONS. 

15 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares that 

16 the complete confidentiality surrounding several thousand 

17 commodity classification determinations made each year by 

18 the Department of Commerce pursuant to the Export Ad19 ministration Regulations and several hundred commodity 

20 jurisdiction determinations made each year by the Depart21 ment of State pursuant to the International Traffic in 

22 Arms Regulations is not necessary to protect legitimate pro23 prietary interests of persons or their prices and customers, 

24 is not in the best interests of the security and foreign policy 

25 interests of the United States, is inconsistent with the need 
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1 to ensure a level playing field for United States exporters, 

2 and detracts from United States efforts to promote greater 

3 transparency and responsibility by other countries in their 

4 export control systems. 

5 (b) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of 

6 Commerce and the Secretary of State shall—

7 (1) upon making a commodity classification de8 termination or a commodity jurisdiction classifica9 tion, as the case may be, referred to in subsection (a) 

10 in response to a request by a private person, publish 

11 in the Federal Register, not later than 30 days after 

12 the date of the determination—

13 (A) a description of the item, including per14 formance levels or other technical characteristics 

15 where appropriate, 

16 (B) an explanation of whether the item is 

17 controlled under the International Traffic in 

18 Arms Regulations or the Export Administration 

19 Regulations, and 

20 (C) the United States Munitions List des21 ignation or export control classification number 

22 under which the item has been designated or 

23 classified, as the case may be, 
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1 except that the name of the name of the person, the 

2 person’s business organization, customers, or prices 

3 are not required to be published; and 

4 (2) maintain on their respective Internet 

5 websites an archive, that is accessible to the general 

6 public and other departments and agencies of the 

7 United States, of the determinations published in the 

8 Federal Register under paragraph (1). 

9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 

11 Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate con12 gressional committees a joint report that contains a descrip13 tion of the plans to implement the requirements of this sec14 tion. 

15 (d) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro16 vision of law, beginning 180 days after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce may make a 

18 commodity classification determination referred to in sub19 section (a), and the Secretary of State may make a com20 modity jurisdiction determination referred to in subsection 

21 (a), in response to a request by a private person only in 

22 in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b). 
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1 SEC. 722. CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO EXPORT OF CER2 TAIN DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE 

3 SERVICES. 

4 (a) REPORTS ON COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL

5 MILITARY EXPORTS; CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.—Section 

6 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) 

7 is amended—

8 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by in9 serting after ‘‘$1,000,000 or more’’ the following: ‘‘, 

10 or, notwithstanding section 27(g) of this Act, for any 

11 special comprehensive authorization under sections 

12 120–130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

13 (commonly known as the ‘International Traffic in 

14 Arms Regulations’) for the export of defense articles 

15 or defense services in an aggregate amount of 

16 $100,000,000 or more’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2)—

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

19 at the end; 

20 (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

21 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

22 subparagraph (B); and 

23 (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 

24 paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or paragraph (2)’’ after 

25 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that the Department of State should revise its procedures 

3 in order to improve the timeliness and quality of service 

4 it is providing to United States exporters concerning mat5 ters requiring notification to Congress under sections 3 and 

6 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753 and 

7 2776) by—

8 (1) expediting its internal and interagency proc9 esses such that consultations with the Committee on 

10 International Relations of the House of Representa11 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

12 Senate commence not later than 30 days following re13 ceipt of a proposal requiring notification; 

14 (2) providing informal notice to such Commit15 tees within 10 days of receipt of such a proposal, such 

16 that questions by the Committees may be addressed 

17 wherever feasible in conjunction with the Depart18 ment’s processing; and 

19 (3) making each interval in the processing of the 

20 proposal transparent to United States exporters 

21 through the Internet website of the Department. 

22 SEC. 723. PRIORITY FOR UNITED STATES MILITARY OPER23 ATIONS. 

24 The Secretary of State may not accord higher priority 

25 in the adjudication of munitions export licenses to any 
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1 measure included within the ‘‘Defense Trade Security Ini2 tiative’’ announced by the Department of State in May 

3 2000 over the processing of licenses in support of Operation 

4 Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or any other 

5 military operation involving the United States Armed 

6 Forces. 

7 SEC. 724. LICENSE OFFICER STAFFING AND WORKLOAD. 

8 Section 36(a) Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

9 2776(a)) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new para15 graph: 

16 ‘‘(13) a report on the number of civilian and 

17 military officers assigned to munitions export licens18 ing at the Department of State and their average 

19 weekly workload for both open and closed cases.’’. 

20 SEC. 725. DATABASE OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSIST21 ANCE. 

22 Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2415) is amended by striking subsection (c) and in24 serting the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT INFORMATION ON THE

2 INTERNET.—

3 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT FOR DATABASE.—The Sec4 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 

5 Defense, shall make available to the public the unclas6 sified portion of each such report in the form of a 

7 database that is available via the Internet and that 

8 may be searched by various criteria. 

9 ‘‘(2) SCHEDULE FOR UPDATING.—Not later than 

10 April 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall 

11 make available in the database the information con12 tained in the annual report for the fiscal year ending 

13 the previous September 30.’’. 

14 SEC. 726. TRAINING AND LIAISON FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 

15 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

16 that it is increasingly important that the Secretary of 

17 State, in administering the licensing, registration, compli18 ance, and other authorities contained in section 38 of the 

19 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778), should provide 

20 up-to-date training and other educational assistance to 

21 small businesses in the United States aerospace and defense 

22 industrial sector. 

23 (b) SMALL BUSINESS LIAISON.—Not later than 180 

24 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec25 retary shall designate, within the Office of Defense Trade 
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1 Controls of the Department of State, a coordinator for small 

2 business affairs. The coordinator shall serve as a liaison for 

3 small businesses in the United States aerospace and defense 

4 industrial sector with respect to licensing and registration 

5 requirements in order to facilitate the compliance and other 

6 forms of participation by such small businesses in the 

7 United States munitions control system, including by pro8 viding training, technical assistance, and through other ef9 forts as may be appropriate. 

10 SEC. 727. COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE 

11 TECHNICAL DATA. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

14 Secretary of Defense, shall amend the International Traffic 

15 in Arms Regulations to provide for the export without a 

16 license of communications satellite technical data, at a level 

17 established by the Secretary of Defense, in instances in 

18 which—

19 (1) the exporter is a person registered under sec20 tion 38(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 2778(b)); 

22 (2) the purpose of the export is to market a sale 

23 of a United States manufactured communications sat24 ellite solely for commercial or civil end use; 
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1 (3) no party to the transaction is proscribed 

2 under section 126.1 of the Regulations or otherwise 

3 restricted from receiving United States defense arti4 cles; and 

5 (4) each end user or recipient has agreed in 

6 writing not to reexport or retransfer the United 

7 States furnished technical data to any other person 

8 without the prior written consent of the United States 

9 Government. 

10 SEC. 728. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR UNLICENSED EX11 PORTS. 

12 Section 655(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2415(b)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

15 end; 

16 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

17 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(4) were exported without a license under sec20 tion 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 2778) pursuant to an exemption established under the 

22 International Traffic in Arms Regulations, other than 

23 defense articles exported in furtherance of a letter of 

24 offer and acceptance under the Foreign Military Sales 

25 program or a technical assistance or manufacturing 
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1 license agreement, including the specific exemption 

2 provision in the regulation under which the export 

3 was made.’’. 

4 Subtitle D—Terrorist-Related Provi5 sions and Enforcement Matters 

6 SEC. 731. SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TO FOR7 EIGN PERSONS LOCATED WITHIN THE 

8 UNITED STATES. 

9 (a) WEAPONS TRANSFERS.—Pursuant to regulations 

10 issued under section 38(g)(6) of the Arms Export Control 

11 (22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(6)), the President shall require a license 

12 for the transfer of any defense articles and defense services, 

13 other than a firearm for personal use, specified in a report 

14 required under subsection (c) to a foreign person located 

15 within the United States (other than to a foreign govern16 ment, unless such government is proscribed under section 

17 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or 

18 otherwise restricted from receiving defense articles and de19 fense services). 

20 (b) DUAL USE TRANSFERS.—Notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, the President may require a license 

22 under the Export Administration Regulations for the trans23 fer of any dual use goods and technology, other than a fire24 arm for personal use, specified in a report required under 
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1 subsection (c) to a foreign person located within the United 

2 States. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

5 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney Gen6 eral and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 

8 specifies those items which warrant scrutiny and enforce9 ment by the Government of the United States through li10 cense procedures prior to a transfer to a foreign person lo11 cated within the United States in order to deter efforts on 

12 the part of such person to acquire such items for terrorist 

13 or other unlawful purposes 

14 SEC. 732. CERTIFICATION CONCERNING EXEMPT WEAPONS 

15 TRANSFERS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER 

16 OF THE UNITED STATES. 

17 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, 

19 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

20 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

21 written report certifying that—

22 (1) provisions of the International Traffic in 

23 Arms Regulations permitting unlicensed temporary 

24 imports into the United States from Canada by any 

25 person of any unclassified defense article on the 
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1 United States Munitions List do not present a risk to 

2 the national security of the United States; and 

3 (2) personnel of the Bureau of Customs and Bor4 der Protection of the Department of Homeland Secu5 rity located along the northern border of the United 

6 States have adequate written guidance from the De7 partment of State which permits them to effectively 

8 enforce provisions of the International Traffic in 

9 Arms Regulations permitting unlicensed exports to 

10 Canada of certain items on the United States Muni11 tions List. 

12 SEC. 733. COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF UNITED STATES 

13 ARMS EMBARGOES. 

14 (a) FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.—

15 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

16 (A) governments to which the Government 

17 of the United States prohibits by law or policy 

18 the transfer of implements of war, including ma19 terial, components, parts, and other defense arti20 cles and defense services (as defined in para21 graphs (3) and (4) of section 47 of the Arms Ex22 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(3) and (4)), 

23 respectively) continue to seek to evade these em24 bargoes through increasingly sophisticated illegal 

25 acquisitions via the ‘‘international gray arms 
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1 market’’ and by seeking to exploit weaknesses in 

2 the export control system of the United States 

3 and its friends and allies; and 

4 (B) the strict and comprehensive applica5 tion of arms embargoes referred to in subpara6 graph (A), including those embargoes established 

7 by the United Nations Security Council, is of 

8 fundamental importance to the security and for9 eign policy interests of the United States. 

10 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

11 Congress that the United States Government should 

12 continue to provide a leadership role internationally 

13 in ensuring the effectiveness of arms embargoes re14 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

15 (b) SCOPE OF EMBARGOES.—Section 38 of the Arms 

16 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(k) Whenever the United States maintains an arms 

19 embargo pursuant to United States law, or through public 

20 notice by the President or Secretary of State pursuant to 

21 the authorities of this Act, no defense article or defense serv22 ice subject to sections 120–130 of title 22, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations (commonly known as the ‘International Traffic 

24 in Arms Regulations’) and no dual use good or technology 

25 subject to sections 730–774 of title 15, Code of Federal Reg-
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1 ulations (commonly known as the ‘Export Administration 

2 Regulations’) shall be sold or transferred to the military, 

3 intelligence or other security forces of the embargoed govern4 ment, including any associated governmental agency, sub5 division, entity, or other person acting on their behalf, un6 less, at a minimum and without prejudice to any addi7 tional requirements established in United States law or reg8 ulation, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 

9 have concurred in the sale or transfer through issuance of 

10 a license.’’. 

11 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROLS.—The Secretary of 

12 State shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce to en13 sure the establishment of appropriate foreign policy and na14 tional security controls and license requirements under the 

15 Export Administration Regulations in order to ensure the 

16 effective implementation of section 38(k) of the Arms Export 

17 Control Act, as added by subsection (b). 

18 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

21 that describes the actions taken to implement the require22 ments of subsection (c). 
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1 SEC. 734. CONTROL OF ITEMS ON MISSILE TECHNOLOGY 

2 CONTROL REGIME ANNEX. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that all proposals to export or transfer to foreign persons 

5 by other means, whether in the United States or abroad, 

6 and any other activities subject to regulation under section 

7 38, 39, or 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

8 2778, 2779, or 2780), relating to items on the Missile Tech9 nology Control Regime Annex, should be accorded stringent 

10 control and scrutiny consistent with the purposes of section 

11 71 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797). 

12 (b) CONTROL OF ITEMS ON MTCR ANNEX.—The Sec13 retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Com14 merce, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense, 

15 shall ensure that all items on the MTCR Annex are subject 

16 to stringent control by the Government of the United States 

17 pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 

18 and the Export Administration Regulations. 

19 (c) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than March 1 of each 

20 year, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec21 retary of Commerce, the Attorney General and the Secretary 

22 of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

23 committees a report that contains—

24 (1) a certification that the requirement of sub25 section (b) has been met for the prior year, or if the 
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1 requirement has not been met, the reasons therefor; 

2 and 

3 (2) a description of the updated coverage, if any, 

4 of the regulations referred to in subsection (b) with re5 spect to all items on the MTCR Annex and an expla6 nation of any areas of overlap or omissions, if any, 

7 among the regulations. 

8 SEC. 735. UNLAWFUL USE OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE AR9 TICLES. 

10 (a) INELIGIBILITY FOR TERRORIST RELATED TRANS11 ACTIONS.—Section 3(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act 

12 (22 U.S.C. 2753(c)(1)) is amended—

13 (1) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 

14 striking ‘‘or any predecessor Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

15 predecessor Act, or licensed or approved under section 

16 38 of this Act, to carry out a transaction with a 

17 country, the government of which the Secretary of 

18 State has determined is a state sponsor of inter19 national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of 

20 the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 

21 App. 2405(j)(1)), or otherwise uses such defense arti22 cles or defense services’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) In this section, the term ‘transaction’ means the 

25 taking of any action, directly or indirectly, by a foreign 
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1 country that would be a transaction prohibited by section 

2 40 of this Act with respect to the United States Government 

3 and United States persons.’’. 

4 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 3(e) of the 

5 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(e)) is amended 

6 by inserting after ‘‘the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,’’ the 

7 following: ‘‘regardless of whether the article or service has 

8 been sold or otherwise furnished by the United States Gov9 ernment or licensed under section 38 of this Act,’’. 

10 Subtitle E—Strengthening United 

11 States Missile Nonproliferation 

12 Law 

13 SEC. 741. PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR FOREIGN PERSONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, upon the expiration, or the granting of a waiv16 er, on or after January 1, 2003, of sanctions against a for17 eign person imposed under section 73(a) of the Arms Export 

18 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)) or under section 

19 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 

20 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)), as continued in effect under the 

21 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a license 

22 shall be required, for a period of not less than three years, 

23 for the export to that foreign person of all items controlled 

24 for export under section 5 or 6 of the Export Administra25 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404, 2405), as continued 
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1 in effect under the International Emergency Economic 

2 Powers Act, in accordance with the Export Administration 

3 Regulations. 

4 (b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

5 a foreign person 30 days after the President notifies the 

6 Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 

8 Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

9 the Senate that the President has determined that—

10 (1) the foreign person has—

11 (A) ceased all activity related to the origi12 nal imposition of sanctions under section 73(a) 

13 of the Arms Export Control Act or section 

14 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 

15 1979, as the case may be; and 

16 (B) has instituted a program of trans17 parency measures under which the United States 

18 will be able to verify, for a period of at least 3 

19 years, that the foreign person is not engaging in 

20 prohibited activities under those provisions of 

21 law referred to in paragraph (1); and 

22 (2) there has been an appropriate resolution of 

23 the original violation or violations, such as financial 

24 penalties, incarceration, destruction of prohibited 
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1 items, or other appropriate measures taken to prevent 

2 a recurrence of the violation or violations. 

3 (c) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a for4 eign person if—

5 (1) the President issues a waiver of sanctions 

6 imposed upon that person under section 73(a) of the 

7 Arms Export Control Act or under section 11B(b)(1) 

8 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, on the 

9 basis that the waiver is essential to the national secu10 rity of the United States; 

11 (2) the President designates the waiver as classi12 fied information (as defined in section 606 of the Na13 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 426)); and 

14 (3) the President transmits to the committees re15 ferred to in subsection (b)—

16 (A) a justification for designating the waiv17 er as classified information; and 

18 (B) a description of—

19 (i) any discussions with the foreign 

20 person, concerning the activities that were 

21 the subject of the sanctions, that have been 

22 conducted by United States Government of23 ficials, or by officials of the government of 

24 the country that has jurisdiction over the 
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1 foreign person or in which the foreign per2 son conducted such activities; and 

3 (ii) any actions that the foreign per4 son, or the government of the country that 

5 has jurisdiction over the foreign person or 

6 in which the foreign person conducted the 

7 activities that were the subject of the sanc8 tions, has taken to prevent a recurrence of 

9 the same or similar activities. 

10 SEC. 742. STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES MISSILE PRO11 LIFERATION SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN PER12 SONS. 

13 (a) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—Section 73(a)(2) 

14 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)) 

15 is amended by striking ‘‘2 years’’ each place it appears and 

16 inserting ‘‘4 years’’. 

17 (b) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—Section 73(e)(2) of the 

18 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(e)(2)) is amend19 ed by adding at the end the following new sentences: ‘‘Such 

20 report may be classified only to the extent necessary to pro21 tect intelligence sources and methods. If the report is so clas22 sified, the President shall make every effort to acquire suffi23 cient alternative information that would allow a subsequent 

24 unclassified version of the report to be issued.’’. 
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1 (c) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.—Any 

2 sanction imposed on a foreign person under section 

3 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 

4 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)), as continued in effect under the 

5 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, shall be in 

6 effect for a period of four years beginning on the date on 

7 which the sanction was imposed. 

8 (d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub9 sections (a) and (b) and the provisions of subsection (c) 

10 shall apply to all sanctions imposed under section 73(a) 

11 of the Arms Export Control Act or section 11B(b)(1) of the 

12 Export Administration Act of 1979, as continued in effect 

13 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 

14 by reason of acts giving rise to such sanctions that were 

15 committed by foreign persons on or after January 1, 2004. 

16 SEC. 743. COMPREHENSIVE UNITED STATES MISSILE PRO17 LIFERATION SANCTIONS ON ALL RESPON18 SIBLE FOREIGN PERSONS. 

19 (a) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—Section 73(a) of 

20 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(3)(A) Sanctions imposed upon a foreign person 

23 under paragraph (2) shall also be imposed on any govern24 mental entity that the President determines exercises effec-
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1 tive control over, benefits from, or directly or indirectly fa2 cilitates the activities of that foreign person. 

3 ‘‘(B) When a sanction is imposed on a foreign person 

4 under paragraph (2), the President may also impose that 

5 sanction on any other person or entity that the President 

6 has reason to believe has or may acquire prohibited items 

7 with the intent to transfer to that foreign person, or provide 

8 to that foreign person access to, such items. In this subpara9 graph, ‘prohibited items’ are items that may not be exported 

10 to that foreign person on account of the sanction imposed 

11 on that foreign person. 

12 ‘‘(C) The President may also prohibit, for such period 

13 of time as the President may determine, any transaction 

14 or dealing, by a United States person or within the United 

15 States, with any foreign person on whom sanctions have 

16 been imposed under this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(D) The President shall report on an annual basis 

18 to the Committee on International Relations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

20 of the Senate the identity of any foreign person that engages 

21 in any transaction or activity with a foreign person on 

22 whom sanctions have been imposed under this subsection 

23 that either—
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1 ‘‘(i) would be the basis for imposing sanctions 

2 under subparagraph (B) but for which sanctions have 

3 not been imposed; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) would be the basis for imposing sanctions 

5 under subparagraph (C) if the transaction or activity 

6 had been carried out by a United States person or by 

7 a person in the United States. 

8 Such report shall be unclassified to the maximum extent 

9 feasible, but may include a classified annex.’’. 

10 (b) DEFINITION OF PERSON.—Section 74(a)(8)(A) of 

11 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(a)(8)(A)) 

12 is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(8)(A) The term ‘person’ means—

14 ‘‘(i) a natural person; 

15 ‘‘(ii) a corporation, business associa16 tion, partnership, society, trust, 

17 transnational corporation, or transnational 

18 joint venture, any other nongovernmental 

19 entity, organization, or group, and any gov20 ernmental entity; 

21 ‘‘(iii) any subsidiary, subunit, or par22 ent entity of any business enterprise or 

23 other organization or entity listed in clause 

24 (ii); and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) any successor of any business en2 terprise or other organization or entity list3 ed in clause (ii) or (iii); and’’. 

4 (c) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.—

5 (1) SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON GOVERNMENTAL EN6 TITIES.—Any sanction imposed on a foreign person 

7 under section 11B(b)(1)(B) of the Export Administra8 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)(B)), as 

9 continued in effect under the International Emer10 gency Economic Powers Act (in this subsection re11 ferred to as a ‘‘dual use sanction’’), shall also be im12 posed on any governmental entity that the President 

13 determines exercises effective control over, benefits 

14 from, or directly or indirectly facilitates the activities 

15 of that foreign person. 

16 (2) OTHER ENTITIES.—When a dual use sanc17 tion is imposed on a foreign person, the President 

18 may also impose that sanction on any other person 

19 or entity that the President has reason to believe has 

20 or may acquire prohibited items with the intent to 

21 transfer to that foreign person, or provide to that for22 eign person access to, such items. In this paragraph, 

23 ‘‘prohibited items’’ are items that may not be ex24 ported to that foreign person on account of the dual 

25 use sanction imposed on that foreign person. 
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1 (3) TRANSACTIONS BY THIRD PARTIES.—The 

2 President may also prohibit, for such period of time 

3 as he may determine, any transaction or dealing, by 

4 a United States person or within the United States, 

5 with any foreign person on whom dual use sanctions 

6 have been imposed. 

7 (4) REPORT.—The President shall submit on an 

8 annual basis to the Committee on International Rela9 tions of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and 

11 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a 

12 report that contains the identity of any foreign person 

13 that engages in any transaction or activity with a 

14 foreign person on whom dual use sanctions have been 

15 imposed that either—

16 (A) would be the basis for imposing dual 

17 use sanctions under paragraph (2) but for which 

18 such sanctions have not been imposed; or 

19 (B) would be the basis for imposing dual 

20 use sanctions under paragraph (3) if the trans21 action or activity had been carried out by a 

22 United States person or by a person in the 

23 United States. 

24 Such report shall be unclassified to the maximum ex25 tent feasible, but may include a classified annex. 
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1 (5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

2 (A) MISSILE EQUIPMENT OR TECH3 NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘missile equipment or tech4 nology’’ has the meaning given that term in sec5 tion 11B(c) of the Export Administration Act of 

6 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(c)). 

7 (B) PERSON.—

8 (i) The term ‘‘person’’ means—

9 (I) a natural person; 

10 (II) a corporation, business asso11 ciation, partnership, society, trust, 

12 transnational corporation, or 

13 transnational joint venture, any other 

14 nongovernmental entity, organization, 

15 or group, and any governmental enti16 ty; 

17 (III) any subsidiary, subunit, or 

18 parent entity of any business enter19 prise or other organization or entity 

20 listed in subclause (II); and 

21 (IV) any successor of any business 

22 enterprise or other organization or en23 tity listed in subclause (II) or (III). 

24 (ii) In the case of countries where it 

25 may be impossible to identify a specific gov-
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1 ernmental entity referred to in clause (i), 

2 the term ‘‘person’’ means—

3 (I) all activities of that govern4 ment relating to the development or 

5 production of any missile equipment or 

6 technology; and 

7 (II) all activities of that govern8 ment affecting the development or pro9 duction of aircraft, electronics, and 

10 space systems or equipment. 

11 (C) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

12 ‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given 

13 that term in section 16(2) of the Export Admin14 istration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415(2)). 

15 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to sanctions 

17 imposed on or after January 1, 2004, on foreign persons 

18 under section 73(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act, and 

19 the provisions of subsection (c) shall apply with respect to 

20 sanctions imposed on or after January 1, 2004, on foreign 

21 persons under section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administra22 tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)), as continued 

23 in effect under the International Emergency Economic 

24 Powers Act. 
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1 Subtitle F—Security Assistance and 

2 Related Provisions 

3 SEC. 751. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO 

4 CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

5 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER BY GRANT.—The Presi6 dent is authorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries 

7 on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance 

8 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), as follows: 

9 (1) GREECE.—To the Government of Greece, the 

10 OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship PELICAN 

11 (MHC–53). 

12 (2) EGYPT.—To the Government of Egypt, the 

13 OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships CARDINAL 

14 (MHC–60) and RAVEN (MHC–61). 

15 (3) PAKISTAN.—To the Government of Pakistan, 

16 the SPRUANCE class destroyer ship FLETCHER 

17 (DD–992). 

18 (4) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey, the 

19 SPRUANCE class destroyer ship CUSHING (DD–

20 985). 

21 (b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER BY SALE.—The Presi22 dent is authorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries 

23 on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control 

24 Act (22 U.S.C. 2761), as follows: 
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1 (1) INDIA.—To the Government of India, the 

2 AUSTIN class amphibious transport dock ship 

3 TRENTON (LPD–14). 

4 (2) GREECE.—To the Government of Greece, the 

5 OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship HERON 

6 (MHC–52). 

7 (3) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey, the 

8 SPRUANCE class destroyer ship O’BANNON (DD–

9 987). 

10 (c) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF

11 TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value of 

12 a vessel transferred to another country on a grant basis pur13 suant to authority provided by subsection (a) shall not be 

14 counted against the aggregate value of excess defense articles 

15 transferred to countries in any fiscal year under section 

16 516(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

17 2321j(g)). 

18 (d) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by 

19 the United States in connection with a transfer authorized 

20 under subsection (a) or (b) shall be charged to the recipient. 

21 (e) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED STATES

22 SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the 

23 President shall require, as a condition of the transfer of a 

24 vessel under this section, that the country to which the vessel 

25 is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel 
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1 as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that 

2 country, performed at a shipyard located in the United 

3 States, including a United States Navy shipyard. 

4 (f) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

5 transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 

6 of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enact7 ment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 752. TRANSFER OF OBSOLETE AND SURPLUS ITEMS 

9 FROM KOREAN WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE 

10 AND REMOVAL OR DISPOSAL OF REMAINING 

11 ITEMS. 

12 (a) TRANSFER OF ITEMS IN KOREAN STOCKPILE.—

13 (1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 514 of 

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), 

15 the President is authorized to transfer to the Republic 

16 of Korea, in return for concessions to be negotiated by 

17 the Secretary of Defense, any or all of the items de18 scribed in paragraph (2). 

19 (2) COVERED ITEMS.—The items referred to in 

20 paragraph (1) are munitions, equipment, and mate21 riel such as tanks, trucks, artillery, mortars, general 

22 purpose bombs, repair parts, barrier material, and 

23 ancillary equipment, if such items are—

24 (A) obsolete or surplus items; 
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1 (B) in the inventory of the Department of 

2 Defense; 

3 (C) intended for use as reserve stocks for the 

4 Republic of Korea; and 

5 (D) as of the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act, located in a stockpile in the Republic of 

7 Korea. 

8 (3) VALUATION OF CONCESSIONS.—(A) The value 

9 of concessions negotiated pursuant to paragraph (1) 

10 shall be at least equal to—

11 (i) the fair market value of the items trans12 ferred; minus 

13 (ii) the savings to the Department of De14 fense of the cost of removal of the items from the 

15 Republic of Korea and disposal of the items that 

16 would have been incurred by the Department but 

17 for the transfer of the items pursuant to para18 graph (1), not to exceed the fair market value of 

19 the items transferred. 

20 (B) The concessions may include cash compensa21 tion, service, waiver of charges otherwise payable by 

22 the United States, such as charges for demolition of 

23 United States-owned or United States-intended muni24 tions, and other items of value. 
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1 (4) PRIOR NOTIFICATIONS OF PROPOSED TRANS2 FERS.—Not less than 30 days before making a trans3 fer under the authority of this subsection, the Presi4 dent shall transmit to the Committees on Armed Serv5 ices and International Relations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Committees on Armed Services 

7 and Foreign Relations of the Senate a detailed notifi8 cation of the proposed transfer, which shall include 

9 an identification of the items to be transferred and 

10 the concessions to be received. 

11 (5) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—No transfer 

12 may be made under the authority of this subsection 

13 more than three years after the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act. 

15 (b) REMOVAL OR DISPOSAL OF REMAINING ITEMS IN

16 KOREAN STOCKPILE.—The President shall provide for the 

17 removal or disposal of all items described in subsection 

18 (a)(2) that are not transferred pursuant to the authority 

19 of subsection (a) by not later than four years after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 753. EXTENSION OF PAKISTAN WAIVERS. 

22 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the President 

23 to exercise waivers of foreign assistance restrictions with re24 spect to Pakistan through September 30, 2003, and for other 
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1 purposes’’, approved October 27, 2001 (Public Law 107–

2 57; 115 Stat. 403), is amended—

3 (1) in section 1(b)—

4 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FISCAL

5 YEARS 2005 AND 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL

6 YEARS 2006 AND 2007’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2005 or 

8 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 or 2007’’; 

9 (2) in section 3(2), by striking ‘‘and 2006’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2006, and 2007’’; and 

11 (3) in section 6, by striking ‘‘2006’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘2007’’. 

13 SEC. 754. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN MILI14 TARY TRAINING. 

15 Subsection (a)(1) of section 656 of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416) is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘March 1’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘and all such training proposed 

20 for the current fiscal year’’. 

21 SEC. 755. CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED 

22 STATES IN CONNECTION WITH FOREIGN MILI23 TARY SALES. 

24 (a) QUALITY ASSURANCE, INSPECTION, CONTRACT AD25 MINISTRATION, AND CONTRACT AUDIT DEFENSE SERV-
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1 ICES.—Section 21(h)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act 

2 (22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after 

3 ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization’’ the following: ‘‘or the 

4 Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’. 

5 (b) CATALOGING DATA AND SERVICES.—Section 

6 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

7 2761(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or to any member gov8 ernment of that Organization if that Organization or mem9 ber government’’ and inserting ‘‘, to any member of that 

10 Organization, or to the Governments of Australia, New Zea11 land, Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member govern12 ment, or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, 

13 Japan, or Israel’’. 

14 SEC. 756. MARITIME INTERDICTION PATROL BOATS FOR 

15 MOZAMBIQUE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available to 

17 carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 

18 fiscal year 2006, there is authorized to be appropriated 

19 $1,000,000 for refurbishment, delivery, operational train20 ing, and related costs associated with the provision of not 

21 more than four excess coastal patrol boats to the Govern22 ment of Mozambique for maritime patrol and interdiction 

23 activities. 

24 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 

25 to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 
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1 are authorized to remain available until September 30, 

2 2007. 

3 SEC. 757. REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL MILITARY 

4 EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 

5 Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

6 U.S.C. 2347) is amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Presi8 dent’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(b) The President shall seek reimbursement for mili12 tary education and training furnished under this chapter 

13 from countries using assistance under section 23 of the 

14 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to the 

15 the Foreign Military Financing Program) to purchase such 

16 military education and training at a rate comparable to 

17 the rate charged to countries receiving grant assistance for 

18 military education and training under this chapter.’’. 

19 TITLE VIII—NUCLEAR BLACK 

20 MARKET ELIMINATION ACT 

21 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Black Market 

23 Elimination Act of 2005’’. 
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1 Subtitle A—Sanctions for Transfers 

2 of Nuclear Enrichment, Reproc3 essing, and Weapons Technology, 

4 Equipment and Materials In5 volving Foreign Persons and 

6 Terrorists 

7 SEC. 811. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON FOREIGN 

8 PERSONS. 

9 (a) DETERMINATION OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES BY FOR10 EIGN PERSONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, the President is authorized to impose any or all of 

12 the sanctions described in subsection (b) whenever the Presi13 dent determines that a foreign person participated, on or 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, in the export, 

15 transfer or trade of—

16 (1) nuclear enrichment or reprocessing equip17 ment, materials, or technology to any nonnuclear18 weapon state (as defined in section 102(c) of the Arms 

19 Export Control Act) that—

20 (A) does not possess functioning nuclear en21 richment or reprocessing plants as of January 1, 

22 2004; and 

23 (B)(i) does not have in force an additional 

24 protocol with the International Atomic Energy 

25 Agency for the application of safeguards (as de-
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1 rived from IAEA document INFCIRC/540 and 

2 related corrections and additions); or 

3 (ii) is developing, manufacturing, or ac4 quiring a nuclear explosive device; or 

5 (2) any nuclear explosive device, or design infor6 mation or component, equipment, materials, or other 

7 items or technology that—

8 (A) is designated for national export con9 trols under the Nuclear Supplier Group Guide10 lines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equip11 ment and Technology (published by the Inter12 national Atomic Energy Agency as IAEA docu13 ment INFICRC/254/Rev. 6/Part 1 and subse14 quent revisions) and the Guidelines for Transfers 

15 of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Mate16 rial, and Related Technology (published as IAEA 

17 document INFCIRC/254/Rev. 5/ Part 2 and sub18 sequent revisions); and 

19 (B) contributes to the development, manu20 facture, or acquisition of a nuclear explosive de21 vice by—

22 (i) a nonnuclear weapon state; or 

23 (ii) a foreign person. 
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1 (b) SANCTIONS.—The sanctions referred to in sub2 section (a) that are to be imposed on a foreign person are 

3 the following: 

4 (1) No assistance may be provided to the foreign 

5 person under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 

6 the foreign person may not participate in any assist7 ance program of the United States Government. Any 

8 such assistance being provided to the foreign person, 

9 and any participation in such assistance program by 

10 the foreign person, on the date on which the sanction 

11 under this paragraph is imposed, shall be terminated 

12 as of such date. 

13 (2) The United States Government may not sell 

14 any defense articles, defense services, or design or con15 struction services to the foreign person under the For16 eign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Con17 trol Act, and any contract to sell such articles or serv18 ices, under either such Act, that is in effect on the 

19 date on which the sanction under this paragraph is 

20 imposed, shall be terminated as of such date. 

21 (3) Licenses or any other approval may not be 

22 issued to the foreign person for the export or import 

23 of any defense articles or defense services under the 

24 Arms Export Control Act or its implementing regula25 tions. Any such license or approval that is in effect 
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1 on the on the date on which the sanction under this 

2 paragraph is imposed, shall be terminated as of such 

3 date. 

4 (4) Licenses or any other approval may not be 

5 issued to the foreign person for the export of any 

6 goods or technology subject to the jurisdiction of the 

7 Export Administration Regulations under chapter 

8 VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc9 cessor regulations), other than food and other agricul10 tural commodities, medicines and medical equipment. 

11 Any such license or approval that is in effect on the 

12 on the date on which the sanction under this para13 graph is imposed, shall be terminated as of such date. 

14 (c) PERIOD SANCTIONS IN EFFECT.—The sanctions re15 ferred to in subsection (b) should be imposed for not less 

16 than two years, but may be imposed for longer periods. The 

17 President may suspend after one year any sanction imposed 

18 pursuant to this section 15 days after submitting to the ap19 propriate congressional committees a report explaining—

20 (1) the reasons for modifying or terminating the 

21 sanction; 

22 (2) how the purposes of this Act and United 

23 States national security are furthered by such modi24 fication or termination; and 
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1 (3) what measures the United States will take or 

2 is taking to ensure that the foreign person will not en3 gage in similar activities in the future. 

4 SEC. 812. PRESIDENTIAL NOTIFICATION ON ACTIVITIES OF 

5 FOREIGN PERSONS. 

6 (a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

7 after enactment of this Act and no later than January 31 

8 of each year thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

9 appropriate congressional committees a report detailing 

10 any activity by any foreign person described in section 811. 

11 This report shall also include a description of any sanctions 

12 that have been imposed and their duration. 

13 (b) PUBLICATION.—When the President imposes sanc14 tions under section 811, the President shall, to the max15 imum extent unclassified, publish in the Federal Register, 

16 not later than 15 days after reporting such sanctions to the 

17 appropriate congressional committees under subsection (a), 

18 the identity of each sanctioned foreign person, the period 

19 for which sanctions will be in effect, and the reasons for 

20 the sanctions. 
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1 Subtitle B—Further Actions 

2 Against Corporations Associated 

3 With Sanctioned Foreign Per4 sons 

5 SEC. 821. FINDINGS. 

6 The Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Foreign persons and corporations engaging 

8 in nuclear black-market activities are motivated by 

9 reasons of commercial gain and profit. 

10 (2) Sanctions targeted solely against the business 

11 interests of the sanctioned person or business concern 

12 may be unsuccessful in halting these proliferation ac13 tivities, as the sanctions may be seen merely as the 

14 cost of doing business, especially if the business inter15 ests of the parent or subsidiary corporate entities are 

16 unaffected by the sanctions. 

17 (3) Such narrow targeting of sanctions creates 

18 the incentive to create shell and ‘‘carve-out’’ corporate 

19 entities to perform the proliferation activities and at20 tract sanctions, leaving all other aspects of the larger 

21 corporation unaffected. 

22 (4) To dissuade corporations from allowing their 

23 associated commercial entities or persons from engag24 ing in proliferation black-market activities, they must 

25 also be made to suffer financial loss and commercial 
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1 disadvantage, and parent and subsidiary commercial 

2 enterprises must be held responsible for the prolifera3 tion activities of their associated entities. 

4 (5) If a corporation perceives that the United 

5 States Government will do everything possible to 

6 make its commercial activity difficult around the 

7 world, then that corporation has a powerful commer8 cial incentive to prevent any further proliferation ac9 tivity by its associated entities. 

10 (6) Therefore, the United States Government 

11 should seek to increase the risk of commercial loss for 

12 associated corporate entities for the proliferation ac13 tions of their subsidiaries. 

14 SEC. 822. CAMPAIGN BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF15 FICIALS. 

16 The President shall instruct all agencies of the United 

17 States Government to make every effort in their interactions 

18 with foreign government and business officials to persuade 

19 foreign governments and relevant corporations not to en20 gage in any business transaction with a foreign person 

21 sanctioned under section 811, including any parent or sub22 sidiary of the sanctioned foreign person, for the duration 

23 of the sanctions. 
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1 SEC. 823. COORDINATION. 

2 The Secretary of State shall coordinate the actions of 

3 the United States Government under section 822. 

4 SEC. 824. REPORT. 

5 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

6 of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State 

7 shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on 

8 the actions taken by the United States to carry out section 

9 822. 

10 Subtitle C—Incentives for Prolifera11 tion Interdiction Cooperation 

12 SEC. 831. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO COOP13 ERATIVE COUNTRIES. 

14 The President is authorized to provide, on such terms 

15 as the President considers appropriate, assistance under 

16 section 832 to any country that cooperates with the United 

17 States and with other countries allied with the United 

18 States to prevent the transport and transshipment of items 

19 of proliferation concern in its national territory or airspace 

20 or in vessels under its control or registry. 

21 SEC. 832. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE. 

22 The assistance authorized under section 831 is the fol23 lowing: 

24 (1) Assistance under section 23 of the Arms Ex25 port Control Act. 
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1 (2) Assistance under chapters 4 and 5 of part II 

2 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

3 (3) Drawdown of defense equipment and services 

4 under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

5 1961. 

6 SEC. 833. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. 

7 Assistance authorized under this subtitle may not be 

8 provided until at least 30 days after the date on which the 

9 President has provided notice thereof to the appropriate 

10 congressional committees, in accordance with the procedures 

11 applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 

12 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

13 SEC. 834. LIMITATION. 

14 Assistance may be provided to a country under section 

15 831 in no more than three fiscal years. 

16 SEC. 835. USE OF ASSISTANCE. 

17 To the extent practicable, assistance provided under 

18 this subtitle shall be used to enhance the capability of the 

19 recipient country to prevent the transport and trans20 shipment of items of proliferation concern in its national 

21 territory or airspace, or in vessels under its control or reg22 istry, including through the development of a legal frame23 work in that country to enhance such capability by crim24 inalizing proliferation, enacting strict export controls, and 

25 securing sensitive materials within its borders. 
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1 SEC. 836. LIMITATION ON SHIP OR AIRCRAFT TRANSFERS 

2 TO UNCOOPERATIVE COUNTRIES. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

4 United States may not transfer any excess defense article 

5 that is a vessel or an aircraft to a country that has not 

6 agreed that it will support and assist efforts by the United 

7 States to interdict items of proliferation concern until thir8 ty days after the date on which the President has provided 

9 notice of the proposed transfer to the appropriate congres10 sional committees in accordance with the procedures appli11 cable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) 

12 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in addition to any 

13 other requirement of law. 

14 Subtitle D—Rollback of Nuclear 

15 Proliferation Networks 

16 SEC. 841. NONPROLIFERATION AS A CONDITION OF UNITED 

17 STATES ASSISTANCE. 

18 United States foreign assistance should only be pro19 vided to countries that—

20 (1) are not cooperating with any non-nuclear 

21 weapon state or any foreign group or individual who 

22 may be engaged in, planning, or assisting inter23 national terrorism in the development of a nuclear ex24 plosive device or its means of delivery and are taking 

25 all necessary measures to prevent their nationals and 
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1 other persons and entities subject to their jurisdiction 

2 from participating in such cooperation; and 

3 (2) are fully and completely cooperating with the 

4 United States in its efforts to eliminate nuclear black5 market networks or activities. 

6 SEC. 842. REPORT ON IDENTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR PRO7 LIFERATION NETWORK HOST COUNTRIES. 

8 (a) REPORT.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

11 thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the 

12 appropriate congressional committees that—

13 (A) identifies any country in which manu14 facturing, brokering, shipment, transshipment, 

15 or other activity occurred in connection with the 

16 transactions of the nuclear proliferation network 

17 that supplied Libya, Iran, North Korea, and 

18 possibly other countries or entities, and 

19 (B) includes any additional information 

20 with respect to any country and any other nu21 clear proliferation networks or activities and the 

22 foreign persons believed to be participating there23 in, including any information relating to the 

24 participation of any foreign person in the ex25 port, transfer, or trade described in section 811. 
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1 (2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The report 

2 under paragraph (1) shall also include a description 

3 of the extent to which each country described in the 

4 report is, in the opinion of the President, fully cooper5 ating with the United States in its efforts to elimi6 nate the nuclear proliferation network described in 

7 paragraph (1)(A) and any other nuclear proliferation 

8 networks or activities. The President shall base the de9 termination regarding a country’s cooperation with 

10 the United States in part on the degree to which the 

11 country has satisfied United States requests for assist12 ance and information, including whether the United 

13 States has asked and been granted direct investiga14 tory access to key persons involved in a nuclear pro15 liferation network. 

16 (b) CLASSIFICATION.—Reports under this section shall 

17 be unclassified to the maximum extent possible. 

18 SEC. 843. SUSPENSION OF ARMS SALES LICENSES AND DE19 LIVERIES TO NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION NET20 WORK HOST COUNTRIES. 

21 (a) SUSPENSION.—Upon submission of the report and 

22 any additional information under section 842 to the appro23 priate congressional committees, the President shall suspend 

24 all licenses issued under the Arms Export Control Act, and 

25 shall prohibit any licenses to be issued under that Act, to 
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1 any country described in the report or additional informa2 tion, until such time as the President certifies to the appro3 priate congressional committees that such country—

4 (1)(A) has fully investigated or is fully inves5 tigating the activities of any person or entity within 

6 its territory that has participated in the nuclear pro7 liferation network or activities; and 

8 (B) has taken or is taking effective steps to per9 manently halt similar illicit nuclear proliferation or 

10 acquisition activities; 

11 (2) has been or is fully cooperating with the 

12 United States and other appropriate international or13 ganizations in investigating and eliminating the nu14 clear proliferation network, any successor networks 

15 operating within its territory, or other illicit pro16 liferation and acquisition activities; and 

17 (3) has enacted or is enacting new laws, promul18 gated decrees or regulations, or established practices 

19 designed to prevent future such activities from occur20 ring within its territory. 

21 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require22 ments of subsection (a) in a fiscal year if—

23 (1) the President has certified to the appropriate 

24 congressional committees that the waiver is important 

25 to the national security of the United States; and 
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1 (2) five days have elapsed since making the cer2 tification under paragraph (1). 

3 Subtitle E—General Provisions 

4 SEC. 851. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this title: 

6 (1) PARTICIPATED.—The term ‘‘participated’’ 

7 means to have sold, transferred, brokered, financed, 

8 assisted, delivered or otherwise provided or received, 

9 and includes any conspiracy or attempt to partici10 pate in any of the preceding activities, as well as fa11 cilitating such activities by any other person. 

12 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per13 son’’ has the meaning provided in section 38(g)(9)(C) 

14 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

15 2778(g)(9)(C)) and includes, for purposes of sub16 sections (a) and (b) of section 811, successors, assigns, 

17 subsidiaries, and subunits and other business organi18 zations or associations in which that person may be 

19 deemed to have a controlling interest. 

20 (3) EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘ex21 cess defense article’’ has the meaning given that term 

22 in section 644(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

23 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(g)). 

24 (4) ITEMS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—The 

25 term ‘‘items of proliferation concern’’ means any 
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1 equipment, materials, or technology that could mate2 rially support the research, development, manufac3 turing, or acquisition by any means of a nuclear ex4 plosive device, a chemical or biological weapon, or 

5 missile with a payload of 500 kilograms or greater 

6 and with a range of 300 kilometers or greater. 

7 (5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’—

8 (A) means a natural person as well as a 

9 corporation, business association, partnership, 

10 society, trust, any other nongovernmental entity, 

11 organization, or group, and any governmental 

12 entity, or subsidiary, subunit, or parent entity 

13 thereof, and any successor of any such entity; 

14 and 

15 (B) in the case of a country where it may 

16 be impossible to identify a specific governmental 

17 entity referred to in subparagraph (A), means 

18 all activities of that government relating to the 

19 development or production of any nuclear equip20 ment or technology. 

21 (6) UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The 

22 term ‘‘United States foreign assistance’’ means assist23 ance under the foreign operations, export financing, 

24 and related programs appropriations Act for a fiscal 
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1 year, and assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act 

2 of 1961. 

3 TITLE IX—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

4 PROVISIONS 

5 Subtitle A—Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 and Related Provisions 

7 CHAPTER 1—PART I OF THE FOREIGN 

8 ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

9 SEC. 901. ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH CENTERS FOR THE 

10 TREATMENT OF OBSTETRIC FISTULA IN DE11 VELOPING COUNTRIES. 

12 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 104(c) of the Foreign As13 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)) is amended—

14 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para15 graph (5); and 

16 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol17 lowing new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4)(A) In carrying out the purposes of this subsection, 

19 the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such 

20 terms and conditions as the President may determine, for 

21 the establishment and operation of not less than twelve cen22 ters for the treatment and prevention of obstetric fistula at 

23 appropriate sites in developing countries. 

24 ‘‘(B) In selecting sites for the establishment of centers 

25 pursuant to subparagraph (A), the President should seek 
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1 the consultation and advice of United States embassy offi2 cials, appropriate nongovernmental organizations, and 

3 local government officials in developing countries with high 

4 rates of obstetric fistula, with particular emphasis on coun5 tries in Africa. 

6 ‘‘(C) Each center established pursuant to subpara7 graph (A) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, carry 

8 out the following activities: 

9 ‘‘(i) The provision of surgery to repair obstetric 

10 fistula in women who do not otherwise have the re11 sources to pay for such surgery and the provision of 

12 necessary post-surgery care and support for such 

13 women. 

14 ‘‘(ii) Assistance related to surgery and post-sur15 gery care and support described in clause (i), includ16 ing the provision of transportation to and from the 

17 center for women in need of such transportation and 

18 the provision of necessary temporary shelter and food 

19 assistance to women in need of such shelter and food 

20 assistance. 

21 ‘‘(iii) Activities to reduce the incidence of obstet22 ric fistula, including the conduct of appropriate semi23 nars and the dissemination of appropriate edu24 cational materials, such as brochures, pamphlets, and 

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1 ‘‘(iv) Activities to expand access to contraception 

2 services for the prevention of pregnancies among 

3 women whose age or health status place them at high 

4 risk of prolonged or obstructed childbirth. 

5 ‘‘(D) Each center established pursuant to subpara6 graph (A) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure 

7 that women who suffer from obstetric fistula as a result of 

8 sexual abuse during conflicts or as a result of official abuse 

9 receive preference in receiving services described in clauses 

10 (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (C). 

11 ‘‘(E) Not later than January 31, 2008, the President 

12 shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report on the im13 plementation of this paragraph for fiscal years 2006 and 

14 2007. 

15 ‘‘(F) In this paragraph, the term ‘obstetric fistula’ 

16 means a rupture or hole in tissues surrounding a woman’s 

17 vagina, bladder, or rectum that occurs when the woman is 

18 in obstructed childbirth for a prolonged period of time with19 out adequate medical attention.’’. 

20 (b) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for 

21 each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out sections 

22 104 and 496 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2151b and 2293), $5,000,000 for each such fiscal 

24 year is authorized to be available to carry out section 

25 104(c)(4) of such Act (as added by subsection (a)). 
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1 SEC. 902. SUPPORT FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES 

2 IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 

3 Section 240 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

4 U.S.C. 2200) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) SUPPORT FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

6 IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.—

7 ‘‘(1) SUPPORT.—The Corporation is commended 

8 for its activities in support of the development of 

9 small and medium enterprises, and is encouraged to 

10 exercise its authorities to promote investments in fi11 nancial institutions that are duly incorporated in 

12 sub-Saharan African countries, to the extent that the 

13 purpose of such investments is to expand investment 

14 and lending opportunities to small and medium en15 terprises that—

16 ‘‘(A) are substantially owned by nationals 

17 of sub-Saharan African countries; and 

18 ‘‘(B) are engaged in domestic commerce or 

19 international trade in sectors such as housing, 

20 agriculture, fishing, textiles and apparel, tour21 ism, electronics, technology, manufacturing, and 

22 services. 

23 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—In making a determina24 tion to provide insurance and financing to financial 

25 institutions referred to in paragraph (1), the Cor26 poration should take into consideration the extent to 
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1 which a project establishes and implements a non2 discrimination in lending policy to prohibit discrimi3 nation based on ethnicity, sex, color, race, religion, 

4 physical disability, marital status, or age. 

5 ‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In supporting a 

6 project referred to in paragraph (1), the Corporation 

7 may provide technical assistance to—

8 ‘‘(A) improve the quality of management of 

9 financial institutions referred to in paragraph 

10 (1) to ensure the safety and stability of such in11 stitutions; 

12 ‘‘(B) create in such financial institutions ef13 fective credit risk management systems to im14 prove the quality of the assets of such institu15 tions and the ability of such institutions to re16 search and assess the overall credit risk of crit17 ical industries in the domestic economy; and 

18 ‘‘(C) support effective credit risk manage19 ment by developing internal credit rating sys20 tems and credit assessment tools that improve the 

21 ability of such financial institutions to evaluate 

22 individual credit worthiness and measure the 

23 overall amount of risk posed by the total number 

24 of borrowers.’’. 
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1 SEC. 903. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY IN 

2 ZIMBABWE. 

3 Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal 

4 years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapters 1 and 10 of 

5 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and chapter 

6 4 of part II of such Act, $12,000,000 for each such fiscal 

7 year is authorized to be available, consistent with the provi8 sions of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery 

9 Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–99; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note), 

10 to support—

11 (1) the restoration of democratic legitimacy and 

12 foster a free and fair electoral process in Zimbabwe, 

13 particularly through legislative process training for 

14 members of Parliament; 

15 (2) capacity building for civil society organiza16 tions to effectively provide information on the polit17 ical process to citizens, defend the legal rights of mi18 norities, women and youth, document the level of ad19 herence by the Government of Zimbabwe to national 

20 and international civil and human rights standards, 

21 and monitor and report on the entire electoral process 

22 in Zimbabwe; 

23 (3) organizational capacity-building training for 

24 political parties in Zimbabwe; 

25 (4) poll watcher training for party and civil so26 ciety election observers in Zimbabwe; and 
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1 (5) the reestablishment of independent media 

2 through overseas broadcasts and Internet sites. 

3 SEC. 904. RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY 

4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 

5 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

6 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made available for 

7 each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for United States vol8 untary contributions to the United Nations Development 

9 Program, an amount equal to the amount the United Na10 tions Development Program will spend in Burma during 

11 each fiscal year (including all funds administered by the 

12 United Nations Development Program in Burma) shall be 

13 withheld unless during such fiscal year the Secretary of 

14 State submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 the certification described in subsection (b). 

16 (b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred to in 

17 subsection (a) is a certification by the Secretary that all 

18 programs and activities of the United Nations Development 

19 Program (including all programs and activities adminis20 tered by the United Nations Development Program) in 

21 Burma—

22 (1) are focused on eliminating human suffering 

23 and addressing the needs of the poor; 

24 (2) are undertaken only through international or 

25 private voluntary organizations that are independent 
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1 of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) 

2 (formerly the State Law and Order Restoration Coun3 cil or SLORC); 

4 (3) provide no financial, political, or military 

5 benefit, including the provision of goods, services, or 

6 per diems, to the SPDC or any agency or entity of, 

7 or affiliated with, the SPDC, including any entity 

8 whose members are ineligible for admission to the 

9 United States by reason of such membership under 

10 any provision of section 212(a) of the Immigration 

11 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) (including 

12 the Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Associa13 tion (MMCWA), the Myanmar Council of Churches 

14 (MCC), the Myanmar Medical Association (MMA), 

15 the Myanmar Women Affairs Federation (MWAF), 

16 and the Union of Solidarity Development Association 

17 (USDA)); and 

18 (4) are carried out only after consultation with 

19 the leadership of the National League for Democracy 

20 and the leadership of the National Coalition Govern21 ment of the Union of Burma. 

22 (5) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days 

24 thereafter during fiscal years 2006 and 2007, the Sec-
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1 retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a report on—

3 (A) all programs and activities of the 

4 United Nations Development Program (includ5 ing all programs and activities administered by 

6 the United Nations Development Program) in 

7 Burma; and 

8 (B) all recipients and subrecipients of funds 

9 provided under such programs and activities. 

10 SEC. 905. ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE POLICE OM11 BUDSMAN FOR NORTHERN IRELAND. 

12 Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal 

13 years 2006 and 2007 to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291), $100,000 for each 

15 such fiscal year is authorized to be available for—

16 (1) specialized investigative training, including 

17 training in the United States, of personnel of the Of18 fice of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; 

19 and 

20 (2) advisory support to the Office of the Police 

21 Ombudsman for Northern Ireland for the development 

22 and strengthening of its investigative capacity in 

23 order to ensure that policing in Northern Ireland is 

24 carried out in compliance with internationally recog25 nized human rights standards. 
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1 SEC. 906. REPORT ON FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAIN2 ING AND ASSISTANCE. 

3 Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)), as amended by section 317(d) of this 

5 Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(9)(A) A separate section on all foreign law en8 forcement training and assistance that is provided to 

9 foreign law enforcement personnel and other related 

10 governmental authorities by the Department of State, 

11 the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, 

12 and the United States Agency for International De13 velopment during the previous fiscal year and all 

14 such training proposed for the current fiscal year. 

15 ‘‘(B) The section on foreign law enforcement 

16 training and assistance shall include the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) For each law enforcement training ac18 tivity—

19 ‘‘(I) the purpose of the activity and the 

20 foreign policy justification for the activity; 

21 ‘‘(II) the number of foreign law en22 forcement personnel who are provided train23 ing, their units of operation, and countries 

24 of origin; 

25 ‘‘(III) the type of training activity; 
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1 ‘‘(IV) the location of the training activ2 ity; 

3 ‘‘(V) the department or agency of the 

4 United States Government which is con5 ducting the training, by unit or office; and 

6 ‘‘(VI) the cost of the training activity 

7 and the specific budgetary account from 

8 which the cost is paid. 

9 ‘‘(ii) For other law enforcement assist10 ance—

11 ‘‘(I) the purpose of the assistance and 

12 the foreign policy justification for the assist13 ance; 

14 ‘‘(II) the type of assistance; 

15 ‘‘(III) the department or agency of the 

16 United States Government which is pro17 viding the assistance, by unit or office, 

18 where applicable; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) the cost of the assistance and the 

20 specific budgetary account from which the 

21 cost is paid. 

22 ‘‘(iii) For each country—

23 ‘‘(I) the aggregate number of students 

24 trained; 
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1 ‘‘(II) the aggregate cost of the law en2 forcement training and other law enforce3 ment assistance; and 

4 ‘‘(III) a plan describing the law en5 forcement assistance and rule of law pro6 grams of the relevant departments and 

7 agencies of the United States Government. 

8 ‘‘(C) FORM.—The report required by this para9 graph shall be in unclassified form but may include 

10 a classified annex.’’. 

11 SEC. 907. ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER MITIGATION EF12 FORTS. 

13 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

14 (1) The devastating impacts of natural disasters 

15 can be mitigated by assisting communities to build in 

16 safer locations, construct sturdier dwellings, enforce 

17 sound building codes and practices, and protect nat18 ural ecosystems. 

19 (2) By 2050, two billion people are expected to 

20 be especially vulnerable to floods due to growing pop21 ulations, indiscriminate logging, rapid urbanization, 

22 and increasing development along coasts and in other 

23 hazardous regions. 

24 (3) According to a study by the World Bank and 

25 the United States Geological Survey during the 1990s, 
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1 $40 billion invested in preventive measures could 

2 have saved $280 billion in disaster relief funds and 

3 saved countless lives. 

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads 

6 of other appropriate departments and agencies of the Gov7 ernment of the United States, should develop an initiative 

8 to encourage the use of disaster mitigation techniques, in9 cluding techniques described in subsection (a)(1), by foreign 

10 governments in regions considered especially vulnerable to 

11 natural disasters. 

12 (c) AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT

13 OF 1961.—Section 491(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292(b)) is amended by adding at the end 

15 the following new sentence: ‘‘Assistance relating to disaster 

16 preparedness under the preceding sentence shall include as17 sistance to encourage the use of disaster mitigation tech18 niques, including to assist communities to build in safer 

19 locations, construct sturdier dwellings, enforce sound build20 ing codes and practices, and protect natural ecosystems.’’. 

21 SEC. 908. ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN 

22 BELARUS. 

23 Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal 

24 years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapters 11 and 12 of 

25 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
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1 2295 et seq. and 2296 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Support 

2 Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), $12,000,000 for each such fis3 cal year is authorized to be available for assistance for the 

4 promotion of democracy in the Republic of Belarus, includ5 ing free and fair electoral processes, the development of po6 litical parties and nongovernmental organizations, pro7 moting democracy and respect for human rights and the 

8 rule of law, independent media, and international ex9 changes and training programs for leaders and members 

10 of the democratic forces that foster civil society. 

11 SEC. 909. ASSISTANCE FOR MATERNAL AND PRENATAL 

12 CARE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS OF 

13 BELARUS AND UKRAINE INVOLVED IN THE 

14 CLEANUP OF THE CHORNOBYL DISASTER. 

15 Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal 

16 years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapters 11 and 12 of 

17 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

18 2295 et seq. and 2296 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Support 

19 Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), such sums as may be necessary 

20 for each such fiscal year are authorized to be available for 

21 assistance to improve maternal and prenatal care, espe22 cially for the purpose of helping prevent birth defects and 

23 pregnancy complications, for individuals in the Republic 

24 of Belarus and Ukraine involved in the cleanup of the re25 gion affected by the Chornobyl disaster. 
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1 SEC. 910. ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS NON-INFECTIOUS DIS2 EASES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

3 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares the fol4 lowing: 

5 (1) Medical evidence indicates that non-infec6 tious diseases, like heart disease and obesity, are on 

7 the rise worldwide. 

8 (2) In response to these statistics, the current al9 location of funds appropriated to the United States 

10 Agency for International Development for Child Sur11 vival and Maternal Health, Vulnerable Children, 

12 HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Health 

13 and Family Planning, and the Global Fund to Fight 

14 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria does not address 

15 noninfectious diseases. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The President, 

17 acting through the Administrator of the United States 

18 Agency for International Development, is authorized to pro19 vide assistance, on such terms and conditions as the Presi20 dent may determine, to address non-infectious diseases in 

21 foreign countries. 

22 CHAPTER 2—PART II OF THE FOREIGN 

23 ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

24 SEC. 921. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR 

25 EGYPT. 

26 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Despite more than $28 billion in economic 

2 assistance provided by the United States to Egypt 

3 since 1975, Egypt’s economy and educational systems 

4 are underdeveloped and democratic development re5 mains extremely limited. Egypt remains near the bot6 tom of many indices of growth and human develop7 ment. 

8 (2) Egypt’s economic troubles, if not addressed 

9 through programs to develop Egypt’s private sector, 

10 could destabilize the country. 

11 (3) United States programs to promote growth 

12 in Egypt, including traditional development assist13 ance as well as programs that attempt to link dis14 bursement of cash assistance to the adoption of eco15 nomic reforms by the Government of Egypt, have had, 

16 at best, mixed success. 

17 (4) The United States has provided more than 

18 $32 billion in military assistance to Egypt since 

19 1979. 

20 (5) Egypt is currently at peace with all its 

21 neighbors. 

22 (6) Egypt and the United States entered into an 

23 agreement in March 2005, whereby Egypt undertook 

24 to accomplish certain reform-oriented policies pri25 marily related to its financial sector, and the United 
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1 States undertook, subject to its constitutional proc2 esses, to provide Egypt with cash assistance. This pro3 gram of financial reform is important and should 

4 continue, supported by assistance in the form of cash 

5 transferred from the United States, but not in 

6 amounts in excess of amounts already agreed to and 

7 not for lesser policy reforms than have already been 

8 agreed to. 

9 (7) The model of an agreement for policy change 

10 between the United States and Egypt, similar but not 

11 identical to, the concept of a ‘‘Millennium Challenge’’ 

12 compact that emphasizes performance and outcomes, 

13 would be a way to reinvigorate a program for the de14 velopment of the Egyptian economy that has lan15 guished for years, and would give more Egyptians a 

16 stake in the proper planning and execution of pro17 grams to assist in their country’s development. 

18 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy of 

19 the United States—

20 (1) to acknowledge that—

21 (A) threats to Egypt’s stability derive far 

22 more from domestic problems, such as inadequate 

23 economic growth, deficient educational and 

24 health-care systems, and lack of political free25 dom, than from external dangers; and 
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1 (B) external threats to Egyptian stability 

2 are, in fact, minimal; 

3 (2) to provide non-military assistance to Egypt 

4 which results in actual, sustainable, and, to the extent 

5 possible, measurable outcomes in terms of economic 

6 growth, poverty reduction, humanitarian conditions, 

7 health, education, and political reform; 

8 (3) to restructure Egypt’s assistance package 

9 over time so as to diminish military assistance and 

10 end the reduction of economic assistance and to begin 

11 the process of this restructuring without delay; and 

12 (4) to ensure that this restructuring is done in 

13 such a manner that ensures that maintenance and 

14 spare parts for existing Egyptian military equipment 

15 is not jeopardized and that Egyptian military pur16 chases and projects to which the United States has al17 ready committed itself be funded fully in accordance 

18 with previous understandings. 

19 (c) AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT

20 OF 1961.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of part II of the 

22 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 

23 seq; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’) is 

24 amended by inserting after section 534 the following 

25 new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 535. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR 

2 EGYPT. 

3 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ASSISTANCE.—Assistance 

4 may be provided for Egypt under this chapter for a fiscal 

5 year only if Egypt provides to the United States for the 

6 fiscal year a proposal described in subsection (b) that is 

7 evaluated and approved in accordance with subsection (c). 

8 ‘‘(b) PROPOSAL.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A proposal described in this 

10 subsection is a proposal that reflects Egyptian prior11 ities to use assistance provided under this chapter to 

12 meet the requirements of paragraph (2). 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements de14 scribed in this paragraph are—

15 ‘‘(A) promoting economic growth (including 

16 economic freedom); 

17 ‘‘(B) reducing poverty; 

18 ‘‘(C) improving humanitarian conditions 

19 among the poorest individuals in Egypt; 

20 ‘‘(D) improving education and health sys21 tems for the people of Egypt; 

22 ‘‘(E) reducing corruption in the public and 

23 private sectors; and 

24 ‘‘(F) strengthening democratic institutions 

25 and individual freedoms. 

26 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL.—
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1 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The President, acting 

2 through the Secretary of State, and in consultation 

3 with the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States 

4 Trade Representative, and the Administrator of the 

5 United States Agency for International Development, 

6 shall evaluate the proposal provided to the United 

7 States pursuant to subsection (a) to determine the ex8 tent to which the proposal meets the requirements of 

9 subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2). 

10 ‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—The President shall approve 

11 the proposal only if the President determines that—

12 ‘‘(A) the proposal sufficiently meets the re13 quirements of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of 

14 subsection (b)(2) in a manner that achieves, in 

15 particular, lasting economic growth and poverty 

16 reduction and substantially strengthened demo17 cratic institutions and individual freedoms; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the Government of Egypt—

19 ‘‘(i) has adopted and implemented re20 forms necessary to implement the proposal; 

21 ‘‘(ii) has implemented the proposal 

22 provided to the United States and approved 

23 for the prior fiscal year in accordance with 

24 the requirements of subparagraphs (A) 

25 through (F) of subsection (b)(2); and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) has demonstrated high standards 

2 of fiduciary controls and accountability 

3 with respect to assistance provided for 

4 Egypt under this chapter. 

5 ‘‘(d) SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF ASSIST6 ANCE.—The President, acting through the Secretary of 

7 State, may suspend or terminate assistance in whole or in 

8 part for Egypt under this chapter if the President deter9 mines that the Government of Egypt is not implementing 

10 the proposal in accordance with the requirements of sub11 paragraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2). 

12 ‘‘(e) CASH ASSISTANCE.—

13 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of this section, cash assistance may be 

15 provided to Egypt under this chapter for a fiscal year 

16 pursuant to the memorandum of understanding speci17 fied in paragraph (2) only if a proposal provided to 

18 the United States pursuant to subsection (a) for the 

19 fiscal year has been evaluated and approved in ac20 cordance with subsection (c). 

21 ‘‘(2) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 

22 memorandum of understanding specified in this 

23 paragraph is the memorandum of understanding 

24 agreed to by the Government of the United States and 

25 the Government of Egypt in March 2005, including 
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1 any modification to the memorandum of under2 standing, except—

3 ‘‘(A) a modification to increase the amounts 

4 of assistance agreed to be provided under the 

5 memorandum of understanding; or 

6 ‘‘(B) a modification to reduce significantly 

7 the scope of, or to extend significantly the time 

8 for, the performance by Egypt of obligations that 

9 it has undertaken under the memorandum of un10 derstanding. 

11 ‘‘(f) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Assistance may 

12 not be obligated for Egypt under this chapter until 30 days 

13 after the date on which the President has provided notice 

14 thereof to the Committee on International Relations and the 

15 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa16 tives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

17 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance 

18 with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifica19 tions under section 634A(a) of this Act. 

20 ‘‘(g) REPORT.—The President, acting through the Sec21 retary of State, shall prepare and transmit to the Com22 mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

24 Senate a report for each fiscal year that contains—
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1 ‘‘(1) the proposal provided to the United States 

2 pursuant to subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and 

3 ‘‘(2) the evaluation of the proposal carried out 

4 pursuant to subsection (c)(1). 

5 ‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of this 

6 section shall not be superseded except by a provision of law 

7 enacted after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Rela8 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, which 

9 specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions 

10 of this section.’’. 

11 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

12 paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to assistance 

13 for Egypt under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2007 and each 

15 subsequent fiscal year. 

16 (d) MILITARY ASSISTANCE LEVELS FOR EGYPT; 

17 TRANSFER REQUIREMENT.—The following amounts avail18 able for assistance for Egypt under section 23 of Arms Ex19 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to the ‘‘Foreign 

20 Military Financing’’ program) shall be transferred to and 

21 consolidated with amounts available for assistance for 

22 Egypt under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

23 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Eco24 nomic Support Fund’’): 
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1 (1) For fiscal year 2006, the amount that exceeds 

2 $1,260,000,000. 

3 (2) For fiscal year 2007, the amount that exceeds 

4 $1,220,000,000. 

5 (3) For fiscal year 2008, the amount that exceeds 

6 $1,180,000,000. 

7 (e) CASH-FLOW FINANCING FOR EGYPT.—As soon as 

8 practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 President shall modify the program of cash-flow financing 

10 for Egypt under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

11 (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to the ‘‘Foreign Military Financ12 ing’’ program) so as to accomplish the purposes of the pol13 icy set forth in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) 

14 of this section. 

15 (f) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN INTEREST FOR EGYPT.—

16 For fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years, any inter17 est earned from amounts in an interest bearing account for 

18 Egypt to which funds made available under section 23 of 

19 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to 

20 the ‘‘Foreign Military Financing’’ program) are dis21 bursed—

22 (1) shall be transferred to and consolidated with 

23 amounts available for assistance for the Middle East 

24 Partnership Initiative under chapter 4 of part II of 

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 
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1 et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’); 

2 and 

3 (2) shall be allocated for democracy and govern4 ance programs for Egypt, including direct support for 

5 nongovernmental organizations. 

6 SEC. 922. INTER-ARAB DEMOCRATIC CHARTER. 

7 (a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary of State, acting 

8 through the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 

9 Rights, and Labor, and in consultation with the Assistant 

10 Secretary for Near East Affairs and the Assistant Secretary 

11 for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shall develop and imple12 ment a strategy to—

13 (1) support, including through the provision of 

14 technical assistance, efforts to establish an Inter-Arab 

15 Democratic Charter to promote human rights and de16 mocracy in the Near East region; and 

17 (2) support and promote coordination among 

18 human rights organizations, pro-democracy advo19 cates, and civil society members from both the Near 

20 East region and the Western Hemisphere to assist in 

21 efforts to establish the Inter-Arab Democratic Charter 

22 referred to in paragraph (1). 

23 (b) REPORT.—Section 665(c) of the Foreign Relations 

24 Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 

25 22 U.S.C. 2151n note) as amended by section 614(a)(2) of 
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1 this Act, is further amended by inserting after the first sen2 tence the following new sentence: ‘‘As part of such separate 

3 report, the Secretary shall include information on efforts 

4 by the Department of State to develop and implement the 

5 strategy to support efforts to establish an Inter-Arab Demo6 cratic Charter pursuant to section 708(a) of the Foreign 

7 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007.’’. 

8 (c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for 

9 each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 

10 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2346 et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’), 

12 including amounts made available to carry out the Human 

13 Rights and Democracy Fund and the Middle East Partner14 ship Initiative, such sums as may be necessary for each such 

15 fiscal year is authorized to be available to the Secretary 

16 to carry out this section and the amendments made by this 

17 section. 

18 SEC. 923. MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. 

19 (a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for 

20 each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 

21 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

22 2346 et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’), 

23 such sums as may be necessary for each such fiscal year 

24 is authorized to be available to the Secretary of State to 
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1 carry out programs and activities of the Middle East Part2 nership Initiative. 

3 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 50 percent of 

4 amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 

5 and 2007 to carry out the Middle East Partnership Initia6 tive shall be used to—

7 (1) strengthen civil society, particularly non8 governmental organizations, and expand female and 

9 minority participation in the political, economic, and 

10 educational sectors of countries participating in the 

11 Initiative; and 

12 (2) strengthen the rule of law and promote demo13 cratic values and institutions, particularly through—

14 (A) developing and implementing standards 

15 for free and fair election in countries partici16 pating in the Initiative; and 

17 (B) supporting inter-regional efforts to pro18 mote democracy in countries under authori19 tarian rule, including through the Community of 

20 Democracies and Forum for the Future. 

21 SEC. 924. WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM. 

22 (a) OVERSIGHT.—For each of the fiscal years 2006 and 

23 2007, the Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate 

24 congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to 

25 the initial obligation of funds for the West Bank and Gaza 
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1 that procedures have been established to ensure that the 

2 Comptroller General of the United States will have access 

3 to appropriate United States financial information in 

4 order to review the use of United States assistance for the 

5 West Bank and Gaza funded under chapter 4 of part II 

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 

7 seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’). 

8 (b) VETTING.—Prior to any obligation of funds for 

9 each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 

10 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for assist11 ance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 

12 shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assist13 ance is not provided to or through any individual or entity 

14 that the Secretary knows, or has reason to believe, advo15 cates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter16 rorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, 

17 establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car18 rying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to 

19 any individual or entity which the Secretary has deter20 mined advocates, plans, sponsors, or engages in terrorist ac21 tivity. 

22 (c) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made available 

23 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chap24 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

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1 for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring indi2 viduals who commit, or have committed, acts of terrorism. 

3 (d) AUDITS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

5 United States Agency for International Development 

6 shall ensure that independent audits of all contractors 

7 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub8 grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 

9 are conducted for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 

10 2007 to ensure, among other things, compliance with 

11 this section. 

12 (2) AUDITS BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF

13 USAID.—Of the funds available for each of the fiscal 

14 years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part 

15 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that are 

16 made available for assistance for the West Bank and 

17 Gaza, up to $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year may 

18 be used by the Office of the Inspector General of the 

19 United States Agency for International Development 

20 for audits, inspections, and other activities in further21 ance of the requirements of paragraph (1). Such funds 

22 are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 

23 purposes. 

24 (e) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro25 priate congressional committees’’ means—
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1 (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the 

2 Committee on International Relations of the House of 

3 Representatives; and 

4 (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the 

5 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

6 SEC. 925. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR VEN7 EZUELA. 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi9 dent $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 

10 for assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As11 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to 

12 the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’) to fund activities which 

13 support political parties, the rule of law, civil society, an 

14 independent media, and otherwise promote democratic, ac15 countable governance in Venezuela. 

16 CHAPTER 3—PART III OF THE FOREIGN 

17 ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

18 SEC. 931. SUPPORT FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN 

19 RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN CERTAIN COUN20 TRIES. 

21 Section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

22 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following new sentence: ‘‘The prohibition contained in the 

24 preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to assistance 

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1 provided in support of programs of a pro-democracy or 

2 human rights organization located or operating in a coun3 try described in such sentence, if, at least 30 days before 

4 obligating funds for such assistance, the Secretary of State 

5 notifies (in classified or unclassified form) the congressional 

6 committees specified in section 634A(a) of this Act in ac7 cordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming 

8 notifications under that section that the pro-democracy or 

9 human rights organization opposes the use of terrorism, 

10 supports democracy and respect for human rights, includ11 ing the equality of women and ethnic and religious minori12 ties, and supports freedoms of the press, speech, association, 

13 and religion.’’. 

14 SEC. 932. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES15 TINIAN AUTHORITY. 

16 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For17 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is 

18 amended—

19 (1) by redesignating the second section 620G (as 

20 added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 (110 

21 Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new sec23 tion: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES2 TINIAN AUTHORITY. 

3 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Assistance may be provided under 

4 this Act or any other provision of law to the Palestinian 

5 Authority only during a period for which a certification 

6 described in subsection (b) is in effect. 

7 ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

8 subsection is a certification transmitted by the President 

9 to Congress that contains a determination of the President 

10 that—

11 ‘‘(1) providing direct assistance to the Pales12 tinian Authority is important to the national secu13 rity interests of the United States; and 

14 ‘‘(2) the Palestinian Authority—

15 ‘‘(A) is committed to and has initiated the 

16 process of purging from its security services indi17 viduals with ties to terrorism; 

18 ‘‘(B) has made demonstrable progress to19 ward dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, 

20 confiscating unauthorized weapons, arresting 

21 and bringing terrorists to justice, destroying un22 authorized arms factories, thwarting and pre23 empting terrorist attacks, and is fully cooper24 ating with Israel’s security services; 

25 ‘‘(C) has made demonstrable progress to26 ward halting all anti-Israel incitement in Pales-
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1 tinian Authority-controlled electronic and print 

2 media and in schools, mosques, and other insti3 tutions it controls, and is replacing these mate4 rials, including textbooks, with materials that 

5 promote tolerance, peace, and coexistence with 

6 Israel; 

7 ‘‘(D) has taken effective steps to ensure de8 mocracy, the rule of law, and an independent ju9 diciary, and has adopted other reforms such as 

10 ensuring transparent and accountable govern11 ance; 

12 ‘‘(E) is committed to ensuring that all elec13 tions within areas it administers to be free, fair, 

14 and transparent; and 

15 ‘‘(F) is undertaking verifiable efforts to en16 sure the financial transparency and account17 ability of all government ministries and oper18 ations. 

19 ‘‘(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date on which the President transmits to Congress an 

21 initial certification under subsection (b), and every 6 

22 months thereafter—

23 ‘‘(1) the President shall transmit to Congress a 

24 recertification that the requirements contained in sub25 section (b) are continuing to be met; or 
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1 ‘‘(2) if the President is unable to make such a 

2 recertification, the President shall transmit to Con3 gress a report that contains the reasons therefor. 

4 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 

5 made available under this Act or any other provision of 

6 law to the Palestinian Authority may not be provided until 

7 15 days after the date on which the President has provided 

8 notice thereof to the Committee on International Relations 

9 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

11 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accord12 ance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming noti13 fications under section 634A(a) of this Act.’’. 

14 (b) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 

15 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

16 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 

18 contains a review of the extent to which United States as19 sistance to the Palestinian Authority under the Foreign As20 sistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law is prop21 erly audited by the Department of State, the United States 

22 Agency for International Development, and all other rel23 evant departments and agencies of the Government of the 

24 United States. 
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1 SEC. 933. ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 660(b) of the Foreign As3 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420(b)) is amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (6)—

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘to any national, regional, 

6 district, municipal, or other sub-national govern7 mental entity of a foreign country’’ after ‘‘with 

8 respect to assistance’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘, and the provision of pro10 fessional’’ and all that follows through ‘‘democ11 racy’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new para15 graphs: 

16 ‘‘(8) with respect to assistance to combat corrup17 tion in furtherance of the objectives for which pro18 grams are authorized to be established under section 

19 133 of this Act; 

20 ‘‘(9) with respect to the provision of professional 

21 public safety training to any national, regional, dis22 trict, municipal, or other sub-national governmental 

23 entity of a foreign country, particularly training in 

24 international recognized standards of human rights, 

25 the rule of law, conflict prevention, and the promotion 

26 of civilian police roles that support democratic gov-
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1 ernance and foster improved police relations between 

2 law enforcement forces and the communities in which 

3 they serve; 

4 ‘‘(10) with respect to assistance to combat traf5 ficking in persons, particularly trafficking in persons 

6 by organized crime; or 

7 ‘‘(11) with respect to assistance in direct support 

8 of developing capabilities for and deployment to im9 pending or ongoing peace operations of the United 

10 Nations or comparable regional organizations.’’. 

11 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 660 of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420) is amend13 ed—

14 (1) in subsection (b) (as amended by subsection 

15 (a) of this section)—

16 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

17 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

18 the end; 

19 (C) in paragraph (7), by moving the mar20 gin 2 ems to the left; and 

21 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

22 through (11) as paragraphs (2) through (10), re23 spectively; and 

24 (2) by striking subsection (d). 
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1 Subtitle B—Other Provisions of 

2 Law 

3 SEC. 941. AMENDMENTS TO THE AFGHANISTAN FREEDOM 

4 SUPPORT ACT OF 2002. 

5 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

6 of the United States to—

7 (1) assist Afghanistan in the preparation of par8 liamentary elections which are currently scheduled to 

9 take place on September 18, 2005; 

10 (2) urge donor governments and institutions to 

11 provide significant financial support to support the 

12 United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 

13 (UNAMA) in carrying out such parliamentary elec14 tions; 

15 (3) assist legitimate and recognized parliamen16 tary candidates and future elected parliamentary offi17 cials in carrying out the responsibilities and duties of 

18 their elected offices; and 

19 (4) assist Afghanistan in the preparation for fu20 ture presidential and parliamentary elections. 

21 (b) PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 102 of the Af22 ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7512) 

23 is amended—

24 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) 

25 as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and 
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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol2 lowing new paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(5) to ensure that parliamentary and presi4 dential elections in Afghanistan are carried out in a 

5 free, fair, and transparent manner; 

6 ‘‘(6) to provide assistance to legitimate and rec7 ognized parliamentary candidates and future elected 

8 parliamentary officials in Afghanistan to better edu9 cate such candidates and officials on parliamentary 

10 procedures, anticorruption, transparency, and good 

11 governance;’’. 

12 (c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Section 103(a)(5)(C) of 

13 the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 

14 7513(a)(5)(C)) is amended—

15 (1) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv); 

16 (2) by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as 

17 clauses (xi) through (xiii), respectively; 

18 (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 

19 new clauses: 

20 ‘‘(iii) programs to promote comprehen21 sive public information campaigns, includ22 ing nationwide voter and civic education, 

23 for the public, candidates, and political 

24 parties, and special efforts with respect to 

25 provinces in which small percentages of 
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1 women voted in the October 2004 presi2 dential elections; 

3 ‘‘(iv) programs to accelerate disar4 mament, demobilization, and reintegration 

5 processes to ensure that candidates and po6 litical groups are not influenced or sup7 ported by armed militias; 

8 ‘‘(v) programs to support the registra9 tion of new voters and the preparation of 

10 voter rolls; 

11 ‘‘(vi) programs to support the vetting 

12 process of candidates for the parliamentary 

13 elections to ensure that such candidates are 

14 eligible under the relevant Afghan election 

15 requirements; 

16 ‘‘(vii) programs to educate legitimate 

17 and recognized parliamentary candidates 

18 on campaign procedures and processes; 

19 ‘‘(viii) capacity-building programs and 

20 advanced professional training programs 

21 for senior Afghan Government officials and 

22 future elected parliamentary officials in 

23 matters related to parliamentary proce24 dures, anti-corruption, accountability to 

25 constituencies, transparency, good govern-
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1 ance, and other matters related to demo2 cratic development; 

3 ‘‘(ix) exchange programs to bring to 

4 the United States future elected parliamen5 tary officials and senior officials of legiti6 mate and recognized political parties for 

7 educational activities regarding legislative 

8 procedures, debate, and general campaign 

9 and legislative instruction; 

10 ‘‘(x) programs to support nongovern11 mental organizations and other civil society 

12 organizations that will assist in civil and 

13 voter education programs and overall de14 mocracy development programs; ’’; 

15 (4) in clause (xii) (as redesignated), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (5) in clause (xiii) (as redesignated), by striking 

18 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (6) by adding at the end the following new 

20 clause: 

21 ‘‘(xiv) other similar activities con22 sistent with the purposes set forth in sub23 section (a).’’. 

24 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

25 103(a)(5)(C) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 
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1 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7513(a)(5)(C)), as amended by subsection 

2 (c), is further amended—

3 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik4 ing ‘‘To support’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) To support’’; 

5 (2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (xiv) as 

6 subclauses (I) through (XIV), respectively; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

8 clause: 

9 ‘‘(ii) Of the amounts made available for 

10 each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry 

11 out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

12 Act of 1961 and chapter 4 of part II of such Act, 

13 $50,000,000 for each such fiscal year is author14 ized to be available to the President to carry out 

15 subclauses (III) through (X) of clause (i). ’’. 

16 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

17 that the President should take all necessary and appro18 priate steps to encourage all donor governments and insti19 tutions to provide full financial and logistical support to 

20 the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 

21 (UNAMA) to carry out the parliamentary elections in Af22 ghanistan, which are currently scheduled to take place on 

23 September 18, 2005, so as to—

24 (1) ensure the parliamentary elections are legiti25 mate and free from influence, intimidation, and vio-
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1 lence by local militia leaders and illicit narcotics ter2 rorist organizations; 

3 (2) make certain that all Afghans who want to 

4 vote may do so and may be educated about their 

5 choice in parliamentary candidates; 

6 (3) provide that all legitimate and recognized 

7 parliamentary candidates and officials of legitimate 

8 and recognized political parties are informed and 

9 educated on campaign procedures and processes; 

10 (4) provide that future parliamentary officials 

11 and senior officials of legitimate and recognized polit12 ical parties are informed and educated on the legisla13 tive procedures and process through exchange pro14 grams; and 

15 (5) assure sufficient funds for deployment of 

16 international observers for the upcoming parliamen17 tary elections and future presidential and parliamen18 tary elections. 

19 SEC. 942. AMENDMENTS TO THE TIBETAN POLICY ACT OF 

20 2002. 

21 (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 616 of the Ti22 betan Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 

23 6901 note) is amended—

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

25 (e); and 
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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

2 new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(d) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—

4 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE.—The President shall provide 

5 grants to nongovernmental organizations to support 

6 sustainable economic development, cultural and his7 torical preservation, health care, education, and envi8 ronmental sustainability projects for Tibetans inside 

9 Tibet that are designed in accordance with the prin10 ciples contained in subsection (e). 

11 ‘‘(2) ROLE OF SPECIAL COORDINATOR.—The 

12 United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues 

13 (established under section 621(a)) shall review and 

14 approve all projects carried out pursuant to para15 graph (1). 

16 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi18 dent to carry out this subsection $6,000,000 for fiscal 

19 year 2006 and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’. 

20 (b) LANGUAGE TRAINING.—Section 619 of the Tibetan 

21 Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 

22 note) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 619. REQUIREMENT FOR TIBETAN LANGUAGE TRAIN2 ING. 

3 ‘‘The Secretary shall ensure at least one Foreign Serv4 ice officer assigned to a United States post in the People’s 

5 Republic of China responsible for monitoring developments 

6 in Tibet has at least six months of Tibetan language train7 ing prior to taking up such assignment at such post, unless 

8 such officer possesses equivalent fluency. If the Secretary de9 termines that training resources and timing permit, such 

10 officer shall receive one year of such training.’’. 

11 (c) SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR TIBETAN ISSUES.—

12 Section 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 

13 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended by adding at 

14 the end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(e) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall assign dedi16 cated personnel to the Office of the Special Coordinator for 

17 Tibetan Issues sufficient to assist in the management of the 

18 responsibilities of this section and section 616(d)(2).’’. 

19 SEC. 943. AMENDMENTS TO THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT 

20 SUPPORT ACT OF 1986. 

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

22 that—

23 (1) United States assistance for the Inter24 national Fund for Ireland (‘‘International Fund’’) 

25 has contributed greatly to the economic development 

26 of Northern Ireland and that both objectives of the 
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1 Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public 

2 Law 99–415), economic development and reconcili3 ation, remain critical to achieving a just and lasting 

4 peace in the region, especially in the economically-de5 pressed areas; and 

6 (2) since policing reform is a significant part of 

7 winning public confidence and acceptance in the new 

8 form of government in Northern Ireland, the Inter9 national Fund is encouraged to support programs 

10 that enhance relations between communities, and be11 tween the police and the communities they serve, pro12 mote human rights training for police, and enhance 

13 peaceful mediation in neighborhoods of continued con14 flict. 

15 (b) AMENDMENTS.—

16 (1) FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) of 

17 the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Pub18 lic Law 99–415) is amended by adding at the end the 

19 following new sentence: ‘‘Furthermore, the Inter20 national Fund is encouraged to support programs 

21 that enhance relations between communities, and be22 tween the police and the communities they serve, pro23 mote human rights training for police, enhance peace24 ful mediation in neighborhoods of continued conflict, 

25 promote training programs to enhance the new dis-
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1 trict partnership police boards recommended by the 

2 Patten Commission, and assist in the transition of 

3 former British military installations and prisons into 

4 sites for peaceful, community-supported activities, 

5 such as housing, retail, and commercial develop6 ment.’’. 

7 (2) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE

8 INTERNATIONAL FUNDS.—Section 3 of the Anglo-Irish 

9 Agreement Support Act of 1986 is amended by add10 ing at the end the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(c) FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007.—Of the amounts 

12 made available for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out 

13 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

14 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic support 

15 fund), there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 

16 for each such fiscal year for United States contributions to 

17 the International Fund. Amounts appropriated pursuant to 

18 the authorization of appropriations under the preceding 

19 sentence are authorized to remain available until expended. 

20 Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

21 2006 and 2007 under this subsection, it is the sense of Con22 gress that not less than 35 percent of such amount for each 

23 such fiscal year should be used to carry out the last sentence 

24 of section 2(b).’’. 
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1 (3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 6(1) of the 

2 Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 is amend3 ed by adding at the end before the semicolon the fol4 lowing: ‘‘, specifically through improving local com5 munity relations and relations between the police and 

6 the people they serve’’. 

7 SEC. 944. ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND DISAR8 MAMENT OF FORMER IRREGULAR COMBAT9 ANTS IN COLOMBIA. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Amounts made available for 

11 fiscal year 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year for assist12 ance for the Republic of Colombia under this Act or any 

13 other provision of law may be made available for assistance 

14 for the demobilization and disarmament of former members 

15 of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia, specifically 

16 the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), the Rev17 olutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Na18 tional Liberation Army (ELN), if the Secretary of State 

19 makes a certification described in subsection (b) to the ap20 propriate congressional committees prior to the initial obli21 gation of amounts for such assistance for the fiscal year 

22 involved. 

23 (b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

24 subsection is a certification that—
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1 (1) assistance for the fiscal year will be provided 

2 only for individuals who have verifiably renounced 

3 and terminated any affiliation or involvement with 

4 foreign terrorist organizations; 

5 (2) the Government of Colombia is continuing to 

6 provide full cooperation with the Government of the 

7 United States relating to extradition requests involv8 ing leaders and members of the foreign terrorist orga9 nizations involved in murder, kidnapping, narcotics 

10 trafficking, and other violations of United States law; 

11 and 

12 (3) the Government of Colombia has established 

13 a concrete and workable framework for dismantling 

14 the organizational structures of foreign terrorist orga15 nizations that adequately balances the need for both 

16 reconciliation and justice with concerns for funda17 mental human rights. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit21 tees’’ means—

22 (A) the Committee on Appropriations and 

23 the Committee on International Relations of the 

24 House of Representatives; and 
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1 (B) the Committee on Appropriations and 

2 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen3 ate. 

4 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

5 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an orga6 nization designated as a terrorist organization under 

7 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

8 SEC. 945. SUPPORT FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN ETHIOPIA. 

9 (a) DEMONSTRATION INSURANCE PROJECT.—The Sec10 retary of State is authorized to make a United States vol11 untary contribution to the United Nations World Food Pro12 gram to establish and carry out a demonstration insurance 

13 project in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 

14 using weather derivatives to transfer the risk of catastrophic 

15 drought resulting in famine from vulnerable subsistence 

16 farmers to international capital markets for the purpose of 

17 protecting vulnerable subsistence farmers against income 

18 and asset losses during natural disasters. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year and two years 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

21 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

22 report on the implementation of the project referred to in 

23 subsection (a). 
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 

3 this section up to $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. 

4 SEC. 946. ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND 

5 HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM. 

6 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Socialist Re7 public of Vietnam is a one-party state, ruled and controlled 

8 by the Communist Party of Vietnam, which continues to 

9 deny the right of citizens to change their government, pro10 hibits independent political, labor, and social organiza11 tions, and continues to commit serious human rights viola12 tions, including the detention and imprisonment of persons 

13 for the peaceful expression of dissenting religious and polit14 ical views. 

15 (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States—

16 (1) to limit United States nonhumanitarian as17 sistance provided to the Government of Vietnam, not 

18 to exceed the amount so provided for fiscal year 2005, 

19 unless the President certifies to Congress not later 

20 than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act that, during the 12-month period preceding such 

22 certification, Vietnam has made substantial progress 

23 toward—

24 (A) releasing political and religious pris25 oners; 
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1 (B) respecting religious freedom and other 

2 universally recognized human rights; 

3 (C) allowing open access to the United 

4 States for its refugee program; 

5 (D) cooperating fully toward providing in6 formation concerning the locations of members of 

7 the United States Armed Forces who continue to 

8 be officially listed as missing in action as a re9 sult of the Vietnam conflict; 

10 (E) respecting the rights of ethnic minori11 ties in the Central Highlands; and 

12 (F) ensuring that it is not acting in com13 plicity with organizations engaged in the traf14 ficking of human persons; and 

15 (2) to ensure that programs of educational and 

16 cultural exchange with Vietnam actively promote 

17 progress towards freedom and democracy in Vietnam 

18 by ensuring that Vietnamese nationals who have al19 ready demonstrated a commitment to these values are 

20 included in such programs. 

21 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 

22 States nonhumanitarian assistance’’ means—

23 (1) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance 

24 Act of 1961 (including programs under title IV of 
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1 chapter 2 of part I of such Act, relating to the Over2 seas Private Investment Corporation), other than—

3 (A) disaster relief assistance, including any 

4 assistance under chapter 9 of part I of such Act; 

5 (B) assistance which involves the provision 

6 of food (including monetization of food) or medi7 cine; 

8 (C) assistance for refugees; and 

9 (D) assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, in10 cluding any assistance under section 104A of 

11 such Act; and 

12 (2) sales, or financing on any terms, under the 

13 Arms Export Control Act. 

14 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 

16 provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations 

17 and organizations to promote democracy and inter18 nationally recognized human rights in Vietnam. 

19 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi21 dent $2,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1). 
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1 Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 

2 Provisions 

3 SEC. 951. REPORT ON UNITED STATES WEAPONS TRANS4 FERS, SALES, AND LICENSING TO HAITI. 

5 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

8 on all United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing 

9 to the Government of the Republic of Haiti for the period 

10 beginning on October 4, 1991, and ending on the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act. 

12 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

13 shall include a detailed description of each of the following: 

14 (1) The names of the individuals or govern15 mental entities to which weapons were transferred, 

16 sold, or licensed. 

17 (2) The number and types of weapons trans18 ferred, sold, or licensed. 

19 (3) The safeguards, if any, that were required 

20 prior to the transfer, sale, or license of the weapons. 

21 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 

22 States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing’’ means trans23 fers, sales, and licensing of weapons under—

24 (1) section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 

25 (22 U.S.C. 2778); or 
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1 (2) chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

2 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 952. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE 

4 FOR REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND 

5 TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress recognizes that 

7 many health problems are not country specific. Instead 

8 many health issues can be categorized and treated more ef9 fectively on a regional basis. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

11 that the United States Agency for International Develop12 ment should use up to five percent of country-specific health 

13 program funds, as needed, to address regional health edu14 cation and training needs in instances in which it would 

15 be more cost effective to implement health education and 

16 training programs on a regional basis. 

17 SEC. 953. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE 

18 FOR REGIONAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. 

19 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares the fol20 lowing: 

21 (1) Health systems in developing countries for 

22 allocating and managing health resources are dys23 functional and incapable of addressing evolving epi24 demiological and demographical changes. 
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1 (2) Neither regional nor countrywide health 

2 problems can be adequately addressed without the in3 frastructure for health systems in place. 

4 (3) The areas in Africa, Europe, Eurasia, the 

5 Middle East, and Asia with the greatest health prob6 lems all lack the infrastructure for health systems that 

7 can support providers and contain the cost of treat8 ment. 

9 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that the United States Agency for International Develop11 ment should use up to five percent of country-specific health 

12 program funds, as needed, to support projects to create and 

13 improve indigenous capacity for health care delivery in re14 gions in which such projects are most needed. 

15 SEC. 954. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ELIMINATION 

16 OF EXTREME POVERTY IN DEVELOPING 

17 COUNTRIES. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that—

19 (1) the elimination of extreme poverty in devel20 oping countries should be a major priority of United 

21 States foreign policy; 

22 (2) the Unites States should further demonstrate 

23 its leadership and commitment to eliminating ex24 treme poverty by working with developing countries, 

25 donor countries, and multilateral institutions com-
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1 mitted to the necessary reforms, policies, and prac2 tices that reduce extreme poverty in developing coun3 tries and by pursuing greater coordination with key 

4 allies and international partners; and 

5 (3) the President, acting through the Adminis6 trator of the United States Agency for International 

7 Development, and in consultation with the heads of 

8 other appropriate departments and agencies of the 

9 Government of the United States, international orga10 nizations, international financial institutions, recipi11 ent governments, civil society organizations, and 

12 other appropriate entities, should develop a com13 prehensive strategy to eliminate extreme poverty in 

14 developing countries that involves foreign assistance, 

15 foreign and local private investment, technical assist16 ance, private-public partnerships, and debt relief. 

17 SEC. 955. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED 

18 STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that—

20 (1) United States foreign assistance should be 

21 used to support local capacity-building in developing 

22 countries and should focus on improving the institu23 tional capacities of developing countries in order to 

24 promote long-term development; and 
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1 (2) the Department of State, the United States 

2 Agency for International Development, and the Mil3 lennium Challenge Corporation should increase their 

4 efforts to enhance recipient country participation in 

5 the planning of development programs, promote re6 cipient country ownership of the programs, and build 

7 local capacity within the recipient country. 

8 TITLE X—REPORTING 

9 REQUIREMENTS 

10 SEC. 1001. TRANS-SAHARA COUNTER-TERRORISM INITIA11 TIVE. 

12 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

13 that efforts by the Government of the United States to ex14 pand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a robust counter-ter15 rorism program in the Saharan region of Africa, to be 

16 known as the ‘‘Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initia17 tive’’, should be strongly supported. 

18 (b) REPORT.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

21 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

22 committees a detailed strategy, in classified form, re23 garding the plan of the Government of the United 

24 States to expand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a ro25 bust counter-terrorism program in the Saharan re-
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1 gion of Africa, to be known as the ‘‘Trans-Sahara 

2 Counter Terrorism Initiative’’. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the fol4 lowing: 

5 (A) The names of the countries that will 

6 participate in the Initiative. 

7 (B) A description of the types of security 

8 assistance necessary to create rapid reaction se9 curity forces in order to bolster the capacity of 

10 the countries referred to in subparagraph (A) to 

11 govern their borders. 

12 (C) A description of training to ensure re13 spect for human rights and civilian authority by 

14 rapid reaction security forces referred to in sub15 paragraph (B) and other appropriate individ16 uals and entities of the countries referred to in 

17 subparagraph (A). 

18 (D) A description of the types of public di19 plomacy and related assistance that will be pro20 vided to promote development and counter rad21 ical Islamist elements that may be gaining a 

22 foothold in the region. 

23 (3) UPDATE.—The Secretary shall submit to the 

24 appropriate congressional committees an update of 

25 the report required by this subsection not later than 
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1 one year after the date of the initial submission of the 

2 report under this subsection. 

3 (c) COOPERATION OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND

4 AGENCIES.—The head of each appropriate department and 

5 agency of the Government of the United States shall cooper6 ate fully with, and assist in the implementation of, the 

7 strategy described in subsection (b)(1) and shall make such 

8 resources and information available as is necessary to en9 sure the success of the Initiative described in such sub10 section. 

11 SEC. 1002. ANNUAL PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM RE12 PORT. 

13 (a) REQUIREMENT OF REPORT.—Section 140(a) For14 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 

15 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(a)) is amended—

16 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COUNTRY RE17 PORTS ON TERRORISM’’ and inserting ‘‘PATTERNS OF

18 GLOBAL TERRORISM REPORT’’; and 

19 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

20 inserting ‘‘, the Committee on International Relations 

21 of the House of Representatives,’’ after ‘‘Speaker of the 

22 House of Representatives’’. 

23 (b) ASSESSMENTS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN COUN24 TRIES IN WHICH ACTS OF TERRORISM OCCURRED.—Sec25 tion 140(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
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1 Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 

2 2656f(a)(1)(A)(i)) is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘which were, in the opinion of 

4 the Secretary, of major significance;’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

5 including—’’; and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub7 clauses: 

8 ‘‘(I) the number of such acts of ter9 rorism or attempted acts of terrorism; 

10 ‘‘(II) the number of individuals, in11 cluding United States citizens, who were 

12 killed or injured in such acts of terrorism; 

13 ‘‘(III) the methods, and relative fre14 quency of methods, utilized in such acts of 

15 terrorism; and 

16 ‘‘(IV) assessments of individuals who 

17 were responsible for such acts of terrorism 

18 and the relationships of such individuals to 

19 terrorist groups;’’. 

20 (c) INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO TERRORIST

21 GROUPS.—Section 140(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Au22 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 

23 2656f(a)(2)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘and any other 

24 known international terrorist group’’ the following ‘‘or 

25 emerging terrorist group’’. 
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1 (d) INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ALL FOREIGN

2 COUNTRIES.—Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Au3 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 

4 2656f(a)) is amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 

6 end after the semicolon; 

7 (2) in paragraph (3)—

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

9 (A), by striking ‘‘from which the United States 

10 Government’’ and all that follows through 

11 ‘‘United States citizens or interests’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘worldwide’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (A)—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘the individual or’’; 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘the act’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘acts of terrorism’’; and 

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (C) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

19 ‘‘against United States citizens in the foreign 

20 country’’; and 

21 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

22 subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the government of 

24 the foreign country is not cooperating with re25 spect to the matters described in subparagraphs 
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1 (A) and (B) and other matters relating to 

2 counterterrorism efforts.’’; and 

3 (3) by striking paragraph (4). 

4 (e) EXISTING PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN RE5 PORT.—Section 140(b) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza6 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)) 

7 is amended—

8 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

9 striking ‘‘should to the extent feasible’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘shall’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (1)—

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), by inserting ‘‘and (a)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection 

14 (a)(1)(A)’’; 

15 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

16 (B), and (C) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and 

17 (D), respectively; 

18 (C) by inserting before subparagraph (B) 

19 (as redesignated) the following new subpara20 graph: 

21 ‘‘(A) a separate list, in chronological order, 

22 of all acts of international terrorism described in 

23 subsection (a)(1)(A);’’; 
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1 (D) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 

2 by striking ‘‘affecting American citizens or fa3 cilities’’; and 

4 (E) in subparagraph (D) (as redesig5 nated)—

6 (i) in clause (i), by adding at the end 

7 before the semicolon the following: ‘‘by the 

8 government of the country, government offi9 cials, nongovernmental organizations, 

10 quasi-governmental organizations, or na11 tionals of the country’’; 

12 (ii) in clause (v), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end after the semicolon; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

15 new clause: 

16 ‘‘(vi) other types of indirect support for 

17 international terrorism, such as inciting 

18 acts of terrorism or countenance of acts of 

19 terrorism by the government of the country, 

20 government officials, nongovernmental orga21 nizations, quasi-governmental organiza22 tions, or nationals of the country;’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (3)—

24 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

25 at the end; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (F), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

2 at the end; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(G) information on the stated intentions 

6 and patterns of activities of terrorist groups de7 scribed in subsection (a)(2), capabilities and 

8 membership of such groups, recruitment and 

9 fundraising activities of such groups, and the re10 lationships of such groups to criminal organiza11 tions, including organizations involved in illicit 

12 narcotics trafficking;’’; and 

13 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) (as 

14 added by section 701(a)(2)(C) of the Intelligence Au15 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 

16 108–487; 118 Stat. 3961)) as paragraphs (6) and (7), 

17 respectively. 

18 (f) NEW PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT.—

19 Section 140(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

20 Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)), as 

21 amended by subsection (e), is further amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated), by strik23 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by strik2 ing the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

3 and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new para5 graphs: 

6 ‘‘(8) an analysis of the efforts of multilateral or7 ganizations (excluding international financial insti8 tutions) to combat international terrorism, including 

9 efforts of the United Nations and its affiliated organi10 zations, regional multilateral organizations, and non11 governmental organizations; 

12 ‘‘(9) a list of countries of concern with respect to 

13 the financing of terrorism; and 

14 ‘‘(10) an analysis of policy goals of the United 

15 States for counterterrorism efforts in the subsequent 

16 calendar year.’’. 

17 (g) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—Section 140(c) of 

18 the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 

19 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(c)) is amended to read as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘(c) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—The report re22 quired by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified 

23 form and shall contain a classified annex as necessary.’’. 

24 (h) INTER-AGENCY PROCESS FOR COMPILATION OF

25 REPORT.—Section 140 of Foreign Relations Authorization 
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1 Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f) is 

2 amended—

3 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

4 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

6 new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(d) INTER-AGENCY PROCESS FOR COMPILATION OF

8 REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the 

9 report required by subsection (a), establish an inter-agency 

10 process to—

11 ‘‘(1) consult and coordinate with other appro12 priate officials of the Government of the United States 

13 who are responsible for collecting and analyzing 

14 counterterrorism intelligence; and 

15 ‘‘(2) utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, 

16 such counterterrorism intelligence and analyses.’’. 

17 (i) COMPARABILITY STANDARD WITH PRIOR RE18 PORT.—Section 140 of Foreign Relations Authorization 

19 Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f), as 

20 amended by subsection (h), is further amended—

21 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) (as 

22 redesignated) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 

23 and 

24 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) (as added by 

25 subsection (h)) the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(e) COMPARABILITY STANDARD WITH PRIOR RE2 PORT.—The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the re3 port required by subsection (a), use standards, criteria, and 

4 methodologies in a consistent manner so that statistical 

5 comparisons may be made among different reports. If sig6 nificant changes are made to any such standards, criteria, 

7 or methodology, the Secretary shall, in consultation with 

8 other appropriate officials of the Government of the United 

9 States, make appropriate adjustments, using the best avail10 able methods, so that the data provided in each report is 

11 comparable to the data provided in prior reports.’’. 

12 (j) DEFINITIONS.—Section 140(f)(1) of Foreign Rela13 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (as 

14 redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) the term ‘international terrorism’ means—

16 ‘‘(A) terrorism involving citizens or the ter17 ritory of more than one country; or 

18 ‘‘(B) terrorism involving citizens and the 

19 territory of one country which is intended to in20 timidate or coerce not only the civilian popu21 lation or government of such country but also 

22 other civilian populations or governments;’’. 

23 (k) REPORTING PERIOD.—Section 140(g) Foreign Re24 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (as 

25 redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(g) REPORTING PERIOD.—The report required under 

2 subsection (a) shall cover the events of the calendar year 

3 preceding the calender year in which the report is trans4 mitted.’’. 

5 (l) APPEARANCE OF SECRETARY OF STATE BEFORE

6 CONGRESS.—Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Author7 ization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f) 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(h) APPEARANCE OF SECRETARY OF STATE BEFORE

11 CONGRESS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

13 appear before Congress at annual hearings, as speci14 fied in paragraph (2), regarding the provisions in15 cluded in the report required under subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(2) SCHEDULE.—The Secretary of State shall 

17 appear before—

18 ‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela19 tions of the House of Representatives on or about 

20 May 20 of even numbered calendar years; 

21 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

22 the Senate on or about May 20 of odd numbered 

23 calendar years; and 

24 ‘‘(C) either Committee referred to in sub25 paragraph (A) or (B), upon request, following 
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1 the scheduled appearance of the Secretary before 

2 the other Committee under subparagraph (A) or 

3 (B).’’. 

4 (m) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

5 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 

6 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis7 cal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f) is amend8 ed to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 140. ANNUAL PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM RE10 PORT.’’. 

11 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 

12 of such Act (as contained in section 1(b) of such Act) 

13 is amended in the item relating to section 140 to read 

14 as follows:

‘‘Sec. 140. Annual patterns of global terrrorism report.’’.

15 (n) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

16 section apply with respect to the report required to be trans17 mitted under section 140 of the Foreign Relations Author18 ization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f), 

19 by April 30, 2007, and by April 30 of each subsequent year. 

20 SEC. 1003. DUAL GATEWAY POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT 

21 OF IRELAND. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall review 

23 the dual gateway policy and determine the effects the dis24 continuation of such policy might have on the economy of 

25 the United States and the economy of western Ireland before 
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1 the United States takes any action that could lead to the 

2 discontinuation of such policy. 

3 (b) ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.—In determining the ef4 fects that the discontinuation of such policy might have on 

5 the economy of the United States, the Secretary, in con6 sultation with the heads of other appropriate departments 

7 and agencies, shall consider the effects the discontinuation 

8 of such policy might have on United States businesses oper9 ating in western Ireland, Irish businesses operating in and 

10 around Shannon Airport, and United States air carriers 

11 serving Ireland. 

12 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

14 the appropriate congressional committees a report describ15 ing the determinations made under subsection (a), together 

16 with any recommendations for United States action. 

17 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘dual gate18 way policy’’ means the policy of the Government of Ireland 

19 requiring certain air carriers serving Dublin Airport to un20 dertake an equal numbers of flights to Shannon Airport and 

21 Dublin Airport during each calendar year. 

22 SEC. 1004. STABILIZATION IN HAITI. 

23 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary of State 
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1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

2 report on United States efforts to—

3 (1) assist in the disarmament of illegally armed 

4 forces in Haiti, including through a program of gun 

5 exchanges; 

6 (2) assist in the reform of the Haitian National 

7 Police; and 

8 (3) support stabilization in Haiti. 

9 SEC. 1005. VERIFICATION REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

10 Section 403(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament 

11 Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)) is amended in the matter pre12 ceding paragraph (1)—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘prepared by the Secretary of 

14 State with the concurrence of the Director of Central 

15 Intelligence and in consultation with the Secretary of 

16 Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Chairman 

17 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,’’; and 

18 (2) by inserting ‘‘, as the President considers ap19 propriate’’ after ‘‘include’’. 

20 SEC. 1006. PROTECTION OF REFUGEES FROM NORTH 

21 KOREA. 

22 Section 305(a) of the North Korean Human Rights Act 

23 of 2004 (Public Law 108–333; 22 U.S.C. 7845) is amend24 ed—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new para6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(3) a detailed description of the measures un8 dertaken by the Secretary of State to carry out section 

9 303, including country-specific information with re10 spect to United States efforts to secure the cooperation 

11 and permission of the governments of countries in 

12 East and Southeast Asia to facilitate United States 

13 processing of North Koreans seeking protection as ref14 ugees. The information required by this paragraph 

15 may be provided in a classified format, if necessary.’’. 

16 SEC. 1007. ACQUISITION AND MAJOR SECURITY UPGRADES. 

17 Section 605(c) of the Secure Embassy Construction 

18 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of the Admiral 

19 James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Au20 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001; Public Law 

21 106–113–Appendix G) is amended—

22 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SEMIANNUAL’’; 

23 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

24 striking ‘‘June 1 and’’; and 
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1 (3) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘two fiscal 

2 quarters’’ and inserting ‘‘year’’. 

3 SEC. 1008. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AT 

4 OVERSEAS MISSIONS. 

5 (a) STUDY.—With respect to countries in which there 

6 is at least one mission of the United States, the Secretary 

7 of State shall conduct a study of the availability of pro8 grams that address the special needs of children with au9 tism, including the availability of speech therapists and pe10 diatric occupational therapists at Department of Defense 

11 sponsored schools. Such study shall include the estimated 

12 incidence of autism among dependents of members of the 

13 Foreign Service and dependents of specialist Foreign Serv14 ice personnel. Such study shall also include an analysis of 

15 the possibility of establishing ‘‘Educational Centers of Ex16 cellence’’ for such children. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the comple18 tion of the study required under subsection (a), the Sec19 retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees a report containing the findings of the study to21 gether with any recommendations for related action. 

22 SEC. 1009. INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF AUTISM 

23 WORLDWIDE. 

24 (a) STUDY.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

2 direct the United States representative to the Execu3 tive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund 

4 (UNICEF) to use the voice and vote of the United 

5 States to urge UNICEF to provide for the conduct of 

6 a study of the incidence and prevalence of autism 

7 spectrum disorders (in this section referred to as ‘‘au8 tism’’) worldwide. 

9 (2) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—The study should—

10 (A) evaluate the incidence and prevalence of 

11 autism in all countries worldwide and compare 

12 such incidence and prevalence to the incidence 

13 and prevalence of autism in the United States 

14 and evaluate the reliability of the information 

15 obtained from each country in carrying out this 

16 subparagraph; and 

17 (B) evaluate the feasibility of establishing a 

18 method for the collection of information relating 

19 to the incidence and prevalence of autism in all 

20 countries worldwide. 

21 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall direct the 

22 United States representative to the Executive Board of 

23 UNICEF to use the voice and vote of the United States to 

24 urge UNICEF to—
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1 (1) provide for the preparation of a report that 

2 contains the results of the study described in sub3 section (a); and 

4 (2) provide for the availability of the report on 

5 the Internet website of UNICEF. 

6 (c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for fis7 cal year 2006 to carry out section 301 of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221), $1,500,000 is authorized 

9 to be available for a voluntary contribution to UNICEF to 

10 conduct the study described in subsection (a) and prepare 

11 the report described in subsection (b). 

12 SEC. 1010. INTERNET JAMMING. 

13 (a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of the year fol14 lowing the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman 

15 of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to the 

16 appropriate congressional committees a report on the status 

17 of state-sponsored and state-directed Internet jamming by 

18 repressive foreign governments and a description of efforts 

19 by the United States to counter such jamming. Each report 

20 shall list the countries the governments of which pursue 

21 Internet censorship or jamming and provide information 

22 concerning the government agencies or quasi-governmental 

23 organizations of such governments that engage in Internet 

24 jamming. 
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1 (b) FORM.—If the Chairman determines that such is 

2 appropriate, the Chairman may submit such report to3 gether with a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 1011. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EMPLOYMENT COMPOSI5 TION. 

6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—In order for the Depart7 ment of State to accurately represent all people in the 

8 United States, the Department must accurately reflect the 

9 diversity of the United States. 

10 (b) REPORT ON MINORITY RECRUITMENT.—Section 

11 324 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 

12 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amended—

13 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

14 striking ‘‘April 1, 2003, and April 1, 2004,’’ and in15 serting ‘‘April 1, 2006, and April 1, 2007,’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘mi17 nority groups’’ each place it appears and inserting 

18 ‘‘minority groups and women’’. 

19 (c) ACQUISITION.—Section 324 of such Act is further 

20 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(3) For the immediately preceding 12-month 

22 period for which such information is available—

23 ‘‘(A) the numbers and percentages of small, 

24 minority-owned businesses that provide goods 

25 and services to the Department as a result of 
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1 contracts with the Department during such pe2 riod; 

3 ‘‘(B) the total number of such contracts; 

4 ‘‘(C) the total dollar value of such contracts; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(D) and the percentage value represented 

7 by such contract proportionate to the total value 

8 of all contracts held by the Department.’’. 

9 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—The provisions of section 325 of 

10 such Act shall apply to funds authorized to be appropriated 

11 under section 101(1)(G) of this Act. 

12 SEC. 1012. INCITEMENT TO ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION. 

13 (a) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO INCITE14 MENT TO ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION IN ANNUAL COUNTRY

15 REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHT PRACTICES.—

16 (1) COUNTRIES RECEIVING ECONOMIC ASSIST17 ANCE.—Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

18 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)), as amended by section 

19 614(b)(1) of this Act, is further amended—

20 (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

21 at the end; 

22 (B) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the 

23 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

25 paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(12) wherever applicable, a description of the 

2 nature and extent of—

3 ‘‘(A) propaganda in foreign government 

4 and foreign government-controlled media and 

5 other sources, including foreign government-pro6 duced educational materials and textbooks, that 

7 attempt to justify or promote racial hatred or 

8 incite acts of violence against any race or people; 

9 ‘‘(B) complicity or involvement by the for10 eign government in the creation of such propa11 ganda or incitement of acts of violence against 

12 any race or people; and 

13 ‘‘(C) a description of the actions, if any, 

14 taken by the foreign government to eliminate 

15 such propaganda or incitement.’’. 

16 (2) COUNTRIES RECEIVING SECURITY ASSIST17 ANCE.—Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

18 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), as amended by section 

19 614(b)(2) of this Act, is further amended by inserting 

20 after the ninth sentence the following new sentence: 

21 ‘‘Each report under this section shall also include, 

22 wherever applicable, a description of the nature and 

23 extent of propaganda in foreign government and for24 eign government-controlled media and other sources, 

25 including foreign government-produced educational 
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1 materials and textbooks, that attempt to justify or 

2 promote racial hatred or incite acts of violence 

3 against any race or people, complicity or involvement 

4 by the foreign government in the creation of such 

5 propaganda or incitement of acts of violence against 

6 any race or people, and a description of the actions, 

7 if any, taken by the foreign government to eliminate 

8 such propaganda or incitement.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENT.—The amend10 ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act and apply beginning with the 

12 first report submitted by the Secretary of State under sec13 tions 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)) after such date. 

15 SEC. 1013. CHILD MARRIAGE. 

16 (a) ONE TIME REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com19 mittees a one time report on the practice of the custom of 

20 child marriage in countries around the world. The report 

21 shall include the following information: 

22 (1) A separate section for each country, as appli23 cable, describing the nature and extent of child mar24 riage in such country. 
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1 (2) A description of the actions, if any, taken by 

2 the government of each such country, where applica3 ble, to revise the laws of such country and institu4 tionalize comprehensive procedures and practices to 

5 eliminate child marriage. 

6 (3) A description of the actions taken by the De7 partment of State and other Federal departments and 

8 agencies to encourage foreign governments to elimi9 nate child marriage and to support the activities of 

10 non-governmental organizations dedicated to elimi11 nating child marriage and supporting its victims. 

12 (b) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD

13 MARRIAGE IN ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN

14 RIGHTS PRACTICES.—

15 (1) COUNTRIES RECEIVING ECONOMIC ASSIST16 ANCE.—Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

17 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)), as amended by sections 

18 614(b)(1) and 1013(a)(1) of this Act, is further 

19 amended—

20 (A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (B) in paragraph (12)(C), by striking the 

23 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(13)(A) wherever applicable, a description of 

2 the nature and extent of laws and traditions in each 

3 country that enable or encourage the practice of child 

4 marriage; and 

5 ‘‘(B) a description of the actions, if any, taken 

6 by the government of each such country to revise the 

7 laws of such country and institutionalize comprehen8 sive procedures and practices to eliminate child mar9 riage.’’. 

10 (2) COUNTRIES RECEIVING SECURITY ASSIST11 ANCE.—Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

12 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), as amended by sections 

13 614(b)(2) and 1013(a)(2) of this Act, is further 

14 amended by inserting after the tenth sentence the fol15 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Each report under this section 

16 shall also include, wherever applicable, a description 

17 of the nature and extent of laws and traditions in 

18 each country that enable or encourage the practice of 

19 child marriage and a description of the actions, if 

20 any, taken by the government of each such country to 

21 revise the laws of such country and institutionalize 

22 comprehensive procedures and practices to eliminate 

23 child marriage.’’. 

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENT.—The amend25 ment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date 
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1 of the enactment of this Act and apply beginning with the 

2 first report submitted by the Secretary of State under sec3 tions 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

4 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)) after the report re5 quired under subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 1014. MAGEN DAVID ADOM SOCIETY. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 690(a) of the Foreign Rela8 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 

9 107–228), is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) Since the founding of the Magen David 

11 Adom Society in 1930, the American Red Cross has 

12 regarded it as a sister national society forging close 

13 working ties between the two societies and has consist14 ently advocated recognition and membership of the 

15 Magen David Adom Society in the International Red 

16 Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 

17 ‘‘(6) The American Red Cross and the Magen 

18 David Adom Society signed an important memo19 randum of understanding in November 2002, out20 lining areas for strategic collaboration, and the Amer21 ican Red Cross will encourage other societies to estab22 lish similar agreements with the Magen David Adom 

23 Society.’’. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Section 690(b) of such Act 

25 is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para4 graph (5); and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol6 lowing new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(4) the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva 

8 Conventions of August 12, 1949, should adopt the Oc9 tober 12, 2000, draft additional protocol which would 

10 accord international recognition to an additional dis11 tinctive emblem; and’’. 

12 (c) REPORT.—Section 690 of such Act is further 

13 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

16 Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, and one year thereafter, 

17 the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified 

18 basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional commit19 tees describing—

20 ‘‘(1) efforts by the United States to obtain full 

21 membership for the Magen David Adom Society in 

22 the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Move23 ment; 

24 ‘‘(2) efforts by the International Committee of 

25 the Red Cross to obtain full membership for the 
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1 Magen David Adom Society in the International Red 

2 Cross and Red Crescent Movement; 

3 ‘‘(3) efforts of the High Contracting Parties to 

4 the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, to adopt 

5 the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol to the 

6 Geneva Conventions; 

7 ‘‘(4) the extent to which the Magen David Adom 

8 Society is participating in the activities of the Inter9 national Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; and 

10 ‘‘(5) efforts by any state, member, or official of 

11 the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Move12 ment to prevent, obstruct, or place conditions upon—

13 ‘‘(A) adoption by the High Contracting 

14 Parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 

15 1949, of the October 12, 2000, draft additional 

16 protocol to the Geneva Conventions; and 

17 ‘‘(B) full participation of the Magen David 

18 Adom Society in the activities of the Inter19 national Red Cross and Red Crescent Move20 ment.’’. 

21 SEC. 1015. DEVELOPMENTS IN AND POLICY TOWARD INDO22 NESIA. 

23 (a) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS RELATING TO RECENT

24 DEVELOPMENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND REFORM.—Con25 gress—
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1 (1) recognizes the remarkable progress in democ2 ratization and decentralization made by Indonesia in 

3 recent years and commends the people of Indonesia on 

4 the pace and scale of those continuing reforms; 

5 (2) reaffirms—

6 (A) its deep condolences to the people of In7 donesia for the profound losses inflicted by the 

8 December 26, 2004, earthquake and tsunami; 

9 and 

10 (B) its commitment to generous United 

11 States support for relief and long term recon12 struction efforts in affected areas; 

13 (3) expresses its hope that in the aftermath of the 

14 tsunami tragedy the Government of Indonesia and 

15 other parties will succeed in reaching and imple16 menting a peaceful, negotiated settlement of the long17 standing conflict in Aceh; 

18 (4) commends the Government of Indonesia for 

19 allowing broad international access to Aceh after the 

20 December 2004 tsunami, and urges that international 

21 nongovernmental organizations and media be allowed 

22 unfettered access throughout Indonesia, including in 

23 Papua and Aceh; 

24 (5) notes with grave concern that—
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1 (A) reform of the Indonesian security forces 

2 has not kept pace with democratic political re3 form, and that the Indonesian military is subject 

4 to inadequate civilian control and oversight, 

5 lacks budgetary transparency, and continues to 

6 emphasize an internal security role within Indo7 nesia; 

8 (B) members of the Indonesian security 

9 forces continue to commit many serious human 

10 rights violations, including killings, torture, 

11 rape, and arbitrary detention, particularly in 

12 areas of communal and separatist conflict; and 

13 (C) the Government of Indonesia largely 

14 fails to hold soldiers and police accountable for 

15 extrajudicial killings and other serious human 

16 rights abuses, both past and present, including 

17 atrocities committed in East Timor prior to its 

18 independence from Indonesia; 

19 (6) condemns the intimidation and harassment 

20 of human rights and civil society organizations by 

21 members of the Indonesian security forces and mili22 tary-backed militia groups, and urges a complete in23 vestigation of the fatal poisoning of prominent human 

24 rights activist Munir in September 2004; and 
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1 (7) urges the Government of Indonesia and the 

2 Indonesian military to continue to provide full, ac3 tive, and unfettered cooperation to the Federal Bu4 reau of Investigation of the Department of Justice in 

5 its investigation of the August 31, 2002, attack near 

6 Timika, Papua, which killed three people (including 

7 two Americans, Rick Spier and Ted Burgon) and in8 jured 12 others, and to pursue the indictment, appre9 hension, and prosecution of all parties responsible for 

10 that attack. 

11 (b) FINDINGS RELATING TO PAPUA.—Congress finds 

12 the following: 

13 (1) Papua, a resource-rich province whose indig14 enous inhabitants are predominantly Melanesian, was 

15 formerly a colony of the Netherlands. 

16 (2) While Indonesia has claimed Papua as part 

17 of its territory since its independence in the late 

18 1940s, Papua remained under Dutch administrative 

19 control until 1962. 

20 (3) On August 15, 1962, Indonesia and the Neth21 erlands signed an agreement at the United Nations in 

22 New York (commonly referred to as the ‘‘New York 

23 Agreement’’) which transferred administration of 

24 Papua first to a United Nations Temporary Execu25 tive Authority (UNTEA), and then to Indonesia in 
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1 1963, pending an ‘‘act of free choice . . . to permit 

2 the inhabitants to decide whether they wish to remain 

3 with Indonesia’’. 

4 (4) In the New York Agreement, Indonesia for5 mally recognized ‘‘the eligibility of all adults [in 

6 Papua] . . . to participate in [an] act of self-deter7 mination to be carried out in accordance with inter8 national practice’’, and pledged ‘‘to give the people of 

9 the territory the opportunity to exercise freedom of 

10 choice . . . before the end of 1969’’. 

11 (5) In July and August 1969, Indonesia con12 ducted an ‘‘Act of Free Choice’’, in which 1,025 se13 lected Papuan elders voted unanimously to join Indo14 nesia, in circumstances that were subject to both overt 

15 and covert forms of manipulation. 

16 (6) In the intervening years, indigenous 

17 Papuans have suffered extensive human rights abuses, 

18 natural resource exploitation, environmental degrada19 tion, and commercial dominance by immigrant com20 munities, and some individuals and groups estimate 

21 that more than 100,000 Papuans have been killed 

22 during Indonesian rule, primarily during the Su23 karno and Suharto administrations. 

24 (7) While the United States supports the terri25 torial integrity of Indonesia, Indonesia’s historical re-
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1 liance on force for the maintenance of control has 

2 been counterproductive, and long-standing abuses by 

3 security forces have galvanized independence senti4 ments among many Papuans. 

5 (8) While the Indonesian parliament passed a 

6 Special Autonomy Law for Papua in October 2001 

7 that was intended to allocate greater revenue and de8 cision making authority to the Papuan provincial 

9 government, the promise of special autonomy has not 

10 been effectively realized and has been undermined in 

11 its implementation, such as by conflicting legal direc12 tives further subdividing the province in apparent 

13 contravention of the law and without the consent of 

14 appropriate provincial authorities. 

15 (9) Rather than demilitarizing its approach, In16 donesia has reportedly sent thousands of additional 

17 troops to Papua, and military operations in the cen18 tral highlands since the fall of 2004 have displaced 

19 thousands of civilians into very vulnerable cir20 cumstances, contributing further to mistrust of the 

21 central government by many indigenous Papuans. 

22 (10) According to the 2004 Annual Country Re23 port on Human Rights Practices of the Department 

24 of State, in Indonesia ‘‘security force members mur25 dered, tortured, raped, beat, and arbitrarily detained 
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1 civilians and members of separatist movements’’ and 

2 ‘‘police frequently and arbitrarily detained persons 

3 without warrants, charges, or court proceedings’’ in 

4 Papua. 

5 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—

6 (1) REPORT ON SPECIAL AUTONOMY.—Not later 

7 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary of State 

9 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit10 tees a report detailing implementation of special au11 tonomy for Papua and Aceh. Such reports shall in12 clude—

13 (A) an assessment of the extent to which 

14 each province has enjoyed an increase in revenue 

15 allocations and decision making authority; 

16 (B) a description of access by international 

17 press and non-governmental organizations to 

18 each province; 

19 (C) an assessment of the role played by local 

20 civil society in governance and decision making; 

21 (D) a description of force levels and conduct 

22 of Indonesian security forces in each province; 

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1 (E) a description of United States efforts to 

2 promote respect for human rights in each prov3 ince. 

4 (2) REPORT ON THE 1969 ACT OF FREE

5 CHOICE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

6 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

8 report analyzing the 1969 Act of Free Choice. 

9 SEC. 1016. MURDERS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS JOHN 

10 BRANCHIZIO, MARK PARSON, AND JOHN 

11 MARIN LINDE. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

13 (1) On October 15, 2003, a convoy of clearly 

14 identified United States diplomatic vehicles was at15 tacked by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza resulting in 

16 the death of United States citizens John Branchizio, 

17 Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde, and the injury 

18 of a fourth United States citizen. 

19 (2) John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John 

20 Marin Linde were contract employees providing secu21 rity to United States diplomatic personnel who were 

22 visiting Gaza in order to identify potential Pales23 tinian candidates for Fulbright Scholarships. 

24 (3) A senior official of the Palestinian Authority 

25 was reported to have stated on September 22, 2004, 
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1 that ‘‘Palestinian security forces know who was be2 hind the killing’’ of John Branchizio, Mark Parson, 

3 and John Marin Linde. 

4 (4) Following her visit to Israel and the West 

5 Bank on February 7, 2005, Secretary of State 

6 Condoleezza Rice announced that she had been ‘‘as7 sured by President Abbas of the Palestinian 

8 Authority’s intention to bring justice to those who 

9 murdered three American personnel in the Gaza in 

10 2003’’. 

11 (5) Since the attack on October 15, 2003, United 

12 States Government personnel have been prohibited 

13 from all travel in Gaza. 

14 (6) The United States Rewards for Justice pro15 gram is offering a reward of up to $5,000,000 for in16 formation leading to the arrest or conviction of any 

17 persons involved in the murder of John Branchizio, 

18 Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde. 

19 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

20 that—

21 (1) the continued inability or unwillingness of 

22 the Palestinian Authority to actively and aggressively 

23 pursue the murderers of United States citizens John 

24 Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde 

25 and bring them to justice calls into question the Pal-
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1 estinian Authority’s viability as a partner for the 

2 United States in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli con3 flict; 

4 (2) future United States assistance to the Pales5 tinian Authority may be affected, and the continued 

6 operation of the PLO Representative Office in Wash7 ington may be jeopardized, if the Palestinian Author8 ity does not fully and effectively cooperate in bringing 

9 to justice the murderers of John Branchizio, Mark 

10 Parson, and John Marin Linde; and 

11 (3) it is in the vital national security interest of 

12 the United States to safeguard, to the greatest extent 

13 possible consistent with their mission, United States 

14 diplomats and all embassy and consulate personnel, 

15 and to use the full power of the United States to bring 

16 to justice any individual or entity that threatens, 

17 jeopardizes, or harms them. 

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter, 

20 the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified 

21 basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional commit22 tees describing—

23 (1) efforts by the United States to bring to jus24 tice the murderers of United States citizens John 

25 Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde; 
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1 (2) a detailed assessment of efforts by the Pales2 tinian Authority to bring to justice the murderers of 

3 John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin 

4 Linde, including—

5 (A) the number of arrests, interrogations, 

6 and interviews by Palestinian Authority officials 

7 related to the case; 

8 (B) the number of Palestinian security per9 sonnel and man-hours assigned to the case; 

10 (C) the extent of personal supervision or in11 volvement by the President and Ministers of the 

12 Palestinian Authority; and 

13 (D) the degree of cooperation between the 

14 United States and the Palestinian Authority in 

15 regards to this case; 

16 (3) a specific assessment by the Secretary of 

17 whether the Palestinian efforts described in para18 graph (2) constitute the best possible effort by the Pal19 estinian Authority; and 

20 (4) any additional steps or initiatives requested 

21 or recommended by the United States that were not 

22 pursued by the Palestinian Authority. 

23 (d) CERTIFICATION.—The requirement to submit a re24 port under subsection (c) shall no longer apply if the Sec25 retary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional 
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1 committees that the murderers of United States citizens 

2 John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde 

3 have been identified, arrested, and brought to justice. 

4 (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro5 priate congressional committees’’ means—

6 (1) the Committee on International Relations 

7 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

8 Representatives; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

10 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

11 SEC. 1017. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

13 (1) Israel is a friend and ally of the United 

14 States whose security is vital to regional stability and 

15 United States interests. 

16 (2) Israel currently maintains diplomatic rela17 tions with 160 countries, 33 countries do not have 

18 any diplomatic relations with Israel, and one country 

19 has partial relations with Israel. 

20 (3) The Government of Israel has been actively 

21 seeking to establish formal relations with a number of 

22 countries. 

23 (4) After 57 years of existence, Israel deserves to 

24 be treated as an equal country by its neighbors and 

25 the world community. 
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that the United States should assist Israel in its efforts to 

3 establish diplomatic relations. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 

6 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres7 sional committees a report that includes the following infor8 mation (in classified or unclassified form, as appropriate): 

9 (1) Actions taken by representatives of the 

10 United States to encourage other countries to establish 

11 full diplomatic relations with Israel. 

12 (2) Specific responses solicited and received by 

13 the Secretary from countries that do not maintain 

14 full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to 

15 their attitudes toward and plans for entering into 

16 diplomatic relations with Israel. 

17 (3) Other measures being undertaken, and meas18 ures that will be undertaken, by the United States to 

19 ensure and promote Israel’s full participation in the 

20 world diplomatic community. 

21 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro22 priate congressional committees’’ means—

23 (1) the Committee on International Relations 

24 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

25 Representatives; and 
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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 1018. TAX ENFORCEMENT IN COLOMBIA. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com6 mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep7 resentatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

8 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

9 Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of 

10 the Senate a report detailing challenges to tax code enforce11 ment in Colombia. This report shall include, as a percent12 age of Colombia’s gross domestic product, an estimate of 

13 current tax revenue, an estimate of potential additional tax 

14 revenue if Colombia’s existing tax laws were fully enforced, 

15 and a discussion of how such additional revenue could be 

16 used to achieve the objectives of Plan Colombia, including 

17 supporting and expanding Colombia’s security forces and 

18 increasing the availability of alternative livelihoods for il19 licit crop growers and former combatants. 

20 SEC. 1019. PROVISION OF CONSULAR AND VISA SERVICES 

21 IN PRISTINA, KOSOVA. 

22 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

24 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

25 describing the possibility of providing consular and visa 
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1 services at the United States Office Pristina, Kosovo 

2 (USOP) to residents of Kosova. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection 

4 (a) shall contain the following information: 

5 (1) The reasons why consular and visa services 

6 are not currently offered at the USOP, even though 

7 the Office has been in operation for more than five 

8 years. 

9 (2) Plans for providing consular and visa serv10 ices at the USOP, including conditions required be11 fore such services would be provided and the planned 

12 timing for providing such services. 

13 (3) An explanation of why consular and visa 

14 services will not be offered at the USOP by January 

15 1, 2007, if such services are not planned to be offered 

16 by such date. 

17 (4) The number of residents of Kosova who apply 

18 for their visas outside of Kosova for each calendar 

19 year from 2000–2005. 

20 SEC. 1020. DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN. 

21 Not later than December 31 in each of fiscal years 

22 2006 and 2007, the President shall submit to the appro23 priate congressional committees a report that contains a de24 scription of the extent to which, over the preceding 12-

25 month period, the Government of Pakistan has restored a 
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1 fully functional democracy in Pakistan in which free, fair, 

2 and transparent elections are held. 

3 SEC. 1021. STATUS OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that—

6 (1) all parties in the Middle East and inter7 nationally should exert every effort to implement in 

8 its entirety the provisions of United Nations Security 

9 Council Resolution 1559 (2004), which, among other 

10 things—

11 (A) calls for ‘‘strict respect’’ for Lebanon’s 

12 sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and po13 litical independence ‘‘under the sole and exclu14 sive authority of the Government of Lebanon 

15 throughout Lebanon’’; 

16 (B) calls upon all remaining foreign forces 

17 to withdraw from Lebanon; 

18 (C) calls for the ‘‘disbanding and disar19 mament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese mili20 tias’’; and 

21 (D) supports the extension of the control of 

22 the Government of Lebanon over all Lebanese 

23 territory; 

24 (2) in accordance with United Nations Security 

25 Council Resolution 1559, all militias in Lebanon, in-
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1 cluding Hizballah, should be disbanded and disarmed 

2 at the earliest possible opportunity, and the armed 

3 forces of Lebanon should take full control of all of 

4 Lebanon’s territory and borders; 

5 (3) the Government of Lebanon is responsible for 

6 the disbanding and disarming of the militias, includ7 ing Hizballah, and preventing the flow of armaments 

8 and other military equipment to the militias, includ9 ing Hizballah, from Syria, Iran, and other external 

10 sources; 

11 (4) the Government of the United States should 

12 closely monitor progress toward full implementation 

13 of all aspects of United Nations Security Council Res14 olution 1559, particularly the matters described in 

15 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1); 

16 (5) the Government of the United States should 

17 closely monitor the Government of Lebanon’s efforts to 

18 stanch the flow of armaments and other military 

19 equipment to Hizballah and other militias from exter20 nal sources, such as Syria and Iran; 

21 (6) the United States and its allies should con22 sider providing training and other assistance to the 

23 armed forces of Lebanon to enhance their ability to 

24 disarm Hizballah and other militias and stanch the 

25 flow of arms to Hizballah and other militias; and 
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1 (7) United States assistance provided to Lebanon 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act may be af3 fected if Lebanon does not make every effort to disarm 

4 militias, including Hizballah, and to deny them re5 armament. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, 

8 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con9 gressional committees a report that describes and evalu10 ates—

11 (1) the extent to which armed militias continue 

12 to operate in Lebanon and the progress of the Govern13 ment of Lebanon to disband and disarm such mili14 tias; 

15 (2) the extent to which the Government of Leb16 anon is committed to disbanding and disarming 

17 Hizballah and other militias and stanching the flow 

18 of arms to Hizballah and other militias; 

19 (3) the progress of the armed forces of Lebanon 

20 to deploy to and take full control of all of Lebanon’s 

21 borders; 

22 (4) the extent to which countries in the region 

23 attempt to direct arms to Lebanon-based militias or 

24 allow their territory to be traversed for this purpose 
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1 and the extent to which these armament efforts suc2 ceed; 

3 (5) the routes and means used by external 

4 sources attempting to supply arms to the Lebanon5 based militias the countries that are involved in these 

6 efforts; 

7 (6) the efforts of the United States and its allies 

8 to facilitate the process of disbanding and disarming 

9 Lebanon-based militias and stanching the flow of 

10 weapons to such militias; and 

11 (7) any recommendations for legislation to sup12 port the disbanding and disarming of Lebanon-based 

13 militias. 

14 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall 

15 be submitted in unclassified form and may contain a classi16 fied annex if necessary. 

17 (d) CERTIFICATION.—The requirement to submit a re18 port under subsection (b) shall no longer apply if the Sec19 retary certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 that all Lebanon-based militias have been disbanded and 

21 disarmed and the armed forces of Lebanon are deployed to 

22 and in full control of Lebanon’s borders. 
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1 SEC. 1022. ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OR2 GANIZATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE 

3 CARIBBEAN. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that—

6 (1) activities in Latin America and the Carib7 bean by international terrorist organizations and 

8 their affiliates and supporters represent a direct 

9 threat to the national security of the United States 

10 and hemispheric stability; 

11 (2) international terrorist organizations, such as 

12 Hezbollah and Hamas, have profited and taken ad13 vantage of the dearth or weakened state of the rule of 

14 law in many Latin American and Caribbean coun15 tries to further their own aims; and 

16 (3) the United States should work cooperatively 

17 with countries of Latin America and the Caribbean 

18 to expose and prevent such activities. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, and not later than June 30 

21 of the year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 

22 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 

23 activities of international terrorist organizations in Latin 

24 America and the Caribbean. The report shall include the 

25 following: 
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1 (1) An assessment of the membership, stated in2 tentions, recruitment, and terrorist fundraising capa3 bilities of each international terrorist organization 

4 operating in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

5 (2) An assessment of the relationship of each 

6 such international terrorist organization with other 

7 criminal enterprises or terrorist organizations for 

8 fundraising and other criminal purposes. 

9 (3) An assessment of the activities of each such 

10 international terrorist organization. 

11 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall 

12 be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classi13 fied annex. 

14 SEC. 1023. ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYING WEAPONS SCIENTISTS 

15 FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN 

16 PROJECT BIOSHIELD. 

17 (a) REPORT.—Not later than November 1, 2006, the 

18 Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services, shall submit to the appro20 priate congressional committees a report containing an 

21 analysis of—

22 (1) the scientific and technological contributions 

23 that scientists formerly employed in the former Soviet 

24 Union in the field of biological warfare could make 
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1 to the research and development of biomedical coun2 termeasures; 

3 (2) the practical alternative methods through 

4 which the services of such scientists could be employed 

5 so as to facilitate the application of the knowledge 

6 and experience of such scientists to such research and 

7 development; 

8 (3) the cost-effectiveness of those methods of em9 ploying the services of such scientists; and 

10 (4) the desirability and national security impli11 cations of providing employment opportunities for 

12 such scientists in the field of research and develop13 ment of biomedical countermeasures for purposes of 

14 biological weapons nonproliferation. 

15 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each Secretary shall also 

16 include in the report required under subsection (a) any rec17 ommendations of each for appropriate legislation to address 

18 the issues analyzed in the report. 

19 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘biomedical 

20 countermeasures’’ means a drug (as such term is defined 

21 in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos22 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1))), biological product (as 

23 such term is defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health 

24 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(i))), or device (as such term is 
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1 defined in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

2 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(h))) that is used—

3 (1) in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, 

4 or prevention of harm from any biological, chemical, 

5 radiological, or nuclear agent that may cause a pub6 lic health emergency affecting national security; or 

7 (2) in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or 

8 prevention of harm from a condition that may result 

9 in adverse health consequences or death. 

10 SEC. 1024. EXTRADITION OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS FROM 

11 MEXICO TO THE UNITED STATES. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

13 (1) Mexico is unable to extradite criminals who 

14 face life sentences without the possibility of parole be15 cause of a 2001 decision of the Mexican Supreme 

16 Court. 

17 (2) As a result of this ruling, Mexico is unable 

18 to extradite to the United States numerous suspects 

19 wanted for violent crimes committed in the United 

20 States unless the United States assures Mexico that 

21 these criminals will not face life imprisonment with22 out the possibility of parole. 

23 (3) The attorneys general from all 50 States have 

24 asked the Government of the United States to con-
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1 tinue to address this extradition issue with the Gov2 ernment of Mexico. 

3 (4) The Government of the United States and the 

4 Government of Mexico have experienced positive co5 operation on numerous matters relevant to their bilat6 eral relationship, including increased cooperation on 

7 extraditions. 

8 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

9 that the Government of the United States should encourage 

10 the Government of Mexico to continue to work closely with 

11 the Mexican Supreme Court to urge the Court to re-visit 

12 its October 2001 ruling so that the possibility of life impris13 onment without parole will not have an effect on the timely 

14 extradition of criminal suspects from Mexico to the United 

15 States. 

16 (c) REPORTS.—

17 (1) ANNUAL NUMBER AND STATUS OF FORMAL

18 EXTRADITION REQUESTS MADE TO MEXICO BY THE

19 UNITED STATES.—Not later than six months after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act and annually there21 after, the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap22 propriate congressional committees a report that in23 cludes—

24 (A) the number of formal requests made to 

25 the Government of Mexico by the Government of 
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1 the United States for the extradition of Mexican 

2 nationals suspected of or convicted in abstentia 

3 for crimes committed in the United States in the 

4 preceding fiscal year, the names of such nation5 als, the crimes of which each such national is 

6 suspected or has been convicted in abstentia, a 

7 detailed disposition of the status of each such ex8 tradition request, and the progress that has been 

9 made with respect to each such extradition re10 quest in the preceding fiscal year; and 

11 (B) the number of such nationals who Mex12 ico has extradited to the United States in re13 sponse to formal extradition requests for such na14 tionals in the preceding fiscal year. 

15 (2) AGGREGATE NUMBER AND STATUS OF FOR16 MAL EXTRADITION REQUESTS MADE TO MEXICO BY

17 THE UNITED STATES.—Not later than six months 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annu19 ally thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees a report 

21 that includes—

22 (A) the number of formal requests made to 

23 the Government of Mexico by the Government of 

24 the United States for the extradition of Mexican 

25 nationals suspected of or convicted in abstentia 
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1 for crimes committed in the United States since 

2 the signing of the Extradition treaty, with ap3 pendix, between the United States and Mexico, 

4 signed at Mexico City on May 4, 1978 (31 UST 

5 5059), including the names of such nationals, the 

6 crimes of which each such national is suspected 

7 or has been convicted in abstentia, a detailed 

8 disposition of the status of each such extradition 

9 request, and the progress that has been made 

10 with respect to each such extradition request 

11 since such signing; and 

12 (B) the number of such nationals who Mex13 ico has extradited to the United States in re14 sponse to formal extradition requests for such na15 tionals since the signing of the Extradition trea16 ty, with appendix between the United States and 

17 Mexico. 

18 (3) COOPERATION BY THE UNITED STATES WITH

19 EXTRADITION REQUESTS FROM MEXICO.—Not later 

20 than six months after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State 

22 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit23 tees a report that includes—

24 (A) the number of United States nationals 

25 who the United States has extradited to Mexico 
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1 in response to formal extradition requests for 

2 such nationals by Mexico in the preceding fiscal 

3 year; and 

4 (B) the number of United States nationals 

5 who the United States has extradited to Mexico 

6 in response to formal extradition requests for 

7 such nationals by Mexico since the signing of the 

8 Extradition treaty, with appendix between the 

9 United States and Mexico. 

10 (d) FORM.—If the Secretary of State determines that 

11 such is appropriate, the Secretary may submit a report re12 quired under subsection (c) with a classified annex. 

13 SEC. 1025. ACTIONS OF THE 661 COMMITTEE. 

14 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

16 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

17 on United States decisions, actions, communications, and 

18 deliberations in the 661 Committee of the United Nations 

19 regarding the issues of overpricing of contracts, kickbacks 

20 from sales of humanitarian goods, efforts to correct and re21 value the remaining contracts in the post-Saddam Hussein 

22 regime era, oil smuggling, and trade protocols. The report 

23 shall examine the process by which the United States made 

24 its decisions in the 661 Committee, the officials in the 

25 United States Government involved in these decisions, and 
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1 the names of the officials who made the final decisions. The 

2 report shall also include information detailing the positions 

3 of the other members states of the 661 Committee with re4 spect to the issues described in this subsection. 

5 (b) INCLUSION OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.—The re6 port required under subsection (a) shall contain all sup7 porting documents with respect to the decisions, actions, 

8 communications, and deliberations referred in such sub9 section. 

10 (c) FORMAT.—If the Secretary determines that such is 

11 appropriate, the Secretary may submit the report required 

12 under subsection (a) with a classified annex. 

13 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘661 Com14 mittee’’ means the committee within the United Nations 

15 that was tasked with administering the United Nations oil 

16 for food program. 

17 SEC. 1026. ELIMINATION OF REPORT ON REAL ESTATE 

18 TRANSACTIONS. 

19 Section 12 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 

20 (22 U.S.C. 303) is hereby repealed. 
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1 TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 Subtitle A—General Provisions 

4 SEC. 1101. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO DEMOC5 RACY IN IRAN. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Iran is neither free nor democratic. Men and 

8 women are not treated equally in Iran, women are le9 gally deprived of internationally recognized human 

10 rights, and religious freedom is not respected under 

11 the laws of Iran. Undemocratic institutions, such as 

12 the Guardians Council, thwart the decisions of elected 

13 leaders. 

14 (2) The April 2005 report of the Department of 

15 State states that Iran remained the most active state 

16 sponsor of terrorism in 2004. 

17 (3) That report also states that Iran continues to 

18 provide funding, safe-haven, training, and weapons to 

19 known terrorist groups, including Hizballah, Hamas, 

20 the Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Bri21 gade, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of 

22 Palestine, and has harbored senior members of al23 Qaeda. 

24 (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 

25 that—
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1 (1) currently, there is not a free and fully demo2 cratic government in Iran; 

3 (2) the United States supports transparent, full 

4 democracy in Iran; 

5 (3) the United States supports the rights of the 

6 Iranian people to choose their system of government; 

7 and 

8 (4) the United States condemns the brutal treat9 ment, imprisonment, and torture of Iranian civilians 

10 who express political dissent. 

11 SEC. 1102. IRANIAN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

13 (1) Iran remains the world’s leading sponsors of 

14 international terrorism and is on the Department of 

15 State’s list of countries that provide support for acts 

16 of international terrorism. 

17 (2) Iran has repeatedly called for the destruction 

18 of Israel, and Iran supports organizations, such as 

19 Hizballah, Hamas, and the Palestine Islamic Jihad, 

20 that deny Israel’s right to exist and are responsible 

21 for terrorist attacks against Israel. 

22 (3) The Ministry of Defense of the Government 

23 of Iran confirmed in July 2003 that it had success24 fully conducted the final test of the Shahab-3 missile, 

25 giving Iran an operational intermediate-range bal-
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1 listic missile capable of striking both Israel and 

2 United States troops throughout the Middle East and 

3 Afghanistan. 

4 (4) Inspections by the International Atomic En5 ergy Agency (IAEA) in Iran have revealed significant 

6 undeclared activities, including plutonium reprocess7 ing efforts. 

8 (5) Plutonium reprocessing is a necessary step in 

9 a nuclear weapons program that uses plutonium cre10 ated in a reactor. 

11 (6) Iran continues to assert its right to pursue 

12 nuclear power and related technology, continues con13 structing a heavy water reactor that is ideal for mak14 ing plutonium for weapons, and has not fully cooper15 ated with the ongoing investigation by the IAEA of 

16 its nuclear activities. 

17 (7) The United States has publicly opposed the 

18 completion of reactors at the Bushehr nuclear power 

19 plant because the transfer of civilian nuclear tech20 nology and training could help to advance Iran’s nu21 clear weapons program. 

22 (8) Russia, in spite of strong international con23 cern that Iran intended to use civilian nuclear energy 

24 plants to develop nuclear weapons, provided Iran 

25 with support to complete the Bushehr nuclear facility. 
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1 (9) Russia intends to begin supplying the 

2 Bushehr nuclear facility with fuel in June 2005, and 

3 the Bushehr nuclear plant is expected to begin oper4 ation at the beginning of 2006. 

5 (10) The Iranian parliament has ratified a bill 

6 supporting the construction of 20 new nuclear power 

7 plants. 

8 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

9 that—

10 (1) Russia’s provision of assistance to Iran on 

11 the Bushehr nuclear reactor is inconsistent with the 

12 nonproliferation goals of the United States; 

13 (2) Iran’s stated plans to construct 20 new nu14 clear facilities and its development of nuclear tech15 nologies, coupled with acknowledged and 

16 unacknowledged ties to terrorist groups, constitute a 

17 threat to global peace and security; and 

18 (3) the national security interests of the United 

19 States will best be served if the United States develops 

20 and implements a long-term strategy to halt all for21 eign nuclear cooperation with Iran. 

22 (c) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress calls upon 

23 the leaders of the governments of the G–8 to—
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1 (1) insist that the Government of Russia termi2 nate all assistance, including fuel shipments, to the 

3 Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran; and 

4 (2) condition Russia’s continued membership in 

5 the G–8 on Russia’s termination of all assistance, in6 cluding fuel shipments, to the Bushehr facility and to 

7 any other nuclear plants in Iran. 

8 SEC. 1103. LOCATION OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN 

9 AFRICA. 

10 (a) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress declares 

11 that, for the purpose of maintaining regional balances with 

12 respect to the location of international organizations and 

13 institutions in Africa, such organizations or institutions, 

14 such as the African Development Bank, that move their 

15 headquarters offices from their original locations for reasons 

16 of security should return once those security issues have been 

17 resolved or should relocate to another country in the region 

18 in which the organization or institution was originally 

19 headquartered. 

20 (b) CONSULTATIONS REGARDING RETURN.—The Sec21 retary of State is authorized to begin consultations with ap22 propriate parties to determine the feasibility of returning 

23 such organizations and institutions to the regions in which 

24 they were originally headquartered. 
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1 SEC. 1104. BENJAMIN GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR2 SHIP PROGRAM. 

3 Section 305 of the International Academic Oppor4 tunity Act of 2000, (title III of the Microenterprise for Self5 Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of 2000) 

6 (Public Law 106–309; 22 U.S.C. 2462 note) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000’’. 

8 SEC. 1105. PROHIBITION ON COMMEMORATIONS RELATING 

9 TO LEADERS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN. 

10 The Department of State, both in Washington and at 

11 United States diplomatic missions and facilities in foreign 

12 countries, shall not engage in any activity, including the 

13 celebration of the recently enacted Showa holiday, which 

14 may, in any manner, serve to commemorate or be construed 

15 as serving to commemorate leaders of Imperial Japan who 

16 were connected to the attack on the United States Fleet at 

17 Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. 

18 SEC. 1106. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING WORLD 

19 BANK GROUP LOANS TO IRAN. 

20 (a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—The Secretary of State, 

21 in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 

22 work to secure the support of the governments of countries 

23 represented on the decisionmaking boards and councils of 

24 the international financial institutions of the World Bank 

25 Group to oppose any further activity in Iran by the inter26 national financial institutions of the World Bank Group 
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1 until Iran abandons its program to develop nuclear weap2 ons. 

3 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

4 Secretary initiates efforts to carry out subsection (a), the 

5 Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com6 mittees of such efforts. 

7 (c) WORLD BANK GROUP DEFINED.—As used in this 

8 section, the term ‘‘World Bank Group’’ means the Inter9 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

10 International Development Association, the International 

11 Financial Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment 

12 Guaranty Agency. 

13 SEC. 1107. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING SUPPORT 

14 FOR SECI REGIONAL CENTER FOR COM15 BATING TRANS-BORDER CRIME. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

17 (1) The Southeast European Cooperative Initia18 tive (SECI) Regional Center for Combating Trans19 Border Crime, located in Bucharest, Romania, is 

20 composed of police and customs officers from each of 

21 the 12 member states of SECI: Albania, Bosnia and 

22 Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, 

23 Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and 

24 Montenegro and Turkey. 
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1 (2) The SECI Regional Center supports joint 

2 trans-border crime fighting efforts through the estab3 lishment of task forces, including task forces relating 

4 to trafficking in human beings, anti-drugs, financial 

5 and computer crimes, stolen vehicles, anti-smuggling 

6 and anti-fraud, and terrorism. 

7 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

8 United States to continue to support the activities of the 

9 SECI Regional Center for Combating Trans-border Crime. 

10 SEC. 1108. STATEMENT OF POLICY URGING TURKEY TO RE11 SPECT THE RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREE12 DOMS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH. 

13 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

14 (1) Turkey is scheduled to begin accession nego15 tiations with the European Union on October 3, 

16 2005. 

17 (2) In 1993 the European Union defined the 

18 membership criteria for accession to the European 

19 Union at the Copenhagen European Council, obli20 gating candidate countries to have achieved certain 

21 levels of reform, including stability of institutions 

22 guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, and human 

23 rights, and respect for and protection of minorities. 

24 (3) The Government of Turkey refuses to recog25 nize the Ecumenical Patriarch’s international status. 
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1 (4) The Government of Turkey has limited to 

2 Turkish nationals the candidates available to the 

3 Holy Synod for selection as the Ecumenical Patriarch 

4 and has refused to reopen the Theological School at 

5 Halki, thus impeding training for the clergy. 

6 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress—

7 (1) calls on Turkey to continue to demonstrate 

8 its willingness to adopt and uphold European stand9 ards for the protection of human rights; 

10 (2) based on the ideals associated with the Euro11 pean Union and its member states, calls on Turkey 

12 to eliminate all forms of discrimination, particularly 

13 those based on race or religion, and immediately—

14 (A) grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appro15 priate international recognition and ecclesiastic 

16 succession; 

17 (B) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the 

18 right to train clergy of all nationalities, not just 

19 Turkish nationals; and 

20 (C) respect property rights and human 

21 rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; and 

22 (3) calls on Turkey to pledge to uphold and safe23 guard religious and human rights without com24 promise. 
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1 SEC. 1109. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE MUR2 DER OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN JOHN M. 

3 ALVIS. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) On November 30, 2000, United States citizen 

6 John M. Alvis was brutally murdered in Baku, Azer7 baijan. 

8 (2) John M. Alvis was serving his final two 

9 weeks of a two year full-time commitment to the 

10 International Republican Institute, a United States 

11 nongovernmental organization carrying out assistance 

12 projects for the Government of the United States to 

13 help promote democracy and strengthen the rule of 

14 law in Azerbaijan. 

15 (3) The United States is committed to ensuring 

16 that the truth of the murder of John M. Alvis is deter17 mined and the individual or individuals who are re18 sponsible for this heinous act are brought to justice. 

19 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress—

20 (1) appreciates the efforts of the Government of 

21 Azerbaijan to find the individual or individuals who 

22 are responsible for the murder of United States citizen 

23 John M. Alvis and urges the Government of Azer24 baijan to continue to make these efforts a high pri25 ority; and 
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1 (2) urges the Secretary of State to continue to 

2 raise the issue of the murder of United States citizen 

3 John M. Alvis with the Government of Azerbaijan 

4 and to make this issue a priority in relations between 

5 the Government of the United States and the Govern6 ment of Azerbaijan. 

7 SEC. 1110. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS AND POLICY WITH 

8 RESPECT TO THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF 

9 WOMEN. 

10 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

11 (1) Following the May 16, 2005, decision of the 

12 Kuwaiti parliament to enfranchise its female citizens, 

13 Saudi Arabia is now the only country in world that 

14 restricts the franchise and the right to hold elected of15 fice to men only. 

16 (2) Only men were allowed to vote and run for 

17 office in Saudi Arabia’s municipal elections held ear18 lier this year, the first elections of any kind that 

19 Saudi Arabia has held since 1963. 

20 (b) STATEMENTS OF CONGRESS.—Congress—

21 (1) strongly condemns the disenfranchisement of 

22 women, including restrictions that prevent women 

23 from holding office; and 

24 (2) calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to, 

25 at the earliest possible time, promulgate a law that 
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1 grants women the right to vote and to run for office 

2 in all future Saudi elections, whether local, provin3 cial, or national. 

4 (c) POLICY.—The President is encouraged to take such 

5 action as the President considers appropriate, including a 

6 downgrading of diplomatic relations, to encourage countries 

7 that disenfranchise only women to grant women the rights 

8 to vote and hold office. 

9 Subtitle B—Sense of Congress 

10 Provisions 

11 SEC. 1111. KOREAN FULBRIGHT PROGRAMS. 

12 It is the sense of Congress that Fulbright program ac13 tivities for the Republic of Korea (commonly referred to as 

14 ‘‘South Korea’’) should—

15 (1) include participation by students from 

16 throughout South Korea, including proportional rep17 resentation from areas outside of Seoul; 

18 (2) attempt to include Korean students from a 

19 broad range of educational institutions, including 

20 schools other than elite universities; 

21 (3) broaden the Korean student emphasis beyond 

22 degree-seeking graduate students to include opportuni23 ties for one-year nondegree study at United States 

24 colleges and universities by pre-doctoral Korean stu25 dents; and 
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1 (4) include a significant number of Korean stu2 dents planning to work or practice in areas other 

3 than advanced research and university teaching, such 

4 as in government service, media, law, and business. 

5 SEC. 1112. UNITED STATES RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that—

7 (1) it is in the national interests of the United 

8 States to communicate directly with democratically 

9 elected and appointed officials of Taiwan, including 

10 the President of Taiwan, the Vice-President of Tai11 wan, the Foreign Minister of Taiwan, and the De12 fense Minister of Taiwan; 

13 (2) the Department of State should, in accord14 ance with Public Law 103–416, admit such high level 

15 officials of Taiwan to the United States to discuss 

16 issues of mutual concern with United States officials; 

17 and 

18 (3) the Department of State should, in coopera19 tion with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, 

20 facilitate high level meetings between such high level 

21 officials of Taiwan and their counterparts in the 

22 United States. 

23 SEC. 1113. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND A. Q. KHAN. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former director of 

2 the A.Q. Khan Research Laboratory in Pakistan and 

3 Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on the Stra4 tegic Programme, had the status of a federal minister 

5 and established and operated an illegal international 

6 network which sold nuclear weapons and related tech7 nologies to a variety of countries. 

8 (2) China provided Dr. Khan with nuclear 

9 weapons designs, and the illegal international nuclear 

10 proliferation network established by Dr. Khan may 

11 have provided other countries with these designs. 

12 (3) The illegal international nuclear prolifera13 tion network established by Dr. Khan assisted Iran 

14 with its nuclear program by supplying Iran with 

15 uranium-enrichment technology, including centrifuge 

16 equipment and designs. 

17 (4) The illegal international nuclear prolifera18 tion network established by Dr. Khan assisted North 

19 Korea with its nuclear weapons program by pro20 viding centrifuge technology, including designs and 

21 complete centrifuges. 

22 (5) The illegal international nuclear prolifera23 tion network established by Dr. Khan assisted Libya 

24 with its nuclear program by providing blueprints of 
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1 centrifuge parts and thousands of assembled cen2 trifuge parts. 

3 (6) There is concern that the illegal international 

4 nuclear proliferation network created by Dr. Khan 

5 may be still in existence and its work still on-going. 

6 (7) Defense cooperation and technology transfer 

7 between China and Pakistan have been recently 

8 strengthened, including the codevelopment and manu9 facturing of a minimum of 400 J–17 ‘‘Thunder’’ 

10 fighter aircraft, with a minimum of 250 going to 

11 China. This and other Chinese-Pakistani technology 

12 sharing provides an expanded basis for further Paki13 stani proliferation of advanced military technology. 

14 (8) The illegal international nuclear prolifera15 tion network established by Dr. Khan is a threat to 

16 United States national security. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

18 that the United States—

19 (1) should continue efforts to—

20 (A) dismantle the illegal international nu21 clear proliferation network created by Dr. Abdul 

22 Qadeer Khan; and 

23 (B) counter, through diplomacy and nego24 tiation, the proliferation of weapons of mass de25 struction from Pakistan to other countries; 
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1 (2) should request and Pakistan should grant ac2 cess to interview Dr. Khan and his top associates to 

3 determine in greater detail what technology his net4 work provided or received from Iran, North Korea, 

5 Libya, and China; and 

6 (3) should take the steps necessary to ensure that 

7 Pakistan has verifiably halted any cooperation with 

8 any country in the development of nuclear or missile 

9 technology, material, or equipment, or any other tech10 nology, material, or equipment that is useful for the 

11 development of weapons of mass destruction, includ12 ing exports of such technology, material, or equip13 ment. 

14 SEC. 1114. PALESTINIAN TEXTBOOKS. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) Since 1993, the United States has provided 

17 more than $1,400,000,000 to assist the Palestinian 

18 people, including to assist with the process of 

19 strengthening the Palestinian educations system. 

20 (2) Since 1950, the United States has provided 

21 more than $3,200,000,000 in assistance to United Na22 tions Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which op23 erates schools in camps housing Palestinians. 
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1 (3) The Palestinian Authority has undertaken a 

2 reform of its textbooks, a process which will be com3 pleted in 2006. 

4 (4) These new textbooks, while an improvement 

5 over past texts, fail in many respects to foster atti6 tudes amongst the Palestinian people conducive to 

7 peace with Israel, including references to the infa8 mous Protocols of the Elders of Zion, failure to ac9 knowledge the State of Israel, and failure to discuss 

10 Jews in sections dealing with religious tolerance. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

12 that the Secretary of State should express in the strongest 

13 possible terms United States opposition to the inclusion in 

14 Palestinian textbooks of materials which foster anti-Semi15 tism and rejection of peace with Israel, and to express the 

16 unwillingness of the United States to continue to support 

17 educational programs of the Palestinian Authority, whether 

18 directly or indirectly, should the Palestinian Authority con19 tinue to include material which does not foster tolerance 

20 and peace. 

21 SEC. 1115. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AFFIRMING THE 

22 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF PERSONS 

23 WITH DISABILITIES. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) There are more than 600,000,000 people who 

2 have a disability and more than two-thirds of all per3 sons with disabilities live in developing countries. 

4 (2) Only two percent of children with disabilities 

5 in developing countries receive any education or reha6 bilitation. 

7 (3) A substantial shift has occurred globally from 

8 an approach of charity toward persons with disabil9 ities to the recognition of the inherent universal 

10 human rights of persons with disabilities. 

11 (4) A clearly defined international standard ad12 dressing the rights of persons with disabilities would 

13 assist developing countries in the creation and imple14 mentation of national laws protecting those rights. 

15 (5) To better protect and promote the rights of 

16 persons with disabilities and to establish inter17 national norms, the United Nations General Assembly 

18 adopted Resolution 56/168 (December 19, 2001) which 

19 established an ad hoc committee to consider proposals 

20 for a comprehensive and integral international con21 vention that affirms the human rights and dignity of 

22 persons with disabilities. 

23 (6) With the strong commitment and leadership 

24 of the United States and the vast domestic experience 

25 of the United States in the advancement of disability 
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1 rights, the world community can benefit from United 

2 States participation in the drafting of an inter3 national convention that affirms the human rights 

4 and dignity of persons with disabilities. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that—

7 (1) the United States should play a leading role 

8 in the drafting of an international convention that 

9 affirms the human rights and dignity of persons with 

10 disabilities and which is consistent with the Constitu11 tion of the United States, the Americans with Disabil12 ities Act of 1990, and other rights enjoyed by United 

13 States citizens with disabilities; 

14 (2) for this purpose, the President should author15 ize the Secretary of State to send to the Sixth Session 

16 of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a Com17 prehensive and Integral International Convention on 

18 the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dig19 nity of Persons with Disabilities to be held in August 

20 2005 and to subsequent sessions of the Ad Hoc Com21 mittee a United States delegation which includes in22 dividuals with disabilities who are recognized leaders 

23 in the United States disability rights movement; and 

24 (3) the United States delegation referred to in 

25 paragraph (2) should seek the input and advice of the 
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1 Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Per2 sons with Disabilities with respect to matters consid3 ered at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Ad 

4 Hoc Committee and subsequent sessions. 

5 SEC. 1116. FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EAST ASIA AND 

6 THE PACIFIC. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) From 1949–2003, the Department of State 

9 awarded 13,176 Fulbright Scholarships to students 

10 from East Asia and the Pacific, but only 31 went to 

11 Pacific Island students. 

12 (2) In 2003–2004, the Department of State 

13 awarded 315 scholarships to students from East Asia 

14 and the Pacific, but none were awarded to Pacific Is15 land students. 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

17 that the Department of State should conduct a review and 

18 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

19 regarding the marginalization of Pacific Islands students 

20 in the awarding of Fulbright Scholarships. 

21 SEC. 1117. BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN ENERGY PIPELINE. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

23 (1) It has been the long-standing policy of the 

24 United States to support the independence, security, 
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1 and economic development of the newly independent 

2 states of the Caspian Sea region. 

3 (2) The growth and stability of the newly inde4 pendent states of the Caspian Sea region will be 

5 greatly enhanced by the development of their extensive 

6 oil and natural gas resources and the export of these 

7 resources unhindered along an east-west energy trans8 portation corridor. 

9 (3) The establishment of an east-west energy 

10 transportation corridor would enhance the energy se11 curity of the United States, Turkey, and other United 

12 States allies by ensuring an unhindered flow of en13 ergy from the Caspian Sea region to world markets. 

14 (4) The centerpiece of the proposed east-west en15 ergy transportation corridor is the Baku-Tbilisi16 Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which was first endorsed by 

17 the relevant regional governments in 1998 and which 

18 will carry one million barrels of Caspian Sea oil per 

19 day from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Ceyhan, Turkey, via 

20 a route that passes through Tbilisi, Georgia. 

21 (5) The BTC pipeline was inaugurated on May 

22 25, 2005, and Caspian Sea oil exports from the port 

23 of Ceyhan, Turkey, will begin later this year. 
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1 (6) The BTC pipeline project has received strong 

2 bipartisan support during the administrations of both 

3 Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. 

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that—

6 (1) the governments and peoples of Turkey and 

7 the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea re8 gion should be congratulated for the successful comple9 tion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline; 

10 (2) the policy of the United States to support the 

11 independence, security, and economic development of 

12 the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea re13 gion should be reaffirmed; and 

14 (3) projects should be encouraged that would fur15 ther develop the east-west energy transportation cor16 ridor between the newly independent states of the Cas17 pian Sea region and Europe and that advance the 

18 strategic goals of the United States, especially the 

19 promotion of appropriate multiple routes for the 

20 transportation to world markets of oil and gas from 

21 the Caspian Sea region. 
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1 SEC. 1118. LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE FAIR, COM2 PREHENSIVE, AND NONDISCRIMINATORY 

3 RESTITUTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY CON4 FISCATED IN POLAND. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress find the following: 

6 (1) The protection of and respect for property 

7 rights is a basic tenet for all democratic governments 

8 that operate according to the rule of law. 

9 (2) Private properties were seized and con10 fiscated by the Nazis in occupied Poland or by the 

11 Communist Polish government after World War II. 

12 (3) Some post-Communist countries in Europe 

13 have taken steps toward compensating individuals 

14 whose property was seized and confiscated by the 

15 Nazis during World War II and by Communist gov16 ernments after World War II. 

17 (4) Poland has continuously failed to enact legis18 lation that requires realistically achievable restitution 

19 or compensation for those individuals who had their 

20 private property seized and confiscated. 

21 (5) Although President Aleksander Kwasniewski 

22 of Poland later exercised his veto power, in March 

23 2001 the Polish Parliament passed a bill that would 

24 have provided compensation for seized and confiscated 

25 property, but only to individuals who were registered 

26 as Polish citizens as of December 31, 1999, thereby ex-
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1 cluding all those individuals who emigrated from Po2 land during and after World War II. 

3 (6) President Kwasniewski met in 2002 with 

4 congressional leaders of the United States Helsinki 

5 Commission and stated that he intended to draft a 

6 new law requiring the restitution of previously seized 

7 and confiscated private property that would not dis8 criminate based on the residency or citizenship of an 

9 individual, and which would be ready to take effect 

10 by the beginning of 2003. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

12 that—

13 (1) Poland should develop a final and complete 

14 settlement for those individuals who had their private 

15 property seized and confiscated by the Nazis during 

16 World War II or by the Communist Polish govern17 ment after the war; 

18 (2) restitution should be made in a timely man19 ner if they are to be of any benefit to the many Holo20 caust survivors who are in their eighties or older; and 

21 (3) the President and the Secretary of State 

22 should engage, as appropriate—

23 (A) in an open dialogue with the Govern24 ment of Poland supporting the adoption of legis25 lation requiring the fair, comprehensive, and 
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1 nondiscriminatory restitution of or compensa2 tion for private property that was seized and 

3 confiscated; and 

4 (B) in follow-up discussions with the Gov5 ernment of Poland regarding the status and im6 plementation of such legislation. 

7 SEC. 1119. CHILD LABOR PRACTICES IN THE COCOA SEC8 TORS OF COTE D’IVOIRE AND GHANA. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that—

10 (1) the Government of the Republic of Cote 

11 d’Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of 

12 Ghana should be commended for the tangible steps 

13 they have taken to address the situation of child labor 

14 in the cocoa sector; 

15 (2) the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the Gov16 ernment of Ghana should consider child labor and 

17 forced labor issues top priorities; 

18 (3) the chocolate industry signatories to the Sep19 tember 19, 2001, voluntary Protocol for the Growing 

20 and Processing of Cocoa Beans and their Derivative 

21 Products in a Manner that Complies with ILO Con22 vention 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Imme23 diate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms 

24 of Child Labor should meet the sixth and final pillar 

25 of the Protocol, to ‘‘develop and implement credible, 
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1 mutually-acceptable, voluntary, industry-wide stand2 ards of public certification, consistent with applicable 

3 federal law, that cocoa beans and their derivative 

4 products have been grown and/or processed without 

5 any of the worst forms of child labor’’ by July 1, 

6 2005; 

7 (4) the chocolate industry, nongovernmental or8 ganizations, and the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and 

9 the Government of Ghana should continue their efforts 

10 in full force beyond July 1, 2005, to develop and im11 plement a system to monitor child labor in the cocoa 

12 industry of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana; 

13 (5) the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 

14 in Persons of the Department of State should include 

15 information on the association between trafficking in 

16 persons and the cocoa industries of Cote d’Ivoire, 

17 Ghana, and other cocoa producing regions in the an18 nual trafficking in persons report to Congress; and 

19 (6) the Department of State should assist the 

20 Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the Government of 

21 Ghana in preventing the trafficking of persons into 

22 the cocoa fields and other industries in West Africa. 

23 SEC. 1120. CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRAQI KURDS. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Iraqi Kurdish forces played a unique and 

2 significant role in the fight to liberate Iraq for all 

3 Iraqis in 2003. 

4 (2) Since Iraq’s liberation, Iraqi Kurdish leaders 

5 have played prominent and constructive roles in the 

6 drafting and passage of the Transitional Administra7 tive Law and, more generally, in seeking to achieve 

8 a free, stable, and democratic Iraq. 

9 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that—

11 (1) Iraqi Kurds should be commended for their 

12 many contributions and sacrifices made in the cause 

13 of creating a free, stable, and democratic Iraq; and 

14 (2) the Iraqi Transitional Government and the 

15 Kurdistan Regional Government are expected to ad16 here to the highest standards of democratic govern17 ance, including through enforcement of full equality 

18 and rights for all religious and ethnic minorities, 

19 such as Assyrians and Turcomans. 

20 SEC. 1121. PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that—

22 (1) the Secretary of State should strive to expand 

23 and strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative 

24 announced on May 31, 2003, by President George W. 

25 Bush, placing particular emphasis on including coun-
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1 tries outside of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza2 tion (NATO); and 

3 (2) the United States should seek an inter4 national instrument, in the form of a United Nations 

5 Security Council resolution, multilateral treaty, or 

6 other agreement, to enhance international cooperation 

7 with the Proliferation Security Initiative regarding 

8 the interdiction, seizure, and impoundment in inter9 national waters and airspace of illicit shipments of 

10 weapons of mass destruction and their delivery sys11 tems and of related materials, equipment, and tech12 nology. 

13 SEC. 1122. SECURITY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MATE14 RIALS. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

16 seek to devise and implement standards to improve the secu17 rity of nuclear weapons and materials by— 

18 (1) establishing with other willing nations a set 

19 of guidelines containing performance-based standards 

20 for the security of nuclear weapons and materials; 

21 (2) negotiating with those nations agreements to 

22 adopt guidelines containing performance-based stand23 ards and implement appropriate verification meas24 ures to assure ongoing compliance; 
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1 (3) coordinating with those nations and the 

2 International Atomic Energy Agency to strongly en3 courage other nations to adopt and verifiably imple4 ment the standards; and 

5 (4) encouraging all nations to work with the 

6 International Atomic Energy Agency to complete the 

7 negotiation, adoption, and implementation of its pro8 posed series of documents related to the security of 

9 nuclear materials. 

10 SEC. 1123. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND GENO11 CIDE IN DARFUR, SUDAN. 

12 Based upon the adoption of resolutions on July 22, 

13 2004, by both the House of Representatives and the Senate 

14 and the declaration on September 9, 2004, by former Sec15 retary of State Colin Powell that the atrocities unfolding 

16 in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide, it is the sense of Congress 

17 that, notwithstanding the American Servicemembers’ Pro18 tection Act of 2002 (title II of the 2002 Supplemental Ap19 propriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response 

20 To Terrorist Attacks on the United States; Public Law 107–

21 206), the United States should render assistance to the ef22 forts of the International Criminal Court to bring to justice 

23 persons accused of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against 

24 humanity in Darfur, Sudan, provided that legally binding 

25 assurances have been received from the United Nations Se-
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1 curity Council or the International Criminal Court that no 

2 current or former United States Government official, em3 ployee (including any contractor), member of the United 

4 States Armed Forces, or United States national will be sub5 ject to prosecution by the International Criminal Court in 

6 connection with those efforts. 

7 SEC. 1124. ACTION AGAINST AL-MANAR TELEVISION. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

9 (1) in 1996, the Secretary of State designated 

10 Hizballah as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) 

11 under section 219 of the Immigration and Nation12 ality Act; 

13 (2) al-Manar television is owned and controlled 

14 by Hizballah and acts on behalf of Hizballah, as 

15 openly acknowledged by Hizballah leader Hasan 

16 Nasrallah; 

17 (3) al-Manar’s programming, in accordance with 

18 Hizballah’s policy, openly promotes hatred of and 

19 graphically glorifies and incites violence, including 

20 suicide bombings, against Americans, Israelis, and 

21 Jews; 

22 (4) in December 2004, the Secretary of State 

23 placed al-Manar on its Terrorist Exclusion List, im24 mediately after which the sole satellite company that 
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1 broadcast al-Manar in North America pulled al2 Manar off the air; 

3 (5) in recent months, several European Union 

4 (EU) countries and EU-based satellite companies 

5 have taken actions that severely limit al-Manar’s 

6 broadcasting reach in Europe; and 

7 (6) al-Manar continues to broadcast to all of the 

8 Arab world, much of non-Arab Asia, most of Central 

9 and South America, and parts of Europe, with the co10 operation of companies headquartered in Europe and 

11 the Arab world. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

13 that—

14 (1) all countries that host satellite companies 

15 that broadcast al-Manar, on whose territory al-Manar 

16 may be viewed over media subject to government regu17 lation, or where advertising or other financial sup18 port for al-Manar originates, should take action, by 

19 the strongest and most comprehensive appropriate 

20 means available, to suppress al-Manar’s terroristic 

21 programming; and 

22 (2) the Arab States Broadcasting Union, which 

23 is part of the Arab League, should revoke al-Manar’s 

24 membership status because of al-Manar’s promotion of 

25 hatred and incitement to violence, including suicide 
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1 bombings, directed toward Americans, Israelis, and 

2 Jews. 

3 SEC. 1125. STABILITY AND SECURITY IN IRAQ. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

5 transmit to the appropriate congressional committees as 

6 soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act 

7 the plan to provide for a stable and secure government of 

8 Iraq and an Iraqi military and police force that will allow 

9 the United States military presence in Iraq to be dimin10 ished. 

11 SEC. 1126. PROPERTY EXPROPRIATED BY THE GOVERN12 MENT OF ETHIOPIA. 

13 It is the sense of the Congress that the Government of 

14 Ethiopia should account for, compensate for, or return to 

15 United States citizens, and entities not less than 50 percent 

16 beneficially owned by United States citizens, property of 

17 such citizens and entities that has been nationalized, expro18 priated, or otherwise seized by the Government of Ethiopia 

19 before the date of the enactment of this Act in contravention 

20 of international law. 

Union Calendar No. 105

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2601

[Report No. 109–168] 

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of 

other purposes. State for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for 

JULY 13, 2005

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,